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Sisters Monica and Evelyn Brady are the founders of the Golden Trailer Awards. Since 2000, the GTA’s have been the entertainment industry’s premier awards show recognizing movie, video, and video game previews.
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This brand was founded on April 17, 1924, formed by Marcus Loew by combining Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures, and Louis B. Mayer Pictures. It was taken over by Kirk Kerkorian in 1969, sold to Ted Turner in 1986, then sold back to Kerkorian, then to a group including Sony Pictures. Since 2022, has been owned by Amazon.
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Golden Trailer Awards 2026 The Golden Trailer Awards is an unconventional ceremony that honors excellence in marketing for film, television, and streaming content, including trailers, teasers, TV spots, posters, and breakthrough promotional campaigns.
The Z6-1B has great specs, ED glass with a 1-6x magnification range, and a second focal plane reticle. Techhunter is a new optics brand that wants to be “The new Arken Optics”, providing premium optics and performance for a budget price. The price point for this scope is so low (under $90) that I was suspicious they were a scam when they contacted me.
Fenix showed off and launched new upgraded flashlights at SHOT Show 2026. For their everyday flat EDC line, they released the EO6R PRO, an elongated E06R that is about the same size as an OLight Arkfeld; the flashlight they’re most likely aiming to compete with. Unlike other flat EDC’s made by OLight and others, the Fenix adds a tail switch activation.
For those who prefer a more traditional cylindrical tactical flashlight, they launched the LD30 Renegade which has a traditional tail button that can tail-stand, and a physical lock out switch.
What’s great about Fenix is that they listen to customer feedback and make improvements. For hikers, workmen, and fisherman their HM55R headlamps now offer a high-output red beam for wider area of illumination at night, and consistent color temperature on their white flood and spot beam.
Last week marked what would have been the 100th birthday of legendary jazz great Miles Davis. But what made miles great? Jazz trumpeter Adam Chasnow fills us in. This video is sponsored by Matt Hat beef jerky.
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Adam Chasnow is the founder of the Marketing/Communications agency, Chas&Effect in San Francisco. He’s worked as Creative Director at some of the top Advertising agencies in Colorado, New York City, and Amsterdam. He is also an accomplished jazz trumpet player and tutors students at the Berkeley Jazz school.
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The audio equipment company is best known for its speakers, home audio systems, vehicle sound systems, and the leader in the first noise-canceling headphones.
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Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. His career spanned nearly five decades and was influential in various movements in jazz, including bebop, hard bop, cool jazz, modal jazz, and jazz fusion.
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Founded in 1964 and is based in Framingham, Massachusetts. It’s largest shareholder is M.I.T. which was willed the shares of its company founder, Amar Bose.
The Scrapper Combo Kit combines a multi-reticle red dot sight with a 3x magnifier, both mounted on a one-piece mount with an integrated side-flip for the magnifier. This integrated approach eliminates the need to purchase separate mounts and ensures proper alignment with different aftermarket mounts from different manufacturers.
The Scrapper red dot has a slightly larger 90mm tube offering a wide window. This allows for more flexible off-axis use at the sacrifice of size and weight. The unit has motion activation for the reticle, and the reticle offers 3 different configuration options. The controls work in the opposite of most red dots; the “down” button makes the reticle brighter.
The Paragon 3x magnifier is compact, well-built, and offers a bright and color-balanced view. The one-piece mount is machined from aluminum with a matte black finish that should hold up well against environmental exposure. Uniquely, the magnifier section of the dual mount offers a side flip hinge that can turn outward or inward (provided you have clearance on your rail).
Where the Scrapper Combo Kit really shines is in its value proposition. By bundling these components together, the Scrapper Combo costs less than buying the Paragon and Scrapper separately, while offering the unique Combot mount.
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Participants shall defend or settle against such claims at their sole expense, and shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the SPONSOR from any suit due to damage of or by the prize.
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Entry into this contest constitutes the participant’s agreement to release and hold harmless the SPONSOR and PLATFORMS, subsidiaries, affiliates, employees, etc., against all claims, liability, illness, injury, death, loss, etc., that occurs directly or indirectly from participation in the contest or use/misuse of the awarded prize.
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Enter for a chance to win a choice CVLife red dots supplied by CVLife. Each qualified contest entry will be included in a random drawing during my TMI Livestream show.
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There are 2 ways to enter. Prove you have the skills to fill out a form and upload screenshots.
NO PURCHASE OR DONATION IS NECESSARY TO ENTER. YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING DO NOT INCREASE WITH A PURCHASE. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
1. Eligibility
Void where prohibited by law. Must be a legal resident in the USA. Moondog Industries employees, subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, advertising and promotion agencies, and employees’ immediate family members are ineligible to participate in the contest/giveaway.
Entrants must be willing and able to appear on YouTube to discuss the contest and post images of the prize on their social feed should they win the contest.
2. Sponsors and Platforms
CVLife (known as the SPONSOR) and Moondog Industries (known as the CO-SPONSOR) is a video Edutainment producer and game promoter based in San Francisco, CA. YouTube, TikTok, Rumble, X and online video platforms (known as PLATFORMS) are not SPONSORS or in any way affiliated with the contest or content.
