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w00t.
cant wait.
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9 and 12-year olds? Oy. That could make for really good or really bad television.
it also won't work in that families favor when it comes to physical challenges. not to mention the mental challenges, i'm not sure if the kids would be able to figure out some of the puzzles and questions they pose.
I'm calling the Linz family as the early favorites to win this thing. The Aiello (Father in law with his 3 son-in laws) will do well, as will the Rogers family....you watch, Waxy said it here first.
I really hope they don't dumb down the challenges to accomodate the younger kids on the show.
An anonymous donor has saved the Buffalo Niagara Film Commission from extinction at the end of the month.
The benefactor, described only as a "nonprofit foundation," will contribute $50,000 to keep the commission in business through the end of this year, according to Erie County Executive Joel A. Giambra.
"I plan to put $125,000 in my executive budget for 2006 so the commission can continue to do its very worthwhile work, but in the meantime, I'm relieved to know they have money to get them through the rest of this year," Giambra said.
The county executive said the nongovernment source of the emergency funding has requested its identity not be revealed.
"These are people who don't want any publicity. They have the ability to aid civic projects, and I'm very grateful for their generosity," Giambra added.
Established by the county executive in 2002, the film commission received $150,000 in county funds annually through the end of last year.
While Giambra recommended it receive $165,000 in his proposed budget for this year, the county's fiscal crisis resulted in elimination of all county funding.
The Buffalo Niagara Enterprise business development agency stepped in to keep the commission alive through the end of June, and at the 11th hour, Giambra came up with $17,000 in economic development aid to keep the one-person commission alive through the end of August.
The funding fits and starts have kept Mark L. Stricklin, the county's film commissioner, guessing whether his job and one-man agency have a future.
"I've climbed the gallows steps a few too many times recently," Stricklin said. "I want to spend my energy bringing projects to Erie County and Western New York, not worrying about whether there's money to do that."
Stricklin estimates his office has handled more than $1.5 million in commercial, television and film projects in just the last 60 days.
Recent projects include the shooting of the season finale for the "Amazing Race" reality television series in Niagara Falls, a one-day effort that netted local production crews and support services a payday topping $250,000.
Erie County also served as the backdrop for commercials for Citizens Bank and Rebel Clothing. And the horror-musical film "Poultrygeist" finished five weeks of shooting Saturday in Buffalo.
The film commission chief said a busy late summer-fall schedule, which includes more than a dozen projects, made keeping the tiny agency alive critical.
"We have a really healthy list of projects, no Hollywood blockbusters, but a couple that will include some names you'll know and others that will help us build on the base of experience we've developed here since 2002," Stricklin said.
One of those projects, a reality television show called "Carpocalypse," began five weeks of filming Aug. 20 in southern Erie County. The show, for cable network Spike TV, pits two teams against each other in a variety of competitions involving motor vehicles.
The teams, which duke it out Saturday nights with vehicles at Holland Speedway, also are being followed by film crews as they camp in Erie County and work on their vehicle of the week in local garages.
Later this year, two independent movies plan to film in the area. "Lockport," a movie about a young hockey phenomenon from Trackster Entertainment, has a budget in the $2 million to $4 million range.
"The Savages" will tell the story of an aging father who ends up in a Buffalo nursing home to be closer to his son. The production from Focus Entertainment, which has ties to Universal Pictures, has a budget of more than $6 million.
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fuck, i forgot this was on tonight
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