Hard-hit Michigan lures Hollywood

By Andrea Billups | Washington Times | January 13, 2009

LANSING, Mich. | Lights, cameras, Michigan? Some are wondering whether the economically beleaguered state could well become the Tinseltown of the Midwest.

While Michigan may be bleeding automotive jobs amid the U.S. industry's financial meltdown, some of those positions could be replaced by skilled work in a newly flourishing film industry, which has been quickly building steam over the past 10 months.

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