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Belize Thanks Journey's Keyboardist for Visiting by Recording 'Don't Stop...
You can't make this stuff up. Jonathan Cain, the keyboard player for Journey and writer of perhaps the band's biggest hit, "Don't Stop Believing," vacationed in Belize recently—and tweeted about what...
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See the Painfully Funny Science Museum Ad That Was Too Violent for Canadian TV
The guy in this sublimely sophomoric spot for a Vancouver science museum should be in a world of hurt. Yet he smiles and shrugs off a nail through his shoe, a bitey dog, a neighborhood kid's expertly...
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Ad of the Day: Bissell Cleans a Grimy Subway Floor, but That's Not the Crazy...
Ravi Dalchand really, really believes in his product. The senior brand manager at Bissell Canada demonstrates the effectiveness of the new Bissell Symphony All-in-One hard floor cleaner (it vacuums...
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Ad of the Day: David Fincher Brings Darkness and Mystery to Gap's Fall Campaign
For years, Gap's ads—and its clothes—were all about bubbly, drenching color. But this fall, it's time for a new look in both, as the brand has brought in David Fincher to drain the color, quite...
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Nocturnal Beer Drinkers Just Hang Around in This Batty Ad From Brazil
When you get to a certain point, usually around your mid-20s, you realize there's not much more to life than drinking delicious beer. Imagine a world where you only wake up when it's time to imbibe a...
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Tweet This Hashtag in NYC, and Reebok Could Run a Pair of Sneakers Over to You
Starting today, New Yorkers who tweet their shoe size and address with the hashtag #ReebokHDS could get a visit from the brand's Human Dispatch Service. The team of runners will personally rush pairs...
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Ad of the Day: Johnny Manziel Gyrates From Hunger in Latest Snickers Ad
Johnny Manziel isn't Johnny Football when he's hungry. He's Johnny JamBoogie. In this new Snickers ad from BBDO New York, the Cleveland Browns quarterback stars as a Spandex-clad man leading an...
View ArticleAdweek's Top 5 Commercials of the Week: Aug. 22-29
There was plenty of star power in this week's collection of best commercials, and it was mostly put to comic use. Ricky Gervais, Johnny Manziel and Jean-Claude Van Damme also turned in amusing...
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From Moscow to Mumbai, These Agencies Make Today's Best Campaigns
BETCParis While this agency’s logo pays homage to the bee colony it tends atop its roof terrace—which happens to be some of the finest real estate in Paris, boasting a 360-degree view—the insect...
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Ad of the Day: Ideas Are Feared and Neglected in a World of Shortsighted...
In its advertising, GE usually sticks to one of two themes. There are the "cool technology stunt" ads ("Drop Science,""#SpringBreakIt") and the "human face of technology" ads ("Childlike...
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Ad of the Day: Guinness Africa Thrillingly Celebrates Being 'Made of Black'
Guinness's provocatively themed "Made of Black" campaign links the color of its beer to the vibrant spirit of young Africans. AMV BBDO in London, working with BBDO offices in Africa, launched the...
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Marshawn Lynch, Real-Life Skittles Superfan, Even Works Out With the Candies
It's no secret that Marshawn Lynch loves Skittles. And now, the brand's real-life No. 1 fan is helping to kick off its official NFL sponsorship by showing how he (probably not in real life) works out...
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Gorgeous New Food Ad From Britain Will Make You Very, Very Hungry
It's kind of obvious why humans are obsessed with food. It's delicious. It makes us feel good. And well, it keeps us alive. It seems rather simple to sell food, and it is. But as with any advertising,...
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Siri Is an Insecure Diva in Microsoft's Latest Windows Phone Ad
Microsoft is making a habit out of mocking Siri. Apple's personal assistant faces her Windows Phone rival, Cortana, in a new ad from M:United hawking the HTC One M8 smartphone. Cortana also went...
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Ad of the Day: Ikea Hilariously Pitches Its 2015 Catalog as the Coolest...
Is print really dying? Not according to Ikea, which has good reason to still believe in dead trees. After all, the company prints around 200 million copies of its catalog every year in 27 languages...
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SunRun Ad Is Delightfully Upbeat, and You Can Be Too If You Use Solar Energy
All the electrical products in your house will start doing Busby Berkeley routines once you sign up with solar power company SunRun. Cutwater in San Francisco crafted the stop-motion ad below with...
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Ad of the Day: Under Armour Presents Gisele Bündchen Like You've Never Seen Her
Gisele Bündchen kicks butt in a new ad breaking today for Under Armour's "I Will What I Want" campaign by Droga5. The supermodel and wife of NFL quarterback Tom Brady (a fellow UA athletic endorser)...
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Cutest Goth Ad Ever? It's Super Bleak, but You'll Be Smiling by the End
Ad agency Heimat in Berlin has made the cutest teenage goth ad since Kodak film taught my generation that cheerleaders and dudes in fishnet shirts could be friends. In this spot for German home...
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Outdoor Ad Makes People Think They're About to Be Destroyed by a Tornado
You're trudging down a busy sidewalk, minding your own business, when suddenly the sky is torn apart by lightning, cars and lampposts are hurled across the street by the wind, and a tornado starts...
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Gillette Razors Are Great for Shaving. Or, You Know, Playing the Piano
Embracing music has become a popular strategy for making potentially dull brands seem cool, and Gillette is leaning hard into the approach with a new spot that turns its razors into part of an...
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