The legend goes that a lot of men have issues in the men's room when somebody is looking at them. To test just how lifelike the new LG IPS 21:9 UltraWide monitor is, LG did a special psycho-physical test in the men's room.
After the amazing success of the LG So Real It's Scary film (with to date an accumulated 20+ million views...) SuperHeroes got the scary task to develop the successor. And here it is! Again under the umbrella of So Real It's Scary, we proudly present STAGE FRIGHT...
The legend goes that a lot of men have issues in the men’s room when somebody is looking at them… So we spend two days in a men's room in the World Fashion Centre in Amsterdam, treating unsuspecting men to a very special challenge. Will they be able to fight their stage fright?
The psycho-physical experiment is demonstrating just how lifelike the image quality of the new IPS 21:9 UltraWide monitors is. So lifelike, it even influences men’s physical abilities. via: SuperHeroes Blog
Credits: Creative Ad Agency: Super Heroes, Amsterdam
Dolce&Gabbana continues to build Italian traditions into own adv campaigns. The cult fashion brand has presented a new series of prints which pick up a rhythm of the previous photo-sets (so, in last year are created posters with the Madonna in an image of the Sicilian housewife, also hot photos of the men, into styles of ancient Roman demigods). This time for advancement of a collection Spring/Summer 2011 brand has decided to remain within the limits of the traditional concept, having emphasized rough hot Italian emotions.
On prints the macho photo-models: Noah Mills, David Gandy, Adam Senn, Tony Ward, Sam Webb, Travis and Sam Whitman play roles as strict fathers, the Italian peasants and fishermen. Photos are literally impregnated by the hot southern sun, salty water, slightly audible smell of man's sweat and a fresh sea breeze. Men really enjoy heavy physical work...
The Real Italian Machos
For Woman's D&G Collections Spring/Summer are selected graceful Izabel Goulart, Isabeli Fontana, Alessandra Ambrosio, and Maryna Linchuck. While their men work under the destructive sun, beautiful women are doing the house duties with not smaller pride, than the queen manages state affairs. Despite external pride and coldness, they a spirit of passions — if they laugh, all around rejoices together with them but if they cry it is the most bitter tears. The charming ladies dressed into elegant dresses, fine underwear and may break any men's heart.
American filmmaker Paul Feig was always the bridesmaid and never the bride when it came to his career. At least that's how he saw it. But at 48-years old he's now the blushing bride. The writer, director and producer's latest film Bridesmaids is a colossal success, having just passed the $130 million mark at the US box office and opening in Australia last week. Feig said he relates to the central character Annie (Kristen Wiig) who's at a slump in her professional and personal life.
``It's the exactly kind of story I do in everything,'' he said.
``This person doesn't know where they belong in the grand scheme of things and that appeals to me because that's how I feel in every single moment of my life, even when things are going right.
``That's how I felt for a lot of my career. I mean, I think I'm making good work and then . . .
``Bridesmaids is the first thing I've had a big part in that's been successful.''
Success is in the eye of the beholder when it comes to Feig. After meeting Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, The 40-Year Old Virgin) when they were both teenagers and doing stand-up together, the pair created Emmy-nominated teen series Freaks and Geeks. It was cancelled before the end of the first season, but not before it launched the careers of its stars James Franco, Seth Rogen, Jason Segel and Linda Cardellini. It also became a cult hit. Feig went on to direct several unsuccessful features such as I Am David and Unaccompanied Minors, before making a considerably more successful return to TV directing Arrested Development, 30 Rock, Mad Men, Weeds and the US version of The Office.
But it was Apatow who coaxed him back to the big screen with a ``fantastic script'' from former Saturday Night Live star Kristen Wiig and her writing partner Annie Mumolo.
``With Bridesmaids, we wanted to tell a very relatable and real story that appealed to both women and men,'' he said.
``It was easy to avoid all the pitfalls of the chick flick genre because it's not how any of us thought.
