New Jersey has lost one of its most recognizable and beloved personalities. Peter “Produce Pete” Napolitano, the longtime television fixture who turned fruits and...

Great Point Studios Expands with Lionsgate Studios Newark: Building on Success from Lionsgate Studios Yonkers Great Point Studios is set to elevate its footprint in the film and television production world with the development of Lionsgate Studios Newark. This new venture builds on the success of their previous project, Lionsgate Studios Yonkers, which has solidified Great Point Studios as a major player in the industry. A New Milestone for Great Point Studios The announcement of Lionsgate Studios Newark marks a significant expansion for Great Point Studios, following the success of their Lionsgate Studios Yonkers facility. The Yonkers studio, which launched with five state-of-the-art sound stages and comprehensive production services, has proven to be a cornerstone for creative production...

In an era when headlines reduce Iran to flashpoints of conflict and protest, a quietly defiant film made under extraordinary conditions is offering a far more intimate and human portrait. The Friend’s House is Here, a feature created in secrecy by filmmakers Hossein Keshavarz and Maryam Ataei, arrives at the Sundance Film Festival carrying not just artistic ambition, but the weight of lived risk, friendship, and creative resistance. For New Jersey audiences in particular, the film’s journey resonates deeply, as one of its creators traces his formative years back to Middlesex County before returning, again and again, to a homeland shaped by contradiction and courage. The film was shot last summer in Tehran under circumstances that...