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Ad of the Day: Congo's Sapeurs Star in the Best-Dressed Guinness Commercial Ever
When global marketers portray Africa, the goal is usually humor or pity. Rarely do brands treat Africans as cultural equals, much less as inspirational role models. Breaking that trend is one of...
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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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Johnnie Walker's Stunning Glass Car Reflects Human Fragility in Drunk-Driving...
IDEA: It's a brutal irony of the automobile: Speed and power are its strengths, yet they combine to make its occupants ever more vulnerable. It's true of any driving, and especially true of drunk...
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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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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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Ad of the Day: Subaru's Road-Tripping Dogs Are Cute, Funny and Almost Human
Chances are you've already got an idea of what the typical Subaru owner looks like: They enjoy L.L. Bean, buying granola at Whole Foods and being very involved in their kid's soccer team. And they...
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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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Ad of the Day: Pandora Freezes Those Crazy Moments When Music Transcends All
Pandora isn't just an Internet radio provider, says Internet radio provider Pandora. It's actually part of your destiny, or a series of chance events, or a magical discovery algorithm, or whatever it...
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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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Most Inclusive Ad Ever? Swiffer Spot Stars Interracial Family, and Dad's an...
Here's a feel-good moment from Swiffer. A new ad for the brand stars an interracial family, which deserves some credit, if lamentably, in light of the idiotic controversy around last year's Cheerios...
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Is Kayak's 'Stairlift' Commercial Bringing You Down?
Some folks are finding Barton F. Graf 9000's latest advertising excursion for travel site Kayak.com a less than uplifting experience. In the 30-second spot, a middle-aged man commandeers his elderly...
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If Patrick Bateman Were a Hipster, He'd Kill For Denham Jeans
What if Patrick Bateman were a hipster? It would look a lot like this brilliant remake of two American Psycho scenes, updated for our decade of obsessive beard cultivation and vintage clothing...
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Ad for the World's Tallest Waterslide Will Make You Feel All Woozy and Weird
When you think of Kansas City, you don't think death-defying, super-fast waterslides. Actually, I'm not sure what you think when you think of Kansas City. But pretty soon you'll think Verrückt, a...
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Old Spice, Isaiah Mustafa Stage 'Interneterventions' on 9 Fake Websites for...
Isaiah Mustafa, who recently returned to the Old Spice world in a British campaign, is now fronting a new online initiative for the P&G brand's new body spray. The campaign is built around nine...
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Fun, Ludicrous Dancing Jacket Springs to Life When You Eat Cadbury Chocolate
Cadbury has invented a trench coat that basically dances when you eat the brand's chocolate. Because eating Cadbury chocolate brings euphoria so intense that it makes even your clothes dance, or...
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Cisco Ad, Like the Future It Depicts, Is All Delightfully Interconnected
IDEA: The Internet of Things—or as Cisco calls it, "the Internet of everything"—is quickly advancing, as seen in the array of magically interconnected devices at this year's Consumer Electronics Show....
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GoDaddy Unveils the First Super Bowl Ad of Its Post-Sleaze Era
GoDaddy, which this fall promised no more sleazy Super Bowl commercials, still shows plenty of skin in its first ad for this year's game—but it's mostly male, and it's absurdly pumped up. The...
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Ad of the Day: Honda Spreads a Message of Hope in a World of Chaos and Conflict
Honda wants you to know something: This world is not actually as horrible and soul-crushing a place as it appears. In a lengthy online anthem titled "Today Is Pretty Great," which launches a new Gen...
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Goes Undercover at Gold's Gym in Amusing Charity Video
Given the rough few years he's had lately, it's not surprising Arnold Schwarzenegger might want to be someone else for a while. He's making a habit of it, anyway. The Governator, who looked hilarious...
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