The celebrations have also featured flying displays from USAF F-15 jets and the RAF's Red Arrows, along with entertainment including dance displays.

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The challenge was daunting: The electronics and entertainment giant was struggling with red ink and management paralysis.

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The S 4 comes with a built-in infra-red diode, so it can control an entertainment center as a universal remote.

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Today's in-vehicle DVD players could evolve into headrest-mounted touch screens providing an entertainment experience like Virgin America's RED while accommodating a generation obsessed with sharing every soporific specific of their lives with the world.

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Naturally, because it was a gaming party, they drew up a poster with images of a Nintendo game controller and the Zapper, a gray-and-red electronic pistol that came with the 1985 Nintendo Entertainment System.

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Gamers who are traveling for the holidays will no doubt savor treats like the "God of War: Ghost of Sparta" PSP entertainment pack or the Nintendo DSi XL red bundle, which offer handheld gaming to go.

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Summit Entertainment just commissioned a sequel to the movie Red which starred Helen Mirren, John Malkovich and Morgan Freeman.

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This year's campaign culminates on Red Nose Day on Friday with a night of live entertainment, broadcast on BBC One from 1900 GMT onwards.

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The new entertainment programming will replace some of the replays of Red Sox and Bruins games.

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The Beltway gala, also known as the "nerd prom, " sees Washington's newsmakers stroll a red carpet that's also filled with press and stars from across entertainment.

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