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Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023
"Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé" Tops Weekend Box Office With $21 Million Debut
Beyoncé ruled the box office this weekend. Her concert picture, "Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé," opened in first place with $21 million in North American ticket sales, according to estimates from AMC Theatres Sunday. The post-Thanksgiving, early December box office is notoriously slow, but "...
Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023
Leo Burnett Italia's "No Grey" Wins Art Directors Club of Europe’s Grand Prix
“No Grey” by Leo Burnett Italia on behalf of Stellantis-Fiat was named the ADCE Grand Prix winner on Friday (12/1) at the awards gala ceremony, part of the Art Directors Club of Europe (ADCE) Festival ’23 in Barcelona. Operation “No Grey” turned a marketing idea that usually only involves marketing...
Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023
X Says Walmart Pulled Ads Weeks Before Media Matters Hate Speech Report and Musk Rant
Walmart is the latest company to publicly join the growing flock of major advertisers to pull spending from X, Elon Musk's beleaguered social media company, amid concerns about hate speech — as well as reaching a sizeable audience on the platform. "We aren't advertising on X as we've found some...
Friday, Dec. 1, 2023
Walmart Latest Major Advertiser To Pull Out Of Musk's X Amid Growing Concerns Over Hate Speech, Reach
Walmart is the latest company to join the growing flock of major advertisers to pull spending from X, Elon Musk's beleaguered social media company, amid concerns about hate speech — as well as reaching a sizeable audience on the platform. "We aren't advertising on X as we've found some other...
Friday, Dec. 1, 2023
Director Ryan Feng Join Unicorns & Unicorns
Unicorns & Unicorns has added director Ryan Feng to its collective of creatives. His work spans such clients as Gillette, Nike, Adidas, Jameson, Def Jam, Gelatoria Uli and Maybelline. Of his partnership with the Unicorns team, Feng said, “It’s an incredible honor to join this fantastic lineup...
Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023
New York Film Critics Name "Killers of the Flower Moon" The Year's Best Film
Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” has been named the best film of the year by the New York Film Critics Circle. It’s the third time that Scorsese has been given the best film award from his hometown’s critics, who named 1990’s “GoodFellas” their top movie, as well as 2019’s “The...
Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023
Uncommon Hires James Guy As Chief Production Officer; Charlie Gatsky Sinclair Becomes President of Brands & Entertainment
Uncommon has appointed James Guy as its chief production officer. The hire marks a pivotal moment for the shop as its previous chief production officer Charlie Gatsky Sinclair becomes its first president of brands and entertainment. Guy will report directly into Gatsky Sinclair as well as work...
Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023
Meta Shuts Down Thousands of Fake Facebook Accounts Created To Polarize Voters Ahead of 2024 Elections
Someone in China created thousands of fake social media accounts designed to appear to be from Americans and used them to spread polarizing political content in an apparent effort to divide the U.S. ahead of next year's elections, Meta said Thursday. The network of nearly 4,800 fake accounts was...
Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023
GS&P Hires Martin Pagh Ludvigsen as Director of Creative Technology and AI
Goodby Silverstein & Partners (GS&P) has hired Martin Pagh Ludvigsen as its director of creative technology and AI, and appointed Simran Kaur as brand strategy director and director of Innovation Camp. “Our goal is to make technology a change maker in our clients’ businesses by taking them...
Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023
Love Song Signs Director Walid Labri For Spots and Branded Content
Filmmaker Walid Labri has signed with Love Song--the production house founded by Kelly Bayett and Daniel Wolfe--for U.S. representation spanning commercials and branded content. Labri, who was previously repped by Division’s U.S. branch, has a diverse body of work. His visually hypnotic ad for Nike...