Ray Charles Tribute

  • Cruise was in Los Angeles yesterday, making an appearance during a taping of the CBS television network special ‘Genius A Night to Remember’ honoring the late legendary musician Ray Charles. The event was hosted by Jamie Foxx. Click here for pictures.
  • The War of the Worlds Filming Locations

    The Star-Ledger says it’s been confirmed that director Steven Spielberg will film parts of Tom Cruise-starrer The War of the Worlds in New Jersey. Here’s several clips with the locations:

    What is known so far: Both Ferry Street in Newark and Kennedy Boulevard in Bayonne will see filming take place there, likely in November.

    “In Newark, they’ve been in the Ironbound section, at the area called Five Corners on Ferry Street,” Friedman says. ‘They’ve been in there talking to all the store keepers, and they’ve got quite a lot of money in their budget to compensate them for shutting down during filming. They’ve even opened up a temporary production office in the Ironbound.”

    And in Bayonne, the production has secured permission to build a gasoline station on a Little League ball field off Kennedy Boulevard — and then blow it up.

    There is also a private home in Howell that the production has selected as a film location.

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