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February, 2013

TAEM News Flash- Salute to our Stars!

Thursday, February 28th, 2013

m_95cfea015a5cdb273bdf3d2286300e20[1] Several of Hollywood’s Finest, who we interviewed in past issues, are back with us again with some great news ! Two of our stars will be in the 2nd Annual Hot Media International Film Festival taking place in the luxurious Washington Plaza Hotel at 10 Thomas Circle, NW in Washington, DC. The film festival will be held on Saturday, March 30, 2013, from 10:00am till 5:00pm.

Actor/ Producer June Daguiso (Oct.1, 2011 issue), will be presenting said “The festival will start on Sunday, August 18 through Saturday, August 24, 2013. The screening of the top films will be shown at National Navy Memorial Museum 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC and the Gala will be held at Washington Plaza Hotel 10 Thomas Circle NW Washington, DC”.

Mr. Daguisio’s film Split Personality is a Physiological/ Thriller and the trailer can be found on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YWKQbfgX8g

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TAEM News Flash! Past Author’s in the News!

Thursday, February 28th, 2013

Guest Author Alex Knight

The Arts and Entertainment Magazine & THE EERIE DIGEST would like to announce that one of our most prolific contributors, Alex Knight (Nov. 2010 issue), has published a new book. Alex was featured in an interview with our magazine in November 2010.

“Alex has submitted many stories to our magazines and we are very proud to announce her latest piece of spell-binding literature”, publisher Joseph J. O’Donnell said. ” Her stories are what these magazines were made for and she has kept our readers gripping their seats and begging for more”.

Ms. Knight’s latest work is titled What Luck and can be found on Amazon. We’ve included the eerie cover art as well as a link to Amazon so that our readers can purchase it directly there. (more…)

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‘The Holy Man’ by Guest Author Paul DeThroe

Thursday, February 28th, 2013

Guest Author Paul DeThroe

Stories began to surface about a strange holy man with incredible healing powers living on the streets in one of the poorest slums of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Being a well-to-do freelance journalist with several high profile magazines at my beck and call lent me wherewithal to travel anywhere in the world. Rio was beautiful, from what I’d been told, and even if the story didn’t pan out, as I expected it not to, I could call it a working vacation and drum up some sort of story.

We were in the middle of a slow news cycle in the States anyway. The President had just been sworn in for his second term, the economy was slowly inching back to life, and everyone was sick of reading about the dreadful wars we just couldn’t pull ourselves out of, as a country. I had made a living of putting myself in harm’s way to tell stories of our soldiers risking their lives to fight ambiguous enemies who seemed to increase three fold for with every new death count. To be honest, I was sick and tired of it. I wanted to do a feel good story. No, I needed to do a feel good story, just to keep my sanity. (more…)

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‘The Drive was Murder’ by Guest Author Alex Knight

Thursday, February 28th, 2013

Guest Author Alex Knight

“Are you really going to meet him?” Monica was afraid her friend was in for a world of hurt, again.

“Of course, it’s what I’ve been hoping for.” Lisa was beaming.

“But how do you know it isn’t just a booty call because he’s horny again? Remember what happened last time?”

“I remember, but you should have heard him on the phone. He didn’t give me a chance to say or ask anything. A cabin is booked; he’ll be there waiting. If he is just jerking me around he’ll be sorry.” It was an unfortunate choice of words that would come back to haunt her. (more…)

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TAEM presents THE TWEED UPDATE!!!

Thursday, February 28th, 2013

Travel Time with Roger Tweed

The Arts and Entertainment Magazine is always trying something new for the interest for all our readers. Roger Tweed, who has submitted articles titled Travel Time with Roger Tweed in past issues, is also the publisher of THE TWEED UPDATE. He is now allowing us to run articles from his monthly reports for the interests of investors, and those wanting to know something about the financial markets. We will start this series with the article below

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THE TWEED UPDATE (a financial newsletter) by Roger Tweed

OUR 2013 PORTFOLIO

Off to a Rough Start – Our portfolio failed to keep pace with the S&P 500 over the past five weeks. Strong performances from GE (GE), AIG (AIG), News Corp. (NWSA), and Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) were negated by disappointing earnings guidance from Whole Foods Market (WFM) and B&G Foods (BGS), and a plunge in the shares of Facebook (FB). Over the past five weeks, our portfolio gained 0.76% while the S&P 500 gained 3.24%. Since its January 10 inception, our portfolio has lost 0.31% while the S&P 500 has gained 3.64%. (more…)

