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 Issue Date: 01/23/2025 | Click headlines for full story, pics, video or to comment
SHOOT News of the Day
“Emilia Pérez” Tops Oscar Tally With 13 Nominations, Setting Record For A Non-English Language Film
In the wake of devastating wildfires in Los Angeles that struck at the heart of the movie industry, an embattled Hollywood lined up behind the Netflix narco-musical about trans identity “Emilia Pérez” in Oscar nominations Thursday. Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez,” a Spanish language, French-made film, dominated the nominations with a leading 13 nominations, including best
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SHOOT’s 22nd Annual New Directors Showcase Event Features Insights From IDA Honoree Dawn Porter, A Cross-section of Industry Pros
SHOOT’s New Directors Showcase (NDS) Event provided varied industry perspectives during a trio of afternoon sessions, and then an evening display of up-and-coming filmmaking talent with the debut screening of the 2024 Showcase Reel followed by a Meet the New Directors panel discussion, all held at the DGA Theatre in NYC last month (12/9). Capping
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Several Movies To Look Forward To At Sundance 2025
The Sundance Film Festival catalogue can be overwhelming to navigate, with around 90 feature films playing across 11 days. This year the Robert Redford-founded independent film festival has something for everyone: Comedies, dramas, horrors, documentaries, the intriguingly undefinable (there’s a movie about cabbage smuggling called “Bubble & Squeak” and one in which a woman becomes
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Review: Steven Soderbergh’s Eerie Haunted House Drama “Presence”
The camera is the ghost in Steven Soderbergh’s chillingly effective, experiential haunted house drama “Presence.” The filmmaker traps the audience in a beautiful suburban home, letting us drift through rooms with this curious being, in and out of delicate conversations as we (and the ghost) try to piece together a puzzle blindly. Often in haunted
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Review: Director Naoko Yamada’s “The Colors Within”
Kids movies so often bear little of the actual lived-in experience of growing up, but Naoko Yamada’s luminous anime “The Colors Within” gently reverberates with the doubts and yearnings of young life. Totsuko (voiced by Suzukawa Sayu) is a student at an all-girls Catholic boarding school. In the movie’s opening, she explains how she experiences
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AICP Sets National and Regional Boards For 2025
The results of the AICP National and Regional Board elections are in. On the AICP National Board, all four incumbents were re-elected to serve a two-year term. The three general members director at large seats were won by Yvette Cobarrubias of Cosmo Street, Gloria Pitagorsky of Heard City and Frank Scherma of RadicalMedia. Margaret Capossela
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Stadium Signs Director Raúl for U.S. Commercial Representation
Stadium has added director Raúl to its U.S. commercial roster. His collaborations with global brands like Chevy, Coca-Cola, and Amazon have earned him top industry accolades, including a Cannes Lion and a D&AD Pencil. Known for his sharp comedic timing and character driven campaigns, Raúl had previously been with Cap Gun Collective for U.S. commercial
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Obele Brown-West Becomes President of Colle McVoy
Obele Brown-West has been named president of agency Colle McVoy. The 20-plus year industry vet has supervised integrated communications, media and technology teams. Her expertise spans retail, commerce, CPG, travel, automotive, entertainment, agribusiness, education, healthcare and petcare categories. A sampling of brands she’s stewarded include Chips Ahoy!, Mars Inc. ALDI, MilkPEP, Headspace, Blue Cross Blue
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Musk clashes with OpenAI CEO Altman over Trump-supported Stargate AI data center project
Elon Musk is clashing with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman over the Stargate artificial intelligence infrastructure project touted by President Donald Trump, the latest in a feud between the two tech billionaires that started on OpenAI’s board and is now testing Musk’s influence with the new president. Trump on Tuesday had talked up a joint venture
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CNN is announcing layoffs as part of a further shift to digital business
CNN expects to lay off about 200 people as part of a restructuring announced on Thursday that pivots the news organization toward a more digitally oriented future. The company’s CEO, Mark Thompson, said he expects the job cuts in CNN’s television business to eventually be offset by new hires for the digital plans, which include
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Issue Date: 01/23/2025 | Click headlines for full story, pics, video or to comment
SPW News of the Day
AICP National and Regional Boards Set for 2025
The results of the AICP National and Regional Board elections are in. On the AICP National Board, all four incumbents were re-elected to serve a two-year term. The three General Members Director At Large seats were won by Yvette Cobarrubias of Cosmo Street, Gloria Pitagorsky of Heard City and Frank Scherma of RadicalMedia. Margaret Capossela
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DWA Presents Ultimate Events, January 2025 Edition (Hybrid Special)
In the months ahead, this calendar of Ultimate Events will once again open exciting new doors of possibility. Entering any of them can impact your life in epic ways you could never anticipate. Spend a few moments now, investigating and imagining what’s in store. Live, learn, dream, explore, and invest. The new year is full
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