``Those types of films come from people doing things they think women want to see, which is really condescending.
``We knew we wanted to go R-rated with it and we wanted women to see other women on screen who are just as dirty as they are.''
From suffering food poisoning in a bridal shop to dropping the C-bomb, the ensemble cast of Bridesmaids don't play clean. Feig said he and executive producer Apatow even shot a PG-version of every scene in case the women at test screenings didn't like it.
``But they loved it,'' he said.
The film follows a rag-tag group of Bridesmaids as they're led through the pre-wedding rituals of bachelorette parties, bridal showers and dress fittings. Led by Wiig, Bridemaids also stars Melissa McCarthy, Jon Hamm, Aussies Rose Byrne and Rebel Wilson (Thank God You're Here, Fat Pizza) in her first big Hollywood role. Wilson plays the sister of Annie's weird room mate, Little Britain's Matt Lucas.
``I'm so happy Rebel's in it, I'm such a big fan of hers,'' said Feig.
``The room mates weren't originally in the script but we knew Matt Lucas wanted to do something in the film but we didn't know where or what.
``Then Rebel came in to audition for one of the bridemaids and she was so hilarious, I turned and said to Judd `she looks like Matt's sister.'
``She's such a great improvisational comedienne and it's so exciting to have her in it.''
With Bridemaids a financial and critical success and talk of a sequel, Feig and Apatow are now working on another comedy starring Mad Men's Jon Hamm. Hamm has openly spoken about his appreciation of the skilled and suave Fieg - who's known for wearing a suit to work everyday.
``Other directors are just a bunch of slobs,'' joked Feig, in reference to the director's stereotype of casual dressers.
``I've been doing it for the past 11 years.
``In fact, I went to direct Mad Men and I showed up on the first day and they thought I was there for casting.''
During rush hours many women in Tokyo choose special cars «only for women» to avoid stickings.
Now many men who are afraid of charges in stickings, reflect on creation of special cars «only for men». Ten shareholders of the company «Seibu Holdings», operating capital underground, have submitted the collective demand about creation of cars specially for men.
«There were many cases of palpation, but were as well false charges in palpation from women», — are spoken in an official statement of initiative group. — «Though enough effectual measures against palpation have been accepted, for example, creation of cars «only for women», is accepted any measures against false charges in palpation… In the spirit of gender equality it was not necessary to create «man's cars».
The question of false charges in palpation has received loud publicity after in April of this year the Supreme court has cancelled a verdict of guilty concerning the professor who ostensibly felt the girl in a train in Tokyo. Judges have specified in necessity to show care in such cases when the accuser is a unique source of the information on incident. However the inquiry of shareholders can be rejected, as board of directors "Seibu" opposes this idea.
«The validity consists that we have received very few inquiries from passengers concerning creation of such cars», — is spoken in the board answer. According to police reports, in 2007 on charge in palpation in Tokyo have been detained about 2000 men.
Someone is diagnosed with blood cancer every 20 minutes. For many of these people, a stem cell transplant from a donor on the Anthony Nolan register is their last chance of life. The problem is, not enough men are signing up to the Anthony Nolan register.
Men aged 16-30 are by far the most in demand as stem cell donors, but they make up only 15% of the register. Men are encouraged to sign up today and be the man at www.anthonynolan.org/marchofthemen and share with the hashtag #MarchOfTheMen
Creative Credits: Production company: Spectrecom Films Creative: Danielle Wilmott Creative producer: Clemence Bartram Director: Matt O’Brien Camera: Alex Kerr, Dan Berens Editor: Alex Kerr Audio: Ted Dokov
Hilarious new commercial for Dove Men+Care shows men the potential drawbacks of having great hair. Credits: Ad Agency: Ogilvy & Mather, Brazil Creative Director: Anselmo Ramos and Claudio Lima Copywriter: Hugo Veiga, Fabio Nagano and Alessandra Peixoto Art Director: Diego Machado and Renato Zandona Producer: Fabiano Beraldo Producer: Andrea Consoleto and Juliana Lynch Production Company: Hungry Man, Brazil Director: Carlao Busato Director of Photography: Fernando Oliveira Art Director: Marcos Carvalheiro Production Director: Fernando Fanucchi Editor: Alberto Cardoso Post Production: Atomo VFX Post Production Supervisor: Rodrigo Oliveira Sound Production: LOUD Voice Over: Tiago Vassao
The social advertising created by Malaysian branch DDB International — a part of one of set of social campaigns against violence in South East Asia. Also asks the elementary question «who women for men?».
