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Portland Stays Weird at TV’s 'America’s Got Talent' Auditionsnew
The AGT crew was in Portland looking for more talented and crazy people. It was the last and smallest stop on an eight-city audition circuit that included New York, L.A. and Chicago. Jason Raff, one of the show’s executive producers, says AGT chose Portland this year in part because “not many shows are filmed here.” In other words, we’re fresh meat.
Willamette Week |
Ari Phillips |
03-03-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: America's Got Talent, Portland
Saving Shaolin: Portland Film Geek Unearths Grindhouse Goldminenew
Dan Halsted started Portland's Grindhouse Film Festival in 2004. Since then, he has developed the festival into a monthly showcase of genre cinema that pits the sordid pulp of films like The Toolbox Murders against the antiseptic blandness of contemporary multiplexes.
The Portland Mercury |
Matt Davis |
09-10-2009 |
Movies
Ready for the Countrynew
This tale of two men in the woods is one of the best films of 2006, and its reminiscent of the best films of the 1970s as well.
