We’ve all seen it by now but what motivated Ellen to take the selfie that almost broke Twitter? According to The Wall Street Journal, Samsung spent an estimated $20 million on advertising, which included some product placement. When Ellen decided she wanted to take selfies during the show, Samsung executives were drafted in to train her how to use the… Read more →
WOW. What a PR stunt! The male CEO of a brand new lingerie company that is making waves for its revolutionary and high-tech take on bras for larger breasts has announced that he will get breast implants in order to test his invention. Kewi Bra founder Muyiwa Olumide firmly believes that any inventor should live and breathe his own product… Read more →
More than 100 travellers, including children, were stranded on a Ryanair flight called police from the tarmac after being left for hours without food or drink. Tired and hungry, they asked flight attendants for food and water but were refused. The ordeal saw police called by passengers to intervene. One passenger vlogged (check out the video below) the incident on her… Read more →
Paddy Power’s very own Daft Punk team met up in London to crash The BRITS. The crowd went wild as the boys stripped off to reveal their ‘Paddy Power’ branded underwear. Great stunt from Paddy Power! Read more →
A couple of weeks ago a Reddit user, MrsLeslie posted a note that Rick Harrison, one of the Pawn Star’s (the TV show), penned to a young fan with autism who wrote in. According to MrsLeslie, the boy’s mom said: “Little J is a huge fan of ‘Pawn Stars,’ and he talks about the show incessantly. I encouraged him to write… Read more →
(Photography credit to airplane-pictures.net) All Nippon Airways (ANA) was forced to apologise today for an advert which critics claim racially stereotyped Westerners as having big noses and blond hair. The ad sees two Japanese men discussing the view of the airline when one says: ‘Let’s change the image of Japanese people.’ ‘Sure,’ replies the other, who is now wearing a… Read more →
American Eagle have just launched a new campaign which is bucking the trend for digitally altered fashion images. For the new Aerie Real lingerie campaign, ‘We left everything,’ style and fit expert Jenny Altman told GMA. ‘We left beauty marks, we left tattoos, what you see is really what you get with our campaign.’ The brand hopes that its authentic representation of girls… Read more →
I love this tweet from Ben & Jerrys. They tweeted “Breaking News: We’re hearing reports of stores selling out of Ben & Jerry’s in Colarado. What’s up with that?” What was happening in Colarado? Colorado became the first state to allow the sale of recreational marijuana to anyone 21 or older. Nicely done Ben & Jerry’s! Read more →
Meghan Calavan,owner of Sips Ahoy in Washington, U.S.A., a coffee shop which sees bikini clad baristas serve customers, has become embroiled in a bitter cyber bullying case involving a customer. Calavan has posted cruel jibes about a customers size on Sips Ahoy’s business page, which has angered local residents. Jesseka Kathleen Cladek called the business a “run down whore… Read more →
Coca Cola have caused controversy by slightly tailoring their latest ad campaign ‘Reasons to Believe to each country in which it is shown. Why does this cause controversy? Well, in their Irish ad, Coca-Cola have omitted a scene of gay marriage which is airing in many other countries, saying that since gay marriage is not yet legal in Ireland, the… Read more →
