Brazilian native Paulo Coelho has joined San Francisco-based Pereira & O'Dell as associate creative director, working across the agency's client roster as well as brands interested in the emerging Brazilian market. He comes to the S.F. shop from Agรชncia Africa in Sao Paulo. Coelho worked his way up from art director to creative director at Africa, overseeing Itaรบ Bank (10th largest bank in the world), Vivo Mobile (Movistar), Brahma Beer (Anheuser-Busch InBev), Vale (largest mining company in the Americas), Nivea and Mitsubishi cars, among other accounts….Jonathan Gribetz has joined Chelsea in Los Angeles as an executive producer, serving as the West Coast counterpart to Pat McGoldrick, EP in the NY office. Over the years, industry rep Gribetz has worked in such capacities as sales rep, bidder, head of production, first assistant director, line producer and exec producer. He recently was line producer for the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 spot, “The Vet and the n00b,” starring Sam Worthington and Jonah Hill, from agency 72andSunny. Gribetz's career has taken him around the world, and he has line produced for many of Chelsea's directors in the past….
Sheriff Reports Preliminary Autopsy Results On Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa
Preliminary autopsy results didn't determine how Oscar-winner Gene Hackman and his wife died at their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, but did rule out that they were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning, the sheriff leading the investigation said Friday.
The condition of the bodies found Wednesday indicated the deaths occurred at least several days earlier and there was no sign of foul play.
At a news conference, Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said the initial examination by the medical examiner showed no sign of carbon monoxide, a colorless and odorless gas produced from kitchen appliances and other fuel-burning items. When it collects in poorly ventilated homes, it can be fatal.
Mendoza also said an examination of the 95-year-old Hackman's pacemaker showed it stopped working on Feb. 17, which means he may have died nine days earlier.
Hackman's body was found in an entryway. The body of his wife, Betsy Arakawa, 65, was in a bathroom. She was on her side and a space heater was near her head. Investigators said the heater likely was pulled down when she fell. There also was an open prescription bottle and pills scattered on a countertop.
Whether the pills or other drugs were a factor won't be known until toxicology tests are completed in the coming weeks.
Dr. Philip Keen, the retired chief medical examiner in Maricopa County, Arizona, said it would be unlikely for a person who tests negative for carbon monoxide initially to later be found to have been poisoned by it.
He also said the moment when a pacemaker stops working could mark the point when a person dies, but not always.
"If your heart required a pacemaker, there would certainly be an interruption at that point โ and it might be the hallmark of when... Read More