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Presenting The 73rd Annual Emmy Awards Nominations

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The 73rd Annual Emmy Awards Nominations were revealed last night and I am happy to share the full rundown of the hopefuls in this list below. We didn’t tune in to the general announcement based on a slightly busier than usual day but let’s take a look at this list and see who wants to take home the prize. Are all of your favorites in the running? Let’s see.

Outstanding Drama Series:
The Boys
Bridgerton
The Crown
The Mandalorian
Lovecraft Country
Pose
The Handmaid’s Tale
This Is Us

Outstanding Comedy Series:
Black-ish
Cobra Kai
Pen15
Emily in Paris
Hacks
Ted Lasso
The Flight Attendant
The Kominsky Method
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Hasbro & J Balvin Reveal “J Balvintron” Decepticon Collaboration

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The Press Release:
Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAS), and NTWRK, North America’s premiere livestream shopping platform, today announced the first TRANSFORMERS Collaborative music-inspired item – the J Balvin Mash-Up, J Balvintron 3-Pack. Hasbro and NTWRK have partnered with J Balvin, one of the most influential and successful Latin artists, to bring this truly special blend of music-inspired toy and “More Than Meets the Eye” worlds together for fans.

Sound waves combine in this TRANSFORMERS-J Balvin mash-up pack! “Reggaeton’s global ambassador” joins the DECEPTICONS as the TRANSFORMERS robot, J BALVINTRON. This DECEPTICON wields the power of rhythm to crush his enemies! The 7-inch tall Soundwave-inspired figure converts into cassette player mode in 6 steps and features deco and details inspired by J Balvin – including packaging inspired by J Balvin’s rainbow color scheme and his iconic smiley face icon with lightning bolt eyes. He comes with two mini cassette figures, with deco inspired by albums “Energia” and “Vibras”. The Energia Buzzsaw converts to condor mode in 4 steps, and Vibras Stripes converts to tiger mode in 3 steps. The figure also includes a blaster accessory and two rainbow blast effects.

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Discovery Launches “Shark Week” 2021 Consumer Products Program

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The Press Release:
Discovery, Inc., the global leader in real life entertainment, today announced a “fin-tastsic” list of merchandising partners for Discovery Channel’s Shark Week 2021. Airing Sunday, July 11 through Sunday, July 18 with an exciting lineup of original shark-themed programming, Shark Week is television’s longest-running and most anticipated summer event. This year’s consumer products program boasts new and returning partners across apparel, accessories, toys, home, publishing and food.

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New in 2021, DEVOUR Frozen Foods is launching limited-edition Shark Week packaging for its frozen meals, along with a sweepstakes offering shark fanatics a chance to win a number of incredible prizes. Pura Vida, the artisan jewelry brand inspired by the “pure life” Costa Rican lifestyle, is diving into Shark Week with new fashion accessories that will benefit Oceana, a charitable organization dedicated to protecting and restoring the world’s oceans, available at Tilly’s and independently owned surf shops. Founded in 1964, Hawaiian retailer Crazy Shirts is set to launch an exclusive line of licensed apparel for both adults and kids that feature its iconic original art. The collection will be available at the brand’s retail stores, catalog and crazyshirts.com. Also making a splash this year are pet toys from G Mason Group available at Walmart, and Shark Week themed towels from Sand Cloud available online only at SoudCloud.com.
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Warner Brothers Pictures “The Many Saints Of Newark” Official Trailer

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“Woke up this morning, got yourself a gun”…. If you know your Pop Culture references, you know full well that this is the opening line of the song by Alabama 3 that played during the intro to HBO’s “The Sopranos”. While many fans expected some kind of sequel series or film over the course of the 14 years its been since that ended, we are getting a prequel instead from Warner Brothers Pictures and Chase Films with “The Many Saints Of Newark”. The Official Trailer for the film was recently revealed and is presented below for your attention with some light premise, casting and art. Take a look.

The Premise: A look at the formative years of New Jersey gangster, Tony Soprano. (c/o IMDB)
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Presenting The Winners Of The 48th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards

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The winners of the 48th Annual Daytime Emmy’s were recently announced during a live broadcast on CBS and I kept pace with the program to have the names of the winners circle as fast as possible. It was hosted by Sheryl Underwood of “The Talk” who handled the duties all by herself with no additional hosts present. I’ll return at the close with some editorial rumblings so may I have the envelope please….

PROGRAMMING CATEGORIES

Outstanding Drama Series:
The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)
Days of Our Lives (NBC)
WINNER – General Hospital (ABC)
The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Outstanding Limited Drama Series:
The Bay (Popstar TV)
Beacon Hill (reelwomensnetwork.com)
A House Divided (UMC)
WINNER – Studio City (Amazon Prime Video)
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