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‘The King’s Speech’: The new PG-13 version smudges a terrific film, but will anyone give a #@*%!?Friday, April 1, 2011 @ 12:45PMIn the past, you might have thought that winning an Academy Award for Best Picture would be enough to save a movie from being censored by its own distributor. And you would have been right. Today, however, the Weinstein Company is releasing, to 1,000 theaters, a PG-13 version of The King’s Speech (a movie that

BREAK A LEG — A Manhattan Beach man gives up a lucrative advertising career to audition for a new future, and takes us ...Thursday, March 3, 2011 @ 2:18PMMatt Shevin was dressed up as a big bottle of Texas Pete hot sauce when the ax came down. Shevin had just arrived on the set along with another actor, who was costumed as a different flavor of Texas Pete’s, to shoot some print ads for the hot sauce and then some TV commercials.

Beyonce Doesn't Regret Sexy but Banned Heat AdTuesday, March 1, 2011 @ 10:12PM'It was for my fragrance and I believe a wonderful fragrance brings out the sex appeal in a woman,' the singer defends her decision to make a steamy ad.

True Ventures Funds Orabrush, the Justin Bieber of Mouth CareMonday, February 14, 2011 @ 2:24PMNow here's a funding deal you don't get to write about everyday. True Ventures has invested $2.5 million in a tongue scraper. That's not high-tech jargon for, say, a scummy site that steals private data off of your social networks and sells it to marketers. True Ventures newest portfolio company is a small consumer package good company out of Provo, Utah that sold a million tongue brushes last ...

Love Doesn't Have To HurtMonday, February 14, 2011 @ 2:04PMA controversial Super Bowl ad featuring a black woman attacking her male companion continues to stir debate. In her weekly commentary, host Michel Martin asks why acts of domestic violence, as seen in the ad, are considered funny — and wonders what children take away from such commercials.

A batch of Citations with a Super Bowl touchMonday, February 7, 2011 @ 9:46PMHere’s a few special “David Citations” of the interesting, zany and weird related to the Super Bowl: Overall, on two fronts: The game was exciting — good but not great. The commercials had their moments, but generally were similar to the game — good but not great. read more

A Groupon Gaffe?Monday, February 7, 2011 @ 11:14AMEach day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: Groupon's Super Bowl backlash. After last night's Super Bowl, it looks like Groupon's got some explaining to do . The ever-quirky group buying site made its grand TV entrance last night with a set of three commercials that poke fun at celebrity-endorsed PSAs. One ...

Super Bowl Commercials: Hits and MissesMonday, February 7, 2011 @ 11:10AMAs marketers strutted their stuff during Super Bowl XLV, an ordinary joe's $500 spot was among those most liked.

NFL Player’s (Antonio Comartie) Ex-Fiance Rhonda Patterson Tells All in BookMonday, February 7, 2011 @ 11:07AM*NFL star, Antonio Cromartie (New York Jets) is about to be put on blast. His ex-fiance Rhonda Patterson, is gearing up to publish a memoir of their rocky relationship which ended a few days before their $200,000 wedding and before the birth of their first child, his sixth. “Love, Intercepted: A Tale of Football, Falling [...]