Nicki Minaj was ranked number-15 on Forbes ‘ Hip-Hop Cash Kings chart for 2011, pulling in $6.5 million and establishing herself as one of rap’s top earners. But we have a feeling that figure will go up considerably in 2012. The artist has signed on to become the new Pepsi spokesperson for an upcoming beverage that company will roll out in the near future, according to Derek Jackson, the man who brokered the deal. “You’ll see the commercial probably in the next two months,” Jackson told Forbes this week. “That’ll be a segue into a new beverage Pepsi has, called ‘Pop,’ and she’ll be the face of the brand… it’s going to be explosive.” The agreement is said to pay Minaj somewhere in the seven figure range. [Photo: WENN.com]
The commercial will debut on cable networks and online, but has been rejected by MTV and Turner Entertainment’s, Adult Swim Network. Adult Swim and MTV have refused to air the commercial due to “bleeped profanity” and an image of Upton’s “erect nipple” in the commercial. We didn’t think it was that-bad, but just in case… clear the kids before turning the page.
John Mayer has been forced to cancel his spring tour. Due to a recurrence of his inflamed throat condition , the douchebag of an artist posted the following message on his Tumblr account today, explaining the change of plans and referencing his upcoming album: “I have no choice but to take an indefinite break from live performing. Though there will be a day when all of this will be behind me, it will sideline me for a longer period of time than I care to have you count down. “Okay, so here’s the plan… Born and Raised will be released as scheduled, but because I don’t make a very good anything-other-than-a-musician, I’m going to begin writing the next album very soon. “I’m pretty emotionally burnt out at the moment, but please know how hard I tried to resolve this and how disappointed I am that I can’t perform this record yet. I’m completely bummed, especially for all of you who started making plans to see a show. Nothing feels worse than having to break the stage down before the performance, and I mean nothing.” [Photo: WENN.com]
The Bachelor season finale and After the Final Rose special air on Monday. All eyes will be on Ben Flajnik and his fiancee … whomever that may be. If you want to know who we think it is, check out The Bachelor spoilers page we’ve put up and updated throughout the season. But it doesn’t sound good … From the magazine cover above, you’d assume that Ben was not only dumped by either Courtney Robertson or Lindzi Cox already, but he selected the wrong woman on The Bachelor finale, and there’s a nude video scandal lurking. That would be probably one-third true. All of the reputable intel we’ve found thus far suggests that he has NOT broken up with his fiancee – despite his increasingly obvious lack of enthusiasm for the show and allegedly kissing some random girl last week. They’re still together. For now. The After the Final Rose special Monday night should be telling, as it was filmed March 4, and will offer at least some insight on how the couple is doing. It airs immediately after Flajnik doles out his final rose around 9:55 p.m. Who do you think deserves it?
This is the best/worst advertisement for jeans of all time. On the down side, you don’t get much of a feel for the jeans themselves. How would you know Armani jeans are any better than your average brand, when they’re barely even displayed, much less accentuated, in this commercial? On the upside, Rihanna’s mostly naked. Enjoy: Rihanna Armani Jeans Ad Are there any jeans visible in the ad? Does it matter? Hey, if buying Armani jeans makes you think you can get a girl like that writhing around on a bed in her underwear, more power to you. Ad? Working. The ad comes on the heels of yesterday’s Rihanna topless pic , in which she also flaunted that fabulous figure. Hopefully this becomes a daily ritual.
As it always does when it releases a new product, Apple has produced an elegant television commercial for the new iPad. Unsurprisingly, the ad focuses solely on the retina display, something that Apple feels sets the iPad apart from the other tablets on the market. The ad doesn’t talk about specifications or price. Instead, it shows the iPad being used to edit a photograph, read a book, watch a movie,… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Mac Rumors Discovery Date : 07/03/2012 20:40 Number of articles : 2
It is totally on between Justin Bieber and an animated beaver. Two weeks after attorneys for the singer sent a cease-and-desist letter to RC3, the makers of a video game titled “Joustin Beaver,” that company has fired back , alleging that its creation does NOT violate Bieber’s trademark claims. “The App, a video game, is a parody of the commercial success of the Defendant and any celebrity,” RC3 states in its lawsuit, going on to detail the game, which hilariously included “Otter-graphs.” By admitting the game is a reflection on Justin’s celebrity lifestyle, the company is aiming to convince a judge it possesses a First Amendment right to use the teen pop star’s intellectual property. It’s all a bit confusing, we know. Even more so for girls who got excited when they saw “Justin Bieber” and “Beaver” in this headline. We didn’t mean to mislead.
Even though the battle was on the field. Advertiser’s battle on the tube also. This is how much A Super Bowl Commercial cost. A WHOPPING 3.5 million per 30 second is what advertiser’s paid for ads during the Super Bowl. Car company’s like Audi, Chevy, and Hyundai took control of the 1st quarter. There were also ads by Best Buy, M&M and Pepsi.
