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VIDEO – Brad Pitt’s angsty Chanel #5 commercial channels Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston
VIDEO – Brad Pitt’s angsty Chanel #5 commercial channels Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston

Everyone scratched their head a bit when Brad Pitt was named the face of classic women’s perfume Chanel #5, but whatevs.

The commercials and ads are finally rolling in, and Brad frankly just looks tortured. In the tease for the Joe Wright-directed commercial, the A-list actor speaks meaningless “deep thoughts” over shots of two models who look a bit like ex Jennifer Aniston and fiance Angelina Jolie.


PHOTO: A giant Kim Kardashian on Big Ben in London to launch Quick Trim in the U.K.
PHOTO: A giant Kim Kardashian on Big Ben in London to launch Quick Trim in the U.K.

The Kardashian’s weight loss supplement company Quick Trim just launched in the U.K., and their marketing (by Guerilla) is both brilliant and kind of terrifying.

Kim was at a bunch of launch parties and what not, but they also put giant projections of the American reality princess on timeless iconic London landmarks like Big Ben and Marble Arch.


Angelina Jolie and Kelly Gray replaced by Jack White’s wife, Karen Elson, in St. John’s ad campaign
Angelina Jolie and Kelly Gray replaced by Jack White’s wife, Karen Elson, in St. John’s ad campaign

Angelina got fired from a St. John ad campaign for being too famous, and is being replaced by the Karen Elson, wife of rocker Jack White who sports a mane of shocking red hair. Also gone from St. John’? Blonde-haired daughter of St. John founder Marie Gray, Kelly Gray, St. John CEO Glenn McMahon tells [...]


 

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