A midyear economic report on regional effects of the recession says the entertainment industry has been slumping despite solid boxoffice this year and suggests that SAG's fall elections could prove pivotal to Hollywood's well-being. The Los Angeles Economic Development Corp.'s report also repeated its warning that the trend of runaway film and TV production can only be reversed by California's passing more generous tax incentives for state-based projects.
"Runaway production is not an ephemeral thing and represents lost jobs and tax revenues to the Los Angeles economy," the LAEDC said. "While the state of California has finally started to offer incentives, they are felt by many in the industry to be too narrow and not focused on feature film production."
Jamie-Lynn Sigler joins UGLY BETTYJamie-Lynn Sigler is joining the cast of UGLY BETTY in the recurring role of Natalie, Daniel's sexy, spiritual, funny new assistant. Natalie replaces Betty, who was promoted to features editor in last May's season finale. Sigler will debut in BETTY's two-hour season 4 premiere on Oct. 9.
MELROSE PLACE executive producer Darren Swimmer on Michael's son, David
"David was born before Melrose 1.0 began... the product of a one-night-stand that Michael Mancini had. No SORAS here. Michael knew he'd gotten a girl pregnant, but the woman didn't ask anything of him, so it was completely off his radar until she became terminally ill. She asked him to take his biological son after she dies, even though they had never met" — hence Michael and David's chilly relationship in the pilot.
INTERVIEW: EMMERDALE's Charlie Hardwick (Val)"I have to say, when the funeral parlour storyline came out, I couldn't believe it when I read about it! What I did see very clearly [in my head] was Val putting makeup on the deceased. She would have done Michael Jackson. She'd have had a go anyway. I could also see her in a top hat walking in front of the hearse with a tight pencil skirt, black jacket and a Dickensian bow as the funeral director. I thought that there was great mileage in the funeral parlour, but then they said they weren't going to do it!"
September Ad-Page Tallies Plunge
The advertising world is all atwitter about Twitter. A majority of the public at large, by contrast, hasn't even gotten sufficiently interested in Twitter to have a disparaging opinion about it. These contrasting views emerge from a dual-audience LinkedIn Research Network/Harris Poll conducted last month.
People who have a professional involvement in the advertising decision-making process, whether at ad agencies or client companies, were asked to choose among three ways of describing Twitter (or, as a fourth option, saying they "don't know enough about Twitter to have an opinion"). Among these ad people, 45 percent agreed that "Twitter is something that is just in its infancy, and its use will grow exponentially over the next few years." On the other end of the opinion spectrum, 17 percent said "Twitter is already over and it's time to find the next best thing." In the middle were 21 percent saying "Twitter is something that mostly young people and the media will use, but it will not move more into the mainstream." Seventeen percent didn't have an opinion.
Source Interlink expands in Florida
Source Interlink Cos., a Bonita Springs-based publishing and digital media company, will get $1 million in incentives to expand its local operations by about 350 jobs. Source relocated its headquarters to Bonita Springs in 2002. It consolidated operations from St. Louis and San Diego with assistance from the economic development office. The company publishes 75 magazines (including Soap Opera Digest and Soap Opera Weekly) and 90 related Web sites, and distributes more than 6,000 magazine titles, as well as DVDs and music CDs to stores.
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