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Valdosta occasionally has something to do with a big-name Hollywood movie. Wild Adventures served as the location for the West Coast theme park in “Zombieland.” Though no filming took place in South Georgia, Valdosta is mentioned in “Fried Green Tomatoes” and “For Your Consideration.”
With the new movie “Grandma’s Blessings,” Valdosta served as both the shoot site and a location within the movie. For hometown movie makers Roy Kirkland and Doug Sebastian, “Grandma’s Blessings” is the latest in a series of movies that keeps the filming set in Valdosta.
Through the past few years, Doug Sebastian Productions has filmed the risqué comedy “And There You Are” and the award-winning documentary “A Cross Burning in Willacoochee.” Sebastian and Kirkland have also filmed two films still awaiting release: the vampire-werewolf adventure “Battle of the Cursed: The Two Kings” and the thriller “Crazed.
“Grandma’s Blessings” is the story of Drayton Taylor, a TV talk show host who loses his job following an embarrassing episode on live television. Unemployed and his possessions gone, Drayton learns his grandmother has left him something in her will. He flies to Texas to say good-bye and receive his inheritance, which is an old 1970s-era Champion RV. Driving home to Georgia, Drayton learns his grandmother’s secrets while having many adventures. If rated, Kirkland said the movie would likely receive a PG rating.
Tonight, Sebastian and Kirkland host a world premiere for “Grandma’s Blessings” in Valdosta. This event will celebrate a new movie but it should also be viewed as a celebration of Valdosta’s ability to be a new home for movie makers.
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Valdosta, you ought to be in pictures
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New era at the Boys and Girls Club
Next week on June 1, it will be the official end of an era at the Boys and Girls Club of Valdosta when Robert Soper hands over responsibility for the organization to the new Chief Professional Officer Jim Wink.
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Thank you, EMS
We always pull over for them, but we rarely seem to thank them.
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Tornado: An aftermath of help
Seeing the massive path of destruction left in the wake of tornadoes in Oklahoma Monday was a sobering reminder of the power of spring storms.
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Thoughts on graduation
Graduation ceremonies reflect how life marches on. For the students receiving their diplomas and degrees, graduation is a culmination of the majority of their lives’ work.
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Thumbs up, thumbs down
THUMBS UP: To Dr. John Gaston, retiring dean of Valdosta State University’s College of the Arts. For the past 10-plus years, Gaston has worked to build a more interconnected program with various artistic and communications departments working together. Given that you are likely to see one College of the Arts department collaborating with another during events is proof of Gaston’s success.
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On the go this weekend
Take a breath.
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Sharing the roads with motorcycles
With the recent pleasant temperatures and sunny skies, the number of motorcycles on area roads has increased.
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Thank your local law enforcement today
Today, May 15, was designated Peace Officers Memorial Day back in 1962 when President John F. Kennedy was in office.
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Visit musical roots this weekend
Beginning Saturday, May 18, Nashville, Ga., will be hosting a special Smithsonian exhibit, “New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music.” The exhibit will continue through the end of June and Nashville has done a tremendous job in promoting and planning for the exhibit.
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Happy Mother’s Day!
A few years ago, a television commercial asked, Who first believed in you? Many folks may have instinctively answered by simply saying, Mom.
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