Veronica Lombardo has launched her own independent sales and rep company, Veronica Lombardo Management (VLM), which handles representation on the West Coast and in Texas for a roster which includes kroma digital cosmetics, Somatic and Delolo. The latter is a video and art-making collective made up of artist/designer Leila Fakouri and actor/writer Will Bowles. Somatic, owned by executive producer Steve Waite and executive creative director James Thayer, is a Los Angeles-based digital studio that applies its signature graphic style to varied disciplines–specializing in integrated motion graphics, live action, VFX and editorial. And kroma is a digital cosmetics company that was founded in 2001 by Bert and Amy Yukich whose work includes commercial collaborations with brands such as Crest, L’Oreal, Tresemme, Candie’s, CoverGirl and Palmolive. Over the past 14 years Lombardo has represented content creators and diverse talent as a below-the-line agent at Partos Company, NYO and Sheldon Prosnit Agency (now known as Represent). In 2008 she broke out on her own, hanging her own shingle, opening 9 Agency….
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