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  CityPlace
700 S. Rosemary Avenue
West Palm
Beach, FL 33401
Located in
downtown West Palm Beach lies beautiful CityPlace.
This unique venue offers a tranquil setting in the midst of
retail shops, resident homes, and the Harriet Theatre.
CityPlace is decorated with beautiful fountains,
old-world architecture, and sidewalk cafes. This
film-friendly location has been host to Talbots,
Hanna Anderson, Liz Claiborne, and TMM magazine just to
name a few. In addition, CityPlace will present live
concerts every Saturday evening in October on
the Palladium Plaza. For more information on this
event and others please call: 561.366.1000 or go
online at: www.cityplaceweb.com.
State
website features Palm Beach County!
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 On
October 1, 2002, Palm Beach County will be the
featured location the entire month on the state of
Florida’s website. You can view several locations in
PBC by logging onto: wwwfilminflorida.com. Once
you’re in the website click on “featured location”
and view the streaming video of the spectacular
locations that Palm Beach County has to offer.
Open Air Productions
receives high marks!
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 Congratulations
to Open Air Productions and Conde
Nast Traveler for their new show
Insider’s Guide. This new travel show
will feature Palm Beach County in its
fifth episode. Insider’s Guide is in
syndication with PBS and has been picked up
by: New York, Los Angeles, San
Francisco, Boston and Houston. The travel
show will be in 40 million households and
counting beginning this Fall.
Devine Talent teams with the South Florida Fair.
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 Olympia
Devine,
owner of Devine
Talent and Charlie Dunn, creator
of Starz of the Future,
 are
teaming up to educate locals on the do’s and
don’ts of the entertainment industry. In its
third year, Starz of the Future is
looking for talented Floridians who
will be featured in an exciting program showcasing
aspiring talent in three categories. Kids
6-12years, Teens 13-19 years and Adults.
Auditions for Starz begin in November.
The FTC in collaboration with Devine
will take the stage opening day of the South
Florida Fair, January 17, 2003 to
provide information on industry standards. For
more information contact: Olympia Devine at
561.805.8681 or log onto:
www.southfloridafair.com.
Viewfinder Films makes history.
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 Viewfinder
Films
recently shot a half-hour piece documenting
French Filmmaker Jerome Diamantberger’s
screening his Grandfather, Henri
Diamantberger’s, original 1920s silent
movie The 3 Muskateers. The original
film was recently found after being confiscated by
the Nazis during World War II.
Mformula Bodywear launches its new website
catalog. (Top)
 Ramark
International’s President Michelle DeConto
premieres her new active wear
line MFormula this month from the beaches
of Boca Raton. For inquiries on purchasing
this new line and the website contact: Michelle
DeConto at 561.447.4390.
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Film Florida attends tradeshow.
Film Florida along with FTC
Production Coordinator Jason Goldman will attend the
Production East tradeshow in New York this
month. Production East provides an excellent
opportunity for Florida to promote their many
locations. Production East will be held at the
Jacob Javits Theater in Manhattan from October 29–
31st. If interested in attending contact: Todd
Roobin at Film Florida at:
904.630.2522.
Free
Valet on Clematis Street!!!
 A
free valet parking program began on August 9, 2002.
There will be free valet parking along Clematis
Street to accommodate our visitors and support our
businesses. For more information contact: Sue Olley at
561.659.8022.
Sarah
Parker Modeling has relocated.
The new address for Sarah Parker Modeling is:
1258 Beach Road, Singer Island, FL 33404. Sarah Parker
Modeling has open calls every
Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. for new faces. To find
our more information log onto: www.sarahparker.com or
call: 561.848.0062.
A look back at former interns.
The FTC is happy to report the success of
several interns after completing the FTC
internship program! John Bernardo worked
in Los Angeles for several years at Oxygen
and has now returned to teach at Pope John Paul
High School in Boca Raton. Jason Banguela
secured a job with Information Television
Network as a grip/video dubber. Paul
Lambrakis is currently working at the
Teaching Learning Network as a freelance
writer/producer. The FTC is thrilled
with the success of our two phase structured
internship program over the last 10 years. For
more information regarding the internship
program call: 561.233.1000.
The FTC
welcomes three new interns!
The FTC is pleased to have Ashley Owens,
Alastair Hunt, and John Flores join our office.
Ashley’s aspirations are to continue a career
in acting and become a producer. Alastair is
taking a semester off from Mitchell College in
Connecticut to discover entertainment
opportunities. John Flores, a recent graduate
of the University of Florida in Gainesville,
decided to enroll in the program to learn more about
the industry!
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The
highly anticipated sequel to Bad Boys finally
wrapped filming at the end of September! Bad
Boys 2 began filming in Delray Beach on
September 13th and wrapped on September 30, 2002.
The filming was a huge success and provided Delray Beach
its moment to shine. With the help of the gracious community of
Delray Beach the making of this film became a reality.
Bad Boys 2 brought in a total of 800+ room
nights to the Delray Beach Marriott, Highland Beach
Holiday Inn, The Colony Hotel and
Cabana Club and many local businesses benefited from the
crews as well. The
Palm Beach County Film and Television
Commission (FTC) applaud Delray Beach’s efforts and
are honored to have such qualified and professional people
living in our community. Be sure to check your local listings
next Summer for Bad Boys 2 at a movie theater near
you!
pulled
into Boca Raton to report on the government’s new
work at the American Media headquarters which was
contaminated by anthrax last September. Ashleigh’s
tour began in Seattle on August 12,
2002
and ended in New York on September 11, 2002.
Ashleigh visited several cities that were affected by
the aftermath of September 11th. The show airs on MSNBC
Monday through Thursday at
10 p.m. 
Talbots
shot at CityPlace and
Juno Beach
for several weeks in September to showcase
their new Spring collection. This is Talbots
second time
shooting
in Palm Beach County (PBC) this year. Verna Shore
of Locations Extrordinaire scouted for Talbots
and secured the shoot for
PBC.
Talbots spent a total of 250 room nights at the
beautiful Breakers Hotel in Palm
Beach. 
homes
in January 2003. Hanna Anderson discovered
CityPlace through Jupiter‘s Pitter Patter
Productions. Pitter Patter Productions shot Hanna
Anderson’s first catalog at CityPlace in August.
Loni
Anderson is cooking healthy while
Dan Marino takes the guys on a journey around the
country. Modern Cuisine hosted by Loni
Anderson provides tips on healthy eating. Dan
Marino’s
show In Motion offers a guy’s version of
where to travel, restaurants to frequent, and things to
keep your life in motion. Both shows are currently being
shot at Palm Beach Ocean Studios by
Director/Producer Mike Kirton. The shows were
originally set in Miami,
but thanks to Mike Kirton they’re
shooting in PBC!
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