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Film studio fails to pay
By SHAUN BYRON
Of The Oakland Press
State employees pensions fund paid a large portion of the bill for a bond pay-ment on Raleigh Studios in Pontiac.Michigan Department of Treasury spokesman Terry Stanton confirmed the studio was not able to make the $630,000 payment to the bond-holders by Feb. 1.The State of Michigan Retirement System paid $420,000. “The State of Michigan Retirement System entered into an agreement to guar-antee the bonds, under the previous administration,” Stanton stated. “It is uncertain whether the SMRS will have to make any future payments, as the company’s ability to fulfill its responsibility for the bond payments depends on the future use/leasing of the facility.”Raleigh Studios officials were not available for com-ment.The facility was recently used to film Disney’s “Oz the Great and Powerful,” with Michigan’s Sam Raimi direct-ing.The film is a prequel to “The Wizard of Oz,” and stars James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz and Michelle Williams.It was also involved in the Hugh Jackman movie “Real Steel,” and the Demi Moore and Miley Cyrus film “LOL: Laughing Out Loud.”More than $80 million was invested in the facility on South Boulevard, which was once dedicated to the auto manufacturing industry. The facility was the brainchild of Chairman and CEO Linden Nelson and investors Taubman Company founder A. Alfred Taubman, Walbridge CEO John Rakolta Jr. and William Morris Endeavor Entertainment Co-CEO Ari Emanuel.
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Raleigh Studios in Pontiac, which was recently used to film Disney’s “Oz the Great and Powerful,” has failed to make a bond payment.
Troy chamber to foster diversity after mayor speaks out against homosexuality
By DAVE PHILLIPS
Of The Oakland Press
A recent stretch of negative press in Troy has forced the city’s chamber of commerce to alter its course.“Diversity in Troy has always been a given, and certainly an important value of ours as an organization,” Michele Hodges, president of the Troy Chamber of Commerce, said Monday.“Of late, however, we have
Authorities: Houston was found underwater in bathtub
By ANTHONY McCARTNEY
The Associated Press
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Whitney Houston was underwater and appar-ently unconscious when she was pulled from a Beverly Hills hotel bathtub, and she had prescription drugs in her room, authori-ties said Monday.The regal pop star’s fam-ily made arrangements to fly her body home to New Jersey for a funeral at the end of the week.Authorities said that there were no indications of foul play and no obvi-ous signs of trauma on Houston’s body but that it could be weeks before the coroner’s office completes toxicology tests to establish the cause of death. The 48-year-old singer had strug-gled for years with cocaine, marijuana and pills, and her behavior had become erratic.Houston was found underwater Saturday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel by a member of her staff about 3:30 p.m., hours before she was supposed to appear
Oakland University student suspended after writing ‘Hot
By MONICA DRAKE
Of The Oakland Press
A 56-year-old Oakland University student was sus-pended for three semesters and barred from campus after writing about his attraction to his professor in an Advanced Critical Writing assignment. Orion Township resident Joseph Corlett said the assign-ment was to write creatively about any topic in a day book, and the journal entry in question was titled “Hot for Teacher,” based on the Van Halen song.
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By KAREN WORKMAN
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There will be no Valentine’s Day card for Davisburg resident Carolyn Moroz this year, but if what her husband David says about her is true, she’s not likely to complain. “I have no way to get her (a card) this year,” said David, who is still strug-gling to regain mobility since a double knee replace-ment three months ago. The Oakland Press asked its readers to submit stories of the sweetest things their sweethearts have ever done for them. For David, it’s the way Carolyn has cared for him since complications from his surgery drastically changed their lives. Carolyn works for Chrysler and is involved in a “significant project,” David said. “Despite her work demands, her smiling face arrived at the hospital very early each morning in order to help me with basic needs, needs that could be met by the nursing staff but the kinds of things no one would real-ly want a stranger to assist with,” David wrote. In addition to balancing her work
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