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Wild Cherry Pepsi's "Smashing"
- Friday, May. 25, 2001
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Tomb Raider, opening June 15, is based on the computer game fare of the same name. The movie follows the game's heroine Lara Croft through life-threatening adventures. The recent :60 "...
Brazilian Ad Wins "Grande" Clio; Gold Remains Scarce
- Friday, May. 25, 2001
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"The Week," a thought-provoking commercial for Brazilian newspaper Revista E'Poca out of São Pãulo-based ad agency W/Brasil, topped the television/cinema portion of the 2001 Clio Awards...
Content Producers Experiment In HD
- Friday, May. 25, 2001
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Despite CBS' significant commitment to HD primetime programs, few hi-def commercials have aired on the network. "We have the ability to do it [run HD spots]. We've put that offer out," said Barry...
Ground Zero Tops Belding Competition
- Friday, May. 25, 2001
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Ground Zero, Marina del Rey, Calif., garnered the best-of-show Sweepstakes honor in the Advertising Club of Los Angeles' 35th annual Belding Awards competition. The agency won on the strength of...
Believe Media Adds Davenport
- Friday, May. 25, 2001
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Patrick Davenport, formerly executive producer of commercials at Venice, Calif.-based Digital Domain, has joined bicoastal/international production house Believe Media as executive producer....
The Childhood Joy Of Jell-O
- Friday, May. 25, 2001
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How does one recreate the magic, carefree days of childhood, when imagination flowed freely and anything was possible? That's the question a creative team at FCB New York pondered when given the...
AMP Names Jimmy Hite "L.A. Mixer Of The Year"
- Friday, May. 25, 2001
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The Association of Music Producers' (AMP) West Coast chapter has named Jimmy Hite of Margarita Mix de Santa Monica as the "Los Angeles Mixer of the Year 2000." AMP's West Coast group envisions its...
Hungry Man Expands Northward; Opens Frozen Man In Toronto
- Friday, May. 25, 2001
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Bicoastal/international production house hungry man has opened a Canadian outpost, Toronto-based frozen man. Since its launch last month, frozen man has produced Simon Properties' "Five Items," "...
Director Gerald V. Casale Signs With Picture Park
- Friday, May. 25, 2001
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Director Gerald V. Casale has joined Picture Park, the production company with bases in Boston and Santa Monica.
Casale comes over after a year and a half at San Francisco-based Pandemonium...
TAG Pictures Adds Dir. Phelim Dolan For Spots
- Friday, May. 25, 2001
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Director Phelim Dolan has joined New York-based TAG Pictures, coming over from Zero 2 Sixty Productions, New York. His credits there included Checks.com's "Blue," through Doner Direct, Baltimore,...