Commercial production house Picrow (Pictures in a Row) has signed independent rep Dawn Ratcliffe to handle marketing and sales in the Midwest. The Chicago-based Ratcliffe will be repping Picrow's directorial roster which includes company founder Peter Lang, Marc & Ish, Bryan Barber, Marc Silver, Margaret Malandruccolo, Florian Hoffmeister and the shop's latest signing, Australian director Husein Alicajic….Hollywood-based music house DeepMix has secured indie reps Val Gobos of Gobos Entertainment to cover the Midwest and Lisa Gimenez of Lisa G Reps to handle the West Coast….BE the Creative Source, a recently formed advertising, promotion, design and interactive representation agency founded by Jeff Boortz, has brought Ann Epstein aboard as West Coast partner/executive producer. Epstein's background includes posts at E! Networks, Pittard Sullivan and Nickelodeon, spanning 20-plus years of professional experience in network identity, brand strategy, marketing and promotion. BE's roster includes Denver-based creative production company Impossible TV, international creative network United Senses and digital creative boutique Neo-Pangea. As sr. VP, creative director, for E! Networks between 2001 and 2009, Epstein was charged with the on-air branding and identity for both E! and the Style Network brands across platforms, both domestically and internationally. Epstein led an in-house creative team of 21 art directors, designer and producers, managed outside creative agencies and oversaw seven network redesigns, four of which were completed entirely in house….
FireAid Concert Features Major Music Stars, Shares Stories Of Loss To Raise Money For L.A. Wildfire Relief
Pop stars, first responders, rock stars and those who've lost everything in the devastating LA-area wildfires came together for FireAid, a massive benefit concert Thursday that combined spectacular performances with moving storytelling from survivors and reminders of the destruction.
In a night full of surprises, a reunion of Nirvana — fronted by St. Vincent, Kim Gordon and Joan Jett in the place of the late Kurt Cobain — tops the list. They launched into "Breed," "School" and "Territorial Pissings" respectively, inspired and unexpected choices.
Drummer Dave Grohl's daughter, Violet, then emerged on stage for "All Apologies."
Closer Lady Gaga, after powering through the Oscar-award winning "Shallow" and "Always Remember Us This Way" from "A Star Is Born," played a new song on the piano. "It's just for tonight, it's just for you," she said of the song she wrote with fiancé businessman Michael Polansky. "Time is a healer."
"All I need is time," she sang in the folk-y pop chorus. "To heal my broken wings and then I'll soar."
Green Day kicked off the massive show by launching into "Last Night on Earth" at the Kia Forum and were soon joined by Billie Eilish for the first surprise of the night. The lyrics are surprisingly astute: "If I lose everything in the fire / I'm sending all my love to you."
After their set, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong hugged actor Billy Crystal, who was there to welcome to the crowd at the Kia Forum.
"Our goal is simple tonight, to spend more money than the Dodgers spent on free agents," he joked. He told the audience U2 offered the first big donation of the night: $1 million dollars.
Crystal said he was wearing the clothes he had on when he evacuated. He lost his home in... Read More