Scantily clad ladies, Clydesdales, over-paid celebrities. Yup, last nights' Super Bowl brought with it a barrage of big budget ads that were, sadly, far less thrilling than the game itself. There were a few diamonds in the rough, sure, but for at least one of them you had to live in Nebraska. more ›

After viciously manipulating a faceless stock image to the "shock" of the actor who was paid $500 for the use of his likeness, City Room reports that the Health Department is at it again: they paid an overweight woman $300 for the use of her image, and even had the nerve to tell her that it was going to be used in a city-sponsored ad campaign. "This is so negative," actress and singer Beth Anne Sacks says. "The 300 has come and gone, and now I'm all over the subway system." more ›

Last week we were aghast at how the New York Times and Big Soda combined to heap outrage on the Health Department's photoshopped ad campaign against diabetes. You'd have thought Mayor Bloomberg personally fed this actor into the woodchipper! Now, the Times has spoken with the man who posed for the picture, Cleo Berry, who was apparently "stunned" when he saw his image in the ad for the first time on Friday. "I was beyond shocked. I cried at my computer screen for, like, a minute." More than the crocodile tears he shed for this sandwich ad in which he gets viciously beaten? That is what happened, isn't it? more ›

A person almost starts to feel sorry for Paula Deen. Not only does the Butter Queen have to deal with the internet being angry over her diabetes cover-up but she's also lost her publicist and is getting flack for having high blood pressure, too. And now local gyms are making fun of her in the Paper of Record! more ›

Taxi drivers bothered by racy ads on top of their rides are about to have another thing to worry about. The Taxi and Limousine Commission today votes on whether or not advertisements should be allowed on taxi receipts [PDF]. We have a very strong feeling it'll pass. more ›

Call your Bubbe, because the energy drink market is apparently going after a new market: senior citizens. Yes, that's right—now that teenagers aren't allowed near the good stuff, manufacturers are turning their attention towards with a more...refined palate, shall we say. more ›

Further evidence that Jewish food is having a moment (as if sexy gefilte fish wasn't enough): Manischewitz, the 123-year old Jewish, kosher brand best known for manufacturing matzoh and concord grape wine, is starting to create kosher food for gentiles. Yes, that sound you heard off in the distance is the collective rolling of a thousand deceased Bubbies in Boca rolling over in the graves. more ›

Remember way back in August, when Abercrombie & Fitch launched a convoluted publicity stunt to pay Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino not to wear their clothes? Well, turns out Sitch didn't think the little joke was too funny, and to prove it, he's suing the mall standby for $4 million. more ›

Fast food chains are vying to make even more Americans fat by touting the contributions from the flesh-and-blood chefs behind the scenes at your favorite feeding trough. And Americans, lulled into a false sense of security by 75 grams of sedative-like fat, are totally falling for it. more ›

Oscar-winning movies have been made about the noble struggle of the dazed motorist, but there is a point when comedy turns to tragedy, and that point is probably two days. After finishing last week's marathon in 3 hours and 16 minutes, Albany resident Charles Petraske couldn't remember where he parked his car in Manhattan for 48 hours. "I was completely disoriented. I had no idea where the heck I was, or where my car is parked, and I had no phone and no money," Petraske tells the Post. This is exactly why we never exercise under any circumstances. more ›

Back in the end of September Amazon made a big splash when it announced its Android-based Kindle Fire tablet. But what caught our eye at that media event was the much cheaper, ad-supported Kindle which the company now sells for $79. At that price point, how could we say no? And since we got ours in the mail we've been pretty smitten with the device. Until, that is, it started butt-buying Amazon Local deals for us without our permission! more ›

Drinks and dumb gender-based advertising gimmicks go hand in hand: see beer brewed "just for ladies" and "soothe your PMSing banshee ladyfriend with MILK", to name just a few in recent memory. But a new ad campaign from Dr. Pepper is taking things to a whole new confusing level with their campaign for Dr. Pepper Ten, a 10-calorie diet drink that's absolutely, positively "NOT FOR WOMEN." more ›

Poor Four Loko. The makers of this delightful beverage have been forced time and time again to alter their product and their packaging to appease the fun-hating SLA, FDA and general party-poopers across the country, and now, they're being made to adapt once more to the growing tide of naysayers. This time, Phusion Projects is bowing to the demands of the Federal Trade Commission, who accused the company of falsely advertising the potency of the beverage. But will the new labels deter customers, or just get them even more psyched to pick up some Blackout in a Can? more ›

As has been made pretty clear by now, there isn't much money in the government's coffers these days. Which means that the city is getting creative with the ways it raises cash-and that is why the New York City Housing Authority is currently exploring the pretty audacious move of putting advertisements on the 334 developments it runs across the city. You'll be shocked (shocked!) to know that not all NYCHA residents are thrilled at this prospect! more ›

David Chang has worn many labels over the years: unapologetic meat-eater, egalitarian reservation overseer, aspiring storyteller, and now...model? Apparently, yes. more ›

Is Domino's having an identity crisis? First they admitted their pizzas taste like cardboard, then they brought back the Noid, and now they're trying the artisan hat on for size...sort of. The chain is introducing a new line of "Artisan" pizzas, promoting them with a pizza box campaign insisting "We are NOT artisans" (No black berets or wood-fired ovens here, no sir!)—they just have enough "passion and integrity" to trick you into thinking they are. The most ridiculous touch? Each box comes signed by the pimple-faced 19-year-old who made it, like some kind of Picasso print. more ›

A day after Abercrombie & Fitch thrust their sweatpants into the public eye by jokingly asking The Situation not to wear their clothes, the retailer's stock hit a new low, falling a whopping nine percent (natch, it's doing worse today). But at least MTV was into it! more ›

Avoid the Noid! For just one week Domino's pizza has brought back the infamous Noid from the cold storage unit where old corporate mascots live out their days in peace, far from the reach of screaming children. But before you get excited for the return of crudely animated ads we hate to tell you that the Noid is only back in the form of a Facebook campaign. Still, we missed that red rascal! more ›

Yesterday, reader AV sent us an email with the subject, "Columbus Circle subway corridor of horror." She was referring to "freakishly nauseating Crest supergraphics," noting how the campaign "features pores, hairs, tongue textures and skin crevices in eye-gouging detail" and deemed it "a ghastly misappropriation of vinyl output!" AV also sent us some photographs! more ›