MPAA study: Showbiz is big business

MPAA study: Showbiz is big business

Movie, TV industry contributed 2.5 mil U.S. jobs in 2007 By Georg Szalai The Hollywood Reporter April 22, 2009 NEW YORK –The movie and TV industry contributed 2.5 million jobs and $41.1 billion in wages to the U.S. economy in 2007, according to an MPAA...
Hollywood East Or Beacon Hill Bust?

Hollywood East Or Beacon Hill Bust?

Lack Of Movie Studio Tax Credits May Make Mass. A Laughingstock. Again Commercial Interests By Scott Van Voorhis Banker & Tradesman Columnist April 20, 2009 States like Connecticut, Rhode Island and New York ate our lunch with gambling, siphoning untold billions...
Coming attractions

Coming attractions

Ambitious studio projects could make Massachusetts a center for the film industry INNOVATION ECONOMY By Scott Kirsner, Boston Globe Columnist April 19, 2009 This spring, Mark Ridder is coordinating golf outings at Waverly Oaks, the country club he co-owns in Plymouth....
Ben Affleck & Kevin Costner in good company

Ben Affleck & Kevin Costner in good company

By Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa Boston Herald, The Inside Track April 14, 2009 Cambridge homey Ben Affleck, in Roxbury yesterday filming scenes for his new flick, “The Company Men,,” says he believes he has made the last movie about a newspaper, with the upcoming “State...