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Photographer Cheryl Richards hosted a party at her studio the other night, and among the guests was famed photographer Marie Cosindas, cofounder of the Association of Heliographers, a short-lived but influential photographers' cooperative. Cosindas, who had a solo show at the Museum of Modern Art in the 1960s, is perhaps best known for her portraits of such celebrities as Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, Faye Dunaway, Robert Redford, Paul Newman, and Tom Wolfe. Richards's party was a fund-raiser for the Victim Rights Law Center.

The exodus at 38 Studios LLC has begun. Two senior officials, including its chief executive, appear to have left as the video game company founded by former Red Sox ace Curt Schilling runs low on cash. The chief executive, Jen MacLean, had already been on maternity leave. But she and John Blakely, senior vice president for product development, recently changed their profiles on the business networking site LinkedIn to indicate they no longer work at 38 Studios. MacLean, a former Comcast executive who joined 38 Studios in 2008, declined to comment.

Joe Jonas visited Kiss 108's Medford studio over the weekend for an interview with "Matty in the Morning" host Matt Siegel (right, with Jonas). In the audience were about 20 contest winners who got to eat ice cream with Joe and hear his new solo album. Fan Erin Hourigan tweeted to Kiss 108, "It was amazing! thank you so much for the opportunity to meet joe and sit in on the live chat! kiss 108 = amazeballs. " Amazeballs, indeed.

Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video game company, 38 Studios, has laid off all of its employees in the wake of financial difficulties, according to a key company consultant. The company, which had close to 400 employees in Providence and Timonium, Md., attracted top talent from the video game industry. "I'm stunned, and I'm heartbroken," said R.A. Salvatore, a Leominster fantasy author who was a consultant to 38 Studios and whose son worked at the company. "This is one of the best teams I've ever seen assembled.

Chinese cartoonist Carol Liu Hong built her studio from scratch, doing post-production work for TV commercials and then, once she broke even, realizing her dream of creating cartoons for Chinese kids. Breaking into a market dominated by state media companies has been tough — even more so now that Kungfu Panda creator DreamWorks Animation SKG and other big cartoon giants are launching their own local studios in China. Liu has gotten some help. Seeking to nurture creative industries, the Shanghai government gave her studio, Shanghai Cartoon Communication Group, a choice location.

NORWOOD - At 7:43 a.m. at Norwood High School, television production instructor Ann Kraus called out the warning. "Two minutes to go time," she said. "Everybody ready? Don't forget to talk to your camera people. " Around the bustling brown and royal blue studio, sophomores, juniors, and seniors were stationed behind professional television equipment. Three controlled the cameras, two sat behind the anchor desk, a half-dozen or so more joined Kraus and Norwood Public Access TV station manager Jack Tolman in the control room.

$219,900 43 LINCOLN STREET, MEDWAY SQUARE FOOTAGE > 1,675 LOT SIZE > 6,098 square feet BEDROOMS > 2 BATHS > 1 full 2012 TAXES > $4,198 LAST SOLD FOR > $155,000 in 2011 > PROS The studio attached to this renovated 1850 house can be accessed from the yard or through a second door from the three-season room connected to the house. The studio is a single room, with storage above the rafters and an old vinyl floor that will take paint spills.

DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. fell after "Puss in Boots," the spinoff from the studio's "Shrek" movies, missed analysts' estimates in its weekend theatrical debut. The movie opened with $34 million in US and Canadian ticket sales, trailing the $42 million estimate of Boxoffice.com. Most analysts attributed the disappointing numbers to a snowstorm in the Northeast and Friday's final World Series game.

Warner Bros. said Wednesday that it will become the first Hollywood studio to license its movies to a national video-on-demand service that will connect to television sets in China. The studio said it expects the service to be available in 3 million homes with cable TV in China by the end of summer. It said it believes there is the potential to reach 200 million households eventually. Warner Bros.’ president of international home video and digital distribution, Jim Wuthrich, said the market for legitimate sales of movies from studios is still small in China, where pirated copies...

CONCORD, N.H. -- The fall foliage may have blown away, but beauty still abounds in the studios of talented craftspeople throughout the state. This weekend, well ahead of the holiday shopping rush, more than 80 artisans will open their workplaces to visitors, free of charge, as part of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen Open Studio Tour . Cruise scenic roads from the seacoast to the White Mountains to check out handmade prints and sculpture,...

