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By PGA Green
PGA Green West Co-Chair of Outreach Woody Clark and member Salvy Maleki hosted the PGA Green table at the Third Annual CBS Eye on the Environment Sustainable Networking Event at CBS Radford Studios that showcased over 200 suppliers and organizations that are committed to sustainability and eco-friendly practices. PGA Green members Shahnti Olcese Brook and…
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By Marjorie Galas
The rooms were bursting at the seams for animation favorites at the 2012 Comic Con International Convention. Response for Disney Channel’s “Fish Hooks” went swimmingly, crowds continue to clamor for Disney XD’s “Phineas and Ferb,” even the channel’s newest entry, “Tron: Uprising” had to turn fans away at the door. The creators of these three…
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By Marjorie Galas
Illustrators are a natural fit for Comic Con, being the artists who first breathe visual life into the written text of a graphic novel, comic, or script. This year the Art Directors Guild presented two panels for fans: an illustrators panel and a production designers panel. Neither panel had an empty seat to spare. 411…
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By Marjorie Galas
Joss Whedon and the cast of “Breaking Bad” both used very different approaches to delight their fans at Comic Con 2012. Whedon stepped on stage, announcing he had nothing prepared to speak about so he’d spend the 45 minutes answering fans questions. Meanwhile, “Breaking Bad’s” creator and show runner Vince Gilligan walked on stage wearing…
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By Catherine Bush
Streetlights, a nonprofit job training and placement organization in Los Angeles, is celebrating its twentieth anniversary this year – and boy, has it got a lot to celebrate! The company has successfully provided two decades of entry-level employment positions in the entertainment industry for financially disadvantaged minority men and women. Additionally, the P.A….
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By Christine Purse
Will Cox, Founder and Senior Colorist at Final Frame in New York, brings a seasoned perspective to his work on a variety of projects, including recent Oscar winning films The Cove and Inside Job. Final Frame provides a host of post production services to the Independent, Motion Picture and Television content creation industries. Here, he…
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By Film Works
FilmL.A. — the not-for-profit community benefit organization that coordinates permits for filmed entertainment shot on-location in the City of Los Angeles, unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County and other local jurisdictions — recently released a report about local on-location filming and the numbers are not pretty. Overall, on-location production activity in the L.A. region…
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By Marjorie Galas
When Matthew Lillard was reading the young adult novel “Fat Kid Rules the World” by K.L. Going for an audio book recording, he had a realization. The book had a universal element that could touch a lot of lives, and he knew he had to capture that quality on film. The tale follows Troy, an…
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By Marjorie Galas
By: Marjorie Galas Coming off the success of the award-winning made for TV movie “You Don’t Know Jack,” producer Steve Lee Jones has invested as much dedication in amassing talent and crew to lift his upcoming projects off the ground as he has towards researching and selecting content worthy of attention. His upcoming feature project,”We Regret…
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By Marjorie Galas
As once mild-mannered chemistry teacher Walter White (Bryan Cranston) willingly plunges into moral decline during the final stretch of "Breaking Bad," director of photography Michael Slovis will be manipulating each episode’s visual style, sending viewers on a turbulent voyage. After discussing the season’s overall tone with creator/show runner Vince Gilligan, he then selects a photographic…
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