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Bono on Naomi Campbell (via Oprah)

By on May 14, 2010 in Bono, On TV & Radio

During an interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired last week, Naomi Campbell was surprised to hear Oprah give Bono’s view of why men become putty when they are around Naomi. Here’s what Oprah said Bono told her: “It’s because you have the body that men crave. You have the perfect proportioned body. And that there [...]

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Here’s the next U2-ified ESPN/FIFA commercial

By on May 8, 2010 in On TV & Radio, Video/Audio/Photo

ESPN has started to air the latest in its series of U2-ified commercials promoting the upcoming FIFA World Cup. This one is called “Power of 10″ and uses an oldie-but-goodie from U2′s back catalog.

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How U2 Got Involved with ESPN Again

By on May 6, 2010 in In the News..., On TV & Radio

Bono didn’t write the words he says during that ESPN/FIFA World Cup TV commercial that features his voice. That’s one of the interesting bits of information in an interview on Examiner.com with ESPN’s Seth Ader. Ader explains that ESPN approached U2 last fall: We just believe in their message, not only their music, but their [...]

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Bono Voices an ESPN/FIFA World Cup Commercial

By on April 21, 2010 in Bono, On TV & Radio, Video/Audio/Photo

Following up on our home page news bit from last week about U2 being included in several ESPN/FIFA World Cup TV commercials, the ESPN YouTube channel has just added another one of those spots. This one is called “United,” and I’d say yer man has a bright career ahead of him in TV voiceover work [...]

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U2 & NASCAR: What’s up with that?

By on January 18, 2010 in On TV & Radio, Video/Audio/Photo

U2 on a NASCAR TV commercial? That’s the question on a lot of people’s minds these days. Our Marylinn Maione wondered about it in her OTR column last night. Fans in our forum are asking WTF? Heck, even the LA Times is blogging about it: Pop & Hiss has reached out to the U2 camp [...]

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Who Needs A Playlist?

By on October 2, 2009 in On TV & Radio

While traveling to Durham for the U2 Conference yesterday, Jet Blue had a wonderful selection of satellite music for me to take advantage of. For a U2 fan who didn’t feel like hitting “random” on her personal music device, the airline’s XM Radio did a great job in finding obvious and obscure tunes by U2 [...]

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