Did you see the cameras set up on the Galleria level of the U.S. Bank Building, 777 E. Wisconsin Ave., last week?
We're told that Hollywood was in town shooting scenes for "Trouble with the Curve," directed by Robert Lorenz and written by Randy Brown.
MLB commish Bud Selig, whose offices are in the tower, made a cameo appearance in the shoot for the film that stars Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, John Goodman and Justin Timberlake.
"Trouble with the Curve" is about an aging baseball scout, played by Eastwood, whose failing eyesight is forcing him into retirement. He decides to take one last job and hits the road with his daughter to scout some new talent.
The film is currently in post-production and is scheduled to arrive in theaters in September. Milwaukee's Mindpool Productions filmed the scene which will be the final one in the movie.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
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