4 posts and columns on PSA

Viral Video: D9 Acting CEO Jane Lynch on the “R-Word”

in Media on June 9, 2011 at 1:38 am PT

“Glee” star Jane Lynch opened the ninth D: All Things Digital in a terrific bit of stand-up, posing as the acting CEO of News Corp. and making all kinds of comical proclamations. But one thing she thinks should not be made fun of are loaded “R-words” that denigrate those with intellectual disabilities, as you will see in this riveting PSA.
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Viral Video: The American Jewish World Service Is Funny

in News on November 5, 2010 at 12:20 am PT

Here is a very charming PSA for the American Jewish World Service, which appeared on FunnyorDie.com. It was done by Hollywood directing and writing phenom Judd Apatow and a passel of celebrities, celebrating the organization’s 25th anniversary. BoomTown’s fave, as usual, is Lindsay Lohan.

Don't Vote, Vote? Whatever–Spielberg's Directing an Online Video!

in News on October 30, 2008 at 1:36 am PT

Not many online videos have sequels, but the one below–featuring a passel of celebrities, including Tom Cruise, Will Smith, Borat, Leonardo DiCaprio, Julia Roberts and Harrison Ford–is one and even has famed director Steven Spielberg at the helm. It is a follow-up to a PSA I posted earlier this month, called “Hollywood Declares Themselves,” encouraging young people to vote.

Don't Vote! (Except, It's Celebs Being Ironic, So Do!)

in News on October 1, 2008 at 2:52 pm PT

Here’s an interesting online video, in which a passel of celebrities urge young people to vote. It begins with them urging youth not to vote, in that hipster, sarcastic, of-course-we-really-mean-you-should-vote-you-dope tone. The nonpartisan PSA–well, honestly, it does lean decidedly liberal–has been produced by actor Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way and includes DiCaprio, Jennifer Aniston, Dustin Hoffman, Eva Longoria, Forest Whitaker, Ellen DeGeneres, among others.