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SF’s Wax Museum at Fisherman’s Wharf Decorates for the Holidays

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5 December 2011 – San Francisco, CA: The holiday spirit fills the Wax Museum at Fisherman’s Wharf (www.waxmuseum.com) with special displays decorating the exhibits of celebrities, presidents, royals, and historical and legendary figures. Holiday glitter starts at the front door, as President Barack Obama presides over a lobby filled with snowflakes, poinsettias, garlands, and a red, white, and blue-decorated tree. Throughout the museum, selected displays sparkle with thematic holiday decor, both traditional and edgy. Open daily from 10am to 9pm. the Wax Museum is located at 145 Jefferson Street, San Francisco, in the heart of Fisherman’s Wharf. For full information, visit www.waxmuseum.com

As you wander the galleries, see the Titanic exhibit draped with wreath and garland; world leaders gathered around a traditionally decorated Christmas tree; and British royalty gazing on a tree studded with old-fashioned candle lights. Other holiday displays are far from traditional and instead reflect the nature of the wax exhibits. Hollywood glamour girls surround a white tree decorated with disco balls. Even the ghouls and monsters in the Chamber of Horrors mark the holidays, their black tree lovingly adorned with skulls and barbed wire.

The Wax Museum also offers a great place to browse for fun holiday gifts. From Friday afternoon through each weekend, you can do your Christmas shopping downstairs in the Wax Museum shop with their unique selection of gifts and memorabilia related to the museum’s celebrity displays.

The Wax Museum features one of the foremost collections of wax figures in the world, where the magic of 50 years of wax artistry transports you through time. The Wax Museum is “home” to a legion of notorious characters, with over 250 internationally-known personalities past and present in fabulous scenes, representing a millennium of history and fantasy, from King Tut’s Magnificent Tomb to the Yellow Brick Road, from royalty and presidents to today’s pop celebrities.

The Wax Museum shows all aspects of life from the ignoble Chamber of Horrors to the inspiring Hall of Religion, including the historic Library of U.S. Presidents, the spectacular recreation of King Tut’s Tomb and the unique Palace of Living Art, where the world’s most famous masters and their masterpieces come to life through the magic of wax artistry. The most popular part of the wax museum tour is The Gallery of Stars, where a galaxy of brand new stars, such as Leonardo Di Caprio, Johnny Depp and Will Smith, join such classics as Humphrey Bogart, Marilyn Monroe and John Wayne.

Opened by Thomas Fong in 1963 as the largest wax museum in North America, the Wax Museum is one of the most popular landmarks in Fisherman’s Wharf. Many scenes were designed and sculpted by Fong’s son Ronald, who co-directed the family business in partnership with his father from its inception. Rodney Fong, representing the third generation of the Fong family, now runs most of the day-to-day operations of the family business. Like his father and grandfather, Rodney has the energy and vision to keep the museum a favorite of San Franciscans and visitors. In September 1998, the historic 100-year-old San Francisco landmark that for 35 years was The Wax Museum Entertainment Complex was torn down to make way for the current showplace, beginning a new era for the now 48-year-old attraction.

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Catt Sadler of E! News & David Perry of 10 Percent to Host Red Carpet for Upcoming California Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Ceremony televised live on Comcast Hometown Network Channel 104 starting at 6:00 p.m., Thursday, December 8

www.ComcastHometown.com

5 December 2011 — LIVERMORE, California: What’s an award ceremony without a Red Carpet? Adding more excitement and glamour to the California Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, taking place in Sacramento on December 8, Comcast has brought on two of their most recognized talents to host the event’s pre-ceremony — Catt Sadler of E! News and David Perry, host of 10 Percent.

“Catt and David are the perfect pair to bring this prestigious event to Comcast customers throughout California,” said Jeff Giles, GM of Comcast Hometown Network. “By broadcasting this event live, we’re able to educate, entertain and enlighten millions of people about the incredible contributions of this year’s Hall of Fame inductees.”

Comcast will air a live broadcast of the red carpet arrivals as well as the induction ceremony on Comcast Hometown Network (channel 104 on Comcast systems), from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. across the state. The broadcast will also be streamed live on The California Museum’s web site at www.CaliforniaMuseum.org. Satellite coordinates for the live feed will be made available for media interested in covering the ceremony.

This year’s California Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be the largest yet, taking place at Sacramento’s Memorial Auditorium. The California Museum, along with former First Lady Maria Shriver, created the California Hall of Fame to recognize legendary Californians who have influenced the state, the nation and the world.