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‘Remains of The Storm’ by Guest Author T.L. Messegee

Thursday, February 28th, 2013

Todd Messegee is a professor at Northern Virginia Community College.
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Our house at the beach was a survivor. Twelve hurricanes had accosted the shore in the previous twenty years leaving parts of the island in shambles or worse. Through it all, our wooden lady stood strong. So, when the November winds had kicked up again I thought nothing of it. The storm would come, no doubt, to batter our windows. The sea would rise and smash against the deep-set posts that our house was built upon, but a survivor is a survivor for a reason. Our house was well made and all who saw her ride out these storms in the past knew that she would stand the test again.

The storm came at night, after the children had gone to bed. The warnings had gone out days before but the hurricane siren that would blast us from our sleep through even the most vicious gale had not blown. If that siren blew we knew it was time to flee. Mandatory evacuations were rare, but they did happen. People had left the island, that’s true, but we saw no need to pull up stakes. It was just supposed to be another storm. (more…)

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‘Late Shift’ by Guest Author David Rhodes

Thursday, February 28th, 2013

Guest Author David Rhodes

Freddy walked out of the summer heat and into the refreshing cool of the front office of Dry Goods, Inc. The young woman sitting behind the desk looked up and smiled. He was surprised, considering his holey pants and tee shirt, as he was very self-conscious about his appearance. He had no clothing more appropriate for a job interview – with a useless wife and a small child, money was tight.

“Can I help you?” she asked.

“Um, yeah, I have an appointment with Mr. Jarvis. My name’s Freddy Lynch,” he said, avoiding too much eye contact with her.

She punched a few keys on her computer. “Ok, I’ll let him know you’re here. Just have a seat, and he’ll be right with you.”

He sat down in a plastic chair and eyed the tattered magazines scattered across the small table next to him. The hard plastic was uncomfortable on Freddy’s ass, and he shifted around, hoping the wait would not be too long. The receptionist glanced up at him and then went back to whatever she had been doing. (more…)

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Collection of Poems by Guest Author Alex Knight

Thursday, February 28th, 2013

Guest Author Alex Knight

The Rendezvous

by Alex Knight

I thought about your lips on mine

And how I used to enjoy our rendezvous

We knew how wrong it was

How right it seemed

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Collection of Poems by Candice James

Thursday, February 28th, 2013

Guest Poet Candice James

SEEING THROUGH

Everything that isn’t,

Is…

Only when it isn’t.

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TAEM interview with author W. G. Griffiths

Wednesday, February 13th, 2013

WGGRIFFheadshot TAEM- The Arts and Entertainment Magazine is extremely honored to present author W. G. Griffiths to all of our readers. His books are well known among readers for his work in both fiction and non-fiction. Unlike most writers, William’s authenticity in his work is captured from his own personal experiences. William, why did you choose writing as your career, and who was your greatest inspiration?

WGG- Well, allow me to answer those two questions in reverse order. One day a friend tossed me a book and said, “Hey man, you will love this.” He was right. Being a builder my whole life, I saw the structure of this masterpiece story built like a house. Foundation, inner support, frame, balance, schedule of events, attention to fine detail, twists, turns, focal points and an interesting exterior cover. The book not only delivered an amazing premise masterfully weaved by a genius author, but it opened a door of fascination that made me say, “I want to build a book,” which was truly what I imagined writing a novel to be; a construction project. Oh, the book was Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton. (more…)

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TAEM Attends the 2013 Robert Burns’ Dinner

Wednesday, February 13th, 2013

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TAEM Attends the 2013 Robert Burns’ Dinner !

The Arts and Entertainment Magazine was proud to attend the 2013 Robert Burns’ Dinner hosted by The Fauquier Scottish Heritage Society at McMahon’s Irish Pub & Restaurant in beautiful Warrenton, Virginia. This is an annual event thrown by the society honoring the memory of Scotland’s most beloved poet.

Emmett Gallagher, the restaurant’s manager, presented a fine spread of food to choose from and his staff was both friendly and helpful. The table settings were reminiscent of olden times and the mood brought back memories of the Scottish Isles. Pipe Major Dave McCrabb opened the event and Jim Breeden, the Master of Ceremonies led the way. The Invocation was said by the Reverend Brian Turner, Presbyter followed by many readings from the works of Robert Burns. (more…)

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