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Call to Action: Help Save the MA Film Industry!

javajed@gmail.com — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100

A message from the Massachusetts Production Coalition:

Last week, Governor Patrick proposed a cap on the Film and TV tax credit of $50 million per year for the next two years.

Yet, the Massachusetts Film and TV Tax Credit has created more than $1 billion in new economic activity in the Commonwealth since it was created four years ago. As most of you know first-hand, it has been a tremendous boon to the Commonwealth, acting as an incentive to loc [...]

MA Production Coalition Statement re: Film Tax Credit Cap

javajed@gmail.com — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100

STATEMENT OF THE MASSACHUSETTS PRODUCTION COALITION REGARDING THE FILM TAX CREDIT AND THE GOVERNOR’S PROPOSED BUDGET

Credit has generated more than $1 billion in economic growth and created thousands of jobs

The Massachusetts film credit has created more than $1 billion in new economic activity [...]

More on Plymouth Rock Studios

javajed@gmail.com — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Infrastructure funding has been denied, but Plymouth Rock Studios is moving forward with their plans.Backers: Studio is real deal: State funds denial a snag, they say (Christine Legere, Globe Correspondent - June 18, 2009)The state's recent refusal to provide $50 million in infrastructure bonds for the movie studio planned in Plymouth surprised Plymouth Rock Studios executives as well as local officials.But studio principals were quick to recover, getting a word of assurance out to Plymouth [...]

BREAKING NEWS re: SouthField Studios

javajed@gmail.com — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0100

ISG, developers of the planned SouthField Studios in Weymouth, MA, have announced that they're "ready to start accepting tenants." More good news for the Boston film scene, coming on the heels of Plymouth Rock Studios announcement that they were proceeding with their planned construction, despite losing out on some expected public infrastructure funding.
SouthField Studios Boston ready to start accepting tenants
The Patriot Ledger
The developers of a proposed movie studio complex in South Wey [...]

U2 and More...

javajed@gmail.com — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Some good stuff in the news today (from my handy-dandy Google Alerts):

Boston GlobeBono, The Edge Arrive At Somerville TheatreBoston Channel.com - ‎14 hours ago‎NewsCenter 5’s Steve Lacy reported that fans lined the outside of the theater waiting to catch a glimpse of the band, which arrived at the&n [...]

Banks is Back

javajed@gmail.com — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Elizabeth Banks graced the State House with her presence on Tuesday for the Commonwealth Awards, as reported in the Herald's Inside Track :

‘Porno’ star Elizabeth Banks praises humble Pittsfield roots

Boston Herald
January 15, 2009

Pittsfield homegal Elizabeth Banks might never have tried to seduce “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” if it weren’t for the drama program at her alma mater.

“I owe my life to arts programming,” said the r [...]

CrewStar Gets their Gold Watch

javajed@gmail.com — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100

More good signs for the MA production industry from the Massachusetts Film Office :

Media Services Acquires Crewstar, Inc. and Expands Payroll Operations for New England's Burgeoning Production Industry

MFO NEWS January 13, 2008

Media Services, a leading entertainment accounting, payroll, and software provider, today announced the acquisition of CrewStar, Inc., a production crew payroll, search and booking company in Boston, Massachusetts. The acquisition is part of Media Se [...]

Hollywood East! (Brought to you by the good folks of Plymouth)

javajed@gmail.com — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:00:00 +0100

The town of Plymouth, MA have brought us one step closer to "Hollywood East" by approving the $400 million Plymouth Rock Studio! Here are a bunch of news items I pulled from the Massachusetts Film Office website (thank you MFO!):

Plymouth Rock Studios scores hit with townspeople

javajed@gmail.com — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:55:53 +0100

Studio officials show residents how 30- to 40-foot-high, tree-lined earthen berms that would screen any view of studio sound stages and mute any noise from inside.

(from www.mafilm.org - By Tamara Race, GATEHOUSE NEWS SERVICE, Aug 26, 2008)

PLYMOUTH - Plymouth Rock Studios officials wowed planners and residents and did it without special effects, stunts, song or dance.

Studio officials showed residents how 30- to 40-foot-high, tree-lined earthen berms along Long Pond Road [...]

Breaking news! McCain picks a mate!

javajed@gmail.com — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:00:00 +0100

This just in... CNN is reporting that John McCain has picked 44-year-old former beauty-queen Sarah Palin as his new mate, replacing aging wife, Cindy "Beer Bitch" McCain. Clearly we should have seen this coming. After all, he has been heard calling her a "c**t" and a "trollup".

"In his 1992 Senate bid, McCain was joined on the [...]

Now accepting donations...cheesburgers, sandwiches, steaks....

justangela06@gmail.com — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:00:00 +0100

For the fourth time this month, I was told by a complete stranger, that I needed a sandwich, cheeseburger, steak or something of that sort.... Why? because it's LESS acceptable in this country to be thin than it is to be fat. You know that if I EVER told an obese person "you don't need a sandwich", it would be considered so un-PC and I'm sure there'd be some rights group filing a lawsuit against me for some kind of hate crime. But anyone can just walk up to me an [...]

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