All posts tagged: Campaign

Diotima Unveils Fall Ad Campaign Inspired by Artist Wilfredo Lam

Diotima Unveils Fall Ad Campaign Inspired by Artist Wilfredo Lam

Published by Jenni Sidey

Rachel Scott, founder and creative director of Diotima, has released the company’s fall ad campaign, which is a collaboration with the estate of Wilfredo Lam, whose art was shaped by Afro-Cuban symbolism, Caribbean spirituality, and European modernism and carries a political and cultural consciousness. On Friday, Scott told WWD how meaningful Lam’s artwork was to her and her fall ’26 collection. “He’s one of the most influential of my work and my life. The show was so special, and we kept thinking we needed to continue to honor this really important moment for me and my life and my work,” said the Jamaican-born Scott. She said she worked with two pieces from his “Femme Cheval” collection. Related Articles “I was really drawn to this image of the ‘Femme Cheval,’ who is this woman who is like maybe part human, part horse, mystical. She’s quite erotic and powerful. And it escapes definition, escapes control and domination. And she really was a figure that stuck with me,” said Scott. “And she is also the Diotima woman, quite honestly, and I realized …

Assailant lunged at Ohio governor candidate Amy Acton: Campaign

Assailant lunged at Ohio governor candidate Amy Acton: Campaign

Published by Sam Flores

Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidate and former director of the Ohio Department of Health, Dr. Amy Acton, speaks with supporters during a rally on April 28, 2026, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Jon Cherry | Getty Images News | Getty Images An armed assailant lunged at the Democratic candidate for Ohio governor, Amy Acton, on Sunday during a campaign stop at the Canfield Fair, injuring several people, campaign officials said. The suspect knocked volunteers to the ground and was arrested with “multiple weapons,” Mahoning County Democratic Party chairman Chris Anderson said in a statement. Acton was not injured, but campaign officials said multiple people were hurt. The Ohio gubernatorial race is one of the most high-profile races this year as the campaigns enter the final six weeks of campaigning before the general election in November. Republican Gov. Mike DeWine recruited Acton from Ohio State University, where she was an associate professor of public health, to lead the Ohio Department of Health in 2019. As the COVID-19 pandemic ramped up in early 2020, she was thrown into the state …

Adidas faces boycott calls over campaign featuring former Israeli soldier | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Adidas faces boycott calls over campaign featuring former Israeli soldier | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Published by Sam Flores

Activists slam campaign showing soldier while more than 5,000 Palestinians faced amputations due to Israeli attacks in Gaza. Sportswear giant Adidas has faced criticism and calls for a boycott for featuring a former Israeli army soldier in an advertising campaign for the company’s single-shoe service for amputees. The Adidas advertisement promoting its in-store service, which shows former Israeli soldier Shalev Biton trying on a shoe at a store in Israel and then wearing it while running outdoors, was termed “an affront to Palestinians” by a boycott campaigns coordinator on Sunday. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list Biton lost his leg after being wounded during the 2021 Israel-Gaza conflict, during which the Israeli army attacked the besieged enclave repeatedly in an 11-day assault. Human rights campaigners and pro-Palestine activists say the immediate outrage and online boycott campaign targeted at Adidas should not come as a surprise to the German athletic apparel and footwear company. “This isn’t Adidas being tone-deaf or insensitive; it is an absolute affront to the Palestinians who have lost their loved …

Alanis Morissette Sues Tour Manager Alleging ‘Blackmail Campaign’

Alanis Morissette Sues Tour Manager Alleging ‘Blackmail Campaign’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Alanis Morissette is reportedly suing her former tour manager, alleging that Keren Urinov led a “calculated blackmail campaign” against her, per People. The “Ironic” singer filed the suit on Tuesday, stemming from her working relationship with Urinov in 2025. “Plaintiff Alanis Morissette is the victim of a calculated blackmail campaign orchestrated by a disgruntled former tour manager,” the lawsuit reads, per People. “Morissette will not agree to work with an incompetent blackmailer for the next 15 years or pay her a ransom under the gun.” According to the documents obtained by the outlet, Morissette’s legal team alleges that Urinov was “flagged for inspection and detained at a U.K. airport” when she was traveling with the singer to Spain. Urinov told Morissette and her team she was arrested and authorities issued a seizure notice, alleging there was marijuana and xylazine in her bag; she showed officials her Israeli medical marijuana license and was released, per People. The suit claims that the tour manager and her own legal team sent Morissette  “increasingly extortionate” letters, where she threatened …

Israeli campaign of West Bank destruction moves on to region’s food basket | Israel-Palestine conflict

Israeli campaign of West Bank destruction moves on to region’s food basket | Israel-Palestine conflict

