Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Sarah Reiners of Bemidji Wins Kids' Choice Awards 2021 Sweepstakes Prize Pack

Sarah Reiners of Bemidji Wins Kids' Choice Awards Sweepstakes Prize Pack


(Bemidji, MN) (May 14, 2021) -Sarah Reiners of Bemidji has won a Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards 2021 Sweepstakes Prize Pack from ViacomCBS! Sarah is a member of Paul Bunyan Communications, an affiliate of ViacomCBS, that participated in the sweepstakes.

As a sweepstakes prize pack winner, Sarah will receive the following:

• Official Nickelodeon Slime
• Kid's Choice Awards chocolate Blimp smash cake
• Karaoke party light-up boombox Sing-station
• (2) Adult wireless Bluetooth headphones
• (2) Kids wireless Bluetooth headphones
• (4) Insulated Hydroflask stainless steel water bottles
• (2) Sets of Hydroflask caps
• (2) Sets of Hydroflask handles & bottoms
• (4) Color-changing KCA cups
• (4) Nickelodeon/KCA crazy straws
• Various glow-in-the-dark accessories
• Various Nickelodeon/KCA customization stickers

"This is so cool! I try to enter all the contests that Paul Bunyan Communications puts on and saw the information on their Facebook page. I clicked on it, filled out the form, and wouldn't you know I won! My kids are super excited," said Reiners.

"As a television service provider, we have the opportunity to participate in and promote some national sweepstakes through ViacomCBS. Nickelodeon is one of those networks and if you have kids, odds are you have had Nickelodeon on at some point. We're excited for Sarah and her family on winning all that cool stuff." added Brian Bissonette, Paul Bunyan Communications Marketing Supervisor.

Nickelodeon is on Paul Bunyan Television channel 228 or in HD on channel 728.

About ViacomCBS

ViacomCBS is a leading global media and entertainment company that creates premium content and experiences for audiences worldwide. Driven by iconic consumer brands, its portfolio includes CBS, Showtime Networks, Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, BET, Paramount+, Pluto TV and Simon & Schuster, among others. The company delivers the largest share of the U.S. television audience and boasts one of the industry's most important and extensive libraries of TV and film titles. In addition to offering innovative streaming services and digital video products, ViacomCBS provides powerful capabilities in production, distribution and advertising solutions for partners on five continents.

About Paul Bunyan Communications

Paul Bunyan Communications has the region's largest and fastest all fiber optic network with over 5,500 square miles throughout most of Beltrami County and portions of Cass, Hubbard, Itasca, Koochiching, and St. Louis Counties. The Cooperative provides Broadband High Speed Internet Services including the GigaZone, digital and high definition television services, digital voice services, Residential and Business IT services, and is also the home of northern Minnesota's certified Apple Service Center.


Originally published: Monday, May 17, 2021.

Original source: Metro.co.uk; Additional source: TMZ.
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Dan Dee Announces Global Licensing Deal With ViacomCBS Celebrating Iconic Cat Garfield

Dan Dee Announces Global Licensing Deal With ViacomCBS Consumer Products Celebrating Iconic Cat Garfield


Los Angeles, CA — Dan Dee International, LLC and its affiliate, Animal Adventure, LLC, (Dan Dee) leaders in plush, pet, baby, home décor and seasonal products, and ViacomCBS Consumer Products announced today a new global licensing agreement for Garfield, the world’s most famous lazy but loveable cat.

The launch of this new strategic partnership brings Garfield and Odie to fans in plush products of all types to retailers around the world. The product line features an extensive range of everyday, seasonal and animatronic plush, for fans of the king of “cattitude”!  Dan Dee will also develop an extensive range of pet products and home décor items too.

“We are thrilled to enter into this partnership and be a key partner with ViacomCBS to bring Garfield into the hands of consumers everywhere,” said Mark Matheny, Head of Licensing, Dan Dee. “Garfield is a great fit with the broad capabilities and retailer relationships that Dan Dee has built over many years. We look forward to working closely with the world-class team at ViacomCBS to grow Garfield’s presence at retail in the coming years.”

