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Calvin Klein 'Rape' Ads Banned Down Under

By Deborah HastingsOct 25th 2010 – 1:00PM
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Calvin Klein

(Oct. 25) -- A racy Calvin Klein ad showing a nearly naked female model being straddled and held by the hair has been banned in Australia, where officials say it encourages rape and violence. The government's Advertising Standards Bureau has ordered the controversial billboards be removed after declaring the images were...

Bandit Sign Haiku: The Latest Art Installation in Atlanta?

By Paul WachterSep 14th 2010 – 8:36AM

(Sept. 14) -- Many American commuter roads are dotted with aesthetically ugly and morally dubious small advertisements for loaning agencies, weight-loss plans and other invitations to the gullible and desperate. "Bandit signs," they're called. Now, Atlanta-based artist John Morse has posted 500-some counter-signs...

Boxer 'Billy the Billboard' Pays the Bills With Tattoo Sponsorships

By Joe PeacockJul 7th 2010 – 8:33AM
Courtesy of Billy Gibby

Courtesy of Billy Gibby

(July 7) -- I'm an avid collector and appreciator of tattoos, so I tend to run into news that revolves around that culture quite often. That's how I came to know about Billy Gibby -- also known as Billy the Human Billboard -- an amateur boxer out of Alaska who is living his dream of being a fighter and paying the bills by...

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