Deutsch’s New York office has promoted Husani Oakley to EVP, director of technology and innovation from SVP, director of technology. In addition, the office elevated Jeff Morgan, Oliver Plunkett, and Andrew Quay to VPs.
Oakley will continue to spearhead technology efforts across clients including AB InBev, Siemens, and Reebok, among others. He is also a lead practitioner at Great Machine, Deutsch’s A.I. innovation Studio. Oakley’s start-up experience includes founding online investing platform GoldBean, design and technology firm Oakley + Partners, and the cultural event newsletter Flavorpill. And he’s held key technology positions at agencies including Wieden+Kennedy, Euro RSCG, and Omnicom’s Evolution Bureau.
Morgan becomes VP, executive producer. He oversees all production at Steelhead, Deutsch’s in-house production arm, and has directed and produced content for clients including Busch, PNC Bank, and Acuvue.
Plunkett is now VP, media director. And multidimensional strategist Quay becomes VP, planning director. He works on Busch, DraftKings, and new business, including Deutsch’s recent Reebok win.
“Husani, Jeff, Oliver and Andrew are all business leaders within their respective departments and have fully embraced our explorer mentality,” said Deutsch’s NY CEO, Val DiFebo.
Review: Writer-Director Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance”
In its first two hours, "The Substance" is a well-made, entertaining movie. Writer-director Coralie Fargeat treats audiences to a heavy dose of biting social commentary on ageism and sexism in Hollywood, with a spoonful of sugar- and sparkle-doused body horror.
But the film's deliciously unhinged, blood-soaked and inevitably polarizing third act is what makes it unforgettable.
What begins as a dread-inducing but still relatively palatable sci-fi flick spirals deeper into absurdism and violence, eventually erupting — quite literally — into a full-blown monster movie. Let the viewer decide who the monster is.
Fargeat — who won best screenplay at this year's Cannes Film Festival — has been vocal about her reverence for "The Fly" director David Cronenberg, and fans of the godfather of body horror will see his unmistakable influence. But "The Substance" is also wholly unique and benefits from Fargeat's perspective, which, according to the French filmmaker, has involved extensive grappling with her own relationship to her body and society's scrutiny.
"The Substance" tells the story of Elisabeth Sparkle, a famed aerobics instructor with a televised show, played by a powerfully vulnerable Demi Moore. Sparkle is fired on her 50th birthday by a ruthless executive — a perfectly cast Dennis Quaid, who nails sleazy and gross.
Feeling rejected by a town that once loved her and despairing over her bygone star power, Sparkle learns from a handsome young nurse about a black-market drug that promises to create a "younger, more beautiful, more perfect" version of its user. Though she initially tosses the phone number in the trash, she soon fishes it out in a desperate panic and places an order.
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