The A.V. Club

The A.V. Club is an entertainment website featuring reviews of films, music, television, books, games and DVDs, as well as interviews and other regular offerings examining both new and classic media and other elements of pop culture. The A.V. Club was initially created in 1993 as a supplemental part of The Onion and had a minimal presence on The Onion’s website in its early years, but in 2005—during a website redesign—its online identity grew and matured in ways that allowed it to have an identity all of its own. Unlike its parent publication, The A.V. Club is not satirical.

The publication’s name is a reference to school audiovisual clubs, "composed of a bunch of geeks who actually knew how to run the filmstrip and film projectors."

History

In 1993, five years after the founding of The Onion at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, UW student Stephen Thompson launched an entertainment section, later renamed The A.V. Club as part of the newspaper's 1995 redesign. While the section was initially viewed as an afterthought to the publication's flagship fake news stories, Thompson credited it as becoming "very important" in allowing The Onion to expand distribution nationwide, as it was easier to sell advertising next to movie reviews and concert listings than satirical news items.

AV

AV and variants may refer to:

Companies and organizations

Entertainment

Military

Places

Audiovisual

Audiovisual (AV) means possessing both a sound and a visual component, such as slide-tape presentations,films, television programs, church services and live theater productions.

Business presentations are also often audiovisual. In a typical presentation, the presenter provides the audio by speaking, and supplements it with a series of images projected onto a screen, either from a slide projector, or from a computer connected to a projector using presentation software.

Audiovisual service providers frequently offer web streaming, video conferencing and live broadcast services.

Computer-based audiovisual equipment is often used in education, with many schools and universities installing projection equipment and using interactive whiteboard technology.

Another audiovisual expression is the visual presentation of sound (visual music).

Residential audio visual

95% of the time Residential Audio visual is considering in-ceiling speakers, LED dance floors, flat panel TV's, or projectors and projector screens. The percentage of people who are seeking out residential properties that have also installed their Audio Visual with the automation components of RTI. This includes lighting, blinds, cinema rooms etc.

A.V. (film)

A.V. (青春夢工場; Qing chun meng gong chang) is a 2005 Hong Kong film directed by Pang Ho-Cheung.

Synopsis

To satisfy their desire for Japanese porn stars, four university students decide to ask for government funding to direct their own adult movie. The project attracts numerous young people who want to be actors in the film.

Cast and roles

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