Tuesday, February 21, 2012
The nation’s largest cable company, Comcast, announced a sweeping deal today with four new minority-owned network with some famous names like Earvin “Magic “Johnson, Sean “Diddy”Combs, and filmmaker, Robert Rodriguez. Comcast did not suddenly decide to reach out to minorities. The deal was part of the conditions of last month’s controversial approval by the government of that mega-merger of Comcast/NBC […]
Monday, February 20, 2012
Wanted extras for TV crime drama Extras needed for upcoming filming in Los Angeles. The posting on craigslist says the film shoot involves bank, museum, and jewelry/mall scenes. They reportedly need around 40 males 18-60, and 40 females 18-60 background work. All ethnicities, character types , and non-union are encouraged to apply. This is a paid gig. Call 323-468-7365 for an […]
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Ten scribes for the first Fox Writers Intensive program have been announced. The names of the lucky writers appear on Deadline.com. The program is “… designed to introduce experienced writers with unique voices, backgrounds, life and professional experiences that reflect the diverse perspectives of the audiences we create to a wide range of Fox staff writers, showrunners, directors, screenwriters and creative […]
Friday, February 10, 2012
The Los Angeles Dodgers are hiring. The Dodger organization is looking to fill several positions among them, security officer, account executive, usher, and stadium operations assistant. Deadline to apply is Monday, February 13, 2012. Current Los Angeles Dodgers employees can submit a cover letter and resume directly to the Human Resources Department for consideration. All other job seekers are asked […]
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
The Producers Guild of America’s list of best motion picture producer nominees of 2011 include some of the year’s most talked about films. Yesterday, the PGA released the names of the nominees for the Producer of the Year Award in theatrical motion pictures, animated theatrical motion pictures, and in long-form television. The documentary film category and other television category nominations were releaved by […]
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
“Jadoo” by writer/director, Amit Gupta, has a deal and is now on the really fast track. That’s a great start to the new year for one filmmaker. Done Deal Pro reports Gupta is repped by Abram Nalibotsky over at Gersh. Based on Gupta’s family experience, the story revolves around two feuding twin brother chefs who set up rival restaurants across from each other, leaving […]
Monday, December 12, 2011
One of the most debated and scrutinized lists in the entertainment industry came out today. The Black List is a collection of unproduced screenplays that for whatever reason rated as a “like” or “favorite” by a number of film executives. This year, 300 of them reportedly sent in suggestions to film executive, Franklin Leonard ,who started compiling The Black List back in 2004. Since then, scripts […]
Monday, December 12, 2011
It’s a rainy Monday in Burbank and more showers, with the possibility of some hail, in the forecast through the evening and tonight. Also, this is a cold storm with the high in B-town only expected to reach into the 50s. And there’s a chance of another wet system later on in the week. All this stormy weather prompted Burbank officials to put out an […]
Thursday, December 8, 2011
New operator for Burbank Recycle Center After heated debate at its meeting Tuesday, December 6, the Burbank City Council voted to assign the operating agreement for the controversial Burbank Recycle Center to Burrtec Waste Industries. The vote was 4-1 with Councilman, Dr. David Gordon, strongly opposing the arrangement. The operation of the Burbank Recycle Center has been under scrutiny for some time and most recently […]