Sharon Pinkenson

City Life

Film Office’s New “Billy Penn Music” Causes Confusion

On Wednesday morning, when I was Twitter-followed by an entity known as Billy Penn Music, I thought, Cool, Billy Penn has some new music site—– […]

Business

What Happened to Philly’s Booming Movie Industry?

The hallway that leads to Sharon Pinkenson’s perch on the 11th floor of One Parkway Building is wallpapered in old movie posters from the city’s […]

Citified

Kenney Wants to Slash Funding For Philly’s Film Office By 50 Percent

This is not exactly a great time for the Greater Philadelphia Film Office. The flow of major film projects in the region has slowed to […]

Things to Do

Will Mark Wahlberg Show Up for the Pope Film Fest Screening of Invincible?

Local chatterboxes are buzzing that Mark Wahlberg will appear on the red carpet tonight prior to the screening of his 2006 film Invincible during the World Meeting […]

Things to Do

Plans to Shoot Three Seconds Have Been Scrapped

UPDATE [2:29 pm, 8/25/2015]: An earlier version of this story said Three Seconds will shoot in the Pittsburgh area, but that isn’t so, according to Greater Philadelphia […]

Things to Do

Arts and Entertainment Selfies

Our mother publication, Philadelphia magazine, recently complied a collection of 75 selfies from notable faces around the region. Of course, there’s plenty of familiar folks in […]

The Scene

Philadelphia Flower Show Black-Tie Gala and Afterparty

The 2015 Philadelphia Flower Show opened on Friday, February 27, 2015, with a black-tie gala. Guests enjoyed hors d’oeuvres and a cocktail party under a […]

Things to Do

PHOTOS: Laurie David Attends Fed Up Screening at the Kimmel Center

Movie goers withstood the rain storm Wednesday night to attend a screening of Fed Up at the Kimmel Center. Philanthropist Garrett Getlin Snider and Greater Philadelphia Film […]