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    Stacy Wall, creative director at Wieden + Kennedy, New York, is set to join bicoastal/international hungry mans television divisionA.Bicoastal Go Film has added director Nick Rafter, who comes over from bicoastal/international The End…..Original Film, Los Angeles, and New York Office in Manhattan have entered into a strategic alliance which will now allow the Original Film directors to be represented by New York Office, and the New York Office directors to be produced through Original Film. New York Office executive producer Cathy Pellow is moving to Los Angeles to work out of Original Films headquartersA..Los Angeles-based Palomar Pictures has signed director Joseph Kahn, formerly of Holiday; Kahn is already booked to shoot his first Palomar project: a music video entitled "Doesnt Really Matter" for Janet Jackson…The newly formed Tropix Films, Santa Monica, has added directors Martin Shewchuk and Martin Brierley to a roster that also includes helmers Richard Taylor and Larry Carroll. Tropix is a satellite of Santa Monica-based Atlas PicturesA.Roe Bressan, managing director of Red Cars New York operation for the past eight years, said she has exited the shop to pursue other opportunities.A.Santa Monica-based visual effects studio Method has launched a sideline business that develops software applications designed to facilitate the production process as well as the creation of visual effects. Method Software is looking to make a select mix of applications available to digital filmmakers and visual effects artistsA.

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    “Emilia Pérez” Wins Big At Césars, With Under-Fire Karla Sofia Gascón In Attendance

    Saturday, March 1, 2025

    Oscar contender "Emilia Pérez" was named the best French film of the year at the Césars awards — France's equivalent of the Oscars — and under-fire Karla Sofia Gascón, the star of Jacques Audiard's Mexico-set melodrama, made a rare public appearance.

    The musical is one of the most celebrated films of the year but has also been criticized for its depiction of Mexican culture and engulfed in controversy because of Gascón's previous social media posts disparaging Muslims, George Floyd and diversity at the Oscars.

    Although Gascón, who was nominated in the best actress category along with her co-star Zoe Saldaña, did not win a César, the night in Paris was triumphal for "Emilia Pérez," which swept seven trophies.

    Audiard, who previously condemned Gascón's comments, thanked his "marvelous team" and his female actors.

    "When I say my team it's not in the sense of ownership, but a declaration of love," he said. "The same goes for the actresses. My darling Zoe, my darling Karla, Adriana (Paz) who is not here, Selena (Gomez) who is not here. I loved working with you, I love you."

    Old posts from Gascon's X account resurfaced in January, some going as far back as 2016, that took aim at Muslims' dress, language and culture in her native Spain. She also suggested that Islam be banned. And less than a month after George Floyd, a Black man, was killed by a white Minneapolis police officer in 2020, Gascón offered her assessment of Floyd — whose death prompted widespread reckoning with police brutality and racism — as a drug addict who "very few people ever cared" for.

    Gascón, who stars as the titular transgender ex-cartel boss in "Emilia Pérez," has withdrawn from promoting the film, which has 13 Oscar nominations.... Read More

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