The results for Doritos' Crash The Super Bowl TV commercial contest were announced Tuesday night, awarding a team of locals, including a toddler from El Segundo, with $1 million (to be said with pinky finger pointed at corner of mouth). more ›

Covered in body paint, actress Laura Vandervoort stretches over a boulder, posing as a reptile. The sun shines behind her with the text "Whose Skin Are You In?" spelled out below. The ad is part of the People for The Ethical Treatment of Animal's (PETA) Exotic Skins campaign, which urges consumers to buy cruelty-free clothing. more ›

It's a new, springtimey month, designers of Los Angeles and surrounding environs, and that means a new selection of fantastic & fun creative industry events—maybe even outside on patios! Take a look, join in if you can, and post any new ones in the comments so we can all get out, meet up, hang, and enjoy our profession! more ›

It was only 1976 when Swine Flu was something on everybody's mind. But hey, back then, there was no Twitter. Uh oh! more ›

It's obvious that Jack got hit by a bus on Hope Street in downtown Los Angeles, as seen last night during a Superbowl Commercial. If you keep up on downtown news, you might find it similar to a crash last month. more ›

During and after the inauguration yesterday, these ads showing gay families acting like any happy family would act aired in 42 of the 58 counties in California on stations and during shows such as Good Morning America, The Today Show, CNN and FoxNews. more ›

Latin Gossip translated it: “The Prop 8 campaign has knowingly targeted the Latino community with shameful and deceitful advertising. Proposition 8 is about discrimination, not education. It’s disgraceful to use children to try to take away people’s civil rights. Proposition 8 attacks all California families, including our Latino families. I am confident that once our community understands the discrimination behind Prop 8 they will join me and vote No." (h/t Sausage Factory) more ›

The first ad for opponents of Prop 8 was calm and cool--it had this sense of peace about it. But after proponents of eliminating gay marriage launched their first and second ads touting alleged facts, opponents got together and made a second and more direct ad that was launched today. Buzz phrases used are "scare tactics," "that's a lie," and the best, a good one for Republicans--"keep government out of all our lives." more ›

Opponents of Prop 8, the November ballot initiatve that seeks to eliminate gay marriage in California, seemed to have gotten comfortable and maybe complacent. After all, earlier polls had Prop 8 failing and every major newspaper in the state, even the conservative ones, have said no to banning gay marriage. more ›

Here's the latest ad from the California Nurses Association. more ›

Last week No on Prop 8 launched the first TV ad in the November ballot fight and everyone knew the Yes on Prop 8 side would fight back. That day is today when they launched an ad using footage of gay rights San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom in the ad (and also includes Pepperdine University School of Law professor Richard Peterson). more ›

With 44 days to the November election, the battle for state propositions heat up everyday. Many No on Prop 7 ads have aired in the past couple weeks, but today is the first day for a No on Prop 8 TV advertisement asking voters to not eliminate gay marriage in the state. Yes on Prop 8 has yet to launch an ad, which enables the No campaign to "frame the debate," something that the campaign believes is vitally important to a victory on November 4, according to a campaign e-mail blast this morning. more ›

Spotted on Sunset Blvd. west of Crescent Heights more ›

NSFW as far as the video contains Hennessy and lingerie. more ›

The original Super Bowl ad (which Snickers has now pulled after receiving complaints from Human Rights Campaign and the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) after the jump. more ›

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