-Anomaly U.K. and Virgin Trains are really into Spandau Ballet and “speedcore,” which is somehow different than grindcore.
-GS&P made a new ad thanking everyone who played a role in the Golden State Warriors’s championship season—including Steph Curry’s mouth guard.
-Cannes entries are down this year, booooooooo. #FakeAds
-Barton F. Graf scored creative AOR for Kettle Chips without a review. The agency already works on parent company Snyder’s-Lance brands like Pop Chips, Emerald Nuts and Snyder’s of Hanover Pretzels.
-Saville Productions of Venice signed John Waters (yes, that one) as its newest commercial director.
-“Cognitive ads” sound super awesome, don’t they? Maybe the McCann Tokyo AI creative director thing wasn’t just a dumb stunt after all.
-Integrated N.C. branding agency Clean won AOR duties for Durham Distillery, maker of gins, specialty liquors and a new cucumber vodka that is obviously too expensive for Duke undergrads.
-Prod co A Common Thread signed director Sheldon Candis, who has helmed ads for Ford, Honda and Under Armour.