Independent agency Chemistry has added two executive creative directors, Carl Corbitt and Anja Duering. The shop has offices in Atlanta and Pittsburgh, with a roster which includes YouTube, Red Bull, Four Loko, RA Sushi, Atlanta United FC, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, MetroHealth, Marriott, and two new accounts, the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau (ACVB) and TIKD, a platform to help consumers take action against traffic tickets.
ECDs Corbitt and Duering are both based in the Atlanta office and report to chief creative officer Chris Breen. Corbitt joins from Fitzgerald + Co. where he served as group creative director. Prior, Corbitt honed his craft serving as creative director at Crispin Porter + Bogusky, 180LA, goodness Mfg., and Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam, working with brands like Mitsubishi Motors, contributing to over five quarters of double-digit growth, Nokia, doubling the size of the business within 12 months, and more. In his new role, Corbitt will be responsible for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, YouTube and the ACVB among others.
Duering will be responsible for Atlanta United, Red Bull and TIKD. She joins the team with nearly 15 years of experience as a creative director including time spent with Wieden + Kennedy and CP + B. Duering started her career at Arnold Worldwide, then moved to CP+B, where she art directed the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity Grand Prix-winning GTI “Fast” campaign for Volkswagen.
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