Pearl Media, specializing in immersive 3D projection experiences, interactive storefronts and large format outdoor campaigns, has brought Joe DePreta on board as chief marketing officer, a newly created position at the company. DePreta will oversee all marketing, strategy, creative, social media and public relations for Pearl Media. He brings more than 25 years of consumer strategic marketing experience on both the client and agency side to Pearl Media, having most recently served as the CMO at Wharton Innovative Products. DePreta will report to Pearl Media president and CEO Josh Cohen. DePreta served as the sr. VP of brand integration at Dentsu, landing accounts including Express Jet Airlines and Wharton Innovative Products, which led to his joining Wharton in 2009 as CMO. While at Wharton, DePreta was the architect of the men’s skin care brand, ON THE JOB. Under his leadership, he created a uniquely differentiated platform, an effective and relevant brand identity and a planning process that led to ON THE JOB’s advertising campaign winning a Gold ADDY Award for Dentsu America in 2010…..
Stage and Film Actor Tony Roberts Dies At 85
Tony Roberts, a versatile, Tony Award-nominated theater performer at home in both plays and musicals and who appeared in several Woody Allen movies โ often as Allen's best friend โ has died. He was 85.
Roberts' death was announced to The New York Times by his daughter, Nicole Burley.
Roberts had a genial stage personality perfect for musical comedy and he originated roles in such diverse Broadway musicals as "How Now, Dow Jones" (1967); "Sugar" (1972), an adaptation of the movie "Some Like It Hot," and "Victor/Victoria" (1995), in which he co-starred with Julie Andrews when she returned to Broadway in the stage version of her popular film. He also was in the campy, roller-disco "Xanadu" in 2007 and "The Royal Family" in 2009.
"I've never been particularly lucky at card games. I've never hit a jackpot. But I have been extremely lucky in life," he write in his memoir, "Do You Know Me?" "Unlike many of my pals, who didn't know what they wanted to become when they grew up, I knew I wanted to be an actor before I got to high school."
Roberts also appeared on Broadway in the 1966 Woody Allen comedy "Don't Drink the Water," repeating his role in the film version, and in Allen's "Play It Again, Sam" (1969), for which he also made the movie.
Other Allen films in which Roberts appeared were "Annie Hall" (1977), "Stardust Memories" (1980), "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy" (1982), "Hannah and Her Sisters" (1986) and "Radio Days" (1987).
"Roberts' confident onscreen presence โ not to mention his tall frame, broad shoulders and brown curly mane โ was the perfect foil for Allen's various neurotic characters, making them more funny and enjoyable to watch," The Jewish Daily Forward wrote in 2016.
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