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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

Burt's Bees Gets Nature to Sing in Earth Day Ad Diego Stocco's organic orchestra

That coconut has a great beat, and I can really dance to it. And those almonds are in a groove. Is that dubstep? For several years, Burt's Bees has used…

April 20 2012

Is There More to This 'Avengers' Teaser Than Meets the Eye? Robert Downey Jr. chats with Nathan Fillion

When is a fun little teaser something more? When it's Robert Downey Jr. and Nathan Fillion cross-promoting the upcoming Marvel superhero flick The Avengers and ABC's cop drama Castle. Why…

April 20 2012

Bethenny Frankel Tries to Bring 'Real Women' to Skinnygirl Does she really deserve a pat on the back?

There's truth—real authenticity—in this advertising. At least, that's the promise behind campaigns like the one for just-launched Skinnygirl Smoothers n' Shapers, a line of Spanx-like underthings from ubiquitous loudmouth and…

April 12 2012

Kate Upton Does Her Most Insipid Ad Yet, for DirecTV Like her bikini, there's very little to it

Sports Illustrated cover girl and suddenly ubiquitous ad star Kate Upton has a new commercial, this time for DirecTV. And like the spots that have come before it, this one…

April 05 2012

Vintage Ads All the Rage as 'Mad Men' Fever Peaks Fun '60s set from 'Reminisce' magazine

Newsweek isn't the only magazine coat-tailing it on the long-awaited and much-hyped return this Sunday of AMC's hit drama Mad Men. A magazine called Reminisce is, too. And I'm OK…

March 22 2012

Will Ferrell Pitches 'Casa de mi Padre' by Doing Interviews Only in Spanish Jimmy Kimmel plays along

Has Will Ferrell gone Method on us? Nah. He's just marketing his latest flick, Casa de mi Padre, by doing interviews entirely in Spanish on English-language TV talk shows. It's…

March 15 2012

Kate Upton Attracts World's Nastiest Creatures in New Ad Foul-mouthed cockroach spot from Zoo York

Last we saw supermodel and Sports Illustrated cover girl Kate Upton, she was wolfing down a 740-calorie Carl's Jr. burger packed with jalapeño peppers and 47 grams of fat. Ha!…

March 15 2012

Old Brands, New Faces With a galaxy of media projects and ad deals, stars like Sofia Vergara are marketing's new mainstream

Take a look at Sofia Vergara. Go ahead—everybody else is. The Colombian bombshell is hard to miss these days: striking a pose on newsstands (Cosmopolitan, Shape), selling her fashion line at…

March 12 2012

Bloody Parking-Lot Crime Scene: A Wrangler Production? 'Found footage' sure has a lot of jeans in it

No one falls for the "homemade" video anymore. Most of us see a shaky handheld clip or a piece of "found footage" online and immediately ask which movie or brand…

March 02 2012

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