For the first time ever the Cannes International Advertising Festival’s Film category has awarded the Grand Prix to two entries: Cadbury’s Gorilla TV commercial, and Microsoft’s Halo 3 web film campaign. The Cadbury Gorilla has been on YouTube for nearly a year. I guess because of the recent win Cadbury is rolling the TVC here […]
Folk at work directed me to the video on the TV3 website of Yulia and Glyn talking about being stalked by Punkas.com. I have previously commented on Yulia’s talents, indirectly via a poll that the ‘wonderful’ people of Stuff ran on “who is hotter – Yulia or Hayley?” Glyn responded to my post, in defence […]
Tame Iti was arrested on ‘terrorism” charges. His bail conditions are relaxed so he can appear in a play based on the Tempest – a play that questions and challenges sovereignty and illegal detention. I think good on him. Perhaps we’ll soon see Osama bin Laden in New Zealand starring in Porgy and Bess. I’d […]
This sums it up…
Following on from my post on April 3, 2008 – here’s another attempt by a big brand to recreate the domino effect, using items other than dominoes. This ad cost US$20 million. The clever clod that made the Smashing Creme Eggs ad probably spent a lot of time, but otherwise in the region of NZ$100. […]
As the comment on the ABC News blog states: “…our children are sexualised so early…” In case you are wondering what the hell I’m going on about, Miley Cyrus, daughter of ‘Achy Breaky Heart‘ singer Billy Ray Cyrus, posed nearly nude for the June issue of Vanity Fair. This flies in the face of her […]