Tag: queens-film-industry

Adrien Brody and Zoe Saldaña bring Oscar glory to Queens at the 97th Academy Awards

97th Annual Oscars – Arrivals

Mar. 3, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Adrien Brody and Zoe Saldaña made it a Queens double at the Oscars on Sunday night, taking home the Academy Award for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress, respectively.  Brody, born and raised in Woodhaven, and Saldaña, who was born in New Jersey but spent the majority of…

Silvercup Studios partners with local schools to foster next-generation filmmakers in Queens

Silvercup Studios Motion Picture Technical High School Tour

Feb. 11, 2025 By Bill Parry Long before it was one of the fastest growing neighborhoods in the nation, Long Island City was an industrial town along the polluted East River, where generations recall the only good smell emanated from the Gordon Baking Company producing the Silvercup brand of bread. After it was shuttered…