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Trendsetters - June 2006

Mike Vogel | 6/1/2006

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? Bruce Orosz, 56, president, production company ACT Productions, Miami Beach, has produced Miami Beach Polo Cup, Kanye West's Video Music Awards party, the Orange Bowl halftime show and just finished the Florida Chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences awards.

? Jack B. Healan Jr., 60, president, Amelia Island Co., which owns the 1,350-acre Amelia Island Plantation resort, which has been a winner of the Governor's Sterling Award for Quality and environmental honors.

? Elizabeth Wentworth, vice president for 15 years at the Broward Alliance's film commission, reports a 67% jump in filming in the county in 2005, led by telenovelas (Latin serial dramas), independents and reality shows.

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