Bicoastal Park Pictures has brought The Glue Society–a creative collective that includes film directors, designers, artists and writers–aboard its directorial roster for representation in the U.S. Additionally via its alliance with Academy Films, London, Park Pictures represents The Glue Society in the U.K. The collective is handled by Revolver in Australia.
The Glue Society has earned assorted honors over the years, including Grand Prix, Gold Lion and Titanium Awards at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. The collective’s work spans broadcast entertainment, graphic design, web-based viral projects, art installations, live events and both print and TV advertising. On the latter score, The Glue Society’s credits include such recent work as VB’s “Regulars” and Toohey’s “Beer Relay.”
Via their prior roost, bicoastal/international @radical.media, The Glue Society directed assorted notable projects over the years, including the lauded “March of the Emperors” spot for Canal Plus out of BETC Euro RSCG, Paris, and branded content in the form of The Gamekillers, a one-hour MTV dating special promoting Axe Dry deodorant for Bartle Bogle Hegarty, New York.
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.
Gorsuch labeled arguments advanced by the Biden administration' in defense of the law a... Read More