filming on the LES

When the action movie Dead Man Down is released next April, Lower East Side residents will recognize plenty of the scenery. The film, starring Colin Farrell and Noomi Rapace, shot scenes along Essex Street and on the grounds of...

The CBS drama "A Gifted Man" will take over several blocks around Clinton, East Houston, Attorney and Norfolk streets for a film shoot today. Parking notices appeared over the weekend, warning motorists to move their cars by 6 a.m. today to avoid...

Could you see Tom Selleck at the Doughnut Plant, or perhaps noshing on a bialy this week? Who knows!  The CBS cop drama "Blue Bloods" will be filming on Grand Street Wednesday. The show uses Lower East Side and...

A new film by writer and director Leslye Headland starring Spider-Man leading lady Kirsten Dunst is scheduled to shoot at 102 Norfolk St. on Monday, according to notices posted along the block between Delancey and Rivington this morning. The film is...

Trial of NYPD officer accused of rape goes to the jury today. (ABC7) Photos from Monday's LES filming of "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close." (DNAinfo) An MTV special airing next week showcases Lady Gaga's LES roots. (MTV) An East Village dad takes the nightlife...

The Lower East Side and Chinatown have a movie gig tomorrow: starring as the sets for scenes from the upcoming Warner Bros.' feature film "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close." For residents and visitors to the neighborhood, it may mean a...

Fans of HBO's How to Make it in America did double-takes on Ludlow Street this afternoon, where a van covered in advertisements for the fictional energy drink Rasta Monsta was parked for a shoot. The cable series, about a...

Photojournalist extraordinaire Gerry Visco was kind enough to share this picture of Ted Danson on the Lower East Side with us.  Mr. Danson was hanging out yesterday, while shooting the HBO series, Bored to Death.  Gerry reports on her...