When actress Maria Bello told her driver that her charity organization was running low on funds, she probably didn’t expect her driver’s union to help organize a hugely successful fundraiser in less than a month, raising over $30,000 for Haitian women and children.

Among the tax breaks that were extended in the fiscal cliff legislation adopted by Congress at the 11th hour this week will be ones for TV and movie producers. According to the bill language, among the tax breaks being extended is one for TV and film producers who spend the majority of their production dollars in the U.S. rather than Canada or other foreign locations. That could represent up to $430 million in deductions for Hollywood over the next two years.

Hollywood's location managers have ratified a three-year deal with production companies on a successor contract, which goes into effect today.

A tentative three-year deal has been reached in negotiations between the major studios and Hollywood Teamster drivers along with four other basic craft unions.