Identical Sockets
Variants are presented in the form of sockets, each of which is originally signed. Signatures characterize the relation — the "friend", "favorite", "concubine", "partner". Under last where a certain plug is thrust, "vagina" appears. The slogan «How some men treat women».
Ladies please forgive your men, Schneider Beer asks for forgiveness as young men truly know not what they do in this absolutely hilarious new commercial for the Argentinian bottler of forgiveness seeking beer.
Credits: Creative Advertising Agency: Ogilvy & Mather Argentina Client: CCU — Schneider Title: Forgiveness ECD: Javier Mentasti, Maximiliano Maddalena Creative Director: Juan Pablo Carrizo, Patricio Elfi Art Director: Tomás Duhalde, Juan Ignacio Peirano Copywriter: Tomás Duhalde, Guido Freiberg Agency producer: Alejandro Travaglini Production House: Landia Director: Luciano Podcaminsky Creative Assistant: Agustin Carbonere Photography Director: Demian Rodenstein Executive Producer: Claudio Amoedo Post Production: Wolf
Van Gils Our Fragrance, See Me Rise The Real Men ad campaign...apparently real men plow city streets with a bull and almost never shave.
Credits: Brand: Van Gils Advertising Agency: IFB McCANN, Amsterdam, Netherlands Creative Director: Michel de Goede Director: Werner Damen Art Directors: Charlotte Vermeer, Albert Vegers Copywriter: Joost Hammann Strategy: Frans Brand, Micky Geesink, Carlijn Middelweerd Acounts: Eva Taytelbaum, Laura Schilder Producers: Paul Harting, Fanneke Budding D.O.P: Wouter Westendorp Post production: Hectic Electric Music: Eelke Kleijn / Epiqurus Agency Sound: Kees Kroot Soundcircus
A trio of ladies tell us how they like their men groomed in Gillette's poolside cocktail party ad. The commercial features Kate Upton who prefers her men with some chest hair, but never on the back, actress Hannah Simone likes hairless stomachs to emphasize abs, and Genesis Rodriguez prefers no hair at all...good news for Gillette.
It does get a bit more entertaining, if you scan the QR code in the print ad from the campaign, we are delighted that we can read Kate Upton's mind to find out that, and I quote..."very important for a man to groom down there."
The new “Vikings” exhibition at Discovery Times Square is, in a sense, built around something that isn’t there.
The exhibition, which opens on Friday, was organized by the Swedish History Museum in conjunction with MuseumPartners in Austria, and the people behind it really want you to know that during the 350 years (750 to 1100) that Viking culture flourished, horned helmets were never a thing. They have amassed 500 artifacts — some copies; many the genuine article — to make the point.
There’s not a horned helmet among them (unless you count an amusing sight gag as you exit), because no such headpiece has ever come out of an archaeological dig. The ubiquitous headgear often associated with Vikings, we’re told in the exhibition, actually came out of the imagination of an 1876 costume designer staging a Wagner opera. And that’s not the only misperception this exhibition is intent on correcting.
The first thing you see in the introductory film as you enter is a farming scene. Raiding was certainly part of what Vikings did, but it is de-emphasized here — perhaps too much so — in favor of displays that highlight social and religious life and try to give women their due.
