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CEO Charles Day and COO Christine Tardio, founding partners of The Whitehouse–with shops in London, New York, Chicago and Santa Monica–last week announced their intention to leave the company, effective May 13. The husband-and-wife team simply decided it had accomplished what it set out to do some 11 years ago by helping to build a world-class editorial house. Day and Tardio want to now move onto new challenges, but have not set any formal plans. Whether those new challenges will be in or outside the industry remains to be seen. Ownership of The Whitehouse will be among the five remaining partners: Alan Kubicka and editors David Brixton, Russell Icke, Rich Lawley and John Smith….Last week, what was billed as being “a press release from Avid Technology,” with an April 16, 2005 dateline (for the upcoming NAB) circulated via e-mail in the Avid user community. It announced “the worldwide availability of the new Neo versions of its editing systems: HD Neo, Media Composer Neo, Film Composer Neo and Avid Neo PRO.” The document triggered a flurry of speculation, but Avid has stated that the release was a hoax…….Greg Hessinger has been named national executive director and CEO of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). He takes on the new dual role on May 2, succeeding Bob Pisano. Hessinger formerly served as national executive director of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists….Directorial team Coodie and Chike has signed with A Band Apart, Los Angeles, for exclusive representation in commercials and music videos. The duo’s credits include the Kanye West video “Through the Wire,” which recently earned video-of-the-year honors at The Source Hip Hop Awards….Bicoastal design company Hornet has signed new directing team JJ & Maithy–a.k.a. helmers/designers JJ Walker and Maithy Tran–for exclusive representation……Director Ernie Mosteller, known for his work in kids spots and comedy fare, has returned to Fried Okra Entertainment, the Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based commercial production house he founded in ’01. He had been previously handled nationwide by Tag Team, Los Angeles, which will continue to represent him on the West Coast. Stuart Sternbach of independent rep firm Pangea, New York, will continue to cover the East Coast for Mosteller….Category:Street Talk
Oscar Nominees Gather For Cocktails, Dinner and The Annual Class Picture
Five days before the Academy Awards, nearly every nominee gathered for a cocktail reception, dinner and class picture shoot that served as an Oscars orientation.
The event Tuesday night at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures was a stand-in for the annual Oscars luncheon usually held about a month earlier but scrubbed because of the Southern California wildfires.
With the voting over and winners determined, contenders got chummy and the mood was cheerful. Best actress favorites Mikey Madison and Demi Moore hugged and chatted. So did best actor front-runners Timothรฉe Chalamet and Adrien Brody.
"Everyone say Oscar nominee!" best actress nominee Cynthia Erivo shouted gleefully from the front row of the museum's David Geffen Theater, where the dozens of nominees sat for their group picture.
Clustered in front with Erivo were three best supporting actress nominees: her "Wicked" castmate Ariana Grande, Monica Barbaro of "A Complete Unknown" and Zoe Saldaรฑa of "Emilia Perez" along with Madison, nominated for "Anora." The five women stood in a circle and talked happily together after the photo, and kept the conversation going as they descended the stairs together to dinner.
In the back of the theater, a trio of best actor nominees sat together: Sebastian Stan of "The Apprentice," Colman Domingo of "Sing Sing" and Brody, of "The Brutalist."
After the photo was taken, Academy President Janet Yang gave the orientation presentation, reminding everyone that the 97th Academy Awards will be held Sunday.
She greeted first-time nominees and acknowledged there were also some with more than one.
Denis Villeneuve, director of "Dune: Part 2" and a four-time nominee, raised his hand. Sixteen-time best original song nominee... Read More
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