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Twister’s final site selection involved a reconnaissance trip about a week-and-a-half before the shoot. Olivia Mausel, a member of Holyoke’s Historical Commission, gave Clark and Williams a tour of several sites in the city: the Victory Theatre, warehouses owned by Curran Construction and the building that houses the Paper City Brewing Co.

October 20, 2010 – NBC 10 visits the set of “Whaling City,” an independent film now shooting in New Bedford. NBC 10’s R.J. Heim talks with actors Geno Monteiro and …

Movie fans have bookmarked the Facebook drama “The Social Network’’ as their weekend favorite. David Fincher’s made-in-Massachusetts saga about personality clashes and legal feuds among the website’s founders took in $15.5 million to remain the No. 1 film for a second straight weekend, according to studio estimates yesterday. “The Social Network’’ became the third Bay State flick since 2007–and the second of 2010–to top the US box-office chart for two consecutive weeks. “Shutter Island” (Feb 2010) and “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” (Jan 2009) achieved the same feat.

Boston’s ImprovAsylum spoofs the trailer for THE TOWN.

The Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism has the slogan “It’s all here,” hoping to draw visitors to the commonwealth. But for Cindy Lentol, that registered trademark also perfectly describes her career as an actress and model. She does not need to go to Hollywood to find work — it’s all here. “I’ve made a great living right here,” Lentol said.

“Do the Right Thing’’ director Spike Lee was at BU yesterday, where he talked about life, work, and the way films can effect social change.

Brad Pitt hit Lansdowne Street yesterday to film scenes for “Moneyball” – but if the script stays true to the book, the Boston Red Sox will not look as good onscreen as the Hollywood uber hunk!

This weekend, “The Social Network,” David Fincher’s film adaptation of Ben Mezrich’s 2009 non-fiction novel “The Accidental Billionaires” about Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, became the third Massachusetts-made film this year to open nationally as the No. 1 movie in America–a new state record.

Facebook movie “The Social Network” found millions of friends in theaters during the weekend, taking in $23 million and earning the No. 1 spot at box offices, according to studio estimates on Sunday.

The movie opens this weekend to rave reviews from critics. For some people who were there during the website’s launch at Harvard University in 2003 to 2004, though, “The Social Network’’ is more than a cinematic revisiting of events and personalities.

“The Social Network” begins in 2003 with a scene set in Somerville’s Thirsty Scholar Pub. Zuckerberg insults Boston University, frets about getting into one of Harvard’s exclusive clubs and gets dumped by his BU student girlfriend Erica (Rooney Mara, the new Lisbeth Salander).

‘The Social Network’’ opens with a scene — already justly celebrated — in which a college-age couple sits in a darkened Cambridge restaurant and discusses their relationship. It’s not going well for the guy, a weedy, focused sort named Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) who talks as if he’s trying to break the sound barrier and assumes his girlfriend, Erica (Rooney Mara), will keep up. She doesn’t, and after a while her eyes go dead and she’s not his girlfriend anymore.

Helping Powderhouse Productions make the most of their media, Avid has provided the openness and collaborative capability the company now employs to get the most done in the shortest time …

Fenway Park will get the Tinseltown treatment once again when Bennett Miller’s “Moneyball” flick films at the old ballyard Oct. 4-6. “Moneyball,” which stars Brad Pitt, is based on Michael Lewis’ bestseller about Oakland Athletics GM Billy Beane, who built a winning team with now- Red Sox stats man Bill James, computer analytics and very little cash.

With its impeccable pedigree and movie-star good looks, Harvard is cinematic shorthand for academic excellence. But most of the movies that say they take place at Harvard — including “The Social Network” — don’t. Since 1970, Harvard has had a policy of not allowing film crews on its campus, and filmmakers have had to find clever strategies to depict the Ivy League school.

The Boston Herald’s TrackGals, Laura Raposa & Gayle Fee, interview Ben Affleck and the cast of THE TOWN on the red carpet at FENWAY PARK.

This weekend, Ben Affleck’s heist thriller “The Town” became the sixth Massachusetts-made film since 2007 to open nationally as the No. 1 movie in America.

The Hollywood spotlight will shine on Harvard in “The Social Network,” the highly anticipated Facebook movie that goes behind the ivy-covered walls to chronicle the birth of the massive online Friendfest. The flick, due out Oct. 1, is based on a book by Boston author Ben Mezrich about the origin of Facebook in a Harvard dorm room by alienated computer nerd Mark Zuckerberg.

The new Ben Affleck film “The Town’’ portrays the region as a haven for bank thieves, who pull off dramatic robberies donning masks with guns blazing, but the reality is far from colorful. It turns out the region isn’t “the bank robbery capital of America,’’ as the movie posters proclaim. Massachusetts ranked eighth in robberies per resident last year, down from number one in 2008. And most real-life bank robberies are more mundane.

Actress Melissa Leo isn’t prone to hyperbole, so when she says “The Fighter’’ is a “great motion picture,’’ she means it. Leo, who plays Micky Ward’s mom in director David O. Russell’s biopic of the Lowell-bred boxer, says the movie is beyond memorable. (“The Fighter’’ is due out in December.)