Many are called for, but few TV pilots are chosen

Many are called for, but few TV pilots are chosen

by | Apr 22, 2010 | Article

By FRAZIER MOORE Associated Press April 21, 2010 NEWTON, Mass. — Turreted and stately, the house on a quiet street in Newton had been vacant for a while. But for a few days last month, its “For Sale” signs went away. Trucks, trailers, crews and...
NBC tunes up for more ‘Sing-Off’

NBC tunes up for more ‘Sing-Off’

by | Apr 22, 2010 | Article

By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein Boston Globe April 21, 2010 To all a cappella groups: Start preparing yourselves for greatness. Local producer Sam Weisman’s hit reality show, “The Sing-Off,’’ is coming back to NBC, and casting begins next month. For those...
NBC tunes up for more ‘Sing-Off’

Warner Bros. buys local video game firm

by | Apr 22, 2010 | Article

Turbine produces Lord of the Rings, other online hits By Hiawatha Bray Boston Globe April 21, 2010 Turbine Inc., one of the Boston area’s biggest video game companies, has been acquired by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Inc. of Burbank, Calif., a business unit...
NBC tunes up for more ‘Sing-Off’

Student filmmakers capture world they know and can’t see

by | Apr 22, 2010 | Article

By Linda Matchan, Boston Globe April 21, 2010 WATERTOWN — Kevin Bright was going around the table telling each of his film students what he thought of their work on the homework assignment, which was to get comfortable using their new video cameras. He turned to...
NBC tunes up for more ‘Sing-Off’

Editorial: ‘Jersey’ in Mass.: Ready to stereotype togethah?

by | Apr 17, 2010 | Article

Boston Globe Editorial April 17, 2010 The beer-swilling, thick-accented meathead: There’s plenty of fun to be had caricaturing a certain subgenre of Massachusetts resident, as “Saturday Night Live’’ showed with its “Sully and Denise’’ sketch. So it’s not shocking that...