Boston feels Hollywood ‘Heat’

By: Sara Gaynes Boston Herald June 23, 2013 The old Boston Herald building on Harrison Avenue gets the Hollywood treatment this week, courtesy of “Bridesmaids” director Paul Feig. The director of the Sandra Bullock/Melissa McCarthy buddy-cop flick “The Heat” was...

David O. Russell loves filming around Boston

The Names Blog Boston.com June 23, 2013 Given a choice between shooting a movie in Boston or an anonymous back lot, David O. Russell says the decision is simple: He’ll pick the Hub. Russell filmed “The Fighter,” his Oscar-nominated biopic of boxer “Irish” Micky Ward,...

Calling all Nonunion Actors in New England!

Do you have questions about SAG-AFTRA? Are you thinking about what direction you want to take your acting career? Do you have concerns about pay and working conditions on set and would like to know how a union would address those issues? Then come join us! When:...

Millers Falls gets facelift for ‘Judge’ filming

By Chris Curtis The Recorder June 15, 2013 MILLERS FALLS — When a scouting crew for the film “The Judge” stopped into Jonathan Laurent’s East Main Street clock shop in March, they were so absorbed by the setting they wandered into his storeroom unannounced. In...

Global spending for media and entertainment to rise steadily

By Meg James Los Angeles Times June 5, 2013 PricewaterhouseCoopers predicts that global spending for media and entertainment will reach $2.2 trillion in 2017, compared with $1.6 trillion in 2012. Worldwide spending for entertainment is expected to steadily rise over...