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...Before the Texas bill was signed earlier this month on an Austin sound stage, the MPAA urged Gov. Rick Perry in a letter to veto the legislation. "Motion pictures made in the United States are the most popular form of entertainment worldwide because filmmakers are free to tell stories on film without fear of government censorship." Perry dismissed such concerns, saying censorship was "not going to happen" in Texas. But Stevenson warns that the caveat will backfire and hurt the Texas' effort to woo back film business it has been losing to other states, which have passed more generous...
...Astronaut Farmer - that had initially expressed interest ended up choosing other locations. Adding insult to injury - an estimated $327 million in spending and 4,600 jobs - 12 of the films had Texas story lines, according to the state's film commisison. Professional crews who had settled in Austin, Dallas and Houston now found themselves working in Shreveport, where a generous Louisiana tax credit increased film industry projects by 300% in three years. "Ten years ago, we were in the top five, now we are down the list - still in the top 20," Hudgins said. "We haven't lost...
...funding bill backers also included some of the most influential leaders of the computer game industry, including the legendary Richard Garriott, known by game fans as "Lord British," who now heads Korean giant NCsoft's Austin design company. NCsoft is just one of the 80 game developers in Texas, which is the third biggest game development center in the country, behind only California and Washington. "There is an intersection between the film industry and the game industry. Especially in animation there is a huge crossover in the workforce," said Katy Daiger, the film commission's liaison to the game design...
...boats were high and dry dockside. Now boats torn from their moorings are tumbling through dam spillways and local television reporters are standing in lakeside parks knee deep in water pointing out the picnic tables floating by. The 20 inch rain deficit in the hills to the west of Austin was wiped out in one night as weather radar showed a large purple blob stuck over Marble Falls, Texas...
...potted fern is threatening to block the path to the front door. Everything is green, not gold this summer, except for the bag of plump, ripe tomatoes delivered by a neighor. Tomato vines love the rain. "It may well be a tomato year - a happy thought," writes Austin organic farmer Carol Ann Sayles from Boggy Creek Farm in her weekly email to customers. "We do love them. Guess I'll have a tomato sandwich tonight. And for lunch tomorrow...