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Tuesday, Mar. 11, 2014

Victor Monclús (l) and Will Lowe.

AMSTERDAM --

Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam has brought aboard the creative team of art director Victor Monclús and copywriter Will Lowe.

The duo’s career started at DBB London, where they gave life to award-winning work for Volkswagen, Marmite, the Financial Times, and Harvey Nichols, including the Cannes and D&AD awarded “Daylight Robbery” campaign.

In 2012, the pair of creatives left DDB to work for 180 Amsterdam, where they created campaigns for clients like Qatar Airways, PlayStation and Barber.

Now they have travelled up the Herengracht canal to join Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam.

Tuesday, Mar. 11, 2014

Glitches spoil "True Detective" finale online

This image released by HBO shows Woody Harrelson, left, and Matthew McConaughey from the HBO series “True Detective.” (AP Photo/HBO, Jim Bridges)

NEW YORK (AP) --

HBO says its streaming service is running again, although disappointingly late for many anxious fans of the "True Detective" series.

Most fans who tried to log onto the "HBO GO" stream for the Sunday-night season finale of "True Detective" weren't able to do so because the service crashed. HBO said Monday the service interruption was due to "an excessive amount of traffic" soon after the 9 p.m. Eastern start of the episode. Many viewers saw a spinning circle indicating the show was loading, but it didn't.

HBO had similar issues with its service last year surrounding episodes of "Game of Thrones."

Company spokesman Jeff Cusson (KEW-sahn) said Monday the service is now working.

Saturday, Mar. 8, 2014

Connecticut could be 1st state to curb loud movies

By John Christoffersen

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) --

Connecticut could become the first state to curb loud movies under proposed legislation that's drawing opposition from the Motion Picture Association of America.

The legislature's Public Safety and Security Committee is considering the bill, which would prevent theaters from showing a film or preview that exceeded 85 decibels. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health recommends noise should be kept below 85 decibels for workers for eight hours to minimize hearing loss.

"Hopefully this will be a wakeup call to the theater owners and the MPAA to get their act together and do something that's good for the public and still will satisfy their needs," said William Young, a Stamford resident and chemical industry consultant who has pushed the measure. "Why they need such loud sounds is beyond me."

Jon Griffin, a policy specialist with the National Conference of State Legislatures, More

Saturday, Mar. 8, 2014

Former TV academy president Hank Rieger dies

This 1999 photo provided by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences shows Henry "Hank" Rieger, left, with Tom Sarnoff, former presidents of the Television Academy, at Rieger's retirement ceremony in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Craig Mathew)

LOS ANGELES (AP) --

Family members say the former president of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has died in Oceanside, Calif.

Henry "Hank" Rieger was 95. He died on Wednesday.

In his 40 years with the TV academy, Rieger also served as president of the organization's Hollywood chapter and editor and publisher of Emmy magazine.

Before joining the TV academy, Rieger worked for United Press International and in publicity for NBC, promoting such series as "Bonanza," ''Star Trek" and "Sanford and Son." He later started his own publicity firm, which counted ESPN among its clients.

In 1994, Rieger was honored with the TV academy's Syd Cassyd Award for his long and distinguished service to the organization.

Rieger's wife of 65 years, Deborah, died last year.

Thursday, Mar. 6, 2014

Sound designer/mixer Troy Hermes joins Splice

Troy Hermes

MINNEAPOLIS --

Creative studio Splice has added sound designer/mixer Troy Hermes. He will head the Minneapolis-bsed company’s audio department while providing sound design and audio mixing for projects.

Hermes’ career began as an assistant engineer in Miami, which evolved to audio engineering for TV and Radio. He moved to London and joined NBC as a freelance location sound engineer. NBC sent him to Afghanistan and Iraq to record audio for news stories for “NBC Nightly News,” “Dateline,” MSNBC, and live shots with Tom Brokaw from various locations throughout Iraq. After spending time on location, Hermes settled down and picked up mixing and sound design for television and commercials through Crow TV in London. He also worked as a sound mixer and sound designer for the BBC show, “EastEnders.” Upon returning to the U.S., Hermes worked in New York with Ogilvy & Mather. After a couple years of working remotely in Alaska for his New York clients, he has chosen More

Thursday, Mar. 6, 2014

Colorado launches campaign to stop stoned driving

By Kristen Wyatt

DENVER (AP) --

Colorado is spending $1 million on television ads making fun of marijuana users who space out during everyday tasks — an effort to stop stoned driving.

