FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2011
Volume 10 Issue 256
Santa Monica Daily Press
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THE NOT SO FAST ISSUE
AFM confirms possible move to Downtown L.A. BY KEVIN HERRERA Editor in Chief
DOWNTOWN Cheaper hotel rooms, better movie theaters and a more exciting nightlife are some of the reasons why the American Film Market, one of the world’s largest gatherings of independent filmmakers and producers, is considering leaving Santa Monica in 2013 for Downtown Los Angeles, according to a statement released Thursday by the Independent Film & Television Alliance, which produces the event. Discussions with Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, the current home of AFM through 2012, are continuing, according to the statement, but it’s clear that the alliance is favoring L.A. Live, which bills itself as the “most entertaining place on the planet,” boasting the Nokia Theatre, Staples Center, the Conga Room, numerous restaurants and bars, the Grammy Museum and two highend hotels. The alliance board held a telephone conference earlier this week to discuss a possible move and gave the green light for further discussions. The AFM has been held at the Loews Hotel in Santa Monica for the past 20 years, but that contract is up after the November 2012 event. AFM screenings have been held in several theaters on the Third Street Promenade In Santa Monica, while some conference events have been held at other area hotels. The Santa Monica Loews Hotel had recently asked for an increase in what the AFM pays which started discussions about a move. Last week, the Loews corporate executives came back with a revised offer to try and keep AFM. The announcement indicates that IFTA is still considering a change. “In order to provide the best environment, resources and value for the world’s buyers and sellers, we are negotiating to make the L.A. Live district the AFM’s new home for 2013,” the statement reads. “The L.A. Live district will allow us to grow all segments of the AFM — market, conferences and the celebration of film — and make the AFM more inclusive for the entire motion picture industry.” SEE AFM PAGE 10
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FINAL TOUCH: Artist Risk applies his signature to the Heal the Bay-inspired house project during the unveiling on Thursday morning.
Guerilla artists raise awareness, irk City Hall BY ASHLEY ARCHIBALD Daily Press Staff Writer
BERKELEY STREET A local builder and Heal the Bay volunteer revealed a unique piece of artwork Thursday morning that he and a team of artists created right under the
noses of both residents and City Hall. Unfortunately, it may have to come down quicker than the tarps that concealed it for the past three months. Code compliance usually doesn’t intervene in artistic displays, but the piece on the 800 block of Berkeley Street is a bit
SEE ART PAGE 9
Husband pleads not guilty in fatal market stabbing BY KEVIN HERRERA Editor in Chief
AIRPORT COURTHOUSE A man charged with stabbing his wife to death as she worked at a checkout stand at a Santa Monica Albertson’s plead not guilty Thursday and is being held in lieu of $1 million bail, officials with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said.
Kelvin Green, 52, of Los Angeles, was taken into custody Aug. 22 after investigators determined that he was a suspect in the brutal stabbing of his estranged wife, Christina Talley, 46, who died at a nearby hospital hours after the attack. Police said Green walked into the grocery store, located at 3105 Wilshire Blvd., and began stabbing Talley, a mother of two children, multiple times in the head and torso. Green then fled
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different. While some limit themselves to canvas or sculpture, longtime Heal the Bay volunteer Adam Corlin decided to fuse the two in a big way.
southbound on Berkeley Street toward Wilshire. Along with one count of murder, Green faces one count of assault involving a good Samaritan who tried to intervene but was not injured, authorities said. A preliminary hearing has been set for Oct. 12 at the Airport Courthouse, Dept. 144 kevinh@smdp.com
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