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Street Talk for March 16, 2018
Bicoastal production and post company Greenpoint Pictures has signed director Jesse Heath for spots and branded content in the U.S. This marks his... more...


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Director’s "The End of the F***ing World" generates global audience, critical acclaim
LOS ANGELES -- One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. That axiom literally applies to director Jonathan Entwistle who spied a page of a self-published comic book in a trash bin behind a book store. “It was a xeroxed ‘fanzine’ type thing, number three in a sequence and it caught my interest,” recalled Entwistle who immediately went back in the store to get a look-see at other issues. “They only had number six and nine. Slowly but surely, though, I got a hold of others.” Entwistle also reached out to the...
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AUSTIN, Texas -- Director Jim Cummings’ Thunder Road was the Grand Jury Winner at SXSW’s narrative feature competition. The honor was bestowed at the 2018 SXSW Film Festival Awards ceremony hosted by actor and comedian Jim Gaffigan at the historic Paramount Theatre in Austin. The proceedings recognized all of the fest’s juried award recipients. Cummings also wrote and stars in Thunder Road which centers on a police officer struggling to raise his young daughter in the midst of his troubled marriage and a career...
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LONDON -- In a bid to increase ease of entry and diversity within the creative sector, 34 of the U.K.’s leading agencies have signed the Real Living Wage Pledge, an initiative which ensures everybody working in the sector will be paid a real living wage, including interns and those on work experience over the age of 18. Spearheaded by independent creative agencies Creature and Wieden+Kennedy London, and supported by the the AAR, IPA, Oystercatchers, and Grey London’s Diversity Taskforce, the pledge helps...
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LONDON -- Havas Group has announced the launch of Femmes Forward, an accelerator program designed to prepare high-potential female employees at Havas to advance their careers at a faster pace. The program is a unique combination of career vision setting, leadership awareness and development leveraging the Lumina Spark skills-based training and mindfulness exercises. The program also includes presentations and conversations with internal and external thought leaders, experts and entrepreneurs. Havas...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Vice Media has appointed Nancy Dubuc, the former head of the A&E Networks, to be its chief executive as the company tries to rebound from sexual misconduct allegations. Dubuc had stepped down Monday at A&E. She’s been a Vice board member and worked with the company to develop the Viceland cable network. Shane Smith, the company’s co-founder, said that he’ll let Dubuc run the company as he concentrates on making deals and creating content. Vice has grown exponentially since its founding...
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NEW YORK -- The 17th annual Tribeca Film Festival has announced its lineup of 55 diverse and engaging short films in competition, including 29 world premieres. The selected shorts include a cross-section of international and U.S. filmmakers and were curated from a record 4,754 submissions. For the second year running, 40% of the selections are directed by female filmmakers. The short films will be presented in 10 distinct competition programs, which consist of five narrative, three documentary, one...
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CHICAGO -- We Are Unlimited, McDonald’s designated advertising agency, part of Omnicom Group, has hired Chris Moreira and Mark Schöller as executive creative directors. Their coming aboard is just part of an influx of creative talent at the shop. In their new roles, Moreira and Schöller will be responsible for creating work for McDonald’s U.S. business. Both will report to the agency’s chief creative officer, Toygar Bazarkaya. Bazarkaya, now eight months into his job as CCO at We Are Unlimited, said, “We...
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BOULDER, Colo. -- Johan Eghammer has joined CP+B in Boulder as executive creative director. He spent the past 23 years at Swedish agency Forsman & Bodenfors (F&B), where he was creative director, sr. partner and member of the board. As a founder of the F&B/Stockholm office, which opened in 2001, Eghammer has contributed to the agency’s transformation from a local shop to one of the best in the world. Working with clients like Volvo, IKEA, Carlsberg, Pernod Riccard, Visit Sweden, The Webby Awards and...
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Director Ivan Grbovic has joined The Corner Shop for U.S. representation. He had previously been handled by BRF (B-Reel Films). Having earned a Masters degree in cinematography from the American Film Institute in Hollywood, Grbovic soon switched to directing music videos and acclaimed short films in Canada. His first commercial work was a humorous piece for Canadian hardware store chain Rona tied into the 2010 Olympic Games. Grbovic’s other credits span such brands as Bank of America, Ubisoft,...
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NEW YORK -- Matt Miller, president and CEO of AICP, has announced that Susan Credle, global chief creative officer of FCB, will serve as the 2018 AICP Next Awards judging chair, and master of ceremonies at the AICP Next Awards presentation on June 12. Credle also lent her support to the AICP Awards Call for Entries, appearing in a short promo film. The deadline to enter the AICP Next Awards has been extended to March 16. Click here for details. “This is an amazing jury of great creative minds who practice...
