“This awards gala honors our hard-working location managers whose main motto is ‘keep filming in California,’ ” said Sheri Davis, director of the Inland Empire Film Commission and awards co-chair along with Janice Arrington of the Orange County Film Commission and Pauline East of the Antelope Valley Film Office. …

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The location managers behind Stage 6/Screen Gem’s “Fired Up” and Universal/Imagine’s “Frost/Nixon” tied for location manager of the year while the location team behind DreamWorks’ “Eagle Eye” took location team of the year, two of the top prizes at Sunday’s 14th annual California On Location Awards.

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A film crew set up at Lisa’s Coffee Shop on San Bernardino Road in Covina on Monday to shoot a promotional commercial for the TNT cable network’s shows including `The Closer’, `Saving Grace’, and `Raising the Bar’. Location manager Albert M. Epps …

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“I’m talking about the way that the Bay Area plays such a huge role in the film and almost becomes a personality,” he says. “The hills of San Francisco: The drama goes up and down and around those hills. Basically, it’s about trying to find out what’s on the other side of that hill, what’s hiding there, both literally and psychologically.”

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“Boys are born but men are made” is the subtitle of “Equinox,” a film that’s an Oakland product. That makes the two-hour film by Baayan Bakari appropriate as the opening feature for the Oakland International Film Festival that begins Thursday and runs until Oct. 16.

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By Rebecca DiLiberto | In the 30-plus years Ridley Scott has been making films, he’s covered all manner of subjects, from fencing to replicants, the Crusades to the drug trade. In his new film “Body of Lies,” Scott examines the role of the CIA in the war on terrorism. …

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The Livermore Valley Film Commission, formed three years ago to promote filming in Livermore, California, has added Pleasanton and Dublin, California to its …

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Dowling: I was first hired to work with the Inland Empire Film Commission. We worked in conjunction with the state film office, and we recruited filming …

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The hangars in Playa Vista south of Marina del Rey where aviator Howard Hughes built his Spruce Goose transport plane are a popular film location, however, …

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Cardiff is not the first name that springs to mind when discussing glamorous film-making locations, but the Welsh capital is, increasingly, becoming the movie and television producer’s venue of choice. For many years the city was best known for its …

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“Hi-yo Silver, away! Those famous words still echo through the canyon where the masked man and his sidekick, Tonto, rode through the nearby Alabama Hills ridding the West of bad guys. The Alabama Hills, in the shadow of lofty Mt. Whitney, have been used since 1920 as a location in hundreds of films – and not just for Westerns.”

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  For the unincorporated community, see Alabama Hills, California. … Typical rocks of the Alabama Hills with the Sierra Nevada in the background; …
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• Alabama Hills, California – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
  Alabama Hills is an unincorporated community, in the scenic geographic Alabama Hills, in Inyo County, California.[1] It lies at an elevation of 4534 f. […]

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“Dinny the dino, a 150 ton Apatosaurus, lives on the same street as Mr. Rex, a 100 ton Tyrannosaurus rex, in Cabazon, California. They are the world famous roadside attraction call Cabazon Dinosaurs, also known as Claude Bell’s dinosaurs.”

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• Seagaia Ocean Dome | Saturday, 1 August 2009, 10:51 pm
  Seagaia Ocean Dome is the largest fake beach in the world. Opened since 1993, it receives millions of visitors a year.Measuring 300 meters long and 1. […]
• Rainbow Bridge | Wednesday, 29 July 2009, 9:01 pm
  In 1993, Tokyo completed the project of building a suspension bridge crossing the Tokyo bay. The bridge spans 1870 feet and has 2 decks. There are al. […]
• Cafe Calico | Thursday, 30 April 2009, 6:21 pm
  Calico is a cat cafe located in Tokyo. No, it’s not one of those cafes where you bring your cat and they sit on the same table with you.Calico is the. […]

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Cabazon Dinosaurs

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Anybody ever shot here???

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• World’s Biggest Dinosaurs |
  The world’s famous larger than life concrete Cabazon Dinosaurs. Mr. Rex and Ms. Dinny are both open for visitors.
• Cabazon Dinosaurs – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
  Cabazon Dinosaurs, also referred to as Claude Bell’s Dinosaurs, are … The creation of the Cabazon dinosaurs began in the 1960s by Knott’s Berry Farm. […]
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  The dinosaurs were built over 30 years ago. The apatosaurus (formely known as the … Cabazon Dinosaurs TM – World’s Biggest Dinosaurs TM © 2010 Comm. […]

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“Hollywood’s production community is yelling “cut!” to a plan by the LAPD to take over the jobs of handling security — many of which are filled by former cops — on film sets.”

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I am interested to see how this all works out…

latimes.com – Entertainment business

• NBC acknowledges mistakes, promises stronger prime-time lineup | Saturday, 31 July 2010, 7:00 am
  NBC executives, meeting with TV critics for the first time since the Jay Leno-Conan O’Brien debacle, offer an array of scripted shows for the fall ins. […]
• Disney agrees to sell Miramax Films to investor group led by Ron Tutor | Friday, 30 July 2010, 7:00 am
  The Los Angeles construction magnate and his partners, including Colony Capital, will pay about $660 million for the studio. After months of negotiati. […]
• Entertainment chief’s exit ends a stormy era at ABC | Thursday, 29 July 2010, 7:00 am
  Temperamental Steve McPherson couldn’t find a follow-up hit for ‘Lost’ Former ABC Entertainment President Steve McPherson had been known in Hollywood. […]

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• The Los Angeles Film School: Film, Animation and Game Production |
  An Entertainment Media school located in the heart of Hollywood offers degrees in Film, Computer Animation and Game Production, with hands-on training. […]
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  At Jade Film Productions, we know how to make your film innovative while making every dollar count. … Based in Los Angeles, California – operating w. […]
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