by Dyana Carmella
Assembly member Paul Krekorian congratulated the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers for finally ending the strike and coming to an agreement.
Krekorian emphasizes how Los Angeles was impacted by the strike, bringing attention to the damage a three-month production halt can do to the economy. Krekorian […]

by Dyana Carmella 
The Palm Beach County Convention & Visitors Bureau, in collaboration with the Palm Beach County Film & Television Commission, is pleased to announce The Palm Beach County Video Competition. Novice filmmakers are asked to submit their entries by visiting www.palmbeachfl.com/contests/.
The Palm Beach County Video Competition was created to increase the positive visibility of […]

by Iain Blair 
Was chatting with Gerry Casale, founder of the great ‘80s art band Devo – who can forget Whip It and the raunchy/funny video the band did? – which Gerry directed for them as usual. “It only cost $15,000 and we’d never get away with what we did in it today,” he told me. […]

 by Iain Blair
Had dinner with Holly Hunter the other night for a piece I’m doing on Saving Grace, her acclaimed TNT series. Hadn’t seen her in years, but she’s still one of nicest people in the business and amazingly down-to-earth considering all her accomplishments. She’s been nominated for four Academy Awards -Broadcast News, The Firm, […]

 by Iain Blair
When I talk to DPs, they all seem most excited about the new Red One 4K camera – directors too. Clooney and Soderbergh are big fans. One of the first films to be shot on Red One is–appropriately named – The Red Canvas, lensed by hot DP Aaron Platt. He shot it using […]

by Iain Blair
Just saw a great new film, The Life Before Her Eyes, a beautiful, haunting tale told in flashbacks that is not at all what you think it is. The film is directed by Vadim Perelman whose debut 2003 film House of Sand and Fog was Oscar-nominated.This is another intense, dreamlike film, with a […]

Last time I saw Francis Ford Coppola, a few months ago, he was telling me how “you save money on a production when you’re able to just put up the dough yourself, which is why my next film will be another small personal one.” He also told me that the script for that film, Tetro, […]

 by Iain Blair
Two more Hollywood legends left us this past week; Charlton Heston and Richard Widmark, never to be replaced. Widmark  - who was 93! - will always be king of the noir thriller thanks to such classics as Kiss of Death – his debut in ’47 which got him an Oscar nod. I met […]

by Iain Blair

If you love movies you can’t miss this - several famed Hollywood personal memorabilia collections are to be auctioned on April 5th when Heritage Auction Galleries present the collections of icons & legends Stanley Kramer, Buddy Ebsen, and others. One highlight’s got to be Stanley Kramer’s stuff -  after all, he directed and […]

 By Iain Blair

Went to The Roxy last night with a friend (who used to be in her band) to catch Lilli Hayden, the amazing violinist who makes her instrument sound the way it would have sounded if Jimi Hendrix had played violin instead of guitar and joined Pink Floyd (Lilli’s also playing with the Floyd’s […]