Television Advertising

Decrying TV Attacks, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Gives A Boost To Wendy Greuel

So much for staying neutral. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has said that he would not get involved in the campaign to succeed him, saying he wants to maintain good relations with both Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti.But if we know one thing about this guy, it's that he's constitutionally incapable of st ... More >>

Eric Garcetti Leads By 10 Points In New USC/L.A. Times Poll

Councilman Eric Garcetti has a 10-point lead in the race for mayor, according to the USC Price / L.A. Times poll out this morning.According to the survey of 500 likely voters, Garcetti leads his opponent, Controller Wendy Greuel, by a margin of 50 percent to 40 percent.The margin is the largest seen ... More >>

Even After Election, Pro-Greuel Group Still Running TV Ad Attacking Eric Garcetti

Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel flooded the TV airwaves in the week leading up to Tuesday's mayoral primary. Since then, both campaigns have gone off the air and gone back on the fundraising circuit.But that doesn't mean TV viewers can put the election out of their minds completely. Working Californi ... More >>

Wendy Greuel And Eric Garcetti Headed To Mayoral Runoff, According To New Private Poll

A new private poll shows Controller Wendy Greuel and Councilman Eric Garcetti advancing to a runoff in the race for L.A. mayor, with Greuel taking a slight lead ahead of the March 5 primary vote.The poll was paid for by a Greuel-friendly source who declined to be identified, and conducted by a profe ... More >>

Amid Ad Blitz For Wendy Greuel, Eric Garcetti Uses TV Debate To Attack

Amid a TV ad blitz for Wendy Greuel, rival candidate Eric Garcetti went on the attack at Monday night's televised debate, with just two weeks left before the March 5 primary.Garcetti challenged Greuel's numbers and repeatedly cited the $1 million in ad spending she has received from the union that r ... More >>

New TV Ad Offers Voters A Stark Choice: Kevin James Or Bankruptcy?

A new TV ad supporting Kevin James' campaign for mayor will start running tomorrow, making him the third candidate with a spot on the airwaves.The ad is the second one in a week to raise the specter of bankruptcy. This one contends that the three City Hall veterans in the race -- Wendy Greuel, Eric ... More >>

Eric Garcetti Bills Himself As A "Practical Problem Solver" In First TV Ad

Wendy Greuel had the airwaves to herself for two full weeks -- but no longer. Her chief rival in the race for L.A. mayor, Councilman Eric Garcetti, launched his own TV ad today, highlighting his record as a "practical problem solver" with "proven results." (Video after the jump.)The ad continue ... More >>

Eric Garcetti Attacks Wendy Greuel For Her "Flim-Flam" Waste Claim

Eric Garcetti took to the microphones today to attack Wendy Greuel on her claim to have discovered $160 million in waste, fraud and abuse -- marking the sharpest dispute yet between the two leading candidates."The numbers that are the cornerstone of her campaign don't add up," Garcetti said. "This i ... More >>

Wendy Greuel Launches First Mayoral TV Ad

Tuesday, 11:15 a.m. Updated below with video. Controller Wendy Greuel will be the first candidate to run TV commercials in the race for L.A. mayor, according to records filed with the Federal Communications Commission.Greuel's ads will start airing Tuesday morning. The campaign spent at least $125,0 ... More >>

How a Star Wars Art Show Came to Be

See also: *Boba Fett as a Girl *The Creation of That Super Bowl Ad With the Imperial March Sung by Dogs The star of L.A.-based artist Lekit's Opheleia looks like she's had a brutal day. Her cheeks are sunken, her eyes dazed. Her dress falls off her shoulders, revealing an impressive tattoo collect ... More >>

Proposition 38 Election Results: Molly Munger's Tax-Hike Falls To Massive Voter Opposition

Major media outlets have concluded that Molly Munger's Proposition 38 is a big loser -- and by a huge margin if current numbers hold up. As of 10:20 p.m., the California Secretary of State web site shows that voters shot down Prop. 38 by 74 percent -- no other initiative on the 2012 state ballot is ... More >>

Assembly District 49: Chau's Video Featuring Lin's Wife's Social Security Number Still Up Online, Despite Suit and Restraining Order

The San Gabriel Valley showdown pitting two successful Asian-American professionals, a doctor and a lawyer, against one another is getting cutthroat in the dwindling hours to election day--with accusations of tax evasion, lawsuits and a restraining order to boot. Joy Lin, wife of candidate Dr. Mat ... More >>

Yes on Prop 37 Releases TV Ad: "Food Is Love"

If you're looking for the disparity in power between the two factions clashing over Proposition 37, the upcoming ballot initiative regarding the labeling of GMO products, consider this: The No-On-37 folks have spent tens of millions on ads, including a barrage of television commercials, opposing the ... More >>

