September 29, 1995/Director Alek Keshishian, noted for the documentary Madonna: Truth or Dare, has signed with bicoastal Atherton & Associates for spot representation….Michael Redman has closed his 20-year-old music house, Redman Productions, and started up a new shop, BrîtHaus, an Orlando, Fla.-based post facility….New York-based Curious Pictures has launched in-house division Curious Pixels. The unit will focus on CGI, as apart from its parent company’s more traditionally rendered animation and graphics….
SEPTEMBER 28, 1990/Helayne Spivak has joined Young & Rubicam, New York, as executive creative director. She formerly held that title at Hal Riney & Partners, New York….Hong Kong-based director Louis Ng has signed with Smillie Films, Santa Monica, his first commercial roost in the U.S…. Director Patrick Russell has signed with Spots Films International, New York and London. He ends a five-year affiliation with bicoastal Rick Levine Productions….London-based director Eric Watson signed with Desert Music Pictures, Los Angeles. Watson will continue with Harry Films, London, for spot representation in Europe….
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Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. Explore Generations, Old School vs. New School, In “Poppa’s House”
Boundaries between work and family don't just blur in the new CBS sitcom "Poppa's House" starring father-and-son comedy duo Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. They shatter.
"It's wonderful to come to work every day and see him and some of his kids and my sister and my brother and nieces and nephews. They all work on this show. They all contribute," says the senior Wayans. "I don't think there are words to express how joyful I am."
Wayans plays the titular Poppa, a curmudgeonly radio DJ who's more than comfortable doing it his way, while Wayans Jr. plays his son, Damon, a budding filmmaker who's stuck in a job he hates.
"My character, Pop, is just an old school guy who's kind of stuck in his ways," says Wayans, who starred in "In Living Color" and "My Wife and Kids."
Pop yearns for the days when a handshake was a binding contract and Michael Jordan didn't complain if he got fouled on the court. Pop laughs at the younger generation's participation trophies.
"It's old school versus new school and them teaching each other lessons from both sides," says Wayans Jr., who played Coach in the Fox sitcom "New Girl."
"They (the characters) bring the best out in each other and they're resistant initially. But then throughout the episode they have revelations and these revelations help them become better people," he adds.
The two have worked together before — dad made an appearance on son's "Happy Endings" and "Happy Together," while son was a writer and guest star on dad's "My Wife and Kids." But this is the first time they have headlined a series together.
The half-hour comedy — premiering Monday and co-starring Essence Atkins and Tetona Jackson — smartly leaves places in the script where father and son can let... Read More