Advertising agency Doner has brought on Tarik Cox as SVP, brand leader, and James Adamé as EVP, director of design. In his new role, Cox will work with the Johnson & Johnson account team. Adamé will establish an innovative design center and help enhance the Detroit office’s production capabilities.
Cox has developed integrated marketing plans and campaigns for brands including Nike, Ford Motor Company and American Express. He also helped lead marketing efforts for professional sports teams including the Golden State Warriors, FC Cincinnati and the Detroit Lions and has deep international experience working across the U.S. and Canada.
An innovation-driven designer, Adamé has 20+ years of developing world-class experiences in advertising and design. Past experiences include work for Chevrolet, Bank of America, Dunkin’ Donuts, Jack Daniels & Brown-Forman brands, and Major League Baseball. Most recently, he served as global design director at Commonwealth, leading a network of designers on General Motors and other brands worldwide.
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More