“Garfield is beloved by so many people around the world,” said Dion Vlachos, Executive Vice President, Hardlines and Retail, ViacomCBS. “Dan Dee’s dedication to quality and retail expertise is invaluable. They have tapped into the fans’ enthusiasm and created a new range of products that fans will love.”

Dan Dee’s Garfield products will be available from Fall 2021.

ABOUT DAN DEE INTERNATIONAL LLC

Dan Dee International LLC is one of the world’s largest designers and suppliers of plush products and is North America’s leading supplier of seasonal plush and decor.  Dan Dee and Animal Adventure, its subsidiary, have established a reputation for developing high quality plush (including every-day, seasonal, basic and animatronic plush toys), home decor, pet toys and baby products that are freshly designed, innovative, trend-right and attractively priced. Their customers include many of the world’s leading mass, food, drug and specialty retailers who depend on their proven ability to reliably deliver large quantities and complete programs with great sell-through. With a 200,000 sq. ft. product development facility staffed with 150+ designers and over 50,000 copyrighted patterns, Dan Dee and Animal Adventure have the capability to supply their customers with unique products to differentiate them from their competitors.

ABOUT VIACOMCBS CONSUMER PRODUCTS

ViacomCBS Consumer Products (VCP) oversees all licensing and merchandising for ViacomCBS Inc. (Nasdaq: VIACA, VIAC), a leading global media and entertainment company that creates premium content and experiences for audiences worldwide. Driven by iconic consumer brands, VCP’s portfolio includes a diverse slate of brands and content from BET, CBS (including CBS Television Studios and CBS Television Distribution), Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures and Showtime. With properties spanning animation, live-action, preschool, youth and adult, VCP is committed to creating the highest quality product for some of the world’s most beloved, iconic franchises. Additionally, VCP oversees the online direct-to-consumer business for CBS and Showtime programming merchandise, as well as standalone branded ecommerce websites for Star Trek, SpongeBob, South Park, and MTV.


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Monday, May 17, 2021

General Mills to Release 'JoJo Siwa Strawberry Bop!' Cereal During Pride

Teen sensation and Nickelodeon star JoJo Siwa and General Mills have teamed up to bring the star’s iconic bows and bops to a cereal aisle near you!

Photo: General Mills.

JoJo Siwa’s Strawberry Bops are coming out in June and will continue to be available “permanently” after Pride Month.

The news follows JoJo revealing that she was a member of the LGBTQ+ community in January.

Family Size boxes will be available at the manufacturer-suggested retail price of $4.99, with mid-size boxes coming in at $3.99.

JoJo Siwa “Strawberry Bop!” cereal will feature sweetened pink corn puffs with multi-colored marshmallows shaped as bows and hearts, and will be naturally flavored with other natural flavors.

The cereal was first reported to be in the works in March, just two months after the 17 year-old came out.

JoJo Siwa's JoJo Siwa’s “Strawberry Bop!” cereal will be available starting in June. General Mills (Provided)

At just 17, JoJo is already one of the most celebrated entertainers in the world. “JoJo Siwa is a ray of sunshine in a world that seems scary right now,” Kim Kardashian West wrote in her profile of the artist for Time in September 2020.

JoJo first came to prominence as one of the students featured in two seasons of the reality show Dance Moms. From there, she has grown into a YouTube personality, teen entertainer, and arguably one of the most influential people in the world. She has hit songs, fills stadiums for her concerts, and has overall talent and consumer product agreements with Nickelodeon, which has seen her name and face put on all sorts of products thanks to merchandizing deals with Target, Walmart, and JC Penney.

Photo: General Mills.

She has released three international-charting extended plays (EPs), and her debut single, “BOOMERANG,” came out when she was 13. It has been officially certified Platinum twice — while the video has earned over 930 million views — since 2016.

