NUK and The Arkansas CW have teamed up to collect baby items for the Teen Action & Support Center. Please help us by donating on on Saturday, July 16th from 8am to 11am at the Walmart Supercenter on Walton Blvd in Bentonville. Here is a list of the items needed: Breast Pumps Bags for milk Oral care products (toddler brushes and toothpaste, etc) Teethers Bottles Utensils Bowls and snack holders Baby wash Baby shampoo Wash clothes Onesies Socks Diapers Swim diapers Wipes Spoons Utensils Bibs This list will be available at the door on Saturday!
MARS Petcare and The Arkansas CW have teamed up to collect pet food for local animal shelters. Please help us by donating petfood on Friday, July 8th from 2pm to 6pm at the Walmart Supercenter on Pleasant Crossing in Rogers.
Here is your chance to catch up on Supergirl before the premiere of season 2 on Oct. 10th. Season 1 of Supergirl will air Monday nights back to back at 7 & 8 from August 1 through October 3 on The CW.
Your favorite CW Shows return in October! The Cw has released premiere dates for next fall. Check out the list below to see when your favorite shows return.
Do The Ozarks with The Arkansas CW Crew: We recently took a 2 hour trip north to Branson. We were invited up by the Branson Convention and Visitors Bureau ( www.explorebranson.com). Over the next few weeks we will be posting our Branson adventures check out the interview with the band Prince Ivan!
It's time for the Arkansas Anime Festival in Springdale! This Weekend! Get your tickets now! On May 27th, 28th and 29th the Arkansas Anime Festival will be held in Springdale at the Holiday Inn Convention Center. The Arkansas CW is proud sponsor of Arkansas Anime Festival! Plenty of fun activities for everyone! Cosplay contest, artists, vendors, video and table top competition.
Austin Tindle is a writer and actor living in Dallas Texas. He is best known for his work with Funimation Studios. He is the voice of Tokyo Ghoul's Kaneki. He also voiced Shu in "guilty Crown" Marco bodt in "Attack on Titan" Karma in "Assassination Classroom" and Ayumu Aikawa in "Is This a Zombie?". You can Click Hereto read more about Austin Tindle.
Voice Actress: Rachael Messer
Rachael messer is a professional and full time voice actress. She has work with numerous animes, cartoons, video games, radio plays and commercials. She has a new animated TV series "Prince Adventure". She is in Heroes of Newerth and Teacher in Yanadere Simulator, Wakfu Raiders, Wii U game Anima: Gates of Time, Astra in the Xbox game. Click here to read more about Rachael Messer.
Other featured guest:
E.M. Ervin A consumer of fantasy and science-fiction literature, gamer and prankster. Her book Wake up Call: Book 1 of the Nasaru Chronicles and she is currently working on second book. You can Click Here to learn more.
The Arkansas CW Crew The Arkansas CW is the home of hit shows such as Legends of Tomorrow, Supernatural, Arrow, Flash, Reign, Originals, iZombie,Vampire Diaries and coming this fall Supergirl. You can Click Here to find out more about The Arkansas CW.
It was Dog Days at the Bentonville Farmers Market in downtown square on Saturday. The Arkansas CW and Pedigree teamed up with local shelters to help loving pets find local homes. We were joined by local shelters Heavenly Paws Rescue, Washington County Animal Shelter and Springdale Animal shelter. Pedigree gave shelters a helping hand by paying for adoption fees during the event.
List of Local Shelters that attended Bentonville Dog Days who can still use your help in finding homes for loving pets: Washington County Animal Shelter 801 W Clydesdale Dr Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701 479-695-3450
The Cw Network released the primetime schedule for the fall season and there are a lot of interesting changes for next season.
Three new shows have been add to next fall's lineup. Supergirl lands on Mondays at 7pm, No Tomorrow will air on Tuesdays at 8pm and Frequency will hit the airwaves Wednesdays at 8pm. With the addition of these new shows some of you favorite shows have moved days, Supernatural moves to Thursdays at 8pm and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend moves to Friday at 8pm.
Mid-season will see the return of fan favorites iZombie, The Orignals, Reign and The 100. Plus, the new series Riverdale will premiere in mid-season.
