Monthly Archives: May 2015

Comic Book, Disney, Movie

#AvengersEvent – Taking Aim with Hawkeye and Maria Hill – An Interview with Jeremy Renner and Cobie Smulders

Jeremy Renner and Cobie Smulders with 25 #AvengersEvent Bloggers - Photo Credit - Disney
Jeremy Renner and Cobie Smulders with 25 #AvengersEvent Bloggers – Photo Credit – Disney

Our very first interview during the #AvengersEvent press junket was with Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye) and Cobie Smulders (Agent Maria Hill). I attended an expense paid trip by Disney to press events for Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron (#AvengersEvent, #AgeofUltron), all opinions as always are 100% my own.

I was looking forward to this interview because, after seeing the movie, I had a better respect for Hawkeye as a character. There was a lot of character development for Hawkeye in this movie including something that I wanted to ask him about right away, but it is a spoiler and so I’ll have to leave that question for the spoiler episode of Dad.FM podcast that I did.

Each time I hear people talk about the movie and the female characters they always mention Black Widow and Scarlet Witch but they don’t mention Maria Hill as much. Maria Hill certainly is a strong female character in the movies and she also shows up in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. once in a while. It think that it is because she isn’t in the movies as much as the other characters and there hasn’t been much of a story around her so far. The first question that I can talk about was for Cobie. Continue reading #AvengersEvent – Taking Aim with Hawkeye and Maria Hill – An Interview with Jeremy Renner and Cobie Smulders →

PBS Kids VIP, Press Release, Television

New Content Launched for PBS Kids Digital Series, OH NOAH!

OH NOAH!

PBS KIDS DIGITAL SERIES OH NOAH! LAUNCHES NEW VIDEOS AND GAMES TO INTRODUCE KIDS TO SPANISH

Launching today in honor of “El Día de los Niños,” new OH NOAH! videos and first immersive language-learning game are now accessible on smartphones, tablets and computers on pbskids.org

ARLINGTON, VA and NEW YORK, NY, April 30, 2015 – The PBS KIDS digital series OH NOAH! (pbskids.org/noah) is expanding its offerings with new animated videos and games that introduce Spanish in an entertaining way. Launching today – a day to honor and celebrate children known as “El Día de los Niños” – new OH NOAH! content includes an immersive language learning game, “Lost and Found,” and a new 11-minute video, “Making a Splash.” In addition, all OH NOAH! content is now accessible on mobile and tablet devices via pbskids.org/noah.

“Many parents are looking for tools to help their kids learn a second language, and research shows that developing a second language at a young age can have significant cognitive benefits; PBS KIDS is excited to offer families new content from OH NOAH! to help meet this need,” said Lesli Rotenberg, General Manager, Children’s Media, PBS. “Digital properties like OH NOAH! are among PBS KIDS’ many resources that further our commitment to helping children learn and grow through curriculum-based media across platforms.”

Geared to kids ages 4-7, OH NOAH! features the comic misadventures of Noah, a young boy staying with his grandmother in a community where almost no one else speaks English. As he tries to learn Spanish and makes new friends, misunderstandings land him in wacky predicaments, but he always manages to rebound and cheerfully learn from his mistakes. Since its launch in spring 2011, OH NOAH! has attracted a strong and growing audience online and introduced new Latino lead characters to children’s media. Emmy Award-nominated OH NOAH! is produced by THIRTEEN for WNET, New York’s flagship public media provider, and funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Continue reading New Content Launched for PBS Kids Digital Series, OH NOAH! →