OK! Magazine on Feb. 25 threw a pre-Oscar party with a British theme that promoted Raisinets as a healthy treat for the celebrities, influencers and VIPs in attendance.

Hyundai has partnered with the Rhys Millen Red Bull Rallycross team, which will race the brand’s new performance model, Veloster, in the 2011 U.S. Rallycross Championship and perhaps the Summer X Games. At the six planned races this year, the on-site activations will focus on the performance tuned production vehicles, Genesis Coupe and Veloster, and local brand managers will be giving attendees tours of the cars and collecting attendee data via surveys on buyer interest and brand consideration. Large flat screens will play race footage and rallycross highlights.

Wireless provider Sprint, the title sponsor of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, engaged potential and existing customers at the Daytona 500 on Feb. 20 with race-related products and driver interviews in a 100,000-square-foot open-air activation space called the Sprint Experience. Inside, fans were treated to driver meet-and-greets and easy access to functioning show cars and the Sprint Cup Series Championship trophy. To get fans in on the racing action, the brand also provided them with eight full-motion NASCAR racing simulators.  

Charlie the Tuna on Feb. 11 celebrated his 50th birthday as the spokes-tuna for StarKist with games, giveaways and photo ops for consumers in New York’s Times Square. Jillian Harris, designer on ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” and “The Bachelorette,” co-hosted the festivities, which took place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.