I think the days when we believed everything we heard and saw in advertising are as over as Brad and Jen, but that doesn't mean we should be purposefully misled. Unless of course misleading us takes us anywhere near Ryan Gosling, naked, and asking to roleplay Fifty Shades of Grey. Natalie Portman's eyelashes, however, should have just been honest with us. They didn't need to be bigger or longer -- she's already envied enough for those cheekbones and lips and the fact that she made out with both Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis (separately, on film). Fashion and makeup giant Dior, though, apparently felt her lashes needed to look longer for their Diorshow New Look lash-multiplying mascara campaign. A little Photoshop here, a little more lashes there, and the most unbelievably long eyelashes with "just mascara" were born.

Not so fast, said L'Oreal UK. They reported the ad to the Advertising Standards Agency and that's when things got really plump.

There was a hot debate last night, all right. In fact, there were two. Forget Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. The most exciting question to emerge from last night's town hall had nothing to do with international affairs, the economy, or Big Bird. There was an entirely different showdown happening between the candidates' wives.

That's right, Michelle Obama and Ann Romney went head to head too.

Here's what I have to say about Brad Pitt's debut ad for Chanel No. 5: Saturday Night Live is gonna have a field day with this one! Because honestly -- and I mean no offense here, being a dyed-in-the-wool Pitt fan -- for the entire span of this 30-second clip, I was convinced it had to be some kind of joke. Like, Omg, this is the funniest thing I've seen Brad Pitt do in ages -- his comedic genius is totally underrated -- can't wait for the punchline! Wait, why wasn't there a punchline?

I mean, it's true that fragrance campaigns are known for taking themselves waaaay too seriously but Pitt isn't pretentious enough to pull off dialogue this melodramatic. It's like watching Brad Pitt try to keep a straight face while doing a dramatic reading from 50 Shades of Grey.

We all have different ways that we define beauty. Some of our definitions, they involve products and makeup and glitz. Other involve something more internal. If you want to really see what beauty looks like, though, I say just take a look at Emma Stone in her most recent advertisement for Revlon. The Amazing Spider-Man actress poses alongside her mother, a triple negative breast cancer survivor. Wow.

The black-and-white photo is the first from Revlon's new public service campaign "Your Lips Can Save Lives," encouraging cancer education and early detection. Sure, all of Emma's Revlon ads until now, those were definitely lookers. But in my eyes, this is the most beautiful image of them all.

Now that 3-D movies are back in a big Hollywood-can't-figure-out-what-else-to-do-to-get-us-in-seats way, it was only a matter of time before another wacky gimmick from the mid-20th century returned to tempt consumers. You might not remember Smell-O-Vision, but the folks who run the marketing show for Dunkin' Donuts abroad sure do! And they've employed the "technology" to get South Korean customers to buy more of their coffee.

The new incarnation is called "Flavor Radio," and it has been installed on buses. Basically, whenever the DD radio jingle is played, the "Flavor Radio" permeates the bus with the scent of DD coffee. The upper mucky-mucks at Dunkin' say they wanted to "raise awareness of Dunkin' Donuts coffee in a fun and engaging way." Well, it certainly is engaging!

It was on a semi-recent episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians when Kim said something along the lines of how half-sister Kendall Jenner is the prettiest of them all. She then went on to say that Kourtney's the smartest, that Khloe's the funniest, and that she is the, womp womp, stupidest. I'm not going to try and disagree with Kim here, she speaks some truth. And if this new ad campaign for Los Angeles' Fashion's Night Out is any indication, Kendall might, in fact, really be the best looking in the family. Ok ok, everyone's gorgeous and all that matters is what's inside and all that stuff, but come on, you can't deny that Kendall looks flawless in this pic.

American Apparel is known for making people upset with their super young hipster models in provocative poses. Never bothered me. The company's owner Dov Charney isn't exactly America's sweetheart -- don't like what I hear about Dov, but hey, people are weird. This is just fact. But what the company just did is oh so right no one should complain. Unless of course you aren't a fan of a 60-year-old showing us how flexible she is.

As the story goes, Jacky O'Shaughnessy was spotted by the folks at AA at a NYC restaurant and smitten with the silver fox, asked her to model. I don't blame them. She is kind of exactly what I'd like to look like when I get older. Healthy, aging gracefully, and with long gray hair, Jacky is now the new face of the brand's "Advanced Basics" line. Oh about that flexibility? Check this out ....

We can all agree that Rihanna has a killer, KILLER body, right? Right. I'm guessing that she's got to work out big-time to keep that fit bod trim and slim. And when you work that hard and you look that good, it's nice to give yourself a little treat. And boy, does Lady RiRi know how to treat herself ...

Instead of indulging in some sinfully delicious, calorie-packed chocolate cake (like I would have done), Rihanna went for a different kind of treat -- she snagged herself the new Emporio Armani ad.

I know it comes as no surprise that Rihanna looks H-O-T-T in this steamy commercial -- in which she's frolicking around in her underwear most of the time -- but I've got some news that will shock you: apparently, the derriere we see in the ad doesn't belong to Rihanna. Wait, what!?!?!?!