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Oscars challenges Super Bowl as creative adfest

Oscars challenges Super Bowl as creative adfest

By Stephen Foster on February 26, 2013

As my friend Stuart Smith has remarked, events like the Super Bowl and now The Oscars are, arguably, more important showcases for agencies (US ones anyway) than events like Cannes or The One Show. So thanks to the excellent Brandchannel for providing the whole set (or pretty much the whole set, I didn’t actually watch [...]

Posted in Agencies, Clients, Creative, Media, News | Tagged adfest, bbdo india, blackberry messenger, brandchannel, oscars, super bowl

Salma Hayek invites Americans to breakfast

Salma Hayek invites Americans to breakfast

By Angie Dean on February 27, 2012

There’s star quality and real star quality: The Artist has it (and a gaggle of well-deserved Oscars) and so does Actress Salma Hayek. And who better than the well-endowed Hollywood actress to front a new campaign from US milk producers MilkPEP for ‘The Breakfast Project.?’ The trick with celebrities is to let them be (or [...]

Posted in Agencies, Clients, Creative, News | Tagged deutsch, Hollywood, milk campaign, oscars, Salma Hayek, the artist, the breakfast project, us milk producers

Oscar winner Sean Connery's sponsored swig of Suntory's Japanese whisky

Oscar winner Sean Connery’s sponsored swig of Suntory’s Japanese whisky

By Stephen Foster on February 24, 2011

It’s hardly what you expect from the world’s greatest Scotsman is it? But back in 1992 actor Sean Connery featured in this ad for Suntory Crest, made solely for the Japanese market (the commercial, that is). It’s one of 50 ads chosen by Adweek featuring Oscar winners (Connery won a statue for best supporting actor [...]

Posted in Agencies, Clients, Creative, News | Tagged George Clooney, japan, japanese ads, Laurence Olivier, nespresso, oscars, Pentax, Roger Moore, Sean Connery, suntory crest whisky

Audi puts the boot into Mercedes with children's book Super Bowl prequel

Audi puts the boot into Mercedes with children’s book Super Bowl prequel

By Angie Dean on January 18, 2011

It’s that crazy time of year when the big beasts of the film world put on their finery and ready themselves to perform in front of a global audience. No, not the Oscars but the NFL Super Bowl, from Arlington, Texas this year on February 6. Audi and its agency San Francisco-based Venables Bell & [...]

Posted in Agencies, Clients, Creative, Media, News | Tagged arlington, audi, audi a8, children's book, goodnight moon, Jason Statham, Mercedes, nfl, oscars, prequel, super bowl, venables bell & partner

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