Female-led music and sound house Nylon Studios amplifies its continued efforts to champion diverse talent and gender equality in the sonic realm of advertising by partnering with Free the Bid to add nine women composers to the initiative’s newly launched “database of women composers for visual video.” Nylon Studios is led by the female team of Christina Carlo, EP of the NYC studio, and Karla Henwood, executive producer of music in Australia.
Carlo noted, “The women of Free the Bid have championed female talent in a tangible and unapologetic way, one that has inspired an entire industry to consider who they are offering creative opportunities to and why. So, of course we are committing to this bold initiative, as involving at least one female composer on each and every brief is something we’ve been adamant about for quite some time. The reality is, it’s a craft that is wildly underrepresented by women, but we’re tipping the scales.”
Henwood added, “I’ve had the opportunity to employ, nurture and empower some truly great female talent. The launch of Free The Bid’s Women Composer Database is a fantastic next step in showcasing the remarkable talents of the female composers, not just on Nylon’s roster, but of women composers globally. We’re really excited about the movement and how the industry is starting to really embrace gender equity and cultural diversity.”
Nylon’s participation and support of the Free the Bid movement comes on the heels of numerous accolades recognizing the female talent at the company. Most recently, Henwood won the B&T Women in Media Award for 2018 Creative Producer of the Year and Nylon’s full-time composer Lydia Davies won an award for Musical Excellence in the inaugural Australian Women in Music Awards (AWMA). Nylon is also nominated for Best Use of Music in the London International Awards, with music supervision by Chelsea Ramsden.
The female composers that have partnered with Nylon for the launch of the composer Free the Bid initiative are Davies, Margot, Elena-Kats Chernin, Lindsay Marcus, Johanna Cranitch, Genevieve Vincent, Chiara Costanza, Julia Kent and Anné Kulonen.
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