CES – Goes virtually Digital

CES – Goes virtually Digital

With less than two weeks to go, the 2021 Consumer Electronics Show returns to Las Vegas on January 11th thru the 14th. With its continuous record breaking attendance year after year, attracting 171,268 attendees in 2020, they have gotten to the point where they have simply outgrown the Las Vegas Convention center and its side venues due to lack of space. COVID-19's pandemic may have solved this problem temporarily, as CES had announced that the show will be completely digital and exclusively online. It shouldn't be a big surprise to...

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Voice-Over Actors Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Voice-Over Actors Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Inaugural Induction Ceremony October 10th Voice-Over Actors Hall of Fame to open at the historic Orinda It has been well over a year since the California Independent Film Festival Association conceived the notion of crafting a special public live event that would recognize the true artistry of some of the great voice-over actors of the past. Whether from animated feature films, animated TV shows, or just cartoons, the work from these voice-over actors are indelible and should truly be recognized and appreciated. Despite these...

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Product Review: Tivic ClearUp

Product Review: Tivic ClearUp

I vividly remember my very first personal bout with allergies. I was sitting in a movie theater for the highly anticipated movie, “Topsy Turvy”, which was getting lots of buzz. Unfortunately at the time, I was also suffering from post nasal drip, which I had never experienced before. As I sat among the full capacity crowd, I was doing my best to suppress my cough to not disturb them, but failed. There were times that I was so disruptive that I imagined the crowd probably wanted to throw me out of the theater for disturbing them...

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Are movie theaters left in the dark in the age of COVID-19?

Are movie theaters left in the dark in the age of COVID-19?

It’s 6pm on a Friday night in the East Bay at the historic landmark Orinda Theater, just 15 miles east of San Francisco. With its impressive luminous flashing neon lights on its marquee displaying a spectacular view to those who pass along Highway 24 at night, it gives pride and joy to the citizens of Orinda to have its city name in glittering lights, as not many intimate cities in the Bay Area can claim. Outside, underneath the retro ceiling before the entrance doors of the theater, newly installed neon lights bounce off...

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