Thomas McNamara, otherwise known as Macky, has been making art for as long as he can remember, winning sculpting contests as early as junior high. At 11, his father got him a lead soldier-making kit. That’s when art was introduced and it quickly became evident that it was to be his purpose in life. At 11 he could melt the lead in a small pot, pour it into molds, and paint the little figurines. These soldiers were often given to his parent’s friends. The response was wild - the adults all loved them!! As a boy this was real validation for a child surrounded by intimidating, book-smart people. The art carried Macky into all the art classes at Cardinal Newman high school. His love for lead figure painting continued to grow during this period. It was the MTV generation, which Macky believes also had a huge impact on him . . . Since then, there have been many great moments, including showcasing Macky's art on two episodes of MTV's “PUNK'd”, which featured Ashlee Simpson and Hugh Jackman.
Mutt™ has been the label for Macky's passion since 1997. Just recently, Mutt donated a customized 3-foot skateboard to the Rush foundation, a charity created to send kids to art school. It was a huge honor for Macky to be able to be a part of such a worthy charity. Courtesy of Thomas McNamara on MOLI.com
Chivas Regal, the original luxury whisky and official sponsor of the 65th Festival De Cannes, reaffirmed its commitment to its global brand partner FilmAid International, after announcing plans for a new global fundraising programme.
To mark the first year anniversary of the Chivas Regal FilmAid partnership, Chivas unveiled a new short film documenting the amazing work of FilmAid focussing on a FilmAid project at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya.
Oscar winning actor and FilmAid supporter, Cuba Gooding Jr., joined FilmAid UK Chair Iliane Ogilvie Thompson and Chivas Regal Brand Director, James Slack on stage for an exclusive screening of the new short film commissioned by Chivas.
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Trailer for the award-winning indie action/grindhouse short, Foxxy Madonna vs The Black Death. Visit www.cinephreakpictures.com for more information, and to purchase the DVD!
Avon Products, Inc. launches Avon Voices, its first-ever global online singing talent search for women and songwriting competition for men and women in celebration of its 125th Anniversary. Avon invites people from more than 60 countries, along with its 6.2 million independent sales Representatives, to ignite a global movement through music. A renowned judging panel of music industry leaders from around the world includes: Fergie, six-time Grammy award winner; Diane Warren, legendary songwriter; Natasha Bedingfield, Grammy nominated singer/songwriter; Delta Goodrem, Australian Artist of the Decade; Lea Salonga, Filipina singer and actress; Russian sensation Valeriya; Ivete Sangalo, Brazil’s biggest pop star; Sheila E., breakthrough, Grammy-nominated female percussionist; David Pack, Grammy award-winning singer/composer and music producer; and Maia, Colombian singing star. Highlights of the year-long program will include travel to exciting destinations for nearly 200 global contenders to receive professional coaching and Avon makeovers, and record performance videos. The goal of the Talent Search is to find two talented singers – one an Avon Representative – who may have the opportunity to record a professionally produced album.
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Cicero Inc., a global leader in customer experience management and desktop integration, announced that it has released Cicero XM Discovery 2.1, adding application performance to its existing award-winning desktop activity monitoring and reporting product. Using Cicero XM Discovery, companies can capture and monitor desktop activities and application performance data to ‘find and fix’ process bottlenecks and technical problems across the enterprise. As pioneers in the idea of efforts analytics, empowering agents to give every customer the best experience, Cicero will continue to spotlight their theme of “Find and Fix” solutions for the contact center with a series of partnered events with Frost & Sullivan.
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Wallace & Gromit's World Of Invention. Wallace & Gromit are back with their World of Invention and they need your help to put their inventions right. The bonkers twosome need some inspiration and want you to get involved.
Gromit can't get Wallace's wake-up machine to work, and has put Wallace in a dress. Do you think you could design a better machine to wake up Walllace? Go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/wallaceandgromit to enter and you could have you, or your winning contraption, re-created into clay and appear in an animated production from the creators of Wallace and Gromit.you could have your design featured in the show.
Wallace & Gromit's World Of Invention. Wallace & Gromit are back with their World of Invention and they need your help to put their inventions right. The Crackers pair are in trouble and need some inspiration to build their designs.
Gromit just can't get Wallace's wake-up machine to work and has crashed their entire workshop! Could you design a better machine? Go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/wallaceandgromit to enter and you could have your design featured in the show. You could have you, or your winning contraption, re-created into clay and appear in an animated production from the creators of Wallace and Gromit.
Bacardi Limited, the largest privately held spirits company in the world, announces tennis champion Rafael Nadal as the new Bacardi Limited Global Social Responsibility Ambassador. The ATP World Tour® #1 ranked Rafael Nadal now leads the Company’s award-winning responsible drinking campaign, “Champions Drink Responsibly.”
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Victory doesn't always come in the form of a winning on-field goal or a walk-off home run. Sometimes, victory is just as simple as a phone number after a long night out on the town. This October, sportlifestyle brand, PUMA®, salutes these special competitive moments with the launch of The PUMA Social Club LA, the place for the social games we play off the field with friends, when the sun goes down. Open from October 13th through October 28th in West Hollywood, The PUMA Social Club LA pays homage to the After Hours Athlete – those who enjoy the smell of victory and the agony of defeat, all with a drink in hand, wearing their favorite pair of PUMA Clydes. Has competition ever felt this good?
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Nobel Chor is a Bangla Movie starring Mithun Chakraborty. Like us on facebook http://www.facebook.com/nobelchor Catch us on twitter http://www.twitter.com/nobelchor Please like, comment, share :) NOBEL CHOR is based on the Nobel Medal of Rabindra Nath Tagore which was stolen from Shantiniketan in Bengal in 2004. It was never found again. The film is a fictional account of what might have happened to the medal. Superstar Mithun Chakraborty plays the role of Bhanu who circumstantially gets involved in the theft of the medal.