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• Fiat apologizes to China for Richard Gere commercial

  Filed under: Minivans/MPVs , China , Government/Legal , Marketing/Advertising , Videos , FIAT , Celebrities According to Olivier Francois, Chief Executive Officer of Lancia, Richard Gere was chosen for a recent ad for the Lancia Delta because he "is not merely a fine actor; not merely one of the most famous men in the world. He is a man with a great difference: the ability to combine talent, fame and style with great character. I'm talking about his commitment to peace." That affinity for peace stretches especially towards the people of Tibet, a people who's autonomy from China Gere supports. This commercial, which you can watch after the break, features Gere driving a new Lancia Delta from Hollywood to Tibet in just 30 seconds and aired in Italy. After reports of the commercial appeared in Chinese newspapers, China was apparently none too happy about it. Fiat has decided to apologize, with a company spokesman saying, "Fiat Group extends its apologies to the Government... Posted Jun 20 2008, 11:29 AM by Autoblog Filed under: Government/Legal, Videos, celebrities, China, Minivans/MPVs, Marketing/Advertising, FIAT, Tibet, lancia, LanciaDelta, lancia delta, RichardGere, richard gere

• China, where the streets are paved with Robbie Williams

  Filed under: China , Earnings/Financials , Celebrities Whether you like his music or not, Robbie Williams is a highly successful recording artist. After selling 25 million records as part of Take That , he went solo in 1995 and has sold 70 million records worldwide since. His latest album, Rudebox , didn't do so well, and his cash-strapped recording label EMI was left with millions of unsold CDs. The solution: use them to pave roads in China. EMI, headed by the appropriately-named Terry Firma, announced that it is shipping over one million silicon copies of Rudebox to China for use in street-lighting and road-surfacing projects. This isn't the first time Williams (no relation to F1 team owner Sir Frank) has popped up in the automotive media, having shot the innovative Love Supreme video that splices himself into vintage grand prix racing footage alongside Jackie Stewart, which, we've placed after the jump for your viewing pleasure. [Source: contactmusic.com via Carscoop ] Continue... Posted Feb 04 2008, 10:02 AM by Autoblog Filed under: celebrities, China, Earnings/Financials, RudeboxUnsold, robbie williams pavement, robbie williams rudebox, robbie williams, RobbieWilliamsChina, rudebox china, RobbieWilliams, RobbieWilliamsRudebox, rudebox unsold, RudeboxChina, RobbieWilliamsPavement, williams pavement china, robbie williams china, WilliamsPavementChina