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Ad of the Day: Nick Offerman Narrates an Ode to HomeAway Not Screwing Up Your...
Goodbye, to-do list. Hi, rum and cool mist." Nick Offerman, just off his visit to CES, returns to narrate another ad for holiday rental company HomeAway, a year after making his debut with the brand....
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Maybelline Recruits Manny Gutierrez as Its First Male Beauty Star
To promote its golden-tubed Big Shot Mascara by Colossal, Maybelline is engaging in two firsts—working with beauty influencers, and using a man as the face of its campaign. Manny Gutierrez, known to...
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Microsoft Finds Its Latest Inspiration in This All-Deaf High School Football...
During this weekend's NFL playoffs on NBC, Microsoft debuted "Football, Teamwork and Technology," an ad featuring the Eagles, the California School for the Deaf's football team. "We're a brotherhood,...
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ESPN Anchors Can't Pull Off This NBA Star's Signature Style in New...
ESPN takes note of the trend toward outlandish pre-game outfits in the NBA with the latest spot in its "This Is SportsCenter" series. The ad opens with Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green...
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Angel Soft Continues to Build Ads Around Quiet, Relatable Moments in People's...
There's a grown man loitering outside the women's room, but he's no creep. He's a single dad waiting for his young daughter. And a few years later, that same guy is getting a different bathroom door...
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Anti-Violence Ads Pop Up in Specific Helsinki Neighborhoods Within Hours of...
If domestic violence seems like an abstract phenomenon, this TBWA campaign from Finland will remind people that it's happening right on their doorstep. TBWA launched an outdoor campaign for the...
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Ad of the Day: See the Sweet Samsung Ad That's Become a Major Hit in India
In rural India, people sometimes have to travel up to 50 miles just to have minor repairs made on a cell phone. Samsung is addressing this by rolling out a fleet of 535 vans to visit people who need...
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New York Lottery Winner Walks Rescue Dogs in McCann's Goofy, Goodhearted Pitch
Winning the lottery doesn't just mean you can live that gaudy and gilded lifestyle you've always wanted. It means you'll finally have time for all that super-important charity work you've been...
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Thrilled With Its Super Bowl Debut Last Year, Buick Returns for an Encore
Buick is officially a fan of the Super Bowl. The General Motors nameplate told Adweek on Wednesday that it has bought a 30-second spot on Super Bowl LI. The decision comes a year after the brand made...
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Star Wars' Adam Driver Lands Lead Role in Snickers' Super Bowl LI Ad
Today, Mars North America announced that Adam Driver of Girls and Star Wars fame will play the lead role in its upcoming Super Bowl LI ad. Driver succeeds Willem Dafoe, who re-created a slightly...
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A24 Drops Untitled Trailer for Mysterious, Reality-Bending Movie
Yesterday, A24—the studio behind recent eccentric word-of-mouth-driven movies like The Lobster, Moonlight and Swiss Army Man—released a mysterious trailer. Listed simply as "Untitled," there's little...
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Breaking Bad Fans Lose Their Minds as Gus Fring Returns in Ad for Los Pollos...
From its inception, AMC's Better Call Saul has indulged in fake ads starring characters from the Breaking Bad prequel—beginning with the Albuquerque billboard from the summer of 2014 showing Bob...
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Eat a Snickers or Risk Becoming a Frozen Husk of Your Former Self, Candy Bar...
When your scruffy, half-frozen future self travels back in time with a message of life-changing import, what are you going to do? Scarf down a Snickers, of course! That's the plot of this ad for the...
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Elton John Wants You to Make the Official Music Video for One of His 1970s...
What if Elton John asked you to make the official music video for "Rocket Man," "Tiny Dancer" or "Bennie and the Jets"? That's exactly what just happened. Except he's not just asking you—he's asking...
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This Documentary About Rick Ross Is Actually a Pretty Impressive Ad for Checkers
It's not often you get to realize a childhood dream. And rapper Rick Ross just bought his—a Checkers franchise in his hometown, Carol City, Florida. Curiouser still, the purchase has led to the...
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Colonialism Is a Massive Beach Party in Australia's Latest Epic, Provocative...
In its ongoing quest to remind us that nothing says Australia Day more than lamb barbecue, Meat & Livestock Australia gives us "Celebrate Australia with a Lamb BBQ." That title is probably the...
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Hyundai Takes Unboxing to a Whole New Level in This British Commercial
See you in hell, soul-sucking car-dealership experience! Last week, Hyundai launched an Amazon-style "Click to Buy" website in the U.K. that lets you purchase various Tucson and Santa Fe models at...
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Ad of the Day: Nike Women Got FKA Twigs to Creative Direct This Mesmerizing...
Get ready to watch and re-watch the new Nike Women ad from FKA Twigs featuring a cadre of athletes and dancers. It's just that much ethereal eye candy, set to a snippet of the performer's new song,...
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The Week's 10 Most Digitally Engaging Ads
Electronic communication is the name of the game in the latest weekly chart of the most digitally engaging commercials, according to TV ad-attention analytics company iSpot.tv. Five of the top 10 ads...
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Here's an Ad That Should Inspire Entrepreneurs Everywhere to Get Their Act...
A business idea is all good and well, but a new ad from freelance marketplace Fiverr—the company's first brand campaign—is putting the emphasis on the actual doing part. The rapid-fire montage,...
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