Changes At Elias, Vapor; Latest Buzz
Martin Pazzani has been named president/CEO of Elias Arts, the bicoastal music/sound and brand identity company. He formerly served as senior VP/chief marketing officer at Bally Total Fitness, Chicago. Prior to that he was senior VP, worldwide director of The Chess Team at Foote, Cone & Belding, New York, where he led a global network of creative business and marketing strategists in uncovering new consumer insights and applying them to marketing challenges while working with major clients on six continents. Earlier Pazzani was managing director of New York-based marketing and advertising agency RocketScience. In his new role, he plans to split his time between Elias’ offices in New York and Santa Monica….Having spent the past three years dividing his time between Toronto-based Steam Films and Vapor Music Group, Roger Harris now turns his full attention to his role as president/creative director at Vapor. (Steam continues under the aegis of Jennifer Sykes and Dan Ford.) Harris’ experience spans music houses (a founder of Canada’s Harris Cole Wilde and Jungle Music) and ad agencies (director of broadcast for BBDO Toronto, deputy creative director/executive director of broadcast at Young & Rubicam, San Francisco). At Vapor, he teams with music director Gerry Mosby and music supervisor David Hayman….New York-based boutique Buzz provided audio mixing and creative finishing services for a six-spot Campbell’s Select campaign featuring John Lithgow. The commercials were directed by David LaChapelle of bicoastal/international HSI for BBDO New York. Buzz’s Michael Marinelli served as audio post mixer; Peter Flack of Buzz was the online editor. BBDO’s team included chief creative officer David Lubars, senior creative director Ed Maslow, associate creative director/copywriter/art director Anna Fader, exec producer Lisa Chrisman, director of music/radio production Rani Vaz and senior music producer Melissa Chester. Original music was composed by Dirty Rotten Scoundrel’s composer and lyricist, David Yazbeck…..
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