Amanpour to Anchor a Nightly Show on CNN International

The foreign correspondent will host a nightly program on CNN International, which is retooling its lineup.

Rabbit Silhouette Fashion Crests – Balenciaga S/S 2009 (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Balenciaga for Spring Summer 2009: was it future wear or folds of fabric that marked the designer’s showcase pieces? This return to basics, using the fabrics, the colors and the cuts to make a statement,…

Granny Chic for Winter – Lace is Hip for the Holidays (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Seems that many women are conflicted about wearing lace. Is it too traditional? Or is it too old school? Too “straight-laced?” Whichever feelings strike you, it’s irrelevant to modern designers. Lace is…

A Crowd-Pleaser that’s Fun to Sing. Nice Thinking, TAG!

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I don’t think I could properly describe “Lips” even if I wanted to.

Recession Proof Christmas Albums? – The Julianne Hough Holiday Collection (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Julianne Hough’s Christmas album is going to be sold at Target stores this holiday season, arriving at a perfect time to keep the country singer’s career afloat after being eliminated from Dancing With…

A Real Ball Grabber of a URL

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via Exclam Comunicação, Curitiba, Brazil

Words As Accessories – Stannard Inc Jewelry (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Australian jewelry company Stannard Inc has a very unique and interesting line of jewelry. Their Bronze Age line features William the Brave bronze rings, and the very intriguing “Prime Numbers” bracelet. The…

Free Dr. Pepper Fail

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Remember how Dr. Pepper said they’d give everyone a free can of the goodness if Guns N’Roses released their forthcoming album ‘Chinese Democracy’ (which was nearly two decades in them making) in 2008? Yeah, well, that’s not going so well.

Yesterday the record was released, and people started flooding Dr. Pepper’s Web site (drpepper dot com slash freedrpepper), and it’s basically crashed, completely.

When we attempted to reach the site, we got a ‘Service Unavailable’ error. Hey Code and Theory, how about a blast server? Oh well. The soda maker released a statement earlier today saying that due to massive Web issues, it would honor the free DP offer through 6 p.m. today. This could get messy.

More:Finally Some Good News: Guns N’ Roses Needs an Agency

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Savaged by Zero

This mash-up of Toyota's "Saved by Zero" jingle and "The Ring" captures our current economic horror almost as well as the ad for the Pembroke Pines, Fla. Dodge dealer offering a buy-one-get-one-free deal on Ram trucks.

Movie Themed Holiday Decor – ‘Twilight’ Inspired Christmas Tree (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Teenage girls would go crazy for a Twilight-inspired Christmas tree. I made a visit to Squidoo and found almost all you would need in order to get the squealing started.

You would have to start with…

Edgy Aerobic Ads – American Apparel’s Most Striking Adverts (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Their clothes are awesome and the shop a must-visi,t but the adverts for American Apparel have recently come onto my radar too. Via Trend Hunter of course!

The very 80s inspired, aerobics-style ads include…

Once Again, Men Are the the Doghouse. Courtesy of Facebook Connect

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As only Alisa Leonard-Hansen can, Razorfish’s use of Facebook Connect for JC Penney’s Beware of the Doghouse gets roundly trashed

Banner Up

With ROI ever-looming over CMOs shoulders, Mike Shields at Mediaweek slices and dices the varying discussions happening today on the effectiveness of online banner advertising.

Personally, I believe the problem with leaning too heavily on cost-per-click analysis, is the fact that banners can work for the brand without being clicked. Their presence is still there, being felt, like a print ad in a magazine.

Here’s what some others have to say:

  • Greg March, digital group director at Wieden+Kennedy, says, “Internet ads are small and out of the way. Advertisers want to deliver impact, and I don’t think the impact for these ads is always that strong.”
  • Carrie Frolich, managing director, digital media at MEC Interaction, believes display advertising’s greatest challenge is not the placements themselves—or even faulty brand metrics—but, rather, the medium’s fundamental economic model. “The industry is still focused on impressions as a currency,” she said. “People are not impressions.”
  • Vivek Shah, group digital president at Time Inc., agrees. “We have the ability, more than any other medium, to show who you reach, but we’ve sold placements on Web pages,” he said. “I would like to see a pricing model that is based on audience.”

Speaking of audience-based pricing, we have a pretty nice audience gathered here each day and we’d like to thank Talent Zoo for four years of rock solid display advertising business.

We’d also like to invite more sponsors.

Art Inspired by Sleep – Tory Faris’ Rubber Casting (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Tory Fair gets his best ideas while driving, sleeping, walking, and bathing… not unlike the rest of us. Where this artist is different from you and I is that he integrates his “best idea” surroundings…

Radio Host Has Drug Company Ties

Dr. Frederick K. Goodwin, a psychiatrist, earned income from drug makers that he didn’t report on his show.

Media hopes to benefit from Chancellor’s £20bn package

LONDON – Chancellor Alistair Darling has unveiled a £20bn package of measures aimed at boosting the economy, including a cut in VAT and deferral of planned corporation tax rises.

Bizarre University Mascots – Gaylord The Camel, Geoduck Clam and More (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) You may think that any story that involves a half-baked clam, a camel called Gaylord and Sammy the Slug would be of the adult variety, but you would be wrong.

All of these guys are among the worst college…

Motorola Krave Website Not Krave-Worthy

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A bit kludgy and epilepsy-inducing, DraftFCB is out with a new website for the Motorola Krave ZN4

Goblet of Stella > Legacy, Glory, Pride.

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Two brothers duke it out in a tandem bike competition pour papa in Stella Artois’ “The Race.”

Farm Fresh Promo Gets To The Root

Go to “Help Grow Your Soup” and click on the little red barn. When you do, Campbell Soup Company will put a dollar towards an effort to support the future of American agriculture – the nation’s largest employer.

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The soup maker is partnering with Future Farmers of America and Grammy-nominee Jewel and will donate $250,000 to champion FFA efforts (whether you click or not), which encourage America’s youth to participate in agriculture education programs.

“Campbell has always been committed to delivering the best, most nourishing foods possible. We cherish the relationships we have with American farming families, many of which have lasted for generations, and we fully recognize that our future success is dependent on the people and the places that help grow the quality ingredients that go into our soups,” said Eric Christianson, business director for Campbell’s condensed soups.

Whenever possible, the company sources ingredients from farmers located within 100 miles of its production facilities, enabling it to use fresh ingredients, reduce the environmental impacts of transportation, and
support the economies of local farming communities.