The U.S. economy should be singing “Hooray for Hollywood”, according to new data from the federal government. A report released Thursday from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the National Endowment for the Arts found that the film industry and other creative industries account for nearly $504 billion annually – over 3 percent of the U.S. Gross Domestic...
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from: Samantha Gallegos, Capital Weekly — California’s TV and film tax incentive appears as popular as ever, despite a rash of negative news coverage of an FBI undercover sting of a state senator in which an industry tax break figured as a lure.“The FBI could have picked any topic from any industry to mount a sting,” Assemblymember Raul Bocanegra, D-Los...
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The City of Monterey Park has approved an agreement with FilmL.A., establishing the not-for-profit as the film permit coordinator for the area. FilmL.A. began accepting applications for permits to film within the Monterey Park City limits on November 18, 2013. The City of Monterey Park is 7.73 square miles in size and is located in the San Gabriel Valley, just east of...
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from: Dave McNary, Variety.com — Lemisch laments franchise shooting in London and vows to bring more features to California Six months after the new “Star Wars” shoot was set for London, California Film Commission chief Amy Lemisch is still steamed about it. “I have a giant list of major projects that California has lost because we can’t compete on...
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The City of Los Angeles has implemented City-wide holiday filming restrictions to minimize the impact of on-location production to businesses and merchants that rely on holiday sales. As a result, filming activity including lane closures, street closures and street parking will be limited in all commercial/retail areas of the City. Individual filming requests will be...
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from: TMZ.com There was shooting in the middle of shooting “House of Lies,” TMZ has learned. Here’s how it went down. This afternoon, the show was on location at Nickerson Gardens housing project in South Central L.A. Sources on the set tell us … the location shoot attracted a crowd, which began to swell. Turns out, members of rival gangs...
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