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Dee Snider RadioShack ushered in the company’s new brand positioning with a 30-second ad featuring ’80s icons during tonight’s Super Bowl. The ad is meant to shed outdated perceptions of the brand for consumers in need of a reintroduction to RadioShack. “This is a bold, strategic move for RadioShack, and we’re using the Super Bowl as the platform to get people to rethink RadioShack,” said Jennifer Warren, senior vice president and chief marketing officer at RadioShack. “This ad is meant to grab attention, make viewers laugh, and let people know, it’s out with the old and in with the new RadioShack.” The ad, titled “The Phone Call,” features icons from ’80s pop culture who show up to reclaim the technology of their decade, helping the brand turn the page on the RadioShack of the past. The spot opens in a throwback RadioShack store; an associate receives a warning phone call before familiar ’80s personalities including Hulk Hogan, Mary Lou Retton, Kid ‘n’ Pla...

**** HGTV HOLIDAY PICKS **** Meg Caswell With Dee And Suzette Snider This winter, beginning Dec. 7, HGTV is featuring six glamorous specials highlighting celebrities and their A-list dwellings, from mansions and luxurious movie set trailers to a famous 16th century castle in Great Britain and America’s best-known home, the White House. HGTV decks the halls with Hollywood celebrities like Dancing with the Stars pro Cheryl Burke, and tours the places stars like Leonardo DiCaprio and Kellie Pickler call home when they are on the road and on set. Viewers can also take a peek into some famous houses, including the former home of the Queen of Pop, Madonna, the home of America’s first family and the lavish estates of Great Britain’s most notable families, one of which can be seen on a critically-acclaimed PBS series. “We’re ready to dazzle viewers with a celebrity-packed line up of programming this winter,” said HGTV’s General Manager Kathleen Finch. “These specia...

Dee Snyder Bruce Kulick With Dee Snyder, Fred Coury, Tony Montana, Rudy Sarzo And John Corabi Bruce Kulick along with Twisted Sister legend Dee Snyder, Fred Coury, Tony Montana, Rudy Sarzo and John Corabi arrive at the Monster Circus pre-party at The Las Vegas Hilton in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photos By: RD / Kabik / Retna Digital

Dee Snider In next weeks Steppin' Out magazine, Sirius radio host and rock legend Dee Snider sits down with Chaunce Hayden and tells why he thinks Sirius is doomed. Snider also tells Hayden how he feels about not getting invited to Howard Stern's wedding and why Howard stopped returning his calls. Chaunce Hayden: What is happening with Sirius? The stock is sinking faster than the Titanic. Will it survive in your opinion? Dee Snider: I'm going to get fired right now. I'm going to tell you something that is going to get me fired today and end my satellite career. It was doomed before it started. Chaunce Hayden: Why? Dee Snider : I have a friend named Don Specter. He's the third largest patent holder in the world. When he talks I listen. He invented the hyperbaric chamber. The guy is a genius. He was a brain surgeon at 14 and they based the IQ system on his IQ. He got a 200 and everybody else was rated from there. Anyway, he said to me two years ago, "Satelli...