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    Jane Lynch Makes 1st Foray Into Commercial Directing Via Production House STORY

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    LOS ANGELES --

    Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning actress Jane Lynch is joining STORY as a director for advertising projects. Lynch, who currently stars in the Amazon series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, has already completed her first project with STORY, a two-spot campaign currently in postproduction for an undisclosed client.

    “Jane Lynch is one of the most gifted comic talents working today,” said STORY executive producer Mark Androw. “She has a wonderful knack for storytelling, an impeccable sense of comic timing and a natural skill for directing actors. We are thrilled to work with her and help her launch what we believe will be a very successful career as a director.”

    Lynch was introduced to STORY executive Cliff Grant by her longtime friend, comedian Andy Richter, who is also represented by the company as a director. 

    Last year, Lynch won an Emmy Award, her fifth, for her role as Sophie Lennon on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. She won both Golden Globe and Emmy awards in 2010 for her role as Sue Sylvester in Glee. She also won two Emmys as host of Hollywood Game Night. Additional television credits include Space Force, Manifesto, Two and Half Men, The Good Fight and Criminal Minds. She has appeared in the films Wreck It Ralph I and II, The Three Stooges, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Talladega Nights, Role Models, Julie & Julia, A Mighty Wind, Best In Show and For Your Consideration. A Chicago native, she began her career with Second City and Steppenwolf Theatre.

    Lynch has acted in many commercials over the course of her career.  Lynch said she has learned to appreciate the commercial format from having worked with some of the best comedy directors in the business, and believes that her background in improvisation and comic acting translate well to advertising. “I’ve learned not to linger on things,” she said. “I find that the first take is often the best take. I like to record rehearsals because of the spontaneity and the ideas that come out.”

    For her first commercial directing project  Lynch worked with STORY’s Grant, producer Marsie Wallach and veteran cinematographer Randy Arnold. “I was thrilled to work with such wonderful actors and top-notch crew,” she said.

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    A Closer Look At Proposed Measures Designed To Curb Google’s Search Monopoly

    Thursday, November 21, 2024

    U.S. regulators are proposing aggressive measures to restore competition to the online search market after a federal judge ruled Google maintained an illegal monopoly for the last decade.

    The sweeping set of recommendations filed late Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice could radically alter Google's business, including possibly spinning off the Chrome web browser and syndicating its search data to competitors. Even if the courts adopt the blueprint, Google isn't likely to make any significant changes until 2026 at the earliest, because of the legal system's slow-moving wheels.

    Here's what it all means:

    What is the Justice Department's goal?
    Federal prosecutors are cracking down on Google in a case originally filed during near the end of then-President Donald Trump's first term. Officials say the main goal of these proposals is to get Google to stop leveraging its dominant search engine to illegally squelch competition and stifle innovation.

    "The playing field is not level because of Google's conduct, and Google's quality reflects the ill-gotten gains of an advantage illegally acquired," the Justice Department asserted in its recommendations. "The remedy must close this gap and deprive Google of these advantages."

    Not surprisingly, Google sees things much differently. The Justice Department's "wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court's decision," Kent Walker, Google's chief legal officer, asserted in a blog post. "It would break a range of Google products — even beyond search — that people love and find helpful in their everyday lives."

    It's still possible that the Justice Department could ease off on its attempts to break up Google, especially if President-elect Donald Trump... Read More

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