Noted colorist Bob Festa has joined Company 3. His recent credits include the current campaigns for McDonald’s, Lexus, Disney, Hyundai and Boeing. Festa comes over to Company 3 from New Hat. He received Da Vinci’s Master Colorist Award in 2004 as the Commercial Colorist of the Year and is a four time ITS Monitor Award finalist….GSD&M in Austin, Texas, has promoted Paul Gallardo to executive producer….Will Hassell and Nick Rondeau have joined the roster at Arcade Edit as full-fledged editors. Both were previously assistant editors for Arcade. Hasell began his career at Uncle working as a director’s assistant and later promoted to an editor and vault manager. He also did a stint at Jigsaw Editorial before joining Arcade in 2009. Since joining Arcade, Hasell has edited notable campaigns for Samsung, AT&T, HBO and Target. Rondeau’s career began as an intern at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners where he later became an in-house editor. He later left Goodby to become a freelance assistant editor and editor working on campaigns for Jeep, Ubisoft, Virgin America, The Gap, Hyundia and Nintendo. Rondeau hooked-up with Arcade as a freelancer and was hired as an assistant in 2009. During his time at Arcade, Rondeau has cut campaigns for Toyota, Sonic, AT&T, T-Mobile, eHarmony, and PETA….
Gene Hackman Died Of Heart Disease; Hantavirus Claimed His Wife’s Life About One Week Prior
Actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease a full week after his wife died from hantavirus in their New Mexico hillside home, likely unaware that she was dead because he was in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease, authorities revealed Friday. Both deaths were ruled to be from natural causes, chief medical examiner Dr. Heather Jarrell said alongside state fire and health officials at a news conference. "Mr. Hackman showed evidence of advanced Alzheimer's disease," Jarrell said. "He was in a very poor state of health. He had significant heart disease, and I think ultimately that's what resulted in his death." Authorities didn't suspect foul play after the bodies of Hackman, 95, and Betsy Arakawa, 65, were discovered Feb 26. Immediate tests for carbon monoxide poisoning were negative. Investigators found that the last known communication and activity from Arakawa was Feb. 11 when she visited a pharmacy, pet store and grocery before returning to their gated neighborhood that afternoon, Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said Friday. Hackman's pacemaker last showed signs of activity a week later and that he had an abnormal heart rhythm Feb. 18, the day he likely died, Jarrell said. Although there was no reliable way to determine the date and time when both died, all signs point to their deaths coming a week apart, Jarrell said. "It's quite possible he was not aware she was deceased," Jarrell said. Dr. Michael Baden, a former New York City medical examiner, said he believes Hackman was severely impaired due to Alzheimer's disease and unable to deal with his wife's death in the last week of his life. "You are talking about very severe Alzheimer's disease that normal people would be in a nursing home or have a nurse, but she was taking care... Read More