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Jul 22, 2010

Last night at The Senator Theatre

Let me start by saying I went to The Senator last night simply to see, for free, a classic film I’d never watched all the way through and to check […]

Jul 8, 2010

Southwest Video update

Last time I wrote about Southwest Video, the Halethorpe business was closed even after the county Board of Appeals ruled it was improperly shut down by county officials. Southwest did […]

Jun 23, 2010

Ehrlich pledges $7M for state film incentive fund

This gubernatorial campaign season’s going to be a doozie — and it looks like one of the battle grounds will be Maryland’s ability to attract film and television productions. On […]

Jun 10, 2010

No lacrosse movie for Maryland

A few months ago I told you that Hollywood’s first lacrosse movie might be filmed in Maryland. In my story I also said Maryland’s depleted film incentives fund could keep […]

Apr 22, 2010

Ripped from the headlines

On this Take Your Child to Work Day, I remember the time in August 2008 when my daughter — a fan of the televison show Law & Order — tagged along […]

Apr 12, 2010

Historic women’s-only race to be run Preakness weekend

According to filmmaker Jason Neff, “everybody said a race like this could never happen.” On Preakness weekend, eight retired women jockeys are running in the first “Lady Legends Race for […]

Jan 26, 2010

Local teen entrepreneurs star in film

Last year I wrote about Baltimore students who were involved in a national competition for young entrepreneurs as part of the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship program. NFTE was founded in […]

Jan 11, 2010

Md. jockey to be in ‘Secretariat’

Maryland jockey Grant Whitacre will be portraying Paul Feliciano in the movie “Secretariat,” which is slated to be released in the fall. Feliciano rode the 1973 Triple Crown winner in […]

Dec 18, 2009

‘Response’ to movie could be Oscar

The University of Maryland School of Law soon might be able to add “location for an Academy Award-winning film” to its promotional materials. “The Response,” written by alum Sig Libowitz […]

Sep 11, 2009

“My One and Only” Baltimore hotel package

Capitalizing on its appearance in the new Renee Zellweger movie, “My One and Only,” Baltimore‘s Peabody Court Hotel has come out with a romance travel package as a salute to […]

Sep 11, 2009

“My One and Only” Baltimore hotel package

Capitalizing on its appearance in the new Renee Zellweger movie, “My One and Only,” Baltimore‘s Peabody Court Hotel has come out with a romance travel package as a salute to […]

Aug 13, 2009

Ferris Bueller, Esq.

Washington lawyer Edward McNally grew up with the late movie director John Hughes in the Chicago suburbs — and had 27 days off his final semester of high school — but says he […]