REELZ Marketing Producer/Editor Shares One of His Favorite Local Spots
I know it’s a little over said to say at this point, but I love helping local businesses, and I was recently given the task…
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The CDC Has Some Sweet Tips For A Safe (And Fun!) Halloween
It’s Halloween, we’re all feeling the quarantine fatigue, and we just want to have some fun! The good news is there are plenty of fun…
Dr. Michael Hunter: Updates on Autopsy and on Keeping Active With His Dog Bailey
Good news! “Autopsy: The Last Hours of…” is heading back into the studio to film new episodes. Although production has been shut down due to…
4 Quick Social Media Tips For Small Businesses
Social media is a great tool for small businesses to expand their market, connect with potential buyers, and interact with loyal, existing customers. Not to…
How Podcasting Can Help Your Small Business
According to Nielsen, the U.S. podcast audience is growing every year and has the potential to double by 2023. As the audience grows, more people…
Is It Crazy to Start a Business During COVID-19? Nope!
Americans are starting new businesses at the fastest rate in more than a decade, seizing on pent-up demand and new opportunities after the pandemic shut…
Money-Making Business Ideas Inspired By The Pandemic
The economy has struggled to rebound from this difficult year. Here are some business ideas to make some extra cash or jump start your small…
Keri Tombazian, REELZ Announcer, Opens Up on Staying Well and Supporting Local
I am an actress whose specialty is the art of voice over. I create voices for video games like Red Dead Redemption II, Call of…
The Price of Fame’s “Carrie Fisher,” Shannon McGrann Opens Up on Supporting Local Business and Staying Safe
Shannon McGrann is a Texas-based actress who recently starred as Carrie Fisher in the REELZ series “The Price of Fame.” The series transformed Shannon into…
The Price of Fame’s “Angelina Jolie,” Taylor Stammen, Opens Up on Supporting Local Business and Staying Safer Outdoors
Taylor Stammen is a Los Angeles based actress who recently starred as Angelina Jolie in the REELZ series “The Price of Fame.” We’re sure you’ll…
Homeschooling While Running a Business? You CAN Do It!
Homeschooling is bigger than ever right now thanks to fears of spreading or getting COVID-19. But if you’re also running a small business out of…
Gloria and Emilio Estefan Help Place Workers Displaced by COVID-19
Beyond their musical endeavors, Gloria and husband Emilio Estefan’ Estefan Enterprises is a major real estate, restaurant and hotel enterprise based in Florida. As many…
Local Sports Bars Welcome Back Fans for the 2020 NFL Season
The NFL season is underway and sports bars across the nation are opening their doors to football fans. But like so many other businesses affected…
Quarantine Cooks: Guy Fieri, Padma Lakshmi, Alton Brown & Antoni Porowski on the Culinary Revolution
Chef, Alton Brown was nearly three months into quarantine when he decided to get adventurous. The host of “Good Eats” and “Iron Chef America” started…
From mask making to New York Fashion Week, Christian Siriano makes it work
What do you do when you’re a fashion designer in New York during quarantine? If you’re Christian Siriano you innovate!
Career Inspiration: 6 Jobs Restaurant Workers Can Land After a Layoff
By Trevor Scott A survey published by the National Restaurant Association’s “America Works Here” Campaign reveals nearly one in three Americans got their first job…
Restaurant Workers to Job-Seekers: How They Branch Out Into New Jobs
By Trevor Scott With nearly six million restaurant employees laid off or furloughed since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States, displaced workers are finding hope…
The Big 6: Disney, Sony, Comcast and More… Why Independent TV Is More Important Than Ever
With the endless array of TV shows, movies, news and documentaries available in America today, it feels like you have an unlimited variety of entertainment…
During the Pandemic Eleven Madison Park Restaurant Finds a New Mission in the Kitchen
By Trevor Scott It used to be nearly impossible to get a reservation at New York City’s Eleven Madison Park. The three-Michelin-star restaurant from celebrity chef David…
How Wolfgang Puck’s Restaurants Are Surviving the Pandemic
Ever since he opened his world-famous restaurant, Spago on LA’s Sunset strip back in 1982, celebrity chef, Wolfgang Puck, has continued to open restaurants across…
REELZ Viewers Speak Up on Life During the Pandemic, Local Businesses and Non-Profits They Stand Behind
REELZ viewers were asked this month to tell us how they have been surviving during the Pandemic and the answers are in! Fans of REELZ…
Restaurants Staff Up for the Return of Indoor Dining
Following the New Mexico governor’s decision to allow indoor dining at 25% capacity, restaurants and breweries are busy preparing to open their dining rooms.
D.C. Foodies Still Get Their Summer Restaurant Week
Restaurant Week is a twice-a-year chance to sample some of the D.C. area’s most coveted dining spots from special fixed-price menus.But amid the coronavirus pandemic,…
Independent movie theater adapts to pandemic
COVID-19 has shown us many things, mainly how people and businesses adapt to uncertain circumstances. The film industry has had its fair share of challenges…
Gyms face new challenges as they look to re-open
COVID-19 has shown us many things, mainly how people and businesses adapt to uncertain circumstances. The film industry has had its fair share of challenges…
Dr. Michael Hunter on Supporting Local and Staying in Shape During the Pandemic
I’ve been hosting Autopsy: The Last Hours of… for more than 5 years now. It’s always a challenge to bring new information about celebrities and…
Pandemic piñatas help business keep doors open
After the pandemic nearly put Casa de Piñatas out of business, the store’s owner said his creative new piñata design has helped turn things around.
