View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | Events | Sports Adidas, Dwight Howard Go One-on-One with Manila for ‘Signature Shots’ By Jordan Teicher on Nov. 1, 2013 - 1:19 PM After all of the recent Derrick Rose Basketball is Everything TV play, let’s not forget that Adidas’ slim basketball holdings do include the mercurial superstar-child, Dwight Howard. TBWA\Singapore and Dwight teamed fo ...
View Post Ad Biz Thursday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on Jun. 27, 2013 - 4:15 PM -Are the agencies themselves to blame for the “job-hopping epidemic?” link -Conversation founder and The Pitch alum Frank O’Brien has a few words of advice for this season’s crop on the AMC show. link -Seem ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | Op-Eds Kevin Durant Seduced By Villain’s Role By Jordan Teicher on Feb. 22, 2013 - 8:37 AM Kevin Durant used to be nice, but not anymore. At some point this season, the second-best player in the NBA stopped being the silent choirboy fans respected, and Nike and Wieden+Kennedy anticipated the change for their recent “K ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | People What Happens When Some of the NBA’s Best Celebrate the Holidays? By Kiran Aditham on Nov. 21, 2012 - 2:02 PM As part of Goodby Silverstein & Partners’ ongoing “BIG” work for the NBA, we leave your this Turkey Day with this double-dribble-galore tune brought to you by Dwyane Wade, Dwight Howard, Carmelo Anthony and R ...
Brands | Campaigns | Digital | TV Adidas Unleashes Doll-Sized D-Rose, Dwight Howard on Shanghai By Bob Marshall on Jun. 14, 2012 - 3:15 PM China: A distant land where Derrick Rose can still walk and Dwight Howard plays with a smile on his face. In a new Adidas spot for the Chinese market, TWBA Shanghai and production company Six Toes Shanghai release dolls of the Bul ...
Ad Biz | Campaigns | People Hill & Worthington: Your New ‘Call of Duty’ Action Heroes By Kiran Aditham on Nov. 7, 2011 - 8:53 AM Three months after snagging Call of Duty duties from TBWA\Chiat\Day LA, 72andSunny has rolled out its new work for the Activision franchise, which from the looks of it, doesn’t drift too far from the gonzo, celebrity-driven ...
Brands | Campaigns | People The Bulls’ Greatest Star Since Jordan Shows Off for Adidas By Kiran Aditham on Sep. 29, 2011 - 2:24 PM Now that he’s shared the spotlight with fellow pro hoopster Dwight Howard, Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose is ready for his own moment in the sun in a campaign from 180LA and Imperial Woodpecker co-founder/director Stacy Wal ...
Agencies | People Deutsch Adds Yet More Creatives…This Time Going Back to Cali By Kiran Aditham on Jul. 19, 2011 - 2:46 PM What would a week be without another Deutsch creative hire announce? The agency has now brought on more creatives in its Los Angeles office to work on the Volkswagen account (are they building some sort of mothership with the biz? ...
Campaigns Dwight Howard, Derrick Rose Get Animated for Adidas By Bob Marshall on Feb. 14, 2011 - 4:42 PM My, how the 180 LA’s “Fast Don’t Lie” campaign for Adidas has grown since the days when we were just getting acquainted to Slim Chin, his Benjamin pile and his pet cheetah. This time around, Adidas is losin ...
Ad Biz Thursday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on Dec. 2, 2010 - 4:15 PM -Skippable YouTube ads go live! link -Disney puts its media buying/planning account, which has been handled by Starcom since 2001, into play. link -NBA star Dwight Howard plays NBA Jam with random passersby in NYC. How’s tha ...