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Chevy Trucks' "Big Boots" took the Best of Show TV Sweepstakes honor at the 43rd annual International Broadcasting Awards (IBA) competition. Directed by Jim Manera of the recently launched...

It's a well-known fact that director Martin Scorsese is a perfectionist, and the creative team at Ogilvy & Mather (O&M), New York, cleverly exaggerates that personality trait in a :30...

Director Michel Suissa and his New York-based production company, Parallax One, have linked with Washington Square Films, New York. Per the new arrangement, Washington Square will rep Suissa...

The Music Video Production Association (MVPA) held its 12th Annual MVPA Awards Show last week on May 8 at the Orpheum Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles. The event—which honors the artistic and...

Scott Cymbala has joined bicoastal Elias Arts as general manager of its Santa Monica office, a newly created company position. He previously served in the same capacity for bicoastal tomandandy's...

Stealing hubcaps used to be regarded in some circles as a rite of passage for juvenile delinquency. But surreptitiously installing custom magnesium alloy ("mag") rims on unattended parked cars is...

New Faces

Mike Sheehan has been named CEO of Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulous. He will remain president of U.S. operations for the agency, which has offices in New...

SHORT CUTS

Tim Cahill of 89 Editorial, New York, cut four :30s for MCI and Deutsch New York. The ads, which feature actor Danny Glover, introduce "The Neighborhood" plan from...

Director/DP Janusz Kaminski—who has won Oscars for his work as cinematographer of the feature films Saving Private Ryan and Schindler's List—has signed with Space Program, Universal City, for...

Carmaker Mini Cooper and its ad shop, Crispin Porter+Bogusky (CP+B), Miami, were the big winners at The One Show, held on May 9 at the Winter Garden in New York's World Financial Center. Mini—a...