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Associated Press
27-05-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
AKC's "Everything We Do, We Do for Dogs" Brand Campaign Wins 14 Industry Awards
Campaign Honored with 6 Telly Awards and 8 Communicator Awards for Creative Excellence and Impact. NEW YORK, May 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Kennel Club (AKC) is proud to announce that its national brand campaign, 'Everything We Do, We Do for Dogs,' has been recognized with 14 prestigious creative awards, including 6 Telly Awards and 8 Communicator Awards, celebrating both outstanding execution and the powerful mission at the heart of the campaign. The campaign won awards in the following categories: Telly Awards Communicator Awards Produced in collaboration with its agency of record, Leap Group, the campaign was designed to elevate the AKC's voice and highlight its role as the leading authority on all things dog—from promoting responsible dog ownership to supporting canine health, events, and community programs. 'Everything We Do, We Do for Dogs' is more than just a campaign—it's a reflection of the American Kennel Club's unwavering commitment to the health, happiness, and well-being of all dogs. 'These awards are a powerful recognition of both the creative vision behind the campaign and the meaningful work we do every day to protect and celebrate dogs,' said Gina M. DiNardo, President and CEO of the American Kennel Club. 'Everything We Do, We Do for Dogs' launched in 2025 and continues to gain momentum across digital, social, and broadcast channels—resonating with dog lovers nationwide and strengthening the AKC's connection with current and future generations of dog owners. To view the award-winning campaign, click here. To learn more about AKC's work, visit About the American Kennel Club Founded in 1884, the American Kennel Club is a not-for-profit organization which maintains the largest registry of purebred dogs in the world and oversees the sport of purebred dogs in the United States. The AKC is dedicated to upholding the integrity of its registry, promoting the sport of purebred dogs and breeding for type and function. Along with its more than 5,000 licensed and member clubs and its affiliated organizations, the AKC advocates for the purebred dog as a family companion, advances canine health and well-being, works to protect the rights of all dog owners and promotes responsible dog ownership. More than 26,000 competitions for AKC-registered purebred and mixed breed dogs are held under AKC rules and regulations each year including conformation, agility, obedience, rally, tracking, herding, lure coursing, coonhound events, hunt tests, field and earthdog tests. Affiliate AKC organizations include the AKC Humane Fund, AKC Canine Health Foundation, AKC Reunite, the AKC Museum of the Dog, and the AKC Purebred Preservation Bank. For more information, visit AKC, American Kennel Club, the American Kennel Club seal and design, and all associated marks and logos are trademarks, registered trademarks and service marks of The American Kennel Club, Inc. Become a fan of the American Kennel Club on Facebook and follow us on Instagram @americankennelclub View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE The American Kennel Club, Inc.
Yahoo
03-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Cardinal DiNardo talks about the upcoming papal conclave to elect new pope
The Brief Cardinals will begin the secret conclave, in The Vatican's Sistine Chapel, to elect the Catholic Church's 267th pope. DiNardo is one of 135 eligible cardinals who will make the selection behind closed doors. It will be his second conclave, after participating in the election of Pope Francis in 2013. The Conclave begins on May 7, with Cardinals voting twice a day until a candidate collects at least 2/3rds of the vote. The process is widely expected to last two, to three days. HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - The conclave to replace the next pope will start next week. What they're saying "Once you walk into the Sistine Chapel with a 130, 140 others, and you take this oath and you look at the Last Judgement scene (On the Sistine Chapel ceiling), and they're locking the door, you really get pretty nervous," remembers Cardinal DiNardo about his first Papal Conclave. Regarding Pope Francis' legacy as a distinctly different Pope, from his predecessors, DiNardo says supporters and critics will all be heard, "There's always an element, in a Conclave, where there is continuity, but also a contrast, in light of Pope Francis, a discontinuity that we have to think about and resolve in our minds and hearts." The Source Phone conversation with Cardinal DiNardo, Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
USA Today
27-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
DiNardo's five RBI game guides Nebraska softball to 5-0 win over Omaha
DiNardo's five RBI game guides Nebraska softball to 5-0 win over Omaha No. 20 Nebraska (24-8) traveled up I-80 for a single-game in-state battle with Omaha (20-8) on Wednesday night. Backed by strong performances from Olivia DiNardo and Jordyn Bahl, the Huskers took the win with a 5-0 shutout. DiNardo dominated at the plate, delivering a career-high five RBIs while Bahl commanded the pitching circle, firing a season-high 13 strikeouts. DiNardo started the game off with a grand slam in the first, putting Nebraska up in a comfortable 4-0 lead. DiNardo then followed it up with an RBI double in the fifth, finishing 2-for-3 on the night. Ava Bredwell also delivered two hits, going 2-for-4 in the win with two runs. Ava Kuszak, Kacie Hoffman and Bella Bacon each drove in one hit as well. The Huskers finished the game with seven hits, while Omaha managed just one. Bahl (13-3) meanwhile shut down the Mavericks, allowing only one hit and two runners on base runners. She also retired the final 17 batters of the game, capping off her fourth double-digit strikeout game. Nebraska returns to Lincoln to host the Purdue Boilermakers for a three-game conference series starting Saturday afternoon. The first pitch is set for 1:00 p.m. CT on B1G+.
