By Kristin Wilcha
New Faces
Boyd Coyner and Kai Zastrow have joined TBWA/Chiat/Day, San Francisco, as creative directors. Additionally, Brian Hughes has joined the shop as an art director.
Creative director Jamie Barrett has been promoted to partner from associate partner at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco.
John Kiechele has been promoted to associate creative director from senior art director, at Boede&Partners, Salt Lake City.
Account Movement
Verizon has parted ways with Lowe, New York. McGarry Bowen, New York, a new agency which was awarded image and branding duties last fall, will increase its duties on the account.
Lubriderm has shifted its ad account to BBDO New York, from J. Walter Thompson, New York.
Two agencies have won TV assignments for Grey Goose Vodka. The project is being handled by DeVito/Verdi, New York, and Wolfe/Doyle, San Francisco.
Liberty Bank has chosen Cronin and Company, Glastonbury, Conn., to handle its account.
The $20 million Penzoil Motor Oil account has been placed in review. Incumbent GSD&M, Austin, Texas, will defend.
Virgin Atlantic Airways has launched a review of its ad account, which had been handled by CMG Communications, New York.
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.
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