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NEW YORK -- AICP has announced the roster of editors and postproduction artists who will serve on the Curatorial Committee for the 2018 AICE Awards, which honors excellence in creative editorial and the postproduction arts. The Curatorial Committee, which reflects the postproduction membership of AICP, is the final arbiter of the 2018 AICE Awards. It reviews the top-scoring entries in all categories, as determined by rounds of online and live panel judging sessions conducted at AICP Chapters around the...
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Agency commits to Free The Bid initiative
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Ad agency Barkley has promoted Melany Esfeld to director of integrated production, video and experiential. In addition to overseeing production for all video, photography and experiential projects, Esfeld will be responsible for evolving Barkley’s production approach and capabilities. Esfeld joined Barkley in 2016 and quickly rose through the ranks from senior to executive producer before being promoted to her current position. Esfeld’s first order of business was to pledge to Free The Bid, a...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- An ad on Snapchat asking users if they'd rather "Slap Rihanna" or "Punch Chris Brown" has spawned widespread outrage, including from the singer herself, and brought profuse apologies from the company behind the visual-messaging app. Snapchat said it is investigating how the ad for a mobile video game called "Would You Rather" made it to the app. Rihanna, who Brown was convicted of assaulting when she was his girlfriend in 2009, posted an angry statement on her Snapchat and Instagram accounts. "...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Even if you're trying to put the squeeze on a ballooning TV watchlist, consider the pedigree of NBC's "Rise": It's from the "Friday Night Lights" producer who created "Parenthood" and a producer of Broadway's "Hamilton." With stars Josh Radnor ("How I Met Your Mother") and Rosie Perez ("Fearless") and a strong cast of young performers, including Auli'i Cravalho of "Moana," the drama revolving around a small-town high school and its theater program clearly deserves attention. For Jason Katims,...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- After Nielsen's brutal morning-after report cards for the Oscars and Grammys this winter, it's worth asking whether television viewers are losing interest in watching the entertainment industry's most prominent people celebrate themselves. The Academy Awards reached 26.5 million viewers, easily a record low for what is often the second most-watched program of the year after the Super Bowl. A month earlier, Grammy viewership slipped below the 20 million mark, down 24 percent from 2017 and the...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Only Miss Piggy's creator knows the depths of her tragic origin story. Frank Oz, who gave life to the character in the early 1970s, says Piggy left her hometown farm for life in the big city after her dad died in a tractor accident and she had a falling out with her mother. Piggy went to charm school once she got to the Big Apple, Oz says, "but she had to pay for it, so she did some things she wasn't proud of." (A bacon commercial, he adds.) Gonzo's daring nature was born out of puppeteer Dave...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- When Jennifer Emejulu went to see "Black Panther," the New Jersey resident didn't feel like wearing any of the traditional Nigerian clothing she routinely wears for family parties. She enjoyed seeing photos of those who did come out to see the global blockbuster about the superhero leader of a fictional African nation dressed in their African-inspired outfits, but Emejulu found it a little ironic, too. "Growing up, we used to get made fun of for being African" by black Americans, says the 36-...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- T'Challa still rules the box office four weeks in, even with the fresh rivalry of another Walt Disney Studios release in "A Wrinkle in Time." "Black Panther" took the No. 1 spot at the North American box office with $41.1 million according to studio estimates Sunday, leaving another newcomer in its wake. The Marvel and Disney phenomenon crossed the $1 billion mark worldwide this weekend and became the 7th highest grossing domestic release with $562 million. Not accounting for inflation, it's...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- On Monday, AT&T squares off against the federal government in a trial that could shape how you get — and how much you pay for — streaming TV and movies. AT&T says it needs to gobble up Time Warner if it's to have a chance against the likes of Amazon, Netflix and Google in the rapidly evolving world of video entertainment. The Justice Department's antitrust lawyers say that if AT&T and Time Warner are allowed to combine, consumers will end up paying more to watch their favorite shows...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- ABC’s “World News Tonight” is sealing its rise to the top of the evening news competition with a milestone victory that hits rival NBC where it hurts the most — in the wallet. ABC has consistently beaten NBC’s “Nightly News” for several months now among all viewers. But last week ABC won for only the second time in 136 weeks among 25-to-54-year-old viewers that advertisers are most anxious to reach. Start winning that demographic consistently, and dollars will flow. David Muir’s newscast has...
