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Campbell's Cleverly Used Star Wars in Gay-Themed Ad, but the Comments Are on...
Campbell Soup Company's newest ad, featuring its Star Wars inspired soup, is centered around a popular line from the movie, although maybe not in the way that you'd think. The 30-second ad features a...
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Belize Offers a Free, Relaxing Vacation to Next Stressed-Out NFL Kicker to Miss
NFL kickers seem to be stressed out this season, as there's been a rash of missed kicks, including 18 this past week alone. But now, the country of Belize is here to help—offering a free bye-week trip...
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Victoria's Secret Ignored the Anger Over This Photo, So a Facebook Fan Fixed...
Is Victoria's Secret now trolling its Facebook fans with intentional Photoshop fails? Some seem to think so, after the lingerie brand posted a photo of a model who has clearly suffered the digital...
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Your Life Should Be This Dreamy, Say 6 Beautiful New Ads for the Apple Watch
Get an Apple Watch, and replace the ice cream cone your daughter just dropped without even having to free your hands. In the first of six new beautifully designed Apple Watch ads, a mother deftly...
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Al Gore's Stirring New Climate Change Ad Calls on World Leaders to Be...
Al Gore's Climate Reality Project tries lighting a fire under world leaders in this two-minute film directed by Hungry Man's Richard Bullock. Shot in 13 countries, the video features environmental...
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Kids Are Given Toy Cars That Can't Crash in This Amusingly Mean Mercedes-Benz Ad
Mercedes-Benz's new ad doubles as a social experiment for children. The automaker installed heavy-duty magnets inside toy cars to highlight its Brake Assist System PLUS. The video then shows kids—who...
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USA Today Used Facebook's New Emojis on Its Front-Page Stories, and It's Awkward
Facebook's new emoji-esque "Reactions" haven't launched stateside yet, but USA Today decided to give them an early test run—on its own front page. The results are ... rather awkward. A sad face next...
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Airbnb Offers the Ultimate Halloween Sleepover: A Night in the Paris Catacombs
Looking for the ultimate scare? Airbnb is running a contest that will give two lucky people the chance to sleep in the Catacombs of Paris, home to over 6 million dead and labeled "the world's largest...
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These Creatives Knitted Outfits for Street Signs as a Way of Asking for...
Wool is cool again, and yarn-bombing is a thing. In a nod to the trend, a group of Brazilian creatives started "Doe Agasalho," or "Donate Warm Clothes," a campaign that reminds people to offer...
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Google Used Clickable Paper in Posters Asking People Which Nonprofits It...
The nonprofits competing in the second Google Impact Challenge have some pretty innovative ideas for how to make the Bay Area a better place to live. And Google's method of soliciting votes for the...
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SNL Adds Guns Into Life's Sweetest Moments, With an Assist From Amy Schumer
If you've got a gun, why wouldn't you want to bring it along for all those special occasions—like a first date, or having a baby? That, at least, is the tack that Saturday Night Live takes in its...
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The Headless Horseman, His Pumpkin, Play the Odd Couple in Sweet, Creepy...
Imagine if the iconic Headless Horseman and his flaming pumpkin noggin had a bit of a love-hate relationship. They've been together so long that each knows just how to push the other's buttons. A new...
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James Harden Reluctantly Takes a Selfie With a Camel in Foot Locker's...
Your wish is James Harden's command. Or it was, at least, for one day. Last Thursday marked the culmination of Foot Locker's #PlayMyTweet campaign from BBDO New York. For two weeks prior, the brand...
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Lexus Built a Working Cardboard Version of a Car, and It's Incredible
You can't spell "cardboard" without "car." In the U.K., Lexus has made an impressive driveable replica of its IS model sedan, using 1,700 pieces of precision-cut cardboard—all to demonstrate the...
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Bacardi Turns a House Relocation Into a Rolling Party in Rollicking New Ad
BBDO NY just dropped "The House Party," a new video for Bacardi that was, sadly, was not the glorious return of Kid 'N Play for which we'd hoped. Rather, the ad depicts a roving hipster gang that...
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Kids Try Out 'Most Realistic' VR Game, Only to Discover It's Actually the Forest
In the latest installment of the Ad Council and the U.S. Forest Service's "Discover the Forest" campaign, the Barbarian Group puts fake VR headsets on a bunch of eight and nine year-olds and promises...
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This Breast Cancer Ad Goes From Despair to Joy Just by Reversing Its Own Script
Physical beauty may be the ultimate focus of this intense two-minute breast-cancer PSA from cosmetics chain Ulta—but the moving message it delivers is far from skin deep. Mullen Lowe created the ad,...
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Young Couples Catch a Glimpse of Their Golden Years in This Touching...
If you could magically come face-to-face with your husband or wife 30 years hence, would that convince you to save for retirement? There's no denying the emotional power of "The Beautiful After," an...
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Auto Tests (and the People Who Run Them) Get Downright Weird in These...
CarAdvice prides itself on its highly detailed car reviews. And in a new series of ads, its headquarters is portrayed as a mix of Consumer Reports and Aperture Science, where cars—and...
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These Eerily Lifelike Crash Test Dummies Aren't Quite What They Seem
Acura puts a fresh, unsettling spin on the crash-test-dummy concept in "The Test," an unorthodox but riveting minute-long film by Mullen Lowe that touts the automaker's safety record. Set in an eerie...
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