Brent Novick of Novick & Associates, San Rafael, Calif., has been named to handle West Coast sales for Industrial Light+ Magic Commercial Productions, San Rafael and Los Angeles….Holly Ross of Red Representation, Los Angeles, has resigned from her West Coast repping duties for Los Angeles-headquartered Palomar Pictures. She had been handling Palomar for nearly a decade….Santa Monica-based V12 has retained FinnSaxon, Los Angeles and San Francisco, for representation on the West Coast….Rep Adam Fine’s West Los Angeles-based LittleRedHen Entertainment has been named to cover the West Coast and Texas for bicoastal Treat, a recently launched spot production division of bicoastal Dogmatic (SHOOT, 9/14, p. 7)….SoundeluxDMG, Hollywood, has signed Santa Monica-based independent rep Barbara Boster to handle sales on the West Coast and in Texas….Cool Beans Digital Audio, New York, has hired Marni Alper as director of sales and marketing….Danielle Milland has joined Rhinoceros Editorial and Rhinoceros Post, New York, as senior account executive….Mills/James Productions, Columbus, Ohio, has hired Nick Smeloff as national business development account executive….
Stars Among Those Who Lost Their Homes In L.A. Area Fires; Jamie Lee Curtis Pledges $1M To Relief Effort
Fires burning in and around Los Angeles have claimed the homes of numerous celebrities, including Billy Crystal, Jeff Bridges, and R&B star Jhené Aiko, and led to sweeping disruptions of entertainment events. Three awards ceremonies planned for this weekend have been postponed. Next week's Oscar nominations have been delayed. And tens of thousands of Angelenos are displaced and awaiting word Thursday on whether their homes survived the flames — some of them the city's most famous denizens. Thousands of structures have been destroyed but damage assessments are just beginning. More than 180,000 people are also under evacuation orders in the metropolitan area, from the Pacific Coast inland to Pasadena, a number that continues to shift as new fires erupt. Late Wednesday, a fire in the Hollywood Hills was scorching the hills near the famed Hollywood Bowl and Dolby Theatre, which is the home of the Academy Awards. That fire had been largely contained without damage to Hollywood landmarks. Here are how the fires are impacting celebrities and the Los Angeles entertainment industry: Stars whose homes have burned in the fires Celebrities like Crystal and his wife, Janice, were sharing memories of the homes they lost. The Crystals lost the home in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood that they lived in for 45 years. "Janice and I lived in our home since 1979. We raised our children and grandchildren here. Every inch of our house was filled with love. Beautiful memories that can't be taken away. We are heartbroken of course but with the love of our children and friends we will get through this," the Crystals wrote in the statement. After her learning her Pacific Palisades home was lost in the fires, Melissa Rivers says she was... Read More