-Directors Daniel Kleinman and Ringan Ledwidge and president Johnnie Frankel have launched the U.S. office of prodco Rattling Stick in Los Angeles.

-CP+B and Rickard’s Canada celebrate Movember with “Mo Duels” (above). link

-After a review, Texas-based McGarrah Jessee (you know, the agency involved with this) was named AOR for Haggar Clothing Co.

-Forget digital ninjas, Draftfcb SF is looking for a straight up “digital bad ass.” link

-The Department of Homeland Security is stepping up its Twitter monitoring and looking for signs of social unrest here in the States. link

-Code and Theory appointed Vince Quilici as GM of its San Francisco office.

-Commercial production studio Pictures in a Row added director Chris Cantwell to its roster.

-Editorial boutique Red Car welcomed editor Josh Towvim to its New York office.

This spot from Goodby, Silverstein & Partners for the Logitech Revue with Google TV stars Ivan Cobenk, aka Kevin Bacon, who is an obsessed fan of, yes, Kevin Bacon (during the Footloose era of course) and uses his Revue to keep him immersed in everything Bacon. So much for a six degrees game.

Does this spot really show off the capabilities of the device? The message is whatever content you want to find, you can get through this device. Well, while we know for sure you won’t have a problem finding anything Bacon-related, it would be nice to see a little diversity. It would only help the product. Peep full credits after the jump.

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