“Cancel the World Cup,” a technology-driven effort designed to raise awareness of the importance of visiting a cardiologist to help prevent heart disease, was named Best of Show at this year’s American Advertising Awards sponsored by the American Advertising Federation (AAF). The campaign was created by Texas-based agency BeautifulBeast on behalf of Fundación Cardiológica Argentina (Argentinian Heart Foundation).
The American Advertising Awards received more than 25,000 entries as part of the three-tier competition. Campaigns need to advance through both local and regional levels in order to be eligible for the national award. In addition, the awards are often viewed as a lens offering insights into work that may also perform well at other upcoming international creative competitions.
In all, 65 Gold ADDYs were awarded, along with four Special Judges Awards and one Mosaic Award for multicultural advertising. ADDYs were also presented in the student portion of the competition. Winners were announced during AAF’s ADMERICA National Conference at a Gala ceremony held at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City, May 30-June 2. The event was hosted by comedian and actress Loni Love and attended by 500 people from across the advertising, marketing, media and tech communities.
Said David Campbell, chair of the National American Advertising Awards Committee, “Entrants continue to up their game each year. To advance through three tiers of judging, each with a different jury, and to become the one of more than 25,000 to claim Best of Show is truly an extraordinary feat.”
Added Aldo Quevedo, CEO/creative chairman of BeautifulBeast and who accepted the award for Best of Show, “We’re so excited and honored that our work has been recognized by the American Advertising Awards. It has literally been the perfect night. A special shoutout to our beautiful teams, clients and partners.”
Other highlights from this year’s American Advertising Awards include:
“Driving While Black” from Goodby Silverstein & Partners created for the Courageous Conversation Global Foundation, was awarded the Mosaic Award Gold ADDY
Special Judges Gold ADDYs were awarded to Colle McVoy for Purdue’s “Chix Mix” and Rover for “Little Hands of Stone” in Multiple Categories; Energy BBDO won for “Change the Ref” in the Poster category
Hadil Jamili of Miami Ad School won Best of Show in the Student portion of the competition for Student Black & White, Poster
Awards were chosen by a distinguished panel of judges representing 20 different big, small and independent agencies and clients. For a full list of all of this year’s American Advertising Award winners, click here.
Harvey Weinstein hit with new sex crime charge in New York
Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a new sex crime charge in New York, as he awaits retrial in his landmark #MeToo case.
Details of the new allegations were not immediately available. He was charged with committing a criminal sex act.
The jailed ex-movie mogul has long maintained that any sexual activity was consensual.
Prosecutors revealed last week that Weinstein had been indicted on additional sex crime charges that weren't part of the case that led to his now-overturned 2020 conviction. But the new indictment was sealed until his arraignment.
Prosecutors have said that the grand jury heard evidence of up to three alleged assaults — two in hotels in the Tribeca neighborhood and one at a lower Manhattan residential building. The purported incidents took place from the mid-2000s to 2016, prosecutors said.
But it's not clear whether any of those allegations underlie the new indictment.
While bracing for the new charges, Weinstein also is awaiting retrial after New York state's highest court this spring overturned his 2020 conviction on rape and sexual assault charges involving two women. The high court, called the Court of Appeals, ordered a new trial, which is tentatively scheduled to begin Nov. 12.
The Court of Appeals ruled that the then-trial judge unfairly allowed testimony against him based on allegations that were not part of the case. That judge's term expired in 2022, and he is no longer on the bench.
Prosecutors have said they'll seek to fold the new charges into the retrial, but Weinstein's lawyers say it should be a separate case.
Weinstein, who also was convicted in 2022 in a Los Angeles rape case, remains behind bars while awaiting his New York retrial.
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