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  • Wednesday, May. 22, 2024
Alkemy X launches Independent Film Services division
Andrew Greenblatt
PHILADELPHIA -- 

Coming off a successful run of contributions to Oscar-winning films including The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and The Whale, alongside recent work on a variety of upcoming independent features, entertainment studio Alkemy X has formally launched its Independent Film Services division. 

For nearly 45 years, Alkemy X has remained at the forefront of postproduction with award-winning work. Designed to build upon that longstanding expertise with a now greater focus on independent feature films, Alkemy X has tapped Andrew Greenblatt for a strategic collaboration in leading the new Independent Film Services division forward. Leveraging his extensive network and experience in the independent film sector, Greenblatt will play a pivotal role in further enhancing Alkemy X’s commitment to supporting filmmakers and productions within the independent film community. 

While leading Alkemy X’s Independent Film Services division, More

  • Tuesday, May. 21, 2024
Art Directors Guild elects its first all-female group of executive board officers
Dina Lipton (l) and Kristen Davis
LOS ANGELES -- 

Production designer Dina Lipton has been elected president of the Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800), replacing outgoing president Nelson Coates who completes eight-and-a-half years at the helm of the Guild.

Lipton will lead a 20-member Executive Board. For the first time in the Guild’s history, the four top ranking members are all female executive officers.

“I’m thrilled to assume the role of president,” said Lipton. “Thank you to my fellow guild members for voting me into this role. I’m looking forward to working hard on behalf of the membership during my term.”

Members of the ADG elected sr. set designer Kristen Davis as VP, and supervising art director Helen Harwell as treasurer. Art director/sr. set designer Judy Cosgrove is reelected to the role of secretary. All four officers will serve three-year terms commencing June 1, 2024.

“Celebrating the results of our elections this year, we’re excited to highlight the More

  • Wednesday, May. 22, 2024
Fox's Greg Olsen wins top analyst at Sports Emmy Awards and CBS' Super Bowl coverage wins top event
Former NFL tight end Greg Olsen gives a report during pregame warmups prior to the start of the first half of an NFL football game between the Washington Football Team and the Dallas Cowboys, Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021, in Landover, Md. Olsen won a Sports Emmy for Outstanding Event Analyst. Olsen will not be Fox Sports top NFL analyst this upcoming season as Tom Brady joins the network. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
By Joe Reedy

Tom Brady is coming into the booth of Fox Sports top NFL team with seven Super Bowl rings.

Greg Olsen is leaving it with another Sports Emmy award.

After being named Outstanding Emerging On-Air Talent last year, Olsen was named the top Event Analyst during the three-hour ceremony at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York.

"I think there's a lot of people wondering what I'm going to say right now," Olsen said.

"I don't know what the future holds," he said. "All I know is I love talking football, I love talking ball. I love studying it, I love seeing where the game is going, wherever that takes me, whatever level it is. I'm more committed to the game of football now.

"This is super cool, and I look forward to things ahead."

After Troy Aikman left Fox for ESPN's "Monday Night Football," Olsen moved into Fox's top analyst spot and quickly earned rave reviews for his work. It was originally More

  • Tuesday, May. 21, 2024
Matthew Perry's death under investigation in connection with ketamine level found in his blood
Matthew Perry poses for a portrait on Feb. 17, 2015, in New York. Authorities are investigating the death of Perry and how the beloved actor received the anesthetic ketamine, which was ruled a contributing factor in his death. Los Angeles Police Capt. Scot Williams told the Los Angeles Times Tuesday, May 21, 2024, that detectives were looking into why the “Friends” star had so much ketamine in his system when he died in October. (Photo by Brian Ach/Invision/AP, File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 

Authorities have opened an investigation into how Matthew Perry received the supply of ketamine that killed him, police said Tuesday.

Los Angeles police are working with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service with a probe into why the 54-year-old "Friends" star had so much of the drug in his system, LAPD Capt. Scot Williams said in an email.

An assistant found the 54-year-old Perry face down in his hot tub on Oct. 28, and paramedics who were called immediately declared him dead. His autopsy, released in December, found that the amount of ketamine in his blood was in the range used for general anesthesia during surgery. It was listed as the primary cause of death, which was ruled an accident with no foul play suspected, the report said.

Drowning and other medical issues were contributing factors, the coroner said.

The investigation was first reported by TMZ.

People close to the More

  • Tuesday, May. 21, 2024
Winners of 45th annual Telly Awards unveiled
Telly Awards managing director Amanda Needham
NEW YORK -- 

The winners of the 45th annual Telly Awards have been announced. This year saw a record-breaking 13,000 entries from across the globe from independent production studios, networks, major brands, and respected organizations, including The-Artery, ESPN, Calvin Klein, Katara Studios, LinkedIn, Magnopus, MTV Entertainment Studios, PlayStation Studios, ProPublica, TelevisaUnivision, The Michael J. Fox Foundation, NASA, and the LA Clippers (NBA).

The Telly Awards categories each season reflect the evolution of the video and television industry, and this year’s theme, “Beyond the Frame,” centered on new categories for Generative AI, Thought Leadership, Brand Collaboration, and Accessibility. Among the inaugural winners were PepsiCo in Branded Content--Accessibility for its “You Belong Here” campaign, highlighting the contributions of associates living with disabilities and caregivers. Paramount Pictures won in Social Video--Brand Collaboration for the “ More

  • Tuesday, May. 21, 2024
Fred Roos, "Godfather Part II" producer and longtime Coppola collaborator, dies at 89
Executive producer Fred Roos poses at the U.S. premiere of Focus Features "The Beguiled" at Directors Guild of America on Monday, June 12, 2017, in Los Angeles. Roos, the Oscar-winning producer of “The Godfather Part II” who helped launch the careers of numerous superstars from Jack Nicholson to Tom Cruise, died at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif., Saturday, May, 18, 2024, a representative said Tuesday, May 21. He was 89. (Photo by Steve Cohn/Invision for Focus Features/AP Images, File)
By Lindsey Bahr

Fred Roos, the Oscar-winning producer of "The Godfather Part II" who helped launch the careers of numerous superstars from Jack Nicholson to Tom Cruise, has died. He was 89.

