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Just in Time for Super Bowl: 'The Least Interesting Man in the World'

Just in Time for Super Bowl: 'The Least Interesting Man in the World'

Breckenridge Brewery isn't in the Super Bowl but the craft brewer is likely to get folks in Denver talking on Sunday about the latest installments in its "Truth in Beervertising" parody campaign.

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Zing! Chevy Disses Ford in Super Bowl Spot

Zing! Chevy Disses Ford in Super Bowl Spot

In a 60-second apocalyptic-themed Super Bowl spot that will air during the game's first quarter, GM's Chevrolet brand manages to get in a dig at cross-town rival Ford.

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Teleflora's Super Bowl Spot: Give Flowers, Get Laid

Teleflora's Super Bowl Spot: Give Flowers, Get Laid

You know how women have been trying to teach men for decades that a gift or a date is NOT an economic transaction guaranteed to garner bedroom action later that night? Well, Teleflora has missed that message.

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PETA, Anjelica Huston Go After CareerBuilder for Chimp Ad

PETA, Anjelica Huston Go After CareerBuilder for Chimp Ad

Anjelica Huston, writing on behalf of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, has fired off a letter to CareerBuilder CEO Matt Ferguson asking the company to cease use of the great apes in advertising

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See the Spots: Taco Bell Leans on Other Brands in Breakfast Ads

See the Spots: Taco Bell Leans on Other Brands in Breakfast Ads

Johnsonville, Cinnabon and a walk of shame star in the first ads for Taco Bell's breakfast push.

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Audi Super Bowl Spot Casts Car Headlights as Vampire Slayer

Audi Super Bowl Spot Casts Car Headlights as Vampire Slayer

Audi today released its Super Bowl spots from Venables, Bell & Partners, San Francisco. In it, the car's signature headlights kill a bunch of camping vampires.

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Cars.com's Two-Headed Super Bowl Spot

Cars.com's Two-Headed Super Bowl Spot

Cars.com has released the ad it's running during the Super Bowl. It's from DDB, Chicago, and it's a weird one.

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New Fiat Ad: Exported From Naples

New Fiat Ad: Exported From Naples

Vixens in tight black skirts, Jennifer Lopez dancing her way though the Bronx; juxtapose those images with close-ups of jobless youths in one of Italy's most economically depressed cities, Naples. That's the new Fiat ad.

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CareerBuilder Keeps Chimps in Starting Lineup for Super Bowl

CareerBuilder Keeps Chimps in Starting Lineup for Super Bowl

CareerBuilder is doubling down on the chimps. This, despite increasing outcries from animal-rights groups and pledges from other marketers and many ad agencies not to use live apes in advertising.

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Dating Site's Ludicrous Claim: NBC Rejects Plus-Size Women Ad in Super Bowl

Dating Site's Ludicrous Claim: NBC Rejects Plus-Size Women Ad in Super Bowl

These will be the only words I'm devoting to the tired practice of trying to drum up media coverage by claiming a network banned your ad from the Super Bowl.

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Tebow-Mania Not Quite Over Yet: He Could Return This Sunday

Tebow-Mania Not Quite Over Yet: He Could Return This Sunday

Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow's awful 9-for-26 performance in a 45-10 loss to the New England Patriots on Saturday pretty much shut the door on Tebow-Mania for the season. Or did it?

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Bloomberg to Critics of Anti-Obesity Ad: 'Take Your Poison'

Bloomberg to Critics of Anti-Obesity Ad: 'Take Your Poison'

Michael Bloomberg today defended the current crop of anti-obesity ads.

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Ad Age Hopes to Be Top Dog in Puppy Bowl

Ad Age Hopes to Be Top Dog in Puppy Bowl

When we saw the starting lineup for Animal Planet's 2012, our ears perked up. Go, team Baskin!

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Beyonce and Jay-Z's Baby Not so Happy News for Events Company of Same Name

Beyonce and Jay-Z's Baby Not so Happy News for Events Company of Same Name

Beyonce and Jay-Z's decision to name their daughter Blue Ivy came as a huge surprise for another Blue Ivy, one that happens to be a Boston-based events company.

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French Fashion Chain La Redoute Uses Naked Guy in Kids' Clothing Shoot

French Fashion Chain La Redoute Uses Naked Guy in Kids' Clothing Shoot

The French fashion chain's website shocked visitors with an image of a naked man frolicking in the sea in the background of a children's clothing shoot. La Redoute hastily deleted the photo, but it still appears in its latest catalog.

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Build a Better Shopping Cart: A Few Suggestions for Online Retailers

Build a Better Shopping Cart: A Few Suggestions for Online Retailers

Profanity and internet-expiration dates aside, the poster -- which takes aim at hand-crafted CAPTCHA code, Session Expired pages and annoying surveys -- should be required reading for anyone entering the online retail space.

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Wegmans Agrees to Return Yanked Alec Baldwin Ads to TV

Wegmans Agrees to Return Yanked Alec Baldwin Ads to TV

After pulling Alec Baldwin-starring ads after the actor's "Words with Friends"-American Airlines dustup, supermarket chain Wegmans apparently thinks it made a mistake in yanking the spots in the first place.

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We Didn't Name Rihanna's Armani Ad the Sexiest of the Year, Did We?

We Didn't Name Rihanna's Armani Ad the Sexiest of the Year, Did We?

Ad Age is getting lots of attention for running an ad-world poll that crowned Rihanna's campaign for Armani the sexiest ads of 2011. So how come nobody's linking back to our supposed report?

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Kohler's Biggest Brand Advocate Is a 4-Year-Old Boy

Kohler's Biggest Brand Advocate Is a 4-Year-Old Boy

Though just 4 years old, Dustin Kruse has exhibited a preference for Kohler's finest porcelain thrones.

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All You Want for Christmas Is ... Tires

All You Want for Christmas Is ... Tires

In a survey that admittedly reeks of self-promotion, the company reports that it found that 84% of more than a thousand randomly selected participants said they'd like a set of new tires for the holidays.

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