Amidst all the excitement of the latest Great Gatsby film by Baz Luhrmann, Beyond the Marquee’s own Allison Tate-Cortese had a chance to talk to one of the artists responsible for building the incredible opulent world of the latest revamp of this classic American story. Luca Gabriele Rossetti is a Senior Matte Painter and Environmental Artist [...]
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[BTM EXCLUSIVE!] We Interview the Senior Matte Painter for Baz Luhrmann’s THE GREAT GATSBY
May 10th, 2013 
AllisonFilms Beyond the Marquee: The Web Series (Ep.41) The 21st Annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design
February 23rd, 2013 Beyond the Marquee Since its inception in 1992, the Art of Motion Picture Costume Designexhibition has honored the incredible work of costume designers in the film industry. Now in its 21st year, the 2013 exhibition will feature costumes from selected 2012 films, including all five Academy Award® nominees for best Costume Design. Including costumes from A Royal Affair, Anna Karenina, Argo, Django Unchained, Hitchcock, Les [...]
Beyond the Marquee: The Web Series (Ep.40) The Doctor Who Experience VIP Tour (pt.2)
February 14th, 2013 Beyond the Marquee In Part 2 of this week’s special International episode of Beyond the Marquee, we continue our Exclusive VIP tour of BBC Worldwide’s Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff, Wales. Beyond the Marquee’s own foreign correspondent Allison-Tate Cortese along with BBC curator and archivist Andrew Beech continue to explore the first ever interactive attraction that invites visitors to star in [...]
Beyond the Marquee: The Web Series (Ep.39) The Doctor Who Experience VIP Tour (pt.1)
February 13th, 2013 Beyond the Marquee Pack your bags Whovians because on this International episode of Beyond the Marquee we head across the pond to the United Kingdom for an Exclusive VIP tour of BBC Worldwide’s Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff, Wales. Join BTM reporter Allison-Tate Cortese along with BBC curator and archivist Andrew Beech as they explore the first ever interactive [...]
Learn How YOU Can Help Sponsor the National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY)
July 8th, 2012 AllisonFilms Greetings BTM readers, red-carpet reporter Allison Tate-Cortese here. The National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY) and Expedia have co-sponsored a video contest for all NFFTY alumni to make a 3 minute video about the inspiration and life lessons to be learned through travel. I did and now its competing to get enough votes to be [...]
Beyond the Marquee: The Web-Series (Episode 14): FIRELIGHT Red Carpet Premiere
April 19th, 2012 Beyond the Marquee Tuesday, May 1st at Fox Studios, Beyond the Marquee attended the red carpet premiere of Hallmark’s Hall of Fame original move “Firelight.” The film, starring Cuba Gooding Jr., follows the true story of DJ, a counselor at a youth correctional facility who helps troubled girls turn their lives around. Through his rigorous training program, the [...]
A Marquee’ologist reflects on her first 6 months with Beyond the Marquee
April 12th, 2012 AllisonFilms The motto of the USC School of Cinematic Arts is “Reality Ends Here” and this has certainly been true in my life during my first year as a Film & Television Production Major here in Los Angeles. Despite moving 3,000 miles away from Florida to California and being a guinea pig for a new SCA [...]
Beyond the Marquee’s own Allison Tate-Cortese named $9,500 Award Winner in CAPA Awards
March 6th, 2012 Beyond the Marquee SANTA BARBARA (March 6, 2012) – Allison Tate-Cortese of Orlando, Florida has been named the recipient of a $9,500 award in the California Population Awareness Awards (CAPAs) sponsored by CAPS (Californians for Population Stabilization). Her winning submissions were in the video, audio and Facebook campaign categories. A graduate of Oviedo High School, Tate-Cortese is now [...]
Beyond the Marquee: The Web-Series (Episode 9) – MAX ADLER: TV BULLY, REAL LIFE HERO!
March 1st, 2012 Beyond the Marquee Every week in downtown LA, kids are coming together, learning, growing, performing, and shaping the future. This is thanks to City Hearts, a non-profit organization committed to getting kids off the streets and into the arts as an integral part of the preventative and rehabilitative effort of inner city Los Angeles. www.CityHearts.org. Recently this program added an [...]
A Night with The Help: The Power of Film to Create Social Change
February 12th, 2012 AllisonFilms Change was the theme of the night as USC School of Cinematic Arts presented The Power of Film to Create Social Change Panel Discussion featuring The Help. The distinguished panel included writer/director Tate Taylor, and actress Octavia Spencer who is nominated for an Oscar for her role in this film. The panel also featured Michael [...]
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4 Comments »Shall We Play A Game? USC Kids get a Movie-Themed REALITY check!
January 10th, 2012 AllisonFilms You would expect your first semester of your freshman year of college to be an exciting whirlwind of new people, classes, and experiences, but you wouldn’t exactly anticipate having to decipher cryptic emails, search for secret symbols and mingle with media moguls would you? Well, my fist semester at the University of Southern California’s School [...]
Posted in Allison Tate-Cortese, ARTICLES BY AUTHOR, MAJOR MOTION PICS, MISC, MOVIES, MOVIES, NEWS 1 Comment »Tales from the MUPPET Press Conference
November 6th, 2011 AllisonFilms Beyond the Marquee was on hand at this Saturday’s Beverly Hilton press conference for Disney’s The MUPPETS movie (in theater this November). And the question that everyone wanted to know first and foremost was “where have the Muppets been?” This question and others were addressed by the creative team behind the movie including Jason Segel, [...]
GLEE Season 3 Update with Actor Josh Sussman
October 28th, 2011 Beyond the Marquee After a month-long break leading up to sweeps, Glee is back! New Directions is well on their way to regionals, and two political races are heating up: Sue for Congress and Kurt, Brittany, and Rachel for class president. Viewers can’t wait to see what other twists will be sent their way this season. But is [...]
Making Music with The Muppets
October 26th, 2011 AllisonFilms Beyond the Marquee was on hand this week at the Rennaissance Hotel in Hollywood for the annual Film & TV Music Conference put on by Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter. Easily, the Muppets panel entitled, THE MUSIC OF THE MUPPETS, was our favorite. Tweet
Posted in Allison Tate-Cortese, MAJOR MOTION PICS, MOVIES, MOVIES, MUSIC, NEWS, SOUNDTRACKS 3 Comments »Getting Our Feet Wet With The POOL BOYS
October 16th, 2011 AllisonFilms It’s not every day one is able to tell a taxi driver “take us to the Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, we’re covering the red carpet tonight.” While this would be rare for anyone to say, it’s an especially exciting opportunity for two freshmen film production majors at USC who came here just two months ago from [...]
MEET THE MARQUEE’OLOGISTS
October 12th, 2011 Beyond the Marquee I know what you’re thinking, “What the heck is a Marquee’ologist!?!?” Well, don’t go running to look up Mar·quee·ol·o·gist [Mahr-kee-ol-uh-jist] in Webster’s Dictionary … it’s just what our team calls themselves here at Beyond the Marquee. All of us here at this Entertainment Website are a diverse group of committed individuals full of passion, personality [...]
