After nearly six years as creative director EMEA for Colgate-Palmolive brands at VMLY&R Paris, Ricardo Dolla has moved over to VMLY&R Milan as executive creative director. In his new role, he will lead the creative team for clients such as Lavazza, ITA Airlines, and Franke.
Enthused over the prospects at VMLY&R Milan, Dolla said, “Helping to build brands that are also synonymous with the country’s culture, such as Lavazza coffee, will demand a lot and, at the same time, open many avenues for creativity.”
With almost 20 years of experience, Dolla has already worked in large agencies in Brazil. As a copywriter, he began his career in Rio de Janeiro, where he had stints at NBS and Artplan. In São Paulo, he worked at Africa, Talent (now Talent Marcel), Lew’LaraTBWA, BETC/Havas and VMLY&R itself.
In France since 2017, the creative created and led Colgate’s first global brand campaign, which resulted in the Creative Strategy lion at Cannes in 2022. Also, for VMLY&R/Red Fuse, he won the operation’s first three Lions with two different campaigns (Protex and Colgate Whitening).
Besides Cannes, Dolla has accumulated several advertising awards spanning such competitions as The One Show, Effies, Clio, LIA and El Ojo. He was also nominated for the best Brazilian copywriter by the Brazilian Advertising Association in 2016 and, in 2009, was part of the Brazilian delegation of the Young Lions.
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