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    Director Henry Mason Joins Chelsea Pictures For U.S. Representation

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    Henry Mason
    NEW YORK --

    English director Henry Mason has joined the roster of bicoastal Chelsea Pictures for exclusive representation in the United States. He had previously been repped in the U.S. by Skunk and continues to be handled in the U.K. by Independent Films.

    Mason most recently directed the branded short film Of Nothing in collaboration with Pepsi, Bottletop and fashion designer Narciso Rodriguez. The short was shot on location in the favelas of Brazil where bottletop handbags are handcrafted for charity. Mason has also brought his observational style of storytelling to commercials and content for brands including Coca Cola, Mercedes-Benz, Nike and Honda.

    Mason’s directorial endeavors additionally span TV drama for the BBC and Channel 4, documentary shorts for Sky Sports and live theater.

    Mason is in development on his first full-length feature film, Night of the Lotus, a thriller set in London and Dar Es Salaam, which will begin shooting later in the year. He is currently available for commercials and branded content.

    Production and talent management company Chelsea is owned and managed by partners Allison Amon and Lisa Mehling with offices in Los Angeles and New York. Chelsea is represented on the East Coast by Denise Blate Roederer, in the Midwest by Sean Sullivan of Sullivan Creative Management, on the West Coast by Ezra Burke of Content Chemics, and internationally and for broadcast work by Drew Baldwin.

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    Court Orders Meta To Pay $567M To Address Kids’ Mental Health Online

    Friday, August 7, 2026

    A New Mexico court has ordered Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta to pay $567 million to address harms to young people from its platforms in the second phase of a landmark trial.

    Judge Bryan Biedscheid said in a ruling late Thursday that the bulk of the money — $420 million — will be used for treatment services for young people. The rest will go toward awareness and prevention, screening services and other costs over the next five years.

    The new penalty is in addition to the $375 million in civil penalties that jurors ordered against Meta in March after determining the company knowingly harmed children's mental health and concealed what it knew about child sexual exploitation on its platforms. In the second phase, prosecutors asked the judge to impose fundamental changes at Meta aimed at reining in addictive features, improving age verification and preventing child sexual exploitation through default privacy settings and closer oversight.

    The total amount Meta is responsible for — $942 million — is a small fraction of of its annual profit, which was about $60 billion in 2025. Investors seemed to shrug off the New Mexico ruling in after-hours trading Thursday, sending Meta's stock down less than half a percent to $589.44.

    Still, the ruling is another setback for Meta, which faces an avalanche of lawsuits from thousands of families of children harmed by social media.

    New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez said it sends an unmistakable message that companies will be held accountable when their product designs knowingly put children at risk.

    "Today's decision is a victory for every parent who has worried about what social media is doing to their child and every child who deserves to grow up safer online," he... Read More

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