Tropicana in The Big Bang Theory

American sitcom The Big Bang Theory doesn’t contain many placements, but nevertheless you can spot some products and brands or hear some names being dropped. In the last episode The Good Guy…

What brand of glasses is Zooey wearing in New Girl?

If you don’t want to read the rest of the blog post, here’s your answer: Wacks by Oliver Peoples. New Girl is an American sit-com, which premiered on Fox on 20th September…

Brands on paintings 2: Alex Gross in the TV show Castle

I’ve already written about an American painter Alex Gross who included brands and logos on several of his paintings. Alex Gross is an author in the Pop Surrealism movement. As I stated…

Product placement in pictures: Horrible Bosses

I rarely enjoy movie comedies, mainly because they’re just not funny and the majority of their jokes are recycled and boring. Horrible Bosses falls in the category of fairly good comedies with…

Florence + The Machine + Piaget

Product placement in music videos is usually associated with pop and hip-hop artists, but not so much with indie stars. Well, things have changed. Swiss luxury watchmaker Piaget recently teamed up with…

Product placement in Happy Endings – Season 1 recap

Happy Endings is an American sitcom which reminds me of Friends for different reasons: three girls and three guys, two of them are married, two of them were almost married, but the…

Product placement in pictures: Friends With Benefits

No Strings Attached and Friends With Benefits are two Hollywood movies within a year with the same concept and with lead actresses that had important parts in the brilliant Black Swan. Natalie…

Product placement in pictures: The Smurfs

The Smurfs is an animated television series that was hugely popular during my childhood. It was first introduced as a series of comic books by the Belgian cartoonist Peyo in 1958. The…

Product placement in pictures: Fast Five

Since I had started Brands & Films I’ve been getting a lot of suggestions from my friends and colleagues about possible blog posts. I must admit that I had used a lot…

Criolo – from Grajau suburb to Nike sponsorship

A few weeks ago I didn’t know anything about Criolo. I didn’t know that he’s one of the hottest names in Brazilian popular music. I also didn’t know that he’s a 36-year…

Product placement in pictures: Morning Glory

Morning Glory is a comedy set in the hilarious and dysfunctional world of morning television. It follows a young news producer Becky Fuller (Rachel McAdams) who just got fired from her job…