by Jordi Lippe-Mcgraw Robert De Niro hopes to bring a little more Hollywood to New York City with the construction of a new movie studio in Queens, and the Oscar-winning actor has enlisted famed Scandinavian architect Bjarke Ingels to make it happen. Backed by De Niro, his real-estate broker son, Raphael De Niro, Tribeca Enterprises CEO Jane […]
Actress Sean Young Accused of Theft from Astoria Production Office
NBC New York reports that “Authorities are looking to question “Blade Runner” actress Sean Young in connection with the theft of two laptops stocked with footage from a film being shot in Queens, which Young was fired from four months ago. “Law enforcement sources said Young and her son stole two Apple Mac Pros with […]
Long Island City and Astoria Grow Up Alongside Film Industry
The Epoch Times recently published an article noting the changes that Long Island City and Astoria have experienced with the rise of Kaufman Astoria Studios. Reporter Catherine Yang notes how real estate developer George Kaufmann started the change in 1980 with the purchase of the studio property, which had lain vacant and vandal-prone after the […]