According to Sports Network, Miami Heat center, Shaquille O'Neal, picked up an advanced degree in Business Administration over the weekend. O'Neal was one of the 2,200 University of Phoenix graduates honored at the Forum in Los Angeles. "It's just something to have on my resume when I go back into reality," O'Neal said. "Someday I might have to put down a basketball and have a regular 9-to-5 like everybody …
Stuck In The Popcorn Line? No Worries.
New York Times: Hate being stuck in a movie theater with no choice but to watch advertisements on the big screen? Get used to it. Advertisers like these spots, and have been buying more of them. Movie ads are one more alternative to television spots, which are losing favor as TiVo and other digital video recorders make it easier for viewers to zap them. Vonage plans to use this character in an animated spot in movie …
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Mos Def Pimpin’ Big SUVs
According to a GM press release, Emmy and Golden Globe award nominated actor and musician Mos Def, is appearing in a new African American targeted television advertisement introducing the new Envoy Denali SUV. The ad was created by Oakland, California based Carol H. Williams Advertising, which specializes in the African American market. Not everyone is pumped about this development. B-Lo Tim on Rap News says, "In …
Dell Dude Bumped By Hot Rocker
Lewsis Lazare:: Sources confirm singer Sheryl Crow has been signed to star in upcoming Dell Computer commercials from DDB/Chicago, the company's ad agency of record. One source said DDB executives were in London recently working with Crow. DDB referred an inquiry to a Dell spokesman, who declined comment. Commercials with Crow would represent a sharp turnabout in Dell's ad profile, which has been lackluster since …
Too Sexy For Her Shirt
Ernie Schenck reports that recorded music from American pop diva, Christina Aguilera, is being used to torture al Qaeda big wig, Mohammed al Qahtani, into fessing up about 9-11, Osama bin Laden and anything else he knows about the terrorist organization. He says if it was up to him, he'd make the suspected terrorists listen to Coldplay. Way to take the gloves off, Ernie. …
Mr. Potato Head Lands New Role
Fresh Inc. points to the Organic Trade Association's inventive spin on Star Wars, called Grocery Store Wars. All characters in Store Wars are live-action food puppets …
Failed WB Program Finds New Life On Yahoo
from New York Times: On broadcast television, the live-concert show "Pepsi Smash" drew only a modest audience, but Yahoo is betting that putting the program online will be a boon to its digital music offerings. Yahoo plans to introduce a section of its Web site housing a redesigned version of "Smash," which as a program on the WB network attracted an average of just 1.3 million viewers in eight episodes last summer. …
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Watch Where You’re Going, You Big Ape
Copy: Small but tough. Polo. Print work from DDB London. Thanks to Hidden Persuader for the image. …
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