The 2011 California Hall of Fame inductees, as selected by Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. and First Lady Anne Brown, are:

Moon explorer and astronaut Buzz Aldrin
Surf rock legends The Beach Boys
Nobel Prize-winning scientist Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn
Community activist Father Gregory Boyle
Entrepreneurs and philanthropists Doris and Donald Fisher
Basketball superstar Earvin “Magic” Johnson
Disability rights advocate Ed Roberts
Guitar visionary Carlos Santana
Celebrated contemporary novelist Amy Tan
Social justice champion and California Supreme Court Justice Roger Traynor

“The California Hall of Fame is honoring ten outstanding individuals who exemplify the creative and pioneering spirit of California,” said Governor Brown. “These men and women have enriched our lives and pointed the way to a future of unimagined quality.”

The 2011 California Hall of Fame inductees join 63 remarkable Californians who have made monumental achievements across a variety of disciplines including science, philanthropy, sports, business, entertainment, literature, technology, activism and politics. The California Hall of Fame highlights a broad range of California interests through honoring Golden State trailblazers who have broken barriers in not just one field or talent, but have impacted the world with the courage, determination and creativity of their achievements.

Catt Sadler is an Emmy-winning journalist who was recently named by the Los Angeles Times as One of the Top 10 Next Broadcasters of Our Generation. She can be seen on E! News and hosting a number of E! specials and high-caliber red carpet events. A graduate of Indiana University as a journalism major, Sadler got her start as the entertainment reporter for KBWB/KNTV in San Francisco, where for more than four years, she hosted a nightly lifestyle segment called “The Bay Beat” and traveled frequently to Los Angeles and New York to conduct celebrity interviews. In 2001, Sadler returned to her home state to host the Indiana Lottery’s Hoosier Millionaire, which became the longest-running syndicated lottery game show in the country. During this time, she also served as the official emcee for the NBA’s Indiana Pacers for the 2003-04 season. This Midwestern girl was bit by the acting bug at the age 11 after appearing in the film Hoosiers. In the years that followed, she acted in a number of school plays and musicals and also sang in an all-girl band. Sadler has since appeared on various soap operas including General Hospital and Night Shift as well as starring in the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus music video “You Better Pray.” Sadler is a mother of two handsome boys, Austin and Arion, and considers being a mother the hardest and most-rewarding job in the world.

With more than 100 shows under his belt, David Perry is the host of Comcast’s 10 Percent, now the longest-running LGBT talk show in California history. A long recognized face and voice in Northern California, Perry began his career as a journalist, writing for such publications as The Advocate, The Washington Blade, The San Francisco Examiner, Horizons Magazine and American Theatre, and was for many years a regular essayist on Northern California’s NPR station KALW Radio. A frequent lecturer on how technology is changing the face of communications, Perry also regularly speaks on the ethics of public relations. When he’s not on camera, Perry is the CEO of David Perry & Associates, Inc., a San Francisco-based corporate communications firm whose work has been represented at the Shanghai International World Expo, the 2008 Olympic Torch Run in San Francisco and the 34th America’s Cup. In 2006, his firm was honored as the “Exceptional Arts Related Business” by the San Francisco Business Arts Council. In his spare time, Perry is a maritime historian who sails regularly aboard ship as a lecturer. An avid traveler, Perry has visited more than 60 countries. He makes his home in San Francisco along with his husband, Alfredo Casuso.

ABOUT COMCAST HOMETOWN NETWORK Comcast Hometown Network (CHN) is a regional cable network produced by Comcast and available in the San Francisco Bay Area and Central California on Digital Channel 104. Available to more than 2 million homes in Northern and Central California as a part of Comcast’s commitment to the communities that it serves, Comcast Hometown Network is a 24/7 channel that includes original regional programming, Comcast Hometown Sports (CHS), and unique local content that you can’t get anywhere else. For more information, please visit: www.ComcastHometown.com.

About Comcast Cable Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA – News) (www.comcast.com) is one of the nation’s leading providers of entertainment, information and communications products and services. Comcast is principally involved in the operation of cable systems through Comcast Cable and in the development, production and distribution of entertainment, news, sports and other content for global audiences through NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is one of the nation’s largest video, high-speed Internet and phone providers to residential and business customers. Comcast is the majority owner and manager of NBCUniversal, which owns and operates entertainment and news cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, local television station groups, television production operations, a major motion picture company and theme parks.