By Scott Kirsner, Globe Columnist I've been talking to people this morning about the most likely scenarios for 38 Studios, the Providence-based game development shop that seems to be running out of money after receiving a $75 million loan guarantee from Rhode Island. As of today, the company's CEO and senior VP of product development have updated their LinkedIn profiles to indicate they're no longer with the company. I spoke with game industry executives and venture capitalists who've invested in other developers of massively-multiplayer games.

Chinese cartoonist Carol Liu Hong built her studio from scratch, doing post-production work for TV commercials and then, once she broke even, realizing her dream of creating cartoons for Chinese kids. Breaking into a market dominated by state media companies has been tough — even more so now that Kungfu Panda creator DreamWorks Animation SKG and other big cartoon giants are launching their own local studios in China. Liu has gotten some help. Seeking to nurture creative industries, the Shanghai government gave her studio, Shanghai...

The American special effects company that brought the "Transformers" movies to life and recently wowed concertgoers with a performing hologram of late rapper Tupac Shakur is setting up a studio in oil-rich Abu Dhabi. The deal signed Monday between Digital Domain Media Group and Abu Dhabi's government-backed twofour54 deepens the Emirati capital's ties to Hollywood as it accelerates its efforts to become a media hub. Port St. Lucie, Fla.-based Digital Domain plans to establish an animation, visual effects and motion-capture studio and a media...

Which 'bots are in, and which are out? That's the question the special-effects gurus at Universal Studios and Industrial Light and Magic, as well as "Transformers" director Michael Bay, first asked themselves five years ago when they started developing a $100 million theme park attraction based on the popular franchise. Much like the robots themselves, the answer changed shape. "We knew we had to have Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and Megatron," said Universal Studios producer Chick Russell.

Rhode Island, which has provided $75 million to former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's troubled video game firm, may be on the hook for millions more in subsidies to the company, Governor Lincoln Chafee revealed Friday. Schilling's firm, 38 Studios LLC, has qualified for state tax credits available to film companies and video game makers, and, Chafee said, Rhode Island may have no choice but to pay them, no matter how shaky the venture's outlook seems. So far 38 Studios has qualified for $2.1 million in credits for 2011 and has applied for...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The head of the Rhode Island agency whose board approved a $75 million loan guarantee for former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's now financially troubled video gaming company has resigned. A statement from Gov. Lincoln Chafee's office says Keith Stokes resigned Wednesday as executive director of the Economic Development Corp. Schilling's 38 Studios asked the state for additional help after defaulting May 1 on a $1.1 million payment to the EDC. In a statement, Chafee said he accepted the resignation and thanked Stokes for his service.

The American special effects company that brought the "Transformers" movies to life and recently wowed concertgoers with a performing hologram of late rapper Tupac Shakur is setting up a studio in oil-rich Abu Dhabi. The deal signed Monday between Digital Domain Media Group and Abu Dhabi's government-backed twofour54 deepens the Emirati capital's ties to Hollywood as it accelerates its efforts to become a media hub. Port St. Lucie, Fla.-based Digital Domain plans to establish an animation, visual effects and motion-capture studio and a media school in Abu Dhabi as part of the deal.

Perhaps the sly idea behind the clunky title "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" is that viewers will come to think of the new NBC series as simply "The Aaron Sorkin Show. " And indeed, it is Aaron Sorkin's show from top to bottom, from the self-absorbed but brilliant characters to the Big Themes of censorship and the dumbing-down of America. This drama, which premieres tonight at 10 on Channel 7, could not be the child of anyone but the brainy guy who gave us "The West Wing" and "Sports Night," just as a Woody Allen movie couldn't be the...

The recent Green Street Studios 20th anniversary celebration featured a night of memorable dance, but after the performances were over, revelers hurried out of the black box theater to attend a festive reception with bites and bubbly. Green Street supporter Elaine Shannon , of Brookline, grinned for the camera with her daughter Lila . Nearby, Contrapose Dance director Courtney Peix joined Contrapose dancers Jennifer Lustig , Magdalena Gyftopoulos , and Amy Caine for a toast.

CARLISLE - For sale: Country business on a postage-stamp-size lot. Price: $799,000. Selling point: Lady Gaga was a customer. From the outside, the legendary Blue Jay Recording Studio, built in 1979, has no more flash than a hobbit hole. Many locals don't even know it exists. But down a driveway, tucked into the side of a hill, there's a subterranean space that over the years has attracted some of the biggest names in music, from Aerosmith to Gaga. But with the music industry going through seismic changes, classic studios like Blue Jay are becoming as rare as a 45 rpm record.