International creative company Cutters Studios has secured Bobby Rowe and Sean C. Sullivan as its new sales representatives on the U.S. East and West Coasts, respectively. In the Midwest, Cutters Studios continues to be repped by Sean M. Sullivan and Marni Halliburton of Collective Management. Rowe recently launched his own self-titled management company after having spent the past year as a luxury real estate agent at The Corcoran Group. For the previous four years, he was head of sales for animatic production specialist 321Launch, where he successfully established assorted prolific partnerships with international brands and agencies. Also an outstanding advertising composer, Rowe led business development for New York-based MAS: Music and Strategy. Sean C. Sullivan, meanwhile, joins the Cutters Studios staff in Santa Monica as West Coast business development director. Formerly the owner/EP of boutique strategy, animation and production house +DISPATCH, he led production for Chase, Coca Cola, Disney, ESPN, IBM, the NFL, Nike, Spotify and many others. Sullivan launched +DISPATCH in 2016 upon his departure from Apple, where he held the position of producer/project manager. That experience followed nearly two years as sr. project manager for Los York, where he managed all content for the Jordan Brand account in partnership with creative agency AKQA. At Los York, Sullivan’s efforts contributed to Jordan’s “The Last Shot” project winning a Gold Cannes Lion and dozens more major industry awards. Cutters Studios is part of a family that includes its partner companies Another Country, Dictionary Films, Flavor and Picnic Media. Cutters maintains operations in Chicago, Kansas City, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York and Tokyo….
Blake Lively Is Sued By Crisis Specialist In Latest “It Ends With Us” Litigation
A Texas crisis communications specialist has sued Blake Lively for defamation after the actor pulled him into her legal fight with co-star and director Justin Baldoni over their film, "It Ends With Us."
Jed Wallace and his company, Street Relations, filed the $7 million lawsuit in federal court in Texas on Tuesday. It says he had nothing to do with any campaign to harm Lively's reputation as she alleged in a court filing.
Wallace is not among the defendants in Lively's federal lawsuit against Baldoni, his production company and publicists, in which she alleges sexual and other harassment during the production and a campaign to smear her after it. The crisis specialist is named in the court papers and the New York Times story published on the day the series of legal battles began in December when Lively filed a complaint.
Lively's lawyers said in a statement that Wallace's lawsuit "is not just a publicity stunt."
"It is transparent retaliation in response to allegations contained within a sexual harassment and retaliation complaint that Ms. Lively filed with the California Civil Rights Department," the statement said. "While this lawsuit will be dismissed, we are pleased that Mr. Wallace has finally emerged from the shadows, and that he too will be held accountable in federal court."
In a filing last week in Hays County, Texas, that seeks a deposition from Wallace, Lively alleges he was used by publicists working with Baldoni to weaponize "a digital army around the country, including in New York and Los Angeles, to create, seed, manipulate, and advance disparaging content that appeared to be authentic on social media platforms and internet chat forums."
Wallace's lawsuit says neither he nor his company "had anything to do... Read More