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'SNL' Spoof of Brad Pitt's Chanel Ad Only Slightly Sillier Than the Real Thing
That Saturday Night Live would skewer Brad Pitt's Chanel No. 5 campaign was "inevitable." That's the word the hunky actor poutingly emoted at the end of his much adored/discussed/maligned Chanel spot...
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Halo 4 Trailer Produced by David Fincher Tells Master Chief's Origin Story
Live-action advertising has become as much a part of the Halo franchise as gun-wielding aliens and multiplayer maps. The new trailer for Halo 4, directed by Tim Miller of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World...
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Coke Zero Gives 'Skyfall' Tickets to Only the Most Bond-Like People
Coke Zero released a pretty mediocre James Bond spot last month, tied to Skyfall, in which the hero hummed the Bond theme throughout. Now, the brand is back with a more dynamic clip—a video showing...
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Cadbury Screme Eggs Are Amusingly Rotten in Halloween Spots
Cadbury has finally started recognizing Halloween with its Cadbury Screme Egg, and these three Canadian TV spots for it—by ad agency The Hive in Toronto—are as spooky as ads for candy eggs will allow....
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Villains Step Up in Kellogg's Crunchy Nut's Superhero Campaign
You've already seen Kellogg's Crunchy Nut cereal personified as a '60s-style, yellow-spandex-clad superhero fighting to restore flavor to breakfast. Now, in a new video created in collaboration with...
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Breakfast-Cereal Mascots as You Never Wanted to See Them Before
If you've ever wondered what your favorite breakfast-cereal mascots would look like as real people, I've got good news and bad news: Someone's brought them to life, and the results are horrifying....
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Why a Popular Soup Chain Called a Woman the C-Word in a Mass Email
Soup restaurant chain Hale and Hearty had to deal with a hot and steaming bucket of something yesterday, but it wasn't broccoli cheddar. In a bizarre email sent to customers Tuesday morning, the chain...
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You Want Fries With That? McDonald's Shows You How They're Made
McDonald's is all about transparency. Just rub some of its fries against a sheet of paper and see what happens. Soon, you'll be able to look straight through it and watch Tribal DDB's latest video in...
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Unsuspecting Elevator Riders Get Shafted in LG's Latest Viral Spot
Somewhere between Crank Yankers and Ashton Kutcher, pranking unsuspecting people for the benefit of your brand has become popular. Case in point: LG set out to prove that its IPS monitors have super...
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Nick Offerman Prepares You for the Manliest Movember of Your Life
At this point, any distinction between actor Nick Offerman and character Ron Swanson is pretty much non-existent. They both love bacon. They both love woodworking. And they both sport the same...
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Dior Ad Banned as Natalie Portman's Eyes Look Too Damn Beautiful
It's been a while since I'd heard from Britain's Ad Standards Authority, so I was excited to learn that they dropped their mighty ban hammer on a Christian Dior mascara ad featuring Natalie Portman....
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'Evil Dead' to Rise Again: Here's the Red Band Trailer
I've been purposely ignoring any information about the upcoming Evil Dead remake, but I finally relented and watched this Red Band trailer. My hopes aren't high. This looks like one of those remakes...
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Follow This Pizza Chain on Twitter, And It Will Follow You Back … in Real Life
If you're being tailed by a bulbous, yellow stalker, it can mean one of two things: Either Donald Trump is off his meds, or you followed Mellow Mushroom on Twitter. The Atlanta-based pizza chain is...
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Apple Fans Hoping iPad Mini Will Fill the Empty Void in Their Sad Lives
Apple just announced the new iPad mini, and the parodies are already off and running. Conan O'Brien has one, and it's as impressively pared down as the original commercial. As the iPad plays the left...
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Sound Taxi Turns Noise of London Into Music for Headphone Brand
With 67 exterior speakers and giant Indian horns mounted on its roof, the Sound Taxi, a promotional vehicle touting new headphones from Danish audio house AIAIAI, wouldn't have looked out of place in...
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Litter Genie's Cats Go Heavy Metal in Latest Crazy JWT Video
Breaking news, times two: Reclusive rocker Axl Rose has come out of hiding to promote his band's month-long gig at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Vegas. And he's doing some vocals for Litter...
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Stoli Goes to Space, the Final Frontier of Drinking
Because everything has to happen in space now, Stoli sent someone out to the edge of the Earth's atmosphere in a modified Boeing 727 to mix something called a Stoli Moonwalk in zero gravity....
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Ad for Teddy Bears Captures the True Horror of Childhood
Teddy bears aren't what they used to be. Seth MacFarlane's Ted made sure of that—the disgusting, foul-mouthed bum. Now, in this spec ad for German teddy-bear company Steiff, we get the opposite: a...
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Terror Apocalypse vs. Lena Dunham: Who Gets Your Vote?
Here's today's matchup of contrasting political ads, both released yesterday: The end of the world vs. Lena Dunham sex jokes. In the Republican corner, the Super PAC called Winning Our Future offers a...
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Kill Them With Kindness, Says War Child's Fantastical New PSA
If bullets were crayons, grenades blew bubbles, and land mines exploded into picture books, kids in war-afflicted areas would be doing a lot better. Pollyanna-ish as that may sound, this PSA for War...
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