Director Carlton Chase has signed with Notorious 24:7, Santa Monica, for representation in spots and longer form content. Among his credits over the years are commercials for such clients as Coca-Cola’s Dasani bottled water, Merrill Lynch, Westin Hotels, Bombay Sapphire Gin and Oracle.
For the latter he helmed “Freedom of Speech” and the Gold Clio-winning “Revolution” via agency Think New Ideas, Los Angeles. Filmed in Cambodia, the Oracle ads allude to historical cases of repression, such as the Khmer Rouge takeover of Cambodia, in order to emphasize the importance of a free flow of information.
The director’s prior spot roosts over the years include Chased by Cowboys, Venice, Calif., bicoastal/international MJZ and now defunct Shooting Gallery Productions, Ritts/Hayden, Berkofsky Barrett and Griner Cuesta & Schrom.
Chase first ganered attention as a student at Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, via his two-minute branding spot for Speedo. He went from up-and-coming talent to established commercial filmmaker, scoring with several campaigns, including Norwegian Cruise Lines’ elegant black-and-white commercials for what is now Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco.
Notorious 24:7 is under the aegis of executive producers Jay Boccia and Neale Ferguson.
Supreme Court Seems Likely To Uphold A Law That Could Force TikTok To Shut Down On Jan. 19
The Supreme Court on Friday seemed likely to uphold a law that would ban TikTok in the United States beginning Jan. 19 unless the popular social media program is sold by its China-based parent company.
Hearing arguments in a momentous clash of free speech and national security concerns, the justices seemed persuaded by arguments that the national security threat posed by the company's connections to China override concerns about restricting the speech either of TikTok or its 170 million users in the United States.
Early in arguments that lasted more than two and a half hours, Chief Justice John Roberts identified his main concern: TikTok's ownership by China-based ByteDance and the parent company's requirement to cooperate with the Chinese government's intelligence operations.
If left in place, the law passed by bipartisan majorities in Congress and signed by President Joe Biden in April will require TikTok to "go dark" on Jan. 19, lawyer Noel Francisco told the justices on behalf of TikTok.
At the very least, Francisco urged, the justices should enter a temporary pause that would allow TikTok to keep operating. "We might be in a different world again" after President-elect Donald Trump takes office on Jan. 20. Trump, who has 14.7 million followers on TikTok, also has called for the deadline to be pushed back to give him time to negotiate a "political resolution." Francisco served as Trump's solicitor general in his first presidential term.
But it was not clear whether any justices would choose such a course. And only Justice Neil Gorsuch sounded like he would side with TikTok to find that the ban violates the Constitution.
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