Oscar Winners and Nominees Featured in the Premier of Firebrand's 'Hollywood Hot Spots'

Oscar Winners and Nominees Featured in the Premier of Firebrand's 'Hollywood Hot Spots'

Award Winning Actors and Directors in Commercials include Johnny Depp, Cate Blanchett, George Clooney and Tim Burton

New York, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- "And the Oscar goes to" ... In honor of Hollywood's biggest awards show, Firebrand, home of the world's best commercials, will premier "Hollywood Hot Spots," starring Hollywood's best celebrity performances in commercials, beginning tonight and going all week on ION TV (weeknights 11PM/10C), and downloadable via iTunes and www.firebrand.com.

Viewers will be treated to great commercials featuring past Oscar winners and this year's nominees, including Johnny Depp, George Clooney, Laura Linney, Viggo Mortensen, Cate Blanchett and Ellen Page. Great spots from this year's best film and director nominees, including the Coen Brothers and Paul Thomas Anderson, will also be featured in the line-up.

Firebrand's Commercial Jockey's or CJ,'s, set up the curated commercials. Viewers tuning in this week will hear the voice of Best Actor nominee George Clooney in a Budweiser ad, see Best Actor nominee Viggo Mortensen in the movie spot from David Cronenberg's "Eastern Promises," and watch Best Director nominee Michel Gondry play himself in a Hewlett-Packard ad.

The week after Hollywood's biggest award show, starting February 25th, Firebrand.com hosts the "Firebrand Cut", showcasing only the best spots from Sunday night's telecast, where viewers can download, share and rate their favorites spots. Among the spots to be considered will be broadcast debuts created exclusively for the big show from J.C. Penny, Unilever, Dove, Coca Cola, General Motors, L'Oreal, Procter & Gamble, as well as the highly-anticipated "Studious Pupil" from Mastercard Worldwide.

Major investors in Firebrand include Microsoft, NBC Universal and GE's Peacock Equity Fund. Firebrand can be found at www.firebrand.com, and weeknights on ION television network at 11PM/10C and on www.itunes.com.

For additional information, check out http://press.firebrand.com/.

Firebrand. Home of only the best commercials. On TV, web and mobile.

PR Contact:
Dawn Rowan
646-747-3600
dawn.rowan@firebrandtv.com

Press can access images and further information at http://press.firebrand.com/.

Source: Firebrand

CONTACT: Dawn Rowan of Firebrand, +1-646-747-3600,
dawn.rowan@firebrandtv.com

Web site:

http://www.firebrand.com/
http://press.firebrand.com/

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