Gisela Knijnenburg, formerly of bicoastal Anonymous Content, has joined bicoastal Smuggler to start its in-house sales division….Peter Ziegler and Jonathan Jakubowicz of independent firm Ziegler Management have taken on East Coast representation for Incubator, a West Hollywood-based production house featuring director Tom De Cerchio….Janie Balcomb has launched Bow & Arrow, a London-based independent rep firm. The new venture’s first client for U.K. representation is Santa Monica-based Tate USA, which maintains a directorial roster consisting of Federico Brugia, Vadim Perelman, Jonathan Teplitzky, Ted Pauly, Phil Brown, James Dodson, Ago Panini, Eric King and Jason Reitman….Kathy Aronstam has joined Emoto, Santa Monica, as West Coast head of sales, commercial division. She will direct sales for both the company’s original music and music licensing services….Katie Ward has become the in-house rep covering the West Coast and Texas for San Francisco and Santa Monica-based Radium, the shop founded in 1996 by creative directors/visual effects directors Jonathan Keeton and Simon Mowbray….Cinematographer John Lindley has signed with bicoastal Paradigm for exclusive representation…..
Disney Pledges $15 million In L.A. Fire Aid As More Celebs Learn They’ve Lost Their Homes
The Pacific Palisades wildfires torched the home of "This Is Us" star Milo Ventimiglia, perhaps most poignantly destroying the father-to-be's newly installed crib.
CBS cameras caught the actor walking through his charred house for the first time, standing in what was once his kitchen and looking at a neighborhood in ruin. "Your heart just breaks."
He and his pregnant wife, Jarah Mariano, evacuated Tuesday with their dog and they watched on security cameras as the flames ripped through the house, destroying everything, including a new crib.
"There's a kind of shock moment where you're going, 'Oh, this is real. This is happening.' What good is it to continue watching?' And then at a certain point we just turned it off, like 'What good is it to continue watching?'"
Firefighters sought to make gains Friday during a respite in the heavy winds that fanned the flames as numerous groups pledged aid to help victims and rebuild, including a $15 million donation pledge from the Walt Disney Co.
More stars learn their homes are gone
While seeing the remains of his home, Ventimiglia was struck by a connection to his "This Is Us" character, Jack Pearson, who died after inhaling smoke in a house fire. "It's not lost on me life imitating art."
Mandy Moore, who played Ventimiglia's wife on "This Is Us," nearly lost her home in the Eaton fire, which scorched large areas of the Altadena neighborhood. She said Thursday that part of her house is standing but is unlivable, and her husband lost his music studio and all his instruments.
Mel Gibson's home is "completely gone," his publicist Alan Nierob confirmed Friday. The Oscar winner revealed the loss of his home earlier Friday while appearing on Joe Rogan's... Read More