YouTube, the virtual domain where any unknown but talented artist can become a true sensation, is announcing its first-ever YouTube Music Awards show. The inaugural 90-minute ceremony is slated for November 3 at Pier 36 in New York. Google-owned video platform YouTube will leverage its online power to livestreame globally. The ceremony will feature both live performances by recognized artists and pre-recorded stunts by artists from across the globe, from Seoul and Rio to Moscow and London.

Coca-Cola is battling “gray-ness” with the latest installment of its “Where Will Happiness Strike Next?” global campaign that injects some unexpected joy into the dull urban surroundings. The “Roll Out Happiness” initiative masterminded by Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam literally rolled out a piece of summer in boring «gray, grau, gri, グレー, šedá, серых» city settings of Vilnius, Lithuania in late summer.

Levi’s extends its recent global campaign, “Make Our Mark,” with a knowledge-focused partnership with the collaborative learning company Skillshare. Together, they are launching a series of online video classes that will help users develop creative skills as different as designing meaningful tattoos, capturing the surroundings with a mobile phone, creating typographics inspired by sound, designing vintage-inspired postcards from the future, and more.

The auto brand MINI, which has been rolling out its Not Normal campaign with a bunch of odd but smart efforts, has recently made quite a traditional addition to its MINI Lifestyle Collection. The range of branded goods that includes apparel, toys, bicycles, bags, luggage, and other lifestyle accessories, is now broadened with a collection of five sophisticated sport watches. The timepieces are said tocontinue the brand’s tradition of functionality and ease of use.