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NatGeo's Killing Jesus Website Might Be the Greatest Story Ever Scrolled
Mullen has created a digital experience of Biblical proportions to support National Geographic Channel's Killing Jesus, a three-hour docudrama premiering March 29, which is Palm Sunday. The show is...
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Clever Outdoor Ads List Cost of Their Own Square Footage If They Were Homes...
Several hard-hitting outdoor campaigns have protested soaring home prices in the U.K. lately, including these bleak billboards narrated by people who've been priced out of London. Now, AMV BBDO has...
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Facebook Gets Even Friendlier With Striking Outdoor Ads and Mosaic of Digital...
A few weeks ago, we posted Facebook's great new commercials about friendship, directed by Mike Mills. But there's a lot more where that came from—in various other media. The "Friends" campaign also...
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14 People Who Are So Over SXSW Before It Even Starts
Here we are, less than 24 hours from the spectacle that is SXSW. As the minions descend on Austin, and the rest of the world gawks from afar, there's a vocal contingent who literally can't even. A...
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Whole Neighborhood Learns Sign Language to Surprise Deaf Resident in Samsung Ad
Samsung Turkey has launched a website with a video call center for the hearing impaired, and it's announced it with quite the stunt. In the video below, titled "The Most Emotional Surprise of the...
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Take a Tour of Lego's Simpsons Kwik-E-Mart Set Before It's Unveiled at SXSW
One of the coolest branded buildings at SXSW this year will be particularly difficult to get into. That's because it's only 5 inches high, 14 inches wide and 10 inches deep. D'oh! Having had great...
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Kevin Bacon Does Ads for Eggs, Because What Goes Better With Eggs Than Bacon?
Kevin Bacon has traded off the whole "six degrees" things in ads for years. Now it's time to put the Bacon to work. And that he does in an amusing if obvious campaign from Grey New York promoting eggs...
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It's Funny When Celebs Read Mean Tweets. Here's What Happens When Kids Read Them
"Celebrities Read Mean Tweets" is one of Jimmy Kimmel's most popular segments. It's been spoofed here and there—even by ad agencies. But now, Canadian agency John St. takes the theme in a bit of a...
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These Photoshop Experts Are Good, but How Good Are They in Photoshop 1.0?
Today's Photoshop sorcerers can do practically anything to an image, but do their powers extend all the way back to the software's original release? Clearly not, as you can see in the video below....
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Britain's Royals Bumble Their Way Through Mother's Day in Charming Spot for...
When it comes to celebrating Mother's Day, it turns out the British royal family is just as inept as everyone else. That, at least, is the joke at the heart of a new U.K. ad from cosmetics company...
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How to Make a Great Radio Ad, Now That You Know How to Make a Terrible One
The Radio Mercury Awards recently made a two-part video about "Things We Don't Want to Hear in a Radio Ad." In my writeup, I wanted to know what they do want to hear in a radio ad. And dear God, they...
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Infographic: Your Guide to Having a One-Night Stand at SXSW
Are you in Austin this week mostly just to bag a few one-night stands? Luckily, ad agency Mistress has come up with the ultimate guide to casual sex at the festival. (This is quite fitting, given the...
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This Art Director's Tinder Is Ridiculously Heroic, but Is It Getting Him Any...
Perhaps Jude Senese will find love in Austin this week, as he roams forlornly around SXSW. Because, frankly, things just aren't going that well in Boston—though not for lack of trying. Senese, 31, an...
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Now You Can Put Your Own Photos in Don Draper's Amazing Carousel Pitch
It is the greatest advertising moment from TV's greatest advertising show, and now you can be a part of it. To help promote Man Men's upcoming final episodes, AMC has launched a Mad Men Carousel app...
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Take a Tour of HBO's Pretty Awesome SXSWesteros Game of Thrones Activation...
Austin is swarming with interesting and weird activations at this year's South by Southwest. And HBO's Game of Thrones experience, cleverly named "SXSWesteros," is a particular standout. HBO teamed...
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Tinder Users at SXSW Are Falling for This Woman, but She's Not What She Appears
Well, this is sneaky—and for some, heartbreaking. Tinder users at the SXSW festival on Saturday were encountering an attractive 25-year-old woman named Ava on the dating app. A friend of ours made a...
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Durex Discovers Sexy Smartphone Technology That Helps Couples Get Closer in Bed
There's lots of sexy smartphone functionality out there, but not too much that's actually sexual. But now, Durex claims to have discovered phone technology that helps couples get closer in the...
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Liam Neeson Narrates This Gorgeous Tourism Ad for Ireland Timed to St....
Liam Neeson is a big softy when it comes to St. Patrick's Day. The tough-guy actor provides a heartfelt voiceover for this 60-second Discover Ireland tourism spot, waxing poetic about his...
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3 Salty Old Wives Shout Lies About Diesel in Sweet, Silly Ads From Volkswagen
Your cranky straight-talking grandmother might not think much of diesel engines, but Volkswagen would like her—and you—to reconsider."Old Wives Tales," a new campaign from Deutsch LA for the...
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Agency Will Send Copywriter to Space If Enough People Like Its Facebook Page
Up, up and away? FCB Paris plans to send one of its creatives into space. The agency will use almost 37,000 balloons to hoist intrepid advernaut Baptiste Szuwarski toward heaven. The 25-year-old...
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