Aug
18
Television Starts to Court the Young Voter
Posted in: UncategorizedWith polls showing a surge in primary-season ballots cast by voters under 30, media outlets are out to convert the newly energized voters into viewers.
Aug
18
Kung Fu Desktop Toys – Kanfuboi Kicks You Away From Work (VIDEO)
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(TrendHunter.com) Who isn’t amazed with Kung Fu? It’s fun to watch especially when the ones doing it are little fellas. Since it is fun, why not put them on top of your desk? Of course, not the real kung fu kids, I’m referring…
Aug
18
10 Hollywood Weight Fluctuations – More Than Just Jennifer Love Hewitt (GALLERY)
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(TrendHunter.com) Jennifer Love Hewitt had the media buzzing this weekend after the newly svelte actress was scrutinized for offering a contradictory message to fans regarding body image – but she wasn’t the first. This…
Aug
18
Bionic Lobster Unlikely Mascot for Leatherman Multi-tool
Posted in: UncategorizedWatch the clip before reading this post.
Stick and Move, a Pennsylvania shop lead by two ex-Boguskians, sent us their latest work for Leatherman. It’s fun, employs a wobbly-eyed lobster, and reminds us why we love watchind ads more than the TV shows they support (well, sometimes).
We’ll avoid shortening Stick and Move to…S&M…for obvious reasons. But we will tell you that agency heads Steve O’Connell and Jared Scott are doing their part to keep the small agency world strong. Read a brief interview with O’Connell, after the jump.
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Aug
18
Ultra Compact Touchscreen Cell Phones – The Neonode N2 (VIDEO)
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(TrendHunter.com) This tiny, touchscreen phone could challenge the iPhone. The Neonode N2 is a 4-band world phone that’s smaller than a credit card. It holds up to 32 GB of music, images, and videos. It also has the most…
Aug
18
Los Angeles Times Announces Hiring of New Publisher
Posted in: UncategorizedEddy W. Hartenstein, a former head of DirecTV, will become publisher of The Los Angeles Times, the newspaper reported.
Aug
18
Screenless GPS – The Kapsys Kapten Audible GPS With Voice Recognition
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(TrendHunter.com) Most GPS devices coming out these days battle over which one has the best screen. When it comes to that matter, the GPS navigation system named as Kapsys Kapten stands out from the rest. Why so? Simply…
Aug
18
Upcoming TV Guide to Feature Only ABC Ads
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NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — ABC will buy out all the ad space in the Aug. 25 issue of TV Guide magazine, part of the usual round of late-summer shenanigans the big TV networks unleash every year to get their programs sampled by the couch-potato public.
Aug
18
Vibrating Alarm Clocks (UPDATE) – Silent Alarm Clocks Just Got More Stylish
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(TrendHunter.com) Today we have another vibrating alarm clock to feature, only this one is much better looking.
Different alarm clocks come with different waking sounds but whatever the sound is, the noice gets very annoying……
Aug
18
Body Paint Sportswear – Emma-Jane Cammack’s Art of Sport (GALLERY)
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(TrendHunter.com) British-based artist Emma-Jane Cammack’s remarkable body art has been featured before on Trend Hunter. Shown here is her amazing series on body paint masquerading as sportswear.
Many sports are featured…
Aug
18
GM Drops Out of Oscar, Emmy Broadcasts
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DETROIT (AdAge.com) — For the first time in more than a decade, General Motors Corp. will be absent as a major sponsor of next year's glitzy Academy Awards broadcast on ABC. The auto giant also has dropped out as an advertiser in next month's broadcast of the Emmy Awards, also on the Walt Disney-owned network.
Aug
18
Organic Mountainside Architecture – Asemic Scapes Rehab Center (GALLERY)
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(TrendHunter.com) Asemic Scapes is a stunning concept design for a 50 patient rehabilitation center in Rainberg, Austria. The organic design by graduate of architecture, Sarah Schneider, places Asemic Scapes in the Austrian…
Aug
18
Why Raise Hell When You Could Raise McCain?
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So I woke up this morning and heard on the radio that John McCain’s getting sued for using Running on Empty, a song by Jackson Browne, in one of his campaign ads without permission. That McCain, what a maverick.
Aug
18
Medical Musical Comedies – ‘Damaged Care’ Parodies US Health Care (VIDEO)
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(TrendHunter.com) “Damaged Care” is a musical comedy about health care in America. Greg LaGana, M.D., and Barry Levy, M.D wrote and frequently perform the popular production which mocks the state of health care in the US.…
Aug
18
Gary Oldman Gloryhunts for ITV — Oops, Except Not
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One-time babykiller Gary Oldman is back on the hunt — this time, for glory.
Aug
18
Gary Oldman Gloryhunts for ITV
Posted in: UncategorizedOne-time babykiller Gary Oldman is back on the hunt — this time, for glory.
Aug
18
Recreating The Tenenbaums – The Royal Ronsons in Harper’s Bazaar (GALLERY)
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(TrendHunter.com) Samantha Ronson and her siblings, Mark and Charlotte Ronson, are featured in the new issue of Harper’s Bazaar in a story called ‘The Royal Ronsons.’ The usually press-shy Ronsons channel the Tenenbaums…
Aug
18
J&J realizing kids need a kick in the pants
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Nice piece here from The Onion about Johnson & Johnson’s “Nothing But Tears” shampoo, a product designed to “prepare meek and fragile newborns for the real world.” “You’ll notice a difference after just one use,” says a J&J rep, “whether it’s your newborn’s more hardened appearance, the way he now approaches people with guarded skepticism, or just that look on his face that says, ‘Oh wait, maybe life isn’t all hugs and kisses and rainbows. Maybe I need to get my fucking act together.’ “
—Posted by Tim Nudd
Aug
18
Grass Powered Cars – Is ‘Miscanthus X Giganteus’ A Miracle Crop?
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(TrendHunter.com) The hardy perennial grass Miscanthus X Giganteus could be more than two and a half times more productive than corn or switchgrass in producing ethanol, according to research at the University of Illinois.…
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