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 Issue Date: 06/18/2025 | Click headlines for full story, pics, video or to comment
SHOOT News of the Day
Jonathan Tropper Delves Into The Creation and Crafting of “Your Friends & Neighbors”
Jonathan Tropper explained that some “15 years of living in Westchester” helped in part to spark the creation of Your Friends & Neighbors (Apple TV+). “Being adjacent to that world, absorbing the aesthetic of it,” shared Tropper, fueled his desire “to do a show there.” Set in the fictional, affluent Westmont Village, loosely based on
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Creative Data, B2B, Direct, Media, PR and Social & Creator Lion Winners Honored On Day 3 of Cannes Fest
Day three of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity saw the winners revealed of the Creative Data Lions, Creative B2B Lions, Direct Lions, Media Lions, PR Lions, and Social & Creator Lions. Simon Cook, CEO, Lions, said: “Huge congratulations to all our Lion winners, whose groundbreaking work demonstrates how powerful creativity can be to
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Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine Launches Sunnie Brand Focused On Young Women
Hello Sunshine, Reese Witherspoon’s media and production company that’s a part of Candle Media, is launching Sunnie, a Gen Z-focused media, experiential and lifestyle brand, community and content platform designed to inspire the next generation of young women to reclaim their time, follow their curiosity and step into their power–without the pressure of having it
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The Sweetshop USA Adds Directing Duo Stefano & Alejandra To Its U.S. Roster
The Sweetshop USA has added directorial duo Stefano & Alejandra (Stefano Caprile and Alejandra Cano), two creative minds with a shared eye for the bold, the playful, and the beautifully offbeat. Stefano & Alejandra have a body of commercial work which spans such brands as KFC, Snickers, Shell, Vodafone and Phillips, among others. George Meeker,
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“Jaws” Changed Movies Forever, But Hollywood Still Has Lessons To Learn From It
Fifty years after “Jaws” sunk its teeth into us, we’re still admiring the bite mark. Steven Spielberg’s 1975 film, his second feature, left such a imprint on culture and Hollywood that barely any trip to the movies, let alone to the beach, has been the same since. Few films have been more perfectly suited to
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Motion Picture Academy elects 2025-’26 Board of Governors
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced its newly elected 2025-2026 Board of Governors. The governors will take office at the first scheduled board meeting of the new term. Incumbent governors reelected to the Board: Marlee Matlin, Actors Branch Marlon West, Animation Branch Richard Hicks, Casting Directors Branch Dion Beebe, Cinematographers Branch
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Review: Director Joseph Kosinski’s “F1”
The wide-screen spectacle of Formula One gets a gleaming, rip-roaring workout in Joseph Kosinski’s “F1,” a fine-tuned machine of a movie that, in its most riveting racing scenes, approaches a kind of high-speed splendor. Kosinski, who last endeavored to put moviegoers in the seat of a fighter jet in “Top Gun: Maverick,” has moved to
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Review: An Intergalactic, Existential Adventure About Loneliness In Pixar’s “Elio”
Elio is a lonely 11-year-old just looking for big answers about life. He’s recently lost his parents, the only people who understood him and wanted him, and the one thing that seems to give him comfort and hope is the idea that we’re not alone in the universe. So, in Pixar’s latest (in theaters Friday),
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Tyler Perry sued by actor on “The Oval” for sexual assault and harassment
An actor who worked on the Tyler Perry-created TV drama “The Oval” has filed a lawsuit alleging Perry leveraged his industry power to repeatedly sexually assault and harass him while keeping him quiet. The lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court by actor Derek Dixon, who appeared on 85 episodes of the BET series, seeks
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Issue Date: 06/18/2025 | Click headlines for full story, pics, video or to comment
SPW News of the Day
First-Ever Immersive Motion Picture Concert Experience: ‘La Pandora’s Box’ Sets Premiere For October 1st, 2025
Nadeem Majdalany’s La Pandora’s Box™ is set to revolutionize the worlds of contemporary classical music and immersive entertainment when it debuts on October 1st, 2025. The illustrious premiere will take place at the historic Miracle Theater in Inglewood, CA, which first opened its doors in 1937. Created by multi-award winning musician, composer, and visionary Nadeem
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Defiant LA Partners With Astra Reps To Expand Creative Footprint Across Sports, News, and Tech
In a strategic move to accelerate growth and deepen its impact across the media and entertainment landscape, Defiant LA, the award-winning Venice-based creative agency, has joined forces with business development firm Astra Reps. The new partnership aims to amplify Defiant LA’s reach with consumer brands, news, broadcasters, and sports platforms navigating the evolving intersections of
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“Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution” Nominated For Best LGBTQ TV Documentary or Documentary Series at the 2025 Dorian TV Awards
Nominated for Best LGBTQ TV Documentary or Documentary Series at this year’s Dorian TV Awards is Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution – a feature-length documentary that counts Katherine LeBlond & James Haygood of Union Editorial as Co-Executive Producers. Union’s Rodrigo Brazão edited the film, and Union also brought Post Supervisor Veronica ‘V$’ Garcia, Consulting Producer Kaitlin
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Carbon’s Liam Chapple and First Person Create a Monstrous Campaign For UroLift
UroLift’s Prostate Monster is big, pink, and fluffy, with a subtly engaging performance. Directed by Liam Chapple for First Person, Carbon tapped into their CG creature comforts on this brand new campaign. “We were over the moon when we received the creative brief from First Person,” says Chapple. “They charged us with interpreting and expanding upon the
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Senior Austin Editor Kevin Ray Joins TBD Post
Post production and editorial studio TBD Post has brought editor Kevin Ray on board. Following years of project collaboration and recent freelance work, Ray and TBD Post have made the relationship official. The Austin-based facility has also promoted Ben Montez to editor — further expanding the company’s editorial roster and short form team. “I’ve been
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DWA Presents Ultimate Events, June 2025 Edition (Hybrid Special)
According to BCG Henderson Institute Chairman Martin Reeves and Rhodes Scholar Jack Fuller in their incredibly inspiring Harvard Business Review book ‘The Imagination Machine,’ imagination is crucial for “seizing and creating new opportunities and finding new paths to growth.” On a similar note, strategist, intelligence analyst, and Webster University communications professor David Gutting has advanced
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