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ICE PACK ILLUSTRATED: Batman in, Seacrest out, goodbye Sally Starr and Dr. Cosmo
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ICE PACK ILLUSTRATED: Batman in, Seacrest out, goodbye Sally Starr and Dr. Cosmo
If you check out Icepack in print you’ll see I spoke with Greater Philadelphia Film boss Sharon Pinkenson about The Bourne Legacy and how close that film is to starting pre-production in the area. Another one long rumored to use area locations — director Christopher Nolan’s next Batman flick, The Dark Knight Rises, will be shot in Pittsburgh starting this summer according to EW.com. Tax credits don’t just help Philly. All Pennsylvania cities benefit. So what about the news that M. Night Shyamalan’s movie with Will and Jaden Smith, One Thousand AE, is finally getting ready to go before the cameras? “Again, it’s not officially green lit, so we don’t have a start date yet,” says Pinkenson who stated the same about The Bourne Legacy. “Late summer for principal photography would be the soonest, I think.” I think so too.
So what’s new about Cinefest 2011 for Thom Cardwell, the development director of the Philadelphia Cinema Alliance other than a batch of new scarves? “Well, there’ll be some new ensembles, too,” says Cardwell who’ll bring out his best new outfit for red carpet event for “Philadelphia-homegrown” and the film Cost of a Soul that acquired a distributor, Relativity. “I’m always excited to see the films in the Festival of Independents because it proved that our city and its regional filmmakers are producing quality films, growing up and out as filmmaking community.” Beyond that, Cardwell recommends international films, including Francois Ozon’s Patiche and Score: A Hockey Musical from Canada that opened the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. “Of course, I want you to announce the 17th Philadelphia QFest, July 7-18,” says Cardwell. Hosted with TLA Releasing, and featuring the American premiere of The One, a romantic comedy with a gay twist. Now you know.
I love the tag line that the Ninth Annual Northern Liberties Variety Show is using for its April 9 showcase at Johnny Brenda’s. “Lower your Expectations… and you won’t be disappointed.” With proceeds benefiting the Northern Liberties Townwatch committee, self-titled “D-list celebs” Greta Alexander and David Murphy host ukulele players, fire-eaters and Liberty Lands’ Bag Pipe Man.
When I stopped by the Gift of Life’s Home Cook Heroes launch party at their new Family House at Fourth and Callowhill the other night, I ran into Laura Burkhardt, the editor of Where magazine for the last 25 years. The always cheery Burkhardt seemed happier than usual. Why? She’s moving on to the next phase of her life and leaving (amicably) Where for greener but undisclosed pastures. Brava. While she will still work on events with the leisure/hotel magazine, Kristina Jenkins takes over Where editorial duties.
If you haven’t lived and loved Madame Saito’s brand of French and Japanese cuisine to at Tokio on Headhouse Square for 23 years, you ain’t been living. Now together with new chef and artist Craig Kandel (who re-designed the space with Philly burlesque queen Melissa BangBang) Saito is re-opening the newly re-done Tokio Sushi Bar and its neighboring sister restaurant The HeadHouse (right next door) April 9 with guest chef Ian Lawrence from Nama Sushi Bar in Knoxville TN and performances by Bang-Bang and Ginger Leigh.
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