Film Notes: In brief

Turns out "Fred Claus" has a couple of Pittsburgh connections. Canonsburg native Mark Livolsi, son of former Pittsburgh Press illustrator Chuck Livolsi, edited the holiday film starring Vince Vaughn and Paul Giamatti as the competitive Claus brothers.

And readers e-mailed with word that screenwriter Dan Fogelman lived in Bethel Park as a boy and "was gifted as a child, so we are not surprised by his success." He also was one of the "Cars" screenwriters.