Countless fictional portrayals might have left the impression that Viking culture was somehow 90 percent male, wild-haired and sword-wielding, but of course it wasn’t, as the jewelry and many other women’s artifacts here attest. The now-rusted keys on display, we’re told, were often carried by women, because with men frequently on the road, they ran the farm.
A display of swords in the “Vikings” show includes the prized Ulfberht [Credit: Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times]If Viking society wasn’t all male, it probably wasn’t all that wild-haired, either. Both women and men possessed combs, generally made of bone. Tweezers and other grooming tools are also on display. There’s even a bronze “ear spoon,” because apparently Vikings were no fonder of waxy buildup than anyone else.
What’s most interesting about the exhibition, though, is the way it places Vikings within the evolving world. It includes, for instance, a shell found on Gotland, the Swedish island, that came from the waters off distant Cyprus, because one thing Vikings were good at was getting around.
The Gokstad boat [Credit: Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times]“The word ‘viking’ was something that you did, it wasn’t something that you were,” Sophie Nyman, director of exhibitions, marketing and visitor services for the Swedish History Museum, explained during a pre-opening tour. In the original meaning, one went “on a viking” — a journey for trading, raiding or settlement. Only in the 19th century did the word come to mean the people themselves.
From Scandinavia, the Vikings vikinged far and wide, encountering other emerging cultures. The exhibition is organized by themes rather than chronologically, and the cross-cultural pollination is especially clear in a section on religion. Norse gods and Christian symbolism combine on brooches and pendants, tangible evidence of the kind of slow cultural conquest or merging that is harder to dramatize than a plain old military invasion but fascinating to contemplate.
Rune stone reproductions at the “Vikings” exhibition at Discovery Times Square [Credit: Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times]“We think that people were very pragmatic,” said Lena Hejll, senior curator and project manager at the Swedish museum. “They used the gods they needed for different parts of life.”
The ships that made all this roaming possible are well represented. There’s a reproduction of a Viking boat, but just as compelling is a display that speaks to the archaeologist’s frustration: So many materials, including wood, deteriorate in a harsh climate. The display — “We call it the ghost ship,” Ms. Hejll said — consists only of what might be left of a ship at an archaeological dig: the metal hardware that held it together. Dozens of weatherworn rivets and other pieces of ancient hardware dangle from strings, creating the shape of a vessel; only the actual vessel is missing.
A hanging boat sculpture features iron rivets [Credit: Hiroko Masuike/ The New York Times]Ms. Hejll and Ms. Nyman said public interest in the Viking age has been high of late, both in Scandinavia, where a certain nationalist sentiment is associated with Vikings, and elsewhere, as evidenced by the television drama “Vikings,” which returns for its fourth season this month on the History channel. That presumably makes this traveling exhibition attractive for a for-profit museum like Discovery Times Square — it has already made nine other stops, including Chicago and several cities in Canada — as well as giving the show’s creators a chance to expand the public perception of the Viking era.
The exhibition is geared toward a general audience, with several interactive features likely to appeal to children. One especially illuminating one involves shipbuilding. It presents a graphic display of a landscape, then asks you to select what you’d need to build a Viking ship. Rope? Sure — make that choice and all the horses in the landscape lose their tails, because horsetail hair was used for rope. Wood? Of course — make that selection and all the trees disappear. Deforestation, it turns out, was not just an Industrial Age problem. The Viking commitment to a seafaring life was also a commitment to expend a lot of natural resources.
A gilded trefoil brooch, made of bronze [Credit: Hiroko Masuike/ The New York Times]The threat of exhausting environmental resources isn’t the only problem 21st-century inhabitants share with the Vikings of a millennium ago. There are, of course, swords in this wide-ranging exhibition. One display is devoted to the Ulfberht, a particularly prized type of sword inscribed with that moniker — the Gucci bag of medieval blades. And, we’re told, as with Gucci bags, there were imitation Ulfberht swords. The long tradition of street-corner knockoffs is, it seems, considerably longer than most people realize.
