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Even Home Intruders Get the Girl in Campaign for Axe's New Hair Products Quite the first impression

'Tis the season for male-grooming brand extensions. Old Spice introduced its shaving gel last week. And now, Axe has updated its range of hair products for men. It's advertising them…

May 20, 2013, 12:55 PM EDT

Oily Bohunk Josh Button Makes Landfall in Ad for Diet Dr Pepper Yet another one-of-a-kind

Damn you, hot hunks of advertising! Damn you to hot, hunky hell! Your Grecian glutes mock me as I polish off another nacho platter, and your six-pack abs shame me…

May 20, 2013, 12:10 PM EDT

PETA's Incredibly Lifelike CGI Ape Begs You Never to Use Real Ones in Ads Again BBDO, The Mill, Adrien Brody deliver stunning spot

IDEA: PETA's new ad manages an uncanny trick. It frames a harrowing problem, and at the same time literally embodies the solution. The problem is the use of chimpanzees and other…

May 20, 2013, 7:02 AM EDT

Goodby, Silverstein Brings the Funny for YouTube's First-Ever Comedy Week Ads and masthead hype Sunday's kickoff

To hype its inaugural Comedy Week, which begins Sunday night at 8 p.m. ET, YouTube turned to an ad agency known for generating its share of laughs: Goodby, Silverstein &…

May 18, 2013, 1:16 PM EDT

Better Eyewear Means Fewer Dead Cats, Says Amusing Specsavers Ad Look closer

The best performance by a cat in a TV commercial this week goes to the fluffy mess in this new British spot for eyewear maker Specsavers. Not that the veterinarian…

May 17, 2013, 3:53 PM EDT

British Advertising Hits New Low With Commercial Starring Talking Butt Crack Seriously?

What a week it's been. As Friday draws to a close, I see your defecating man in the exercise video and your threesome-inducing Sexual Chocolate wine, and I raise you…

May 17, 2013, 3:21 PM EDT

Dumb Ways to Die Is Now a Video Game for the iPhone and iPad McCann Australia extends beloved train-safety ad

There are now even more "Dumb Ways to Die"—and smart ways to live—as McCann Australia has made a video game out of its beloved, superviral train-safety ad from last year.…

May 17, 2013, 2:38 PM EDT

Ad of the Day: Getty Images AlmapBBDO weaves 105 video clips into one beautiful story in this sequel to its beloved photo montage

Creating evocative narratives using the vast archives of Getty Images is becoming AlmapBBDO's stock in trade. Getty's stock video footage provides the raw material for the Brazilian agency's new "85 Seconds"…

May 16, 2013, 11:15 AM EDT

How Your Depraved Facebook Posts Would Get You Tortured in Other Countries Amnesty app puts your freedom in perspective

How often would your Facebook activity get you beaten, tortured or beheaded in the world's most repressive countries? A lot more often than you'd think. Amnesty International of New Zealand…

May 16, 2013, 9:25 AM EDT

Partners & Spade Helps Brands While Creating Its Own Creative studio for fashion and film

Specs Who Co-founders and co-creative directors Anthony Sperduti (l.) and Andy Spade What Creative studio Where New York offices When Andy Spade teamed up with Anthony Sperduti, a former colleague at Kirshenbaum Bond &…

May 16, 2013, 6:41 AM EDT

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