Heads up to all those who use the 710. On Thursday night, from 9:00 p .m. to Friday morning at 4:00 a.m., the whole freeway, both north- and southbound, will be closed filming, according to Caltrans. For what film? We're not sure yet, but we figured the earlier the warning the better.......

It's one-thirty in the morning and Harvard Avenue is empty of vehicles. Residents stand huddled on the sidewalk. "Are they coming back?" they murmur plaintively, asking anybody or perhaps nobody. "Temporary No Parking" signs are still posted which, along with a bit or confusion and resentment on the part of the residents, is all that remains as evidence that a Film Crew has been in possession of the street for the last 30 hours.......

via my cell phone camera So I went to my laundromat today with the intention of yes, doing my laundry, and also making some notes for a post on the irritating lack of on-site laundry facilities on the east side, when bam! I walked smack into a film crew. Yes, people were filming at my laundromat. I froze and said "Oh!" embarassingly loudly, and a guy who turned out to be the director waved......

It's well known that before there was "Hollywood," there was Edendale, home of Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios but lately the indie film shooting hot spot in 90026/39 seems to be Echo Park Lake. It's not like Echo Park suddenly reemerged on the live set scene following the excellent, filmed-throughout-Echo-Park Quinceañera, in fact, we're sure that numerous films have filmed key scenes at the home of the Lotus Fest and Dragon Boat Races. Last month,......