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FINE ARTIST J. DUNTEN SET ON PAINTING HIS WAY OUT OF HIS WHEELCHAIR

7/22/2017

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Star Hill Ranch welcomes award-winning fine artist Jared Dunten's lastest collection on their first ever gallery opening from on Sunday, July 23 from 12p.m. to 8 p.m. 
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Fine artist J. Dunten is living proof there are no barriers for the human spirit. In 2000 Dunten was paralyzed in a diving accident in the Rio Grande after a camping trip in the Chisos Mountains (West Texas). Unable to move from the neck down, Dunten began using his mouth to paint in 2002.

What is &
What Might Be: 

Images through my life that have guided, haunted and fascinated me. They stretch through past, present and an open unknown future. 
-Jared 
In 2005 J. Dunten was awarded a student scholarship by the MFPA (Mouth and Foot Painters Association) based in 
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Lichtenstein. Dunten has studied with painter Philip Wade and world renowned master painter Edward Povey. While studies are on-going with Povey, Dunten's style, subject and technique continue to evolve. ​
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His works have been on exhibition at the Bass Concert Hall, The One Allen Center, and featured in online and print publications nationally. Patrons across the US collect his artwork. His most recent public pieces can be seen on display at TIRR Memorial Hermann in Houston, Texas and at The College of Education on the TCU University campus in Ft. Worth.
 

With a relentless spirit, Dunten continues to "paint himself out of the wheelchair" advocating research for paralysis from spinal cord injury and he knows he will walk again. Making prints available to everyone, Dunten wants his story to be told and for the belief in a cure for paralysis to be spread.  
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Now, Dunten lives and works at his studio just outside of Austin, Texas with his wife, 2 sons and a small group committed to seeing his mission through. ​
For more, visit www.jdunten.com. ​

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'THE NUT JOB 2' IS COMING TO THEATERS, BUT FIRST WE GET 'SURLY'S COASTER CHASE'!

7/20/2017

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Surly Squirrel (Will Arnett) and the gang are back! We are once again in Oakton where the evil mayor has decided to bulldoze Liberty Park and build a dangerous amusement park in its place. Surly and his ragtag group of animal friends band together to save their home, defeat the mayor, and take back the park.

The Nut Job 2 also features the voice talent of Katherine Heigl (The Nut Job), Jackie Chan (Kung Fu Panda 3), Peter Stormare (Penguins of Madagascar), Bobby Cannavale (Ant-Man), Isabela Moner (Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life), and Maya Rudolph (The Angry Birds Movie). 

We've got you covered! Play with the characters from the animated film and ready yourself for the nut job 2

Find new ways to love the characters of The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature with its very own custom game Surly’s Coaster Chase! As if we needed another excuse to fall in love with these characters! The game has recently been launched with Nickelodeon!  
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Surly’s Coaster Chase is a fun adventure game where players (as Surly) drive a roller coaster car with The Nut Job gang (Andie, Precious, Mr. Feng, Frankie & Mole) and attempt to collect as many nuts as they can without falling off the tracks.
Click on image to be directed to game page! 
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Or play game here

Also, In case you missed it...

Almonds, Pecans, Walnuts & Pistachios To Each Be The Official State Nut Of California
Surly is going nuts and we totally get it!
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One more thing...

Jackie Chan is Mr. Feng!
Starring, of course, a family favorite: Fluffy (Gabriel Iglesias), The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature opens in theaters on August 11, 2017!

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'DOLORES:' AN IMPORTANT AND IMPACTFUL ACTIVIST KNOWN TOO LITTLE IN AMERICAN HISTORY IS COMING TO THEATERS

7/20/2017

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PBS Distribution announced theatrical dates have been set for Dolores. 

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Dolores Huerta is among the most important, yet least known, activists in American history. An equal partner in co-founding the first farm workers unions with Cesar Chavez, her enormous contributions have gone largely unrecognized. Dolores tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice alongside Chavez, becoming one of the most defiant feminists of the twentieth century—and she continues the fight to this day, at 87. With intimate and unprecedented access to this intensely private mother to eleven, the film reveals the raw, personal stakes involved in committing one’s life to social change. The film is directed by Peter Bratt (La Mission) and Executive Produced by humanitarian and Grammy Award-winning musician Carlos Santana.
The film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival this year and continues to be a favorite on the festival circuit, garnering Audience Awards at the San Francisco International Film Festival, Montclair Film Festival, Houston Latino Film Festival and the Denver Women + Film Festival, as well as receiving the Golden Space Needle Best Documentary Award from the Seattle International Film Festival.  It has also been an official selection at AFI Docs, Hot Docs, and over twenty other film festivals.
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PBS acquired Dolores along with Independent Lens out of the Sundance Film Festival back in January. The film will open theatrically on the Friday of Labor Day weekend (September 1, 2017) in New York City exclusively at IFC Center, and will then expand to other markets nationwide.

