TV / Film News

Good Morning America Extends Invitation to IAJE Attendees

Source: All About Jazz
December 12, 2005

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Charlie Brown's holiday staple humbly marks 40 years

Source: All About Jazz
December 4, 2005

Years before the VCR, the Schulz family had tapes of “A Charlie Brown Christmas." But that didn't mean the special's creator, the late Charles Schulz, didn't lament a missed opportunity to see it “live." “We did try to watch it when were home and sometimes we'd be out and he'd say 'Oh drat, it's on tonight," remembers Schulz' wife Jeannie. “For some reason, when you watch it on television at the time that it's broadcast, I think you have a ...

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You're a classic, Charlie Brown

Source: All About Jazz
December 4, 2005

A Charlie Brown Christmas is 40 years old already? Good grief! Like a package waiting to be opened, television viewers young and old know they can depend every year on a special holiday gift: a host of ageless shows celebrating the Christmas season. Parents, grandparents and grandchildren anticipate the arrival of the traditional family classics -- from “A Christmas Carol" to “Jack Frost." One of the most popular, about a “blockhead" and his friends, celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. ...

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After 40 years, it's still a good special, Charlie Brown

Source: All About Jazz
December 4, 2005

The plot is thin. The pace is slow. The music is decidedly not rock 'n' roll. But A Charlie Brown Christmas is a beloved piece of Americana, despite its flaws and idiosyncrasies, or maybe because of them. There's reason to consider this cultural icon now because -- are you sitting down? -- the animated TV special turns 40 this year. That's right, it was 40 years ago that Charlie Brown first decried the commercialization of Christmas. Forty years ago he ...

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BET Announces Programming for December's World AIDS Day

Source: All About Jazz
November 17, 2005

WASHINGTON - BET and the Kaiser Family Foundation today announced a line up of special HIV-themed programming to mark World AIDS Day on Thursday, December 1, 2005 as part their Rap-It-Up HIV / AIDS public awareness initiative. New interactive content will also be available on both www.bet.com and www.rap-it-up.com websites. Launched in 1998, the initiative has sought to inform and raise awareness about HIV / AIDS, which disproportionately impacts African Americans.

On Thursday, December 1 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT, BET ...

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BET Jazz Fall 2005 Programming Highlights

Source: All About Jazz
October 26, 2005

BET Jazz: The 24-Hour Jazz Channel Fall 2005 Programming Highlights

With New Episodes of Journey With Jazz At Lincoln Center, Studio Jams, SOLOS: The Jazz Sessions, Montreal Jazz Festival, Non-Stop Hits and Jazz Legends

BET Jazz: The 24-Hour Jazz Channel presents a new fall season of original programming that kicks off on October 27 with the fourth season of Journey With Jazz At Lincoln Center. The exciting programming continues with new episodes of Studio Jams, SOLOS: The Jazz Sessions, Montreal ...

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Eric Mintel Quartet: Jazzing Up QVC

Source: All About Jazz
October 25, 2005

On Monday November 14 at 2:00p.m. EST pianist and composer Eric Mintel and the Eric Mintel Quartet will appear on the popular shopping channel QVC. Jazz music is making an appearance for the first time ever on QVC and over 87 million households throughout the country will get a chance to see and hear the Eric Mintel Quartet as they pioneer this new endeavor with a 3 CD Boxed set of Eric's music just in time for the holidays. The ...

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Live Jazz show A House of Love

Source: All About Jazz
October 5, 2005

This is just a short update Regarding Mother J Productions' Live Jazz show A House of Love We have three Arts and Humanities awards for the state of Florida. Recently we have received the prestigious ACE/FAAE award from the First Lady of Florida Columba Bush and the Secretary of State Glenda Hood. Our Jazz show A House of Love raised over $20.000 for the American Red Cross Disaster from the effects of Katrina. We have raised over $25.000 for scholarships ...

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