Arnold Worldwide is expanding its global micronetwork into Australia. Via a merger with Havas sister agency The Furnace, Arnold has launched Arnold Furnace. The expansion includes office locations in Sydney and Melbourne and is partly in response to increasing international assignments from Arnold clients, such as Carnival Cruise Lines, Ocean Spray and Progressive Insurance.
Furnace’s managing director Tony Singleton will lead Arnold Furnace. Singleton will report to Andrew Benett, global CEO of Arnold Worldwide and global chief strategy officer of Havas Worldwide.
The collaboration is already paying dividends with Arnold Furnace working on projects for current Arnold clients, including Carnival Cruise Lines, Ocean Spray and Progressive Insurance. The Furnace has enjoyed a period of sustained growth over the past 12 months with significant business wins from new and existing clients including Warner Bros, Procter & Gamble, Atkins Nutritionals and, most recently, Huawei. In addition to producing several internationally award-winning pieces of work, it has also made a number of significant hirings last year, adding to its creative and digital departments in particular.
Arnold Furnace’s creative leads will be existing Furnace joint national creative directors Paul Fenton and Tom Spicer.
Arnold Furnace is the latest stride internationally for Arnold Worldwide in the last 18 months. Most recently, Arnold was named the global agency of record for Dell, and added other global clients including Alberto Culver (recently acquired by Unilever) and New Balance. In addition to Australia, Arnold Worldwide expects to expand into Brazil in the coming months. Last year Arnold opened an office in Amsterdam and expanded its presence in the U.K.
Alec Baldwin Urges Judge To Stand By Dismissal Of Involuntary Manslaughter Case In “Rust” Shooting
Alec Baldwin urged a New Mexico judge on Friday to stand by her decision to skuttle his trial and dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against the actor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie.
State District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case against Baldwin halfway through a trial in July based on the withholding of evidence by police and prosecutors from the defense in the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust."
The charge against Baldwin was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can't be revived once any appeals of the decision are exhausted.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey recently asked the judge to reconsider, arguing that there were insufficient facts and that Baldwin's due process rights had not been violated.
Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer on "Rust," was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal when it went off, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer — but not the trigger — and the revolver fired.
The case-ending evidence was ammunition that was brought into the sheriff's office in March by a man who said it could be related to Hutchins' killing. Prosecutors said they deemed the ammunition unrelated and unimportant, while Baldwin's lawyers alleged that they "buried" it and filed a successful motion to dismiss the case.
In her decision to dismiss the Baldwin case, Marlowe Sommer described "egregious discovery violations constituting misconduct" by law enforcement and prosecutors, as well as false testimony about physical evidence by a witness during the trial.
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