Ask the Ad Team: Who sings in the Victoria's Secret ad?
— -- Q: Who sings in the Victoria's Secret ad for the latest Angels product? —Judy Bondi, Sugar Grove, N.C.
A: Scandinavian singer Lisa Ekdahl performs Deep Inside Your Dreams from her 2002 album, Heaven Earth & Beyond, in the pretty and pink ad in which Miranda Kerr promotes the Angels Demi bra.
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Fashion revolution.
After an online advertising brouhaha that had some folks linking perky Dunkin' Donuts spokeswoman Rachael Ray to terrorism, the doughnut company has replaced Ray's image in the offending ad with bland ol' images of its iced beverages.
The black-and-white scarf Ray wore around her neck in an ad for Dunkin's Lite beverage line got major online and offline buzz last week. Some conservative bloggers wrote that the scarf she wore was similar to a type they claimed is worn by Islamic extremists. So, that image, originally posted on May 7, was pulled on May 24.
The scarf was selected by a stylist for the shoot, says Dunkin' spokeswoman Michelle King. It was fringed and actually had a paisley pattern. "Absolutely no symbolism was intended," she says.
Yet, the dust-up bumped Ray's ever-smiling face. The new images the company put up to cool off the controversy: Dunkin's Iced Latte Lite, Iced Coffee and Iced Tea.
Not a scarf in sight.
On Nationwide's side.
Former American Idol Season 6 contestant Sanjaya Malakar has joined Nationwide Mutual Insurance's growing roster of B- and C-list celebrity endorsers. Last week, the singer was in India to shoot a series of TV ads that follow Nationwide's Life Comes at You Fast theme.
In one spot, a wise man tells the 18-year-old that retirement planning is one of the secrets to a successful life.
Sanjaya — who says he's "honored to follow in the footsteps" of past Nationwide ad stars Fabio, MC Hammer and ex-Mr. Britney Spears, Kevin Federline — already is trying to beef up his financial future. He told the Ad Team that he's working on an album and looking into modeling jobs.
