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  4. Will Smith film shoot annoys Hollywood neighbors

    in Will Smith Movies

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    http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainme...154852020080501

    By Borys Kit

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The entire world loves Will Smith, but not Dresden Graham, a 65-year-old retiree who is waging a war against Smith's latest film, the drama "Seven Pounds," which is shooting in her Hollywood neighborhood.

    The production is based just three houses up from Graham's home, where she has lived in since the mid-'80s. Trucks line the street, crews are busy setting up and striking down, generators hum, and security and police officers patrol the area.

    Graham, who has signs in her yard and on her house that read "Will Smith, Go Film at Your Mansions" and "Put Potty Toilets on Your Neighbor's House," has a litany of complaints. She doesn't like the fume-spewing trucks parked running in front of her house, where the production has placed portable toilets. She's not that keen on the planned night shoot that will go to 3 a.m., either, because it calls for bright lights, rain machines and Great Danes.

    "We had no choice," she says. "The neighborhood had no choice."

    But her biggest complaint is with FilmL.A., the nonprofit organization that acts as a liaison for the city, its residences and film companies.

    Graham points out, accurately, that FilmL.A. gets its funding through permits -- the more it issues, the more revenue it generates. And "Pounds" is the fifth production in six weeks to occupy a two-block area around her home.

    FilmLA says the house where "Pounds" is filming has been used on only four shoots in the past year. It doesn't share Graham's view that the area has hosted too many productions.

    Residents are grumbling, though, even though many work in the entertainment industry and were reluctant to speak out against a big star like Smith and a bigger studio like Columbia. They complain about noise and the loss of parking spaces, which force certain apartment residents to park at a nearby church and take a shuttle bus to their building.

    "We are completely on board with filming on our streets, but this is too much," says Amy Aquino, a member of the neighborhood association who also is on the committee that oversees film shoots.

    Aquino, a working actress who has appeared on shows like "ER," understands the need to film in Los Angeles and wants to keep shoots in the city, but she also wants a little more respect for residents.

    "You can put up with a lot for a day or two but not for two weeks," she says.

    By most accounts, the production has done things by the book: securing permits, conducting a survey to get the required resident signatures to sign off for night shoots and also paying many residents. It even donated $5,000 to the neighborhood association.

    That matters little to Graham, who says that the production tried to negotiate with her: "I told them, 'Here's what I have in mind: You give me what you're giving (the owner of the house being used) because when you're filming at her house, you're filming in my house.'"

    FilmL.A. admits that some residents initially resisted the shoot but that it has mitigated many concerns. "Sometimes we can't make everybody happy," spokesman Todd Lindgren says. "We have done a good job."

    The "Pounds" shoot is proceeding as planned and will continue on and off until the middle of the month. Graham knows she can't stop it but also knows that because of her signs, the production was forced to construct a false flowered wall to hide them from the camera's view.

    "It's a small victory," she says, "but at least it's something."

    Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

  6. Hancock: master thread

    in Will Smith Movies

    Posted · Edited by Sandy

    Thanks Ale for the spanish trailer I wanted to see what voice Will has in this one. I like when he says 'porque he estado bebiendo zorra('coz I've been drinking bitch" lol I didn't hear that in the original version.

    After seeing this trailer I have the feeling I've seen half of the movie!

  10. MARIAH CAREY - E=MC2

    in Caught in the Middle

    Posted · Edited by Sandy

    I got the album a few days ago. And I have to say I Love it, I was a bit worried about how it'd be but She's done a good job in this.

    "I wish you well" brings the old mariah back, she could do more stuff like that. And I disagree with AJ I love side effects lol sorry!!

    It's a shame that MAriah has lost some of her great voice. If u have seen her performances lately her voice isn't what it used to be and she uses a lot of playback in part of her live singing :-( but she's still one of the best!!

  23. New Mariah Track & Video

    in Caught in the Middle

    Posted · Edited by Sandy

    I loove Mariah since I was a little girl. I heard the song and saw the video longo ago. The 3 songs I've heard from this new album are good. Now I'm listening to Migrate feat. T Pain :jazzy:

    And I like Janet too but for me Mariah is better!!!! ( not in dancing of course lol)

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