Published by Sam Flores

Arraba, occupied West Bank – As Kamal al-Uraidi drove a beat-up Volkswagen down the Arraba-Ya’bad road, an otherwise pleasant early September day was disrupted by the whirring clang of bulldozers and the snapping cracks of olive trees being ripped from the ground on both sides of the road. The destruction stretched for kilometres: Whole fields of olive groves razed, structures reduced to twisted metal, Israeli flags planted as far as the eye could see – all the way to the strategically significant Arraba Junction and even past the red pylons marking the boundary of Area A, which is technically under the control of the Palestinian Authority. Al-Uraidi passed the first bulldozer completing its destructive work on the al-Fari family’s land on Thursday. Briefly, two Palestinian women from the family could be seen pleading with two soldiers, who kept them back from the machines finishing off the last of the family’s olive groves. The family later said their phones were confiscated during the uprooting so they could not film it and their IDs taken and photographed. …

Tucker Carlson: El-Sayed campaign ‘literally Trumpian’

Tucker Carlson: El-Sayed campaign ‘literally Trumpian’

Published by Sam Flores

Right-wing media personality Tucker Carlson described Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign as “literally Trumpian” in his podcast episode released Wednesday. During an interview with conservative commentator Saagar Enjeti, the pair discussed the Michigan Senate race between El-Sayed and his GOP opponent, former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.). “I watch his campaign now, America First,”… Source link

Nan Goldin Photographs 30th Anniversary Campaign for Acne Studios

Nan Goldin Photographs 30th Anniversary Campaign for Acne Studios

Published by Jenni Sidey

Acclaimed photographer and activist Nan Goldin shot an ad campaign for Acne Studios to mark the Swedish fashion brand’s 30th anniversary.  For the campaign, Goldin photographed “the people in [Acne’s] creative family,” according to the brand. The people in her pictures were “chosen to capture Acne Studios’ founding spirit: one of free expression, creative experimentation and proud individuality,” a nod to the company’s former acronym which stood for “Ambition to Create Novel Expressions,” per a press release.  Related Articles “I have been inspired by Nan and her work for years,” Acne cofounder and creative director Jonny Johansson said in a statement. “So, when we realized we had 30 years to celebrate, it felt like the right moment to ask her. I wanted an icon, but I also wanted something very intimate and personal. She does that.” Goldin’s sitters include artists Jonathan Lyndon Chase, Peter Schlesinger, and Sandra Poulson, as well as actor and musician Juliette Lewis, musician Ellie Rowsell, model and photographer Guinevere Van Seenus, photographer Jordan Hemingway, actor and model Raya Martigny, and actor …

Hate AI Data Centers? Big Tech’s New Ad Campaign Aims to Change Your Mind

Hate AI Data Centers? Big Tech’s New Ad Campaign Aims to Change Your Mind

Published by skeptic

If you’re part of the growing majority of Americans who oppose AI data centers, the US government and Big Tech have a message for you: Get over it. The backlash against these massive AI server farms — notorious for guzzling energy and water — has been countered in recent days by aggressive public statements by President Donald Trump. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said that local communities that don’t want data centers will end up “backwards and poor.” He went on to liken opposition to data centers to killing the “Golden Goose,” implying that we’re all to blame for blocking economic growth. CNET And billionaire tech leaders, who have been especially cozy with the current administration, are taking to the field with a massive advertising blitz to sway public opinion, especially as November’s midterm elections approach. A group called Build American AI, funded by the pro-AI political action committee Leading the Future, is launching a multimillion-dollar campaign to try to counter the tide and promote the construction of AI data centers. The campaign’s initial rollout targets key …

Mark Ruffalo comments spark pushback against anti-Semitism ‘smear campaign’ | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Mark Ruffalo comments spark pushback against anti-Semitism ‘smear campaign’ | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Published by Sam Flores

More than 180 prominent Jewish figures, most of them from the entertainment industry, on Wednesday came out in strong support of Hollywood actor Mark Ruffalo, rejecting the accusations of anti-Semitism he has faced since opposing a controversial merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros Discovery. Ruffalo, known for his work in Marvel’s The Hulk and Avengers franchise, had linked Paramount’s proposed $111bn acquisition of Warner Bros to Larry Ellison – cofounder of tech giant Oracle and whose family owns Paramount – and his support for Israel’s “genocide” in Gaza, together with Oracle’s work with the Israeli military. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list Paramount responded by accusing Ruffalo of invoking “anti-Semitic tropes”, saying references to “genocide” and “apartheid” in connection with a corporate transaction went “a bridge too far”. Ruffalo rejected the Paramount allegation as “appalling and fundamentally dishonest”, arguing that criticism of Israeli government policy, military technology contracts, and the executives involved was not criticism of Jewish people. Experts say the Ruffalo-Paramount controversy is one of countless examples of a longstanding problem …

French Presidential campaign heats up

French Presidential campaign heats up

Published by Sam Flores

There are just eight months to go before France’s presidential election, with the first round scheduled for April 18. The campaign is slowly heating up, with several political gatherings taking place this weekend. The Socialist Party wrapped up a two-day gathering on Saturday with a speech from party leader Olivier Faure, who has yet to officially announce his candidacy. Meanwhile, far-right figure Jordan Bardella made a campaign stop at a fair in the Champagne region. This comes after a first debate earlier this week between seven of the leading candidates, organised by business leaders. For an analysis of the current state of the race, we’re joined by Renaud Foucart, a Senior Lecturer in Economics at Lancaster University and one of our go-to analysts on French politics. Keywords for this article Source link