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ARNIE REMEMBERS HIS ROOTS Friday, April 16 2004 
California
Governor
Arnold
Schwarzenegger
vowed
Thursday
to
halt
runaway
movie
and
TV
production
from
the
state
and
to
double
the
number
of
jobs
in
the
entertainment
industry.
Speaking
at
a
Sacramento
news
conference
where
he
announced
the
appointment
of
five
new
members
to
the
California
Film
Commission,
Schwarzenegger
said,
"For
me,
the
entertainment
business
is
very
dear
and
close
to
my
heart,
and
as
you
all
know,
I
would
not
be
standing
here
if
it
(more)POLITICOS DEMAND THAT UNIVERSAL FILM CINDERELLA MAN IN HOLLYWOOD Monday, April 5 2004 In a remarkable effort to block runaway production, 28 Democratic congressmen have urged Universal Studios to reconsider its decision to shoot the upcoming film Cinderella Man, the bio of legendary fighter Jim Braddock starring Russell Crowe, in Canada. In a letter to MPAA chief Jack Valenti, Los Angeles Rep. Dianne Watson, writing on behalf of the group, urged: "For the economy and the hundreds of U.S. jobs affected by the production of Cinderella Man, we (more) |
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California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger greeted his Twins costar Danny DeVito on a location set of DeVito's new film, Relative Strangers, Wednesday to congratulate him on his efforts to produce the film in California, rather than succumb to the tax lures and lower labor costs offered by other states. DeVito acknowledged that he had to persuade the film's cast and crew to take pay cuts in order to offset the lower production costs that other states offered. They're "working for much less than they normally work for," DeVito told reporters Wednesday.
