This new commercial for Google Chrome celebrates Lady Gaga's special and unmediated relationship with her fans, the Little Monsters. According to Mashable, Google is far from the only brand lining up to work with Lady Gaga. The promotional juggernaut further ramped up her all-encompassing web presence, fostering partnerships with Zynga for the FarmVille-inspired GagaVille, Starbucks for a massive scavenger …
Ndamukong Suh Motors Through Portland In A New Chrysler 300
Ndamukong Suh is from Portland (where I live). He played college ball at Nebraska (where I'm from). The Detroit Lion tore up the NFL as a rookie last season. Now, he's starring in the latest ad from Chrysler, courtesy of Wieden+Kennedy. Like Eminem in the automaker's hit Super Bowl ad, Suh stoically drives a Chrysler through the streets of his hometown -- in this case, Portland -- while a grizzly voice extols …
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Schweppes Turns Sultry
What happens when you put Uma Thurman, photographer David Lachapelle and Fred & Farid all in the same room? This happens: Via: Whitezine …
Tree Huggers Throw Some Punches
"Climate science has basically been at the receiving end of the best-funded, best-organized smear campaign by the wealthiest industry that the Earth has ever known—that's the bottom line." - Professor Michael Mann The factors that ruin our air and drive the Earth's temperature to dangerously high levels are also busy destroying our land and water. Take a look... According to Rainforest Action Network the …
To Hell With Brian Wilson’s Beard, Let’s Play Ball
We are just three days away from the opening pitch of the 2011 Major League Baseball season. Ergo, it's a good time to view some baseball commercials. Here's one from Swirl in San Francisco. Here's another Giants-related spot for a video game. According to Wikipedia, Giants pitcher Brian Wilson has a mohawk hairstyle and while on a road trip at the beginning of August 2010 grew a thick beard, which he …
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Anal Warts And All, Denny’s Does Episodic Content Right
According to Adweek, Will Arnett and Jason Bateman’s digital content and production studio, DumbDumb, along with Ben Silverman's multimedia studio, Electus, have produced a series of three-minute videos for Denny's called “Always Open.” The show is an extension of Denny’s latest nationwide campaign developed by NY ad agency Gotham and adds depth to the new “America’s Diner is always open” platform. Denny’s …
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Four Words For Viral Success: Jennifer Aniston Sex Tape
Glaceau smartwater, with the help of Zambezi, has done a very smart thing. They enlisted America's favorite "girl next door" (sorry Sandra) to make fun of herself and the very idea of a viral video. The result? The video below is closing in on five million views on YouTube in just three days. In related news, Ms. Anniston is selling her Beverly Hills home for $42 million. Restored by Aniston, the redesigned …
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Band On The Run (To The Bank And Back)
Adfreak, AgencySpy and Paste have all pointed to this new full length jingle, recorded by Weezer. The song was actually written by a young Barry Manilow. He also wrote "I am stuck on Band-Aid, 'cause Band-Aids stick on me!" back in the day. To State Farm's knowledge, the full song had never been recorded. After taking a look at the it, Weezer agreed to give it a go. What do the band's fans think? Surely, they're …
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