Coral Garvey has come aboard Havas Worldwide’s NY office as head of art. She will report to Jason Musante, managing director and group executive creative director of Havas Worldwide NY. Previously, Garvey served as design director at Silver&Partners and throughout her career has worked with marquee brands such as Kate Spade, Nike, Motorola, Ben and Jerry’s, Samsung, Coca-Cola, Sephora, Levi’s, adidas and Google. Garvey was also one of Anomaly NY’s first creative hires. Her career highlights include serving as lead designer on the Converse brand re-launch and Cannes Grand Prix-winning “Be Stupid” campaign for Diesel….Entertainment branding and marketing innovations agency Troika, headed by founder/CEO Dan Pappalardo, has added live action director and creative director Richard D’Alessio. A commercial helmer with prominent Super Bowl ads to his credit, including “Cedric Date” for Bud Light, D’Alessio is also a creator of branded content series. He currently writes and directs TV promo, web and direct to brand campaigns worldwide for such clients as Volkswagen, Budweiser, Nintendo, Pepsi, Snickers, and General Motors, and TV networks such as Scripps, Showtime and Lifetime….World Famous, a creative collective of directors, designers, editors, writers and artists, has hired David Kleinman as EP and Kelly Green as head of production. Kleinman will be based in World Famous’ new L.A. studio, overseeing business development nationally, including commercials and long-form creative content, working with longtime EP Megan Ball in the Seattle market. Meanwhile Green will oversee creative operations out of World Famous’ Seattle headquarters. Kleinman was most recently managing director of entertainment marketing at mOcean. Green was EP at The New Blank, a motion design firm. She earlier served as a producer at Hal Riney & Partners, and a sr. producer at Publicis in the West….
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