The Vikings Exhibition runs from Feb. 5 – Sept. 5, 2016, at Discovery Times Square: 226 West 44th Street, Manhattan, NYC.
Author: Neil Genzlinger | Source: The New York Times [March 02, 2016]
RONA Canada celebrates the return of spring and warmer weather with it's latest TV commercial that features men coming out of hibernation and flocking to their local RONA store. Created by the creative team at Sid Lee who also did one of our favorite ads for RONA, the Olympic Relay.
RONA is heralding the return of warmer weather with the Rona Spring Savings Event. Rona understands that Canadian do-it-yourselfers can't wait to get back outside, so the hardware chain is coming up with a saving event to help all Canadian's get the job done. The Spring Savings Event will last four weeks supported by a campaign that celebrates the migration of renovators big and small back outdoors.
The national campaign created by Sid Lee includes television, billboard, radio, digital and print. The creative taps into a visceral truth that all Canadian renovators experience this time of year. After spending all winter couped up inside, we are instinctively drawn back outside. Being such a universal Canadian experience, renovators across the country should easily identify and see themselves in the humorous executions.
UPDATE: Monday April 15, 2013 Just a quick response to the bombardment of emails we have received regarding RONA only using men in their ads...save it please, one of my personal favorites below.
As London hosts the 30th modern edition of the Olympic Games, Dr Craig Barker from the University's Nicholson Museum and Michelle Kiss, a Year 10 work experience student from William Carey Christian School, evoke the ancient Olympic spirit with a look at the origins of the world's oldest sporting festival that may provide parallels for the next three weeks of competition in London.
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The first Olympic Games took place in 776 BC at Olympia in Greece, a sanctuary site devoted to the Greek god Zeus. The ancient Olympics were held every four years, a tradition that remains today. However, whereas cities around the world compete to host the modern games, ancient-world athletes always competed in Olympia.
Olympia boomed as the games increased in importance — a statue of Zeus was one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world — before the games were eventually abolished by the Roman emperor Theodosius I in 394 AD, supposedly because they were reminiscent of paganism. While there is much talk of the legacy of London 2012, Olympia and its athletic stadium is an important historical and archaeological site.
In 2012, news surfaced that Australia's men's basketball team travelled to London in business class while their female equivalents languished in economy. However, during the first ancient games, gender equality in sport was even worse: women couldn't compete. Competitors were split into two groups, boys (12-18 years) and men (18+ years). Horses were also split into colts and fully grown age groups.
While the composition of the crowds of spectators is less well understood, it's likely that only males and young girls were allowed to watch.
In antiquity, a lit flame was tended throughout the celebration of the Olympics, and the idea of the fire was reintroduced in 1928 in Amsterdam. Every four years the Olympic flame is lit in front of the Temple of Hera then carried by torch to the host city. The torch relay was not an ancient practice and was introduced at the controversial 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Judges were handpicked from people living in Elis, the area surrounding Olympia. The 'Elean Judges' enforced strict rules on the competitors: fines were issued for failing to arrive on time for the training period, cheating and for cowardice.
Events in the ancient Olympics included foot races, discus, jump, javelin, boxing, pentathlon, pankration (a blend of boxing and wrestling) and chariot races. Most events, including the races, discus and javelin, took place in the Stadium of Olympia with other events taking place in the surrounding area.
Before the start of any Olympic Games a truce would be announced, proclaiming that all wars, disputes and death penalties be put on hold until the end of the games. This truce also guaranteed athletes a safe journey to Olympia in the month leading up to the games. The truce was written on a bronze discus and placed in Olympia. The modern International Olympic Committee has revived the tradition of the truce, and all 193 United Nations member states have, for the first time, united to co-sponsor the Olympic Truce Resolution for the 2012 London Olympics.
