Eddie Murphy, Thomas Haden Church and the rest of the cast and crew for the Hollywood flicker “NowhereLand” should start shooting today in Denver.
It’s all very hush hush on where and when they’ll be shooting this movie, but we have our sources.
Fliers have gone out to LoDo residents, telling them to prepare for some “ACTION!” On Monday, 17th Street between Blake and Wazee streets will be closed 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m. They will hold traffic back in one- to three-minute intervals on 17th and close Blake, except during rush hour.
Look for a car coming from the alley behind the Tattered Cover LoDo onto the 16th Street Mall.
On Tuesday, they’ll film all day at 18th Street, between Wazee and Market streets. Parking meters will be bagged. Look for 80 extras Monday and more than 100 on Tuesday.
Residents of the Riverfront Park neighborhood also have received fliers telling them about the installation of balloon-type lights across the plaza for the movie – so there will be plenty of action in that neighborhood. Shooting is skedded there Oct. 11 and 12, 2 p.m.-3 a.m. in the plaza and on Millennium Bridge.
Another location is the skating rink at Belmar.
Here’s where you come in. Call the Eddie Murphy Hotline, 303-954-1486, and tell us when and where you see them out shooting. And send any pics you get of the stars to bhusted@denverpost.com, and we’ll post them online or print them.
Trade-off. Klare Looney and Jeremy Buck, who live on the north side of Sloan’s Lake, star in Saturday night’s season-opener of “Trading Spaces” (8 p.m. on TLC). They moved into the Wagner pad a few blocks away and re-did their family room. The Wagners re-did the Looney/Buck living room. And everyone came home happy.
Foxy. Starting Monday, Fox 31 adds an extra hour to “Good Day Colorado,” 9-10 a.m. That makes the show five hours of live news – Denver’s longest newscast.
Sure, that last hour is up against “Today,” “Live With Regis and Kelly” and “Rachael Ray,” but it’s local, local, local.
Shaul Turner, Ken Clark and Crystal Egger will co-anchor the show, which will be more casual with more emphasis on health, lifestyles, entertainment – even books!
Monday’s guests include Gov. Bill Ritter and some Broncos’ wives.
City spirit. HDNet airs “Goo Goo Dolls: Live at Red Rocks” at 7 p.m. today. It was filmed at the Rocks on June 27 … Andrew Dice Clay is the surprise comic coming to the Comedy Works on Nov. 9-10, $100 a seat; go to . … Sightem: Rick Springfield with his entourage at Texas de Brazil in Stapleton on Thursday night. … Capitol Steps cut it up Oct. 13 at the Paramount. … Sez who: “Hollywood has always been a cage … a cage to catch our dreams.” – John Huston
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