Director David Ramser has returned to The Artists Company. His first project since rejoining is a three-spot Comcast/Xfinity package for Burrell Communications….Carmichael Lynch, Minneapolis, has promoted executive creative cirector Dave Damman to chief creative officer. Damman, who reports to CEO Mike Lescarbeau, will oversee creative for all Carmichael Lynch clients, including Subaru of America, Jack Link’s Beef Jerky and Newell Rubbermaid. Damman began his work in advertising over 20 years ago at Saatchi & Saatchi in New York, where he served as an art director. Following art directing roles at Dallas’ Tracey-Locke and Minneapolis’ INITIO, Damman moved to Carmichael Lynch for the first time in 1996. During this two-year stint, Damman helped strengthen and reestablish brands such as Harley-Davidson and Brown Foreman beverages. In 1998, he moved to Fallon, where he was group creative director on brands including Lee Jeans, Timberland and International Trucks. After founding his own agency, Damman Pearce, Damman returned to Carmichael Lynch in May 2011. Damman’s work has been recognized in the U.S. and internationally by all the most respected creative award competitions, including the One Show, Cannes, The New York Art Director’s Club and Britain’s D&AD….With 15 years combined experience in visual effects and production, creative director Elliott Jobe and business development director Taylor Jobe have launched THERE, a bicoastal company specializing in the capture and seamless compositing of digital sets with green-screen production. By providing an alternative to traditional location-based production, THERE makes it possible to shoot dream locations that would otherwise be difficult to capture in an expedient and cost competitive way. The shop also facilitates greater creative scope by combining the realism of live-action shoots with the flexibility of digital. Among THERE’S recent projects are commercials for Virgin America and Crystal Geyser, featuring digital sets of a plane interior and a modern kitchen, respectively; and a “Rock Center” promo with Brian Williams, featuring digital sets for seven floors of Rockefeller Center-based productions (e.g., Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, SNL, 30 Rock)….
FireAid Concert Features Major Music Stars, Shares Stories Of Loss To Raise Money For L.A. Wildfire Relief
Pop stars, first responders, rock stars and those who've lost everything in the devastating LA-area wildfires came together for FireAid, a massive benefit concert Thursday that combined spectacular performances with moving storytelling from survivors and reminders of the destruction.
In a night full of surprises, a reunion of Nirvana — fronted by St. Vincent, Kim Gordon and Joan Jett in the place of the late Kurt Cobain — tops the list. They launched into "Breed," "School" and "Territorial Pissings" respectively, inspired and unexpected choices.
Drummer Dave Grohl's daughter, Violet, then emerged on stage for "All Apologies."
Closer Lady Gaga, after powering through the Oscar-award winning "Shallow" and "Always Remember Us This Way" from "A Star Is Born," played a new song on the piano. "It's just for tonight, it's just for you," she said of the song she wrote with fiancé businessman Michael Polansky. "Time is a healer."
"All I need is time," she sang in the folk-y pop chorus. "To heal my broken wings and then I'll soar."
Green Day kicked off the massive show by launching into "Last Night on Earth" at the Kia Forum and were soon joined by Billie Eilish for the first surprise of the night. The lyrics are surprisingly astute: "If I lose everything in the fire / I'm sending all my love to you."
After their set, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong hugged actor Billy Crystal, who was there to welcome to the crowd at the Kia Forum.
"Our goal is simple tonight, to spend more money than the Dodgers spent on free agents," he joked. He told the audience U2 offered the first big donation of the night: $1 million dollars.
Crystal said he was wearing the clothes he had on when he evacuated. He lost his home in... Read More