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Keira Knightley starred in this recent anti-domestic violence PSA directed by Atonement‘s Joe Wright in which she gets the crap kicked out her for 30 seconds.  It wisely employs the age old strategy of “let’s ruin everyone’s day with this ridiculously depressing commercial just in case the .000000000000001% of the population this has any chance of affecting happens to be watching.”  Don’t beat the sh-t out of my wife, you say?  Thanks, commercial!  Maybe if we act really serious about this problem it will magically disappear.

I prefer those PSAs Sean Connery did back in the 70s.  “Women: Shomtimesh they jusht have to have the lasht word.”  *More You Know music plays* Read the rest of this entry »

Casper Van Dien is doing just fine.  He just cares about the kids is all.  He cares about them so much, in fact, that he was willing to put on his old Johnny Rico outfit from Starship Troopers and make this PSA about child abuse (and yes, this is an actual, recent PSA).  Because though he may play have played a guy who kills outer space bugs on the big screen 12 years ago, it’s the men and women who fight child abuse every day who are the real heroes.

You know, I think Casper might actually be using this as his audition for that movie Van Damme wants to do where he beats his kid.  Van Damme vs. Van Dien.  With the timeless themes of karate and child abuse.  Someone get on that.

[via /Film]

This Clint Eastwood PSA about “the glamour drug of the 80s” isn’t new, but its message is timeless.

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Now that Obama has a comfortable lead in the polls, it’s time for idiot celebrities to hit the streets and F things up as best they can.  For instance, here’s Hayden Pantiesrarely or whatever her name is from that show I don’t watch doing a hilarious PSA for John McCain on Funny or Die.

Hi, I’m Hayden Panettiere, and I’m hot enough that I know I have your attention for at least 30 seconds [Don't count on it. -Ed.]. I’m here to tell you to vote for John McCain: he’s just like George Bush, except older and with a worse temper.

I think you’ll agree that in tough economic times like these, it’s a good thing we have barely legal legal child actors with seventh grade educations to tell us what to think.  I vote die.

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Some clever fellow named Adam Slutsky (a Polish guy with “slut” in his name… too… many… jokes… system overload… does anyone else smell burnt toast? Klafs;jkadfsjkladfskl….) cleverly decided to turn this Vote or Die PSA into a PSA about not seeing Nic Cage movies.

I liked Face Off.  Then again, I didn’t go to college.
Nic Cage was a legend.  That was old school, good Nic Cage.  Then he decided to keep existing.  I wasn’t for it.  I wasn’t like, “Yeah, let’s keep him alive.”

How dare you sons of bitches insult Papa Bear!  Do you have any idea what my life would be like if they’d never made Wicker Man? Do you, huh??  I demand a written apology immediately, or I will fight you all!  And these guns don’t shoot blanks.  They fire missiles.  Sex missiles.

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