Cheater Video is Actually Boat Promotion. Who Knew?

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“Cheaters” depicts a guy destroying the car and motor home of his cheating wife’s beau — using a boat suspended from a crane.

Please Let This Be the Last Time We Have to Define ‘Viral’

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This is not a viral. Viral is a result.

The Foot Fetish Folks are Gonna LOVE This.

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Shoe firm TerraPlana has this new technology called Vivo Barefoot, which gives shoes the power to stimulate your sensory perception “every time you touch the ground.”

Seedy Chip Wants to Sell You an SUV.

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The car salesman-cum-lounge-singer is the personification of class.

Ben Jerry’s Sniffs Denmark for Fresh Taste Sensation. Comes Up Short.

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In the latest episode of “The Scoop,” Ben & Jerry’s sends its taste experts to Copenhagen to find a new ice cream flavour.

Gawker Media Pimps Itself in Promotional Video

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“This guy, whether we like it or not, is the future.” So says a very angry Friday Night Lights author Buzz Bissinger of Deadspin Editor Will Lietch in a Gawker Media promotional reel released today.

Not Quite Romance, but the Fertility Innuendos Were Rampant!

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Say hello to “Chromance,” a short vid by Superfad for Google’s Chrome browser.

‘Le Sens Propre’ Interprets ‘Brilliant’ with a Fine Hand

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Wed the dreamy, slightly disengaged world of Rene Magritte to the youthful warped whimsy of Alice in Wonderland.

Rule of Thumb: Before Molesting Strangers with Nipple Tassles, Be Famous.

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Berlin agency Aimaq Rapp Stolle promotes HEAD’s new “Speed” racquet with a little extra-extra action from Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic.

Pledge to Succeed, Gov 2.0, Cleveland Deux, Cell Phone Sex Ed

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– The magic that is Cleveland — deux!

Newport Beach Film Festival Goes the ‘Childlike Wonder’ Route

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RPA, a52 and Elastic put together this wee whimsical piece to kick off the 10th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival.

Sexist Pots/Pans Spot Upsets Australians

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We had to laugh when we saw this spot for Madison Avenue Cookware (“The only thing that cooks better … is a woman!”), which uses an old-school sexist tenor to push its shiny pots and pans — the perfect after-hours treat for a tired lady.

ABSOLUT World Replaces Currency with Kindness

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Imagine buying movie tickets with kisses instead of cash, or repaying your local streetside violinist with embraces and not cold change.

eBay “Lifesize”

Agency: CAA, Los Angeles
Executive Creative Director: Jae Goodman
Creative Directors: John Kaplan, Jesse Coulter, Andrew Ault
Agency Producer: Matt Bijarchi
Director: Belen Gayan
Screenwriters: Belen Gayan, Andres Duque
Producers: Allison Kunzman, Rafia Montilla, Toni Moreno
Executive Producers: Patrick Milling Smith, Brian Carmody
Production Company: Smuggler, NY/LA
Editors: Anna Oriol, Gabriela Soria
Cinematographer: Sergi Vilanova
Production Designer: Marta Marrero
Sound: Xevi Masip, Alex Perez
Music: La Crem


Carousel Brings Sharp Clarity to a Moment in Crime

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Philips Cinema brings us the mildly unsettling “Carousel,” where a hospital shootout between the SWAT team and demented clowns is frozen and investigated by a slow-moving camera.

ad:tech SF: Levi’s Blueprint for Storytelling

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“When presented with bold new ideas, people reference what they know more than what they can conceive.”

ad:tech SF: Hashing Out Social Networking’s Impact on Photo Storage

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The stuff that comes out after an interview is sometimes just as good as what you get during.

‘Stayin’ Alive’ Reminds Us that Shoes Make the Man…

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Tiger Woods, Derek Jeter and Roger Federer lend modern swagger to “Stayin’ Alive” — or try to, anyway.

Why Waterboard When You Can Be Fat, Naked and Jovial?

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A little Southern soda called Cheerwine breaks the bank wide open on interrogation tactics in the US of A.

Samsung Omnia HD Disappears, Reappears

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We need your help. Rather, Samsung needs your help.