Post house Company 3 (CO3) has expanded its New York-based beauty division under the leadership of creative director Randie Swanberg. The division, which handles projects for beauty brands including Avon, Olay and Pantene, has tripled in size since its inception in 2009, adding two Autodesk Flame compositing systems along with multiple seats of The Foundry's Nuke and Adobe After Effects systems. Along with the hire of four staff artists, including senior VFX artist Tom McCullough, a production team and two junior artists in training, senior producer Angela Lupo has been promoted as the department's executive producer….Editor Joel Miller has returned to Cut+Run. He comes over from Nomad. Miller's work over the years has garnered numerous awards, including BTAAs. Creative Circle honors and a BTA Award. His credits include adidas, Coca-Cola, Honda, NY Lotto and Yahoo. He started out as an assistant at Cut+Run and then moved up to the editor's chair….The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) elected six new marketing industry leaders to its board of directors, and named a new chair, vice chair and treasurer. Assuming the role of board chair will be Gary Elliott, VP, Corporate Marketing of Hewlett-Packard Company. Stephen F. Quinn, executive VP and CMO of Walmart U.S. will become vice chair. Mark R. Baynes, VP/global CMO of Kellogg Company will become treasurer. The new members of the ANA Board are: Jill Beraud, CMO, PepsiCo Americas Beverages; Marie T. Devlin, sr. VP, Global Advertising, Media and Sponsorships, American Express Company; Paul Edwards, executive director, Marketing Strategy, General Motors Corporation; Natalia Franco, exec VP/global CMO, Burger King Corporation; Marilyn Mersereau, sr. VP, Corporate Marketing, Cisco Systems, Inc.; and Marc S. Pritchard, global marketing and brand building officer, The Procter & Gamble Company…
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