Hollywood

January 17, 2008, Beverly Hills, CA – The fifty Oscar® statuettes to be presented at the 80th Academy Awards® ceremony will be on display at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Meet the Oscars” exhibition beginning Friday, February 1. The exhibition will be located on the fourth level of the Hollywood & Highland Center® through Saturday, February 23. Admission is free.    » read more »

December 20, 2007 -- SANTA FE -- New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson today announced that Beer For My Horses, a feature film starring country music star Toby Keith (Broken Bridges), and Rodney Carrington (Rodney TV series) will be shot in New Mexico.

Multi-award winner Michael Saloman will direct. Toby Keith, Donald Zuckerman (Not Forgotten currently prepping in Santa Fe, Broken Bridges) , and local New Mexican Brent Morris (Monster, Smoke Signals) will produce the film. T.K. Kimbrell will be the Executive Producer.    » read more »

Disney Channel's Rich Ross to Be Honored

THURSDAY, November 8, 2007, Chicago, IL -- For 50 years, America has loved this family — the legendary Osmond brothers. Along with siblings Donny and Marie, they have captured the public's attention like no other family. And now, on Friday November 9, television history will be made when more than 100 Osmonds join together on The Oprah Show stage for a once-in-a-lifetime reunion.    » read more »

05 November 2007, Los Angeles (By Mike O'Sullivan) -- More than 12,000 U.S. film and television writers are on strike, stalling production of entertainment shows and threatening film production in Hollywood. Mike O'Sullivan reports from Los Angeles, the writers walked out after negotiators failed to reach agreement on key issues.    » read more »

Nov. 5, 2007 -- Colorado Governor Bill Ritter announced today that SummitWorks LLC, an independent film production company based in Park City, Utah, has received approval by the Department of Defense to film its upcoming feature production, Bring Me Men, on the U.S. Air Force Academy installation in Colorado Springs.

Bring Me Men is the first motion picture to be approved by the Pentagon for filming at the United States Air Force Academy. Principal photography is slated for spring and summer 2008.    » read more »

September 24, 2007 -- SANTA FE — New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson today announced that Felon, a feature film from Tooley Productions and Vincent Newman Entertainment, will be shot in New Mexico.

The film will be shot in and around Santa Fe from October 9 through November 2 and expects to hire approximately 60 New Mexico crew members and over 300 local principal actors and background talent.    » read more »

Announces Green Resource Guide for Film Production Companies

09/21/2007 -- California Governor Schwarzenegger today joined Sony Pictures Entertainment executives in breaking ground on a new construction project that will benefit California’s economy and environment. The Governor also announced the Green Resource Guide issued by the California Film Commission that provides production companies with information and tools to reduce their environmental footprint.    » read more »

29 August 2007, Washington (By Ray McDonald) -- Owen Wilson has pulled out of his upcoming movie with Ben Stiller while he recovers from a reported suicide attempt.

Variety reports the 38-year-old actor has dropped out of Tropic Thunder, a DreamWorks comedy he was set to begin shooting in two to three weeks. The trade paper states Wilson's role would require a week's worth of filming. Stiller, who is producing and starring in the film, began shooting six weeks ago in Hawaii.    » read more »

August 28, 2007 -- SANTA FE — New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson today announced that the Lakeshore Entertainment production, Game, starring Gerard Butler, will be shot in New Mexico.

The film will be shot for 55 days in and around Albuquerque from November 5 through February 5 and expects to hire approximately 182 New Mexico crew members.

The writer-director team is Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Richard Wright and Skip Williamson will produce, and local New Mexican David Rubin will executive produce.    » read more »

27 August 2007,Washington (By Ray McDonald) -- A group of teenagers has ushered Hollywood into uncharted box-office territory. Superbad, a story of three geeky friends' quest for alcohol for a high school party, retained last weekend's attendance title, taking in $18 million in ticket sales. Its 10-day total stands at $68.6 million.

In so doing, Superbad helped Hollywood achieve its first $4 billion summer movie season. While business slowed as parents and kids prepared for school, Hollywood continued its hot streak.    » read more »

An increase in film tax credits will also bring more major motion pictures to Oregon

August 23, 2007 -- Portland – Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski today announced that former President of the Screen Actors Guild and actor Ed Asner, whose film career includes the role of Lou Grant on the Mary Tyler Moore Show, will join the board of the Oregon Film and Video Office.    » read more »

Aug. 24, 2007 -- SANTA FE — New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson today announced that the Odd Lot Entertainment/Lionsgate production, The Spirit, starring Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendes and Gabriel Macht will be shot in New Mexico at the Albuquerque Studios in Albuquerque.

The film will shoot October 8 through December 14 and expects to hire approximately 75 New Mexico crew members.    » read more »

20 August 2007 -- Superbad was super good over the weekend, as it claimed the U.S. box office championship.

The teen comedy from Sony, which featured no big-name stars, took in $31.2 million. It relegated the previous title-holder, Rush Hour 3, to second place with $21.8 million. Its two-week total now stands at $88.2 million.

The Warner Bros. sci-fi tale The Invasion, starring Daniel Craig and Nicole Kidman, opened a disappointing fifth with $6 million.    » read more »

12 August 2007 -- Evil witches, a fallen star and a young man in search of his heart's desire: these are just some of the elements in the new fantasy-adventure film adapted from a novel by popular science fiction author Neil Gaiman. Alan Silverman has a look at Stardust.

Once upon a time, a young man named Tristan embarks on the adventure of a lifetime. "The Wall" separates the old English village of Wall from a magical kingdom named Stronghold. When, like his father did before him, Tristan leaps the Wall, he does, indeed, find the star ...but she is not what he expects.    » read more »