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AT&T's Latest 'It Can Wait' Ad Shows a Brutal Crash in Reverse, but There's...
AT&T's "It Can Wait" texting-and-driving campaign from BBDO New York has included many notable executions, including the painful Werner Herzog documentary from 2013. And the latest spot is no...
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Congrats, Omaha, You Now Have the Country's Most Disgusting Billboards
A graphic sexual health campaign aims to combat rising STD rates in Omaha, Neb., by grossing out young people with giant flesh-and-pus letters that deliver off-putting puns. Billboards and bus posters...
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Meet the L.A. Agency Behind Pornhub's Hit TwerkingButt Video
The L.A. social media advertising agency Vendetta Studios was recently thrust onto the ad world's radar because of its work for a less than traditional client: Pornhub. The online porn giant was...
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Sweden's Favorite Fishy Paste Delights in Disgusting the Rest of the World...
Ever hear of Kalles Kaviar? It's cod roe, and you eat it out of a toothpaste tube. Cringe away, but Kalles is a beloved Swedish product. They put it over eggs and eat it on toast. It's basically...
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Taylor Swift Stars in Global Rebrand for Keds: 'Ladies First Since 1916'
A year ahead of its centennial, footwear brand Keds is launching a global brand platform and fall 2015 ad campaign around female empowerment, and has gotten one of the world's great trailblazing...
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Ad of the Day: This Lovely HP Commercial Has the Year's Most Perfect Soundtrack
See Jane fret. And struggle. And begin to lose focus and confidence. As she rises through the professional ranks, she loses touch with her childlike creative side and becomes stuck in a workaday rut....
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Painfully Funny Airbnb Parody Reminds You Who'll Really Be Staying in Your House
Airbnb's existential-crisis ad with the waddling baby didn't lend itself to being taken all that seriously in the first place. Now, a parody is helping it along the path to full ridicule. A grown man...
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Art Director's Portfolio in a Bottle Gets Him Off Desert Island and Into an...
To stand out in the piles of applications DDB Istanbul received when it was looking for an art director, Canhür Aktuglu sent out an SOS and presented his portfolio as a message in a bottle. They hired...
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Ad of the Day: JetBlue and Coke Bring Their Feel-Good Brands Together for NYC...
JetBlue and Coca-Cola liked the looks of each other enough to try a stunt together in Penn Station recently, where they teamed up to bend the general rule of NYC transit hubs that you don't accept...
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New York Lottery Posts Fliers in Last-Ditch Search for Winner of Unclaimed $7...
The popular knock against the lottery is that you can play it, but you're an idiot if you do, because nobody ever wins. But a new campaign for the New York Lottery is about a different kind of...
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Ad of the Day: Leo Burnett Brings a Colorful Fantasy to Life for Honda
This ad by Leo Burnett Melbourne for the Honda CR-V Series II is certainly a horse of a different color. That color is pink, the hue of a young girl's favorite horsy toy. When its head snaps off, the...
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Converse Unveils the Chuck Taylor II. Here's What It Looks Like, and How...
Converse gives its product line a fresh kick today, as the Nike brand unveils a new version of its iconic rubber-toed, canvas Chuck Taylor sneaker. Dubbed the Chuck Taylor All Star II, the line...
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Ad of the Day: Cable Companies Are Playground Bullies in Hilarious Ads for...
Everyone knows cable companies can be total bullies, but pointing it out can still make for some pretty funny ads. SlingTV, the small-bundle Internet TV offering from Dish, is out with its first...
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Honey Maid's Latest Wholesome Family Features a Disabled Aunt and Her Niece
Honey Maid's campaign featuring inclusive depictions of American families moves forward today with a spot showing a disabled aunt and her niece making apple and cheddar melts together on their graham...
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Sorry, USA. It's Jamaica in the Gold Cup Final, and They're Celebrating With...
Fans of the U.S. Men's National Team are still reeling from the team's shocking semifinal loss to Jamaica in soccer's Gold Cup. But you can't stay mad at Jamaica for long. And this ad from FCB...
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Ad of the Day: M&M's Heads Into the Bedroom for a Little 'Tainted Love'
Occasionally, M&M's ventures into PG-13 territory, often with amusing results. One of the candy brand's best ads, from 2008, showed Blue licking himself—much to the horror of the woman who walks...
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Man Shaves Beard Off After 14 Years, and Family Reacts in Shock, in...
"Maybe it's a new chapter in my life." That's how Amit (aka, "Mook"), a 44-year-old dude who's had a thick beard for 14 years, describes the experience of shaving it off in "My New Face," a remarkbaly...
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Don't Get Too Excited About the Steamy Curves in Carl's Jr.'s 'Natural...
If you were looking forward to drooling over whatever hot, near-naked model would grace Carl's Jr.'s notoriously lascivious advertising next, you're in for a disappointment. In a new 30-second...
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Foster's Embraces a Male Rugby Cheerleader and the Tagline 'Why the Hell Not?'
Adam&eveDDB and Glue Society director Gary Freedman made this British spot for Australia's Foster's beer about, of all things, a male rugby cheerleader. The ad is part of a growing trend of...
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Ad of the Day: Eli Manning and Tony Romo Do Their Best Rob Lowe for DirecTV
DirecTV killed its long-running Rob Lowe campaign in April after more than six months of spots in which the actor introduced pathetic versions of himself—the kind of guy who has cable instead of...
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