film
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“Keeping production infrastructure active and investing in California’s capacity to support film and television is essential to our long-term competitiveness,” California Film Commission Executive Director Colleen Bell said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
And, as David Kissinger put it: “My stepmother came from this Waspy world, straight out of a Katharine Hepburn film, and my father was a refugee from Nazi Germany.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
He was 25 years old, a talented and ambitious young film maker from Zagreb.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The true gift of a film like this — films in general, really — is that even though what you’re watching isn’t real, how it makes you feel is.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
If a few film people came by and then remembered us for their shoots, things could really turn around for us.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
It’s still difficult to get films made or seen in theaters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
The true gift of a film like this — films in general, really — is that even though what you’re watching isn’t real, how it makes you feel is.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
Samuel Monroe Jr., star of ‘Menace II Society,’ and other films from the 1990s, is on life support after contracting meningitis in Las Vegas while filming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
"It's a very serious issue. It's a virus that's spread through society. Comedy, jokes and films have normalised swearing and it needs to be reined in," he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
And then there were the proper films, the dramas, sweeping histories and heartbreaking romances.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
“It’s crazy that we filmed that a couple of years ago to talk about that issue, and it’s just gotten worse,” says Carretero.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
She once filmed herself plating an elaborate dessert—a petit gâteau in the shape of a Christmas ornament from the Miami bakery Bachour—only to have it slip off her spatula and break.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Zhu sought out films which touch on the era-defining event, but neither epic romance Summer Palace nor the secretly filmed gay drama Lan Yu could satisfy her curiosity.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The scene was filmed at 3 or 4 in the morning, Segal says, when the Strip would be less crowded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Conscious of being filmed, I stand quietly until I hear Cressida call, “Cut!”
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
At the time, Stewart told Complex that Monroe contracted meningitis while filming in Las Vegas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
“Summer House Canada,” an international edition of the hit Bravo reality show, is currently filming its debut season in Muskoka.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Although they're only halfway through filming for season two, and it won't be seen on screens until next year, most of Department Q's recruits are keen to keep on going.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
That Girl Mom currently spends about 20 hours a week watching Owens’ episodes, doing her own research and then filming the recap videos.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
“They started filming already,” Erlan whispered, shutting his bedroom door.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
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