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

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

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...
Film czar: With tax breaks intact, projects eyeing Massachusetts

‘Fur’ flies with Brooke Shields and Brendan Fraser

By Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa Boston Herald April 15, 2010 Brooke Shields and Brendan Fraser, stars of “Furry Vengeance,” know it’s not nice to mess with Mother Nature – and while filming the green-themed family flick in Massachusetts they didn’t! “We had a...
Film czar: With tax breaks intact, projects eyeing Massachusetts

‘Jersey Shore’ director casts net for Mass. natives

By Tenley Woodman Boston Herald The Inside Track April 13, 2010 From one of the guys behind MTV’s “Jersey Shore” comes the next great reality TV sensation – “Massholes.” Casting director Doron Ofir, the man credited with discovering the “Jersey Shore” cast, said...
Editorial: ‘Jersey’ in Mass.: Ready to stereotype togethah?

Hollywood shops in Duxbury when it needs movie material

Behind the seams on screen By Rich Fahey Boston Globe April 11, 2010 DUXBURY — Suzanne Boucher’s job involves cutting fabrics, but she also knows what it’s like to end up on the cutting-room floor. Experience has told Boucher that even when a movie company buys her...