March 20, 2009
BBH NY won the best of show GRANDY honor this week at the International ANDY Awards on the strength of its integrated campaign “Dig Out Your Soul In The Streets” that introduced Oasis’ latest album. The GRANDY honor encompasses a $50,000 in cash award, the GRANDY “championship” ring, and acknowledgement as ANDY best in show. The winning campaign for the Oasis release on Warner Records as well as BBH client NYC & Co. represented a fresh, guerilla marketing approach on the streets of New York. Oasis members taught NYC street bands their songs, who then publicly performed the music weeks prior to the album release in conjunction with an extensive viral/PR-driven campaign. Additionally there was a documentary, globally distributed through MySpace, that was directed by The Malloys of HSI Productions…. FilmCore, which maintains editorial studios in NY, Santa Monica and San Francisco, has launched a facility in Chicago. The new shop, which features two Avid editing suites, is headed by editor Angelo Valencia, formerly of FilmCore’s Santa Monica operation….Ãœber Content has signed director Luis Gerard for exclusive North American spot representation. He comes over from greatguns: USA….
March 19, 2004
Feature filmmaker (Snatch; Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) and commercial director Guy Ritchie has signed with Anonymous Content for exclusive spot representation in the United States. Ritchie is no stranger to Anonymous, having worked once before with the company on a high-profile project, his BMW Films’ short, Star, which garnered several industry awards, including a 2002 Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) Show honor in the Advertising Excellence, Single Commercial, category….Director Jared Hess has signed with Moxie Pictures for exclusive commercial representation in the U.S. This is his first commercialmaking representation as a director. Hess’ first feature, Napoleon Dynamite, was screened at this year’s Sundance Film Festival…. The directing team of Amy Hill and Chris Riess, a.k.a. Riess/ Hill, has joined GARTNER. Hill and Riess come over from Anonymous Content, where they had been since summer 2002…. Director Elliott Lester has signed with X-Ray Productions, bicoastal and Chicago, for commercials, and Merge @ Crossroads, Los Angeles, for music videos….
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.
Defense counsel says that prosecutors tried to establish a link... Read More