3200 North Ocean Drive
Singer Island, Riviera Beach

A celebration of art and design and an enlightened vision of dining and entertainment...the new owners of the Oceanfront Crowne Plaza have added these dimensions to the newly renovated property. Creating a unique marriage of sophistication and design, like the hotel’s signature fresh-sliced lemon pepper potato chips, they took something ordinary and made it spectacular! This film-friendly property offers distinctive shooting options, including  a private beach, an oceanside freshwater pool, activity center with sailboat rentals and an array of outdoor activities from snorkeling to parasailing. The informal yet elegant restaurant setting and newly designed guestrooms and suites offer a variety of settings with views of land and sea. For information, call 800.370.1010 or visit www.oceanfrontcp.com

ACTOR BURT REYNOLDS WRAPS ANOTHER SHOOT AT KO-MAR FOR ESPN   (Top)

Burt Reynolds adds to his highly respected repertoire of projects while starring in commercials to be aired on ESPN Classic. Ko-Mar Productions shot Reynolds’ portion of ESPN Classic’s new show Reel Classics, comparable to TBS’s Dinner and a Movie geared toward the sportsman, in June. The commercials will feature Reynolds sitting in a locker room-styled set (impeccably dressed by well known set designer Bobby Amor) and casually inviting viewers to join him on Sunday nights. The commercials took two days to shoot, a very aggressive schedule, and will be used to promote the show in 84 million homes nationwide. If you love sports and movies, then ESPN Classic is where you belong on Sunday Nights!

SUPPORT STRENGTHENS A CHILD’S WILL TO SUCCEED  (Top)

Children need more than vitamins to make them strong! Join the ‘Movers & Shakers’ of Palm Beach County to support local at-risk children every Friday from 6:00-8:00p.m. at Vivid Nightclub on Clematis. Community leaders including Mayor Clarence Anthony and Commissioner Jim Exline tout their skills as bartenders for tips to benefit The Children’s Coalition, Inc. For information call 561.832.3797.

BURGLAR TURNED PRODUCER SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT  (Top)

Walter T. Shaw, son of inventor Walter L. Shaw, Sr., aims to bring recognition to his late father in his feature film, All for Nothin’. The surviving Shaw unveiled a sculptured bust in the likeness of his father, created by acclaimed artist Yaacov Heller, at The Walter Lewis Shaw, Sr. Memorial brunch honoring his father’s legacy. The film reveals the story of how the inventor of the world’s most regularly used communications devices, including conference calling and touch-tone dialing, never received the proper recognition or financial rewards and his son, who turned to a life of crime to try to take back what his father never received. The younger Shaw has spent over a decade developing financing for the film and at one point risked losing it due to his inflexibility to move the production out of the United States, saying “I see no palm trees in Canada like in Florida where my dad made a living.” The film, to be shot in West Palm Beach and Ft. Lauderdale, is currently in pre-production and will star Stephen Dorff and academy award winner, Sir Ben Kingsley.