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    Producer Lia Hegarty Joins Bang Music + Sound Design

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    By SUSAN LIN

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    After three years as a coordinator in the program enterprises and distribution division of Showtime Networks, New York, Lia Hegarty has reentered the music industry as producer/account executive at Bang music + sound design, New York. She will work with Bang executive producer Brian Jones, assisting in spot production, account coordination and in the management of Bang’s film and television scoring enterprise.

    Bang’s president/creative director Lyle Greenfield commented, "We were looking for someone who had not the agency background, but one who has more of a music background and with a strong sense of taste."

    Hegarty said she departed Showtime "to get more involved with music." For eight years before joining Showtime, Hegarty had been freelancing as a singer/guitarist. While in Dublin (her native country), Hegarty had performed in local venues such as Slattery’s and Dublin Community Radio. Moving to New York in ’95, Hegarty joined rock band Baby Jenkins as lead vocalist. She later departed the band to perform solo.

    At Showtime, Hegarty is currently working on Sprite’s "Dreams," via Lowe Lintas & Partners, New York, and a product relaunch for Virgin Beverages via Long Haymes Carr, Winston-Salem, N.C. "I feel that I’ve become a member of a unique family. Everyone is here because they love music," said Hegarty.

    Greenfield and Jones head up national representation for Bang.

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    Steven Soderbergh Has A Multi-Faceted “Presence” In His Latest Film

    Wednesday, January 22, 2025

    Steven Soderbergh isn't just the director and cinematographer of his latest film. He's also, in a way, its central character.

    "Presence" is filmed entirely from the POV of a ghost inside a home a family has just moved into. Soderbergh, who serves as his own cinematographer under the pseudonym Peter Andrews (his father's name), essentially performs as the presence, a floating point-of-view that watches as the violence that killed the mysterious ghost threatens to be repeated.

    For even the prolific Soderbergh, the film, which opens Friday in theaters, was a unique challenge. He shot "Presence" with a small digital camera while wearing slippers to soften his steps.

    The 62-year-old filmmaker recently met a reporter in a midtown Manhattan hotel in between finishing post-production on his other upcoming movie ("Black Bag," a thriller Focus Features will release March 14) and beginning production in a few weeks on his next project, a romantic comedy that he says "feels like a George Cukor movie."

    Soderbergh, whose films include "Out of Sight," the "Ocean's 11" movies, "Magic Mike" and "Erin Brockovich," tends to do a lot in small windows of time. "Presence" took 11 days to film.

    That dexterous proficiency has made the ever-experimenting Soderbergh one of Hollywood's most widely respected evaluators of the movie business. In a wide-ranging conversation, he discussed why he thinks streaming is the most destructive force the movies have ever faced and why he's "the cockroach of this industry."

    Q: You use pseudonyms for yourself as a cinematographer and editor. Were you tempted to credit yourself as an actor for "Presence"?

    SODERBERGH: No, but what I did is subtle. For the first and... Read More

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