Chrysler made news with a moving Detroit-centric Super Bowl advertisement last year , and it looks like they’ve done it again. Titled “It’s Halftime in America,” the advertisement aired during halftime of Super Bowl XLVI and features Clint Eastwood narrating a powerful presentation intertwining commentary on the idea of halftime in the game, American economy, Detroit and automobile industry, followed… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Blaze Discovery Date : 05/02/2012 09:14 Number of articles : 6
We take a closer look at the many references to ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ in Honda’s commercial. By Eric Ditzian Matthew Broderick in his Honda CR-V commercial Photo: Honda Did you catch everything there was to see in the “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”-inspired Super Bowl ad ? Perhaps there were some references you didn’t pick up, some callbacks that went unnoticed. Maybe you just want to go back and watch, again and again, what is sure to be one of the night’s most talked-about Super Bowl commercials . So go right ahead with the help of MTV News’ pop-culture cheat sheet: Sick phone call : In the movie, it was Ferris’ buddy, Cameron Frye (Alan Ruck), who picked up Ferris’ call to plead that he was too sick to leave his bed. In the ad, Ferris receives the call. Walter Linder : His agent’s name in the commercial is the name written right above the name of Abe Froman — the sausage king of Chicago — at the restaurant Ferris and his pals crash. Pencils and Wite-Out : Bored secretary Grace (Edie McClurg) spent much of the film sniffing Wite-Out and picking pencils out of her hair, so note the pencils and Wite-Out prominently displayed on Linder’s desk. Baseball : The ball Broderick’s agent tosses in the air calls to mind both the ball Ferris caught at the Chicago Cubs game and the one he flung at his stereo to kill the fake snores at the film’s end as his parents approached his room. Roeman, Peterson & Frye : The name of Linder’s agency, etched in glass on his door, is a reference not only to Froman, but to Cameron Frye and Ferris’ girlfriend, Sloane Peterson (Mia Sara). “He bought it” : After Ferris successfully fools his parents, the first line he utters to camera, much like in the ad, is, “They bought it.” Later, he pops off another classic line referenced in the ad: “Incredible. One of the worst performances of my career, and they never doubted it for a second.” Opening curtains : After Ferris successfully fools his parents, he thrusts open the curtains in his bedroom and wonders how he can be expected to go to school on such a gorgeous day. Yello’s “Oh Yeah” : Though the song plays in the commercial as Ferris opens the curtains, it doesn’t play in the film until the first time we see the Frye family Ferrari. Twisty towel : Both Ferris and Matthew’s preferred post-shower getup includes a robe and a twisty towel on the head. “Broderick, Broderick” : A callback to one of the film’s most famous lines, in which Ferris’ dry-as-toast teacher (Ben Stein) takes attendance and, in a ridiculous monotone, says, “Bueller? Bueller?” Rottweiler : The dog sitting by another Honda outside the hotel is a Rottweiler, the same breed of dog the Buellers own and which terrorized Principal Edward R. Rooney (Jeffrey Jones) as he attempts to bust Ferris. Detroit Red Wings jersey : On the roller coaster, the man behind Ferris is wearing a Red Wings jersey, the same one worn by Cameron in the movie. Grace : The woman who calls Broderick while in the Honda is named Grace, another reference to Ferris’ school secretary. Exaggerated coughing : When Broderick coughs loudly while on the car phone, we thought back to the call Ferris made to some high school freshmen, during which he used a keyboard sound effect to make it seem like he was literally coughing up a lung. Who’s in the driver’s seat? : As Broderick pulls up to a stop in his car, he discovers he is right next to Linder. He quickly hides behind a stuffed panda. In the film, Ferris finds himself stuck in traffic right next to his dad and switches places with Sloane. Trench coat and clarinet : Look closely during this scene and you’ll see a man playing the instrument, a nifty callback to Ferris’ activities early in the movie. SOCHOIC : Broderick’s license plate refers to the way Ferris describes the Ferrari: “It is so choice. If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up.” Natural History Museum : Instead of attending the Art Institute of Chicago as in the movie, Broderick checks out the history museum. Instead of walking hand in hand with kids, he chases them. The walrus : Two references in one. First off, Ferris shouts out John Lennon early in the film, saying, “He was the walrus. I could be the walrus. I’d still have to bum rides off people.” Secondly, the staring contest with the animal riffs on Cameron’s deep gaze into “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte,” Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece. Horse race : In the film, Ferris checked out a Cubs game. In the ad, Broderick opts for a horse race. Chinese parade : Whereas Ferris rocked a parade in downtown Chicago, belting out “Twist and Shout” and “Danke Schoen,” this time around, he crashes a Chinese parade. The valet : Call us crazy, but the way that valet shadily looked at Broderick, we were thinking back to the garage attendant who told Ferris to relax, because he was a professional, yet took the Ferrari on a joy ride. In the ad, the valet soon peels away from the curb and is seen racing the car off a jump. “Life moves pretty fast” : Indeed, Broderick will say it again, as he did twice during the film itself: “If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” What “Ferris Bueller” references did we miss? Let us know in the comments! Check out everything we’ve got on “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com .