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Nicky Jam Joins 'Best. Cover. Ever.' AND HE'S LOOKING FOR EMERGING ARTISTS

7/20/2017

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​International Latin music superstar Nicky Jam joins digital competition series ​Best.Cover.Ever. that will premiere exclusively on YouTube later this year. 

​Produced by Ryan Seacrest Productions and Endemol Shine North America, Best.Cover.Ever. is a cutting-edge talent competition series hosted by Grammy Award-winning artist Ludacris.
 
Nicky, who has over 7 billion views and 9.5 million subscribers on YouTube -- will join previously announced superstar artists Keith Urban, Katy Perry, Demi Lovato, Backstreet Boys, Jason Derulo, Flo Rida and Charlie Puth.
 
Best.Cover.Ever. will give emerging musicians from around the world a chance for international fame. Throughout the series, a new superstar artist will challenge competing musicians to perform a cover of 
one of their original songs. The musicians can perform the song in their own unique style as they battle for the ultimate prize: the opportunity to perform a duet with the superstar artist that will premiere on YouTube!
With the submission phase currently open, fans are encouraged to upload a video to YouTube performing their creative cover of Nicky’s biggest hits: El Amante (video in Spanish here, video in English here). Fans can upload their video, follow submissions, and watch the series by subscribing to the Best.Cover.Ever. channel on YouTube, and can learn more by going to TheBestCoverEver.com.
 
The superstar artist will then pick the one lucky cover artist for a chance to perform a whole new song together. Viewers will witness every part of the planning, behind-the-scenes process as they mount this one-of-a-kind musical performance.
 
Visit thebestcoverever.com to learn how to submit. Follow and subscribe to Best.Cover.Ever. on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube for all future updates.
 
The series is executive produced by Ryan Seacrest and hosted by GRAMMY Award-winner Ludacris, who will also serve as an executive producer. Best.Cover.Ever. is produced by Ryan Seacrest Productions and Endemol Shine North America. In addition to Seacrest and Ludacris, Rob Smith (ESNA), Georgie Hurford-Jones (ESNA), Marilyn Wilson and Teri Kennedy (RSP), will also serve as executive producers.
Deadline is August 18, 2017. GOOD LUCK! 

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THE SHARP AND BOLD COMEDY, 'BEATRIZ AT DINNER' IS KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR!

7/20/2017

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Oscar nominees Salma Hayek and John Lithgow lead an all-star cast in 
Beatriz at Dinner.

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Salma Hayek shines in this provocatively funny fish-out-of-water comedy. Beatriz (Hayek), an immigrant from a poor Mexican town, draws upon her innate kindness as a spiritual health practitioner in L.A. Doug Strutt (Lithgow) is a rich and ruthless real-estate developer. When fate brings them together at a dinner party, it leads to a culture clash of wildly comic proportions – and a night that will change both their worlds forever.

Directed by Miguel Arteta (
Youth in Revolt, The Good Girl) and written by  Mike White (School of Rock, Enlightened) is a provocative and sharply hilarious film about characters from vastly different sociopolitical backgrounds colliding over dinner. This dramedy also features Chloe Sevigny (Big Love, Boys Don’t Cry), Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights, Nashville), Amy 
Landecker (Transparent, Doctor Strange), and Jay Duplass (Transparent, Togetherness). We can go on an on about this cast, but given you may already be familiar with most of these talented humans, we urge you to save the date!  
Beatriz at Dinner arrives on Digital HD on August 29 and on DVD and On Demand September 12
 from Lionsgate.

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AGE AIN'T NOTHING BUT A NUMBER

7/19/2017

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AGE IS A NUMBER, SEXY IS FOREVER

Leave it to Maximo to live up to that statement in Lionsgate's DVD release of  How to be a Latin Lover.  In case you missed our interview for Entertainment Affair back when the film was released in theaters on April 28, here's a synopsis of the film. But worry not, because How to be a Latin Lover is finally making its way to DVD on August 15th. Leaving it all up to you to feel sexy over and over again, at any age. 
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Having made a career of seducing rich older women, Maximo marries a wealthy woman more than twice his age. 25 years later, spoiled and bored from waking up next to his now 80-year-old wife—he gets the surprise of his life when she ends up dumping him for a younger car salesman. Forced out of his mansion and desperate for a place to stay, he must move in with his estranged sister, Sara, (SALMA HAYEK) and her nerdy but adorable son, Hugo in their small apartment. Anxious to return to the lap 
of luxury, Maximo uses his nephew’s crush on a classmate to get to his new target—her grandmother, Celeste, a widowed billionaire. As Maximo tries to rekindle his powers as a Latin lover, he finds himself bonding with his nephew Hugo, and he begins to learn that being a Latin lover means that loving money isn’t as important as the love of your family.
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