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The South Korean capital Seoul is to restrict the use of plastic surgery adverts on public transport, officials said Wednesday, after complaints that they were fuelling an unhealthy obsession with body image.South Korea, and particularly Seoul, has an ...
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Imagine having to kiss a complete stranger, well one filmmaker took that idea and made it real. Director Tatia Pilieva posted a video of 20 strangers kissing on March 10 and the video has already garnered more than 15 million views (and rising).
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LA Lakers' basketball star, Kobe Bryant, and FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi return in a face-off for best shot in Turkish Airlines new video promotion: Kobe vs Messi "The Selfie Shootout."
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An advertisement billboard is causing an upset on the Italian island of Capri. It shows a couple of slices of the famous Parma ham placed strategically on the rump of a naked woman.
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A ground-breaking advert, featuring comedienne and actress Elaine C Smith, was first in the UK to show real images of women's breasts affected by cancer. They wanted to use the images in New Zealand for a similar campaign, but the ad was banned.
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Billionaire hedge fund manager Tom Steyer released a television ad on Sunday, calling on President Obama to "do the right thing" on the Keystone XL pipeline.
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Race goers at the Brickyard in Indianapolis will see a pro-marijuana video ad outside the stadium on their way into the NASCAR Brickyard 400 this weekend. The video was produced and paid for by the Marijuana Policy Project.
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A self proclaimed children's advocacy group is upset with a recent Geico television commercial, claiming it promotes bestiality.
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A new ad from Coca-Cola is defending itself against criticisms and promoting its low sugar and sugar free beverages as ways to combat obesity. The ads are being launched this week.
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Famous people are often asked to star in ads, but would you believe that Stephen Hawking chose to star in an auto insurance ad? And not only that, even end the ad with an evil chuckle?
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Nantes -
French theatre group Royal de Luxe were shocked to discover Coca-Cola’s latest advert featuring a giant sized Santa Claus puppet being brought to life. The giant Santa bears a striking resemblance to Royal de Luxe’ own creations.
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Eating superglue. Selling both your kidneys. Scratching a drug dealer's new car. These are some of the "dumb ways to die" illustrated in a cute video and song released by Melbourne's Metro Trains to promote rider safety.
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President Obama released a television advertisement Tuesday that mocks Mitt Romney's comments at last week's debate about Sesame Street's "Big Bird."
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Tallin -
In a case of really poor judgment, an Estonian newspaper published an ad for slimming pills, showing exhausted concentration camp torture victims to portray new, slim bodies.
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All the biggest stars appear to have turned out for this Ukrainian advert for police uniforms - only one problem, they knew absolutely nothing about it.
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Kiev -
A diplomatic row has blown up between Kiev and Amsterdam over a Dutch TV ad, which uses erotic images of allegedly Ukrainian women.
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Kiev -
A diplomatic row has blown up between Kiev and Amsterdam over a Dutch TV ad, which uses erotic images of allegedly Ukrainian women.
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Kiev -
A diplomatic row has blown up between Kiev and Amsterdam over a Dutch TV ad, which uses erotic images of allegedly Ukrainian women.
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A court ruling in Australia has decided Google is guilty of "misleading and deceptive" conduct. The court made their decision on Wednesday.
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With the 2012 presidential election just twelve months away, the Republican National Committee released a television advertisement that underscores President Obama's economic shortcomings.
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With 72 percent of Americans in a new poll believing the country is heading in the wrong direction, Republican presidential candidate Congressman Ron Paul released a new ad campaign and announced a major ad buy.
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Sears may face a wave of angry customers after it mistakenly advertised a 16-gigabyte, Wi-Fi only iPad 2 for $69. Online customers were surprised by the deal of a lifetime, but after the confirmation order, Sears cancelled the purchase.
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Hong Kong -
Yum! Brands has pulled a Barack Obama look-alike commercial that was being used in KFC television ads to promote a new Fish Fillet sandwich in China and Hong Kong. The company has claimed 'no foul' saying it was meant as a spoof of the president.
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The UK’s advertising watchdog has banned an ad showing two male priests about to kiss, on the grounds that it might offend Catholics. The ad had received only a handful of complaints.
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In a television advertisement directed at Delaware voters, Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell reemphasizes the fact that she is not a witch.
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San Francisco -
Human Rights activists have scheduled a protest at the headquarters of Craigslist for Thursday afternoon. Activists want Craigslist to put a stop to human sex trafficking through the adult services section of its website.
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Tucson -
Despite the protests over the failure of networks to run the Lane Bryant lingerie ads last month, LB does not want customers to think they are behind the new Victoria's Secret parody "skeleton commercial" being shown on TV and around the Internet.
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Birmingham -
Dale Peterson, Alabama Agriculture Commission, candidate vows to name names and take no prisoners in his TV advertisement that is attracting attention for this farmer, businessman, cop and former marine and he plans to show the people he means business.
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Fox and ABC refuse to air Lane Bryant's full figured women's Lingerie ads as originally created during Dancing With the Stars and American Idol, until much editing was done- in what appears to be a discriminatory decision directed at plus-size women.
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It's the season of Mardi Gras but the sexy heiress, Paris Hilton has become a real hot sensation on Brazil television after her beer ad was found to be provocative by Brazilian authorities.
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