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Three Years After Disastrous Super Bowl Ad, Groupon Returns to TV
After running one of the most widely reviled ads in recent Super Bowl history, Groupon today launched its first TV spot since 2011. Created in partnership with crowdsourcing agency Victors &...
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These 16 Star-Studded Posters Make The Expendables 3 Seem Strangely Compelling
The Expendables film series, helmed by Sylvester Stallone and cast to the verge of exploding with his fellow action stars, has never been all that approachable to casual fans who don't feel "in on the...
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Nick Kroll Steals the Stanley Cup in Comedy Short for NBC's NHL Coverage
Nick Kroll really wants to play in the NHL—so badly, he'll steal the Stanley Cup and hold it hostage. At least, that's the premise of this long-form ad for NBC Sports' coverage of the hockey league as...
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French Designer Edits Celebrities Into Vintage Ads, With Oddly Fascinating...
The only thing as hot as making old stuff look new these days is making new stuff look old. David Redon, an art director at Parisian agency Quai Des Orfèvres, has put his unique spin on vintage ads,...
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Honey Maid Has a Pretty Cool Reply to All the Haters of Its Ultra-Inclusive Ad
Marketers who make ads about inclusive families these days need a battle plan for how to deal with the haters. And it's as much an opportunity as a crisis. It began, of course, with Cheerios, which...
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Tom Hiddleston Shows You How to Be a Villain, Step by Step, in Jaguar's...
Tom Hiddleston was the best thing about Jaguar's villainous Super Bowl ad, and now, two months later, he gets to shine in his own two-and-a-half-minute online spot for the automaker. To promote the...
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Game of Thrones Becomes a 1970s Sitcom in Newest of Many Mashups
In today's installment of making new things look old, Game of Thrones gets retrofitted into a 1970s sitcom, complete with overly long exposition and freeze-frame introductions for each actor. The idea...
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Mini Drivers Dream Up the Craziest, Coolest Test Drives Ever … and Then Go Do...
I'm positively floored by the fun series of web videos by Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners introducing the BMW Mini Cooper Hardtop. Client and agency asked real Mini owners to think up creative...
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Stop-Motion Swans Are Rudely Interrupted in Refreshingly Frank Hotel Ad
Stop-motion artist PES, who's done a bunch of ads through the years, shot this amusing spot for the new citizenM Hotel in New York. It starts out all lovely-dovey between these two towel-swans, but...
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Social Networks Are Kingdoms at War in Beautifully Crafted Game of Thrones...
If you love nerding out about social media almost as much as you love nerding out about Game of Thrones, then have I got the video for you. Social media management service HootSuite created the...
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Enjoy Some Delicious Nuggets of Commercialism in This Week's Ads From Deep...
This week's ads from the depths of YouTube (and some that are bubbling up to the surface) are full of some of the weirdest moments you can make with an advertising budget. From a Pulp...
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You've Never Seen a Food Commercial Quite as Otherworldly as This One
"As we stand on the edge of possibility, we choose the path less traveled." Set to to the grandiose tune of Richard Strauss''s "Thus Spake Zarathustra," aka the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey, this...
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The Top 10 Things That Would Happen on the Late Show With Stephen Colbert
Today, Mashable reported that Comedy Central icon Stephen Colbert is a front-runner to replace David Letterman on CBS' Late Show. Only time will tell if there's truth to the speculation, but it's left...
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General Mills Gleefully Mocks Study on Cereals Being Marketed to Children
Are cereal mascots really drawn looking down, in a subtle attempt at appealing to children through eye contact? Cornell researchers say yes, which General Mills says is "absurd." In an entertainingly...
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U.S.'s Amazing New 'Don't Text and Drive' Ad Will Leave You Shaking
The most memorable safe-driving PSAs tend to be made overseas—in Britain,Mexico,Australia. But the U.S. adds a powerful new entry to the mix with this brutal spot from The Tombras Group for the...
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Adidas Puts 6 Cameras Inside Its World Cup Ball and Sends It on a Global Journey
Adidas would like to introduce you to the official 2014 World Cup stalker ball. The brand, with help from TBWA, has put six cameras inside a very special version of its official game ball for the...
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Can a Sustainable Font Help Save the World? This Ad Agency Has Made One
Ryman Eco, a new "sustainable font" from U.K. retailer Ryman Stationery and ad agency Grey London, uses 33 percent less ink than standard typefaces. According to Grey, if the world switched to Ryman...
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Taco Bell Sings 'Old McDonald,' Says the Egg McMuffin Belongs Back in 1984
Taco Bell's all-out assault on McDonald's breakfast continues in this 30-second spot, "Get With the Times," which posits that eating an Egg McMuffin isn't just uncouth—it's medieval. While the earlier...
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Rust Cohle Blows Kids' Minds in This Amusing True Detective Spoof of AT&T's Ads
Alright, alright, alright. Fans of HBO's True Detective (and anyone who's been on the Internet in the last six months) know about Matthew McConaughey's character Rust Cohle sitting at a table smoking...
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5 Things Wrong With These New Veet Commercials, From Minor to Egregious
Veet, the hair-removal brand, has a new ad campaign out from Havas Worldwide with the theme "Don't risk dudeness." Three ads feature women who turn into hairy, overweight men (actually, the same...
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