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In "Tomb Raider," which has elements of "Indiana Jones," ''Batman" and even "Tron: Legacy," but with an angsty young woman at the center instead of an angsty young man, Alicia Vikander takes a lot of beatings. She is punched in the face, and in the stomach, she is thrown against rocks and sent careening through a forest, she is impaled, hit by a car, left in an impossible one-handed dead hang at least four times, and she is choked, really choked, by both men and women alike. And she pulls it...
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Some things are universal about being a teenager: The budding sexuality and sense of identity, the dramatic emotions, the profound need for acceptance and confusing inklings of first love. Countless movies (and books and songs and TV shows) plumb the agony and elation of teen romance, but "Love, Simon" brings fresh perspective to the genre by focusing on an experience unseen in coming-of-age tales: What high-school first love might be like if you're gay. This film treats 17-year-old Simon Spier...
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It's been a mere 14 years since the last "Benji" movie. But in dog years, that's an eternity. "Benji," which lands on Netflix on Friday, is an earnest attempt to rekindle the most earnest of film franchises, which dried up with "Benji: Off the Leash!" in 2004. In an entertainment world more cacophonous than a kennel, bringing back such an exceedingly wholesome creature is a kind of a test: Can the humble, wordless tricks of a mongrel born and bred in the '70s still charm young viewers? "Benji"...
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This :90 TV spot (and accompanying :30 version), created by Macy’s and new creative agency partner, BBDO New York, tells the action-packed story of six different women who are startled when they are faced with another version of themselves. To drive this story, the film is accompanied by an orchestral score of Blondie’s hit song “One Way or Another” as we follow each of these women chasing their alternate selves. In doing this, the lyrics of the song are turned into a powerful statement sung by...
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Smith & Foulkes of Nexus Studios, London, directed this McVitie’s :60 titled “Crane” for Grey London. The spot shows the operator of a tower crane diligently going about his work, isolated way above ground. Below him, he can see his colleagues enjoying the camaraderie of a tea break, complete with McVitie’s biscuits. He waves, but is not seen. As the day wears on, the operator becomes gloomier, craving some company – even if it’s only from passing birds. When he is convinced that everyone’s...
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Sling TV has named The Martin Agency as its new agency of record, managing strategic planning, creative development and production efforts for the brand, and marking the agency’s third win in 2018. The partnership begins with this spot which launches the “We Are Slingers” campaign. Titled “Couples Over,” this spot was directed by Steve Miller of Radical Media. In it, one couple asks another if they are slingers with the double entendre “slingers/swingers” connotation underscoring the...
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For those who have been trapped in dismal first dates, Diesel has created JoggJeans, a denim made for running away. In this online film titled Made To Run Away--directed by Mauro Chiarello via production house The Family for agency Publicis Italia--a guy goes on a dating streak, meeting all kinds of characters from an ice queen to a man who looks nothing like his profile picture, which is of a woman. You can extricate yourself from these nightmarish dates by preparing with the right gear--wear...
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CP+B’s latest spot for Fruit of the Loom, directed by Tom Kuntz of MJZ, debuts during the NCAA basketball tournament telecast. This year, Fruit of the Loom launched new EverLight underwear. Made from an ultra-fine micromesh fabric weighing 1.9 oz., it’s the lightest underwear the brand has ever made. So, to introduce the product, and reinforce that the underwear is so light you don’t even notice it, CP+B created a spot that unfolds layer after layer a series of characters who don’t notice they...
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In this spot directed by Mark Albiston of The Sweet Shop for McCann New York, a woman goes from one far flung locale to the next, making various discoveries of objects, artifacts and art. We then see she has a shopping cart and her global expedition turns out to be at a HomeGoods store. HomeGoods is an off-price retailer offering value on a selection of quality home fashions from around the world--every day. Unlike traditional retailers, HomeGoods has an ever-changing selection of merchandise--...
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Craig Gillespie of MJZ directed this spot, which is part of DDB Chicago’s new State Farm campaign titled “Here to Help___Go Right.” In this particular spot, the blank is filled in by “Potholes” as a motorist is finally victimized by an infamous pothole that has been wreaking havoc in the town for decades on end. The commercial takes us back to several of those incidents from yesteryear. This trip through history concludes as we return to today’s motorist who luckily is a State Farm customer. He...
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To mark International Women’s Day, BBDO New York has launched “It’s Time to Redefine,” a public-awareness campaign designed to challenge the definition of a woman as it currently appears in online dictionary resources. A review of these sources reveals that the existing definition of “woman” includes terms such as “servant,” “mistress,” and “prostitute.” “It’s Time to Redefine” is intended to spark a movement and to change the definition. The campaign includes a public service announcement and...
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