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    Vinton Studios Promotes Yost To Exec. Producer

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    Will Vinton Studios, the Portland, Ore.-headquartered dimensional character animation company, has promoted Zilpha Yost to executive producer, a new position in the advertising division which is headed by president David Altschul.

    Yost has been a senior producer at Will Vinton Studios since ’92, taking a leave of absence in ’95 to run the stop-motion studio in Los Angeles for Tim Burton’s Mars Attacks, where the characters and significant elements of production design were developed. When Warner Bros. chose to complete the animation in CGI, Yost returned to Portland, accompanied by some of the principal creative artists on that production.

    Yost has acted as supervising producer on the M&M’s campaign during much of its five-year history. In that time, Will Vinton Studios has produced over 50 M&M’s commercials with BBDO New York, as well as with BBDO offices in Europe, Asia and Latin America.

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    “Conclave” Tops BAFTA Film Awards With 12 Nominations, One More Than “Emilia Pérez”

    Wednesday, January 15, 2025

    Papal thriller “Conclave,” which stars Ralph Fiennes as a cardinal overseeing the election of a new pope, leads the race — just — for the British Academy Film Awards, with nominations in 12 categories, one more than the genre-busting trans musical “Emilia Pérez.”

    But with the wildfires in Los Angeles over the past week fresh in the minds of everyone in the movie industry, Wednesday’s announcement of the latest BAFTA nominations was understandably subdued.

    “We are very much thinking of our colleagues, friends, community over there,” said BAFTA chair Sara Putt. “It’s devastating what’s going on.”

    She wouldn’t be drawn on whether the fires may impact the BAFTA ceremony, which is due to take place on Feb. 16.

    “The ceremony is a month away, it would be inappropriate and far too early to say anything about that,” Putt said.

    The five films nominated for the prestigious best film award were “Conclave,” “Emilia Pérez,” the 215-minute postwar epic “ The Brutalist,” the Palme d’Or-winning comedy/drama “ Anora “ and the Bob Dylan biopic “ A Complete Unknown.”

    “The Brutalist” ended up with nine nominations, including leading actor for Adrien Brody, who faces stiff competition from Fiennes and Timothee Chalamet, who plays the young Dylan in “A Complete Unknown.”

    The other actors nominated are Hugh Grant for his creepy role in the horror film “ Heretic,” Colman Domingo in real-life prison drama “ Sing Sing “ and Sebastian Stan for his portrayal of a real estate mogul — a certain Donald Trump — in “ The Apprentice.”

    “Anora,” the sci-fi epic “Dune: Part Two” and “Wicked” each received seven nominations. “A Complete Unknown”... Read More

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