The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
has announced the nominations for Outstanding Commercial in
anticipation of the 2009 Creative Arts Emmy Awards being held on
Saturday, September 12 and 61st Primetime Emmy Awards being held on
Sunday, September 20. W+K's Portland office has three spots out of the eight on the shortlist. (I don't know much about the Emmys but that seems to be pretty much a good thing, so congrats due to Portland.) Here they are.

Mrs M writes: much excitement, it's Neil's birthday. He claims to be 35 again but we're not sure we believe him. There was the usual tuneless rendering of Happy Birthday and then cutting of the cakes. Note plural. Also duly noted were the standard of the cakes. Very very smart which is only fitting obviously for a man of our Neil's stature. I'm talking professionally here of course. Anyway here is a very bad picture of the man himself cutting the posh cakes.