Los Angeles Times
12-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
‘Love Game' is an interactive play that unfolds inside an L.A. bar — and you're Cupid
On a recent weekday evening, I found myself in a romantic position for which I have had zero training for: a dating coach. Yet there I was, at an East Hollywood bar, listening and analyzing a conversation among two prospective partners. The pair had already debated local hiking spots, yet when one said she leaned homebody and the other favored nights out, our trainees needed help. A sudden lull in the chat caused a panic, and a coach for the other team called for a pause. 'Time for a sidebar,' she said, as we all huddled around our dating cadets for a quick assessment and to provide tips to steer the course of the conversation. The clock was ticking. This was a speed-dating setup, and our apprentices only had a few minutes to get to some important conversations. Dating with intention and commitment was important to the singleton that I and another were tasked to manage, so we decided to get straight to big-picture goals. It worked — sort of. Asking questions about the future caused the other party to waver and stumble. A red flag? This is 'Love Game,' a new interactive play from the Last Call Theatre company staged at the Virgil, a bar and live-music space near the corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and Virgil Avenue. We as audience members play matchmaker in this 21-and-older show. And in our role, we're working for a researcher who believes they have cracked the formula for love. The bulk of the actors play wannabe daters. The stakes gradually ramp up throughout the production. With only a handful of singles available, the desire to pair up my assigned actor increased as the show progressed. I didn't want to fail them by having the show end with them being dateless. Expect curveballs — some may pitch polyamory, causing a near-existential crisis in a single who longs for a fairy-tale romance with one individual. And get ready for debates as to what makes for the best long-term partnership — where do we compromise, and is it even healthy to yearn for romance above all else in life? Does love erupt thanks to some undefinable equation that just sort of happens, or can we approach dating like a science, mixing and matching personality traits until we've created a foolproof pairing? The primary theme of 'Love Game,' says director Michael DiNardo, is self-improvement. 'I think when a lot of people who are going out to date or looking for a lifelong partner, they're looking for a lot of affirmation and validation from outside sources,' DiNardo, 29, says. 'But all of these characters, the ones who are dating in the show and are outside of the dating experiment of the show, have aspects about themselves that need self-reflection.' 'Love Game' is Last Call's eighth show in about three years, a relatively brisk production pace that has helped establish the young troupe as serious players on the L.A. immersive theater scene. At any Last Call performance, storylines are heavily improvised, there are multiple endings and audience members can expect to interact with actors in exaggerated settings. The team has in the past created shows influenced by an Ikea-like setting, 2023's 'The Showroom,' and on a pirate ship, last year's 'Pirates Wanted,' which was staged at San Pedro's Los Angeles Maritime Institute. 'We put the power in the hands of the audience,' says Ashley Busenlener, Last Call's executive director. 'They have the agency to affect and change the story,' Busenlener continues. 'If there was no audience, there would be no show. The actions they take and how they interact with the characters change it every night. You can change one character's mind about something. You can change the entire plot of the show. There's a structure and there's different endings, but the audience is the protagonist of the story.' Created by a team raised on video and tabletop games, Last Call's shows unfold like games, so much so that the troupe has a tendency to refer to its actors as 'NPCs,' or non-player characters, a term from the gaming world that identifies those personas not controlled by the player. Busenlener, 27, is an avid 'Dungeons & Dragons' player, and the fantasy role-playing game has influenced Last Call productions, specifically in the creation of elaborate character sheets that outline for the actor someone's interests, background and motivation. 'Individual backstories and world-building is something that happens in the rehearsal process with the actors,' Busenlener says. 'That's something I've gotten a lot of practice with [in] 'D&D.' We write journals in character and different exercises like letters and things. When you're in these shows, an audience member can really ask you anything, and you have to have an answer for it. Like, 'How is your relationship with your mother?' And you're like, 'I know the answer because in our second rehearsal I wrote a letter to my mother.'' Yet what truly sets Last Call apart is its desire to experiment with show themes and topics in the immersive space. The seeds of the company go back to when Busenlener and DiNardo were students at USC. Both fell in love with the immersive format for its interactivity — Busenlener after seeing a production of 'The Great Gatsby: The Immersive Show' while studying abroad in London, and DiNardo after experiencing a handful of local, intimate shows that allowed for actors to converse with the guests. In Los Angeles in particular, the immersive scene tends to be most active in September and October near Halloween season. Shows are often constructed around a mystery or the exploration of a haunted environment. A production like 'Love Game,' a romantic comedy timed for Valentine's Day and equally influenced by reality television and dating-simulator video games, is relatively rare. 'What we get to do is touch on all the different genres and realms of worlds where you can play, whether that's been sci-fi or postapocalyptic, or fantasy with pirates, or more modern realistic with 'Love Game,'' DiNardo says. 'There's a way for us to delve and see how this format works in any genre. That way we can open up opportunities for audience members who might be big sci-fi fans but have friends who are more into reality TV shows.' Adds Busenlener: 'I love Halloween season in L.A. because there's so many cool things going on, but I also love being able to go to fun immersive stuff outside of that season.' And now, with 'Love Game,' L.A. has a show for Valentine's Day season. Let's just say I wasn't the most successful of matchmakers, but 'Love Game' offers numerous quests — we can attempt to increase the flirtation among actors by setting up karaoke sessions or can opt instead to chat with an in-show bartender, receiving a less scientific love analysis. At one point, I found myself attempting to steal research documents in a bid to get more information on the singles in the show. All of that equals another Last Call trait, that is, to expect a sense of humor. 'With this type of structure, when you bring in such a large unknown of the audience, and who knows what ideas they'll bring in and how they'll want to play in the space, you have to inherently accept a little bit of campiness,' DiNardo says. 'I am all on board and in favor of it.' And what, after all, would be a series of first dates without a little exaggeration?
