Tweets abound on the late 1970 hairdos sported by actors in American Hustle, a David O. Russell movie being shot in Massachusetts. Bradley Cooper's perm and Jeremy Renner's puffy wave drew comments (see below) from set watchers at locations in and around Boston. Jennifer Lawrence, Christian Bale and Cooper appeared in a scene shot in Swampscott's Hawthorne by the Sea restaurant early last month.  According to imdb.com, American Hustle is based on a true story in which a con artist works with a federal agent to sting mobsters and politicians in the 1970s. Photos posted on the website …

Will Denzel Washington be the next star to make a movie in Swampscott? Bill Laganas, owner of Lynn Meatland — a meat market, sandwich shop and catering company in Lynn — said yesterday he got a call late last week from movie crew members saying movie scouts were looking at locations in Swampscott for a Denzel Washington film. Lynn Meatland did catering, big and small, for Grown Ups 2 last year, and Laganas is friendly with movie crew members. Laganas said he was told the Denzel Washington movie could take place in July, maybe the second week. The Swampscott location isn't cast in stone, he …

  It looks like the movie that brought Christian Bale and Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence to Swampscott earlier this month has a name. According to imdb.com, the movie is called American Hustle. Hustle was filming in Boston the week of April 15 but stopped as the city came to a standstill during the search for Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, according to the Guardian. Filming was due to resume on Monday, April 22, according to the news outlet. Only a few weeks before, fans flocked to Humphrey Street in Swampscott as actors including Lawrence, Bale and Cooper shot a scene inside…

  Fans gathered along Humphrey Street Monday morning couldn't see Christian Bale and Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence inside the Hawthorne by the Sea restaurant. But photos posted on the website Fanshare.com show Jennifer Lawrence in a scene at a table in the Swampscott restaurant. The seaside restaurant is a location in the yet-to-be titled David O. Russell movie about the 1970s Abscam scandal. She was kissing a character wearing a black suit said to be the actor Jack Huston, according to the website.  Jennifer Lawrence may be in the Boston area filming through the summer, according to …

  James Kelly was one of the few people around Humphrey Street who got a look at movie stars Monday. James, a Hawthorne restaurant employee, saw Christian Bale and Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence inside the restaurant, he said. That's where the stars were filming the yet-to-be titled David O. Russell movie about the 1970s Abscam scandal— an FBI sting operation. Outside the fence of the Hawthorne parking lot Monday, a few dozen onlookers craned their necks and strained their sight from the sidewalk searching for stars. What they saw were extras dressed in leather, bulky jackets and plaid…

We turned to one of the biggest Grown Ups 2 fans for her opinion of the movie's just released trailer. Julie Russell and friends from Swampscott were regulars at movie sets on the North Shore last summer, calling themselves the Fan Fam. They got friendly with cast members, joked with them, posed for goofy pics and ordered pizza while hanging out. Last fall, Julie, who was an extra, got an invited to a Boston screening of a test version of the movie.  She said it was funny, funnier than the first Grown Ups. Wherever the premiere is on July 12, she will be there. The Fan Fam couldn't make it …

Prepare for a blast from the past. The 1970s will descend on Hawthorne by the Sea on Humphrey Street Monday. That's when the yet-to-be titled David O. Russell movie about the Abscam scandal comes to town for filming. Get ready to see a good deal of 1970s vintage cars around town, Town Administrator Tom Younger said at Wednesday's selectmen's meeting. Better be looking early, though. The filming will be done by noon, the town administrator said. Downtown businesses know about the shoot at 153 Humphrey, and are happy with it, Younger said. Police, Fire and DPW know about it. Movie people will …

An unnamed David O. Russell movie that has filmed at Massachusetts sets including those in Natick, Boston and Lynn may add Swampscott to the mix. The film, about the 1970s Abscam scandal, stars Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Christian Bale, Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner. Film representatives have been in touch with the Swampscott town administrator. The parties were to set up a time to talk this week about a one-day shoot on private property, Town Administrator Tom Younger said. The filming would be some time this spring, he said. No decision has been reached. The talks are to revolve …

Here are the Oscar winners among the complete nominations list for the 2013 Academy Awards: Best Motion Picture Argo — WinnerAmourBeasts of the Southern WildDjango UnchainedLes MisérablesLife of PiLincolnSilver Linings PlaybookZero Dark Thirty  Achievement in Directing Ang Lee, Life of Pi — WinnerBenh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern WildDavid O. Russell, Silver Linings PlaybookMichael Haneke, AmourSteven Spielberg, Lincoln Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings PlaybookDaniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln — WinnerDenzel Washington, FlightHugh Jackman, Les …

The Academy Awards are Sunday, Feb. 24 at the Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center. The ceremonies will be televised live on ABC and in more than 225 foreign countries. Which male actor has won the most Oscars in an acting category? It looks like it's a tie, and one of the guys is from Swampscott. That would be Walter Brennan, according to wiki.answers.com The Massachusetts Film Office lists the roles and awards that the Son of Swampscott won. He also starred in television shows including the Real McCoys and The Guns of Will Sonnet. 1941: The Westerner Walter Brennan(Born in …

