Movie cannibals hunger for Western Mass

Movie cannibals hunger for Western Mass

By FRED CONTRADA Springfield Republican July 25, 2010 GREENFIELD – Michigan didn’t have much of an appetite for it, but Greenfield’s mayor finds it quite palatable that his town might be the setting for “The Woman,” a movie filled with...
Op-Ed: The secret to our movie success

Op-Ed: The secret to our movie success

Business View By Joel Olicker & Tug Yourgrau Boston Business Journal July 23, 2010 There has been much confusion in recent months about the costs and benefits of Massachusetts’ film and television tax credit program. Here is what every business leader should...
The guru of toughness

The guru of toughness

“Irish” Micky Ward By Carlo Rotella Boston Globe July 19, 2010 WHAT IS IT about “Irish’’ Micky Ward, the retired light-welterweight boxer from Lowell, that draws men to him in the hope that some of his old-school tough-guy virtue will rub off on them? It’s...
Massachusetts in “Top Ten” again!

Massachusetts in “Top Ten” again!

Production Update Magazine (P3), in the July 2010 issue, announced its annual list of America’s “Top Ten” states for film production. For the third time since 2007, Massachusetts made the list — this year joining Connecticut as one of only two...
John Krasinski and Emily Blunt tie the knot!

John Krasinski and Emily Blunt tie the knot!

By Inside Track July 12, 2010 Photo by Film Magic Newton homey John Krasinski and his British-born fiancee, Emily Blunt, finally exchanged vows this past weekend at the Villa D’este in Como, Italy. “John and Emily were married on Saturday in a private ceremony,”...
John Krasinski and Emily Blunt tie the knot!

Hub detective Russell Grant has criminal intent for TNT

By Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa Boston Herald July 12, 2010 Photo by TNT. Buzz up! Tonight’s premiere of the set-in-Boston TNT drama “Rizzoli & Isles” may feel like reality TV to the Hub’s homicide cops. And that’s because one of their own, Detective Russell Grant,...