Bug Editorial, headquartered in New York, is about to go bicoastal. The company, headed by editor/owner Andre Betz, is slated to open a full service Santa Monica facility in early spring.
Editor Lucas Spaulding, who joined Bug in fall 2005, will work out of the new Santa Monica operation. He and the entire Bug roster of editors will be available to cut out of both company offices. In addition to Betz and Spaulding, that lineup includes editors Adam Jenkins and Josh Towvim.
Spaulding–whose recent editing credits include spots for FedEx, Coca-Cola, Burger King, K-Mart, E*Trade and Miller Brewing–also has an ad agency pedigree. He began his career as an agency producer at what was then Hal Riney & Partners (now Publicis & Hal Riney), San Francisco. He then joined MacKenzie Cutler, New York, as an assistant editor, becoming a full-fledged editor there in ’00. Spaulding moved over to bicoastal Cosmo Street in ’03. Cosmo Street was his roost prior to Bug.
Among Spaulding’s other ad endeavors over the years include work for such clients as Heineken, New York Sports Clubs, Mercedes-Benz and Snickers.
Meanwhile Arrow Kruse is coming aboard as executive producer of Bug, Santa Monica. His Bug exec producer counterpart on the East Coast is Jane Weintraub. Kruse was most recently freelance producing for agencies Deutsch and Berlin Cameron United, both in New York. Among his freelance assignments were commercials for Samsung, Coca-Cola, Coors Light and Boost Mobile.
Prior to freelancing, Kruse was head of production at Amster Yard, New York. Earlier he served as a broadcast producer at Wieden+Kennedy, Portland, Ore.
The End of The “Rust” Criminal Case Against Alec Baldwin May Unlock A Civil Lawsuit
The conclusion of a criminal case against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer clears the way for a related civil lawsuit by relatives of the deceased woman and efforts to depose the actor under oath, attorneys for plaintiffs in the civil suit said Tuesday.
At a news conference in Los Angeles, victims' rights attorney Gloria Allred said that the parents and younger sister of deceased cinematographer Halyna Hutchins were disappointed that prosecutors won't appeal the dismissal of an involuntary manslaughter charge against Baldwin. The criminal charge against Baldwin was dismissed halfway through trial in July on allegations that police and prosecutors withheld evidence from the defense.
Hutchins died shortly after being wounded during a rehearsal in the movie "Rust" in October 2021 at a film-set ranch on the outskirts of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Baldwin, the lead actor and coproducer, was pointing a pistol at Hutchins when it discharged, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer — but not the trigger — and the revolver fired.
Allred said Hutchins' relatives are determined to pursue damages and compensation from Baldwin and "Rust" producers in New Mexico civil court, and want Baldwin to answer questions under oath in the proceedings. Hutchins' widower and son previously reached a separate legal settlement.
"With the withdrawal that was made public yesterday, we are now able to proceed with our civil case," Allred said. "Clearly, the rights of Alec Baldwin were protected, but the due process rights of the victims — Halyna Hutchins and her parents and her sister — were violated."
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