Creative music company MAS (Music & Strategy) has appointed Lisa McGuire to serve as sr. producer and music supervisor.
A lifelong musician, McGuire grew up in theatre, naturally drawn to music and production. While in college, she made her start in the industry by interning at a small music house and running live sound at a music venue. From there, she graduated and moved to work at Egg Music in Minneapolis and L.A., where she learned all things bespoke music, music supervision, and advertising–and even some film and television.
Working freelance since then, McGuire has been a music producer, voice talent, songwriter, 2nd AD, prop master, postproduction supervisor, and agency producer. This eventually led to her producing content and broadcast for Walmart and Google, as well as creating a web series from the ground up with friend and director Maribeth Romslo for Hello Sunshine. Other highlights include working as a music producer on high-profile projects such as Old Navy’s “Imagine Mission” commercial starring Kristen Wiig, and Ford’s “The Perfect Union” starring Gabrielle Union.
As a singer/songwriter, McGuire has created music for and sang on content for brands such as Target, Facebook, and Subaru. Recently, she sang the theme for a parody spot promoting The Office on NBCUniversal’s streaming service Peacock.
Gabe McDonough, partner, EP and music supervisor at MAS, added, “We’ve appreciated Lisa’s work for years, so it’s great to finally be together on team MAS. Her broad experience in music, advertising and beyond will give our clients even more expertise, and another creative point of view to draw on as our projects get ever more complex and unconventional.”
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More