Thoughts on branding, via Renée Zellweger

I hope everyone enjoyed the Academy Awards last week—I know I did. If nothing else, the Oscars signal that spring is just around the corner. For me, it’s also an opportunity to guess which stars had work done since I last saw them. Of course the biggest cosmetic...

The Best Super Bowl Commercials of 2014

We always claim that the best part of the Super Bowl is the commercials, and this time, they had no competition from the tedious football game going on in between. The game may have been a snooze-fest this year, but the advertisements were far from it. 2014 saw a...

Leave the gun, take the cannoli.

Fans of The Godfather love that line. Peter Clemenza says this to Rocco Lampone, just after Rocco has killed Paulie.  Clemenza has promised his wife he would bring home the dessert, and he is not going to forget, even in the blood-splattering horror of the moment. The...