President of Marc Jacobs Announces a Brand Event in the Creepiest Way Possible
What the hell is going on here? That may be the main question on your mind as you watch this Marc Jacobs video, in which the brand's president, Robert Duffy, announces something about a photo truck...
View ArticleManchester City Stars Take Manhattan in Fun Ad for Sister Club New York City...
IDEA: New York City Football Club, the 20th franchise in Major League Soccer, won't field a team until 2015 and doesn't even have any players yet. Thankfully, it has a high-powered sister club in...
View ArticleTree-Top Ornament Who's Seen It All Finally Gets to See Netflix Streaming...
Tesco had its family-through-the-years holiday spot. Now, it's Netflix's turn. In its first work for the brand, Deutsch/LA tells the story of the McDermott family—from the point of view of a porcelain...
View ArticleDiGiorno Pizza Live-Tweeted The Sound of Music, and It Was Very Tasty
On Thursday night, as millions tuned in to see Carrie Underwood ambitiously take on the role of Maria von Trapp, croon about the hills being alive, and make children's clothing out of drapes in NBC's...
View ArticleWhat Every House Needs: A Century 21 Branded Landing Pad for Amazon Drones
Behold the C21 Delivery Landing Pad, designed to accommodate package deliveries by airborne drones. According to the product's maker, real-estate giant Century 21, "no home of the 21st century will be...
View ArticleBudweiser's Tweet-Powered Knitting Bot Makes Holiday Sweaters for Designated...
Bad news for grinches who still hate ugly holiday sweaters despite their newfound ironic popularity: Budweiser U.K. is adding some charm to the practice of capitalizing on them. The beer brand has...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Oreo's Holiday Song About Balls Is a Real Treat at Just the...
Let's get something out of the way first: Oreo cookie balls are not an actual Oreo product. They are, according to the Internet, a homemade delicacy involving crushed Oreos that are mixed with cream...
View ArticleBig Account Wins Make Grey the 2013 Global Agency of the Year
Even a confident Jim Heekin admits that waiting for the Gillette decision from Procter & Gamble was a nail-biter. As the Grey Group CEO sat in his fourth-floor office overlooking New York’s...
View ArticleKevin Bacon Hams It Up in Plea for You to Shop Locally This Holiday
Kevin Bacon wants you to "Shift Your Shopping" for good by buying local with select retailers who agree to donate a portion of sales from your purchase to charity. The spot hinges on the pretense that...
View ArticleAmazing Pantene Ad Defiantly Tackles How Women in the Workplace Are Labeled
Pantene Philippines has launched a powerful campaign pointing out how identical behavior often earns men and women different labels in the workplace. In this spot by BBDO Guerrero in Manila, a lovely...
View ArticleSpongeBob Is Coming to a USPS Mailbox Near You in Nickelodeon's Holiday Push
All right, it's been done before, but not for a while: Nickelodeon is partnering with the ever-embattled U.S. Postal Service to promote its long-running children's series SpongeBob SquarePants, in...
View ArticleLance Jensen Talks Cadillac and Where It's Taking American Luxury
IDEA: What is American luxury these days? Cadillac teams with an old collaborator, Lance Jensen, as it tries to answer that question creatively in its first work from Rogue, the Interpublic Group team...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Santa Visits Canada First for Airline's Lovely Christmas Miracle
Canadian airline WestJet played Santa to a couple hundred travelers recently, and the result was heartwarming and tearjerking. Before two flights from Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario, to WestJet's home...
View ArticleThese Talented Cats Have Finally Created a Pop Song That's Intentionally Poopy
How do you get people around the world talking about a Dutch subscription service for disposable cat litter? Why, you create a music video featuring glamorous costumed kitties parodying the Pussycat...
View ArticleAd for Naked Condoms Is Just a Bit Too Naked for Australian Censors
This Australian ad for the Naked brand of condoms was destined for a ban from TV, and got it, but the specific reasoning is pretty stupid. Australia's FreeTV Commercials Advice Department, which...
View ArticleSpecial K Tries to Stop Women Who 'Fat Talk' by Confronting Them With It
Special K believes positivity is key to weight management success. So, it's taking aim at its opposite—"fat talk," or the negative things some women say about their bodies and others. The Kellogg's...
View ArticleBeastie Boys Countersue GoldieBlox, Seeking Profits Earned Off Viral 'Girls' Ad
The fair-use fight between Beastie Boys and GoldieBlox isn't over. After sparring several weeks ago over the unauthorized use of the Beasties song "Girls" in a GoldieBlox commercial that went viral,...
View ArticleHello, English Ladies. Isaiah Mustafa Returns for Old Spice in the U.K.
If you've been unable to sleep since the Old Spice guy faded from the spotlight, or suffered from nightmares that he was permanently relegated to playing a lesser version of himself in Israeli beer...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Edward Norton Shines in Crazy 90-Second Thrill Ride for...
Given the actor's reputation for demanding final cut (all right, the director was notoriously insane) and distancing himself from projects he doesn't like, it makes perfect sense that if Edward Norton...
View ArticleNewcastle Will Drive You Home, If You Talk About Its New Beer Through a Huge...
No good deed comes without a little punishment. That's Newcastle Brown Ale's "No Bollocks" take on responsibility messaging, judging by a recent stunt in Los Angeles orchestrated by Droga5. The brand...
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