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20 Nostalgic Collectibles From the Golden Age of Fast-Food Movie Tie-Ins
Remember fast-food kids meals with specially marketed pop culture toys? They just don’t make ‘em like they used to. In the 1990s, Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut, McDonald’s, and Burger King often chose chaos with their tie-ins, like the Batman Forever glass mugs or the Hercules plates. Heck, even when big event films like the…
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Brands Turn Adam Levine’s Awkward Sexts Into Online Advertising for Delicious Foodstuffs
Adam Levine, frontman for Maroon 5, recently had his sexts leaked by a woman who was very much not his wife. And if you thought something so awkwardly horny couldn’t be turned into social media marketing by the biggest brands on the planet, we’re here to tell you they can. Yes, Levine’s messages went from…
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7 Times Taco Bell’s Menu Pushed the Boundaries of Science
Earlier this month, Gizmodo reported on a new high-tech drive-thru Taco Bell that the Tex-Mex chain opened in Minnesota; at “Taco Bell Defy,” you order via a mobile app, scan a QR code when you drive up, and have your food delivered via a series of tubes, never interacting with another human being. But that…
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Batman’s New Video Game Team Up Didn’t Have to Be Like This
Comics have a long, convoluted, and wildly inconsistent history with licensed brand crossovers. As of late, DC in particular has gone through this, delivering branded tie-ins that range from working on absurdity alone, actually working as great comics, or just being absolute garbage. But its latest crossover might be worse than being comically bad: it’s…