The best investors are people that can see the big picture based on the little rivulets of action that trickle into it: hoarding licenses to all sans-serif typefaces, for example, right before Web 2.0 made Helvetica a star.
One of the biggest problems with anti-drug efforts is that they’re condescending, over-exaggerated or hopelessly bizarre: utterly out of touch with the sensibilities of reasonable people.
As the economy struggles out of the hinterlands of recession and Just General Suckiness, Volkwagen takes advantage of the French’s irresistible inclination to remind the world it knew better all along.
Boy do we have a spot for you.
The YMCA is the place to be. You’ll get a burn, you’ll make really awesome platonic friends, and sometimes clowns work out there. Maybe.
Heh. To promote the “extra strong” qualities of Alrin nasal spray, Young & Rubicam/Tel Aviv totally nailed it: “Umbrella” and “Newspaper” demonstrate what happens when your nasal passages get too liberated too quickly.
Because really, three cyclopses and a wheelbarrow of cash should be all it takes to convince you H&R Block is the tax refund brand of choice.
Madonna won a court order that allowed her to relocate her two sons, Rocco and David Banda to New York. Though it was deemed by many as temporary, it is likely that the setup will become permanent later on. Estranged husband Guy Ritchie was shocked on the ruling and merely resigned from the announcement.
The former couple divorced in November after a summer of rumors. Guy is currently filming “Sherlock Holmes” with Robert Downey Jr., while Madonna recently announced an extension of her top-grossing “Sticky & Sweet” tour to begin, coincidentally, in London on July 4.
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Hoping to win new ears for high culture, the English National Opera and Sky Arts enlisted three well-known directors to jazz up some arias.
Denny’s promises to “bring dignity back to breakfast” in this teaser for “Thugs,” a :30 spot slated to run in the Super Bowl’s third quarter.
Remember Clearification, that neurotic but sometimes-funny Vista effort featuring Demetri Martin?
Think adopting a Russian teenager is hard? Try taking home a shy yet obstinate pet.
For client O2, VCCP/Berlin directed “Curiosity,” a patchwork of scenarios in which curiosity might get the better of you: is the bench with the “wet paint” sign still wet?
As demonstrated in Lost in Translation and Marie Antoinette, Sofia Coppola is really good at making pretty productions unfettered by hairy, complicated narratives.
The United Kingdom’s got this really anal government body called the Advertising Standards Authority.
Kate Winslet who has long been quiet since her fantastic role in Titanic ages ago is back in the spotlight. This time, she grabs the Golden Globe Best Dramatic Actress Award for “Revolutionary Road” and Supporting Actress for “The Reader”.
“Revolutionary Road” was directed by Winslet’s husband, Sam Mendes, and reunited her with her “Titanic” co-star Leonardo DiCaprio.
To DiCaprio, Winslet gushed: “I’ve loved you for 13 years and your performance in this film is nothing short of spectacular.” To Mendes, she added: “Thank you for directing this film, babe, and thank you for killing us every single day and really enjoying us actually being in such horrific pain.”
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The ad industry’s favorite 1960s era sex/booze/flannel-suit drama MadMen (thanks AMC!) returns this summer, promises some guy associated with the show.
That guy, network EVP/GM Charlie Collier, assures us that despite some kind of contract tiff between show creator Matthew Weiner and Lionsgate TV will be resolved, and as long as they can wrangle the writers to get going in the next few months everything will be fine, just fine.
Hmm, well that actually sounds really really quaky and not at all for sure but thanks for trying, Mr. Collier. I swear to gawd if I can’t watch my MadMen I’ll walk straight to California and start yelling. Yelp. That threat feels as empty as the likelihood that Weiner will suck it up and resign. Sad Friday people.
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“Purple is the new black,” proclaims a PR guy in an emailed preamble about his love of grape juice, which has been “much maligned as a sugary kids’ drink that can’t be natural (what could possibly be that purple, right?).”
To promote a marathon of The Discovery Channel’s top shows, CA Square put together “Best of Discovery,” a montage of clips where men get slapped, crocs are wraastled bare-handed, bugs get eaten live, and things are inevitably blown up.
In the video to your left, two cast members from TNT’s upcoming show, ‘Trust Me’ give a tour of the faux agency (Rothman, Greene & Moore in Chicago) that acts as they central scene point in the program. Set to air January 26, we thought taking a look at this behind-the-scenes video would give us a better idea of whether or not we should watch.
Generally speaking, Rothman, Greene & Moore ain’t no JWT NY, but as tour guide/cast member Geoffrey Arend
Trust Me is no MadMen, but we’re confident that since the creators at least got the vibe down, it’ll be worth a watch. Just look at the flannel shirt Arend is wearing — right now at this very moment no less than half of the advertising world that’s under 30 is wearing a flannel shirt, so that’s pretty spot on of Arend.
And in case you’re not sure who’s in this thing, you’ve got Will (Eric McCormack) from Will and Grace and Ed (Tom Cavanagh) from…Ed.
What we didn’t hear about was whether or not the part of a mysterious anonymous blogger would be written in, or that of a cantankerous old adman whose role is to slam the very industry that pays for his bread and whiskey. Here’s hoping. God help us ’em the mainstream trades make an appearance — then we’ll know without a doubt that the show is a dud.
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