Muse VFX, a visual effects and design group headed by founder, creative director and sr. VFX supervisor John Gross, has opened its doors in Hollywood. The new venture's team of artists, designers and producers creates advanced visual effects for TV, feature films, commercials, special venues and online content. Muse VFX is a division of New Antics, LLC, a technology-driven provider of patented interactive video marketing solutions for brands, publishers and online retailers.
Gross is the former senior exec of Eden FX at Point.360, where he oversaw the company's creation of visual effects. While there, his team created VFX for television and feature films and recently completed extensive visual effects for the iMax feature film Mysteries of the Unseen World and the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Current Muse television clients include MTV's Teen Wolf, CBS's NCIS and Disney's Dog with a Blog.
Gross said that Muse VFX offers "a 4K ready boutique environment with incredibly talented people and powerful tools." He noted that "while it may seem to be a volatile time for the formation of a new VFX studio, I'm excited about the potential for the growth of Ultra HD along with new episodic content providers like Amazon, Netflix and Hulu."
Denzel Washington, Michael J. Fox and Bono Among Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients
In the East Room of the White House on a particularly frigid Saturday afternoon, President Joe Biden bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 of the most famous names in politics, sports, entertainment, civil rights, LGBTQ+ advocacy and science.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton aroused a standing ovation from the crowd as she received her medal. Clinton was accompanied to the event by her husband former President Bill Clinton, daughter Chelsea Clinton and grandchildren. Democratic philanthropist George Soros and actor-director Denzel Washington were also awarded the nation's highest civilian honor in a White House ceremony.
"For the final time as president I have the honor bestowing the Medal of Freedom, our nation's highest civilian honor, on a group of extraordinary, truly extraordinary people, who gave their sacred effort, their sacred effort, to shape the culture and the cause of America," Biden said in his opening remarks.
"Let me just say to each of you, thank you, thank you, thank you for all you've done to help this country," Biden said Saturday.
Four medals were awarded posthumously. They went to George W. Romney, who served as both a Michigan governor and secretary of housing and urban development; former Attorney General and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy; Ash Carter, a former secretary of defense; and Fannie Lou Hamer, who founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and laid the groundwork for the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
Kennedy is father to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for health and human services secretary. Biden said, "Bobby is one of my true political heroes. I love and I miss him dearly."
Romney is the father of former Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney, one of... Read More