The hilarious series of viral spots featuring Isaiah Mustafa who promoted Old Spice shower gel scooped a plethora of industry awards (including the Grand Prix for film at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival) last year and helped the 7-decade old brand double the sales. The ‘The Man Your Man Could Smell Like’ commercials as well as the answer videos on YouTube were extremely popular, and when the brand said that Isaiah had left the campaign, at heart people believed that the Old Spice Guy would be back. And he has done it. Old Spice and Wieden+Kennedy Portland, the agency behind the campaign, announced the return of the much-loved Guy, who will be featured in new adverts to air the day after the Super Bowl.

Following the success of its Super Bowl advertising debut last year, Kia Motors America is returning to the big game with a fully integrated and interactive marketing campaign incorporating TV, digital, print, social media and in-dealership components to introduce the all-new 2011 Optima midsize sedan. At the center of the initiative is a new 60-second spot that will air in the first quarter of Super Bowl XLV titled ‘One Epic Ride,’ and Kia will extend the campaign by giving away up to five Optimas through its ‘One Epic Contest.’

Pepsi Max is offering new ways to rid of those who don’t let you enjoy a can of your favourite soda. The fizzy drink brand released a series of tongue-in-cheek spots, featuring guys who just want to escape from the imperfect reality (in which they got to do unpleasant things like having dinner with a girl-friend’s parents, shopping with her or having a tough conversation with a boss) and spend some time with buddies.

During this year’s Golden Globe awards ceremony, America’s technology giant and sponsor of the Golden Globe event Microsoft introduced new series of commercials under a new tagline: ‘Be What’s Next’. As a long-time sponsor of the event, Microsoft had ability to bring its ads to the viewers during the broadcast. But what’s special about this year’s ad series is that the newly-unveiled spots directly reference the context of the Globes by showcasing future actors who talk about their commitment to their dream of pursuing the career of an actor.

Fergie becomes extremely seductive in a new Dr Pepper commercial for the upcoming Super Bowl XLV, slated for February 6. The soft drink brand, which invited spooky KISS to star in the last year’s advertising, now is focusing on sexual attraction. The music diva, who now got wavy dark brown locks and is wearing a gorgeous ‘vampire’ dress, promotes the famous Cherry Dr. Pepper soda and surprises her fans with a very complicated trick—in just a few seconds she knots a cherry stem in her mouth.

Using the cutting-edge 3d slow motion technology, MINI, the European elite car manufacturer, has produced a two-minute video ad that will debut in US movie theatres with the world rollout following soon.

The video is dubbed ‘MINI vs Monster’ and sees a huge monster truck jumping as long as 15.52 meters over the Mini car family standing motionless on the stadium: MINI Cooper Convertible, MINI Cooper Clubman, MINI Cooper S and MINI Cooper S Countryman.