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Matthew Broderick may be returning to classic 1986 role, but this time behind the wheel of a CR-V. By Kevin P. Sullivan Matthew Broderick as Ferris Bueller in a Super Bowl tease A 10-second preview of a Super Bowl ad took the internet by storm on Thursday. The clip featured actor Matthew Broderick throwing open the curtains of a window, looking into the camera and asking, “How can I handle work on a day like today?” That’s before the classic “bow-bow-chicka-chicka” from “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” plays, ending the preview with just the date of the Super Bowl left to tease us. It seems clear that Broderick reprises the role of Ferris Bueller, but the preview told us nothing else. The YouTube video listed no company and didn’t suggest the product that the ad would ultimately feature. MTV News reached out to both Broderick and one of the producers of “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” Tom Jacobson, for comment, but neither responded to our requests. Then Friday (January 27), the automotive blog Jalopnik reported that a source “familiar with Honda’s operations” revealed that Ferris will appear in a commercial for the car company during the Super Bowl. “The source also added that the spot was going to mimic much of the original film, except this time prominently featuring Hondas,” Jalopnik reported. “The big jump the two valets do in Cameron’s dad’s Ferrari? We hear this time it’s going to be a Honda CR-V.” Jalopnik’s source also said Honda apparently put a lot of money behind the ad, even going as far as to hire “The Hangover” director Todd Phillips to create the spot. Although the Honda story sounds likely, we will have to wait until February 5 to find out exactly what Ferris has been up to.
Georgia Congressmen John Lewis and Hank Johnson along with The Congressional Black Caucus are in Atlanta TODAY, with more than 100 companies who are taking resumes, applications and ready to hire. They are at Atlanta Technical College. Registration starts at 8 am. Congressman John Lewis says this jobs event is one of five in major urban cities to help reduce the destructive high unemployment rates. Also concerned, Congressman Hank Johnson who believes targeted initiatives should be discussed to help minority communities. The general unemployment rate in Georgia is 10.1%, but African Americans suffer 16% unemployment. The problem is more staggering when it comes to black males, who suffer 35-45% joblessness. Hope is here. The Congressional Black Caucus “For the People” Jobs Tour –Atlanta, August 18 Congressman John Lewis, Congressman Hank Johnson, Hosts Atlanta Technical College 1560 Metropolitan Pkwy SW Atlanta, GA 30310 What to bring to the event: 1. First, bring a great attitude. You have less than 4 seconds to make a first impression. Your attitude is the greatest influence on the impression you make. Solid eye contact and a strong handshake are a must. 2. Bring several copies of your resume on good quality paper. Make sure that you check for grammar and spelling errors. Show that you take the job fair as seriously as the recruiting companies. 3. Depending on the job you’re after, you may wish to bring a portfolio with samples of your work. Bring your sense of flexibility along… there are likely to be many suitable vacancies. 4. Finally, along with a positive attitude, the most important thing to bring is a point of view. That is, think from an employer’s point of view. Companies want to recruit the best staff to drive their companies forward. They’ll be pleased to meet with you to discuss opportunities; however you should be ready to sell yourself to them. Participating Employers : AES Management Corp Aflac AJ Automotive Group AT&T Atlanta Workforce Development Agency Bell Braxton Educational & Technical Cons. Center for Families & Children Cintas Cleveland Catholic Charities Cleveland Municipal Court Coca Cola Corrections Corp of America Cuyahoga Community College Cuyahoga County Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Delaware North Company Sport Service Embassy Suites Hotel Employment Connection Fannie May Confections Brands, Inc Farmers Insurance Group Fifth Third Bank First Merit General Electric General Motors Google GrafTech Greater Cleveland RTA Greater Cleveland Veterans Business Resource Council Green City Growers Cooperative H&R Block Intel Jeanology Clothing Store JPMorgan Chase KeyBank Kraft Lincoln College of Technology Lincoln Electric Louis Stokes VA Medical Center Lowes Magna Marathon Oil Marriott McDonald’s McKesson NewsCorp NextEra Energy, Inc Palladium Health Care PepsiCo Pfizer Pizza Hut Plain Dealer Publishing Co Planned Parenthood Popeyes Chicken and Biscuits Primerica Progressive Insurance Rite Aid Corporation Rosetta Roush Industries Shamrock Staffing Sherwin-Williams Speedway Sprint St. John Medical Center St. Vincent Charity Medical Center Starbucks State Farm SunTrust Bank Target The Federal Metal Company The Lube Stop, Inc The Protective Group, Inc Thermo Fisher Scientific United Credit Education United Rentals United States Marine Corps UPS Urban League of Greater Cleveland US Customs and Border Protection USDA US Coast Guard Vector Technical Inc Verizon Wal-Mart Wayne County Airport Authority Wells Fargo WJBK Fox 2 RELATED: Congressional Black Caucus’ “For The People” Jobs Tour Coming To Atlanta [VIDEO] RELATED: 8 Steps To A New Career RELATED: To be young, gifted, black and unemployed RELATED: Top 30 Entry Level Jobs For College Graduates
While we’re holding off on posting all the automotive Super Bowl XLV commercials until the game day on Sunday, we couldn’t refrain from posting this one. Mercedes-Benz has just released an extended version of its Super Bowl XLV commercial, which will focus around the 125 years of Mercedes-Benz heritage. The extended version of the commercial Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : eGMCarTech Discovery Date : 05/02/2011 02:29 Number of articles : 2
Posted onDecember 16, 2010byBenny Hollywood|Comments Off on Fisker Partners With China Grand Automotive Group for Distribution in China
Photo: Fisker Fisker Going East Fisker Automotive, the California-based maker of the Karma and Karma S series plug-in hybrids (aka electric cars with a range extender like the Chevy Volt ), has inked a deal with China Grand Automotive Group to have its vehicles distributed, marketed and serviced in the Middle Kingdom…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
X-Tracer and ZAP compete for the X Prize. Photos courtesy of Progressive Automotive X Prize After a series of eliminations at Michigan International Speedway over the past several weeks, the original 136 vehicles that qualified to enter the Automotive X Prize were narrowed down to nine final survivors. In this ‘revolution through competition,’ the vehicles aimed for the best super-fuel efficiency — 100 mpg o… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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