SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR DEPARTS LAX OCTOBER 11-12, 2012; TRAFFIC DELAYS ANTICIPATED IN COMMUNITIES SURROUNDING AIRPORT As the Space Shuttle Endeavour begins its two-day trek from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to the California Science Center, passengers, visitors, airport workers, and ground transportation providers driving to/from LAX are advised to plan ahead...
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from: Richard Verrier, LA Times — If you want to film at the Grand Avenue Park, it will cost you — $20,000 a day in a fact. That’s how much county officials plan to charge filmmakers to shoot at the new park, much to the chagrin of local film industry officials. County officials said they developed the fee based on what other landmark parks around the...
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from: Hollywood Reporter — The contribution to the Actors Fund comes from the guild’s foreign levies program. The WGA West is contributing $977,095 to The Actors Fund, the guild said Thursday. The monies are specifically earmarked for emergency financial assistance needed by entertainment professionals for basic living expenses such as rent or medical bills. The...
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from: Hollywood Reporter — Video Below — ICM’s Chris Silbermann spoke Wednesday at the magazine’s Entertainment Business Managers Power Breakfast in Beverly Hills. Major Hollywood performers who have refused to do television in the past are now being drawn to the medium – especially to cable – because of the improved quality of the shows and...
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from: Richard Verrier, LA Times — A broad coalition of unions representing the entertainment industry hailed Governor Jerry Brown‘s decision to sign into law a two-year extension of California’s film and television tax credit. “We commend the legislature and Gov. Brown for recognizing that the motion picture business is an integral part of the...
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Assembly Bill 2026 and Senate Bill 1197 were signed into law on September 30, 2012 by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. to extend funding for California’s Film & Television Tax Credit Program. The two-year, $200 million extension ensures that tax credits will be available through fiscal year 2016-17. The original five-year Program enacted in 2009 was part of an...
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