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Breaking Bad’s Walter White is returning to the small-screen. On Wednesday, actor Bryan Cranston shared a sneak peek at his upcoming commercial for Frito-Lay’s PopCorners. The post showed the Emmy-winner standing against a desert backdrop, while donning his iconic Heisenberg black hat and holding a bag of the salty popcorn snack. The brand teased the ad late last month, when it […]
Premium fitness chain Equinox pulled a stunt on Sunday announcing it would not accept new members on Jan. 1, 2023. “January is a language we don’t understand,” read a post from Equinox. “A fantasy, delivered to your door in a pastel colored box. It talks about change. It wants you to start something when you should be […]
Popular pasta brand Barilla is facing a class-action lawsuit over alleged false advertising. A federal judge in the United States District Court of the Northern District of California on Monday denied Barilla’s attempt to throw out the case, which means the lawsuit would move forward. Two California residents, Jessica Prost of Los Angeles and Matthew Sinatro […]
It appears Arby’s received a decent boost in the fast-food wars. And it’s thanks in large part to Pusha-T. On Tuesday, business analyst Darren Rovell, citing Apex Marketing, reported King Push’s “Spicy Fish Diss Track” netted the roast beef giant more than $8 million equivalent in advertising exposure. The estimate was shared just a day after the record’s premiere. […]
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Gary Chambers of Louisiana is advocating for the legalization of marijuana. In a new campaign ad titled “37 Seconds,” Chambers, a 36-year-old progressive community activist from Baton Rouge, LA, is seen smoking a blunt in a leather chair in the middle of a field while listing statistics about marijuana incarceration rates and how Black […]
The holidays are over and it’s officially two days too late to be wishing people a “happy New Year,” but that hasn’t stopped beer brand Pabst Blue Ribbon from starting 2022 on the wildest note possible by letting a NSFW tweet fly right out the gate. The company was promoting their already somewhat problematic “Wet January” […]
Matt Damon is getting roasted on social media for appearing in a cringeworthy Crypto.com ad. Many people found the TV spot, which ran during Sunday’s slate of NFL games and has recently screened in cinemas, to be obnoxious. Which is understandable considering it suggests that people who buy cryptocurrency can enter the world inhabited by historical game-changers such […]
European lawmakers are cracking down on modified social media photos. According to Vice, the Norwegian government has passed new regulations that require users to label content that has been retouched. The law, which was passed last month as an amendment to the country’s Marketing Act, only concerns advertisers and influencers who receive some kind of payment in […]
Electronic cigarette company Juul has agreed to pay the state of North Carolina $40 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged the company targeted young people in its marketing. The New York Times reports that North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein announced the settlement on Monday. The company has continued to deny that it targeted young people, leading […]
Ari Fletcher announced Thursday she would appear in the May issue of British Vogue. And, of course, the haters immediately tried to ruin her proud moment. “Really at a lost for words! Ari for VOGUE @britishvogue 😩🔥 So thankful,” she wrote on Instagram. “… The official release is April and I just found out today that I’ll be in […]
