Razzle dazzle: Summit aims to bring Hollywood to the Burgh

By Ron Weiskind, Post-Gazette Movie Editor

Yesterday's Steeltown Entertainment Summit at WQED-TV took the form of a TV talk show, complete with live band, featuring former Pittsburghers working in Hollywood who combined old-home week with an anecdotal primer on the business of television and movies.

The only big plans announced at the session came at the end from a member of the mostly invited audience of civic, political and business leaders.

With almost no time left for questions, the summiteers heard a potential answer to one of the roadblocks in their quest to create an entertainment production and education center here.

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