The Academy Awards are scheduled for Feb. 24 at the Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center. It will be televised live domestically on ABC and in more than 225 foreign countries. The host will be Seth MacFarlane who directed, co-produced, co-wrote and starred (his voice) in the movie Ted. Ted, a movie starring Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis, has some major Swampscott connections. For one, the main character, John, played by Wahlberg, was born in Swampscott, according to the movie plot. And as many Swampscott people will remember — a major scene in the film was shot inside and outside a…

  From last year's season premiere of the television drama Breaking Bad to the old television sitcom The Brady Bunch, Swampscott has made it into the dialogue. In the comments section for an earlier Patch post, a writer said a character in an episode of the Nickelodeon television show Zoey 101 also says she is from Swampscott. Here is the YouTube clip of the Swampscott line on The Brady Bunch, a sitcom that ran on ABC from 1969 to 1974. Last we knew it was still being shown on cable stations including Me-TV.

  A Wonderful Life it is not, but the movie Ted may yet become a classic with a holiday connection. The comedy's opening scene takes place around the holidays.  The movie, which includes a major scene at Ori Ron's Swampscott home on Atlantic Avenue, came out in DVD Tuesday after grossing more than a half billion dollars at the box office worldwide. On Thursday we checked with Chet's Video over in Marblehead to see how the movie was doing as a rental. The clerk, Melissa Strout, said customers have been asking about the movie for months, wanting to know when it would come out in DVD. It's been …

  One of the stars in the movie The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2 was a regular on the set in Swampscott this past summer. Taylor Lautner. Here are the movie times, a movie trailer and lots of photos from Grown Ups 2. AMC Loews Liberty Tree Mall 20 Add to Favorite Theaters 100 Independence Way, Danvers, MA 01923 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 NEW!PG-13, 1 hr 56 min  10:00p 10:00p 10:00p 10:00p 10:00p 10:30p 10:30p 10:30p 11:15p 12:01a 12:01a 12:01a 12:01a

  Movies Now Being Filmed in the Bay State, according to the Massachusetts Film Office: The Makeover Clear History The Heat   WRAPPEDLabor DayGrown Ups 2The Way Way BackGilded LilysCaptain Phillips (Fmr. Maersk Alabama) The Film Office also reports in a news release that "the English language TV drama pilot “Terminales,” produced by Lionsgate and Televisa for ABC Family, will be shot entirely in the Bay State." It's the second television pilot to film in Massachusetts this year, the office states. Casting Calls: From Sande Alessi Casting NEW: UNION ONLY 18+ Last day on Larry David movie! …

Casting Calls: From Sande Alessi Casting CASTING NOTICE: Shoots on Tuesday, October 30 on the North Shore of Mass. Men & Women, age 18-70 with SUV's or Minivans manufactured BEFORE the year 2002. Please email a photo of you, the car, the car info: year, make, model, your age range, heigh/weight and phone number to: SandeAlessiCastingBoston@gmail.com ATTN: NON SUV Acting Workshops at Boston Casting Daniel Roebuck, one of Hollywood's busiest character actors, is coming toBoston to share his exciting and entertaining "The Audition is the Job"experience with local Boston actors.   Roebuck is …

  Action from filming outside Swampscott High was so convincing it made the Swampscott Police logs. Saturday after 10 p.m. crew and actors from the Emerson College movie Paralarva were shooting by the school entrance on Essex Street. The action related to a homecoming dance where a confrontation unfolds between main character Laura, 17, and a boy who is obsessed with her. A passerby took the chasing and screaming and bloody nose for reality and reported it to police. Lines between realism and fantasy blur in the movie, too. They shift between drama and dreamlike sequences as Laura tries to …

Casting Calls: 1) This one is from Boston Casting: Casting for a new reality series on TNT with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is happening in Boston today, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012 from 10 am - 4 pm at Jillians, 3 Lansdown Street in Boston. The show is not necessarily looking for the fittest or the fastest. They are looking for everyday people who are ready to prove themselves in the physical and mental adventure of a lifetime. Be ready to embark on a journey in an exotic location that will challenge your brains, brawn, moral decisions, motives and competitive spirit. Competitors on the show will …

  Casting Calls: 1) This one is from Boston Casting: Casting for a new reality series on TNT with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is happening in Boston on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012 from 10 am - 4 pm at Jillians, 3 Lansdown Street in Boston. The show is not necessarily looking for the fittest or the fastest. They are looking for everyday people who are ready to prove themselves in the physical and mental adventure of a lifetime. Be ready to embark on a journey in an exotic location that will challenge your brains, brawn, moral decisions, motives and competitive spirit.   Competitors on the show will …