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  • Tuesday, Jun. 25, 2024
Lost Planet and PARALLAX form partnership
LOS ANGELES -- 

Lost Planet and PARALLAX have entered into a partnership, expanding their collective rosters of award-winning editorial talent. Longtime admirers of each other’s work, the companies will share resources and talent, looking to establish a creative force greater than the sum of its parts. 

With this partnership, Lost Planet’s renown in advertising will bring additional opportunities to PARALLAX, expanding its presence in commercial films, while Lost Planet will gain access to additional acclaimed editors. PARALLAX will also expand its finishing infrastructure, harnessing Lost Planet’s color, VFX and graphics capabilities. 

Led by editors Luke Lynch and Paul Rogers, artist/filmmaker Kahlil Joseph, and executive producer Graham Zeller, PARALLAX deploys a collaborative editing approach, “The Swarm,” which harnesses the creative power of multiple editors with diverse perspectives, resulting in dynamic and captivating visual narratives. Their More

  • Tuesday, Jun. 25, 2024
Gena Rowlands has Alzheimer's, her son Nick Cassavetes says
Actor Gena Rowlands poses for a portrait at the London West Hollywood hotel in West Hollywood, Calif., on Dec. 4, 2014. Rowlands is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, says her son, the filmmaker Nick Cassavetes. Cassavetes, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly published Tuesday, says Rowlands has had Alzheimer’s for five years. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

The celebrated actor and honorary Academy Award recipient Gena Rowlands is suffering from Alzheimer's disease, her son, the filmmaker Nick Cassavetes, has revealed.

Cassavetes, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly published Tuesday, said Rowlands has had Alzheimer's for five years. In the 2004 film "The Notebook," Cassavetes directed his mother, who played the older version of the character played by Rachel McAdams, as a woman with dementia.

"We spent a lot of time talking about Alzheimer's and wanting to be authentic with it, and now, for the last five years, she's had Alzheimer's," Cassavetes said. "She's in full dementia. And it's so crazy — we lived it, she acted it, and now it's on us."

A representative for Rowlands confirmed that Cassavetes "speaks for the family."

Rowlands, who received an honorary Oscar in 2015, made 10 films with her husband, John Cassavetes, including 1974's "A Woman Under the Influence" and More

  • Tuesday, Jun. 25, 2024
Vincent Geraghty joins Laughlin Constable to lead its HIVE Content Studio
Vincent Geraghty
CHICAGO -- 

Laughlin Constable (LC), an independent, full-service brand experiences agency, has hired Vincent Geraghty to serve as EVP, head of production at its HIVE Content Studio, overseeing the agency’s full integrated suite of production and content offerings.

Geraghty previously held senior executive production roles at Havas, Ogilvy, Publicis Communications and Leo Burnett. Most recently, he had founded GPSG Geraghty Group, an independent full-service production studio, working with agencies, production companies and brands.

“Vincent is one of those game-changing hires,” said Anthony Romano, CEO of Laughlin Constable. “His incredible reputation for building and running world-class production teams, combined with his high bar for creative excellence and his track record of doing award-winning work for iconic brands, makes him the perfect person to lead the big vision we have for what a modern content studio should be today.”

Geraghty will More

  • Tuesday, Jun. 25, 2024
Creatives from 45 countries named to The One Club's Young Guns 22 jury
Amélie Ebongué, founder, Gamma & Gemini Paris
NEW YORK -- 

The One Club for Creativity announced 101 creatives from 45 countries and regions who will serve on the jury for the global Young Guns 22, celebrating creative professionals ages 30 or younger.

Young Guns is the industry’s only global, cross-disciplinary, portfolio-based awards competition that identifies and celebrates today’s vanguard of young creatives.  The program is open to creatives ages 30 and under who have been working for at least two years, full-time or freelance. Eligible entrants can submit a combination of professional and personal work.

A sampling of jury members, including past YG winners as indicated, includes:

  • Atlas Acopian, director, conceptual artist, Atlas Studio Inc. Los Angeles (YG18)
  • Tarek Atrissi, founder, creative director, Tarek Atrissi Design Barcelona
  • Maan Bautista, ECD, VML Manila
  • Will Campbell, CEO, Quantasy Los Angeles
  • Carolina Cantante, creative director, C- More
  • Monday, Jun. 24, 2024
EU targets Apple's App Store for first time using new Digital Markets Act
The logo of Apple is illuminated at a store in the city center in Munich, Germany, on Dec. 16, 2020. European Union regulators have accused Apple of breaking new rules on digital competition by preventing software developers on its App Store from steering users to other venues. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
By Kelvin Chan, Business Writer
LONDON (AP) -- 

European Union regulators on Monday leveled their first charges under the bloc's new digital competition rulebook, accusing Apple of preventing app makers from pointing users to cheaper options outside its App Store.

The European Commission said that according to the preliminary findings of its investigation, the restrictions that the iPhone maker imposes on developers using its mobile App Store had breached the 27-nation bloc's Digital Markets Act.

The rulebook, also known as the DMA, is a sweeping set of regulations aimed at preventing tech "gatekeepers" from cornering digital markets under threat of heavy financial penalties. The commission opened an initial round of investigations after it took effect in March, including a separate ongoing probe into whether Apple is doing enough to allow iPhone users to easily change web browsers, and other cases involving Google and Meta.

