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Ad of the Day: Acceptance Is the Greatest Gift in This Lovely Christmas Ad...
Being with your family during the holidays can be awkward, and it can be especially awkward if you're a teenager who's transitioning from male to female. Elkjøp, an electronics chain in Norway, has...
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Here's the Story Behind the Delightful Stop-Motion Films for Star Wars Rogue...
Back in September, Star Wars introduced its megamillion-dollar line of Rogue One toys with four stop-motion videos directed by Tucker Barrie and Dan MacKenzie, who worked on Charlie Kaufman's Academy...
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How 2 Data Pros Became Friends by Exchanging Data Visualizations of Their...
Data can be seen as an abstraction at best, or at worst, a way to introduce the robotic quality of programmatics into creativity. We might associate it with digital's way of converting the tangible,...
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Ad of the Day: Smart Car Takes on Cinematic Clichés in a Peppy New Campaign
Why do epic car chases always happen in slow motion? You won't get the answer to that, but the trope will at least be addressed in the latest amusing campaign for Smart car. Created by BBDO Berlin and...
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This Hilariously Campy Fake Movie Trailer Is the Best Ad of 2016 That You...
In this last week before Christmas, we're catching up on a few ads from 2016 that slipped through the cracks. And foremost among the advertising films we didn't cover is this mini masterpiece from...
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Ad of the Day: Britain's Channel 4 Ran a Breathtaking Live Ad of the...
We love it when an ad comes with a "Don't try this at home" disclaimer, because you know you're about to see something that somebody's gonna want to try at home, and it will fuel many future guffaws....
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This Agency Made an App That Lets Your Cat Take Its Own Selfies
All in all, cats are pretty clueless. Show them some pixelated fish, mice and treats, and they'll jab their fangs right against the digital screen and try to take a bite. Then … bam! Your tablet takes...
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This Women's Choir Bleats Out Goat Versions of Christmas Carols for a Good Cause
It isn't easy refreshing your Christmas music playlist. A worthy original with just the right mix of novelty and nostalgia is hard to find. But last year, giving contenders a run for their money,...
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Agency Holiday Cards 2016: The Coolest, Funniest and Silliest Season's Greetings
It's the most wonderful time of the year, when agency people push all the client work to the side and try to make a cool, funny, sweet or poignant holiday card. How did they do? Check out some of the...
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Santa Abducts and Tortures a Single Mother in 2016's Weirdest Christmas Ad
A bizarre Christmas commercial from Russia is under fire for showing Santa Claus trying to teach a single mother a lesson in being a better parent—by abducting her and dragging her through the...
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Ad of the Day: Adults Hate Christmas So Much That Walmart Hypnotized Them...
Walmart's holiday ad begins by reminding us of something we already know: Kids love Christmas. They can't sleep. They tear their presents open like wild animals. They scream. Adults, on the other...
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Ad of the Day: Craving Mr. Peanut? Planters' Animated Mascot Returns, With an...
Planters' iconic mascot is getting to be a real nut-buster these days. Slap on your monocle and watch how Mr. Peanut taunts his nemesis, Richard the Nutcracker, in the new ad below, sealing the dude...
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The 50 Most Read AdFreak Stories of 2016
As we wind down for the holidays, we're looking back at the stories that were most popular among Adweek.com readers over the course of the year. Here are the 50 most read AdFreak stories of 2016: 50....
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Ad of the Day: Unicef Follows Up With the Syrian Child Refugees From Its...
The recent fall of Aleppo marked a turning point in Syria's long war, which began more than five years ago and reached its violent apex in 2016 as a numb and largely powerless world looked on. Images...
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H&R Block and Jon Hamm Want to Simplify Your Tax Returns Next Year
This week Jon Hamm made his first appearance as a brand spokesman in a new campaign for tax preparation company H&R Block. Contrary to at least one report, the brand says the new spots were not...
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Superheroes, Models and Lobsters: The 10 Most Memorable Movie Campaigns of 2016
We've come to the end of another year, friends. Which means it's time to look back and evaluate what happened in the movie marketing world over the past 12 months. There were a number of notable...
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Emotional Abuse Is Hiding in These Clever Ads That Say Different Things at...
In 2015, Women's Aid released "Look at Me," a digital billboard where the bruises on a woman's face faded when more bystanders looked at her. Created by WCRS, it was a powerful way to remind us of the...
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Duracell Saved a Lot of Tears by Delivering Free Batteries to Midwest...
It merits studying how many kids (and adults) cried this weekend because Santa forgot to pack batteries to go with the drone, or those creepy Hatchimals. We hate batteries. More than that, we hate...
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Domino's Made a 'Wipeable' Adult Onesie, So You Can Get Pizza All Over...
Want to attack your pizza like a Neanderthal, but worried about getting sauce all over your fancy clothes? Domino's has the perfect gag garment for you. Just in time for New Year's Day, which is...
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Ad of the Day: Land O'Lakes Makes Lovely Use of Amelia E. Barr's Poem 'The...
God bless the seeds his hands let fall ... for the farmer, he must feed us all. This is the closing line from Amelia E. Barr's poem "The Farmer," written by the British immigrant and prolific writer...
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