Creativity

Top 5 ads of the week: Elton John sings for Xmas, KFC’s crispy streetwear

Burger King uses banner ads to buy you a free Whopper, Veterans Day isn’t for sale, and Cadillac says, “Oh Hello!”

Ocasio-Cortez’s strategy for Twitter trolls? Don’t get mad, get laughs

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez saves her anger for where it’s most useful and brushes off her attackers with grace and wit.

“Ringleaders, followers, and dipsh-ts:” Sarah Silverman on that Nazi prom photo

It’s terrifying that most people understand “Nazi prom photo” as random news detritus from this week, rather than something much more unnerving.

Here’s how to download your Facebook archives, if you suddenly want to do that

Producer Jason Blum isn’t hiring white dudes for his Amazon series

Blumhouse Productions will produce eight feature thrillers exclusively for Amazon–and none of them will be helmed by the people who almost always get the job.

Elton John’s life story told in the Xmas ad for U.K. retailer John Lewis

New podcast delves into the oral history of “Sex and the City”

The Wing swoops into women’s history with a new podcast

Here’s what John F. Kennedy’s Twitterfeed would look like

Michelle Obama talks hair and the “angry black woman” stereotype on final “2 Dope Queens”

Fox News may be on a Twitter blackout, but this unflattering graphic is still trending

With Fox News protesting Twitter, the channel’s main representation on the platform is this accidentally hilarious graphic.

Oh Hello! Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, and Awkwafina get weird for Cadillac

A new ad for Cadillac features Nick Kroll and John Mulvaney as Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland, plus Awkwafina as a chauffeur named Val the Vlogger.

An ad agency made Alexa apologize to all the losing Amazon HQ2 cities

Greenpeace unveils a new Oreo flavor: Deforestation

The environmental activist group is using the stunt to take Oreo parent Mondelez to task for its lack of action in cleaning up its palm oil supply chain.

Inspired by the White House, I, too, now have Policy Time and these other Times

Trump’s “Policy Time” is the latest reminder that he’s got this whole “being president” thing down, and we are in thoroughly good hands. [Warning: Some satire ahead.]

These MAGA LEGO knockoffs urge kids to “build the wall”

Toyota is replacing the melted truck of a Paradise fire hero

Turns out you can earn a huge brand image win by doing the right thing.

Aardman Animations–the anti-Amazon–is giving 75% of the company to employees

KFC celebrates Christmas with an epic turkey showdown