By Stuart Smith on October 25, 2012
No surprise that the Advertising Standards Authority has banned another beauty ad – this time Black Swan Actress Natalie Portman modelling Christian Dior’s mascara, on account of her eyelashes being airbrushed to artificial perfection. Much more interesting is the fact that the complainant is not some earnest advocate of “real beauty” and, er, truth in [...]
Posted in Clients, Creative, News, PR | Tagged ad ban, asa, Cheryl Cole, dior, L'Oreal, Natalie Portman ad, Rachel weisz
By Stephen Foster on May 31, 2011
The X Factor off stage is much more entertaining than on it, unless you’re an ITV executive wondering if your prize ratings winner is going to implode. Which is probably what ITV programme boss Peter Fincham is worrying about this morning as the UK’s biggest terrestrial broadcaster has had to rush out a Tweet (an [...]
Posted in Media, News | Tagged American Idol, black eyed pea, channel 5, Cheryl Cole, destiny's child, fox, Gary Barlow, itv, Louis Walsh, n-dubz, Paula Abdul, Peter Fincham, programme boss, ratings, richard desmond, Simon Cowell, sky, Will.I.Am, X-Factor
By Stephen Foster on May 26, 2011
We’ve noted before here that the Simon Cowell talent show formula is running out of gas and now the much-hyped US version of the X Factor, sponsored by PepsiCo, has hit its first hiccup with Brit Celeb Cheryl Cole being replaced by Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger. Apparently Fox execs weren’t convinced that anyone in the [...]
Posted in Clients, Media, News | Tagged Cheryl Cole, fox, Nicole Scherzinger, PepsiCo, pussycat doll, Simon Cowell, us, X-Factor
By Stephen Foster on March 14, 2011
The US version of Simon Cowell’s phenomenally successful X Factor UK TV talent show, due to debut on Fox in September, is already reported to have taken over £160m in sponsor commitments, led by Pepsi. Which is all rather worrying for ITV CEO Adam Crozier and his team of new brooms at the UK broadcaster. [...]
Posted in Clients, Media, News | Tagged Adam Crozier, bskyb, Cheryl Cole, fox, itv, news corporation, Pepsi, Simon Cowell, X-Factor
By Stephen Foster on October 29, 2010
Cheryl Cole is a singer who became famous with Girls Aloud (then in her maiden guise as Cheryl Tweedy), became a solo artist, a judge on the X-Factor and who married England footballer Ashley Cole (they’ve just divorced). And she seems, at 27, to be just about the most famous person on the planet. Last [...]
Posted in Media, News | Tagged Ashley Cole, Cheryl Cole, John Terry, Piers Morgan
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