Astoria, is well-known for its Hollywood connection — and movies like “The Goonies” and “Kindergarten Cop” — and now Tillamook is trying to get noticed, too. While watching an old movie, the Ear learned that the Tillamook Coliseum Theater is one of four national finalists for a movie event to be hosted by cable channel Turner Classic Movies (TCM).

“How did that happen?” the Ear wondered. Because of Sydney Elliott’s appealing entry in a TCM essay contest about why your home town would be the perfect venue for a TCM event, according to a story in the Tillamook County Pioneer (http://tinyurl.com/TCMtilly).

She was then invited to write a shorter pitch, and submit a video, too, which can be seen at http://tinyurl.com/TCMtillyvid. A screen shot from the video is shown. Unfortunately, only TCM Backlot members (the channel’s fan club) can vote and choose the winner.

The Coliseum Theater’s history almost coincides with Astoria’s Liberty (and why didn’t some Astoria film-fan enter it into the contest?), and they were both built in the 1920s. The Coliseum closed a few years ago, but then in 2014 it was bought by Matt and Sheila Zerngast, who have been busy renovating.

If Tillamook wins, Elliott told the Pioneer, “I am hoping the event will bring people into our downtown area and highlight our generous, hardworking community.” A little star power showing up wouldn’t hurt anything, either.