This is a story of friendship–except that normal lass Vicki Platt’s gal pal is none other than the Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz. We see various slices of life depicting the girls bonding–they go dress shopping, play in the park, do some video game-driven dancing, and there’s even a brief confrontation with a mutt reminiscent of Toto.
Their friendship culminates with the gals catching a movie at the local cinema as part of the two for one ticket deal perk offered to Orange mobile customers on Wednesdays (at participating U.K. movie houses).
This charmingly offbeat :60 was directed by Hank Perlman of bicoastal/international Hungry Man for Fallon London.
Matt Buels exec produced for Hungry Man, London, with Tim Nunn serving as line producer. The DP was Danny Cohen.
The Fallon team included creative director Richard Flintham and producer Gemma Knight.
Editor was Alaster Jordan of The Whitehouse, London. Visual effects house was MPC, London.
Disney Pledges $15 million In L.A. Fire Aid As More Celebs Learn They’ve Lost Their Homes
The Pacific Palisades wildfires torched the home of "This Is Us" star Milo Ventimiglia, perhaps most poignantly destroying the father-to-be's newly installed crib.
CBS cameras caught the actor walking through his charred house for the first time, standing in what was once his kitchen and looking at a neighborhood in ruin. "Your heart just breaks."
He and his pregnant wife, Jarah Mariano, evacuated Tuesday with their dog and they watched on security cameras as the flames ripped through the house, destroying everything, including a new crib.
"There's a kind of shock moment where you're going, 'Oh, this is real. This is happening.' What good is it to continue watching?' And then at a certain point we just turned it off, like 'What good is it to continue watching?'"
Firefighters sought to make gains Friday during a respite in the heavy winds that fanned the flames as numerous groups pledged aid to help victims and rebuild, including a $15 million donation pledge from the Walt Disney Co.
More stars learn their homes are gone
While seeing the remains of his home, Ventimiglia was struck by a connection to his "This Is Us" character, Jack Pearson, who died after inhaling smoke in a house fire. "It's not lost on me life imitating art."
Mandy Moore, who played Ventimiglia's wife on "This Is Us," nearly lost her home in the Eaton fire, which scorched large areas of the Altadena neighborhood. She said Thursday that part of her house is standing but is unlivable, and her husband lost his music studio and all his instruments.
Mel Gibson's home is "completely gone," his publicist Alan Nierob confirmed Friday. The Oscar winner revealed the loss of his home earlier Friday while appearing on Joe Rogan's... Read More