John Nussbaum has joined Fallon, Minneapolis, as a senior art director. He had been with Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco, where he recently worked on campaigns for Emerald Nuts, HP and Goodyear….Sydney-based production house Prodigy has signed director Daniel Oates, who comes over from Aussie studio Animal Logic where he spent the past eight years….Shane Harris has been promoted to colorist at bicoastal Company 3…Sparks Productions, Toronto, has landed exclusive representation of Sandra Enns Arnell as a director of TV spots. She continues as creative director of Alliance Atlantis’ in-house agency while being made available for commercials via Sparks….The industry is buzzing about an upcoming spot for environmental organization Oceana being produced by Aero Film, Santa Monica. Director/cinematographer Klaus Obermeyer is at the helm for Aero. Among those contributing talent and services are Aero, Kodak, Fotokem, Company 3, editor Bob Jenkis of Mad River Post, underwater camera operator Peter Zuccarini (Into The Wild) and composer Walter Werzowa of Musikvergnuegen….
Celebs Among Thousands Evacuated in Los Angeles Fires
Wildfires in and around Los Angeles have burned several celebrities' homes and forced stars including Mark Hamill, Mandy Moore and James Woods, to evacuate. Cary Elwes and Paris Hilton are among the stars who said Wednesday they had lost homes in the Palisades fire. California firefighters are battling wind-whipped fires tearing across the area, destroying homes, clogging roadways as tens of thousands fled and straining resources as the fires burned uncontained Wednesday. The Pacific Palisades neighborhood is a hillside area along the coast dotted with celebrity residences and memorialized by the Beach Boys in their 1960s hit "Surfin' USA." In the frantic haste to get to safety, roadways became impassable when scores of people abandoned their vehicles and fled on foot, some toting suitcases. "Evacuated Malibu so last minute," wrote Hamill in an Instagram post Tuesday night. "Small fires on both sides of the road as we approached (the Pacific Coast Highway)." Less than 72 hours before, Hollywood's highest-wattage stars had convened to walk the Golden Globes' red carpet, the first major event of the exuberant and, for many, triumphant awards season. The revelry of awards season had quickly been snuffed out, too: Premieres of contenders like "Better Man" and "The Last Showgirl" were canceled, the Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations were announced via press release instead of at a live event and weekend events like the AFI Awards were preemptively scrubbed. The Oscar nominations are also being delayed two days to Jan. 19 and the film academy has extended the voting window to accommodate members affected by the fires. Here's how celebrities and entertainment companies are being impacted by the fires burning in and around Los... Read More