Scranton & Wilkes-Barre in Entertainment

This purpose of this blog is to put together a virtual list/collection of memorable (if fleeting) references to the cities of Wilkes-Barre, PA or Scranton, PA in movies/TV/music/Broadway/books (in the script, setting, lyrics, etc). We'd like to thank everyone for the overwhelming support and suggestions for the Entertainment blog. I'll continue adding these as blog entries as time permits.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Blue Valentine Opens At Cinemark in Moosic This Friday, January 28th

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According to their website, the Oscar-nominated film Blue Valentine (filmed partly in Scranton , Honesdale , and Carbondale ) will be playi...

NEPA Represented With Oscar Nods for Blue Valentine AND Gasland

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Northeastern Pennsylvania was represented in the nominations for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards , announced this morning. Michelle Williams...
Monday, January 24, 2011

Full Program of John Updike's Pennsylvania, Filmed At Albright Memorial Library in Scranton, Available On YouTube

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For those who were unable to catch PCN's airings of John Updike's Pennsylvania (filmed in the Reference Department at Albright Mem...
Saturday, January 22, 2011

Long-Delayed Film Version of Ayn Rand's Novel Atlas Shrugged (Featuring A Reference To Scranton) To Be Released April 15th--Minus Angelina Jolie

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One Tree Hill actor/director Paul Johansson has just wrapped filming of the long-delayed film version of Ayn Rand's 1957 novel Atlas...
Thursday, January 20, 2011

Awesome Article on The Filming of Blue Valentine in Scranton In This Week's Weekender (Vol. 18, Issue 10, January 19-25, 2011)

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This week's issue of The Weekender (Vol. 18, Issue 10, January 19-25, 2011) features a cover story on the filming of the acclaimed film...

Kiefer Sutherland on TCS: "I Would've Done This Play in Poughkeepsie or Scranton"

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The cast of the upcoming revival of That Championship Season recently met the press at Sardi's in New York City to promote the play. ...
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Gasland, Award-Winning Documentary by Wayne County Native Josh Fox, Available To Borrow on DVD From Library

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Two copies of the documentary Gasland , written and directed by Wayne County native Josh Fox , is now available to borrow on DVD from the ...

Tickets Now Available For The Mother Load by Scranton Native Amy Wilson Saturday, February 19th; Includes Post-Show Meet-And-Greet

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Author/playwright/actor and Scranton native Amy Wilson will be bringing her acclaimed hit show Mother Load to Scranton Cultural Center on...
Tuesday, January 18, 2011

That Championship Season by Jason Miller (1972)

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With all of the excitement about the upcoming all-star revival of Jason Miller's That Championship Season on Broadway, I decided to go...
Saturday, January 15, 2011

Blue Valentine (2010)

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On January 5th, I took a day trip to New York City to see Blue Valentine ; at the time, the film was playing in a total of 4 theaters natio...
Wednesday, January 05, 2011

Sets Arriving For Broadway Revival of That Championship Season

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When I went to see Blue Valentine in NYC today (more on that next week when I return from StayCation), I managed to snap a couple of cell ...
Wednesday, December 29, 2010

According to New Issue of Entertainment Weekly, Blue Valentine Expands Release January 14, 2011

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This week's issue of Entertainment Weekly (#1136, January 7, 2011) features not only a rave review of Blue Valentine (pps. 50-51) but ...

Official Website for Broadway Revival of Jason Miller's That Championship Season

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www.thatchampionshipseason.com
Thursday, December 23, 2010

Welcome to Scranton by Greg Halpin (2010)

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I recently became aware of a new novel by Scranton native Greg Halpin titled Welcome to Scranton , which is set in the Electric City . From ...
Tuesday, December 14, 2010

1940 Christmas Classic Remember The Night, Featuring A Brief Reference to Scranton, Airs on Christmas Eve on TCM

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Turner Classic Movies will be broadcasting the 1940 Barbara Stanwyck/Fred MacMurray holiday film Remember the Night on Christmas Eve at mi...
Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Blue Valentine Wins Appeal From MPAA; NC-17 Rating Overturned To An R With Zero Cuts To The Film

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Great news. The MPAA has overturned the NC-17 rating on the Derek Cianfrance -directed Blue Valentine (which was filmed in Scranton and p...
Thursday, December 02, 2010

Limited Engagement of Jason Miller's That Championship Season Opens on Broadway March 6, 2011

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The upcoming limited engagement Broadway revival of Jason Miller's That Championship Season begins previews February 9, 2011; the show...
Monday, November 29, 2010

"John Updike's Pennsylvania," Filmed at Scranton Public Library, To Air on PCN Starting December 3rd

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John Updike's Pennsylvania with Journalist Frank Fitzpatrick (Philadelphia Inquirer), which was filmed at Albright Memorial Library on...
Friday, November 12, 2010

Official Theatrical Poster For Blue Valentine Released - What Do You Think?

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The Weinstein Company has released the original theatrical poster art for their upcoming release of Blue Valentine , filmed partly in Scran...

Blue Valentine Article in This Week's Entertainment Weekly (#1129, November 19, 2010)

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Check out this week's issue (The Holiday Movie Preview) of Entertainment Weekly . Pages 62-66 feature an excellent article on the upcom...
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This is the Reference Department at Albright Memorial Library (AKA Scranton Public Library) in Scranton, PA--home to Dunder-Mifflin and a filming location for the Oscar-nominated film Blue Valentine. Not bad, eh?
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