Hurley's World

In what could be interpreted as a not too insignificant oxymoron, Dove, in a Craigslist ad, is seeking women with "flawless skin, no tattoos or scars" for an upcoming photoshoot July 18 in New York.

Last week, before all the Cannes fun and games were over, I scored an interview with ECD Richard Gorodecky of Amsterdam Worldwide.

Well good morning! Nothing like some thong-clad ass to wake you up on a Monday morning.

Last night at Cannes was the ceremony everyone stays up for, and the one I missed, to my infinite regret. Crucially, it also marked the first year a Film Craft category was incorporated into the Lions.

Here is a personal statement from Jemma Lyon, the woman who was accused of plagiarism for submitting what appeared to be a direct copy of previous work. (It was not her fault)

Here's a few pictures (derived from one) of Hungry Man's Villa Party at Cannes which occurred a day or two. Thanks to Bud Theisen for sending it in.

Here's the Cannes Shortlists for: Film Lions Film Craft Lions Titanium & Integrated Lions Jury opinion seems to be favoring TBWA\Chiat\Day's Gatorade Replay and BBH's Johnnie Walker The Man Who Walked Around the World for...

Apparently, attaching an LED bar across the top of your billboard and scrolling the names, birth dates and weight of babies born at the advertised hospital is really cool.

You can interpret this Lynx ad with Jessica Jane Clement in two different ways.

I'm about 24 hours late on this, because the universe of Cannes seems to have priorities (and possibly a wormhole?) of its own, but here are the Grand Prix winners from Wednesday night's ceremony at the Lions.

Steve mentioned earlier that there are some Wrath of Cannes shirts going around, and yeah, those rumours are true: the other day the Wrath's Kristen Bryan found me, handed me a Grand Coney tee and asked me to strike a "sexy" pose.

Following up on the Coke Zero Happiness machines imagineered for Cannes in '09, this year SapientNitro plugs Unilever's ice cream brands - with a machine that dispenses the frozen desserts when a person smiles at it.

Sadly confirming there are many in this industry who continue to lie, cheat, steal and bend the rules for their own gain, The Cannes Press Grand Prix winner, Ogilvy Mexico for Mattel Scrabble, was disqualified by the jury because it was discovered the campaign had been entered previously.

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Do you ever feel like your just a widget on a production line when you're in the hospital?

IZEA has launched WeReward, a Foursquare-like check in application that awards redeemable points for completing tasks and checking in.

Does anyone really want to read about account wins and losses. Oh wait, that's the entire reason for AgencySpy's existence and if readership claims are to be believed, plenty of you do.

The discussion needs to be re-oriented away from the red herring fallacy of over-hyped privacy concerns and onto the actual tangible and economic benefits all parties will gain from playing together.

Awww. There's always room for kitties in advertising, right?

Well here's an interesting approach to make communities aware of threats against children.