Crispin Porter+Bogusky (CP+B) has promoted Steve Babcock to executive creative director. He most recently served as creative director, leading the agency’s Best Buy account, for which he was responsible for the 2011 Super Bowl spot “Movie Mode” featuring Justin Bieber and Ozzy Osbourne, and the current “Game On, Santa” holiday campaign, among other work.
Babcock, who joined CP+B in 2007, had also been creative director for Guitar Hero and Domino’s Pizza, where he worked on creating the Domino’s Pizza Tracker. In addition, he has contributed to CP+B campaigns for Volkswagen, American Express OPEN, Bell Helmets and Geek Squad.
Babcock came to CP+B as a creative director from Struck, now known as StruckAxiom, which he helped create. He got his start in advertising by working in the mailroom at Euro RSCG as a side job while in film school. He went on to serve as a copywriter at Razor Creative, Boede+Partners and W Communications before landing at Struck. In addition to his 12 years’ experience in the advertising business, Babcock also spent eight years in a touring rock band called Hudson River School.
Stage and Film Actor Tony Roberts Dies At 85
Tony Roberts, a versatile, Tony Award-nominated theater performer at home in both plays and musicals and who appeared in several Woody Allen movies — often as Allen's best friend — has died. He was 85.
Roberts' death was announced to The New York Times by his daughter, Nicole Burley.
Roberts had a genial stage personality perfect for musical comedy and he originated roles in such diverse Broadway musicals as "How Now, Dow Jones" (1967); "Sugar" (1972), an adaptation of the movie "Some Like It Hot," and "Victor/Victoria" (1995), in which he co-starred with Julie Andrews when she returned to Broadway in the stage version of her popular film. He also was in the campy, roller-disco "Xanadu" in 2007 and "The Royal Family" in 2009.
"I've never been particularly lucky at card games. I've never hit a jackpot. But I have been extremely lucky in life," he write in his memoir, "Do You Know Me?" "Unlike many of my pals, who didn't know what they wanted to become when they grew up, I knew I wanted to be an actor before I got to high school."
Roberts also appeared on Broadway in the 1966 Woody Allen comedy "Don't Drink the Water," repeating his role in the film version, and in Allen's "Play It Again, Sam" (1969), for which he also made the movie.
Other Allen films in which Roberts appeared were "Annie Hall" (1977), "Stardust Memories" (1980), "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy" (1982), "Hannah and Her Sisters" (1986) and "Radio Days" (1987).
"Roberts' confident onscreen presence — not to mention his tall frame, broad shoulders and brown curly mane — was the perfect foil for Allen's various neurotic characters, making them more funny and enjoyable to watch," The Jewish Daily Forward wrote in 2016.
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