Backlash to Disney trademark attempt

When Lalo Alcaraz learned this week that Disney was seeking to trademark “Dia de los Muertos,” the name of the traditional “Day of the Dead” celebrated by millions in Mexico and the US, the cartoonist had an idea. The trademark was for an animated movie by Disney and Pixar Animation Studios that is inspired by the holiday

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Tale of two comics has one winner

REVIEW: Stephen K Amos – The Spokesman; Tom Green – Live Opera House, Wellington, May 5 Reviewed by Daven Parsons-Piwari The New Zealand International Comedy Festival brings to town all sorts of international delights for our entertainment pleasure, two such worldwide acts being Brit Stephen K Amos and Canadian Tom Green.

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The Office: That’s a wrap

The actors who play Pam, Jim, Dwight and other beloved characters from the popular NBC show The Office have bade farewell to the northeastern Pennsylvania city of Scranton that served as the TV setting for their fictional paper company. The NBC mockumentary about a clan of quirky cubicle-dwellers at the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Co.

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Jurors see Jackson’s messy bedroom

In a case that attorneys promised would dive into Michael Jackson’s personal life, US jurors have been shown photographs of the eccentric music legend’s messy, clothes-strewn second-floor bedroom in the rented mansion where he died. Although the foyer of the Holmby Hills home was pristine – a lavish, open space with ornate gold frames – and the dining room boasted flowing white curtains around giant windows that allowed in streaming sunlight, the second floor presented a scene that was radically different, jurors were told in the wrongful-death case brought by the singer’s family against entertainment firm AEG.

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(Email) Chain of Moans – Episode 5

As the show with the most foetuses in jars on television continues, Nelson Mail reporters and bloggers Sarah Dunn and Adam Roberts continue their discussions about the land of Westeros. Note: Sarah is on holiday this week, so Nelson Mail web editor and Tyrion fanboy Lee Henaghan will be standing in for her.

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