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Con Edison had to cut power to some 30,000 New York City customers on Sunday night, most of them in the Brooklyn borough. As of 10:30 PM Eastern time, the outside temperature was still 87 degrees. The move to cut power was announced by Mayor Bill de Blasio, allegedly so that Con Ed could "make repairs and prevent a…

Canadian film and TV funding body Creative BC and Irish counterpart Screen Ireland have revealed the recipients of their inaugural international co-production development fund. Five projects will share $150,000 CAD ($113,000). The five successful projects selected are In Blood, produced by Underground Films and…

Jimmy Kimmel is back for Brooklyn Week, explaining, “I had to come back; I still had $8 left on my Metrocard.” “It’s so much fun to be here, everyone is so welcoming,” he told the raucous crowd at the Howard Gilman Opera House of the Brooklyn Academy of Music. “You know, there's a perception that New Yorkers are rude…

New York City, with film and TV production humming along to the point that it is outgrowing existing facilities, is going deeper into Brooklyn for its newest frontier. The Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment and the New York City Economic Development Corporation are soliciting proposals to develop nearly 200,000…

Brooklyn and Vikings backer The Irish Film Board is to get $250m investment from the Irish Government over the next ten years to spend on film, TV and animation projects. This is a useful increase in funding for the vital national body and, on average at least, restores its annual coffers to near the pre-recession…

On Night 2 of his visit to Brooklyn, Jimmy Kimmel heard David Letterman's side of the Crazy Horse Named Dave Story, with which Conan O'Brien regaled Stephen Colbert last Friday on Late Show. "For the purpose of this conversation I have nothing but the highest regard for all of the talk show men and women – even Jimmy…

ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live clocked its best-ever Brooklyn-trip household rating – a season high 2.6/7 – kicking off a week of broadcasts from Brooklyn, according to early stats for Monday. Kimmel also matched a season high in the demo (0.7/4). Excluding NBA Finals-led broadcasts in June, Kimmel tied his highest…

Off of the back of a banner year thanks to the success of titles such as Room and Brooklyn, Ireland's government has declared its confidence in the country's film business and has granted national funding body, the Irish Film Board, an additional €2M ($2.2M) to its annual budget. That's a 13.8% increase for the public…

EXCLUSIVE: Brooklyn helmer John Crowley has been tapped by RatPac Entertainment and Warner Bros to direct the screen adaptation of Donna Tartt's Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller The Goldfinch. The film will be produced by Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson of Color Force, along with RatPac's Brett Ratner, with James…

Thorsten Schumacher, a 13-year veteran of London-based sales company HanWay Films and managing director for the past five years, is exiting the company. No replacement has been announced. The company’s recent slate included last year’s awards-season staples Carol, Brooklyn and Anomalisa, which combined for 10 Oscar…

Open Road’s Spotlight is already out on DVD/VOD, and it’s in its 17th weekend at the box office with $39.1 million. So, despite its Best Picture Oscar win, how much juice can possibly be left in this film at the domestic box office? While exhibitors typically have a policy against booking titles that are already out…

Best Picture contenders grabbed stragglers this weekend, widening their audiences considerably. with and wider audiences this weekend. Open Road's Independent Spirit Awards winner Spotlight as well as Fox Searchlight's Brooklyn and A24's Room added theaters to max out their gross potential in the lead-up to…