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    Rep Report for August 22, 2014

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    Editorial house Beast has secured Kristen Bedard Johnson as its New York-based sales rep. Johnson also serves as East Coast sales representative for commercial production house Furlined. Beast is a unit of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group….

    Entertainment creative agency mOcean has promoted long-time team member Danielle LaFortune to  sr. VP of entertainment marketing. In her new role, LaFortune will oversee all creative marketing teams for both print and on-air. LaFortune originally joined mOcean in 2008 as VP of print creative services. Prior to mOcean, LaFortune was the VP of creative services for New Wave Entertainment for 12 years. While at New Wave, she worked on such high-profile projects as The Big Lebowski, Borat and Ice Age, as well as Star Wars: Episode I, II and III, acting as the agency-of-record liaison with Lucasfilm.

    LoopMe, a mobile Demand-Side Platform specializing in full-screen ad formats (interstitials, native, rich media and video), has appointed Peter O’Mara-Kane as VP of sales to support the company’s international expansion. O’Mara-Kane started his media career in the world of outdoor advertising at JCDecaux. He then moved into digital at BSkyB which sported groundbreaking campaigns with Paramount, Visa and Google. O’Mara-Kane then moved into mobile as sales manager at Millennial Media where he progressed to sr. sales manager, group head and eventually head of agency sales….

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    “Emilia Pérez” Tops Oscar Tally With 13 Nominations, Setting Record For A Non-English Language Film

    Thursday, January 23, 2025

    In the wake of devastating wildfires in Los Angeles that struck at the heart of the movie industry, an embattled Hollywood lined up behind the Netflix narco-musical about trans identity "Emilia Pérez" in Oscar nominations Thursday. Jacques Audiard's "Emilia Pérez," a Spanish language, French-made film, dominated the nominations with a leading 13 nominations, including best picture and best actress for Karla Sofía Gascón, making her the first openly trans actor ever nominated for an Oscar. The film also landed nominations for directing, original screenplay, two of its songs and for Zoe Saldaña. Netflix, despite its starring role in Hollywood, has never won best picture. Many of its top contenders have previously racked up large numbers of nominations (including "Mank," "The Irishman" and "Roma") but gone home with only a handful of trophies. "Emilia Pérez," though, may be its best chance yet. It became the most nominated non-English language film ever, surpassing Netflix's own "Roma," which scored 10 nominations. Only three films — "All About Eve," "Titanic" and "La La Land" — have scored more nominations in Academy Awards history. Another musical — "Wicked," the smash Broadway adaptation — came away with nearly as many nominations. Jon M. Chu's lavish "Wizard of Oz" riff scored 10 nominations, including best picture and acting nods for its stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. "The Brutalist," Brady Corbet's postwar epic filmed in VistaVision, also came away with a commanding 10 nominations, including best picture, best director and nominations for actor Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce and Felicity Jones. The A24 release The nominees for best picture are: "Anora"; "The Brutalist"; "A Complete Unknown"; "Conclave"; "Dune: Part Two"; "Emilia... Read More

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