Fresh from starring on various Nickelodeon shows, the bow-wearing star left hints that sparked online speculation about the teen for weeks. She confirmed the news by showing off a gift from her cousin — a shirt that read “Best. Gay. Cousin. Ever.” JoJo wore the shirt in a post to social media on January 22, writing “my cousin got me a new shirt” and thanking her for it. She also shared comments congratulating her and fans expressing how proud they are of her.

“She changed history today for the future of LGBTQ youth,” out online personality Tana Mongeau said on Instagram. The 17-year-old got congratulations from Ellen DeGeneres, Lil Nas X, and other stars.

Photo: General Mills.

She said that she’s still exploring labels for her sexuality but that she usually uses the word “gay” at the moment, the same word that she used to come out to the world. She also uses “pansexual” because “have always been my whole life is just like, my human is my human.”

General Mills collaborating with the out sensation is nothing new for the company, which has stood with the LGBTQ community for years against backlash. Anti-LGBTQ groups like the Family Research Council (FRC) and National Organization for Marriage (NOM) attempted boycotts when gay couples were featured in commercials for Cheerios, one of their cereals, or when the company gave same-sex couples custom Betty Crocker-brand cakes for their weddings.

The Golden Valley, Minnesota-based conglomerate stood in support of marriage equality as early as 2012. Since then, they have repeatedly work with LGBTQ groups and consistently rank atop the Human Rights Campaign (HRC)’s Corporate Equity Index, which is the “national benchmarking tool on corporate policies and practices pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer employees.”

General Mills has earned a perfect score for fifteen years from the advocacy group and is a signatory on the HRC’s Business Coalition for the Equality Act.

JoJo has a very busy plate (or should that be bowl) at the moment. The star has a new musical in the works for Nickelodeon. Titled The J Team, the movie “follows a young girl named JoJo whose life is turned upside down when her beloved dance coach Val decides to retire and is replaced by a sparkle-hating instructor named Poppy. Wanting to stay in the running for an upcoming dance competition, JoJo and her best friends, The Rubies, must try their hardest to abide by Poppy’s new, harsh rules. Realizing she cannot hide her sparkle or bow anymore, JoJo is kicked out of her dance troupe and must rediscover what dancing means to her.”

JoJo also has a brand new talent competition series titled The Siwa Dance Pop Revolution for streamer Peacock, and will be launching Studio Siwa in June.


Original source: LGBTQ Nation.
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'Top Chef Junior' Contestant Files Lawsuit Alleging Nickelodeon Used Her Likeness on 'Middle School Moguls' Without Permission

The St. Louis, MO-based law firm of Carey, Danis and Lowe recently filed suit in St. Louis Circuit Court on behalf of Rahanna Bisseret Martinez, a young chef who was featured on Top Chef Junior in 2017.


The show featured 12 young chefs who competed in a fashion similar to that of the popular culinary show Top Chef, which features adult competitors.

STL barrister Jack Garvey, one of the attorneys listed as representing Martinez, said his firm picked up the case through a relationship it has with a Los Angeles firm.

The suit claims that Nickelodeon, a ViacomCBS International Inc. company, used Martinez's likeness without her permission.

Martinez, now 17, is an Oakland, California, native but Garvey said that since the show was aired in the STL market, the courts there are an acceptable venue for filing the suit.

The other local lawyers listed on Martinez's side are Jeffrey Lowe and Paul Maddock.

Martinez made it to the finals of the show, which aired in early 2018. She then was the subject of several features, including articles in the Los Angeles Times, Food & Wine magazine and several YouTube videos.

The suit claims that Nickelodeon created an animated series in 2019 about the adventures of young chefs.

The show, Middle School Moguls, included a character that bore a resemblance to Martinez — including making references to the character's Haitian heritage and being clothed in an outfit similar to the one worn by Martinez on Top Chef Junior.

