The 10 Most Fantastically Eighties Rock Star Commercials

The most 1980s TV commercials, with rock stars, from Michael Jackson shilling for Pepsi to Genesis hawking beer.

Chevrolet’s viral ‘Memory Lane’ commercial yanks at viewers’ heartstrings: ‘Now I’m crying over a car ad’

In a series of nostalgic flashbacks, the SUV morphs from a winter beater into a family scrapbook on wheels: kids growing up, ...
The New York Times

Holes Grow in Hollywood’s Safety Net When It Is Needed Most

Commercial production has long been crucial to sustaining entertainment workers in the Los Angeles area. But it continues to plummet. By Nicole Sperling Reporting from Los Angeles Diane McArter runs ...
NBC Sports

NFL adds more commercials to RedZone Channel

When the NFL decided to add commercials to RedZone Channel — which had long been advertised as “Seven hours of commercial-free football” — the spin from the league was that these commercials would be ...
TechCrunch

California bans loud commercials on Netflix, Hulu, and other streaming services

California has passed a new law aimed at quieting blaring advertisements on streaming platforms like Netflix, Hulu, and Prime Video, requiring commercial volumes to match the audio levels of the ...
USA Today

Why does NFL RedZone have commercials now?

NFL RedZone will no longer be “seven hours of commercial free football.” Going into the 2025 NFL season, and following the sale of RedZone to Disney/ESPN, the show is going through a slight transition ...
New York Post

‘NFL RedZone’ will have commercials in 2025 — and fans aren’t taking it well: ‘Unsubscribed’

This season will mark the end of “NFL RedZone” being commercial-free. Host Scott Hanson confirmed that the seven-hour show will feature commercials in some way when the 2025 season kicks off this ...
Backstage

7 Sample Commercial Scripts for Practice

In 1969, a now-iconic commercial first popped the question, “How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?” This deceptively simple line in a 30-second script managed ...
The New York Times

Why Does Every Commercial for A.I. Think You’re a Moron?

Ads for consumer A.I. are struggling to imagine how the product could improve your day — unless you’re a barely functioning idiot. By Ismail Muhammad In my favorite Meta A.I. ad, a woman tells her ...
People

Sydney Sweeney Teams Up with Dr. Squatch to Release a Bar of Soap Made From Her Bathwater — and the Internet Is Divided

Sydney Sweeney has partnered with Dr. Squatch to create a soap made from her bathwater The soap is titled Sydney's Bathwater Bliss, and is limited to 5,000 bars Fans are divided in their responses to ...
The Hollywood Reporter

AI Is Disrupting Commercial Shoots, But Actors May Get New Guardrails

When it comes to generative AI training and the replacement of human with synthetic performers, SAG-AFTRA's tentative commercial contract has more teeth than its current TV and film agreement. By ...