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State film office, film festivals mark milestones, continue to grow industry

Stephen McDill — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:03:20 +0000

Look out Georgia and Louisiana. The Mississippi Film Office, the Mississippi Development Authority’s extended economic hand to Hollywood, is celebrating its 40th year of operations and many premier film festivals are ready for another summer of marketing the state to the inner echelons of the film industry. In the last two decades alone, producers, location [...]

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Sorority recognizes Roach

MBJ Staff — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:42:06 +0000

Mississippi native Florence Roach was honored by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. with the Shining Star Award at its Centennial Kick-Off Hollywood Gala in Los Angeles. Roach was recognized for her performances on stage and on film. In 2011, she appeared in Steven Spielberg’s Academy Award-winning movie “The Help.” She also appeared in Craig Brewer’s [...]

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Brent’s Drug Store preserves the feel of a bygone era

Becky Gillette — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 06:01:08 +0000

The building housing one of the South’s oldest soda fountain drug stores was in danger of becoming vacant when the pharmacist owner sold Brent’s Drug Store to a chain in 2009, and the pharmacy part of the business was relocated. A local attorney and Fondren resident, Brad Reeves, who as a kid was taken by [...]

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Customers have been coming back to Mayflower Café for generations

Becky Gillette — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 06:01:18 +0000

It is only fitting that the Mayflower Café is particularly well known for its “comeback sauce.” That is because the café regarded as one of Jackson’s favorite seafood restaurant has been attracting back diners now for generations. “Many generations of hometown people have come through here,” said Mayflower Café owner Jerry Kountouris. “Parent brought their [...]

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Q&A Thomas Gregory, chief administrative officer, City of Greenwood

Amy McCullough — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 06:01:16 +0000

Thomas Gregory, chief administrative officer, City of Greenwood Thomas Gregory is the chief administrative officer for the city of Greenwood and one of his home town’s biggest fans. Gregory earned an undergraduate degree from Mississippi State University in business administration and a master’s in city and regional planning from the University of North Carolina at [...]

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Myrlie Evers returns to Alcorn State

MBJ Staff — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:01:16 +0000

Myrlie Evers has returned to Alcorn State University as a distinguished scholar-in-residence. Widely known for her work on civil rights and racial justice throughout the United States and the world, Evers will spend her time at Alcorn engaged in offering seminars in the Department of Social Sciences, preparing her archival papers for library deposit and [...]

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Hollywood Gets Help From Jackson

Stephen McDill — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:32:02 +0000

Brent’s Drugs, a Fondren diner that started out as a pharmacy and soda fountain in 1946, is causing quite the local buzz with its several appearances in the box office hit movie “The Help” from Dreamsworks Entertainment. The movie, based on the New York Times bestselling novel by Jackson native Kathryn Stockett, tells the story [...]

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“The Help” Leads Box Office

Stephen McDill — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 05:32:28 +0000

Brandon Gray of Box Office Mojo: “On the bright side, The Help climbed to the top spot… while Rise of the Planet of the Apes took second. The Help eased 21 percent to an estimated $20.5 million, lifting its total to $71.8 million in 12 days. It marked the first time since early January that [...]

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Canton is Open for Movie Business

Stephen McDill — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 01:50:14 +0000

CANTON- The film industry is no stranger to Mississippi with its list of popular movies from “A Time to Kill” and “My Dog Skip” to “Oh, Brother Where Art Thou” and “The Help.” Hollywood is looking forward to Mississippi’s new tax incentives and studio facility. Mississippians in turn are hoping the Magnolia State will follow [...]

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‘Help’ has $15-million impact on state

Amy McCullough — Sun, 22 May 2011 06:00:50 +0000

In the same way the best-selling Mississippi author Kathryn Stockett persevered through 60 rejections before getting her book “The Help” published, a band of folks responsible for bringing the movie of “The Help” to Mississippi wouldn’t take no for an answer. The DreamWorks Studios film, which had a $27-million budget and starred break-out actress Emma [...]

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