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Seattle Film Commission’s goal: more Love is Blind, 10 Things I Hate about You, and Singles in the city

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Gasp! Clooney shot his UW-set Boys in the Boat in the UK… not Seattle

This spring brought cameras to Capitol Hill as a new season of the Love is Blind reality show filmed episodes in the neighborhood.

More drama could be coming.

Seattle is set to create a new commission to help attract new film, television, commercial, and streaming projects in the city.

The Seattle City Council this week signed off on a plan championed by citywide representative Sara Nelson to create a new 11-member Seattle Film Commission charged with helping make the city a more attractive setting for diverse and equity-focused productions: Continue reading →

Looking for love on Capitol Hill, Seattle season of Love is Blind reality show has been busy in neighborhood

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Thanks to a CHS reader for the pictures

No spoilers but reality show Love is Blind has been busy producing a new season in Seattle with frequent sightings of the crew and contestants and takeovers of Capitol Hill venues.

Last weekend, the crew followed a couple around on the streets and inside northern Broadway’s self-pour wine and beer cafe Rapport. The production also tied up E Pine’s Fogon for a recent day of shooting.

The show’s premise seems likely to inject equal parts romance and cringe into Capitol Hill’s already hot and bothered dating scene. The Netflix series follows 15 men and 15 women who meet in the show’s custom “pods” — “where they can talk to each other through a speaker but not see each other,” Wikipedia reports — until someone pops the question and they get to meet. At that point, presumably, the show helps us collectively experience the triumph of love over beauty… right? Continue reading →