Popular NY Brewery Expands to DC
“Other Half Brewing, whose first brewery and taproom opened in Brooklyn, New York, in 2014, is opening a brewing facility and taproom in D.C.’s Ivy City…
Chiropractor offers tips to avoid bad posture when working from home
When restaurants were told they could only do takeout and delivery, most gave it a shot. Others closed their doors, turned their ovens off -…
Community Colleges See Surge in Applications
When restaurants were told they could only do takeout and delivery, most gave it a shot. Others closed their doors, turned their ovens off -…
FRAN DRESCHER OF “IN MY OWN WORDS” ON HER FAVORITE NON-PROFITS AND TIPS FOR STAYING SAFE
Throughout this lockdown period I have been enjoying organizing my house, cleaning my house, cooking, meditating, training a new rescue dog, and in general trying…
“AUTOPSY” PRODUCER, JENNIFER HARRISON, ON SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESS AND STAYING IN SHAPE DURING QUARANTINE
As a producer for Autopsy, The Last Hours of… I’m part of a team that produces the show out of Sacramento, California. The Golden State shut down in March and our…
Gym Reopens with Outdoor Workouts
When restaurants were told they could only do takeout and delivery, most gave it a shot. Others closed their doors, turned their ovens off -…
KELLIE RASBERRY, RADIO HOST AND “THE PRICE OF FAME” CONTRIBUTOR POINTS OUT HER LOCAL BUSINESS PICKS
I am so fortunate that I’ve been able to continue to my radio hosting during quarantine on the Kidd Kraddick Morning Show, thanks to equipment that allows us to broadcast from…
Tent business is booming as restaurants accommodate outdoor dining
When restaurants were told they could only do takeout and delivery, most gave it a shot. Others closed their doors, turned their ovens off -…
MASTER CHOCOLATIER IN MISHAKAWA INDIANA WILL DELIVER ARTISAN CHOCOLATES TO YOUR DOOR
When restaurants were told they could only do takeout and delivery, most gave it a shot. Others closed their doors, turned their ovens off -…
KIM CLEMONS, “THE PRICE OF FAME,” “MURDER MADE ME FAMOUS” WRITER/PRODUCER SHARES MONEY-SAVING TIPS & LOCAL BUSINESS PICKS
“As a Showunner and Writer at AMS Pictures in Dallas, Texas, I’ve had the good fortune of producing many types of non-scripted programming for over 14 years. But…
Restaurant helps nonprofit blood donation center
When restaurants were told they could only do takeout and delivery, most gave it a shot. Others closed their doors, turned their ovens off -…
Rental Center Survives By Supplying Testing Sites
When restaurants were told they could only do takeout and delivery, most gave it a shot. Others closed their doors, turned their ovens off -…
“IN MY OWN WORDS” PRODUCERS SHARE THEIR FAVORITE LOCAL INDEPENDENT BUSINESS
While editing the first installments of the REELZ biography series, In My Own Words, Producers Michelle & Bill Katz are supporting their favorite local business, Abba Padre Bikes and Books in Culver City, CA. …
NY HOTEL SEES NEW BUSINESS FROM LOCALS
When restaurants were told they could only do takeout and delivery, most gave it a shot. Others closed their doors, turned their ovens off -…
Albuquerque Business Hopes To Help Businesses Open and Educate People About Proper Cleaning and Disinfecting
When restaurants were told they could only do takeout and delivery, most gave it a shot. Others closed their doors, turned their ovens off -…
ANDY STREITFELD: “MURDER MADE ME FAMOUS” & “THE PRICE OF FAME” PRODUCER ON MAKING GREAT TV DURING A PANDEMIC.
I’m Andy Streitfeld the CEO of AMS Pictures based in Dallas, Texas. I’m proud to say that AMS has been a small independent business for the 39…
DRIVE-IN MOVIES KEEP INDIE BUSINESSES AFLOAT AND KEEP FANS COMING BACK
Drive-in movie theaters may seem like a blast from the past and something out of the 1950’s or ’60s, but with social distancing guidelines putting limits on theaters,…
“MURDER IN THE FAMILY” PRODUCER, MARK FINKELPEARL SHARES HIS FAVORITE LOCAL INDEPENDENT BUSINESS
“While I’m editing the second season of Geraldo Rivera’s Murder in the Family, I am currently hunkered down with my wife, three kids, and a…
Saratoga Springs restaurant makes big changes to survive
When restaurants were told they could only do takeout and delivery, most gave it a shot. Others closed their doors, turned their ovens off -…
REELZ Marketing VP David Zaccaria Shares His Favorite Local Independent Business
Many years ago, while attending to college, I worked at a small family owned hardware store. I can tell you the differences between a 10-24…
ROB SHUTER FROM “IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES” SHARES HIS FAVORITE LOCAL BUSINESSES IN NEW YORK CITY
Before Rob “Naughty But Nice” Shuter was one of the world’s most successful entertainment reporters, he was a publicist working for Jennifer Lopez, Alicia Keys, P. Diddy, Jessica Simpson and Jon…
Charlottesville, Virginia’s Inspired Local Businesses
As small local businesses invent ways to adjust to the “new normal,” here are three inspired local businesses that have embraced the challenge with special offers, social media and new safety…
MARISA SULLIVAN FROM “US WEEKLY’S FAMOUS FEUDS”AND “BROKE & FAMOUS” SHARES HER INSPIRING QUARANTINE EXPERIENCE
“During the Covid19 quarantine, I battled an aggressive type of breast cancer and WON!”
