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Morgan Fairchild and Erik Estrada Take Self-Mockery to a New Level in...
Faded actors frequently do self-deprecating commercials for a buck. But these new spots for Mattress Firm, from agency Ideaology, really push the lighthearted self-mocking into fairly cringe-worthy...
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Pandora Is Overhauling Its Ads to Amp Up Native Video for Mobile Users
Pandora is overhauling its ads to create a more dynamic experience for some 80 million monthly users—blending images and sound, and integrating native video into its mobile experience. The...
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A New Magazine Called 'It Ran' Will Run Any Ad You Make, So It's Eligible for...
Bogus ads that never ran are a scourge on advertising award shows. But now, you can make sure your bogus ads actually did run—thanks to a new magazine in Canada that will print them, no questions...
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Ad of the Day: A Foul-Mouthed Seed Bashes Agrichemical Firms in This...
In the U.S., the same six chemical companies that make pesticides (aka "The Big Six") also control 63 percent of the seed market. That's f*cked up, according to the charismatic animated organic seed...
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This Los Angeles-Based Agency Is Like a Creative Kitchen for Food Brands
SpecsWho Founder and CEO Alex Kakoyiannis and brand strategy director Emma SantangeloWhat Ad agencyWhere Los Angeles As any good chef knows, five mother sauces comprise the building blocks of culinary...
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Ad of the Day: This Harrowing Anti-Abuse PSA Might Be the Most Powerful This...
Bursts of sudden, searing violence scattered among scenes of sunny but slightly askew domesticity help make "Do You See Her," a harrowing two-minute film for U.K. charity Women's Aid, one of the most...
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McCann Came Up With a Haircut That Fights Cancer in This Remarkable Campaign
Depression can run high among women who lose their hair during cancer treatment. As one survivor says in the video below, "All of a sudden, you're not you. You have a label: cancer." For most...
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Guys Bribe Their Girlfriends to Watch Soccer Alone in Heineken Ad With an...
What if you had the perfect excuse to watch the UEFA Champions League Final at an epic Heineken party ... without your girlfriend? That's the setup in Heineken's latest stunt for soccer fans. One week...
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This 'Meet a Muslim' Video Is Full of Nice, Normal People. And That Shouldn't...
It's a shame when a person introduces herself as "a human" and it actually seems necessary. A new video, titled "Meet a Muslim," aims to mitigate some of the fear and misperception currently pervading...
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Ad of the Day: Cristiano Ronaldo Swaps Lives With a Kid in Nike's Epic Euro...
The only way England will produce its own Cristiano Ronaldo is if the Portuguese superstar accidentally crashes into a young British fan at a game and—in a bit of Freaky Friday style body...
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McCann London Gets Its Very Own Sneaker, Inspired by the Agency's Art Deco...
In partnership with Norman Walsh, a British sports shoe brand, McCann London has created the Herbrand Seven-Eleven, a pair of sneakers inspired by the agency's own art-deco-style building at 7-11...
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Intriguing or Insulting? Some Russians Object to This Penguin Ad Quoting...
Penguin is running a series of posters in the London Underground featuring quotes from classic literature. But the quote it's pulled from Ivan Turgenev's Fathers and Sons has led to accusations that...
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Ad of the Day: Air Canada Sends Response Videos to Trump-Wary Americans on...
Move to Canada? Who'd want to do that, especially with the presumptive Republican presidential nominee working so darn hard to make America great again? Besides, you don't even know whether you'd...
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This Unskippable PSA Illustrates How Getting Stoned Affects a Driver's...
Concerns about "drugged driving" have prompted the Colorado Department of Transportation and Amélie Company to create an ad campaign, "Dangerous Combinations," about the dangers of driving under the...
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NYC Launches U.S.'s First Public-Funded Ads Supporting Gender Identity...
New York City finds no shortage of reasons to pat itself on the back, but the city's groundbreaking ad campaign for transgender bathroom rights actually justifies it. The print and video ads include...
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Carl's Jr. Is Getting Mocked for Having Todd Gurley Bite Into a Blatantly CGI...
Is Todd Gurley actually vegetarian? You have to wonder after watching this Carl's Jr. commercial starring the Los Angeles Rams running back. The spot shows Gurley supposedly biting into the California...
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Why Electrolux Made This Dry Cleaning Business Look Exactly Like One Woman's...
Branded prank videos are still hanging around, as we saw earlier this week with Publicis' great Heineken stunt from Brazil. And here's a fun new one from Sweden, where Electrolux touted its UltraCare...
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25 Campaigns That Will Win Lions in Cannes
As agencies battle each other for Lions next week in Cannes, a gesture of peace might just end up with the most hardware. Burger King and Y&R's McWhopper offer to McDonald's for Peace One Day is...
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Droga5's First Work for HBO Is This Byzantine Instagram Contest for Hard-Core...
Exactly how obsessed are you with Game of Thrones, Silicon Valley and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver? HBO tests the depths of your nerd knowledge in a new campaign from Droga5—the agency's first...
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This Crazy Supermarket Ad, Full of Cats, Will Give You a Big Cheshire Grin
Forget about next week's Cannes Lions. Check out all the crazy cats in this commercial for Netto, a German supermarket chain. These 75 seconds of epic kitty cuteness take place in an incredibly...
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