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NEW YORK -  Actor, singer, producer, and social media powerhouse, Ashley Tisdale, announced today that she has launched her very own custom mobile app powered by escapex, giving her the ability to interact directly with her fans all over the world.  For the nearly 50 million fans that follow the superstar on her various social media platforms, Ashley's mobile app provides a completely new, more in-depth experience all from the convenience of their smart phones. 

An exciting, patented feature will transform how fans interact with Ashley Tisdale by giving them the ability to boost their or other fans' comments to increase visibility to actually be seen by the star herself. By turning recognition into virtual currency, the entire fan base can trade their earned in-app currency to promote themselves and others to the top of the comments feed and become Top Fans.  The posts of the top fans are pinned thus enabling Ashley Tisdale to identify who the top fans are and reply to their comments individually. 

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Then, on Christmas Day, Naktsinh and his wife made the short drive from Turlock to Table Mountain Casino, where the Massive Cash Jackpot hit again, making for a memorable and winning Christmas for Naktsinh. This time, the random jackpot paid out $72,014.30 on the penny denomination China Shores machine he was playing. Naktsinh's excitement was contagious as he said, "I LOVE Table Mountain Casino!"  He plans to take a trip, save some of his winnings and of course, come back to Table Mountain Casino for more fun and winning excitement!

UNIVERSAL CITY - Universal Studios Hollywood welcomes DreamWorks' Kung Fu Panda masters Po and Tigress to its all-new Lunar New Year event as The Entertainment Capital of L.A. ushers in the "Year of the Dog" from Saturday, February 10 to Sunday, February 25, 2018.  Lunar New Year is included in the price of admission to Universal Studios Hollywood.

This spectacularly themed Lunar New Year event will take place within Universal Plaza, a polygon-shaped piazza that sits at the heart of the theme park.  Under a curtain of customary red Chinese lanterns and stunning plum blossom Wishing Trees, the festivities will come to life as guests discover the 12 zodiac animal signs accompanied by their symbolic attributes.

LOS ANGELES - "The Rolling Stones never hired the Hells Angels and Yoko Ono didn't break up the Beatles, and I prove it with Proof of Truth," says the man who was there, Ronnie Schneider, in his new book, Out of Our Heads The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and Me with Proof of Truth, from CLB Inc.  Schneider tells the inside story about Altamont, Dec. 6, 1969, where a Hells Angel killed Meredith Hunter during the free concert, and how the greatest rock film, Gimme Shelter, of the greatest rock n' roll band, The Rolling Stones, was created.

"Schneider's fact-filled volume further illustrates how he and the Stones in 1969 helped establish larger creative (production and package) and economic controls of an existing business model which demanded traditional flat fee performer fees to their new economic world where the band received 60-70 percent of the box office gross. This joint model has served as the blueprint for arena and stadium acts that followed. Schneider recounts the business lives of the Beatles and offers a very spiritual moment with George Harrison stopping by his desk and handing him a signed paperback of Autobiography of a Yogi."- Harvey Kubernik-author, music historian.

NEW YORK - Today, Coach announces the launch of Selena Gomez's second campaign as the face of Coach for the Spring 2018 collection. The singer, actress, producer and philanthropist embodies the optimism of the original American house of leather in a series of images set in New York City that spotlight the new bags.

The campaign pictures Gomez resting on a window ledge in a loft with a quintessential prewar fire escape and the iconic Empire State Building in the background. It's magic hour and the images capture the endless possibility of the night ahead in the city that never sleeps. "Creative Director Stuart Vevers makes New York feel like a town, a real community," says Gomez. "It just feels like this is where the brand really lives."

LOS ANGELES - Verve Label Group and UMe are proud to announce the induction of trailblazers Nina Simone and Sister Rosetta Tharpe into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Late pianist, singer and activist Simone will be inducted into the 2018 Performer Category alongside Bon Jovi, The Cars and The Moody Blues, while Tharpe, the late singer and guitarist known as the "godmother of rock and roll," will be inducted into the hall's Early Influences wing, joining such luminaries as Billie Holiday, Robert Johnson, Hank Williams, Bessie Smith and Howlin' Wolf. The 33rd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony takes place April 14, 2018 at Public Auditorium in Cleveland, Ohio.

Known as the "High Priestess of Soul," Nina Simone defies categorization. A pianist, singer, songwriter, composer and activist, she was one of the most gifted vocalists of her generation, an extraordinary artist of the twentieth century, an icon of American music. Rather than being confined to musical boundaries, she knew no bounds and fused jazz, blues, soul, folk, R&B, gospel, pop and showtunes with her classical roots, creating a rich tapestry filled with emotional honesty, spiritual depth and virtuosic musicianship.