Embarrassing Commercial Debuts – Celebrities Who Got Their Break in Japan (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The pay must have been very good for these Japanese commercials, because these celebrities would not have been caught dead in these ads if they had aired back in the US. Thanks to Japander, many of these…

PhotoShopvertising – Butts With Eyes and Ears with Teeth (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Photoshop is an amazing tool for creating fantastically surreal, trompe l’oeil images.

Many, if not all, of these photos were created for commercials. For example, the very creative and imaginative…

37 Hairovations – From Bald to Ultra Hairy (CLUSTER)

(TrendHunter.com) We have a love-hate relationship with hair. Sometimes we want hair, preferably on our heads, but other times, we just want to shave it off, especially in our nether regions. Then again, some say bald is…

Guerrilla Hotel Pillows – “Sleep on Boobs” Wonderbra Campaign (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The ever creative Wonderbra brand went for a humorous, ambient advertising approach with this unusual campaign that was deployed in hotels and beauty parlors in China.

Pillows with graphic images of…

Eat From Republican America’s Plate

I gotta get me one of these Escape Pod specials…

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To order your own limited edition plate, visit Plates4Obama. But act fast, these babies won’t last.

and the contest is over…

With a quorum of 25 people, lasting I randomly chose the winner of a free hosting account + a domain, and it turned out to be commenter #14: kochiz.

He’s already been contacted and he answered the email accepting his award. So congratulations to him and big thanks to everyone who participated.

It’s nice to give away free stuff. I’ll try to do it a bit more often.

Greetings everyone.

Beverages That Clean The Baltic Sea – Plup Water

(TrendHunter.com) Plup Water is spring water from the Anttila well in Lestijärvi, Finland. The Finish company sells each Plup Water bottle for 10 euros, the proceeds going to the Baltic Sea Action Group which helps clean…

Faking Interviews – Jennifer Love Hewitt Denies Us Weekly Story (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Jennifer Love Hewitt received a lot of criticism after appearing in an ‘exclusive’ Us Weekly cover story which detailed her 18 lb weight loss in just ten weeks. I think she deserved each and every bit…

KFC Wants “Hunger” To Be Heard

Tomorrow night the Presidential hopefuls will take questions at a “Town Hall” meeting in Nashville. If someone asks about hunger, KFC will donate 20 large to world hunger relief efforts.

Hunger kills 25,000 people worldwide every day. KFC’s sound-less ad aims to spotlight this important issue which often goes undiscussed.

“Global hunger has reached epic proportions,” KFC President Roger Eaton said. “Starvation kills more people worldwide than war, AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. This issue deserves the national spotlight and we hope someone gives this important issue a voice Tuesday night.”

Touchscreen Jukeboxes – Dual Screen IntelliTunes (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) This revolutionary new digital touchscreen jukebox from IntelliTunes features two LCD screens and wall-mount chassis, so you don’t need to part with any space to accommodate it.

The wall-mounted design…

Solid Red Multimedia Installation – The Scarlet House (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) In Sweden, on a very small island called Stakholmen, sits this hauntingly beautiful scarlet house.

The intense Monopoly Hotel red house has a footbridge connecting it to the shore. Not a plastic mock-up…

‘Jack Flack’ to Blog for New York Times

Self-proclaimed flack Paul Pendergrass is bringing his former Portfolio.com "Jack Flack" blogging persona to The New York Times starting Tuesday with a debut piece he described as an open letter to Henry Paulson.

Wreckage Far and Wide as Dow Tumbles

LOS ANGELES (AdAge.com) — Finally, some happy news: The Dow on Monday fell only 370 points to close at 9,956. The Ad Age/Bloomberg AdMarket 50 tumbled to its lowest intraday low since May 2003 before recovering much of its one-day losses. The wreckage was far and wide, with 28 AdMarket members — major marketer, media and agency stocks — sinking to 52-week lows during the day.

Sunday Night Stays True to Form


MINNEAPOLIS (AdAge.com) — On a day when the Dow drops more than 800 points, only to "rally" to end down 370, it's hard to find any market model that is working according to form. Except, that is, Sunday prime-time programming, where the market for hearts, minds and remote controls is still dominated by the National Football League.

Clothes Made From Your Pet’s Fur – Canine Couture (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) These are not just ordinary portraits of people posing with their pets. Look a little closer and you will see that the owners are wearing clothing that resembles the fur of their dogs. They’re not just…

Hot Ad (Wo)Man Of The Day: Niesha Tweed

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Meet Neisha Tweed.

Agency: Copywriter, Ogilvy & Mather

Key Work: Bank Of America

Little Known Fact: She’s a published poet.

Quote: “I believe that almost any dispute can be settled by best 2 out 3 in Rock, Paper, Scissors.”

She’s got a point.

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Naughty Political Expression – Nailin’ Sarah Palin Movie

(TrendHunter.com) Hustler founder, Larry Flynt, is using the power of porn to express his views on Sarah Palin. Flynt made a porn movie inspired by the vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, although to date no title…

Not All Networks Off to a Bad Fall TV Season


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — CBS, Fox and the CW are off to the best starts in the new fall TV season, according to a new report from Interpublic Group of Cos. media-research agency Magna, and the key to performance this year appears to be the stability of returning series.

£10,000 Pet Voices – Operation Gives Cat’s Meow Back

(TrendHunter.com) A British pet owner spent £10,000 on an operation to give her cat, Cadbury, back its meow which it lost after suffering a rare throat condition.

Vets diagnosed the cat with a paralyzed larynx which left…

Wicked Slow

When we find something we like to do, we want it to last and last and last. That’s the idea behind Minnesota’s new lottery campaign (promoting a longer format game) from Colle+McVoy.