Officials say film incentives are working for Bay State

Officials say film incentives are working for Bay State

by Lauren Keiper Boston Business Journal January 15, 2010 Tax credits and other incentives that states use to lure filmmakers are not producing the expected economic benefits, according to a new report from the Tax Foundation — a claim that experts in the Bay State...
‘American Idol’ Boston Premiere Opens To Huge Ratings

‘American Idol’ Boston Premiere Opens To Huge Ratings

Access Hollywood NBC-Universal January 13, 2009 HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — The ninth season of “American Idol,” the final of the series’ star judge Simon Cowell, debuted last night on FOX to boffo ratings, although it was not as high as recent seasons’ past. The show...

CONGRATULATIONS BUBS!

MFO NEWS DECEMBER 22, 2009 THE BEELZEBUBS of Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts were edged out last night by Puerto Rico’s NOTA for NBC’s Sing-Off Championship. While the BUBS didn’t take home the prize money ($100K) or the Sony Music recording contract, they...
Oscar buzz for Cape-made flick

Oscar buzz for Cape-made flick

The Inside Track By Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa Boston Herald December 20, 2009 Photo by Abby Peterson “The Lightkeepers,” the made-on-Cape Cod flick about a pair of women-hating old salts, is a dark-horse candidate for Oscar bling. So says none other than the...