Hollywood set dressers used gaffers tape , along with other elements to convert a Great Neck, NY storefront into a sporting goods store for a scene in an upcoming movie starring Arrested Development‘s Jason Bateman. The film, “This Is Where You Live”, also stars Tina Fey. Google+ Code plus Share This Code
In an interview about the future of Hollywood, film mogul Steven Spielberg let it be known that it was only after he discovered gaffers tape that his career really took off. Discussing his earliest film efforts, using an 8 millimeter camera, Spielberg admitted that he lit his first sets using floodlights held to stands with […]
Pat Loud, the matriarch in the ground breaking public television show from the 1970’s “An American Family”, recently told an interviewer that she was paid nothing to do the show that became the blue print for today’s reality television genre. Loud said that her total compensation was $432.00 to be used to repaint her kitchen […]
Canadian band Broken Social Scene used the Juno Awards program telecast to express their opinion about Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Guitar player Andrew Whiteman wrote the words “VOTE HARPER OUT NOW” on white gaffers tape and placed it strategically on his guitar. Somehow, the producers of the show missed seeing it soon enough and […]
Participants in this year’s Boston Marathon have taken to wearing their “finisher” medals adorned with a piece of black electrical tape across the medal as a way to commemorate those who were killed or injured in the bombing at the finish line. Runner’s World magazine is featuring a picture of the medal on it’s most […]
Dutch video production company United provided flawless audio support for the telecast of the abdication of Dutch queen Beatrice and the ascendance of her son Willem-Alexander through the use of many strategically placed microphones. One of the greatest challenges was letting the viewing audience hear the oath of office taken by 250 members of parliment, […]
In an Instagram pic released by Kim Kardashian, in conjunction with Kanye West’s latest Saturday Night Live appearance, the name of his new album, “Yeezus” was revealed, written in Sharpie Marker on red gaffers tape, directly on the CD cover. Click here to see it for yourself. Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news […]
Among other “dishes” on the revamping of celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey’s London flagship restaurant, the British web site Metro, described the light fixture in the dining room as looking like “three bicycle wheels strapped together with gaffer tape“. You can read the review and see the offending light fixture if you click here. Tapenews.com is […]
This week’s death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has brought punk music back into the public consciousness. Bands like The Clash and singers like Elvis Costello made their first hits as responses to the “Iron Lady’s” tough fiscal policies and their music defined an entire British generation. This look back in time coincides […]
Patti Beth Anderson of Grand Lake, Delaware is now the self-proclaimed “Queen of Duct Tape”. Her title grab is based on her having a duct tape crown which she wears proudly and her claim that she never travels without duct tape. Patti Beth is happy to share her duct tape tips with anyone who is […]