Euro RSCG Chicago has hired Lisa Leone as a creative director
Euro RSCG Chicago has hired Lisa Leone as a creative director, a role which will see her head the agency's business with packaging company Reynolds Group and liquor brands Effen, Hornitos, Pucker and Sauza, and contribute to other agency clients and new business efforts. She joins Euro RSCG after more than five years of freelance experience with several agencies, including DDB, Y&R, Campbell Mithun, Grey, Nitro, Downtown Partners and Leo Burnett. As a consultant on creative, planning and management for new business pitches, Leone's brand experience includes Citibank, Sears, Wrigley, Finlandia, Miller Genuine Draft, Northwestern Mutual, Northern Trust and Walgreens. Previously Leone served as VP/creative director with BBDO Chicago. Also coming aboard Euro RSCG Chicago is Elena Robinson who's been named the shop's first director of integrated production. Her background includes having overseen day-to-day production at Liquid Thread and IP Pixel, for both of which she served as director of production and executive producer. Robinson has twice before overseen client work with Euro RSCG, first as a senior producer, then as a senior interactive producer…..Steven Gray has been promoted to creative director at mixed media house Radar Studios, acting as point person on animation and design projects, both for clients and for the company's live-action directors. Since joining Radar in 2006, he has worked on every major animation job that's come through the studio, including recent campaigns for Samsung's Galaxy S smartphone and Galaxy Tab, as well as multiple spots for NASCAR and McDonald's. Also moving up the ranks at Radar is 3D artist Mark Angres, who will now head up the 3D department…
“Overnight Success” Has Been More Than A Decade In The Making For Meghann Fahy and Eve Hewson
Meghann Fahy and Eve Hewson, two of the stars of Netflix's whodunit "The Perfect Couple," have news for you if you want to call them breakouts: They've been working in this business for more than a decade.
Fahy made her TV debut in 2009 in an episode of "Gossip Girl." Hewson's first big film role was in 2011's "This Must Be the Place." They do concede, however, that it's recent TV roles — "The White Lotus" for Fahy and "Bad Sisters" for Hewson — that have led to new frontiers of opportunity.
Susanne Bier, who directed "The Perfect Couple," says both Fahy and Hewson are "going to be big stars."
"They certainly have proper, profound star quality, Both of them in very different ways," Bier says. "Both are incredibly creative, incredibly smart, and also have a impressive insight as to who they are. You can be a great actor or actress and not necessarily really know who you are yourself. And they do."
Hewson, 33, whose dad is U2 front man Bono, may have grown up in a famous family but she's now in demand in her own right. She will next be seen in a second season of "Bad Sisters, " out in November. She's in Noah Baumbach's next film, alongside Adam Sandler, George Clooney and Riley Keough. She's also been cast in Steven Spielberg's next production and is set to star opposite Murray Bartlett in a racing series for Hulu.
Fahy, 34, is in production on a limited series with Julianne Moore and Milly Alcock called "Sirens," written by Molly Smith Metzler ("Maid") for Netflix. She also has two films in the can with Josh O'Connor ("The Crown," "Challengers") and Brandon Sklenar ("It Ends With Us").
The two actors spoke candidly about this phase of their careers. This interview has been condensed for clarity and... Read More