Deutsch LA has hired Bud Caddell to serve in the newly created role of invention strategist. Caddell most recently worked with Alex Bogusky and Rob Schuham to help launch Common, billed as a collaborative brand and an organization for social entrepreneurs. At Deutsch LA, Caddell will work across all accounts and report to partner/chief digital officer Winston Binch.
“Bud is a modern idea guy — equal parts inventor, strategist and technologist,” said Binch. “Brand success is very much about sparking meaningful and lasting dialogue, and ultimately getting people to act, and having thinkers like Bud at the Agency is essential to doing it smartly.”
Caddell’s body of work over the years spans such clients as American Express, Ford Motor Company, GE, CNN, Pepsi, HBO, and TBS/TNT.
Earlier Caddell served as a digital strategy advisor for The Climate Reality Project, former Vice President Al Gore’s nonprofit organization. Caddell also spent time at Victors & Spoils in Boulder, Colo., working as a strategy director, and as a senior strategist at Undercurrent in New York.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt Reach Divorce Settlement After 8 Years
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reached a divorce settlement, ending one of the longest and most contentious divorces in Hollywood history but not every legal issue between the two.
Jolie and Pitt signed off on a default declaration filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday, saying they have entered into a written agreement on their marital and property rights. The settlement was first reported by People magazine.
"More than eight years ago, Angelina filed for divorce from Mr. Pitt," Jolie's attorney, James Simon, said in a statement. "She and the children left all of the properties they had shared with Mr. Pitt, and since that time she has focused on finding peace and healing for their family. This is just one part of a long ongoing process that started eight years ago. Frankly, Angelina is exhausted, but she is relieved this one part is over."
The filing says they give up the right to any future spousal financial support, but gives no other details. A judge will need to sign off on the agreement. An email late Monday night to Pitt's attorney seeking comment was not immediately answered.
Jolie, 49, and Pitt, 61, were among Hollywood's most prominent pairings for 12 years, two of them as a married couple. The Oscar winners have six children together.
Jolie filed for divorce in 2016, after a private jet flight from Europe during which she said Pitt physically abused her and their children. The FBI and child services officials investigated Pitt's actions on the flight. Two months later, the FBI released a statement saying it would not investigate further, and the U.S. attorney did not bring charges.
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