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the sixth-century BC wrestler Milo of Croton, who was said to have died when he was wedged against a tree during a display of strength gone wrong and subsequently devoured by wolves
Astylos, also of Croton, who competed at Olympic Games between 488 and 480 BC, but was expelled from his home city when he agreed to compete for Syracuse, and so can lay claim to being the first free-agent in sporting history
Roman emperor Nero, who despite being thrown from his chariot in the 10-horse race at the 67 AD games, was still proclaimed the winner on the grounds that he would have won had he been able to complete the race
A sexy new commercial for the 2013 Toyota Auris (aka the Corrolla) that features 19 year old model Stav Strashko, will have men shaking their heads...enjoy.
The spot, entitled 30 seconds of common sense to betrayal is airing in Japan with the tagline: "Not in trend, not casual, not for everyone."
Soon after elections of the American president on the country the wave of propaganda processions of gays and lesbians has swept.
They demanded equality. If to face the truth, they have equality, anybody does not punish them for in what they are engaged in the personal bedrooms, but they have not enough of it, they constantly excite the public, drawing to themselves attention, propagandising the sexual life, imposing the given type of sexual relations all and all.
Impose by means of a megaphone of mass-media. Some weeks all television screens, even rather serious news programs, were shaken with war round the Ms. of America. Well the statement of the Ms. of America was not pleasant to one of gays, he has expressed in this occasion rather cynically, but what for to make around it noise all over the country?
Have pulled together huge forces, put a microphone to lips of stars and inhabitants, millionaires and politicians.
The Ms. of America has decided «to beat out a wedge a wedge»: has declared, that the same sights at marriage at an idol of the country of Barack Obama.
But campaign did not stop, because with arrival of liberals to all double-entry bookkeeping takes place: two we write — one in mind. Officially the president has the wife and children, but informally (because the official press does not discuss this problem) on book shelves there was Larry Sinclair's book «Barack Obama and Larry Sinclair — Cocaine, Sex, Lie and Murder?» About unisex sex of the author with «the future Supreme commander in chief». Why the white House is silent? In his hands the unknown power is concentrated... Probably to the White House it is favourable, that in air hung — "perhaps". After all it too voters.
Meanwhile, Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation — GLAAD with pride has informed on the achievements: «this year after three-year recession number of gays and other representatives of sexual minorities in films more than will double. Programs with heroes LGBT will make 2,6% from all displays of TV in 2009 in comparison with 1,4% in 2005, 1,3% in 2006, and 1,1% in 2007». Active workers of sexual minorities are happy with work of television channels ABC and NBC, but criticise cable networks where the number of their heroes has decreased with 40 to 32, and also channels CBS and Fox.
Owners of the White House throw down a challenge of traditional morals.
According to approximately 2,8% of men and 1,4% of women lesbians or bisexuals are identified as gays. Thanks to huge advertising last years of men of 9,1% and 4,3% of women participated in unisex sexual relations at least once. Why participated without physiological predisposition? Because it is fashionable.
The percent grows thanks to propagation influence. The propagation, the come to power liberals. US State Secretary Hillari Clinton has published an explicit statement on the occasion of a month of gays and the lesbians, founded by her husband in 2000 in which the governmental plans accurately appear: «... I highly appreciate courage and resoluteness of gays, lesbians and the bisexuals, shown by them within last forty years, and I offer our support in that important work, which else it is necessary to execute».
She has noted and State department work: «We are grateful to our employees-lesbians, gays, bisexuals and the transsexuals working in Washington and worldwide».
Proceeding from this extremely frank statement, the government is going to entrust these people any extremely important work, important in universal scale...
Chevy Silverado salutes the hard working American men with the new Strong Anthem ad just in time for July 4th celebrations.
We dedicate the new Silverado anthem, "Strong," to you, the hardworking, honest and dependable men and women that make our truck what it is. Grammy award-nominated Will Hoge lends his voice in a nod to those who are Silverado Strong.
The extended version of the commercial is below after the credits.
