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Monsters invade the City of Angels - 25th annual West Hollywood Halloween Costume CarnivalMore than a hundred thousand people of all ages from over the world flocked to the largest, annual Halloween parade / party west of Manhattan.
The city of West Hollywood attracts a special combination of local Hollywood creative people (such as costume and make-up artists) combined with one of the largest gay communities in America. The annual Costume Carnaval this year featured a black-in-drag send-up ofn Victoria's Secret's angel-winged Christmas models, as well as the 25th appearance of the Tina Turner Revue (in drag) with Peter Constantino, Tim Baker, and Stephen Hennigan - who use Santa Monica Boulevard for "rollin' on the river." Our on-scene news-video captures a mob of angry townspeople gathered with pitchforks and torches to demonstrate their aversion to the abundance of monsters visiting their town this week.  BlogWorld: William Shatner caricatured by Kevin Pollak's, host of Chat Show Ragtime: When media distribution meant player-piano-rolls and song transcriptionsFrom our "evolution of music distribution" file: RagFest '09: ragtime revival - historical re-enactment of the pre-jazz era.
 Mainstream TV and radio news producers at BlogWorld & New Media Expo will address Future of JournalismMost Prominent Gathering of New Media Influencers Will Explore Future of Journalism in Panel Featuring CNN’s Don Lemon and Award-Winning Critic and PressThink Author Jay Rosen at Third Annual Event from October 15-17 in Las Vegas
  Organizers of BlogWorld have announced a panel to explore the need for standards and ethics in social media, particularly in the area of public journalism and political opinion. The panel, devoted to The Future of Journalism, will feature CNN anchor Don Lemon; award-winning critic, NYU journalism professor and PressThink blog author Jay Rosen; conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt; and Current TV COO Joanna Drake Earl.
As online content, developed and published by self-described citizen journalists, has grown exponentially over the past year, it has also established itself as the originator of misinformation, distortions and accusations often picked up and given a wider audience by a mainstream media scrambling to feed a 24-hour news cycle, as well as bitterly divided partisan politicians looking to gain political traction. Additional information on BlogWorld & New Media Expo, including speaker topics, session descriptions and registration details, is available at www.blogworldexpo.com.” Photos from DemoCast News' press coverage of BlogWorld '07 here.
Please click Left Button to toggle-on captions. (Story & Photos by Scott Jacobs)  A Documentary and Reality TV Conference organized on the West Coast This three-day event, September 14-16, will bring together preeminent producers, directors, writers, network executives, agents and distributors for insightful and unique seminars, as well as networking opportunities. WESTDOC will feature two areas of professional interest designated as The Documentary Village and The Reality Village. Attendees and speakers will be able to take full advantage of both these arenas and be able to select seminars from any Village they choose. The third day of the conference will be entirely devoted to PitchFest, a rousing live presentation for Documentary and Reality producers to pitch new concepts to network and development executives for potential acquisition, in front of a live audience. For info and register please click here  More Recent Articles
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