Filming In Brooklyn

On last night’s Colbert Report Don Cheadle talked a little bit about filming Brooklyn’s Finest in Brownsville.  (In fact, Stephen asked him a question about it similar to one that I asked director Antoine Fuqua.)  The whole interview is good, but if you just want to see the Brooklyn part, it starts at 4:52.  Brooklyn’s [...]

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A couple weeks ago I sat down with Ahsaan Mitchell, a Brownsville native, who filmed a behind-the-scenes documentary about what happens to a neighborhood like Brownsville when a big Hollywood production moves in for the summer.   His is an amazing story: part luck, part imagination, part determination.  Most of all it’s about grabbing on to [...]

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Gossip Girl was shooting interiors today at Grand Prospect Hall in Park Slope.  We couldn’t get in to see them shooting, so we had to settle for catching them on their way to and from the set.  They were all very gracious, especially given that there were a lot of people there wanting pictures, autographs, [...]

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