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Unpublished Memoir: Ben Laitin's Real-Life 'Mad Men' Memories
By Chris Epting - AOL NewsThe late Ben Laitin was a high-flying Madison Avenue executive in the 1960s. He lived the life that inspired AMC's "Mad Men" and worked alongside Draper Daniels, a legendary copy writer and executive whom many believe inspired the Don Draper character. Following are excerpts from Latin's memoir, "AD MAN – Big Shots Write Memoirs, Little Shots Just Reminisce," written shortly before his death. Here, Laitin writes about the creation of the Marlboro Man campaign. The soft, seductive, vaguely familiar voice oozed through the telephone. "This is Myra Daniels, Ben. I'm calling to wish you a ...
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The Real Life Mad Men: Man Finds His Grandfather in Don Draper's Show
By Chris Epting - AOL NewsOver the past four seasons, "Mad Men" has become a pop culture phenomenon, putting viewers in a martini-soaked time machine back to the golden age of the advertising industry. But for one viewer, the show is more than a glimpse back in time -- it's a glimpse into the family photo album. For Josh Lurie, the story starts with his late grandfather, an advertising giant who worked alongside the man believed to be the inspiration for "Mad Men." It's been widely speculated that the show's lead character, Don Draper (played by Jon Hamm), is loosely based on Draper Daniels, a revolutionary ...
Oprah Finale Ads to Cost $1 Million Each [VIDEO]
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New Advertising Company Will Turn Your House Into a Billboard
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsIf it's difficult to pay the bills on your house, try turning your house into a billboard. An advertising start-up in Orange, Calif., is offering to help 100 Americans pay their mortgages -- if the homeowners convert their houses into massive painted ads for the business. "It's a really good marriage for us to be able to help homeowners and for homeowners to be able to help us and bring attention to our business," said Romeo Mendoza, CEO of Adzookie, a mobile marketing firm promoting a local ad network. ...
Advertisers Shun 'The Kennedys' Miniseries [VIDEO]
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Ultrasound Jesus: Holiday Reminder or Anti-Abortion Tactic?
By David Gibson - Politics DailyThe traditional Nativity scene of the infant Jesus wrapped in swaddling clothes and laying in a straw-filled manger is so commonplace that it is almost part of the seasonal wallpaper rather than the beating heart of what Christmas is supposed to be about. So a British church group that specializes in eye-catching advertisements figured it would try to shake things up this year, and it certainly did so with an ultrasound image of a halo-wearing fetus -- a sort of pre-Christmas card that can resonate with many expectant parents as well as reminding everyone about the reason for the ...
He's a Deity. He's a Pitchman. He's Buddha
By Karen Schwartz - AOL NewsFORT COLLINS, Colo. (Dec. 8) -- A Buddha-shaped handhold hangs on an elementary school climbing wall, and the children are taught to rub his belly for luck. A plump Buddha candle purchased at Whole Foods has basset-like ears and a chubby smiling face that melt away as it burns. From Gotama skis to the guitar-playing Buddha on the waistband tag of True Religion Brand Jeans (made in the U.S.A.), Buddha makes a heck of a pitchman -- ironically so, since the world's 400 million Buddhists believe that self-denial is one of the steps enabling the soul to reach nirvana. Since today is Bodhi Day, ...
Turning NYC's Times Square Billboards Into Art Exhibit
By Ben Muessig - AOL News
(Nov. 30) -- Billboards aren't cheap -- especially in New York City's Times Square. But a Dutch student is hoping to buy every single one of them in a massive public art project. After announcing the "Times Square to Art Square" project, Justus Bruns and a team of art lovers have started raising funds for a one-day billboard buyout that they estimate could cost about $24 million. "This is about dreaming to make the impossible possible," he told AOL News. That's a lot of money for an arts organization founded just 11 months ago. But Bruns has a plan. "We are trying to do it by using the ...
Calvin Klein 'Rape' Ads Banned Down Under
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(Oct. 25) -- A racy Calvin Klein ad showing a nearly naked female model being straddled and held by the hair has been banned in Australia, where officials say it encourages rape and violence. The government's Advertising Standards Bureau has ordered the controversial billboards be removed after declaring the images were "demeaning to women by suggesting that she is a plaything of these men," Australia's Herald Sun reported. Calvin Klein This Calvin Klein ad was banned in Australia because it was deemed "demeaning to women." The black-and-white photo shows supermodel Lara Stone, wearing ...
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