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    Director Nina Holmgren Joins SMUGGLER For Spots, Music Videos

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    NEW YORK --

    Director Nina Holmgren has landed her first U.S. representation, joining SMUGGLER for commercials and music videos. SMUGGLER additionally handles Danish filmmaker Holmgren internationally, with the exception of Denmark, Sweden and Norway where she continues to be repped by production house Bacon.

    With a background in fine arts, documentary, and as a former champion athlete, Holmgren brings a distinctive voice to her work, combining skills in storytelling and aesthetic expression. She won three Young Directors Awards at the 2019 Cannes Lions for her films I Want You to Panic, a cautionary tale about climate change, and Right to Play, which centers on the founder of the first all-women’s soccer team in Afghanistan fighting for gender equality.

    Holmgren also has strong ties to the fashion world and received international acclaim with her film Club 99.7, a tribute to old age with a focus on her grandfather, a style icon and poet, for clothing brand Le Fix. The film premiered exclusively on Nowness and won Best Branded Content at The One Show x Free the Bid and was shortlisted at Cannes Lions. 

    Holmgren said she was drawn to SMUGGLER in that is “a progressive company” that embraces “bold, visionary ideas” and “strives for high-level craftsmanship.” She added that SMUGGLER “just feels like the perfect place for pushing the boundaries of storytelling.”

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    Supreme Court Allows Multibillion-Dollar Class Action Lawsuit To Proceed Against Meta

    Friday, November 22, 2024

    The Supreme Court is allowing a multibillion-dollar class action investors' lawsuit to proceed against Facebook parent Meta, stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm.

    The justices heard arguments in November in Meta's bid to shut down the lawsuit. On Friday, they decided that they were wrong to take up the case in the first place.

    The high court dismissed the company's appeal, leaving in place an appellate ruling allowing the case to go forward.

    Investors allege that Meta did not fully disclose the risks that Facebook users' personal information would be misused by Cambridge Analytica, a firm that supported Donald Trump 's first successful Republican presidential campaign in 2016.

    Inadequacy of the disclosures led to two significant price drops in the price of the company's shares in 2018, after the public learned about the extent of the privacy scandal, the investors say.

    Meta spokesman Andy Stone said the company was disappointed by the court's action. "The plaintiff's claims are baseless and we will continue to defend ourselves as this case is considered by the District Court," Stone said in an emailed statement.

    Meta already has paid a $5.1 billion fine and reached a $725 million privacy settlement with users.

    Cambridge Analytica had ties to Trump political strategist Steve Bannon. It had paid a Facebook app developer for access to the personal information of about 87 million Facebook users. That data was then used to target U.S. voters during the 2016 campaign.

    The lawsuit is one of two high court cases involving class-action lawsuits against tech companies. The justices also are wrestling with whether to shut down a class action against Nvidia.... Read More

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