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Exclusive: Marketing veteran Matt Brubaker has exited Trailer Park after two decades to join Black Adam and Nope ad agency Buddha Jones, which has upped Bill Neil to Partner.

Brubaker joins the outfit as Head of Theatrical/Streaming following a lengthy Trailer Park stint during which he was creative director on campaigns for the likes of The Dark Knight Rises, Inception, Tenet, Elvis and Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

He will work alongside Head of TV/Streaming Joshua Rogers, Head of Games Scott Carson and Head of Social and Strategy Julie Bloomfield to oversee the company’s creative leadership.

Meanwhile, Neil becomes Partner following a 15-year Buddha Jones stint creating trailers for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Nope and The Wolf of Wall Street, amongst others. He broke through in 2003 helming the seminal Texas Chainsaw Massacre trailer.

Buddha Jones Co-owner Pharida Long said: “[Bill and Matt’s] experience in the...

Shauna Phelan and Zack Olin have been promoted to executive vice presidents and co-heads of Nickelodeon and Awesomeness Live-Action Series and Film.

In their new roles, they will now oversee all scripted live-action Nickelodeon and Awesomeness series and movie content for Nickelodeon and Paramount+. The pair were formerly co-heads of Live-Action for Nickelodeon and Awesomeness.

In addition to their promotion, the pair jointly announced a book-driven slate of new projects including “Junie B. Jones,” “My Weird School,” “Hot British Boyfriend,” “The Babysitters Coven,” “Sloppy Firsts,” “This is What Happy Looks Like,” and a new live-action series, “Majorettes” (working title), based on an original BuzzFeed article by Frederick McKindra.

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Nickelodeon’s Shauna Phelan and Zack Olin have been promoted to EVPs and Co-Heads, Nickelodeon and Awesomeness Live-Action Series and Films. The news was announced today by Brian Robbins, Paramount President & Chief Executive Officer of Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon, and Chief Content Officer, Movies and Kids & Family, Paramount+.

Formerly Co-Heads of Live-Action for Nickelodeon and Awesomeness, both brands within Paramount Global, Phelan and Olin are now expanding their purview to oversee all scripted live-action Nickelodeon and Awesomeness series and movies for Nickelodeon and Paramount+, including YA content. They will continue to report to Robbins.

Said Robbins, “Shauna and Zack are behind some of Nickelodeon’s biggest hits from iCarly to That Girl Lay Lay and have been entertaining kids and families across all our demos for years. As the demand for content continues to grow for both our audience and for Paramount+, and given the Studios’ success as producers of top YA franchises,...

Shauna Phelan and Zack Olin have been promoted to executive vice presidents and co-heads of Nickelodeon and Awesomeness live action series and film.

They take their new positions after serving as senior vice presidents and co-heads of live action, and will now oversee all scripted live action Nickelodeon and Awesomeness series and movie content for Nickelodeon and Paramount+. They report to Brian Robbins, president and CEO of Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon and chief content officer of movies and kids and family for Paramount+.

“Shauna and Zack are behind some of Nickelodeon’s biggest hits from ‘iCarly’ to ‘That Girl Lay Lay’ and have been entertaining kids and families across all our demos for years,” Robbins said. “As the demand for content continues to grow for both our audience and for Paramount+, and given the studios’ success as producers of top YA franchises, Shauna and Zack are poised to elevate Awesomeness...

Scott Carson has been hired as new head of video game marketing for Buddha Jones, a Hollywood-based, entertainment-focused advertising and marketing agency. Carson spent nine years at Ant Farm, rising to the position of VP and creative director with the video game unit. He has been hired to reboot Buddha Jones’ equivalent unit, created in 2010, according to the announcement by company co-owners John Long and Dan Asma. At Ant Farm, Carson was involved in creating a variety…...

Gravity took top honors last night at the 15th Annual Golden Trailer Awards. 17 trophies were handed out live in Beverly Hills at the Saban theater, while a total of 75 different awards were bestowed upon the best trailers for movies, TV, and video games.

