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The “CBGB” film shoot in Savannah in 50 tweets
I’ve selected here a more or less chronological collection of entertaining Tweets that chronicle the movie shoot.
Stana Katic in Entertainment Weekly with pic and quotes from “CBGB” set
Open the post for an embedded tweet with the pic and text from EW. “Castle” star Stana Katic plays Genya Ravan in “CBGB”, which wraps up filming this week in Savannah.
Alan Rickman likes Leopold’s Ice Cream
Open the post for a great pic from the Leopold’s Ice Cream Facebook page.
Who were the top CBGB bands? Where are the club’s icons now?
Including links to updates on the whereabouts of Television guitarist Richard Lloyd, Dick Manitoba of the Dictators, Wayne/Jayne County of The Electric Chairs, Richard Hell of Television and other bands, Alan Vega of Suicide, Cheetah Chrome of The Dead Boys, sax player James Chance, Tommy Ramone, DNA drummer Ikue Mori, and Tom Verlaine.
More “CBGB” comings and goings hit Twitter
drummer from the foo fighters in the house ! playing iggy pop in the cbgb’s movie ! @gilbertocruzjr twitter.com/thejinx912/sta…
— thejinx (@thejinx912) July 19, 2012
More on the opening of “The Journey to the Beloved Community” tonight at the Jepson Center
The centerpiece of those shows is Journey to the Beloved Community: Story Quilts by Beth Mount. You can read more about that show and related ones on the Telfair website and the Chatham-Savannah Citizen Advocacy website.
Listening to Television
Danny Fields — an author and music industry executive important in the punk scene — called Television “the band of beauties.”
Another roundup of “CBGB” tweets and Facebook posts
Donal Logue, Stana Katic, Joel David Moore, and Rupert Grint in Savannah.
Savannah Dance Festival launches Kickstarter campaign for Sean Curran Company show
The headliner on Saturday, Oct. 13, will be Sean Curran Company at the Lucas Theatre. The SDF now has a Kickstarter campaign for the relatively modest sum of $7,500 to help fund that show.
Which stars are still in Savannah for “CBGB” filming?
I had the good fortune to run into Rupert Grint yesterday (Friday) in Ellis Square, as he walked with his assistant back to their hotel.
Express fashion show in Monterey Square
The female models include Ataui Deng, Alina Baikova, Brittany Burke, Daniela DeJesus, Frida Gustavsson, Ginta Lapina, Lais Ribeiro, Milou Sluis, Nadine Ponce, and Romee Strijd. The male models include Clint Mauro, David Agbodji, Garrett Neff, Lucho Jacob, Ryan Kennedy, and Vlad Ivanov.
More photos from “CBGB” filming in Savannah, with Rupert Grint, Justin Bartha, Alan Rickman, Donal Logue, Estelle Harris
And, in a nice surprise, you’ll see a pics below of the real Cheetah Chrome, Estelle Harris (George Costanza’s mother!) and Savannah native Stratton Leopold, a successful movie producer and owner of Leopold’s Ice Cream.
Photos of Rupert Grint, Alan Rickman, Justin Bartha, Donal Logue, others during “CBGB” filming in Savannah — Part 1
The scene you’re seeing here appears to be one in which The Dead Boys (Rupert Grint as Cheetah Chrome, Justin Bartha as Stiv Bators, and Bronson Adams as Johnny Blitz) storm out of CBGB into the street. Once they exist the shot, it continues with some sort of animated discussion between Hilly Kristal (Alan Rickman) and Merv Ferguson (Donal Logue).