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1980s
Asbury Park, NJ
News
You Can Be An Extra In Bruce Springsteen Biopic Filming In Asbury Park: Here's How
Extras are being sought for the Bruce Springsteen biopic "Deliver Me From Nowhere" starring Jeremy Allen White at the Jersey Shore. Those who register must be available for shoots Dec. 9 to 13 and 16 in Asbury Park, according to Grant Wilfley Casting. GWC said only that they're seeking talent to play "1980s types" for the film. Applicants must be okay working inside and outside, have no allergies to wool, and be okay working around atmospheric smoke. GWC is requesting full day/night availability for the shoot dates. Height, weight, and clothing sizes are requested for costuming …
Pittsfield, MA
Lifestyle
Casting Call: Bradley Cooper Movie Filming In New England Needs Extras
Movie star Bradley Cooper is filming a new movie in New England and is looking for extras to appear in the film. Cooper is starring in and producing the movie called "Maestro," in Western Massachusetts which will film in Berkshire County in Tanglewood from Saturday, May 21 to Thursday, May 26, according to the casting company New York-based Grant Wilfley Casting Inc. Tanglewood, Lenox, and Berkshire locals are encouraged to apply, the company said. The parts available -- all paid -- call for actors to portray people from the 1940s; men must be comfortable receiving a perio…
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
Priest Becomes Third In Westchester This Week To Be Accused Of Sexual Abuse
A reverend at a church has become the third priest in Westchester to be accused this week of sexually sexual assault dating back decades. Rev. William Luciano of the Blessed Sacrament Church in New Rochelle was the third priest to be temporarily removed from his ministry, Cardinal Timothy Dolan wrote in a letter to parishioners dated Thursday, Oct. 3. The accusations against Luciano stem from alleged incidents in the 1980s. No other information was released by the diocese. Dolan said that the allegations have been reported to the District Attorney’s Office and will have outside independe…
Paramus, NJ
Lifestyle
Bergen County Native Shakira Barrera Gets Big Break On Hit Netflix Series '
Glow
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Bergen County native Shakira Barrera is the latest cast member to join the hit Netflix series "GLOW." Barrera of Englewood, a Bergen County Academies graduate, plays Yolanda Rives, a professional wrestler on the Emmy-nominated series. The show follows a group of women who perform for a wrestling organization in Los Angeles during the 1980s. Barrera, who is Nicaraguan-American and the first in her family to attend college, recently sat down for a webcam interview about how her Rutgers prepared her for the role. “My character is a stripper, break-dancer, ballerina," said Barre…
Port Chester, NY
Schools
'Wedding Singer' Production A Musical Hit At Port Chester High School
You may remember the Adam Sandler movie version of "The Wedding Singer," but this weekend, Port Chester High School's Drama Club performs its take on the musical classic. Singer Robbie Hart rocks the Port Chester High School stage as the drama club presents its spring musical. In the movie, Sandler was a wedding singer in the 1980s and Drew Barrymore played a waitress named Julia with whom he fell in love. The show opened on Thursday, April 12. There are two more 7 p.m. shows on Friday and Saturday, April 14 and 15 in the PCHS auditorium. PCHS theater students are getting plen…
