LOS ANGELES (AP) Among the 14 nominations earned by Andor (Disney+) this Emmy season is the first for Janus Metz–honoring him for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series on the strength of the episode “Who Are You?” “Who Are You?” resides smack dab in the middle of a block of three episodes helmed by Metz and while keeping Read More 

LOS ANGELES The Television Academy has announced the winners of the 77th Emmy® Awards in juried categories from Animation, Costume, Emerging Media Programming and Motion Design. These juried awards will be presented at the 77th Creative Arts Emmy Awards, which will take place at the Peacock Theater at L.A. LIVE over two consecutive nights, Saturday, Sept. 6, Read More 

NEW YORK & LOS ANGELES As SHOOT celebrates a milestone, its 65th year of publication, we continue a recently launched series of stand alone interviews and features that will run throughout the summer on SHOOTonline and in SHOOT’s newsletters and special digital issue in which industry executives, creatives and artists reflect on the changes they’ve seen over the decades, as Read More 

NEW YORK (AP) A$AP Rocky had no idea Denzel Washington was going to throw Nas at him. Midway through Spike Lee’s “Highest 2 Lowest,” a New York riff on Akira Kurosawa’s “High to Low,” wealthy music executive David King (Washington) has cornered aspiring rapper Yung Felon (Rocky) after he tried to kidnap King’s son. They meet in a Read More 

NEW YORK (AP) Bob Odenkirk ducks into a West Village coffee shop wearing sunglasses and a Chicago Cubs cap. Some degree of subterfuge might have been necessary for Odenkirk years ago. Surely fans of “Mr. Show” or “The Larry Sanders Show” might have recognized him. But with time, Odenkirk has traveled from the fringes of pop culture to Read More 

LOS ANGELES As SHOOT celebrates a milestone, its 65th year of publication, we continue a recently launched series of interviews and features that will run throughout the summer on SHOOTonline and in SHOOT’s newsletters and special PDF Issue with digital distribution in which industry executives, creatives and artists reflect on the changes they’ve seen over the decades, Read More 

NEW YORK It happened again. I bid on a director job for a spot rich in Black character work, specifically targeting Black women. And per usual, the agency team didn’t reflect the audience they were trying to speak to. So, shocker: they missed it. The nuance. The culture. The point. But I showed up. Ready to bring Read More 

NEW YORK The Ad Council, the nonprofit behind some of the most iconic social impact campaigns in the U.S., has formed Ad Council Entertainment. The new initiative is a first-of-its kind for the Ad Council and is dedicated to harnessing long-form storytelling to drive social impact at scale in a partnership with Sugar23, the media company founded Read More 

NEW YORK Brendan Gaul has been appointed McCann’s global chief entertainment officer, bringing with him the original entertainment company, Traverse32, from IPG Mediabrands. This move signals McCann’s focus on building brands through all flavors of creativity, using long-form entertainment storytelling to create deeper connections with audiences. Gaul will report directly to Daryl Lee, global CEO of McCann Read More 

BROOKLYN, NY The Droga5 family is mourning the passing of its beloved former chief creation officer and partner Sally-Ann Dale, who died unexpectedly on Sunday (8/3) at her home in Brooklyn. She was 55. Dale was one of Droga5’s leaders and the third person that David Droga invited to his team to build the agency from the Read More 

NEW YORK (AP) The Toronto International Film Festival will screen a documentary on the 2023 Hamas attack, after all, following an uproar over the film’s disinvitation from the upcoming festival. Earlier this week, TIFF withdrew its invitation to the film “The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue.” The festival said the decision was based in part on legal Read More 

LOS ANGELES (AP) Since 2021, the USA Network had stacked its lineup with reality shows and sports, entirely forgoing original, scripted programming. Fans of “Suits,” “White Collar” and “Monk” were left with only memories of those shows’ case-of-the-week storytelling. But on Friday, the network returns to scripted TV with the legal thriller “The Rainmaker.” If the title sounds Read More 

LOS ANGELES (AP) Prince Harry and Meghan have extended their partnership with Netflix and their media company, Archewell Productions, with a multiyear, first-look deal, the couple announced Monday. Archewell began collaborating with the streaming giant in 2020 and have produced a handful of documentary content, including the popular “Harry & Meghan.” The Duchess of Sussex also developed a Read More 

WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump on Wednesday named country music star George Strait, “Rocky” actor Sylvester Stallone, singer Gloria Gaynor, the rock band Kiss and actor-singer Michael Crawford among the first batch of Kennedy Center Honors nominees under his leadership as the center’s chairman and said he’ll host the awards program. Trump also said he’ll “fully renovate” Read More 

LOS ANGELES & NEW YORK Station Film has added Brooklyn-based director Patrice Lighter to its roster for commercials and branded entertainment. This marks her first production company representation in the U.S. Lighter–who previously worked independently via her own creative studio–has directed striking campaigns for TikTok, Stripe and Nike, to note only a few, which reflect her talent for authenticity and Read More 

LOS ANGELES Kate Beecroft–best known for her breakout feature debut East of Wall, which premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival and earned the Audience Award in the NEXT category–has officially signed with global media and entertainment company Rabbits Black for her first representation spanning commercials and branded work. East of Wall, a hybrid of documentary and Read More 

NEW YORK Cheil North America has formed the Cheil Agency Network (CAN), a North American based consortium bringing together five of its independently operated agency brands to offer a more nimble alternative to the traditional holding company model. The Cheil Agency Network has offices across the U.S. and Canada, and includes five agencies: McKinney (creative), Iris (creative), Read More 

NEW YORK Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG) has entered into a strategic partnership with Aaru, a cutting-edge AI and technology company specializing in predictive simulations for human behavior. This collaboration empowers Interpublic and its agencies to leverage Aaru’s state-of-the-art multi-agent infrastructure and proprietary technology to simulate human behavior and forecast audience sentiment towards various marketing initiatives: brand platform Read More 

LOS ANGELES Creative studio SixTwentySix has signed director Gianluigi Carella for U.S. representation spanning commercials and branded content. Carella’s recent exploits include a Genesis campaign, a forthcoming launch for Brembo, and a Samsung project that exemplifies his refined yet high-energy approach. He also directed an Italian-market feature for Amazon Prime which was elevated from an “exclusive” to Read More 

LOS ANGELES (AP) Spike Lee’s “Highest 2 Lowest” takes some time to find its groove. But once it does, when the film leaves the high rises and puts its feet on the New York pavement, it really sings. A reimagining of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime thriller “High and Low,” Lee brings the story to a modern-day New York Read More 

NEW YORK (AP) The workaholic assassin Hutch Mansell is in a funk as “Nobody 2” opens. He’s sick of the daily grind, by which we mean he spends hours a day grinding people’s skulls into mush. What about a family vacation? “You need to have happy memories,” he tells his wife and kids. Unfortunately, no one in the Read More 

NEW YORK BBH USA unveiled its first edition of the Silent Spenders ethnographic study, challenging traditional age-based demographics to uncover what drives human behavior. “The Silent Spenders” offers an in-depth look at the lives of DINKs (Dual-Income, No Kids), revealing a nuanced portrait of a group often overlooked and misunderstood in popular culture. As the U.S. birth Read More 

LOS ANGELES Mary Crosse, a 25-year creative agency and production company veteran, and director John Poliquin have teamed to launch Fanfare, an AICP-member production house specializing in commercials and branded entertainment. For Crosse and Poliquin, starting Fanfare was a natural next step after years of working together and building strong relationships in the industry. They honed their Read More 

LOS ANGELES (AP) Danielle Spencer, who played the wisecracking and tattling little sister Dee Thomas on the 1970s sitcom “What’s Happening!!” has died at 60. Spencer, who became a veterinarian later in life, died Monday at a hospital in Richmond, Virginia, after a yearslong battle with cancer, family spokesperson Sandra Jones said. As Dee, Spencer was the smarter, Read More 

LOS ANGELES (AP) It’s August, and horror and humor came to play. In a month that’s long been known to let edgier movies thrive, Zach Cregger’s highly anticipated horror film “Weapons” did not disappoint, topping the box office during its debut weekend with $42.5 million domestically from 3,202 theaters. It made $70 million internationally. The film’s success also Read More 

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