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App Tells You Which Facebook Friend Will Give You the Flu
App-choo! Boutique OTC pharma company Help Remedies and production house Tool of North America present a tongue-in-cheek Facebook app called "Help, I have the flu" that lets users figure out which of...
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With Help From His Friends, Warren Ellis Gets Spiffy Trailer for New Novel
In case you haven't been paying attention, books now need video trailers. And they're getting to be extensive affairs, like this excellent one for Warren Ellis's new novel, Gun Machine. Ellis made his...
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Ad of the Day: Coca-Cola
Meet the Coca-Cola polar bears—or the latest version of them. They're your not-quite-average suburban bear family, wandering across the tundra. This is the brand's new six-minute film about the bears,...
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Cable Is Disgustingly Awful and Satellite Is Monstrously Great, Says DirecTV
DirecTV and ad agency Grey in New York put out some of the funniest ads of 2012. They kick off 2013 in amusing fashion, too, with this spot for the satellite company's Genie whole-home DVR. Tom Kuntz...
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Pros and Cons of 5 Doritos 'Crash the Super Bowl' Finalists
Two dogs, one bear, one blind man, two kids, five men in women's clothing, one blow to the crotch, one screaming goat. Those are the key figures for this year's Crash the Super Bowl, presented by...
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The Spot: Blake Got GameFly
IDEA: Blake Griffin is a spectacular athlete. Oddly enough, he's also a pretty good actor. "Some friends of mine directed a Kia spot he did," said Tim Ketchersid, a director at Gifted Youth, Funny or...
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Street Newspaper Lets You Book Nights Where Homeless Sleep
Ten locations around Gothenburg, Sweden, where the city's homeless might sleep are presented as "hotel rooms" in this campaign by ad agency Forsman & Bodenfors. Folks can "book" the sites, which...
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Budweiser Taps 'Born of Fire' Director for Black Crown Super Bowl Spot
Anheuser-Busch InBev has revealed its first plans for Super Bowl XLVII, reserving one 30-second slot to introduce Budweiser Black Crown, a crowdsourced golden amber lager that hits store shelves Jan....
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Ad of the Day: Target
Target has turned the grocery aisle into a runway. The retailer, long known for its design sense, is launching a new campaign for its groceries that parodies fashion advertising—with models in...
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Gangnam Style's Psy to Star in Super Bowl Ad for Wonderful Pistachios
It was probably inevitable that Wonderful Pistachios, a brand known for cartoony commercials with broad comedy and D-list celebrities, would eventually end up on the Super Bowl. And indeed, the...
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Ad of the Day: Little Caesars
Barton F. Graf 9000's commercials for Little Caesars have gotten so superbly, satisfyingly stupid, I can actually feel my brain cells bubble and melt like gooey mozzarella as I watch the goofy...
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Chevrolet Ditches 'Chevy Runs Deep' in Favor of 'Find New Roads'
Chevrolet is ending its "Chevy Runs Deep" marketing theme after a little more than two years and unveiling a new one, "Find New Roads," which the General Motors brand says reflects its global...
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Humans Celebrate Arrival of McDonald's Chicken Asteroid From Outer Space
Whatever propaganda McDonald's Canada is spewing about the origins of the chain's food, McDonald's U.K. knows the real truth—it's cooked up on another planet and hurled Earthward, where humans embrace...
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MAC Puts Female Bodybuilder in a Cosmetics Ad
Ninety-nine percent of female fashion and body-related advertising hews to the same basic Western expression of ideal feminine beauty—i.e., slim to the point of waifish. Not this MAC cosmetics ad. It...
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Canine Plastic Surgery Advertised on Billboard in Los Angeles
Is your dog a total "dog"? So asks this billboard spotted in Los Angeles, purportedly offering canine plastic surgery from one Dr. Steven Armond. It turns out it's a promotion for Kroll Show, an...
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Portrait: Cramer-Krasselt
Specs Who From left: Karen Seamen, evp, COO and Chicago GM; Peter Krivkovich, president, CEO; Marshall Ross, evp, CCO; and Wanda McDonald, evp, CFOWhat Integrated marketing and communications...
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Roommates Get a Little Too Close in Kayak's Latest Spot
When looking for great travel deals, make sure to wear a small sweater, not some great tent-like monstrosity. That's one lesson learned from this latest Barton F. Graf 9000 spot for Kayak, the latest...
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Ad of the Day: The Guardian
The Guardian wants Britain to know it's taking over the weekend. No, literally taking it over, to the point where Brits will soon be forced to refer to their days off as The Guardian and Observer...
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Kaley Cuoco and William Shatner Team Up for Priceline Spot
Shatner's back, bitches! Sure, Priceline killed off his iconic "Negotiator" character in a bus crash a year ago. But we all knew that creative shift had about as much chance of sticking as a bad...
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Geico TV Ad Spoofs 'Portlandia' Skit
During the season premiere of IFC’s Portlandia on Jan. 4, viewers may have been taken aback by a Geico ad—dubbed “Piglandia”—that looked a lot like the show while also spoofing one of the comedy...
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