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JetBlue is standing by their decision to remove a family of four from New Jersey off a recent flight to Las Vegas after they reportedly refused to move a birthday cake they brought on board when a flight attendant asked them to take it out of an overhead bin.

Cameron Burke, who was traveling with his wife Minta and their two young children for a surprise birthday trip in honor of Minta’s birthday, recorded an encounter in which his kids became increasing upset as police came onto the aircraft to confront Cameron. The father told ABC 7 that he moved...

Exclusive: New film and TV participants include crew from Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, Spectre and The Martian.Scroll down for the full list

BAFTA’s networking and career development programme for UK-based film and TV workers BAFTA Crew will this year include key crew from Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, Spectre and The Martian.

New vfx department crew attending the programme include Carlos Ciudad (Jupiter Ascending), Jason Brown (Terminator Genisys) and David Michael Schneider (Guardians of the Galaxy).

Art department crew include Sarah Ginn (Beauty & the Beast), Dominic Sikking (Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens) and Matt Wynne (The Martian).

Other new names include Riccardo Bacigalupo (first assistant editor Kingsman: The Secret Service), Jo Beart-Albrecht (costume department Suffragette) and Thomas Wade (2nd Unit camera Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens).

The group will be officialy unveiled by BAFTA next week and will have a private networking event on Tuesday August...

Vice President Joe Biden and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio spoke Saturday morning at the funeral for Officer Rafael Ramos, who was shot to death a week ago along with his partner, Officer Wenjian Liu, in a daylight ambush. Hundreds of officers, family members and friends were inside Christ Tabernacle Church in Queens, New York, while thousands of officers watched the service outside on giant screens. According to reports, Biden told Ramos's family: "I speak for whole nation that our hearts ache for you. I do hope you take some solace in the fact that there is 25,000 of...

Vice President Joe Biden and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio spoke Saturday morning at the funeral for Officer Rafael Ramos, who was shot to death a week ago along with his partner, Officer Wenjian Liu, in a daylight ambush. Hundreds of officers, family members and friends were inside Christ Tabernacle Church in Queens, New York, while thousands of officers watched the service outside on giant screens. According to reports, Biden told Ramos's family: "I speak for whole nation that our hearts ache for you. I do hope you take some solace in the fact that there is 25,000 of...

Who needs a boyfriend when you've got girlfriends like these? Julianne Hough took a break from her busy work schedule to spend some quality time with her gal pals on a beach day excursion on Saturday, March 16. "Beachin' with my bitches," she captioned the fun, sun-filled shot, with herself wedged between Nina Dobrev, stylist Riawna Capri, Morgan Johnson and friend Jill. "#friendsarethebesttherapy."  Before their shoreside relaxation, Hough, 24, and her gaggle of girlfriends made it a full-on girls day out by first popping by a [...]...

Adapted from his book Engage, Brian Solis presents his list of suggestions to help businesses learn how to engage customers on Twitter through the examples of those companies, from Dell to Zappos, already successfully building online communities.

 

Number 1. Special Offers

We live in a society that is as distracted as it is informed. People are making decisions on what to read, view, purchase, visit, and sample based on the information that filters through their attention dashboards. At best, even the most qualified information sourced from the most trusted contacts will receive only a cursory overview. The trick is to concisely introduce the value up front. If the offer is compelling and affiliated with their interests, the consumer will make the connection to personal value and benefits and click-through to redeem the special or coupon when ready or so inclined.

For example, @delloutlet uses Twitter and Facebook to send coupons to customers.