from: Brent Lang, TheWrap.com — Mark Benjamin, president of Morley Builders, is believed to be a victim The Santa Monica Airport is closed while police investigate a deadly crash involving a small plane, airport manager Stelios Makrides told TheWrap. A twin-engine Cessna Citation 525A plane struck a hangar and burst into flames on Sunday night. Police and fire...
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from: Gordon Meyer, P3update.com — Los Angeles-based rental house Radiant Images has created a new tool for filmmakers by conducting comprehensive testing of all available digital cinema production cameras. The wide-ranging, non-biased tests covered a variety of categories, such as dynamic range and color rendition, and are designed to help cinematographers...
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from: Richard Verrier, Los Angeles Times — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has appointed veteran Hollywood executive Tom Sherak to be his senior film advisor. Sherak, the former president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, will lead Garcetti’s efforts to support the local entertainment industry and increase local production, the mayor said in a...
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from: Richard Verrier, Los Angeles Times — Seventeen months after its creation, Hollywood’s largest performers union will hold its first national convention in Los Angeles this week. More than 350 delegates from across the country will attend the inaugural SAG-AFTRA National Convention, which kicks off at the JW Marriott at L.A. Live on Thursday...
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from: Richard Verrier, Los Angeles Times — One of Hollywood’s most visible landmarks, the church has played a recurring role in dozens of TV shows and movies. Location manager Brian O’Neill needed a location to film a wedding scene for the upcoming move “The Wedding Ringer,” and he knew just the place: Hollywood United Methodist Church at the...
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from: Nick Goundry, The Location Guide — New HBO comedy series Looking is filming on location in San Francisco. The show will follow the lives of three gay men and is filming a full season after shooting the pilot in the California city in April this year. Looking has secured studio and office space in San Francisco’s Mission District and the production is...
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