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Netflix Bites MGM Grand Las Vegas
Pop Ups and Vendor Markets | Feb 11, 2025 - Feb 20, 2026
United States > Nevada > Las Vegas > > 89109

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Barbie to Anna Karenina: The Cinematic Worlds of Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer Exhibition at the Academy Museum
Memorabilia Exhibition | May 23, 2025 - Oct 25, 2026
United States > California > Los Angeles > > 90036
Never Turn Back: Echoes of African American Music Exhibition at MOPOP
Memorabilia Exhibition | May 17, 2025 - Feb 28, 2026
United States > Washington > Seattle > > 98109

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Going Going Gone: The Magic of the Home Run
Television/Streaming Premiere | Jul 6, 2025

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Giant-Sized Amazing Archie Event at The Secret Stash
Comic Releases | Jul 5 - Jul 6, 2025
United States > New Jersey > Red Bank > > 07701
Jaws 50th Anniversary Vinyl Designer Figure Timed Edition
Toy and Figure Releases | Jun 20 - Jul 18, 2025

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This Is Spinal Tap 41st Anniversary Theatrical Re-Release
Film Screenings and Series | Jul 5 - Jul 7, 2025

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Giant-Sized Amazing Archie Event at The Secret Stash
Comic Releases | Jul 5 - Jul 6, 2025
United States > New Jersey > Red Bank > > 07701

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Make Music New York, World Music Day
Social and Cultural Events | Jun 21 - Dec 21

July 6th In History

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World's Largest Disneyana Collection Gets Free Public Exhibition Prior to Auction
Memorabilia Exhibition | Jul 1 - Jul 19, 2023
United States > California > Burbank > > 91502
Star Wars Memorabilia Auction Hosted by Bodnar's
Auctions, Pop Ups and Marketplaces | Jun 28 - Jul 19, 2023
United States > New Jersey > Monmouth Junction > > 08852

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First-ever Hong Kong Pop Culture Festival
Art Exhibitions | May 20 - Dec 31, 2023
Hong Kong > > Sai Wan Ho

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Jamie Kennedy + Jay Dyer + Jamie Hanshaw Live Philosophy and Comedy Show
Panel Discussions | Jul 6, 2023
United States > California > Los Angeles > > 91406

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Cameron Boyce
Deaths | Jul 6, 2019

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Defense Derby
Game Release Dates | Jul 6, 2023

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Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1
U.S. Theatrical Releases | Jun 28 - Aug 16, 2024
The Dirty Stories of Jean Eustache Retrospective Screening Series at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater
Film Screenings and Series | Jun 23 - Jul 13, 2023
United States > New York > New York City > > 10023

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Jamie Kennedy + Jay Dyer + Jamie Hanshaw Live Philosophy and Comedy Show
Panel Discussions | Jul 6, 2023
United States > California > Los Angeles > > 91406

First Totally Horror-Themed Issue of Fangoria Hits Newsstands, Saving the Magazine From Ending | Aug 1 - Aug 31, 1980

First Totally Horror-Themed Issue of Fangoria Hits Newsstands, Saving the Magazine From Ending

Magazine and Newspaper Publication Dates, Milestones | Aug 1 - Aug 31, 1980

Issue number 7 of Fangoria Magazine was the first issue to exclusively feature horror content. The first 6 issues of the magazine were designed around a “fantasy film” concept and proved to be publishing failures.

As described in one history of horror magazines, “The first issue of Fangoria, published in 1979, was an abysmal failure, and subsequent issues did not fare much better. Apparently there was little or no interest in another magazine that did not deviate much from the already established Starlog/Cinefantastique structure.”

But because of great reader interest in an illustrated article on Tom Savini’s gruesome make-up effects for the 1978 film Dawn of the Dead, Fangoria began focusing on “readers’ macabre interest in gory images of monsters and carnage.” With the seventh issue, “with a bold shift to fright flicks by featuring a still from Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining on the cover”, the magazine became profitable.

Then “the 1980s gave rise to an endless offering of gory slasher films that Fangoria was more than happy to highlight, turning Freddy Krueger, Leatherface, Michael Myers and Jason Voorhees into unlikely lucrative newsstand idols.”

Fangoria covers primarily commercial studio releases, along with independent and low budget film projects.

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