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SIGGRAPH announces the Computer Animation Festival's Best in Show, Jury Award, and Best Student Project recipients for SIGGRAPH 2010 to be held in Los Angeles this July. Nominees were chosen from 750 submissions from around the globe, presented by both professional studios and students alike....
A brand new TV, web, and print campaign promoting Merillat kitchen cabinets, starring renowned TV chef Curtis Stone (NBC's "Next Great Restaurant," "The Biggest Loser," "Celebrity Apprentice," "Miss America" Pageant, TLC's "Take Home Chef"), has just debuted on HGTV, FoodNetwork, DIY, and the...
Rushes Soho Shorts Festival, celebrating its 12th year, is proud to announce the Official Festival Programme for 2010. The non-profit event, which will take place from 21st to 30th July, is recognized as one of UK's best short film festivals, with an equal focus on emerging and established...
Optimus, via its live-action production arm ONE at Optimus, is the official production partner of the Pitchfork Music Festival, a three-day event showcasing more than 40 of independent music's best bands and artists. With a passion for the festival and the independent music scene, Optimus has...
Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival held the second of four awards ceremonies last night to honor the Media, Outdoor and Radio Lions winners.
The Media Lions category, which saw a 17.5% rise in entries this year to 2,162, was judged by 25 international media professionals...
Promax, one of the world's leading electronic media organizations, awarded Oink Ink Radio three statues Thursday night at the annual Promax/BDA Conference held at the JW Marriott Hotel in Los Angeles and hosted by comedian Norm MacDonald. The PromaxBDA Awards is the only competition dedicated to...
Twist Director Matt Pittroff has applied his award-winning comedic mojo to a new, four-spot campaign for McDonald's. The commercials depict hardworking, sharp-witted McDonald's crew members saving their valued customers--valuable time...
Joseph Finn Co., Inc. will manage and conduct the auction of AEG Worldwide's HD/SD late model video equipment sale here on Tuesday, August 17th at 10 A.M. PDT. The auction is by catalog and will take place, for sale convenience, at 4581 Brazil Street in Los Angeles, California as well as online...
What does a pneumatic wrench, a window washer and a tree frog have in common? Launching today, BFGoodrich® Tires' new national advertising campaign will answer that question. While the company hopes this campaign will have consumers "jumping" into stores to purchase a new set of tires, it is...
The Virginia Film Festival has announced the launch of its call for entries, inviting filmmakers from the state, region and the world to submit features, documentaries and short films for consideration for the 2010 festival.
The 23rd annual Virginia Film Festival is scheduled for November...
The Visual Effects Society (VES), the world's premiere visual effects organization, announced today that it will hold its second annual Production Summit for the greater entertainment industry on October 23rd. Production Summit 2010: Navigating Tomorrow's Business Models will convene a unique...
Elias Arts, a company devoted to music composition, strategy and production, has announced the promotion of Kala Sherman as the company's new Executive Producer in its New York Office.
"We are so excited to have Kala at the helm of our New York office," said Ann Haugen, Executive...
An inspired campaign by Saatchi & Saatchi Australia, has won a total of 5 gold Lions at the 2010 Cannes Lions: "Nothing Soft Gets In" was awarded 2 of the 8 Gold Lions awarded in the Promo & Activation category, and also scooped 3 Gold Lions in the Direct category.
It sees a local...
(www.divevisual.com)">DIVE was tapped to work with director M. Night Shyamalan, providing visual effects on his new film, "Nickelodeon Movies and Paramount Pictures' The Last Airbender" which opened in U.S. theaters on July 1st.
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Bret Easton Ellis is currently in London, and his new novel "Imperial Bedrooms" is out now in hardback. Picador and digital creative agency Ralph have created a unique online experience inspired by the book, to test the world's moral aptitude: www....
On the heels of last year's popular General Mills spot "Measuring Up," Calabash Animation has again teamed with agency McCann Worldwide, New York to animate "Awards," a new spot for General Mills that targets adults with a message highlighting the...
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), Directors Guild of America (DGA), International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and Canada (IATSE), and Screen Actors Guild (SAG) today...
BIRD, a strategic creative consultancy based in Hollywood, is the winner of two 2010 Promax/BDA Awards resulting from the company's collaboration to create a rebrand on behalf of the multi-platform network, FEARnet, across all media. BIRD's co-founders Peter King Robbins and Tabitha De La Torre...
With stereo 3D features and TV productions rapidly on the rise in Asia and around the globe, ASSIMILATE™ is featuring 3D post-production workflows in its SCRATCH® v5.1 Digital Finishing Solution at Broadcast Asia 2010 (www.broadcast-asia.com), June 15 – 18...
As the first wave of 3D content and services roll out – including coverage of hockey, baseball, and international soccer as well as popular motion pictures – and manufacturers race in parallel to build the products needed to ride it, the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE...