Boston movies rake in Oscar nods

Boston movies rake in Oscar nods

By Julie M. Donnelly Boston Business Journal January 26, 2011 BOSTON-“The Social Network,” “The Town,” and “The Fighter” — all filmed in and around Boston — received a total of 16 Oscar nominations Tuesday. The nominations included Best Picture and Best Director nods,...
Stars excited to be in Oscar running

Stars excited to be in Oscar running

By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein Boston Globe January 26, 2011 BOSTON-Dicky Eklund’s last stop yesterday was Sully’s Tuxedos in Lowell. “The Fighter’’ had received an impressive seven Oscar nominations, and Eklund was thinking about what he might wear when...
Stars excited to be in Oscar running

Oscar acquires a Boston accent

Mass. movies score Oscar nominations By Ty Burr and Wesley Morris Boston Globe January 26, 2011 BOSTON-Hollywood tilted significantly and decisively to the Northeast yesterday. An unusually high percentage of nominations for the 83rd annual Academy Awards went to...
This is Hollywood’s kind of ‘Town’

This is Hollywood’s kind of ‘Town’

By Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa with Megan Johnson Boston Herald January 26, 2011 The 16 Oscar nominations for three locally made flicks could be the last hurrah for made-in-Mass. movies. The Academy Award bounty for Mark Wahlberg’s “The Fighter” and Harvard-to-Facebook...

And The Nominees Are…Massachusetts Films!

Contact: Lisa Simmons, MOTT Lisa.Simmons@state.ma.us 617-973-8508 Ron D’Amico rdamico@connellypartners.com 617-521-5428 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Massachusetts Brings Home Two Motion Picture Of The Year Nominations for “The Social Network” and “The Fighter”; “The Town”...
This is Hollywood’s kind of ‘Town’

‘Men’ at work John Wells profits from shooting drama in Hub

By Stephen Schaefer Boston Herald.com January 18, 2011 The hit TV writer-producer (“Southland,” “The West Wing,” “ER”) initially set his story of three downsized, unemployed guys — played by Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper and Tommy Lee Jones — against the background of the...