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Hudson Valley Resident Co-Produced Oscar Favorite For Picture Of Year Hudson Valley Resident Co-Produced Oscar Favorite For Picture Of Year
Hudson Valley Resident Co-Produced Oscar Favorite For Picture Of Year With the Oscars airing this weekend few people have focused on part-time Hudson Valley resident and Vassar alumnus Jon Read who co-produced this year's favorite film.  Read, who doesn't divulge where he lives in the Hudson Valley, was the co-producer and production supervisor of "Everything Everywhere All at Once," according to Laurent Rejto, of the Hudson Valley Film Commission. The film has been nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and many others. In 2010, as a…

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by Kathy Reakes
Business
Report Cites 'Dramatic' Increase In Film, TV Productions Outside NYC, Including Hudson Valley Report Cites 'Dramatic' Increase In Film, TV Productions Outside NYC, Including Hudson Valley
Report Cites 'Dramatic' Increase In Film, TV Productions Outside NYC, Including Hudson Valley New York State is quickly becoming a regular Hollywood East. The Empire State is seeing a “dramatic” increase in the number of television and film productions that are opting to shoot outside of New York City, Variety reports. The hit HBO series The Gilded Age, Hulu’s The Ultimate Playlist of Noise, and Netflix’s Things Heard and Seen are just some of the many productions that have filmed scenes around New York State in recent months. Variety cited several factors that are enticing productions away from the Big Apple, including an “abundance” of well-preserved 19th century architecture in …

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
HBO Max Films New Series In Hudson Valley HBO Max Films New Series In Hudson Valley
HBO Max Films New Series In Hudson Valley Get ready for another summer full of stars roaming the Hudson Valley, especially with the news that the creator of "Riverdale," is headed this way to film a reboot of the uber-popular "Pretty Little Liars." According to Laurent Rejto, the head of the Hudson Valley Film Commission, the crew will be filming in Ulster County at Upriver Studios in Saugerties this summer.  And if you are looking to get a start in the movie business, Rejto said to keep an eye out for upcoming news of casting calls. "We anticipate that many local background actors and day players will be hired," Re…

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by Kathy Reakes
Lifestyle
HBO Series Featuring Array Of Hollywood Stars Filming In Hudson Valley HBO Series Featuring Array Of Hollywood Stars Filming In Hudson Valley
HBO Series Featuring Array Of Hollywood Stars Filming In Hudson Valley Star watchers will want to be on the lookout for Hollywood A-listers as a number of new movies begin filming in the Hudson Valley this spring, including a new HBO mini-series. “White House Plumbers” a five-part HBO limited series, starring Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux will begin filming in Orange County, in Newburgh, in May, according to the Hudson Valley Film Commission.  Set in the early 1970s, the series will tell the true story of former President Richard Nixon and the Watergate scandal that led to his resignation. Harrelson is slated to play CIA officer E. Howard Hunt and T…

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by Kathy Reakes