Formerly in production for Daily Wire's Bentkey video service, an upcoming remake of The Little Mermaid starring Candance Owens has quietly been canceled.
Published: Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024 @ 6:52 am
By: Babylon Bee
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Tom Cruise has signed a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery to develop and produce theatrical films, per Variety.
Published: Saturday, January 20th, 2024 @ 1:56 am
By: Daily Wire
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Fayetteville native Brian Tyree Henry was among those nominated for an Oscar in this year’s 95th Annual Academy Awards. He was recognized for his role as James in the film “Causeway.”
Published: Sunday, April 2nd, 2023 @ 9:09 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Government subsidies involve policymakers using your money to prop up politically chosen initiatives
Published: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 2:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Woody Harrelson Blasts COVID Mandates: Nobody Has ‘The Right To Demand That You’re Forced’ To ComplyBeloved actor Woody Harrelson, known for playing a variety of fun roles in movies and television shows, slammed COVID mandates in a new interview this week, saying that the fact they’re happening under President Joe Biden shows the U.S. is “not a free country.”
Published: Friday, March 10th, 2023 @ 8:57 am
By: Daily Wire
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Raquel Welch, an actress who was considered one of the most attractive women to ever star in the film industry, passed away Wednesday. She was 82 years old.
Published: Saturday, February 18th, 2023 @ 9:35 am
By: Daily Wire
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The 2022 General Election has come and gone. And while the oft-prophesied national “red wave” failed to materialize, North Carolina Republicans had a successful election season.
Published: Saturday, January 14th, 2023 @ 3:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Legendary actor Tom Hanks stood up for “nepo babies” in a recent interview, arguing that it wasn’t nepotism so much as the fact that the Hollywood film industry, like any other industry, had the potential to be a “family business” of sorts.
Published: Monday, January 9th, 2023 @ 2:44 pm
By: Daily Wire
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We are SO thankful that Hollywood has finally stopped their bigotry and made a few movies with LGBTQ+ representation.
Published: Sunday, October 9th, 2022 @ 1:49 am
By: Babylon Bee
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California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom has called on producers to film in his state rather than in those that have passed restrictions on abortion.
Published: Wednesday, August 17th, 2022 @ 10:27 pm
By: Daily Wire
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A mother and daughter who illegally performed a butt lift on an adult film actress were arraigned on murder charges after the actress died from the procedure.
Published: Tuesday, June 14th, 2022 @ 1:38 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Beginning in August, we learned of a controversial documentary that would be released in select theatres in time for this presidential election season.
Published: Friday, February 25th, 2022 @ 3:15 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The prop gun that actor/producer Alec Baldwin fired when he accidentally shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie “Rust” was reportedly given to him by a crew member who had been the target of a safety complaint in 2019.
Published: Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021 @ 12:22 pm
By: Daily Wire
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An assistant director yelled “cold gun” as he handed a prop weapon to Alec Baldwin, which the actor fired, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza.
Published: Friday, December 3rd, 2021 @ 8:19 am
By: Daily Wire
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Filmmakers producing projects in North Carolina are on track to invest a record amount of money in the state in 2021, Governor Roy Cooper announced during a press conference at EUE/Screen Gems Studios in Wilmington.
Published: Saturday, November 6th, 2021 @ 10:57 am
By: Governor's Office
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Zachary Halaschak of the Washington Examiner documents disappointing bipartisan support for a bad idea: state film and television incentives.
Published: Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021 @ 9:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Six new grant recipients to have economic impact of more than $134 million
Published: Sunday, April 4th, 2021 @ 11:24 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Wilmington’s Republican senator has teamed up with a Winston-Salem Democrat to push a bill that would expand North Carolina’s film grant program — a program critics say is actually a money loser for the state.
Published: Wednesday, March 17th, 2021 @ 7:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Thursday, health authorities in Los Angeles announced that movie theaters will be allowed to reopen next week between Monday and Wednesday at 25% capacity, after almost a year of shutdown and nearly no business for many cinemas in the area.
Published: Tuesday, March 16th, 2021 @ 3:32 am
By: Daily Wire
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Grant recipients to spend $107 million amid COVID-19 interruptions
Published: Thursday, September 17th, 2020 @ 3:08 am
By: Governor's Office
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The Chinese are on the move and we are in their way.
Published: Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020 @ 3:30 am
By: LifeZette
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In 2018 Time, declared Georgia “the Hollywood of the South.” By then, Georgia had developed the largest film incentive program in the entire United States.
Published: Tuesday, February 4th, 2020 @ 12:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As a kid, East Carolina student Lamar Gilchrist got to be in front of a camera. Now, he wants to be the one behind it.
Published: Monday, January 27th, 2020 @ 8:20 pm
By: ECU News Services
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WRAL reporter Tyler Dukes has examined job creation promises from North Carolina economic-development incentives programs and found them falling far, far short.
Published: Tuesday, January 21st, 2020 @ 4:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Imagine you've been given the task to argue that an industry needs government support to survive. How do you think you'd make that case?
Published: Monday, November 11th, 2019 @ 10:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Roy Cooper called on legislators to stand with him and North Carolina’s teachers to demand negotiations on a real pay raise for all educators on the state payroll.
Published: Monday, November 11th, 2019 @ 8:11 am
By: Governor's Office
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On Tuesday, Governor Cooper announced the creation of the Governor's Advisory Council on Film, Television and Digital Streaming at Screen Gems Studios in Wilmington.
Published: Monday, October 28th, 2019 @ 10:43 am
By: Governor's Office
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Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses what we think are some interesting, relevant stories you may have missed.
Published: Monday, October 28th, 2019 @ 7:47 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, Governor Roy Cooper announced the creation of the Governor’s Advisory Council on Film, Television and Digital Streaming, which will lead efforts to continue growing North Carolina’s successful film industry.
Published: Thursday, October 24th, 2019 @ 8:14 am
By: Governor's Office
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Since 2005, North Carolina has provided over $404 million in subsidies (tax credits and grant payments) to film production companies.
Published: Sunday, August 11th, 2019 @ 6:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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If it were a film, North Carolina’s subsidy program wouldn’t be a box office smash. A recent study from the Western Carolina University Center for the Study of Free Enterprise says the $400 million North Carolina taxpayers have invested in film subsidies has failed to pay dividends.
Published: Friday, July 26th, 2019 @ 2:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Remarks by President Trump in Working Lunch with Governors on Workforce Freedom and Mobility
Published: Wednesday, June 19th, 2019 @ 7:28 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Hollywood boycott of states with highly restrictive abortion laws is continuing to pick up steam, with dozens of high-profile stars signing on to a pro-life state boycott
Published: Friday, June 7th, 2019 @ 12:40 am
By: Daily Wire
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The House passed its $24.5 billion General Fund budget for 2019-20 by a 61-54 margin Thursday, May 2, after spending three hours wrestling with 34 amendments.
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 @ 3:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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