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Hollywood and Broadway

October 16, 2009 in Movies

Since when has professional theater become a fashionable alternative to screen work for movie stars? Nowadays, more Hollywood actors are proving that they’re not afraid to postpone lucrative film careers to test their craft onstage. According to USA Today’s fall theater preview, 2009 marks “the highest celebrity quotient in a fall [Broadway] season….”

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In the Bronx, film school is reel ghetto

May 1, 2009 in Features, Movies

When student films are featured on E! Channel, IFC (Independent Film Channel), CNN News and The New York Times, you’d probably assume the young up-and-comers attend USC or UCLA, right? Think again. Boasting impressive credentials to match those of any established Southern California institution, Ghetto Film School (GFS) transports the expertise of student filmmaking from the Hollywood hills straight to the heart of New York’s Bronx community.