3. Entry Period
Contest email entries must be received between: 12:00pm EST 1 June 2026 and 12:00pm EST 30 June 2026
4. Agreement to Rules
By entering the contest, participants agree to abide by the SPONSOR’s Official Rules and decisions. The SPONSOR retains the right to refuse, withdraw, or disqualify entries at their sole discretion. By submitting an entry, the participant agrees to accept the decision of the SPONSOR as final and binding.
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This contest requires your skill in navigating your phone or computer controls to screen capture an image of the following YouTube channels/Social Media accounts. Subscribe or Follow and make a screen capture of those pages showing a greyed out Subscribe button or indicator that your account is Following that page. If the page is not functioning, please contact contest@moondogindustries.com . One entry per person or per Social Media account. Fraudulent methods of entry, photo retouched, or other methods of circumvention of the rules may result in the SPONSOR invalidating a participant’s entries.
6. Prizes
The winner must be able to receive the prize by e-mail or by physical mail. Prize may be substituted at the sole discretion of the SPONSOR. Acceptance of the prize grants SPONSOR permission to use the winner’s entry, name, and likeness for advertising, promotion, and trade without further compensation or remuneration unless prohibited by law.
7. Odds
The odds of winning are dependent upon the number of eligible entries received.
8. Selection and Notification of the Winner
The winner will be chosen at random by the SPONSOR from among the entrants who demonstrated the skill to navigate the electronic entry and have met the minimum requirements. Winners will be contacted via the email used to enter the contest. Winner must have a legal address within the US to ship the prize.
SPONSOR is not liable for the winner’s failure to receive notification of winning if he or she provided the wrong email address or if their email security settings caused your prize notification to go into the spam or junk folder. If a winner does not respond within 24hrs of sending a notification, the SPONSOR will select an alternate winner. Receipt of the prize is upon the condition of compliance with federal, state, and local laws.
9. Rights Granted by the Entrant
The SPONSOR, upon submission of an entry into the giveaway or contest, has the right to use the participant’s submission, voice, likeness, image, statements about the contest, etc., for publicity, news, advertising, promotional purposes, trade, and so forth, without any further notice, review, consent, compensation, or remuneration.
Participants shall defend or settle against such claims at their sole expense, and shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the SPONSOR from any suit due to damage of or by the prize.
10. Terms & Conditions
The SPONSOR reserves the right to modify, suspend, cancel, or terminate if unauthorized human intervention, a bug or virus, fraud, or other causes beyond your control impact or corrupt the security, fairness, proper conduct, or administration of the contest/giveaway.
11. Limitation of Liability
Entry into this contest constitutes the participant’s agreement to release and hold harmless the SPONSOR and PLATFORMS, subsidiaries, affiliates, employees, etc., against all claims, liability, illness, injury, death, loss, etc., that occurs directly or indirectly from participation in the contest or use/misuse of the awarded prize.
12. Disputes
As a condition of participating in the promotion, the participant agrees to resolve all disputes with an arbitrator designated by the SPONSOR in the state of California, without resorting to any form of class action. Entrants waive all rights to punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, and waive all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.
13. Privacy Policy
Participants agree to abide by all privacy and NDA laws in the State of California and any federal laws of the United State of America.
14. Winners List
Participants may request a list of winners by submitting a request in writing to Moondog Industries for up to 30 days after the contest ends.
15. Social Media Platform Rules
Winners will agree to post a photo of the prize on their social media channels in such a way as does not violate any rules of that platform. The winners also agree to appear for an interview where they will discuss the prize and its performance. If there are functional problems with the prize, the winner agrees to make a good-faith effort to resolve all issues with the SPONSOR prior to posting reviews or opinions about the prize.
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By entering the contest, the entrant has affirmatively reviewed, accepted, and agreed to all of them.
I’m not a fan of prism optics. While lighter than an LPVO, prisms have the same limited eye-box of an LPVO (or worse) without the advantages of changing magnification.
But the Vector Paragon micro prism changed my expectations. It has a crazy deep eye relief, and offers a sharper image than a red dot.
I’ve gone on the famous Universal Studios Tour since the 1970’s and experienced many of the changes over the decades. But on this tram tour was different and the longest.
Near the start of the tram tour through the Universal backlot, our all-electric tram experienced technical issues. We had a 5 minute delay at the start of the tour while the system rebooted. Later in Old Mexico, our tram electronics again broke down.
Our tram hobbled over to the Old West set and waited there for nearly half an hour for a replacement tram. We walked through the backlot set to our new tram and then continued our tour. To make up for the delay, we got a Quick Pass that we used to go on the Minions’ ride later.
The Upgraded SV202 are budget-priced sporting binoculars with ED glass (Extra Low Dispersion). Overall build quality was good, on par with more well-known brands like Athlon or Bushnell. They come with a generic padded case, captured lens covers, and built-in telescoping eye cups.
Equipped with ED glass, the optical image was bright and sharp with minimal chromatic aberration. Its specs compare favorably against the Vortex Diamondback 8×42. While not as high-contrast as Vortex, the SV202 is just as clear at half the price.
