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Happy New Year! Hope everyone enjoyed the holiday break and here’s wishing everyone an amazing 2019. Have a McDonalds New Zealand ad that gets into the spirit of things… in a hilarious fashion. Via the NZ Herald: Unconventional sleeping arrangements, beady eyes and slow movements come together in a new New Zealand-produced McDonald’s ad that […]
They Shall Not Grow Old is a remarkable documentary by Peter Jackson, remastering and recolouring archival WWI footage overlaid with old interviews. Via the New York Times: As the director of elaborate fantasy epics like the “Lord of the Rings” and “Hobbit” trilogies, Peter Jackson has become known for meticulous attention to detail. Now he […]
This beautiful video is a 2018 film supercut consisting of tons of trailers of films from this year spliced together. Includes Into the Spiderverse! Via Gizmodo: There’s no denying 2018 gave us a lot of great films—but it was also about teasing those great films. In a world where promoting a movie can be almost […]
Why advertisers are tracking your emojis: part of the continuous media engine hell bent on knowing absolutely everything about you, we’re guessing. Via the Daily Mail: As if tracking the websites you visit, your location and Google searches wasn’t enough, now brands may be looking at your emojis to serve up the next advertisement you […]
White Ops, cybersecurity company that protects against ad fraud and other forms of automated threats has a new and important PSA out about ad fraud. More about 3ve and Methbot, via the Verge: The Department of Justice has unsealed indictments against eight people who allegedly ran the infamous online advertising scams 3ve and Methbot. The […]
Why do Women’s Pockets Suck? They’re either too small, or entirely decorative, or are placed in an inconvenient location on the clothes. Via Mic: People have a lot of feelings when it comes to pockets. In short: They are great only when you have them and only when they are large enough to stuff anything […]
Payless created a prank store called Palessi along with fashion influencers in order to prove a point about the fashion industry. Via Wharton: An elaborate advertising prank by discount retailer Payless ShoeSource is raising eyebrows and important questions about the ability of marketers to manipulate consumer behavior. The ruse took place in a mall near […]
Avengers 4 Endgame has released a trailer for its upcoming film in 2019, catching people up to everything that has happened so far. Via News.com.au: In the relatively short history of trailer drops, has there been a trailer drop as feverishly anticipated as this trailer drop? Let’s all say it together again: trailer drop. Specifically, […]
Burger King trolled McDonalds with its Whopper Detour — after going viral, the Burger King app was downloaded over a million times. Via Adweek: Sometimes, trolling pays. Burger King got national attention this week for offering 1-cent Whoppers to those who drove up to a McDonald’s location (and then, presumably, drove away to redeem their […]
Pedro Pascal has teamed up with Happy Socks to showcase their socks (and underwear line…?) in a retro dance video within a diner. Via Forbes: What better way to go into the 2018 holiday season than with a video made to lift anybody’s spirits? Happy Socks, the famed Swedish sock label known for its quirky […]