NEWS & NOTES : FILM PRODUCTION UP 17 PERCENT IN '95, WILSON SAYS.Byline: Daily News Wire Services California's market share of feature films produced in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. increased 17 percent in a year-to-year period, from 65 percent in 1994 to 82 percent in 1995, the governor announced Wednesday. Gov. Pete Wilson For others named Pete Wilson, see . Peter Barton Wilson (born August 23, 1933) is an American Republican politician from California. Wilson served as the thirty-sixth Governor of California (1991–1999), the culmination of more than three decades in the public arena that called it ``another sign that California's economic recovery is in full swing.'' ``We are on the cutting edge of new film technology and, as a result, we are seeing more and more film companies deciding to make their movies in California,'' Wilson said. Last year, 536 films were produced in the United States, 438 of which were made in California, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the governor's office. Entertainment and filmmaking film·mak·ing n. The making of movies. have been among the key contributors to California's economic resurgence, the governor said. The $20 billion-a-year California film industry is growing at a rate of 20 percent a year and supports 500,000 jobs in the state, he said. Wright OK after carjacking The criminal taking of a motor vehicle from its driver by force, violence, or intimidation. The u.s. justice department categorizes the crime of carjacking as a "completed or attempted Robbery of a motor vehicle by a stranger : Actress Robin Wright, the ill-fated girlfriend in ``Forrest Gump'' and the recent bride of actor Sean Penn, was the victim of a carjacking in Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. Wednesday night, police said. Wright was not injured in the Wednesday night attack. Police tracked down her Toyota Land Cruiser  The perspective and/or examples in this article do not represent a world-wide view. Please [ edit] this page to improve its geographical balance. and arrested two teen-agers in
connection with the incident, said Sgt. Erick Marroquin.
The two young men approached Wright as she parked her dark green vehicle at about 8 p.m., Marroquin said. She called police after the teen-agers allegedly sped off in her car. Minutes later, officers spotted the vehicle going north on a nearby street and followed it, Marroquin said. The car was abandoned a few blocks away, and the suspects ran through an apartment complex, Marroquin said. Suspects were arrested a short time later, Marroquin said. Wright married Penn, her longtime boyfriend and the father of her two young children, in the back yard of a friend's Santa Monica home last month. |
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