Motel 6 has selected Barkley, a Kansas City-based independent agency known for building modern brands for modern consumers, as its new agency of record. Barkley will be working with Motel
Oop. Longtime clients Motel 6, and now Home Depot, have fired The Richards Group for racist remarks reportedly made by 88-year-old founder Stan Richards. According to Advertising Age, during a
Determined to remind travelers about the fun taking a road trip, the hotel chain hired director Frank Todaro to create a new national spot that feels more like a fun
When it came to the Emmys, no one ever called Saul. Critically acclaimed Better Call Saul wrapped up its six-season run without securing a single Emmy win. Despite accumulating an
It’s July so you know what comes with the month — Fireworks bigger than the fourth. That’s right all of the comedy, trauma, stress, secret alliances, showmances and arguing are
Get ready to be skurred. The 21st Annual Shriekfest Horror/Sci-Fi Film Festival will once again present the finest in curated independent cinema from around the globe, selected from submissions that
Director Ian Kammer’s chilling horror feature Safe and Sound, starring Charlie Morgan Patton (Dated, The KAOS Brief) and Tristan Riggs (Scare Package, Thunder Road), will premiere at this year’s MOTELX
The Richards Group has named its first chief talent and culture officer. Nikki Wilson, former human resources and labor relations director at General Motors, will report to CEO Glenn Dady. Along with
Home Depot has appointed BBDO as its U.S. creative agency of record, consolidating its creative and media accounts in the U.S. with Omnicom. Ad Age was the first to break
As part of its commitment to implement meaningful, measurable diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, The Richards Group has formally engaged diversity consultant Dr. Lauren Tucker PhD and her team at Do What
Planet Fitness has teamed up with Comedy Central comedians and real-life couple Rosebud Baker and Andy Haynes in a new video series portraying the duo in the middle of an
They say the year 2020 is all about transitions. This is certainly true for Richards Group founder Stan Richards, who after making a racist comment during an internal creative review
More troubling news for The Richards Group. Just a day after Home Depot left the agency due to founder Stan Richards’ racist remarks during an internal review, Cracker Barrel and
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today the full lineup for this year’s AFI FEST Film Festival including Bones and all, directed by Academy Award-nominee Luca Guadagnino, Le Pupille, directed
Bicoastal production company Valiant Pictures landed a whopping grand total of 22 Telly Awards for the 2022 event honoring excellence in video and television across all screens. The company took
This film has Oscar written all over it. Jockey, opening in select theaters, is a beautifully filmed, original story with exceptional performances. Reel 360 had the pleasure of chatting with
Advertising lost a comedic icon on September 5. Longtime advertising legend Cliff Freeman who coined such 80s terms as “Where’s the beef?” and was the voice for Little Caesars Pizza,
Homebody is an entertaining and fascinating feature film about a little boy’s spirit entering his female babysitter’s body. The fantasy just screened at Outfest Film Festival and the coming of
The neo-noir short film The Other Woman—written by and starring Megan Penn and directed by Emily Elizabeth Thomas— will premiere at Pictures Up Film Festival at The Marilyn Monroe Theatre
Charlie Collier, CEO, FOX Entertainment, unveiled the primetime slate for the 2021-2022 television season to the national advertising community during its virtual Upfront Presentation. Fox, television’s #1 network for the
