Margarita Mix de Santa Monica has upgraded its mixing suites to full high definition. The facility’s infrastructure has been re-engineered with the Fairlight Dream Constellation (integrated mixing consoles and digital audio workstations) routed to a Digital High Definition D5 VCR. The upgrade allows for the mixing of 5.1 surround sound to HD picture as well as layup to and layback from HD picture……In The Groove Music, Minneapolis, has brought composers Brian Casey and Danny Burke on board….FirstCom Music, Los Angeles, is looking to expand its presence in the video game market. The shop recently provided the theme music (“March Popakov Remix,” written by John Cacavas and produced by Danger Mouse) for Grand Theft Auto–Liberty City Stories. Additionally, the music will be featured in all TV advertising for the game worldwide. FirstCom sports more than 38,000 compositions in assorted catalogs. The company has had recent music placements in such TV shows as The OC, The West Wing, Lost and Medium. Recent feature film placements include ElizabethTown, Into The Blue and In Her Shoes….Dave Baker of Resonante Music and Sound Design, San Francisco, recently wrapped sound design for two spots–“Reminder” and “Tell All”–promoting My People, an Internet phone service, out of New York ad agency Anomaly. Additionally Resonante’s Craig Helmholz provided sound design for two SBC :15 spots, “Balloon” and “Reveal,” for agency GSD&M, Austin, Texas…..Miller’s new campaign–consisting of the spots “Runner,” “Extensions” and “Halftime”–directed by David Frankham of bicoastal Smuggler for Young & Rubicam, Chicago, featured music from Human, New York, sound design by Jeff Fuller of eleven, Santa Monica, and editor Jim Haygood of Spot Welders, Venice, Calif., and audio post mixing by Fuller, with Dj Fox-Engstrom executive producing for eleven…..
Mindy Kaling and Kate Hudson Take On Pro Basketball In Netflix Series “Running Point”
In Mindy Kaling's new Netflix series, "Running Point, " Kate Hudson stars as Isla Gordon, the new president of the Los Angeles Waves, a pro basketball team that's been run by her family for years. Hudson's character has to prove herself as a woman in a man's world not only to her passed-over brothers, but also to players whose egos need checking and other executives who don't take her seriously.
If Isla's story rings a bell, take a look at the list of executive producers on the 10-episode season dropping Thursday: Among them is Jeanie Buss, the president of the Los Angeles Lakers, who was embroiled in similar turmoil over control of the storied NBA franchise after the death of her father, Jerry Buss.
Buss not only has given the show her blessing, it was her idea said Kaling. Buss was a big fan of "The Office" and approached Kaling with the premise about five years ago. Kaling ended up as the co-creator, writer and executive producer alongside Ike Barinholtz and David Stassen.
"She's in a very serious, stressful job but she loves comedy. She does not take herself seriously," Kaling says of Buss. "That's really rare when someone has that much power and that much to lose."
Jeanie Buss' blessing
In fact, Kaling said, Buss wanted the show to be funny and had "no ego" about using her real life as inspiration.
"She's had some extremely interesting things happen to her as the president of the Lakers. Some of it is she literally dated the coach for many years and she's like, 'Do whatever you want,'" Kaling says, referring to Buss' former relationship with Phil Jackson. "To get that kind of carte blanche, I'd never heard that from someone who is so famous and, you know, pretty private."
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