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[lonelybrit]

Firstly, if you're so inclined, do toddle over and show support for Burn Gorman - he's nominated for Best Supporting Actor in SkyFy Portal's 2008 Genre Awards. There's more info on other nominees and other catagories here.

Secondly - I spotted this in the Daily Mail and it's re-iterated here, here and here. It seems Heinz had another tacky, cheesy, badly acted ad - this time for mayo. The only difference between this and hundreds of other tedious ads was that it featured two guys briefly kissing. Cue 202 complaints that it was 'offensive' and not suitable for children etc etc, and Heinz pulled the ad. Stonewall and others, obviously, were/are not impressed. There's an online petition here, and/or derryderrydown reckons we could produce more than 202 emails easily :)

Comments

[lonelybrit]

*huggles* I'm just genuinely baffled that a company in this day and age could be so apparently gutless. Ah well.

[esmerelda-t.livejournal.com]

I read about the Heinz ad in the The Guardian the other day, yeah, not impressed Heinz, by the fact you pulled it instead of telling the 200 crazies to sod off.

[lonelybrit]

Yep, not impressed, Heinz, not impressed at all. I doubt they'll ever reinstate the ad or even apologise, but I hope a general 'oops?' is being registered by some of those in charge and quietly noted.