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Honda's 'Hands,' Fiat's Typeface Drive Off With Top Honors at Auto Ads of the...
The 2014 One Show Automobile Advertising of the Year awards are being presented today at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. And Honda has grabbed the top prizes in both the TV and...
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Latest Horror-Movie Ad Prank, With a Screaming Devil Baby, Is Completely...
Here's one baby that no one's expecting. "Devil Baby Attack," a rather mean-spirited if grimly hilarious marketing stunt for the upcoming horror film Devil's Due, shows what happens when well-meaning...
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Planet Fitness Parodies the Insanity of Rigorous Fitness Classes at Other Gyms
Planet Fitness is back with the latest spot in its campaign against "gymtimidation." This time, we peek in on an unnamed competitor, where an insanely pumped-up instructor is leading a class of...
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Chocolate and Peanut Butter Try Couple's Therapy in Butterfinger's Racy Super...
Sorry, Bart. It looks like Butterfinger's first Super Bowl ad will have a theme better suited to those over 18. The Super Bowl spot, by ad agency Dailey, will launch Butterfinger Peanut Butter Cups....
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Trailers for New Muppets Movie Hilariously Take Down Peanut Gallery of Online...
Want to see a Muppets movie trailer that skewers illiterate Twitter spats? Of course you do. This new parody promo for the forthcoming feature Muppets Most Wanted does a double public service by also...
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If NFL Logos Were Hipsters
If you were to draw a Venn diagram of hipsters and the NFL, the circles would likely overlap in just one tiny spot: this oddly fascinating project from comic artist Dave Rappoccio."What if the NFL...
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BBC's Sochi Ad Will Make You Never Want to Leave the House, Much Less Compete...
The BBC's official trailer for its coverage of next month's Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, has its champions and detractors, with some applauding the 90-second clip's epic sweep and others...
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With New Contest, Cosmetics Brand Rewards Inner Beauty Over Hot Selfies
A cosmetics company telling its fans to focus on inner beauty? That sounds a bit like Krispy Kreme urging patrons to sign up for Pilates classes, but it seems to be working. The "Inner Beauty...
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Which Odd Food Choice Will Become the Next Lay's Chip?
If you like bizarre flavors, talking food and generally feeling like you're having an acid flashback, Lay's is happy to oblige. A new spot from the snack brand features animated dishes like hoagies,...
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Divorce Lawyer Ads on YouTube Don't Get Much More Clever Than This
Even lawyers not named Scott Hoy tend to have trouble coming up with good advertising. Here's an exception—a clever new campaign from Rockville, Md., law firm Esteban Gergely from Grey's Hispanic...
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Macklemore Gives Surprise Performance on a Bronx Bus to Promote the Grammys
To help promote the Jan. 26 telecast of the Grammy Awards, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis treated (or perhaps subjected) some Bronx, N.Y., bus riders to a taste of their No. 1 hit "Can't Hold Us." The duo...
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The Starburst Minis Factory Looks Like a Posture-Destroying Workplace Nightmare
In Starburst's "Miniminneapolis" spot, a construction worker tries to explain the robust fruit flavor of the candy's new Minis by theorizing that the candy gets shrunk down in a miniature factory. The...
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Internet Predators Become Terrifying Emoji in Child Safety Campaign
Horrified by this depiction of a real-life emoji? Well good, that's the idea. French child advocacy group Innocence en Danger created this ad campaign, bringing Internet chat icons into creeptastic...
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How IFC Got Alex Prager to Shoot Portlandia Ads in the Style of Her Fine-Art...
IFC just released the key art for Season 4 of Portlandia, and the photos are fantastic. Not only did the network get the great young photographer Alex Prager on board—she decided to shoot the ads in...
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Intense Subaru Ad Focuses Almost Entirely on One of Its Vehicles Horribly...
And speaking of Subaru, here's another new spot from Carmichael Lynch for the automaker, and it's a whole lot more sobering than that snogging-dogs one. This one's about safety, and it boldly shows...
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The Web Is One Sketchy Place in Squarespace's Super Bowl Teaser
Website design service Squarespace has posted a teaser for its Super Bowl ad, which paints a pretty dreary picture of today's Internet. Opening on a face-swapped baby, which is creepy enough, the ad...
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Chinese Artist's Job Application to Wes Anderson Is Bizarrely Hypnotic
"Working for Wes Anderson," in some ways an obsessive homage to the award-winning director, also stands on its own as an impressive example of avant-garde artistry. Chinese media artist Youyou Yang...
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These 'Honest' Posters for Oscar Nominees Might Be Better Than the Real Ads
Sometimes, parody posters actually make you want to see a movie more than the real ads do. That's definitely the case with a few of these "honest" Photoshop recasts of Acadamy Award Best Picture...
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See Walking Dead's Norman Reedus Get All Freaked Out by a Real Zombie Scare
Steely-eyed, crossbow-wielding Daryl Dixon never loses his cool in a zombie attack, but the actor who plays him, Norman Reedus? He might just jump out of his skin if set upon by the undead. The...
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Nissan Rogue Comes in Handy When You're Battling a Marauding Band of Evil...
Next time you're caught driving in a winter storm, Nissan Canada wants you to be grateful you're only dealing with the natural elements and not a supernatural mob of malicious snowmen who are hell...
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