Congressman Howard Berman's Super PAC Ad Looks Like It Was Produced In 1982

Rep. Brad Sherman has been hounding rival Rep. Howard Berman over his support from Super PACs for several months. But if the first TV spot from the "Committee for an Effective Valley Congressman" is any indication, he doesn't have much to worry about.The spot, which is posted after the jump, looks l ... More >>

'Bark Side' Super Bowl Ad, With Star Wars' Imperial March Sung by Dogs: Director Keith Schofield Explains How He Did It

Have you seen that video of the dogs barking the Darth Vader song? Chances are, if you have a pulse and an Internet connection, you have. The viral video is a teaser for a Volkswagen Super Bowl commercial, so yes, that makes it a commercial for a commercial. It's bold new territory for advertising ... More >>

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Justin Bieber and Ozzy Osbourne in Matching TRON Outfits (WTF Pic of the Week)

​There used to be a big football game called the Super Bowl. Then that got overshadowed by the TV ads played during the Superbowl. Then that got overshadowed by trailers and ad campaigns for the TV ads that played during the Super Bowl. Now apparently all of that is being overshadowed by "Maki ... More >>

(Video) L.A.'s AIDS Healthcare Foundation Gets Rare Afternoon Condom Ad On 'The Oprah Show'

AIDS Healthcare FoundationJim Hat comes to after-school hours.​It's been slow going for condom ads on television. The first network spots appeared in 2005, and they're still somewhat of a rarity, particularly during after-school hours when teens would be exposed to them. The AIDS Healthcare Fo ... More >>

Will.i.am To Star In Los Angeles County Public Service Announcement About Ecstasy And Raves

blackeyedpeas.comWill.i.am says let's NOT get e-tarded.​We're not sure if e-tards will look at a public service announcement and renounce their drug-taking ways, but your tax dollars will be put to work to that end anyway. The county of Los Angeles is producing a public service announcement t ... More >>

Jerry Brown And Meg Whitman Go Mano-A-Mano With 'Attack' Websites

Meg Whitman.​It looks like California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman has found a new place to sink her millions: Campaign websites. California Watch reports that her campaign has quite a few, including Jerryfails.com as well as sites for women, students, nurses, Latinos, and Chinese-speak ... More >>

Does Gay Activist David Fleischer Debunk Myths Surrounding 2008 Prop. 8 Campaign?

Steve La​ Last night at the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center, David Fleischer, founder of the LGBT Mentoring Project, sought to debunk common wisdom in gay rights circles on why Proposition 8 passed in 2008, offering up results from his study, "The Prop. 8 Report." "The bottom line is that what most ... More >>

Janice Hahn Rolls Out TV Ad for Lt. Gov. Bid

With less than a week until the June 8th primary, Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn has rolled out a TV ad in support of her dark horse bid to win the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor. Titled "Janice Hahn Carries on the Fight," the ad reminisces about her father -- the late ... More >>

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Queer Town: L.A. Raises Money for Maine's Gay Marriage Fight

On the day anti-gay marriage forces aired their first TV ad in Maine, Los Angeles gays and lesbians gathered for a fund-raiser at West Hollywood's East/West Lounge, hauling in between $5,000 and $6,000 for Protect Maine Equality, the campaign that's fighting to keep same-sex marriage legal in that s ... More >>

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Helping to fill the pockets of indie bands now that CD sales have dried up

Queer Town: Field Poll Finds Proposition 8 Losing

While the margin is getting tighter, a new Field Poll, released this morning, finds that Proposition 8 will lose on Election Day. The poll, however, shows declining support for the "No on 8" campaign over the past month, which is when the "Yes on 8" side started a vigorous TV ad campaign. Based on t ... More >>

Queer Town: A-List Hollywood Raises Money for No on 8

Last night, billionaire Ron Burkle, best friend of former President Bill Clinton, opened up the wrought iron gates at his landmark Beverly Hills estate, Green Acres, to raise money for the No on 8 campaign, which wants to defeat the ballot measure, Proposition 8, that would ban same sex marriage in ... More >>

Queer Town: No Cash, No TV Ads, No Gay Marriage

The No on 8 campaign pressed the panic button yesterday and pleaded for more donations to pay for more TV ads in an effort to defeat Proposition 8, the November ballot measure that bans same sex marriage. "Our worst nightmares are coming true," wrote Geoff Kors, a member of the No on 8 executive c ... More >>

Queer Town: Opponents of Gay Marriage Release New TV Ad

The Yes on Prop. 8 campaign has released a new television ad today, featuring San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. Frank Schubert, campaign manager of ProtectMarriage.com, the umbrella group leading the fight to ban same sex marriage in California, also asks supporters to donate $3.6 million in the com ... More >>

Rime Show at Ghettogloss

Seventh Letter crew member RIME, aka Jersey Joe, will be showing new work at Ghettogloss this Friday, March 7. The show will run for a couple of weeks, and there's a reception Friday, so mark your calendars. The gallery's at 2380 Glendale Blvd. near the Red Lion and across the street from Rockaway ... More >>

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A Fading Gray

The governor’s uphill charge for another term