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Jennifer Aniston Reveals All, Including Huge Triplets-Filled Belly, in...
This is better from Smartwater. The Glacéau water brand has used Jennifer Aniston for some time—finally they've produced a piece of content together that feels somewhat fresh. Once again, the premise...
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Sad Humans Stuck With Tattoos of Dot-Coms That No Longer Exist
BuzzFeed's article about human billboards—defined here as people who tattoo advertisements or brand logos on themselves—is quite illuminating, if a little tragic. After all, a lot of the startup...
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Samsung Punches Apple Again, and It Hurts So Good
Samsung's ads are suddenly cooler than Apple's. There, with tears in my eyes and fingers trembling on my Mac keyboard, I wrote the words I never thought I'd write. Seriously, I've warmed to...
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Nick Offerman Loves Bacon, Does Not Love Malaria
Parks and Recreation character Ron Swanson notoriously loves bacon. Actor Nick Offerman notoriously plays Ron Swanson. College Humor further blurs the line between the role and the man with this...
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Warby Parker Has Its Eye on You With First-Ever TV Spot
Online eyewear shop Warby Parker has built a loyal online audience in recent years through its stylish vibe, low prices and clean, minimalist site design—and surely won some new fans with its 2011...
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Hot Wheels Breaks Corkscrew Jump Record in Latest Crazy Stunt
It's kind of amusing that Hot Wheels, a toy company, keeps breaking all sorts of life-size automotive stunt records. In its latest gravity-defying accomplishment, the brand (assisted by Venice,...
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Intelligent Popcorn Launcher Lobs Pieces Right Into Your Mouth
Oh, look—a voice-activated machine that pinpoints the exact location of your mouth, and then automatically lobs a piece of popcorn right into your gaping pie hole. It was invented so you can enjoy a...
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Sarah Silverman Rips Into Voter ID Laws in New Video
"Don't let these assholes steal your vote." That's one of the less foul-mouthed utterances Sarah Silverman makes in her latest election-themed appeal, as she targets the new voter-ID laws in effect...
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App Erases Your Facebook Timeline (Temporarily) for World Alzheimer's Day
Today, Sept. 21, is World Alzheimer's Day. To mark the occasion, Alzheimer's Disease International is offering absolutely "nothing" in an effort to build awareness and empathy—via a Facebook app,...
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Man Feels His House's Pain in Crazy New Home-Improvement Ad
Hornbach is the world's most outrageous home-improvement advertiser. Every few months, the German chain releases a bizarre new commercial, usually showing the main character experiencing the rush of...
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High-Tech Socks Easily Sorted With Embedded Microchip, iPhone App
Have you ever wondered to yourself, Why isn't there a microchip in my sock? No, you haven't. Because it is a sock, and not a computer. But Samy Liechti, founder of BlackSocks.com, did wonder. And he...
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Simon Cowell Really Wants to Sell You These $300 Sony Headphones
Do you wear a lot of plaid, dance on top of cars, swim in your clothes, buy real records and hone the perfect bed head? Then does Simon Cowell have a set of headphones for you, you lovely young thang....
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Michael Bay Crashing the Super Bowl With Doritos
Michael Bay, unquestionably the greatest cinematic genius of all time, is teaming up with Doritos, which makes a damn fine chip, for the seventh-annual installment of the brand's "Crash the Super...
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Greg Jennings Gets Up on Wrong Side of Bed in Latest Old Spice Ad
This latest Wieden + Kennedy ad for Old Spice featuring Green Bay Packers wide receiver Greg Jennings—following up on the recent "Film" spot—is like something from the end of Horse Feathers, which...
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Philips, Other TV Makers Embrace the Nothingness of Their Products
The lack of something can be a potent element in a marketing strategy. "Got milk?" is the classic example—built not around having milk, but around the common parental fear of being out of it. That was...
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'Halloween' Targets Young and Old as It Returns to Theaters After 35 Years
There are people like me who didn't sleep for days in the fall of 1978 after seeing John Carpenter's horror classic Halloween. The first few chords of that creepy theme music still makes our neck hair...
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Smart Cars Are Like Skateboards: Lots of Fun for Two
Professional freestyle skaters Kilian Martin and Alfredo Urbon share a board for this visually engaging Smart car ad, directed by Ben Newman of Pulse Films. The car's a two-seater, so the connection...
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Nestlé Puts GPS Trackers in Candy Bars for Golden Ticket Style Contest
Nestlé's "We Will Find You" campaign sounds more like a threat than a marketing stunt, but it's not quite as Orwellian as the name would imply. Six Nestlé chocolate-bar wrappers in the U.K. have been...
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iPhone 5's Giant Screen Truly Is a Game-Changer
Much has been made of the bigger screen space on the new iPhone 5—and it's a product feature that's been particularly easy to spoof, as we've seen a number of print mockups over the past week that...
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Fergie Leads Charge for Voter Registration in Music-Video PSA
Here are a couple of little-known factoids: 1) There's a day devoted to voter registration dubbed, appropriately enough, National Voter Registration Day. It's Sept. 25, which is Tuesday. And 2) 63...
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