Lauren Henry from Corvallis based Talented Animals was on KOIN’s show Studio 6 yesterday. Lauren has been a great resource for the Oregon Film community as she’s always out there plugging our state as a great place to film. I also happened to be in a meeting yesterday where I met John Sechrest from Corvallis and the one thing he mentioned relating to Oregon Film was this video. He helped the production secure a space for the video and spoke very highly of the experience. Continue reading... “Meet the trainer and dog behind the OK Go Video”
‘SNL’ vet Armisen co-created, co-stars in sketch series
IFC has given a greenlight to a Lorne Michaels-exec produced sketch comedy half-hour, “Portlandia,” co-created by and starring Fred Armisen of “Saturday Night Live.”
The series, which begins production of six episodes in Portland, Ore., this month, is scheduled to premiere on IFC in early 2011. Former Sleater-Kinney guitarist Carrie Brownstein co-created “Portlandia” with Armisen and co-stars in the series, which will be directed by fellow creator Jonathan Krisel of “SNL.” Continue reading... “IFC Takes Comedy Journey to ‘Portlandia’”
D-Sandwich interviews Michael Bettis, local beekeeper and learns about local honey production in La Grande, Oregon and the Grande Ronde Valley.
D explores issues like honey health facts, colony collapse disorder, infant botulism, sex practices of the species, as well as get’s personal – a slew of “This or That’s” outline one of the great contributing community members of La Grande, Oregon.
A lot of questions, a lot of info, a lot of laughs, support local foods systems with local honey. Continue reading... “The D-Sandwich Interviews: Refreshing Eastern Oregon's Sense of Humor”
Weiden + Kennedy are taking their Old Spice Campaign to the web – in real time! The past few days they have been recording personalized messages and posting the videos on YouTube and it’s become quite the phenomenon! Read Write Web got the low down on what W+K is up to. If you type in “Old Spice” on YouTube, you’ll see all the videos. My personal favorite is the message to Alyssa Milano which has already had 72,000 posts.
P.S. Continue reading... “Old Spice Guy in Portland”