He died at his home in Beverly Hills, California, on Saturday, a representative said Tuesday, just days after his and Francis Ford Coppola's latest film " Megalopolis " premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.

Roos and Coppola worked together for over 50 years, starting with "The Godfather," where he advised on the casting of Al Pacino and James Caan against the wishes of the studio, and introduced Coppola to John Cazale. He also produced Coppola's best picture nominees "The Conversation," "Apocalypse Now" and Parts II and III of "The Godfather."

"Fred Roos possessed a casting instinct that was near infallible," Coppola wrote on Instagram. "He was a great lifelong friend and collaborator with above all a true love for movies."

The stories about his impact More

  • Tuesday, May. 21, 2024
Final shortlisted entries unveiled for 62nd D&AD Awards
D&AD judging
LONDON -- 

The 62nd D&AD Awards ceremony, due to take place on Wednesday (5/22) in London, has unveiled the final shortlist from all 43 Awards categories across the following disciplines: Design, Advertising, Craft, Engagement and Experience, Health, Luxury, Entertainment and Impact.

Jo Jackson, CEO, D&AD commented, “Whether they go on to win a Pencil or not the Shortlist represents the best creative work of the industry today. We’ve had entries from over 78 countries, judged by jury members from over 60 countries (54% female). It’s important to us that all work is judged on its own merit and the judges are enabled to understand the cultural context of each piece of work. The team at D&AD work extremely hard to ensure the best representation possible within each Jury, so that all work has the best chance of being considered to win a Pencil.” 

All 1,420 shortlisted entries are showcased on the D&AD More

  • Monday, May. 20, 2024
Studio Ghibli takes a bow at Cannes Film Fest with an honorary Palme d'Or
Goro Miyazaki, left, and Kenichi Yoda pose for photographers with the Studio Ghibli honorary Palme d'Or upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'The Apprentice' at the 77th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Monday, May 20, 2024. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)
By Jake Coyle, Film Writer
CANNES, France (AP) -- 

Studio Ghibli, the Japanese anime factory of surreal ecological wonders that has for 39 years spirited away moviegoers with tales of Totoros, magical jellyfish and floating castles, was celebrated Monday by the Cannes Film Festival with an honorary Palme d'Or.

In the 22 years that Cannes has been handing out honorary Palmes, the award for Ghibli was the first for anything but an individual filmmaker or actor. (This year's other recipients are George Lucas and Meryl Streep.) Hayao Miyazaki, the 83-year-old animation master who founded Studio Ghibli in 1985 with Isao Takahata and Toshio Suzuki, didn't attend the ceremony, but he spoke in a video message taped in Japan.

"I don't understand any of this," said Miyazaki. "But thank you."

At Cannes, where standing ovations can stretch on end, the fervor that greeted Ghibli's emissaries — Goro Miyazaki (son of Hayao) and Kenichi Yoda — was nevertheless among the most thunderous receptions More

  • Monday, May. 20, 2024
"The Apprentice," about a young Donald Trump, premieres at the Cannes Film Festival
Maria Bakalova, from left, director Ali Abbasi, and Sebastian Stan pose for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'The Apprentice' at the 77th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Monday, May 20, 2024. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)
By Jake Coyle, Film Writer
CANNES, France (AP) -- 

While Donald Trump's hush money trial entered its sixth week in New York, an origin story for the Republican presidential candidate premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday, unveiling a scathing portrait of the former president in the 1980s.

"The Apprentice," directed by the Iranian Danish filmmaker Ali Abbasi, stars Sebastian Stan as Trump. The central relationship of the movie is between Trump and Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong), the defense attorney who was chief counsel to Joseph McCarthy's 1950s Senate investigations.

Cohn is depicted as a longtime mentor to Trump, coaching him in the ruthlessness of New York City politics and business. Early on, Cohn aided the Trump Organization when it was being sued by the federal government for racial discrimination in housing.

"The Apprentice," which is labeled as inspired by true events, portrays Trump's dealings with Cohn as a Faustian bargain that guided his rise as a businessman and, More

  • Monday, May. 20, 2024
1st Shortlist Unveiled For 62nd annual D&AD Awards
D&AD judging
LONDON -- 

The 62nd annual D&AD Awards, with its ceremony due to take place on Wednesday (5/22) in London, unveiled the first shortlist from the following categories: Art Direction, Book Design, Branding, Casting, Commerce, Digital & Social, Digital Design, Direct, Editing, Entertainment, Experiential, Film, Graphic Design, Media, Music Videos, Packaging Design, Photography, PR, Production Design, Radio & Audio, Visual Effects, and Writing for Design. The full shortlist will be announced tomorrow (5/21)
 
D&AD president 2024 Jack Renwick commented, “In a climate where projects and resources are increasingly under pressure, creativity remains unstoppable. Looking across the shortlist, creatives are showing that they can think their way around these restrictions and continue to create brilliant, impactful work.” 

There were a total of 12,387 entries made up of over 30,000 individual pieces of work, the highest number of entries since More

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