Gravity won Best in Show and Best Thriller for its Detached trailer, which you can watch here:

Warner Bros., the studio that released Gravity, took home 15 Golden Trailer awards altogether. Universal won 9 awards, while Lionsgate was awarded 8 of the trophies. Here are some of the winners of the 2014 15th Annual Golden Trailer Awards:

Best Action

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

"World Event"

Lionsgate/Trailer Park

Best Animation/Family

Frozen

"Forces First Ped"

Disney/Trailer Park

Best Comedy

Bad Words

"Red Band Trailer"

Focus Features/Mark Woolen & Associates

Best Documentary

Blackfish

Magnolia/Zealot

Best Drama

Lee Daniels' the Butler

The Weinstein Company/Av Squad

Best Fantasy Adventure

Maleficent...

The “Detached” trailer for Alfonso Cuaron’s awards-season favorite Gravity floated away with the top honor at tonight’s Golden Trailer Awards. The pic scored Best of Show and scooped up three other nods including Best Drama Poster and thriller TV spot. Godzilla and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire also scored four wins. Gravity distributor Warner Bros went into the 15th annual trophy show with a league-leading 51 nominations and came away with 15, the most for any studio. Universal (along with Focus) was second with nine wins, followed by Lionsgate with eight. Top trailer and creative vendors in the 2014 race included Ignition, whose work was honored in 14 different categories. Buddha Jones earned 7 awards, and Trailer Park was next with six. The judge panel included Frozen co-director Chris Buck, actor Adam Driver, Entourage creator Doug Ellin and castmember Debi Mazar, Raising Hope’s Garret Dillahunt, Divergent helmer Neil Burger, andSnow White And The Huntsman writer Evan Daugherty.

The 15th annual Golden Trailer Awards were held in Beverly Hills on Friday night, celebrating the best previews of the past year and secretly everyone’s favorite part about going to the movies.

Warner Brothers was the big winner of the night taking home 15 awards total including being named Best of Show for the trailer “Detached” of the Oscar-winning film Gravity. Other winners include Frozen for Best Animation/Family trailer, Dallas Buyers Club for Best Independent Trailer and Godzilla for Best Summer Blockbuster trailer. The Golden Trailer Awards were started in 1999 by Evelyn Brady-Watters and Monica Brady. “The Golden Trailer Awards...

A trailer for Warner Bros.’ Gravity, titled “Detached,” won the Best of Show prize and also the top honor as Best Thriller at the 15th annual Golden Trailer Awards, held Friday night at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills. Warners also won the studio tally, taking home 15 Golden Trailer Awards. Universal (along with Focus) claimed a total of nine statuettes while Lionsgate took eight wins. Top trailer and creative vendors included Ignition, whose work was honored in 14 different categories. Buddha Jones earned seven awards while Trailer Park scored six of the coveted trophies. Photos: 35 of

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Do awards shows for advertising have “for your consideration” ads for their ads?

While your brain ponders that Russian nesting doll of a question, let’s take a look at the contenders for this year’s Golden Trailer Awards, the top honor for those clips that make you say, “Man, I’ve got to see that.”

The 15th annual competition doesn’t honor the best movie, just the most alluring promo. And it has a somewhat dubious special award known as the “Golden Fleece,” which honors the best trailer for the worst film.

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Barbara Park, a former class clown who channeled her irreverence into the million-selling mishaps of grade schooler Junie B. Jones, has died. She was 66. The author died Friday after a long battle with ovarian cancer, according to a statement released Sunday by Random House Books for Young Readers. Park was a longtime resident of Scottsdale, Ariz., where she lived with her husband, Richard, and raised two sons. Starting in 1992, Park wrote more than 30 illustrated chapter books about the smart-mouthed girl with an ungrammatical opinion of everybody - her parents, her teachers, her friends and her classmate and enemy for life,...