I have a gentleman named Paul Rigby to thank for a letter he sent me, informing me of one of Jim Moran’s genius stunts in Hollywood. Apparently Moran, who was wanting work in Tinseltown, approached a couple of Hollywood film studios to pitch for business. He posed as a Lithuanian film producer, even learning a…
Channel 4 is on a roller coaster ride. Every hour this week a new scenario shifts the media agenda and the current interest in Big Brother is at an all time high. The media and the public has been fixated – and transfixed – by the bullying and supposed racism in the house. And whether…
I did a total of 32 interviews on Jade and the best are posted up here. There’s the afternoon programme on Radio 4, Saturday’s breakfast show on Radio 5 Live and the Stephen Nolan programme from Saturday evening which turned into a debate on the state of British Television.
What more can be said about the Celebrity Big Brother chaos, the media world is all consumed by comment. I have found a quote from the Simpson’s that at this time we need to jump too for some comic philosophy as we muse on the cult of celebrity. In an episode called Bart the Fink,…
After a particularly difficult weekend helping out a poor innocent who was the subject of some unpleasant attention from a Sunday newspaper. A note arrived in my inbox from a pal who had heard about the dilemma. “Take a look at this to see how the weasel words and lies of a news desk are…
The German Publicist Wolfgang Mayer created a publicity stunt that could have gone down in history had it not been for the unfortunate timing. Mayer was employed to turn around the fortunes of a little known caravan holiday company located in Bergen, north east of Hanover, who were interested in promoting long distance travel holidays…
How should Kate deal with these prying eyes? The Observer Sunday January 14, 2007 The story that Prince William is about to propose to his girlfriend, Kate Middleton, sent some of the country’s fiercest snappers on to London’s streets last week in search of the perfect pic. http://www.guardian.co.uk/monarchy/story/0,,1989793,00.html
Sydney Morning Herald – Sydney,New South Wales,Australia [The royals] are much more controlled, in the same way a Hollywood studio would control the production of a film,” says Mark Borkowski, a British public … See all stories on this topic http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/01/12/1168105179260.html?from=top5
Vegas & monkey: a welcome revival. Two paths that come together on one journey shape a new dimension of meaning and possibility, a co-creation of power and passion. http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/
So the craziness of Celebrity Big Brother begins again, with last night’s first instalment introducing the contestants. My ex client Leo Sayer finds himself in the house alongside a good friend of mine, Carole Malone. Both are extremely lovely company, so write them off at your peril! Leo is a somewhat eccentric and starstruck man…