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Tuesday, August 26
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In response to yesterday's post about the anti-gay marriage yard sign campaign in California, I got an email from the folks at Austin-based Build A Sign who are giving away 100,000 self-customized yard signs to people who want to get involved...
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Thursday, August 21
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Earlier this week we posted a behind-the-scenes look of James Franco's Gucci cologne commercial. Well, here's the finished product. It's as ridiculous and airy as every other fragrance advert ever. But Franco's cute! Permalink...
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Wednesday, August 20
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Eeks! We were disgusted by Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble hocking Winston cigarettes, but we're straight up horrified by this early McDonald's commercial, which features the Today Show's Willard Scott playing the original Ronald...
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Friday, August 15
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Photographer Ryan McGinley's new campaign for Wrangler is raising some eyebrows for its depictions of models as (hunted) wildlife. Imho they're spooky and strange in a good way. They're only for Europe though. America will likely get...
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Wednesday, August 13
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Some of you may have seen ads for the Obama smear book popping up on our site, and several people have emailed me. We've been trying to kill them, but unfortunately it's a bit difficult. Apologies. Read more...
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Thursday, August 07
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Mr. T defended himself and the homophobic speedwalker ad that Snicker's pulled on The O'Reilly Factor Wednesday night: "To whom it may concern. Let my record speak for me. I am not homophobic. I am not a gay basher. I... Read more....
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Thursday, August 07
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Ilene Chaiken’s one clever lesbian! The L-Word writer and creator convinced Showtime, which doesn’t air commercials, to let her write products into the lady drama’s storylines. And the move may bring in serious bank:
Those with...
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Wednesday, August 06
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The campaign ads wars continue with yet another John McCain ad smearing Barack Obama as a celebrity. Asks the female narrator, “Is the biggest celebrity in the world ready to help your family?” And, no, Paris Hilton doesn’t make...
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Tuesday, August 05
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John McCain’s ad team doesn’t waste any time. Just one day after rival Barack Obama released an ad linking him to oil loving President Bush, the Republican’s campaign released an ad, “Broken,” depicting the 72-year...
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Tuesday, August 05
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Boy, this is the scandal that won’t die! Recently released emails reveal that South Carolina’s Tourism honcho, Chad Prosser, explicitly requested the controversial “So Gay” adverts stay up in London. Once the scandal broke...
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Monday, August 04
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These shots are for a new Olympic advertising campaign in the U.K. from Powerade, the sports drink owned by the Coca-Cola Company.
CONTINUED » Read more...
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Monday, August 04
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THE ONE: McCain's fourth consecutive Obama attack ad sarcastically paints his opponent as a quasi-religious figure. POCKET: New Obama ad on McCain's relationship with the oil companies. PAUSE: McCain lies about his support for MLK Jr. Day...
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Monday, August 04
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Finally - some closure in South Carolina’s “So Gay” advert scandal. Thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, we all now have an inside view as to what went down after the State’s tourism officials first heard of the controversial...
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Sunday, August 03
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The ad from for-straights-only online dating service eHarmony isn’t what’s worth watching here. It’s that eHarmony’s spot is directly behind a spot for Sprint’s new Instinct phone that’s filled with lesbian overtones...
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Thursday, July 31
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The Obama campaign has released a response to the negative attack ad featuring Britney Spears and Paris Hilton that John McCain began running yesterday. Watch it, AFTER THE JUMP (along with a look at who's really like Britney Spears...) Read...
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Wednesday, July 30
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Barack Obama and his campaign team wasted no time hitting back at rival John McCain, who today released an add attacking Obama’s international popularity. In this Obama advert - entitled “The Low Road” - McCain’s painted...
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Wednesday, July 30
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BIAS?: Campbell Brown and Erica Hill mock impeachment hearings as Kabuki Theatre. FOPPISH: Bill O'Reilly and Wayne Besen discuss the Snickers ad that was recently pulled. (via shakesville) JUDE LAW: His first TV ad for Dior Homme Sport. ACROPHOBIC...
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Monday, July 28
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Nike is pulling "specific executions" from its Hyperdunk campaign after concerns were raised last week that the ads were homophobic. Via ESPN: "Nike is strongly opposed to discrimination of any kind and has a long history of supporting...
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Monday, July 28
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Nike’s done good. The athletics company received queer jeers last week after unveiling the ad above, which many took as a slight to the gays - and, possibly, Larry Craig. Fearing a lavender backlash, Nike has now decided to yank the ads: Read...
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Friday, July 25
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Meaningful Distractions notes (via jockohomo) that the poster the Obama campaign used to publicize his speech yesterday in Berlin pays tribute to the German Bauhaus movement: "Predictably, once the flyers came out looking 'different'...
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Friday, July 25
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Following discussions with the Human Rights Campaign, Mars Inc. has pulled a homophobic Snickers ad in which Mr. T shoots at a swishy jogger with a Gatling gun, ordering him to "run like a real man!" and "Get some nuts!"... Read...
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Thursday, July 24
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HRC press release title: “After Discussions with Human Rights Campaign, Mars Inc. Pulls Controversial Ad.” That would be the instantly infamous flamboyant jogger Snickers ad in which Mister T, of all people, tells him to “Get some...
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Wednesday, July 23
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South Carolina’s “So Gay” ad scandal continues to stink. State tourism officials claim the ad, which they refused to fund, was approved by a “low-level employee.” Advertising agents in the know, however, tell a very...
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Tuesday, July 22
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More homophobic advertising, this time from Nike. This one has been seen on phone booths in Harlem. The ads were created by Wieden + Kennedy studio. You can see more in the series here. None are as overtly homophobic but... Read more...
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Tuesday, July 22
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Some gays are seeing red over this Nike ad. In fact, Gay Recluse says the company has set a new standard for homophobic advertising. Meanwhile, how do you think they shot that shit? Read more...
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Tuesday, July 22
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Jude Law gives his best face in new ads for Dior Homme Sport fragrance, shot by Australian photographer Daniel Askill in the Bahamas in May. Said Askill: "It was hard for me to decide whether to take it on because... Read more...
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Tuesday, July 22
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While we’re on the subject of advertisements, we got a kick out of this one. Read more...
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Tuesday, July 22
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Ad Age critic Bob Garfield has written a scathing open letter to John Wren, the CEO of Omnicom. Garfield was pushed over the edge by the latest Snickers spot from AMV BBDO, London, one of the corporation's ad agencies. Like... Read more...
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Monday, July 21
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Deodorant manufacturer Right Guard has sent a phalanx of 'pitvertisers' out into the London Tube to market its products via these digital screens. Read more...
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Friday, July 18
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As Barack Obama plans a massive trip abroad and touts his foreign policy philosophy, John McCain has released his first attack ad, which attempts to cast doubt on Obama’s commitment to international causes. Read more...
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