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CP+B Creative Director Makes Short Film About KISS Song 'Beth' From Her Point...
A classic rock ballad, "Beth" by KISS, that inspired a thought balloon—"Wouldn't it be funny to hear Beth's side of the story?"—is now a short film. The four-and-a-half-minute piece from Bob Winter,...
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The New York Times Defends Putting Ad With Bloodied Man Next to Bombing Coverage
The New York Times took some heat from readers on Monday for allowing an online ad showing a bloodied man lying on the ground to appear next to coverage of the bombings in Boston. The ad, for the...
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Barton F. Graf 9000 Flies a Plane Around NYC With Banner Announcing New Hires
Why send out an email about your new hires when you can rent a plane, attach a banner to it announcing the additions, and fly it around New York City? Barton F. Graf 9000 chose the latter route to...
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'Baby Got Back' Is Back Again, This Time in a Charmin Commercial
In the annals of advertising, there are some songs we just keep coming back to. "Baby Got Back" is one of them. From hawking Burger King's SpongeBob meal to bustin' out the D-grade talent for...
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Jaguar's New Branded Film Is 13 Minutes Long, but Still Worth the Ride
When it comes to branded content, the better the content, the better the branding. And so it goes with Desire (below), a short film from ad agency The Brooklyn Brothers and Ridley Scott's production...
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The 10 Dumbest Products Marketed to Women
It's a Malibu Barbie world. Pointlessly gendered products are anything but rare. Pink razors, pink deodorant and pink tool kits abound. But even in the fuscia fantasyland of femininity cooked up by a...
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Incredible Cover of Boston Magazine Made of Shoes Worn in the Marathon
The stunning May cover of Boston magazine features a photo of shoes worn in this year's Boston Marathon, arranged in a heart shape. "We will finish the race," says the cover headline. Tragedies often...
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Strikeouts Promotion With Reds Is Costing Local Pizza Chain a Whole Lotta Dough
The red-hot pitching arms in Cincinnati are costing one local pizza chain a pretty penny. LaRosa's Pizzeria has already given away $100,000 worth of pizza this season (can't be good for the bottom...
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Nature Valley Trail View, Celebrated Digital Campaign for the National Parks,...
Last year, granola-bar brand Nature Valley and ad agency McCann New York unveiled one of the most ambitious digital campaigns of the year, Nature Valley Trail View, which created a first-of-its-kind...
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Chick-fil-A Franchises Hosting Medieval-Themed Mother-Son Date Knights
Behold! Various Chick-fil-A's around the nation are hosting medieval-themed Mother-Son Date Knights. Oh the perils of marketing that occur when franchises create their own LOL-worthy events. According...
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Infographic: Where to Go on a First Date
San Francisco-based designer Alex Cornell slapped together an instructional chart about where to go on a first date, and I have to say he's pretty much on point. In some cases, he's even being too...
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U.S. Senators Paired With Shooting Victims on Powerful Gun-Control Website
"They Don't Work for You," a gun-control campaign from Brooklyn design shop Guts & Glory, is intended to stir the emotions of the faithful and give them simple, direct and proactive ways to...
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Work It, Kitty! Cats Get Toned With Aerobics Routine From Temptations Treats
Cats doing aerobics? DDB Chicago's amusing new video for Temptations cat treats is likely to blow up the Internet. No wonder Temptations-eating felines have the leg muscles to be able to cling so...
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Ad for Bike Light Illuminates Cycling Magazine's Entire iPad Edition
Here's a clever idea from Publicis Frankfurt—an ad for a bike light that readers must "turn on" in order to be able to read an intentionally darkened version of a cycling magazine. Too intrusive?...
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Adorable Coca-Cola Ad About Young Love Is Sort of Perfect
This adorable little spot from Fitzgerald + Co. encapsulates everything that's fun and young about the Coca-Cola brand. It shows two kids falling in love, Cokes in hand, at a Six Flags. They ride the...
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Google Chrome's Ad With Stewie From Family Guy Is Super Irritating
Stewie Griffin, the 1-year-old prodigy from Family Guy, is a lovable character, but man can he get annoying. In this 15-second spot from BBH for Google Chrome, he proves just that. "Mom! Mom! Mommy!...
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Nathan Sorrell, Overweight Jogger From Famous Nike Ad, Loses 32 Pounds
Nathan Sorrell, the heavy kid from Nike's infamous "Jogger" ad by Wieden + Kennedy, has lost 32 pounds since last summer—and plans to lose 30 more. The London, Ohio, native, now 13, returned to the...
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Teaser for Band's Album Shows How Shadows and Light Transform the Human Face
French electronic music group Opale got director Nacho Guzman to make a teaser video for their new album, and it turned out to be a lesson on how the human face changes depending on how light hits it....
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Newcastle Brown Ale Lovingly Salutes Its Founder, and the Worms That...
"Col. James Porter was laid to rest in Morpeth, where worms began eating his body." Droga5 delivers one of the best commercials ever about a company's founder—for Newcastle Brown Ale. Read more about...
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Disney Film Publicist's Joke Photo With Bloggers Sparks Backlash
For marketers, blogger outreach can often feel like working in a field of landmines, where one misstep can detonate across the Web. The newest publicist to find himself at the center of the blast...
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