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Archives for: August 20145
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What California’s $400 Million Film and TV Tax Incentive Would Buy: Job Preservation
Monday August 18th 2014Before a California state Senate committee unanimously approved a bill to quadruple financial incentives to $400 million to retain and attract TV and movie productions, amendments were inserted aimed at insuring the money goes to save jobs that would otherwise be lost. The bill now also includes stiff penalties to punish applicants who overestimate the number of jobs being created and even to “claw back” money if it is later discovered there were discrepancies in claims made by recipients.
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Toronto Raptors back on national TV in the U.S.
Thursday August 14th 2014The Toronto Raptors will be back on national television in the United States when the 2014-15 NBA season tips off this fall. The league schedule, which was released Wednesday, features four Raptors games to be televised on TNT or ESPN, and five others televised on NBA TV. Toronto will start its 20th season in the NBA with a home game at Air Canada Centre on Oct. 29 versus the Atlanta Hawks. It’s the fifth time in the past six seasons and the 14th time in team history that the club has started the regular season at home.
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TIFF adds films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kristen Wiig and Adam Sandler
Tuesday August 12th 2014The Toronto International Film Festival announced another seven Galas and 17 Special Presentation titles Tuesday, including movies starring Kristen Wiig, Dustin Hoffman, Benicio del Toro, John Travolta, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, Keira Knightley, Juliette Binoche, Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton. The 39th edition of TIFF, which opens Sept. 4 with[…]
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Robin Williams leaves behind four films to be released
Tuesday August 12th 2014There didn’t seem to be too much that Robin Williams couldn’t do. As an actor, he had the range to go from playing a loveable alien on the small screen in “Mork & Mindy” to winning an Academy Award for his portrayal of Professor Sean Maguire in “Good Will Hunting.” Whether it was spastic slapstick or heart-rending drama, the actor, who died on Monday from an apparent suicide, was as prolific in his career as he was hilarious. Evidence of that work ethic won’t end with his death.
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Cinespace Film Studio attracts film, TV series, christening south Etobicoke the ‘Burbank of Canada’
Friday August 08th 2014South Etobicoke is being dubbed “Burbank of Canada” due to the many highly acclaimed TV shows and movies being filmed here that create hundreds of jobs. It took dozens of workers weeks to build a replica of a Kandahar air base for shooting the television show Combat Hospital and then[…]
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Archives for: August 20145
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What California’s $400 Million Film and TV Tax Incentive Would Buy: Job Preservation
Monday August 18th 2014Before a California state Senate committee unanimously approved a bill to quadruple financial incentives to $400 million to retain and attract TV and movie productions, amendments were inserted aimed at insuring the money goes to save jobs that would otherwise be lost. The bill now also includes stiff penalties to punish applicants who overestimate the number of jobs being created and even to “claw back” money if it is later discovered there were discrepancies in claims made by recipients.
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Toronto Raptors back on national TV in the U.S.
Thursday August 14th 2014The Toronto Raptors will be back on national television in the United States when the 2014-15 NBA season tips off this fall. The league schedule, which was released Wednesday, features four Raptors games to be televised on TNT or ESPN, and five others televised on NBA TV. Toronto will start its 20th season in the NBA with a home game at Air Canada Centre on Oct. 29 versus the Atlanta Hawks. It’s the fifth time in the past six seasons and the 14th time in team history that the club has started the regular season at home.
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TIFF adds films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kristen Wiig and Adam Sandler
Tuesday August 12th 2014The Toronto International Film Festival announced another seven Galas and 17 Special Presentation titles Tuesday, including movies starring Kristen Wiig, Dustin Hoffman, Benicio del Toro, John Travolta, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, Keira Knightley, Juliette Binoche, Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton. The 39th edition of TIFF, which opens Sept. 4 with[…]
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Robin Williams leaves behind four films to be released
Tuesday August 12th 2014There didn’t seem to be too much that Robin Williams couldn’t do. As an actor, he had the range to go from playing a loveable alien on the small screen in “Mork & Mindy” to winning an Academy Award for his portrayal of Professor Sean Maguire in “Good Will Hunting.” Whether it was spastic slapstick or heart-rending drama, the actor, who died on Monday from an apparent suicide, was as prolific in his career as he was hilarious. Evidence of that work ethic won’t end with his death.
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Cinespace Film Studio attracts film, TV series, christening south Etobicoke the ‘Burbank of Canada’
Friday August 08th 2014South Etobicoke is being dubbed “Burbank of Canada” due to the many highly acclaimed TV shows and movies being filmed here that create hundreds of jobs. It took dozens of workers weeks to build a replica of a Kandahar air base for shooting the television show Combat Hospital and then[…]
ARCHIVES
Archives for: August 20145
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What California’s $400 Million Film and TV Tax Incentive Would Buy: Job Preservation
Monday August 18th 2014Before a California state Senate committee unanimously approved a bill to quadruple financial incentives to $400 million to retain and attract TV and movie productions, amendments were inserted aimed at insuring the money goes to save jobs that would otherwise be lost. The bill now also includes stiff penalties to punish applicants who overestimate the number of jobs being created and even to “claw back” money if it is later discovered there were discrepancies in claims made by recipients.
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Toronto Raptors back on national TV in the U.S.
Thursday August 14th 2014The Toronto Raptors will be back on national television in the United States when the 2014-15 NBA season tips off this fall. The league schedule, which was released Wednesday, features four Raptors games to be televised on TNT or ESPN, and five others televised on NBA TV. Toronto will start its 20th season in the NBA with a home game at Air Canada Centre on Oct. 29 versus the Atlanta Hawks. It’s the fifth time in the past six seasons and the 14th time in team history that the club has started the regular season at home.
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TIFF adds films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kristen Wiig and Adam Sandler
Tuesday August 12th 2014The Toronto International Film Festival announced another seven Galas and 17 Special Presentation titles Tuesday, including movies starring Kristen Wiig, Dustin Hoffman, Benicio del Toro, John Travolta, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, Keira Knightley, Juliette Binoche, Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton. The 39th edition of TIFF, which opens Sept. 4 with[…]
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Robin Williams leaves behind four films to be released
Tuesday August 12th 2014There didn’t seem to be too much that Robin Williams couldn’t do. As an actor, he had the range to go from playing a loveable alien on the small screen in “Mork & Mindy” to winning an Academy Award for his portrayal of Professor Sean Maguire in “Good Will Hunting.” Whether it was spastic slapstick or heart-rending drama, the actor, who died on Monday from an apparent suicide, was as prolific in his career as he was hilarious. Evidence of that work ethic won’t end with his death.
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Cinespace Film Studio attracts film, TV series, christening south Etobicoke the ‘Burbank of Canada’
Friday August 08th 2014South Etobicoke is being dubbed “Burbank of Canada” due to the many highly acclaimed TV shows and movies being filmed here that create hundreds of jobs. It took dozens of workers weeks to build a replica of a Kandahar air base for shooting the television show Combat Hospital and then[…]
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