The Colorado Department of Transportation unveiled the "Drive High, Get a DUI" campaign Thursday, the state's first effort since marijuana was legalized in 2012 to remind drivers that pot should be treated like alcohol and not used before driving.

One ad shows a spaced-out basketball player at the foul line in a playground, endlessly dribbling while his teammates wait in frustration. Another ad shows a middle-aged man who hangs a flat-screen TV and celebrates with some tortilla chips and salsa, only to see the TV crash to the floor and shatter.

The funniest ad shows a backyard griller earnestly trying to turn on his gas grill. After many futile attempts, a woman on the back deck rolls her eyes. The propane tank is missing. "Grilling high is now More

Thursday, Mar. 6, 2014

Kevin Spacey to lead class at 'Bollywood Oscars'

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) --

Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey is coming to Tampa to lead an acting workshop when the "Bollywood Oscars" — the International Indian Film Academy's weekend and awards — arrives in April.

The IIFA announced Thursday that Spacey will be joined in the master class with Bollywood actress Vidya Balan, who won India's prestigious National Award for her thriller Kahaani.

The awards event honors Indian culture, fashion and film and will take place April 24-26 with workshops, parties and dignitaries from both U.S. and Indian cinema.

The show is expected to be watched by up to 800 million viewers around the world when it arrives in the U.S. for the first time.

Thursday, Mar. 6, 2014

'12 Years' vies with 'Hunger Games' at MTV Awards

In this March 2, 2014 file photo, Jennifer Lawrence, left, and Matthew McConaughey appear backstage during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

NEW YORK (AP) --

Oscar winner "12 Years a Slave" will face off with blockbusters like "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" and "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" at the MTV Movie Awards.

The network announced Thursday the nominees for its 24th annual Movie Awards. The other movie of the year nominees are "The Wolf of Wall Street" and "American Hustle."

Most of the best male and female nominees reassemble recent Oscar contenders including Matthew McConaughey, Lupita Nyong'o and Leonardo DiCaprio.

The awards' best kiss category will have a clear favorite: Amy Adams and Jennifer Lawrence's smooch in "American Hustle."

For best shirtless performance, Jennifer Aniston from "We're the Millers" will vie with DiCaprio in "The Wolf of Wall Street."

Conan O'Brien will host the show live April 13 from Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre.

Thursday, Mar. 6, 2014

Bill Whitaker joins '60 Minutes' cast

This photo provided by CBS shows CBS News veteran, Bill Whitaker. (AP Photo/CBS, Michael Yarish)

By David Bauder, Television Writer

NEW YORK (AP) --

Veteran CBS News correspondent Bill Whitaker, who has been with the network for 30 years and based in Los Angeles since 1992, is moving East to join the cast of "60 Minutes."

CBS said Thursday that Whitaker will begin on the Sunday night show this fall. He will be the first full-time black correspondent on "60 Minutes" since the death of Ed Bradley in 2006, although Byron Pitts was a regular contributor before joining ABC News in 2013.

Whitaker, 62, has reported for most of CBS' newscasts and contributed profiles on the likes of Barbra Streisand, Norman Lear and Mike Tyson to "Sunday Morning." He was also based in Tokyo and Atlanta after joining CBS in 1984. He was CBS' lead reporter on Mitt Romney's presidential campaign in 2008 and George W. Bush's 2000 campaign.

He'll join Scott Pelley, Steve Kroft, Lesley Stahl, Bob Simon and Lara Logan as regular correspondents. "60 Minutes" also has More

Thursday, Mar. 6, 2014

Isaiah Washington returning to 'Grey's Anatomy'

In this Jan. 15, 2014 file photo, cast member Isaiah Washington participates in "The 100" panel at the CBS Winter TCA Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Invision/AP, file)

LOS ANGELES (AP) --

ABC says Isaiah Washington will return to "Grey's Anatomy" for a guest appearance in May, seven years after he was fired from the medical drama.

Washington exited the series in 2007 after an on-set clash the year before, in which an anti-gay epithet was directed at another cast member at the time, T.R. Knight.

Washington's return as Dr. Preston Burke coincides with the announced departure of series star Sandra Oh at the season's end in May. Her character, Dr. Cristina Yang, was engaged to Washington's Burke at one point in the long-running drama.

The date of Washington's episode was not announced.

During the controversy involving him, Washington also used the epithet backstage at the 2007 Golden Globe awards. He publicly apologized and tried to make amends by meeting with gay-rights organizations.