Drew caught up with Disney animator Floyd Norman at the Bentonville Film Festival. They spoke about his documentary "Floyd Norman-Animated life" and his legendary career at Disney. You would have seen his work with Disney favorites like "Mary Poppins", "Sleeping Beauty", "The Jungle book", "One Hundred and One Dalmatians", "The Sword and the Stone", "Toy Story 2", "Godzilla", "The Smurfs", "Monsters Inc" and whole bunch more!
Drew also spoke with the Directors Michael Fiore and Erik Sharkey about their film "Floyd Norman: Animated Life"
*Winner at Bentonville Film Festival
BFF Audience Award – Floyd Norman: An Animated Life
Audience
favorite Competition Film. Determined by Audience ballot.
Floyd
Norman: An Animated Life - Directors:
Erik Sharkey, Michael Fiore. (USA)
Animator.
Storyman. Troublemaker. At 80 years old, see how this Disney Legend, the
first African-American animator at Disney, continues to impact animation and
stir up his own brand of “trouble.”
Cast: Boris McGiver, Alice Coulthard, Jessejames Locorriere
This is about a young woman who enlisted in the army in 1864 posing as a man. She begins the journey in search for her missing husband, battling the enemy across Tennessee and Virginia. For more information on the film go to: http://www.josephinethefilm.com
Drew sits down with cast and crew from 2016 film "Lost & Found". First he spoke with Producer Kim Selby, Actor Benjamin Stockham and Actress Celeste Desjardins. He also spoke with the Director Joseph Itaya and filmmaker Kelsey Selby.
Director Joseph Itaya and filmmaker Kelsey Selby
Watch both interviews below:
*Winner at Bentonville Film Festival Best Family Film - "Lost & Found" Best Family Film in a Competition Narrative Film
Lost
& Found - Director: Joseph Itaya,
Screenwriters: Joseph Itaya, Erik Cardona (USA)
Andy and
his younger brother Mark are sent to visit their estranged uncle on a
mysterious island. They soon discover clues to a complex treasure hunt, a
hunt that could lead to unimaginable wealth and heal their broken family - if
they can find it in time.
We spoke with Judy San Roman Producer of Fair Market Value. She spoke about the making of the film and what went into casting for it. Fair Market Value was one of the winners at the Bentonville Film Festival.
*Winner at Bentonville Film Festival: Best Ensemble in a Competition Narrative Film
Fair Market Value - Director: Kevin Arbouet, Story: Judy San Roman, Screenwriter: Kevin Arbouet. (USA) World Premiere
Kendall, a real estate agent from Miami, moves to the suburbs of New York and immediately finds she has to join forces with Brooke, a competitive rival agent, to sell one of the most expensive mansions in Long Island.
Cast: Luisana Lopilato, Craig Bierko, Royce Johnson, Julia Duffy, Drew Meorlein, Jerry Adler, Wendy Makkena, Debra Jo Rupp, Tina Benko, Gene Gabriel, Olga Merediz
Dustin sits down with Director Curtis Chin to talk about his documentary "Tested" at the Bentonville Film Festival.
*Winner at Bentonville Film Festival: Highest Diversity Score- "Tested" Determined by analysis through the Bentonville Film Festival Foundation "Tested"- Director: Curtis Chin (USA)
A diverse
group of 8th graders in New York City vie for a coveted spot in one of the
city's elite public schools by taking a single standardized test. You can go here for more information about the film: www.testedfilm.com
Dustin sits down with Actress Q'orianka Kilcher and Gil Birmingham to talk about their film "Te Ata" at the Bentonville Film Festival.
Te Ata - Based on a true story, Te Ata follows the life of Mary "Te Ata" Thompson Fisher, a young Chicasaw woman who is torn between tradition of her family and her desire to become an actress in early 20th century America.
Drew sits down with Director Elisa Paloschi to talk about her documentary "Driving with Selvi" at the Bentonville Film Festival.
Driving With Selvi - Selvi is a former child bride who escaped to become South India's first female taxi driver. This is the journey of a charming, strong, and courageous young woman who defies all expectations, moving beyond the pain she's experienced to create a new life.