Airing during fall 2019, Middle School Moguls was a series of animated specials that chronicled the ambitions of four new friends striving to create their own companies while attending Mogul Academy, an entrepreneurial school where kid-business dreams come true.

Rahanna Martinez, left, and animated character from "Middle School Moguls." (Photos from lawsuit filed in St. Louis Circuit Court)

The suit alleges that Nickelodeon "made no offer to Ms. Martinez and never licensed any rights to her likeness for use in the series."

The claim asks for a minimum of $25,000 on each of the three counts: two instances of invasion of privacy and one claim of unfair competition.

ViacomCBS officials could not be reached for comment, reports STLtoday.com.


Originally published: Monday, May 17, 2021.
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What's On Nick | Nickelodeon Premiere Highlights | Week 20

Your guide to What's New on Nickelodeon for the week of Monday, May 17 - Sunday, May 23, 2021!



For Nickelodeon's full highlights for May 2021 highlights, click here.

All times ET/PT.


Friday, May 21, 2021

11:00 a.m. - Blue's Clues & You! - Blue's Big Neighborhood Adventure: Josh and Blue are Neighborhood Heroes, helping everyone they meet as they explore our neighborhood. We play Blue’s Clues to figure out where Blue wants to go in the neighborhood and make very important stop to make pizza with Mr. Oregano! (#215)

12:30 p.m. - Baby Shark's Big Show! Shorts - Chore Song: For the Shark family, chores are a musical waiting to happen. (#107)

7:00 p.m. - The Loud House - Director's Rut/Friday Night Fights: Luan turns to her ventriloquist dummy Mr. Coconuts for help after she struggles to direct the school's play. / Lisa joins Lynn's football team as an analytics coach to prove that math will always beat out heart. (#515) [promos]

7:30 p.m. - The Barbarian and the Troll - Mapmaker, Mapmaker, Make Me a Map: In need of a unique custom map for their next quest, Brendar and the group attempt to wine and dine the only mapmaker in Gothmoria capable of creating the map they need. (#108) [promos]

8:00 p.m. on NICK JR. CHANNEL - Peppa Pig - Strawberries/Pizza! Pizza!/Grandpa Pig's Birthday/Pancakes /Teddy's Day Out: Grandpa and Granny Pig have been growing strawberries / Peppa and family make pizzas. / Peppa and her family celebrate Grandpa Pig's birthday. / Daddy Pig thinks he's an expert pancake maker. / Peppa loses Teddy at a picnic. (#166)

8:30 p.m. on NICK JR. CHANNEL - The Adventures of Paddington - Paddington Gets Fit: It's time for the annual fun run in Windsor Gardens Park, but Paddington is not very fit; Mrs. Bird decides to train him. (#205A)

8:00 p.m. - See Us Unite for Change: In celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a coalition of partners including the Ford and MacArthur Foundations have partnered with MTV Entertainment Studios to produce See Us Unite for Change, a first-of-its-kind special hosted by Ken Jeong and featuring notable AAPI celebrities and allies. Hosted by Ken Jeong.

The event will air on Friday, May 21st at 8PM EDT and will be simulcast nationally and worldwide across the platforms of the MTV Entertainment portfolio (MTV, Comedy Central, Paramount Network, Smithsonian Channel, Pop TV, VH1, CMT, TV Land and Logo) as well as BET and Nickelodeon and stream exclusively on Facebook Watch.

Saturday, May 22, 2021

8:00 p.m. - Side Hustle - Extra Crunchy: Munchy becomes the new school mascot, Luna the Tuna; his debut will take place at the halftime show of a major school basketball game and will end with an epic dunk. (#122) [promo]

8:30 p.m. - Drama Club - Stress Rehearsal / The Show Might Go On: The club has trouble getting through the final dress rehearsal before Bench drops some big news. / The drama club’s performance of Minnesota: The Musical is finally ready to hit the stage, but just about everything that can go wrong, does. (#109/10; #999; series finale)


Originally published: Monday, May 17, 2021.
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