Portman Poses, Business Socializes, Low Carb Homophobia

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– Natalie Portman is the new face for Dior Chérie fragrance and will appear in a series of print ads shot by Tim Walker and a TV campaign by Sofia Coppola in March 2011.

– In 2011 80% of US businesses with 100+ employees will use social media marketing, up 42% from 2008.

– Daffy’s does AssCrackVertising.

– A New Zealand ad campaign has raised the ire of people after suggesting low-carb beer is only for homosexuals.

– In most places bras are sold by having models wear them while prancing around as if they want to have sex with you. In Taiwan, they just hang them on a Christmas tree.

– It’s December. Must be time for yet another mistletoe gig. This one comes courtesy of McKinney.

– d4creative CCO Kurt Shore had his computer stolen from his car and it was caught on video.

– This Christmas, Cadbury Spots v Stripes is testing how playful people really are by launching a new play experiment.

– And if you can’t get enough Twitter, now you can wrap your presents in paper emblazoned with tweets.

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