Production house DNA has secured Hilly Reps to handle commercial representation in the Midwest. The Hilly Reps team is led by Hillary Herbst, who started the firm in 1981. Her partner, Sonia Blum, brings her advertising expertise to the company as a former agency account director both at FCB and Euro RSCG. DNA has turned out work for assorted brands, including Sony, Lexus, Target, Budweiser, and Verizon. Recently, DNA debuted a :30 for USPS and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 by directors Marc Webb and Rich Lee….The Cavalry Productions has named Elizabeth Mang as its Midwest rep. Headed by exec producers Ross Grogan and Chris Wedding, The Cavalry Productions recently signed directors Gil Green, Ben DeJesus, Bryce Gubler and Woodhead. Mang joins Saxon+Partners for representation of the commercial/digital production company which is headquartered in L.A. with offices in NY and Miami….
Snubs and Surprises In Oscar Nominations
In one of the more wide-open Oscar fields in recent history, there were plenty of nominations surprises Thursday. Not too long ago, it seemed that people like Angelina Jolie and Nicole Kidman were destined for best actress nominations, while general audience disinterest in the young Donald Trump movie "The Apprentice" might have indicated its awards chances were dead on arrival. But the members of the film academy had something different in mind. Here are some of the biggest snubs and surprises from the 97th Oscar nominations. SURPRISE: Jeremy Strong and Sebastian Stan, "The Apprentice" The young Trump movie "The Apprentice" has been one of the bigger awards season question marks, especially after it failed to resonate with moviegoers in theaters. And yet both Jeremy Strong, for his portrayal for Trump lawyer Roy Cohn, and Sebastian Stan (who was also in the conversation for "A Different Man" ), for playing the future two-time president, made it in. Only Strong got nominated by the Screen Actors Guild. SNUB: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, "Hard Truths" This will forever be one of the more confounding awards season oversights. Marianne Jean-Baptiste delivered one of the all-time great performances in Mike Leigh's "Hard Truths," as the perpetually aggrieved and sharp-tongued London woman Pansy. The general thinking is that it was either going to be Jean-Baptiste or Fernanda Torres, and Torres got in for the equally beloved "I'm Still Here." SNUB: Pamela Anderson, "The Last Showgirl" This is perhaps up for debate, but there was certainly a lot of goodwill behind Anderson's movie-star turn in Gia Coppola's "The Last Showgirl," especially considering her SAG nomination. But like with Jennifer Lopez and... Read More