Today, I learned that in 1998, Ving Rhames won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Made For TV Movie – then got on stage and gave it to Jack Lemmon, who he had just beaten. Truly bad-ass.
Why am I looking up Jack Lemmon? Check back in on Monday!
-SCOUT
For the past four years, I’ve worked as a New York City location scout finding locations for feature films. I’ve been pretty much everywhere at this point, from the highest rooftops to the deepest subway tunnels, from abandoned ruins to zillion-dollar luxury penthouse apartments. What always amazes me about New York is how much there…
I’ve been scouting neighborhoods up in Yonkers recently (made all the more fun by kids off from school on a snow day trying to hit me with snowballs – thanks, kids!). As I was driving around last week, I started to notice something strange… Someone has been going around and writing “You can’t stop Oprah!”…
And this winner is… Arun Venkatesan of New York, NY! Congrats, Arun! You should be receiving your $100 gift certificate courtesy to Agave Restaurant in the West Village shortly, courtesy of ScoutMob.com! The answer was One Broadway, once home to the International Mercantile Marine Company, and one of my favorite buildings in NYC. Today, it’s…
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At long last, Scouting NY is finally on Instagram! I often put up pictures of the random interesting/pretty/funny/bizarre things I come across while scouting on Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr…Finally breaking down and adding Instagram to the list. Join us, won’t you? And don’t worry, no 70s filters, I swear. -SCOUT
Frankenstorm threatening to ruin your Halloween this year? No problem! Why not stay in, pop some corn, turn off the lights, and settle in with a horror movie shot in New York City? I’ve been writing and revising this list for the past two three four (!) years, and I think it’s nearing completion. If…
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The Out of Towners?
I watched this when it happened. Great moment.
My favorite moment in award show history, though, is Forest Whitaker’s speech at the Oscars when he won for Last King of Scotland. Dignified, gracious, inspiring, and from the heart.
ps. The Apartment?