Mayor Rob Ford says his jaunt down to Los Angeles was to promote the city’s film industry, but people in the movie business say appearing on late-night TV talk shows does little to bring the Hollywood dollars north. Greg Nott, Manager of Wallace Film Studios, says Ford has become a joke in the film business. “Rob Ford bringing major motion pictures to Toronto? I just don’t see it,” he said. “I don’t think he would help us at all.”
The 86th Academy Awards have been handed out, and they were basically as we expected: “Gravity” won the most awards with a whopping 7 (director, editing, cinematography, visual effects, original score, sound mixing and sound editing), but not the biggest prize. That went to Steve McQueen’s “12 Years a Slave,” which won best picture along with best supporting actress (Lupita Nyong’o) and best adapted screenplay (John Ridley).
Mayor Rob Ford says his jaunt down to Los Angeles was to promote the city’s film industry, but people in the movie business say appearing on late-night TV talk shows does little to bring the Hollywood dollars north. Greg Nott, Manager of Wallace Film Studios, says Ford has become a joke in the film business. “Rob Ford bringing major motion pictures to Toronto? I just don’t see it,” he said. “I don’t think he would help us at all.”
The 86th Academy Awards have been handed out, and they were basically as we expected: “Gravity” won the most awards with a whopping 7 (director, editing, cinematography, visual effects, original score, sound mixing and sound editing), but not the biggest prize. That went to Steve McQueen’s “12 Years a Slave,” which won best picture along with best supporting actress (Lupita Nyong’o) and best adapted screenplay (John Ridley).
Mayor Rob Ford says his jaunt down to Los Angeles was to promote the city’s film industry, but people in the movie business say appearing on late-night TV talk shows does little to bring the Hollywood dollars north. Greg Nott, Manager of Wallace Film Studios, says Ford has become a joke in the film business. “Rob Ford bringing major motion pictures to Toronto? I just don’t see it,” he said. “I don’t think he would help us at all.”
The 86th Academy Awards have been handed out, and they were basically as we expected: “Gravity” won the most awards with a whopping 7 (director, editing, cinematography, visual effects, original score, sound mixing and sound editing), but not the biggest prize. That went to Steve McQueen’s “12 Years a Slave,” which won best picture along with best supporting actress (Lupita Nyong’o) and best adapted screenplay (John Ridley).