Interactive student workshop with the cast and crew of the film “42″

 

First Lady Michelle Obama delivers opening remarks during the “42″ film workshop in the State Dining Room of the White House, earlier today. Along with Workshop participants are director Brian Helgeland, actor Chadwick Boseman, actor Harrison Ford, widow of the late baseball player Jackie Robinson, Rachel Robinson, and moderator Paulette Aniskoff.

George Lucas Honored at Phoenix Awards

Courtesy of Mark Mahoney

Director George Lucas receiving the Congressional Black Caucus’s “Chair’s Award” from Congressman Emanuel Cleaver II of Missouri, and Robert Townsend at the Phoenix Awards Dinner which concluded the Foundation’s 42nd Annual Legislative Conference.

EXCLUSIVE: Pet Benatar Going Strong at Celebrate Fairfax

Saturday night and the big story of the weekend is MUSIC. Eighties Icon Pat Benetar and guitarist Neil Giraldo wowed the crowd during the Celebrate Fairfax fesitivies. Ms. Benatar continues to shine on as she performs classic hits like “We Belong”, “Shadows of the Night”, and “Invincible”. The multi-Grammy winner told some unique stories about the songs during each break especially when she found out her video for “You Better Run” was the second music video played on MTV back on August 1, 1981. Enjoy our pictures!

SECOND LOOK: PlayStation VITA

With the advent of iPhone and Android phones, things have not looked great for dedicated handheld gaming systems. With three different Angry Birds titles, Fruit Ninja, and other fun games that pop out of the woodwork every 3 or so months. The Nintendo 3DS, despite being a proper upgrade from the DSi and the DS, is selling far worse than was possibly expected to. Sony released a new handheld, an upgrade to the PlayStation Portable – the PlayStation VITA. Now that it has been market and field tested, TRR will take a fresh look at the new handheld. Let’s jump right into it…

2011 In Review: The Best and Worst Films of an Intense Year

By Michael Parsons

It’s that dreary season between The Golden Globes and The Oscars when we commiserate about another crappy year of football, fight our annual urge to move south and pick at the remnants of last year’s cinematic bounty.

The Rogers Revue’s Best & Worst of 2011- Part 3

 

For the third and final installment of the Best & Worst of 2011, yours truly (Dean) will break down the good, the bad and the ugly of 2011. Stay Tuned!

The Rogers Revue’s Best & Worst of 2011- Part 2

The Best and Worst of 2011 continues when another one of our writers gives their best and worst of movies.

EXCLUSIVE: Nick’s 8th Annual Worldwide Day of Play Coverage Preview

 

Good afternoon all,

While we are putting together the finishing touches to our 20 minute Worldwide Day of Play show, I have decided to get our readers a sneak preview of the raw footage. Today, you will have the chance to see two interviews – uncut. The first interview is with Kathleen Sebelius – the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services while the second is with Cymphonique Miller & Max Schneider, two of the stars of the upcoming Nick series, How to Rock. Enjoy!

TRR Exclusive: Microsoft E3 Analysis

 

Microsoft has never shied away from the identity it was trying to craft. The Xbox consoles are about core gaming with fun kid/casual friendly games being an afterthought – almost like the opposite of Nintendo. Where Nintendo will get a trickle of games every year that appeal to core gamers, Microsoft also got a trickle of games that appeal to casuals and youths. With the release of Kinect last year, Microsoft started bridging the gap. That wasn’t the pure intent of releasing the Kinect, and so it’s up to Microsoft to convince core gamers that the Kinect is for them. Let’s see what’s in store for the XBox 360 from the Microsoft E3 2011 Press Conference…

TRR EXCLUSIVE: Nintendo E3 Analysis

 

Nintendo has been on a universal accessibility of gaming binge in the last 8 or so years now (I’m counting the development of Wii and the DS, here). They’ve been pretty successful, too. They always have E3 press conferences that stress ‘fun’ games. These don’t have to be ‘heavy’ games, thrilling games, or incredibly difficult games (Nintendo originate it’s own difficulty rating back in the 8-bit era, though). These are games you just have fun playing. Two Wii games I really enjoy playing are No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle, and Okami – and I admit the former of those is rather violent and heavy, but that’s not the point. The point is that two of my favorite games to play are on a system geared for casuals, so there is at least minimal core appeal (better than none).