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Idris Elba wears many hats. The face of Sky TV also voices Knuckles the Echidna, campaigns against knife crime, and plans to turn an island off the coast of Sierra Leone into an eco-friendly smart city (maybe he could beat Neom to the punch). On top of all that, Elba performs as DJ Big Driis or Idris, as he does here with Nigerian-American rapper Kolo.

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Last year, Rafa Nadal finally had to concede that his patched up body wasn't going to enable him to win any more tennis tournaments, and after a glittering career, he finally hung up his racket. The question for him now is: what next? this makes his inclusion in this ad for Kia all the more poignant, as the grating voiceover suggests this question is the driving force behind the marque's advancement.

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Rosie May Bird Smith directs a cheeky Current Account Switch Service commercial that may cause viewers to think twice about that blind date they have later. When the maître d' of an Italian restaurant takes the protagonist to her table, the ick is almost too much to handle. Why? Because the woman and her date have known each for years.

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Not long ago it felt like every second ad featured zombies, only for them to die of starvation or one two many bullets to the head. This Australian commercial suggests there’s life in the undead yet, as Kia uses them to promote its all-electric range. In this scenario, zombies are less of a threat and more of an inconvenience—just stay quiet and you're golden.

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This tie-up between Adidas and Always Do What You Should Do travels around the globe, so to speak. Two kids spin a globe to visit countries like Japan, the home of sushi, and Italy, home of the pyramids. Hold on—DAVID thought the pyramids were in Egypt. Sure enough, skateboarder and model Jyrrel Roberts offers to teach them not only about geography, but also about people.

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It's a full house in this 60" ITV commercial—just how the channel likes it on a Saturday night, but Ant and Dec must wait for someone to hear them ring the doorbell.

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Diffan Sina Norman's fascinating exploration of romantic obsession is dedicated to the memory of 'Exorcist' director William Friedkin, and that gives you some idea of this short film's vibe. The Malaysian-Iranian filmmaker moved from Los Angeles to Texas a few years ago and Pasture Prime is a sideways portrayal at his adopted state, drawn, he claims with nothing but affection.

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Andy Murray's biography on Twitter (or whatever the hell you call it) reads: "I played tennis. I now play golf." He also stars in commercials like this one for Uber Eats, a brand that’s become synonymous with the Australian Open in recent years. 2025 ups the ante with a chase sequence that must have been hell on Murray’s right hip.

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Does the name Josef Newgarden ring a bell? If not, this Fox Sports commercial will bring you up to speed. It starts with honest-to-God sperm ("Josef was conceived to win races") and only gets better from here. He's IndyCar's Chuck Norris, able to win even when he loses, play table tennis blindfolded, and make Tom Brady jealous with his jawline.

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Sam Akpro is a man of few words… or he is on 'Evenfall' at least. There are only a handful of lyrics sung by Akpro, but what he does share piques our interest: "I walked the curbs and nearly lost my step/In front of me, couldn’t see or retrieve/What was next, what was left, couldn't believe." This is how DAVID should ask for directions from now on.

New Signing

Australian writer and director Max Barden, whose credits include 'I Want Real' for Goodman Fielder and Australian Lamb's recent 'Comments Section' spot, is now on the books at Anonymous Content in the UK. When asked what drew the company to Barden, managing director Tor Fitzwilliams cuts to the chase: "Max is funny."

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When Sarge (Hamish Clark) got a book called 'The Joy of Astronomy' for Christmas, little did he know how useful it would be on the job. In the latest Budget Direct spot from Down Under, an honest-to-God meteor appears in the sky just like his calculations said it would—now he, Jacs, and Chief the dog must follow the blighter and assess the damage when it lands.

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Performer Blondshell (aka Sabrina Mae Teitelbaum) and director Hannah Bon put male toxicity in the spotlight in this amusing promo which compares men's behaviour with that of dogs, and the opening sequence breathes new life into that saying about dogs and their owners. Of course we know this comparison is completely unfair... on dogs.

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This ad for Swedish nonprofit Stockholms Stadsmission revolves around a vicious cycle that threatens to destroy everyone it touches.

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DAVID got his first taste of the National Theatre last year when he and Mrs DAVID went to see 'Coriolanus' (his favourite Shakespeare play, no less). This tactile commercial from director Mike Sharpe of ManvsMachine and agency Wonderhood Studios focuses on the next best way to get your NT fix: National Theatre Live.

Film & TV

In telling the story of Northern Ireland hiphop band Kneecap, writer/director Rich Peppiatt has endeavoured to make a film that is so far from the normal tropes of the biopic that most viewers are unlikely to guess that 'Kneecap' is a true story. It's all the more remarkable then that the three members of Kneecap play themselves in the film.