• A restored one-room Tennessee schoolhouse where Tina Turner attended classes opened Friday as a museum honoring the singer's career and recalling her childhood. More than 100 people attended an opening ceremony, ribbon-cutting and tour of the Tina Turner Museum at Flagg Grove School on the grounds of the West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center in Brownsville. The museum features gold and platinum records and glittering outfits and dresses worn during performances by Turner, whose Grammy-winning singing career includes hit songs "Nutbush City Limits," "Proud Mary" and "What's Love Got To Do With it." Turner, who lives in Zurich, Switzerland, did not attend the ceremony because she has problems with flying long distances, but she recorded a video that was played at the ceremony. She thanked those involved with the project, which she supported from its start. "My spirit is with you," she said in the video. Turner, whose given name is Anna Mae Bullock, attended Flagg Grove School while growing up in Nutbush, 50 miles northeast of Memphis. The building once sat on farmland owned by Benjamin Flagg, who saw a need for a school for the area's black children and began building it in 1889. The school closed in the 1960s and was moved by tractor-trailer from Nutbush to Brownsville in 2012. Private donations, including a sizable one from Turner, and public funds helped pay for the $300,000 restoration of the school.
• Colorado on Friday approved a $5 million incentive package to land production of the Quentin Tarantino film The Hateful Eight. The Oscar-winning screenwriter's movie could be filmed on a 900-acre ranch west of the ski town of Telluride, depending on local permit approval, The Denver Post reported. Colorado's incentives, approved by the state Economic Development Commission, beat out those of Utah and Wyoming. Budgeted at $44 million, the film would be the most significant production in Colorado since 1969's True Grit. According to the Post, Colorado's incentive package for the film will use the rest of the year's incentive budget, plus some from the 2015-16 budget year. After approval, state film commissioner Donald Zuckerman quickly signed off on paperwork so film spending could advance. The movie's budget in the state includes $15.7 million for payroll, including a 168-person crew, and $9.35 million in other spending, including lodging. The $5 million rebate makes up 20 percent of that spending. The Hateful Eight is set for a 2015 release. Shooting is expected to kick off in early December.
A Section on 09/27/2014