McCann was honored across the board with Digital Agency of the Year, Agency of the Year, and Network of the Year at the ADC 96th Annual Awards this evening (5/8) in New York, celebrating the best in craft, design and innovation in advertising. McCann’s New York office also won the coveted ADC Black Cube in Digital for best in discipline on the strength of Lockheed Martin’s “The Field Trip To Mars” campaign.
The only other Black Cube winner of the evening came in the Advertising category for Leo Burnett Chicago on the basis of its “Van Gogh Bnb” for The Art Institute of Chicago.
McCann won 21 ADC awards that contributed to its Network of the Year title, including the aforementioned Black Cube. McCann NY won as both Agency of the Year and Digital Agency of the Year for award-winning work on behalf of clients including Lockheed Martin, Godiva, Girls Who Code, The Brady Campaign, and the U.S. Army. Campaigns by McCann agencies in Japan and Colombia were represented among the wins; McCann Japan won a Gold Cube for their work with Amazon for Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo.
“Being named the top digital agency means that people are recognizing that our teams use the most innovative and interesting ways to speak to our audience on behalf of our clients,” said Rob Reilly, global creative chairman of McCann Worldgroup.
Lockheed Martin was named Client of the Year for its work with the agency on “Field Trip to Mars,” which has been met with extraordinary public and industry acclaim since its release. “Mars” also helped Framestore earn top production company distinction.
Sean Bryan, co-chief creative officer of McCann New York, said, “‘The ‘Field Trip to Mars’ campaign exemplifies the best collaboration between an agency, a client, and a production studio specializing in VR—it’s one of those campaigns where the final product became more than just the sum of its parts.
Michael O’Rourke, executive director of ADC, part of The One Club for Creativity, said, “McCann demonstrated the epitome of our judging criteria for excellence in craft, design and innovation. We salute the network and its clients for their outstanding work and performance in this year’s show.”
Other leading ADC winners included Dentsu Tokyo, which earned 24 ADC Cubes; Goodby, Silverstein & Partners San Francisco, nabbed eight; and BBDO Düsseldorf copped seven.
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