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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

'Jack Reacher,' Filmed in Oakmont, to Premiere in South Side

The Tom Cruise movie partly filmed in Oakmont last year will premiere in Pittsburgh on Dec. 15.

Pittsburgh will play host to the premiere of a Tom Cruise movie that was filmed in several local communities, including Oakmont, last year. "Jack Reacher," originally named "One Shot" after the novel the story is based on, will premiere at the SouthSide Works Cinema on Dec. 15. According to a report from WPXI, Tom Cruise and co-stars Robert Duvall and Rosamund Pike are expected to return to Pittsburgh to attend the premiere, which is the first film premiere Pittsburgh has hosted in several decades. A portion of the movie was filmed in Oakmont last December on Eleventh Street between Hulton Road and Virginia Avenue. "Jack Reacher" is scheduled to open nationwide on Dec. 21. _______________________ Plum-Oakmont Patch is on Facebook and on…

Monday, December 12, 2011

PHOTOS: 'One Shot' Films in Oakmont

The Paramount Pictures movie "One Shot," featuring Tom Cruise, is filming in Oakmont today.

The new Paramount Pictures movie "One Shot" is filming on Eleventh Street in Oakmont today. It's not clear if the movie's stars Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall and Rosamund Pike are on set. The movie, which is set to be released in 2013, is being filmed in the Pittsburgh area. A catering truck for the crew is located at St. Irenaeus Church along Maryland Avenue. Production's base camp and crew parking seems to be located at the Oakmont Country Club along Hulton Road. Feel free to send in your own photos of observations. Just upload them directly to this article.

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Oakmont Gets 'One Shot' At Hollywood Fame

The Paramount Pictures movie "One Shot," featuring Tom Cruise, is filming in Oakmont on Monday.

An Eleventh Street home in Oakmont will be the set for "One Shot" cast and crew on Monday. The location producers of the new movie—featuring Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall and Rosamund Pike—chose to shoot at 850 Eleventh Street. Parking restrictions on Eleventh Street between Hulton Road and Virginia Avenue will be in place from midnight to 10 p.m. on Monday. An Eleventh Street resident has told the Plum-Oakmont Patch that neighbors received a notice stating filming will occur from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. No word on whether Tom Cruise or any of the film's major stars will be on set. The movie, which is set to be released in 2013, is being filmed in the Pittsburgh area. Here is a synopsis of the movie plot, according to the Internet Movie Database: "In…

Thursday, September 29, 2011

'American Idol' Finds Superstar Talent in the City of Champions

Judges of the hit Fox reality TV show-Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler- as well as host Ryan Seacrest, have been in Pittsburgh since Wednesday.

The City of Pittsburgh is known as the City of Champions sports-wise, and the "American Idol" judges said there's a good chance they might find the 11th season's champion here. "This is the City of Champions, the perfect spot to find our new superstar," said Ryan Seacrest, the show's host. Judges of the hit FOX reality TV show-Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler-as well as Seacrest, took a break from the audition process on Thursday afternoon to hold a press conference at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in downtown Pittsburgh. The concept of the series is to find new solo recording artists. Tyler said they've put about five or six people through to the Hollywood audition round-where the top 24 finalists are determined—…

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