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How to Be Unstoppable: Inside the Creative Mind of Mindy Kaling

Convergent TV

Earlier this year, in her well-received Super Bowl ad for Nationwide, Mindy Kaling thought she might be invisible. Hardly. As one of Hollywood's major creative forces, she's never been more [...]


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Pixar Spoofs College Recruitment Ads for Monsters University

Creativity

This is delightful: a campaign by Pixar for its upcoming film Monsters University that spoofs those wonderfully cheesy college-recruitment ads that air during NCAA sporting events.

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Cheesy car-dealer spot slyly pitches ‘Cars 2’

Creativity

This "Sale-A-Bration" spot for Cars 'N Deals of Emeryville is supposedly not an ad for a used-car dealer but a brilliant viral promo for Disney-Pixar's upcoming Cars 2, featuring various [...]

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Aflac’s quacker stars in his 50th commercial

Creativity

If you're an action figure who suffers sadistic abuse from kids, Aflac can keep you from ending up on the Island of Misfit Toys. The new animated spot below, a [...]

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‘Toy Story 3’ bear gets fake ’80s commercial

Creativity

Pixar has made the jarringly accurate fake commercial below, purportedly from 1983, for Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear, one of the toys that appears in the upcoming Toy Story 3. The attention to [...]

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Pixar lamp’s future suddenly not very bright

Creativity

The Pixar lamp faces criminal charges for squashing the "I" to death in this amusing parody of the animation company's well-known intro video. Includes vomiting and a nasty electric-chair scene. [...]