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Friday, Mar. 1, 2024
"Rust" 1st AD David Halls Says Armorer Handed Gun To Alec Baldwin Before Fatal Shooting of Cinematographer
Courtroom testimony in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin provided new details Thursday (2/29) that conflict with other, earlier accounts about a final safety check on a revolver and exactly who handed it to the actor during rehearsal for the Western movie “Rust.” Assistant...
Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024
Durable Goods Signs Comedy Director Jeremy Nachbar
Durable Goods has signed comedy director Jeremy Nachbar for U.S. representation. A Midwestern boy with a “chamo” (English translation: slang for “kid) heart shaped by his Venezuelan godmother, Loli, Nachbar seamlessly navigates American and Latin American cultures in his commercial output for...
Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024
IPG Partners With Adobe On Content Creation For Brands and Marketers
Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG) has entered into a global partnership with Adobe to power content creation and activation across the company’s operations. IPG is the first company to integrate Adobe GenStudio--which enables brands to speed up content ideation, creation, production and activation...
Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024
Television Academy Releases Impact Report On Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility Initiatives
The Television Academy, in partnership with ReadySet--a leading culture change consulting firm--released its 2024 Impact Progress Report. Highlights of the report, an analysis of survey data measuring membership perceptions of the Academy’s DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility)...
Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024
Noel Fielding Goes From "Bake Off" To Off-Kilter Comedy In Apple TV+ Series "Dick Turpin"
Noel Fielding trades pastry for pistols in the new mouthful of a TV series "The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin," a swashbuckling romp that's miles from the genteel tent of "The Great British Bake Off." The English writer, comedian and TV host is a highway robber in 1735 in the zany...
Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024
Production Manager Testifies In Trial of "Rust" Armorer Facing Charges Over Fatal Shooting By Alec Baldwin
A film-set manager increased oversight of firearm safety but was only partially aware of misfires in the days leading up to the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin during rehearsal for the Western movie “Rust,” jurors heard in courtroom testimony Wednesday (2/28). The trial of movie...
Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024
Goodby Silverstein & Partners' CCO Margaret Johnson Named Judging Chair of 2024 AICP Next Awards
Margaret Johnson, chief creative officer and partner at Goodby Silverstein & Partners (GS&P), has been named as the 2024 AICP Next Awards judging chair. In this role, Johnson has assembled a roster of jury presidents who will, in turn, select judges for all AICP Next Awards categories. “I...
Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024
Oscars Underscore That We May Be Living In A Golden Age For Filmmakers In Their Golden Years
When Hayao Miyazaki was contemplating whether he would come out of retirement in 2016, he put together a curiously self-critical proposal. "There's nothing more pathetic than telling the world you'll retire because of your age, then making yet another comeback," wrote the filmmaker, now 83. "Doesn'...
Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024
Ketama Collective, Bitgeyser and Pasto Merge To Form Bermuda
Ketama Collective, part of the team that won the Grand Prix for Creative Data at Cannes last year, is merging with its two sister companies, Bitgeyser and Pasto, to form one integrated digital creative, production, and technology resource known as Bermuda. The new entity, which has opened a U.S...
Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024
Firearms Expert Casts Doubt On Alec Baldwin's Account of How The Gun Went Off In Fatal "Rust" Shooting
Courtroom testimony by an independent gun expert Tuesday cast new doubt on Alec Baldwin's account that his gun went off without pulling the trigger in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer during a 2021 rehearsal on the set of the Western movie "Rust." Baldwin has pleaded not guilty to...