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Inside Nicole Kidman's New VR Film That Shows Off a Luxurious Etihad Airways Jet
Nicole Kidman stars in a new film, but you won't have to go to theaters to see it. The Academy Award-winning actress plays a version of herself in a five-minute short for Etihad Airways, titled...
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Cindy Gallop Wants Everyone at Cannes to Film Themselves Having Sex This Year
CANNES, France—It's been a relatively sleepy Sunday here at the Cannes Lions festival, with most delegates just arriving or still on their way into town. But naturally there wasn't an empty seat in...
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A Jeep Wrangler Gets a Crazy Desert Stunt Drive in Pennzoil's Latest Engine Test
Pennzoil—if it's good enough to keep an engine cool while tearing through the desert in a souped-up Jeep Wrangler, it's probably good enough for commuting to work in your late-model sedan. The motor...
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Ad of the Day: Cleveland Fans Are Stunned to Be Champs in Nike's Salute to...
The Cleveland Cavaliers have reached the playoffs 20 times in their 46-year history. But on Sunday night, they finally reached the promised land—winning the NBA title on their third trip to the...
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This Film Company Melted Its Only Cannes Lion and Made Ink to Tattoo People...
German production company Bubbles Film won a Bronze Lion in 2013 for its Volkswagen spot "Pedro," directed by The Real McCoys through ad agency DDB Tribal Berlin. But now, that Lion is gone—melted...
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Kids Sound Off on Highly Sexual Street Ads in New #WomenNotObjects Video
CANNES, France—"You know what sex sells?" Madonna Badger asked a capacity crowd at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity today. "Sex. It actually hurts our brands." The Badger &...
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Ogilvy Nabs a Grand Prix at Cannes for KFC Radio Ads Telling Men They're...
CANNES, France—Ogilvy & Mather Johannesburg took home the Grand Prix in the Radio Lions contest at the Cannes Lions festival here tonight for a KFC campaign that humorously reassured men that they...
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Mindshare Wins Glass Lion for Creating India's First Transgender Pop Band
In the second year of the Glass Lion award, Indian agency Mindshare Mumbai scored the Grand Prix at the Cannes Lions festival here tonight for creating India's first transgender pop band, the 6 Pack...
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Sweden's Brilliant 'Call a Swede' Tourism Campaign Wins Direct Grand Prix at...
CANNES, France—WPP agency Ingo Stockholm won the Direct Lions Grand Prix at the Cannes Lions festival here tonight for a remarkable tourism campaign that allowed anyone, anywhere in the world, to call...
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Y&R's 'McWhopper' for Burger King Gobbles Up Print & Publishing Grand Prix at...
CANNES, France—Y&R New Zealand's cheeky recipe for the "McWhopper"—a sandwich that Burger King proposed to collaborate on with McDonald's, but which didn't actually happen—won the Grand Prix in...
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These 6 Great CPG Commercials Were the Whole Package
Consumer packaged goods aren't usually considered a creative canvas for agencies. But these six campaigns proved otherwise—showing that even staid categories can be fertile ground for fascinating...
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Apple Pulled This App From iTunes the Same Day It Won a Lion at Cannes
CANNES, France—Apple yanked an app from iTunes just hours before it won a bronze Lion at this week's creative festival. The move came after a tech blogger called out the I SEA app—designed to help...
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Google Scores Product Design Grand Prix at Cannes for Jacquard 'Connected'...
CANNES, France—Google Creative Labs London was the height of fashion in the Cannes Lions Product Design competition tonight, winning the Grand Prix for a jean jacket—the Jacquard—that it developed...
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Forsman & Bodenfors Wins PR Grand Prix for Showing Exactly How Good Organic...
CANNES, France—Already a winner at the International Andy Awards and Eurobest, "The Organic Effect," a campaign for Swedish supermarket chain Coop, took home the PR Grand Prix tonight at the Cannes...
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Drink Beer, Save the World! DB's 'Brewtroleum' Takes Home Cannes Outdoor...
CANNES, France—In a decision that takes the category well beyond its traditional parameters, the Outdoor Lions jury handed its Grand Prix award to Colenso BBDO here tonight for its ingenious campaign...
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Dentsu Tokyo Picks Up the Design Grand Prix at Cannes for Panasonic's 'Life...
CANNES, France—A Dentsu Tokyo campaign for Panasonic that showed people the ubiquity of electricity in everyday life by charging batteries using 21 unlikely power sources was celebrated with the...
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This New York-Based Agency's Snapchat Savvy Comes From Personal Insights
SpecsWho (L. to r.) The 88 production director Adam Copeland; managing director Connor Bryant; strategy director Sophie Hauptfuhrer; and founder and creative director Harry BernsteinWhat Social media...
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Subaru's New Ad Revisits Some Old Ones, and Shows Why the Campaign Works So Well
Years into its ongoing and successful "Love" campaign, Subaru has been named Kelley Blue Book's 2016 Most Trusted Brand and Best Overall Brand. And to look ahead, it's looking back—at scenes from its...
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Frank Ocean's Calvin Klein Ads Only Deepen Mystery Around the Enigmatic Singer
Frank Ocean. Singer, songwriter, magazine editor, underwear model. And now, perhaps, novelist. While fans lose their minds over whether the mysterious R&B singer's long-anticipated second album...
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Ad of the Day: W+K India's First Nike Ad Celebrates the Power of Sport in...
Sport in India has a massive image problem, particularly for women." So says Mohamed Rizwan, creative director at Wieden + Kennedy India. This represents an interesting challenge for a client like...
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