Credits: Creative Ad Agency: Commonwealth CCO/ECD: Linus Karlsson ECD: Matt Canzano CD: Rick Dennis CD: Tim Teegarden Chief Production Officer: Brian DiLorenzo EP: Mark Sitley Senior Producer: Adam Davis Exec. Music Producer: Peter Gannon Prod. Co.: Tool of North America Director/DOP: Bob Richardson EP: Brian Latt EP: Danielle Peretz EP: Lindsay Skutch Line Producer: Kathleen Handwerk
The landscape has remained unchanged since the Roman empire. Soft hills where barley and wheat are cultivated like 2.000 years ago surround Djemila, a city on an Algerian plateau built in 96 AD by the Roman army.
Archaeological site in Djemila, Algeria [Credit: ANSA]The settlement, which was inhabited until the 6th century, is one of many archaeological sites in Algeria, which has an unparalleled heritage in Africa. And the continent's largest country now means to exploit it in order to re-launch an international tourism business reduced to almost nothing in the past two decades.
Moreover, all Roman cities are in northern and central Algeria, the safest areas in the country with no major security issues. Djemila hosts a number of important buildings: an amphitheatre from the 2nd century, where performances and music festivals are still held, temples, prisons, altars, an arch dedicated to Caracalla and a magnificent baptistery from the 4th century which is still intact.
On Friday, the Muslim weekly holy day, the site is flooded with local tourists: women wearing the Islamic veil or Maghreb-style face veil, bearded men wearing long kaftans, lots of children observe with admiration and respect the remains of a faraway, ancient civilization and are friendly in welcoming the rare foreign visitors.
Inside the museum where extraordinary mosaics can be found depicting hunting scenes or joyous everyday scenes portraying men and gods, some glance elsewhere but most observe the figures with great attention.
What makes Algeria's archaeological sites extraordinary — from Djemila to Tipaza, Timgad and Tiddis — is the beauty, almost primordial, of the surrounding landscape which is rare in other parts of the Mediterranean.
'From a touristic standpoint, we are still children and need to become adult', Said Boukhelifa, a high official with the Algerian tourism ministry, told ANSAmed. "One thing is certain, we don't want to make mistakes which have been committed elsewhere. We are aiming for a tourism which respects nature, landscapes and our historic culture. This is the challenge we have to start from, after all the years that have been lost."
Just released, the official trailer for Men in Black 3, enjoy the teaser. The Sony Pictures film is set be in theaters May 25, 2012 in 3D. The MIB duo of Agent Jay and Agent Kay are back in action. When the world is threatened by an evil alien, Agent Jay travels back in time to 1969, where he teams up with the younger Agent Kay to stop the evil villain Boris from destroying the world in the future. Emma Thompson will play take-charge MIB operative Agent Oh, who is monitoring a prison breakout.
Directed by: Barry Sonnenfeld Cast: Will Smith as Agents Jay Tommy Lee Jones as Agent Kay Josh Brolin as Young Agent K Jemaine Clement as Boris (villian) Rip Torn as Zed Emma Thompson as Agent Oh
Emily Hodgson and Emilie Riis, the duo currently lobbying Nike to make its coolest men’s trainers available in women’s sizes, have been invited by Reebok to collaborate on its women’s trainers.
Hodgson and Riis (who work together at ad agency 18 Feet & Rising) launched a campaign last month to shake up the predominantly pink and girly women’s trainers market under the name Purple Unicorn Planet (PUP), with a website disguised as a fantasy trainer shop at www.purpleunicornplanet.com
Following the vast amount of press coverage and support PUP received since launch, sportswear giant Reebok got in touch to ask the two Emilies to collaborate with its team.
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Nike lobbyists to work with Reebok to shake up the women’s trainers market
15.08.13: Emily Hodgson and Emilie Riis, the duo currently lobbying Nike to make its coolest men’s trainers available in women’s sizes, have been invited by Reebok to collaborate on its women’s trainers.
