Following Tuesday’s news that Mikhail Gorbachev has died at age 91, social media revived a Pizza Hut commercial from 1998 with the former Soviet Union leader dining out at the American chain in Moscow ...

Tuesday’s death of Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, the Soviet Union’s last leader, is bringing new attention to his accomplishments ― and his 1998 Pizza Hut commercial. Yes, after the end of the Cold ...

(NewsNation) — An iconic and controversial 1998 Pizza Hut advertisement was certainly a big win for Pizza Hut and its effort to bring global attention to its brand. But perhaps even more so, the Pizza ...

Mikhail Gorbachev was remembered Tuesday as one of the most consequential figures in the 20th century — who was also a cultural icon of sorts after the fall of the Soviet Union. Gorbachev, the last ...

The commercial only aired internationally, as Gorbachev was, and still is, a controversial figure in Russia, with some lamenting the fall of the Soviet Union under his watch and others praising his ...

Tom Darbyshire, right, poses with former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev during the filming of a Pizza Hut commercial in Moscow. Tom Darbyshire In 1997, Tom Darbyshire made the pitch. He had the ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Call it a slice of life. The television commercial that Mikhail Gorbachev did for Pizza Hut 25 years ago might be seen as a 60-second gloss of his career, both cheerful and glum. In the ...