Restaurant serves up cocktails to go, sealed in mason jars
When restaurants were told they could only do takeout and delivery, most gave it a shot. Others closed their doors, turned their ovens off -…
Cedar Rapids restaurants adjust to remain in business through shutdown
KCRG, Cedar Rapids, IA Café Saint Pio, in Cedar Rapids’ Czech Village, was one of the restaurants that decided to remain fully open over the…
“DR. BUZZ,” PSYCHOLOGIST FROM COPYCAT KILLERS, SHARES HIS QUARANTINE EXPERIENCE IN NEW YORK CITY
Hello everyone! While I’ve been in quarantine, I have been finishing my journalism degree at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City…
Craft Co-op turns to social media to stay afloat during closure
The owner of Artique in Clifton Park describes her business as kind of a semi-permanent craft fair – a place where artists and vendors can…
Michelin-Starred Dining for Dummies: The Story Behind the Social-Distancing Mannequins at the Inn at Little Washington
Even by the standards of an elite triple-Michelin-starred shrine to fine dining, the guests at the Inn at Little Washington are polite. They don’t chatter…
DEE SNIDER, BREAKING THE BAND’S NARRATOR, SHARES HIS QUARANTINE EXPERIENCE IN “PARADISE”
“Hello from Belize, Breaking the Band addicts! Last year I told my managers that I wanted to take 2020 off from touring so I could…
IOWA FAMILY KEEPS CARNIVAL CONCESSION STANDS OPEN
“Renee Taylor hands an order to a customer at a fair food stand owned and operated by Renee Taylor of Anamosa and her son, Preston…
REELZ Executive shares his favorite local spots
John deGarmo is the REELZ Senior Vice President of Distribution. John and his team are responsible for making sure REELZ is on as many broadcast…
NY Restaurant Serves Up Prime Rib and Lobster To Go
A popular restaurant in Albany – specializing in what they call classic comfort food with Southern-American flair, had big plans before they had to close…
Albuquerque bike shop experiencing surge in sales
Bikes are flying off the racks here Sport Systems in Albuquerque. Duane Kinsley, owner of Sport Systems, said they were doing well with online sales,…
Restaurant Finds a Unique Way to Branch Out
A popular restaurant in Albany – specializing in what they call classic comfort food with Southern-American flair, had big plans before they had to close…
GERALDO RIVERA, HOST OF MURDER IN THE FAMILY, REPORTS ON LIFE IN QUARANTINE AND HIS OPTIMISM FOR THE RE-OPENING OF BUSINESSES.
“I just wanted to say Hi to all my REELZ family. Thank you for Season 2 of Murder in the Family, we’re very excited about…
Tasting room finds new ways to get products to customers
They were seeing about a thousand people a week before coronavirus made them start turning people away. However, just like with area restaurants, the Nine…
106 year old business offers affordable meals during pandemic
When the spread of coronavirus caused restaurants to close their doors, it was the first time the families that run them had to navigate their…
REELZ Marketing Senior VP Artie Scheff Supports Independent Business
“During our homebound time we have been supporting many neighborhood restaurants and ordering takeout. We have patronized these establishments for years, and we want these…
Deborah Norville Shares A Charity Close To Her Heart
Deborah’s Charity pick “April is National Child Protection month and I support the NY Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, the oldest child…
Albuquerque tech startup sells temperature cameras to businesses
Perspective Components Inc., an Albuquerque-based tech startup, is using their knowledge to help companies keep coronavirus out of the workplace.
Natalie Morales’ Favorite Restaurants and Charities
“I have been supporting lots of our local restaurants in our Los Angeles neighborhood like Jon and Vinny’s, the FarmShop, Barney’s Burgers and our grocery…
What “Supporting Locally” Means to Celebrity Page’s Jaymes Vaughan and What It Was Like Celebrating a Birthday in Quarantine
I think it’s important to support your local small businesses during this time and also to remember your favorite charities right now too. A lot…
Fortune Fights’ Danielle and Andy Mayoras’ Share Their Top Charities and What It Is Like Working From Home
“One of the charities we have donated to is the Beaumont Health Foundation, specifically to their COVID-19 fund. All of our children were born at…
Mini-mart owner keeping children fed in Oregon
Robin Kindt can see the local grade school across the street from her mini-mart. She can hear class bells ring at Keno Elementary School and…
