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Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005
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Street Talk Representing voice characters in video games, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) have reached a tentative agreement with video game publishers on a contract which provides union performers with a 36 percent increase in...
Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005
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Street Talk Managing director Diane McArter and director Michael Grasso, partners in Santa Monica-based Omaha Pictures, are parting ways. Omaha is currently winding down operations and will close. McArter says the company will meet all its financial obligations. She is forming a new venture,...
Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005
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Street Talk At press time, members of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) were deciding whether to authorize a strike against Electronic Arts, Activision and several other video game publishers. The actors whose voices, performances and...
Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005
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Street Talk Director Steve Beck, formerly of bicoastal/international Believe Media, has joined Rhythm & Hues Commercial Studios, Los Angeles. He joins a directorial roster that includes live action/effects guru Clark Anderson and stop-motion specialist Michael Wright. Beck is known for visual...
Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005
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Street Talk Early next month, Richard Cormier is set to join Oak Park, Mich.-based GTN as its president. He will work closely with GTN owner/CEO Doug Cheek. Cormier's last staff position was as VP of New York-based Nice Shoes, as well as managing director of its sister companies Guava and Freestyle...
Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005
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Street Talk Fox Television Studios has entered into a first-look deal with Crispin Porter+Bogusky (CP+B), Miami. Per the agreement, Fox gets a first look at concepts and content developed by CP+B that could spawn potential TV series. In addition to series, the relationship could result in branded...
Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005
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Street Talk Trevor Beattie, chairman/chief creative officer at TBWA, London, is leaving the agency, along with Bill Bungay, deputy creative director, and Andrew McGuinness, the shop's chief executive. It's expected that the trio will open their own ad agency. Danny Brooke-Taylor and Tony McTear...
Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005
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Street Talk Greg Popp, senior VP/group executive producer at DDB Chicago, has left the agency and signed with bicoastal Supply & Demand for representation as a director. Popp had been directing commercials while on the agency side, both solo and in tandem with John Immesoete, formerly group...
Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005
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Street Talk New Reality, a spot production house formed in partnership with independent film production and distribution company Fabrication Films, has opened in Hollywood with a directorial roster consisting of Bruno Sauvard, Nick Egan and Brewster MacWilliams. Roger Hunt is executive producer of...
Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005
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Street Talk Director Aaron Ruell has joined Area 51, Santa Monica, for exclusive representation in spots and music videos. Ruell is best known for his acting role as older brother "Kip" in last year's hit comedy Napoleon Dynamite .... Noam Murro--who earlier this year won the Directors Guild of...