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Managing director Diane McArter and director Michael Grasso, partners in Santa Monica-based Omaha Pictures, are parting ways. Omaha is currently winding down operations and will close. McArter says the company will meet all its financial obligations. She is forming a new venture, carrying the temporary name of Diane McArter Productions. Meanwhile Grasso has launched Snug, a Santa Monica-based production house, and has secured Fran Wall as its executive producer. Wall’s last staff position was as exec producer at the former Cielo Films….The directing team of Jeff Odiorne and Peter Odiorne–known as the Odiorne Brothers–has launched Phasmatrope Studios, a hybrid ad agency/production company in Philadelphia. The new venture is designed to offer clients creative ideas and execution of those concepts through production and post. The shop also represents Michael Wilde for creative development and directing. Jeff Odiorne and Wilde were two of the founders of San Francisco agency Odiorne Wilde Narray and Partners (now See). Peter Odiorne first established himself as a spot editor….Los Angeles-based animation studio Duck has added five directors to its roster: Tom Gibbons, Chris Harding, Peter Kaboth, Andrew Murdock and 512kb (a.k.a. Tak Okubo). …Director Sergio Arau has signed with Los Angeles-based production house Ofrenda, primarily for commercials and music videos. Arau’s credits include the feature A Day Without a Mexican….Category:Street Talk
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
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