Peter Ziegler of Ziegler Management Group, New York, is now handling East Coast sales for Bruce Dowad Associates, Los Angeles….Maria Stenz and Michelle Stuart of Stenz and Company, New York, are handling East Coast sales for Free Market Films, New York….Angelina Powers has joined Convergence, New York, as director of sales and marketing. She will be repping the editorial facility nationally….Cinematographer Paul Cameron, a client in the commercial/music video division of Dattner Dispoto and Associates, Los Angeles, since 1988, has returned to the agency’s feature film division. The company has also signed cinematographers Xavier Perez Grobet and Jo Willems for exclusive representation in all divisions….DP Karsten "Crash" Gopinath is now repped by Jeannine Angelique at Lyons Sheldon Prosnit, Los Angeles….DP John Toll has wrapped principal photography on director Edward Zwick’s The Last Samurai, and is available for commercials via the Judy Marks Agency, Los Angeles….DP Daniel Stoloff is now available for spots and music videos through Innovative Artists, Santa Monica, after completing principal photography on the Disney film Miracle for director Gavin O’Conner….
Snubs and Surprises In Oscar Nominations
In one of the more wide-open Oscar fields in recent history, there were plenty of nominations surprises Thursday. Not too long ago, it seemed that people like Angelina Jolie and Nicole Kidman were destined for best actress nominations, while general audience disinterest in the young Donald Trump movie "The Apprentice" might have indicated its awards chances were dead on arrival. But the members of the film academy had something different in mind. Here are some of the biggest snubs and surprises from the 97th Oscar nominations. SURPRISE: Jeremy Strong and Sebastian Stan, "The Apprentice" The young Trump movie "The Apprentice" has been one of the bigger awards season question marks, especially after it failed to resonate with moviegoers in theaters. And yet both Jeremy Strong, for his portrayal for Trump lawyer Roy Cohn, and Sebastian Stan (who was also in the conversation for "A Different Man" ), for playing the future two-time president, made it in. Only Strong got nominated by the Screen Actors Guild. SNUB: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, "Hard Truths" This will forever be one of the more confounding awards season oversights. Marianne Jean-Baptiste delivered one of the all-time great performances in Mike Leigh's "Hard Truths," as the perpetually aggrieved and sharp-tongued London woman Pansy. The general thinking is that it was either going to be Jean-Baptiste or Fernanda Torres, and Torres got in for the equally beloved "I'm Still Here." SNUB: Pamela Anderson, "The Last Showgirl" This is perhaps up for debate, but there was certainly a lot of goodwill behind Anderson's movie-star turn in Gia Coppola's "The Last Showgirl," especially considering her SAG nomination. But like with Jennifer Lopez and... Read More