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Alabama Jeweler Is Pretty Sure Your Mom Wants 'ARSE' for Mother's Day Laugh all you want, British people

Looking for a Mother's Day gift with character? Have you considered some nice arse? A friend passed along this head-scratcher of a print ad from a local jeweler in my…

May 3, 2013, 4:14 PM EDT

Disney Film Publicist's Joke Photo With Bloggers Sparks Backlash Personal Facebook post was of 'some of my best friends,' Marshall Weinbaum says

For marketers, blogger outreach can often feel like working in a field of landmines, where one misstep can detonate across the Web. The newest publicist to find himself at the…

April 27, 2013, 10:27 AM EDT

U.K. Journalist Sues His Gym Over 'Sexist' Female-Only Hours Owners say 26% of women hate how they look while exercising

A British copywriter and journalist says he’s suing his local gym for “women-only hours,” intended to help females feel more comfortable while exercising. In a 1,300-word column published in the…

April 20, 2013, 1:17 PM EDT

5 Reasons Why Some Critics Are Hating on Dove's Real Beauty Sketches Video Contrarian views on Ogilvy's creation

Dove's "Real Beauty Sketches" quickly became a viral phenomenon. But as it blazed past 1 million views on YouTube, the video has racked up its fair share of critics, too.…

April 19, 2013, 4:37 PM EDT

Iggy Pop Worried About His Integrity (or Is He?) in Fun Ad for His New Album Major label or indie?

It's nice to see Iggy Pop taking a break from lending his music to cruise lines and starring in car-insurance ads to promote something a bit more relevant: his upcoming…

April 19, 2013, 9:13 AM EDT

A Whole Lotta Pointin' Going On in Band's Crowdsourced Music Video Grab your mouse and hold on

Get ready to have your mind blown. Dutch band Light Light has created one of the most amazing interactive music videos ever, housed on a site called DoNotTouch.org. The site…

April 15, 2013, 12:37 PM EDT

Old Spice Cleans Up With Hilarious Parodies of '80s Soap Ads W+K spots take odd turns

Few brands have mastered the marketing non sequitur quite as well as Old Spice, which just rolled out two new, fascinatingly bizarre ads for its Fiji Bar Soap. Parodying similar…

April 9, 2013, 8:07 AM EDT

Robot Copters Hovering Over London Form Starfleet Logo to Promote Next Star Trek Film Do not fear these drones

Considering how much you hear about drones these days, it's surprising we haven't seen more marketing stunts using remote-controlled hoverbots. But Paramount Pictures pulled off an interesting trick this weekend…

March 25, 2013, 4:28 PM EDT

Adweek's Brand Paternity Test: Who Owns What? Match these 15 products with their parent companies

When you buy anything these days, from apple juice to an Audi A6, chances are good that at least some of your money is going to a parent company that…

March 21, 2013, 9:50 AM EDT

Satanic Furby Parody Ad Only Slightly Weirder Than Other Japanese Ads Fine line between disturbing and horrifying

Sure, Japanese ads are crazy. But they rarely sink (or is that rise?) to the level of satanic-cult-forcing-Furbies-to-cannibalize-themselves crazy. Sadly, the "Creepy Japanese Furby Commercial" below isn't real. It's a…

March 20, 2013, 1:18 PM EDT

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