Niagara Falls In Pop Culture

Graham on March 28th, 2013

From WIVB channel 4 in Buffalo: …Wallenda, who crossed the Niagara Falls last summer, is planning to take a piece of his Falls walk with him for an upcoming project. Wallenda is planning to use the rope from his walk across the Niagara Falls when he crosses the Grand Canyon…

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Graham on March 19th, 2013

From WIVB Channel 4 in Buffalo: Hollywood is invading Niagara Falls. Actor Ryan Reynolds and Rosario Dawson are going to be filming the movie “Queen of the Night.” I know this is old news, but I saw the contradiction and wanted to point it out. Both the headline and the first sentence indicate that Ryan [...]

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Graham on December 13th, 2012

From the Niagara Falls Review (includes video): If you could capture the essence of Niagara Falls in a bottle, what would it smell like? “I envisioned a water scent. Something really fresh and clean,” said Alayna D’Angelo, owner of World Class Fragrance on Fallsview Blvd. Recently, her company unveiled Niagara Myst, a fragrance idea created [...]

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Niagara Frontier Publications has an article about celebrating the 60th anniversary of the movie “Niagara. Through May 2013, you have the opportunity to celebrate the movie, starring Marilyn Monroe, by experiencing some of the best Niagara Falls attractions from the film. The Niagara Tourism & Convention Corp has created a package that includes some of the [...]

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Graham on October 18th, 2012

The other day I read about (I don’t remember where) the Crap Souvenirs web site. The site has a collection of pictures of souvenirs from around the world. As the name indicates, these are all “crappy” (really tacky or nonsensical) souvenirs. I did a search for Niagara Falls thinking that there would be a lot [...]

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Graham on October 15th, 2012

From Niagara This Week: Watching a video of Luke and Emma Jasnich, it’s clear they two kids have an unbridled enthusiasm about all things Niagara. And that enthusiasm resulted in Luke, 9, and Emma, 7, playing host to singer/dancer Jordan Francis for a one-day tour of the region’s fun spots, including stops at the Butterfly [...]

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Graham on August 29th, 2012

From the Davao Sun-Star (in the Philippines): The first time I learned about Niagara Falls was through the movie, Superman II. In the film, Superman (played the Christopher Reeve) saved a kid playing on the outside railings fell into the rushing water. The movie came to mind when my sister, Marilou, told me that she [...]

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Graham on July 25th, 2012

From Niagara This Week: Some 60 years before Nik Wallenda walked a tightrope and focused attention from across the world on Niagara Falls; nearly two decades before the Christopher Reeve’s Superman made his famous flight over the mighty cataract to save a young boy’s life in 1979, Marilyn Monroe brought the bright lights of Hollywood [...]

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Graham on July 10th, 2012

From the Niagara Falls Review: Nik Wallenda wasn’t the only celebrity in Niagara Falls this weekend. On Saturday, Katy Perry made a stop in the city after taking part in rehearsals in Toronto for the 2012 MuchMusic Video Awards. She’s known for her hits I Kissed a Girl, Firework and Part Of Me. She tweeted [...]

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