from: Ted Johnson, Variety.com — Obama signals plans to use showbiz to rally grassroots President Obama’s inaugural address included a call to end the bitter “spectacle of politics,” though he embraced all its pageantry and pomp on Monday. James Taylor and Kelly Clarkson delivered star turns on the Capitol Hill platform, and Beyonce gave a...
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from: Margie Barron, P3update.com — The FilmL.A. office has both good and bad news for the first report of 2013. Starting with the good, overall on-location shoots have increased by 4.7 percent in 2012 (as compared to 2011). This is due to a 3.7-percent increase (from 2011) of on-location feature film production, which had its best year since 2008. The sequel Star...
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from: Richard Verrier, Los Angeles Times — Hope Gardens Family Center, which serves homeless families and battered women, expects to make $200,000 this year from TV and movie shoots at its 71-acre site. One of the newest hot spots for filming in the San Fernando Valley is a 71-acre former retirement community featuring lodge-style residences and medical buildings,...
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from: Steven Zeitchik and Ben Fritz, Los Angeles Times — Hollywood execs have difficulty risking money on movies aimed at a more sophisticated adult audience. So they’re increasingly relying on outsiders to do so. For this awards season, Hollywood came through with a bumper crop of movies that were critical and fan favorites. But in many cases, the big studios...
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from: Dave McNary, Variety.com — Despite recent peace, Hollywood sees labor uncertainty With all three major guilds prepping for negotiations on their master contracts, 2013 may be an anxious year for Hollywood as uncertainty pervades the labor landscape. The merged SAG-AFTRA heads to the bargaining table for the first time since its creation with a...
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from: Brent Lang & Lucas Shaw, TheWrap.com — At the dawn of 2013, Hollywood is edging toward cautious optimism. The box office is set to shatter domestic records and the home-entertainment sector is poised to grow after five years of losses. A year ago, TheWrap asked six experts the daunting question: How do we fix Hollywood? This year, we reached out to a...
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