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Louisiana seeing busy fall filming season

NEW ORLEANS With hurricane season ending, film and TV production in south Louisiana is picking up, and New Orleans is on track to break last year's filming record. David Simon, creator of "The Wire" and "Homicide: Life on the Street," started shooting ...

From STACEY PLAISANCE, Northwest Indiana Post-Tribune,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: David Simon,  HBO,  Jason Statham,  Charles Bronson,  Hilary Duff

Bullock in New Orleans for 'Blind Side' showing

NEW ORLEANS - Wearing a floor-length pastel striped evening gown, Sandra Bullock walked the red carpet in New Orleans Thursday for a special premiere of her latest film, "The Blind Side." Besides promoting the sports drama, which opens in theaters ...

From STACEY PLAISANCE, Access Atlanta Vendor,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New Orleans Saints,  Sandra Bullock,  Leigh Anne Tuohy,  Michael Lewis,  Baltimore Ravens

Tom Hanks, others screen 'Beyond All Boundaries'

NEW ORLEANS Actors Tom Hanks, Patricia Clarkson and James Cromwell walked the red carpet Thursday before a private screening of the Hanks-produced war film "Beyond All Boundaries" held at the World War II Museum in New Orleans. The film, which ...

From STACEY PLAISANCE, San Diego Union-Tribune,  8 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Tom Hanks,  Patricia Clarkson,  James Cromwell,  Marguerite Higgins,  Mickey Rooney

Tom Hanks Produced '4-D' War Film Comes to World War II Museum

NEW ORLEANS, LA (AP).- Actor Tom Hanks says viewers are in for a realistic "wartime experience" when the new film he produced, "Beyond All Boundaries," opens at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans on Friday, November 6th. The film will be ...

From STACEY PLAISANCE, Art Knowledge News,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Tom Hanks,  Mickey Rooney,  Stephen Ambrose,  U.S. Congress

Tom Hanks-produced '4-D' film comes to WWII Museum

NEW ORLEANS - Actor Tom Hanks says viewers are in for a realistic "wartime experience" when the new film he produced, "Beyond All Boundaries," opens at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans on Friday. ...

From STACEY PLAISANCE, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Tom Hanks,  Mickey Rooney,  Stephen Ambrose,  U.S. Congress

Voodoo music fest kicks off Halloween weekend

Rapper Eminem performs along with KISS this weekend at Voodoo Experience, the punk and rock music festival to be held amid the live oaks and lagoons at New Orleans City Park. "This is the only concert Eminem is doing all year," said Voodoo ...

From STACEY PLAISANCE, Taiwan News,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Black Keys (musician),  Jane's Addiction (musician),  George Clinton,  Lenny Kravitz,  Meat Puppets (musician)

New Orleans hosts vampire-themed film fest

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The spooky aura of New Orleans offers a fitting atmosphere for Friday's opening of the occult-themed Vampire Film Festival. "There's no better city on earth for this festival," said Asif Ahmed, Los Angeles-based independent ...

From STACEY PLAISANCE, The Orange County Register,  22 Oct 2009

Related Topics: New Orleans Saints,  Anne Rice,  St. Louis Rams,  Tom Cruise,  Brad Pitt

Hollywood composers swing to La. to score music

NEW ORLEANS—Hollywood film composers say word is spreading that New Orleans is an ideal place to score music for film, television and even video games. After film composer George Clinton's trip to the Big Easy this summer to score the comedy "Extract," ...

From STACEY PLAISANCE, Boston Globe,  19 Oct 2009

Related Topics: George Clinton,  Justin Timberlake,  Jeff Bridges,  Josh Brolin,  Megan Fox

Floating house could ride New Orleans' floods

NEW ORLEANS—A house capable of floating atop rising floodwaters made its debut Tuesday in New Orleans alongside more than a dozen other homes built through actor Brad Pitt's Make It Right Foundation. Called the FLOAT House, the unique home aims to ...

From STACEY PLAISANCE, Boston Globe,  7 Oct 2009

Related Topics: University of California, Los Angeles,  Brad Pitt,  Thom Mayne

90 years later, opera's back on Bourbon Street

Bourbon Street _ where Dixieland jazz competes with karaoke bars, rock 'n' roll cover bands and strip club jukeboxes _ is also one of the first places in America where opera was heard. Now, it's being heard there again, with a New Orleans-style ...

From STACEY PLAISANCE, Taiwan News,  30 Sep 2009

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