Apple has been facing pressure on both sides of the More

  • Monday, Jun. 24, 2024
SAG-AFTRA American Scene Awards honor CMA, "Lost LA" and "Abbott Elementary"
LOS ANGELES -- 

SAG-AFTRA has announced the recipients for the sixth biennial SAG-AFTRA American Scene Awards, honoring producers who realistically portray the American Scene by employing union talent from misrepresented or underrepresented groups. The winners are:

  • Music & Sound Recordings Award: Mickey Guyton and the Country Music Association for "Love My Hair," performance by Mickey Guyton featuring Brittney Spencer and Madeline Edwards at the 2021 CMA Awards.
  • Belva Davis News & Broadcast Award: PBS SoCal/KCET for Lost LA: From Little Tokyo to Crenshaw.
  • Entertainment: ABC, Warner Bros. Television, 20th Television for Abbott Elementary.

Winners were selected for work that exemplifies equal access and full inclusion of diverse backgrounds, people with disabilities, women, seniors and people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender as well as other misrepresented or underrepresented More

  • Friday, Jun. 21, 2024
Workers sue Disney claiming they were fraudulently induced to move to Florida from California
The Cinderella Castle is seen at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, July 14, 2023, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
By Mike Schneider
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- 

Disney workers are suing their employer, claiming they were fraudulently induced to move from California to Florida to work in a new office campus only to have those plans later scrapped amid a fight between the entertainment giant and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

In July 2021, the Disney Parks' chief told workers in California that most white-collar employees would be transferred to the new campus in Orlando to consolidate different teams and allow for greater collaboration.

As many as 2,000 workers in digital technology, finance and product development departments would be transferred to the campus located about 20 miles (30 kilometers) from the giant Walt Disney World theme park resort, the company said at the time.

Many workers were reluctant to make the move given their longstanding ties to Southern California and fears of uprooting their families, but Disney encouraged the move by promising a state-of-the-art, centralized More

  • Friday, Jun. 21, 2024
Adidas is investigating allegations of embezzlement and bribery in China, according to news reports
In this file photo dated May 7, 2009 the company's logo is pictured on shopping bags in the Adidas outlet store in Herzogenaurach, southern Germany. Adidas has launched an investigation into allegations of “compliance violations” in China after receiving an anonymous letter earlier this month accusing local executives of embezzling millions of euros, according to news media reports. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
HONG KONG (AP) -- 

Athletic apparel company Adidas has launched an investigation into allegations of "compliance violations" in China after receiving an anonymous letter earlier this month accusing local executives of embezzling "millions of euros," according to news reports.

Adidas confirmed it had received an anonymous June 7 letter indicating potential "compliance violations" in China, the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg reported.

The shoe and sportwear maker said it was investigating the matter together with external legal counsel, the news outlets reported.

Chinese state media outlet Jiemian last week reported that an anonymous group of whistleblowers, who called themselves employees of Adidas China, had sent the letter containing the allegations to the company's German headquarters.

The letter, which was published by Jiemian but also widely circulated on social media, accused senior executives and several staff members of embezzlement More

  • Thursday, Jun. 20, 2024
New York moves to limit "addictive" social media feeds for kids
In this still image taken from video of the Office of the New York Governor, Gov. Kathy Hochul signs a bill, in New York, Thursday, June 20, 2024. Hochul signed a bill that would allow parents to block their children from getting social media posts suggested by a platform's algorithm, a move to limit feeds critics argue are addictive. (Office of the New York Governor via AP)
By Anthony Izaguirre

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday signed a bill that would allow parents to block their children from getting social media posts suggested by a platform's algorithm, a move to limit feeds critics argue are addictive.

Under the legislation, feeds on apps like TikTok and Instagram would be limited for people under age 18 to posts from accounts they follow, rather than content suggested by an automated algorithm. It would also block platforms from sending minors notifications on suggested posts between midnight and 6 a.m.

Both provisions could be turned off if a minor gets what the bill defines as "verifiable parental consent."

The law does not take effect immediately. State Attorney General Letitia James is now tasked with crafting rules to determine mechanisms for verifying a user's age and parental consent. After the rules are finalized, social media companies will have 180 days to implement the regulations.

"We can More

  • Thursday, Jun. 20, 2024
TikTok accuses federal agency of "political demagoguery" in legal challenge against potential U.S. ban
The icon for the video sharing TikTok app is seen on a smartphone, Feb. 28, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
By Haleluya Hadero

TikTok disclosed a letter Thursday that accused the Biden administration of engaging in "political demagoguery" during high-stakes negotiations between the government and the company as it sought to relieve concerns about its presence in the U.S.

The letter — sent to David Newman, a top official in the Justice Department's national security division, before President Biden signed the potential TikTok ban into law — was submitted in federal court along with a legal brief supporting the company's lawsuit against measure. TikTok's Beijing-based parent company ByteDance is also a plaintiff in the lawsuit, which is expected to be one of the biggest legal battles in tech and internet history.

The internal documents provide details about negotiations between TikTok and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, a secretive inter-agency panel that investigates corporate deals over national security concerns, between January 2021 and More

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