Hodgson and Riis launched a campaign last month to shake up the predominantly pink and girly women’s trainers market under the name Purple Unicorn Planet (PUP), with a website disguised as a fantasy trainer shop at www.purpleunicornplanet.com
The pair, who work together at ad agency 18 Feet & Rising, sent a letter to Nike with their requests. Purple Unicorn Planet has its own hashtag #pleasejustdoit and Twitter feed @PunicornP
Following the vast amount of press coverage and support PUP received since launch, sportswear giant Reebok got in touch to ask the two Emilies to collaborate with its team.
Meanwhile, Nike’s response to the campaign has been met with frustration and disappointment at PUP HQ. Nike sent a representative to meet with the pair to discuss PUP and subsequently issued the following statement:
"We have been in touch with Emily and Emilie and we find their campaign very interesting. We have always been and will continue to be supportive of feedback from our consumers. NIKE is committed to our sneaker community and will continue to work on offering new and exciting products."
Despite Nike’s stated commitment to the sneaker community, the brand has given no explanation to Purple Unicorn Planet and its supporters on why the women’s range is so limited, and there is no response to PUP’s goal. Emily Hodgson said: “It’s great to see someone step up. We’ve been delighted and amazed by the response we have received since we launched PUP. The fact that the people at Nike haven’t yet given us the answers we’re looking for is a disappointment.”
Emilie Riis said: “This is a big opportunity and failing to see it means you will be missing out. We want to collaborate with a brand that is taking the shortage in the category seriously. It’s great to see that we’ve struck a chord with so many women round the world who feel the same way we do, and we are driven by giving them a better trainer selection in smaller sizes.
Sol brings ‘Espiritu Libre’ to the streets of London. The original Mexican beer films office workers as they ‘lose the tie’ and live a free-spirited life.
Sol, the original Mexican beer born in 1899, has revealed the hidden ‘free spiritedness’ of London’s desk-bound, 9-to-5ers in a film that sees them ‘Lose the tie, gain some Espiritu Libre’.
The campaign was created for the HEINEKEN-owned premium packaged lager by The Marketing Store, and captures the reactions of a host of city workers as they answer the call to break free and ‘recycle’ their ties.
It’s early evening at Canary Wharf and, after a long day at work, city workers are commuting home at Canary Wharf Underground station. At the station, standing next to the standard recycling bins, many are intrigued to see a tie recycling bin, with the words ‘Espiritu Libre’ printed on it.
We see lots of male city types strip off their ties and drop them into the recycling bin. The intrigue continues when the bin makes an unusual whirring noise as if it’s processing something and, much to the amusement of the men and passers by who have gathered around, we see the severed ends of their ties appear at the flap below. A note is attached to it by a Sol bottle top, bent into a clasp.
The note reads “Free Beer for a Free Spirit…” and offers a complimentary bottle of Sol at The Ledger Building Bar that evening.
The film ends by showing one of the men handing over his severed tie at the bar in exchange for a Sol. The barman pins it up on a board next to lots of other chopped-up ties.
The video is part of Sol’s ‘Espiritu Libre’ experiential activity, which saw the tie recycling bin appear at Jubilee Plaza, Canary Wharf on 21st February.
Vicente Cortina, Sol Global Manager says: “Sol’s ‘Free Beer for Free Spirits’ movement brings Espiritu Libre to the streets of London. The video shows the magic that can happen when you help city workers declare their independence and enjoy a Sol with friends.”
Graham Wall, Executive Creative Director at The Marketing Store, says: “The tie can be a symbol of power and success, but it can also be seen as a shackle, part of the daily grind. We wanted to give office workers back a sense of their true selves – to make bold choices and be rewarded for it. The ‘Espiritu Libre’ activity brings out that free-spirited sense of liberation that every bogged-down city worker has in his heart.”
Credits: Director, Phil Hawkins Production, Little Fish Films Executive Creative Director, Graham Wall, The Marketing Store
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