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Just seen M-J – she’s only 24!!! – on BBC News this morning so thought I’d share this hilarious spoof dedicated to the Welsh town of Newport.

Don’t worry if you’re from the other side of the pond………there are subtitles!

Last week, I was asked to go and “do a bit of social media” at Dougray Scott’s Mini Masters golf tournament in aid of the charity Leuka, that the Bing UK were sponsoring.

I had no idea what to expect having never been to an event like it, but took my Kodak Zi8 and a microphone in the hope of catching someone to talk to.

Gianlucca Vialli played with our Bing team

Well as it turned out, we had a huge Bing bus right in the middle of Dukes Meadows Golf Course and a host of celebs became easy pickings for “a few words for the sponsors.”

Dougray Scott with a motley crew from Microsoft

In the video I talk to Hugh Grant, James Nesbitt, Tim Henman, Damian Lewis, Tim Lovejoy, Phil Glenister, Mark Nicholas, Rob Brydon and Gianluca Vialli.

Hugh are you?

Nearly all of them were very accommodating and gave us and the fabulous guys at Cherry UK some great material to edit. I say nearly all, because one gave me a bit of a runaround which, if you see me out and about I’d be happy to share, but not here!

Jimmy Nesbitt know how to party!

I needed a hook. Something about Bing to ask them and get a variety of responses.

So I came up with:

“What’s the best decision you’ve ever made?”

Geddit? Bing’s our “Decision Engine”……..anyway we got some great answers, so watch on!

Tim shared he’s not played tennis for 16 months!

James Walsh from Starsailor – he and his tour manager were delightful!

Already talk of us doing it all again next year……….so I’m off to the driving range!

Nice, concise and visual from Nick Stringer and the guys at the IABUK

I wrote a piece for Media Week on BT last year.

As more and more main stream press start talking about privacy and the issues around it, I’m finding it easier for non-industry friends and family to accept behavioural targeting as a valid way to reach them and keep the services they love and care about FREE!!

Tell people Microsoft, Google and Yahoo! are about to start charging for search, video and email and there’d be a riot…….

That’s a wrap from down here at Cannes!

Other posts we’ve written on the Microsoft Advertising Blog:

Video: Interview with Carolyn Everson at Cannes Lions 2010

Yahoo! and Ben Stiller at Cannes Lions 2010

Video Interview: Mich Mathews on Underdogs & Overdogs at Cannes Lions 2010

Are You Contagious? – Cannes Lions 2010

Video: Darren Huston Keynote – Managing Transformation Through Innovation – Cannes Lions 2010

Now for a well earned weekend soaking up the sun!

Having a blast down here in the south of France at Cannes Lions 2010.

The video was a bit of fun but the guys at Cherry did a fab job in editing my journey to the event!

We got exclusive backstage access to the TED @ Cannes conference. Interviewing the speakers was prtty cool, as were all their talks.

See other posts and interviews with Microsoft and digital agency execs here:

Video Interview: Mich Mathews on Underdogs & Overdogs at Cannes Lions 2010

Video Interview with Darren Huston CVP at Microsoft at Cannes Lions 2010

Video Interview with Quentin George CDO at IPG Media Brands – Cannes Lions 2010

Video: Interview with Richard Dunmall – VP Microsoft Advertising Asia at Cannes Lions

Been very busy, but check out our Cannes Lions Photos too!

Setting off for Cannes via a weekend in Nice with my aunt and uncle which is handy.

It’s been a long week, hammering down the filming schedule which I hope will be as engaging as last year – check out the below interview with Biz Stone from Twitter.

To see what we’re up to, check out our dedicated Cannes Lions site, follow us on Twitter and fan us on our Facebook page.

Monday will be very cool as we’re hosting the TED @ Cannes conference. Looking forward to meeting those guys!

That’s it for now, gotta get to T5…

Impressive Photosynth implementation using Silverlight to bring fans of the hit TV show Stargate Universe deep inside the set of the show.

What’s clever here is as you navigate between each area of the set, a 5 second video is played to promote the DVDs they’re selling.

A short, sweet, unobtrusive tactic but nevertheless, very effective way of generating desire.

Check out this on-set interview with Lawrence Moroney on how Photosynth works and what it takes to create an experience like this.

Less than 2 weeks to go now till I head down to the south of France for the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival.

The organisers have done a great job with the agenda, attracting the likes of Mark Zuckerberg from Facebook, Ridley Scott, Ben Stiller and a host of advertising gods like Sir Martin Sorrell and Rory Sutherland.

Microsoft Advertising will be there in force – we sponsor the event – and I’ll be running around with my esteemed colleagues – Colm Bracken and Kelley Myers – filming, blogging, photographing, tweeting and, hopefully, getting the chance to imbibe some quality rose wine.

This video, from our Microsoft Advertising YouTube Channel, sets the scene nicely, with an interview with Cannes Lions CEO Phil Thomas and a look back to last year when we managed to get an insightful chat with Biz Stone from Twitter and many, many others.

Keep an eye on the Microsoft Advertising Blog, our Flickr feed and our dedicated Cannes Lions 2010 site which will be fed with all the news and views from the festival.

Follow us on Twitter too!

Steve Ballmer receiving Media Person of the Year 2009

Kerlassic stuff from the Tom Cruise – as the Tropic Thunder character Les Grossman – and J-Lo at the MTV Awards last night!

Just showing how easy it is to get your free ice lolly in London this month courtesy of the folks from www.Bing.com

Check out this post from the fab Cedic Chambaz on where to get your free ice cream!