People in the News: Cyrus pushes for Tennessee filming

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Singer Billy Ray Cyrus wants his daughter's upcoming "Hannah Montana" film to be shot in Tennessee, but state officials say they may not be able to offer the producers enough financial incentives.

The film based on the wildly popular Disney TV series is scheduled to start shooting in April and expected to be released in late 2008 or early 2009.

In the series, 14-year-old Miley Cyrus plays a high school student, Miley Stewart, who moves from Tennessee to Southern California and lives a secret double life as a pop star. Billy Ray Cyrus plays her father on the show.

Cyrus said the movie is centered on the fictional Stewart family's return to Tennessee and it is only fitting for it to be shot in Tennessee as well.

Perry Gibson, executive director of the Tennessee Film, Entertainment and Music Commission, said the state could benefit from having the movie shot locally.

"It would mean a real impact on tourism and it would be a family-friendly film that would come to the state," she said.

But Gibson admitted that Tennessee is limited in what incentives it can offer, she said.

One competitor is Louisiana, which has had an aggressive program in recent years to woo film business.

Looks as if Amy Winehouse is going to have a blue Christmas. The singer's incarcerated husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, was denied bail Friday, meaning he will spend the holidays in jail.

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Fielder-Civil, 25, is charged with conspiracy in a case of alleged witness tampering that pertains to his upcoming assault trial. A hearing in the matter is scheduled Jan. 18 hearing. The trial itself isn't likely till June.

People magazine reported that as he was led away, Fielder-Civil placed his hand near his ear and mouthed, "I'll call you," through the glass of the defendant's box. Winehouse, in turn, waved and blew him two kisses.

-- P-I staff and news services