ASA
Mar 19 2009, View Point

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled out an Ad by Angelina Jolie for breaching the code for television. Jolie was shown firing a bullet towards the viewer during the advert which quoted press reviews of the film describing her...

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