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Ad of the Day: Prada Ben Kingsley and Helena Bonham Carter star in Roman Polanski's wonderful and witty short film

What do you get when you combine a controversial director, a pair of iconic British actors, and a famous Italian fashion house? That question was answered this week at the…

May 24 2012

How Will You Punch Miller Lite's Punch Top Can? Even a telescopic backscratcher could work

Miller Lite's revolutionary Punch Top can, which may completely reinvent the way high schoolers shotgun beers, frankly deserved better than the few desultory Draftfcb ads it got at last month's…

May 24 2012

David Beckham Bends It Like Beethoven in Samsung Ad Kicks out 'Ode to Joy' with soccer balls

I learned two things from this Cheil USA ad for the Samsung Galaxy Note—namely, that Samsung has an Olympic Games ambassador, and that it's David Beckham. Who else would it…

May 24 2012

Getty Images Uses 873 Pictures to Tell One Amazing Story AlmapBBDO's moving montage

Brazilian ad agency AlmapBBDO uses 873 stills, all from the archive of Getty Images, to tell the story of a life in this 60-second film. The pictures—of different people and…

May 24 2012

John Malkovich Finds a New Best Friend, Siri, in Pair of iPhone Ads These two were made for each other

For those of you who were getting a little tired of Zooey Deschanel's iPhone commercial with Siri—you know who you are—here's a breath of fresh air. John Malkovich has stepped…

May 24 2012

Portrait: Coudal Partners This Chicago agency got rid of its clients and went entrepreneurial

Specs Who Top row, l. to r.: Jim Coudal, Matthew Jorgensen, Joe Dawson Jr., Bryan Bedell; bottom, l. to r.: Michele Seiler, Trina Foresman, Steve Delahoyde What Advertising, design and interactive studio Where…

May 24 2012

James Lipton Is Finally a Bravo-lebrity in Network's New Summer Spot Latest seasonal promo has Olympic theme

James Lipton is a national treasure, damn it, but the erudite TV host gets precious little respect—or promotion—from his own network. Until now. Lipton lines up his first cameo in…

May 23 2012

AT&T Serenades Hundreds of Fans in Real Time on Facebook Brand reaches 2 million mark and feels like singing

The new thing on Facebook is brands singing to their Facebook fans. Last month, Kraft Macaroni & Cheese personally thanked 4,632 fans who had "liked" a status update with a…

May 23 2012

Ad of the Day: Cape Cod Potato Chips Flock of Seagulls' songs are always best when sung by actual flocks of seagulls

Full disclosure: I like Cape Cod Potato Chips. I am ambivalent about Flock of Seagulls and mostly like their hair. But I am quite bullish on this new Cape Cod…

May 23 2012

Offerman, Robinson Back for Round 2 of New Era's Cubs-White Sox Campaign What would Nick give for a World Series victory?

NBC sitcom stars Nick Offerman, a Cubs fan, and Craig Robinson, a White Sox fan, return in a second satisfying Brooklyn Brothers spot for sports-cap maker New Era. (See the…

May 23 2012

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