Periscope has hired two notable artisans who boost its integrated agency offerings: Bill Berg who comes over from Droga5 New York where he served as a sr. broadcast producer; and Steve Sutherland who was most recently experiential director/founder at Manufacture. Berg becomes executive producer at the Minneapolis-based Periscope while Sutherland is VP, director of integrated creative production.
Berg’s experience spans brands like Under Armour for the “Rule Yourself” series featuring Steph Curry and Tom Brady, as well as work for Overwatch, Xfinity, Toyota and Newcastle. Berg has collaborated with some of the industry’s top directors.
Sutherland is a veteran of the agency world with experience at Crispin Porter + Bogusky, mono and Fallon, as well as his own company, Manufacture. He has worked with such brands as Target, Burger King, Coke Zero, Propel and the SYFY Network and brings a deep understanding of integrated experiences–from interface design to new product launches and everything in between.
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