Before I wind up for the weekend one last thought. Great bit of utter bollocks about Noel Edmonds in today’s Daily Mirror. I hope the Mirror isn’t wasting money on tipsters. Sounds like Benjy the Binman is back in action. NOEL’S CELEBRITY ‘NO’ Mirror.co.uk – London,UK By Nicola Methven, Tv Editor. NOEL Edmonds has threatened…
Jagshemash!!!! I must be careful how I say this but could there be a Borat backlash. Already the media are reporting various legal actions being threatened by some of the more humourless victims of the fictitious foreigner’s pranks in “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.” Perhaps it’s no surprise…
If you can be bothered to part with £175 + VAT pop down to the Southbank and hear me and a bunch of uglies blabbering on about word of mouth. Billed as the ultimate conference on winning the battle for word-of-mouth communications, I shall be opening the proceedings. The venue is, wait for it, The…
Speed-reading the daily papers this morning, I noticed that an old quote I’d made about the Paul McCartney v Heather Mills divorce battle was resurrected as a nib inThe Times. I originally made the comment on BBC Radio Five News and Sky News when the media was feverishly speculating about the leaked court papers.Considering my…
Launching the VirginMegastore’s new uber-stellar space in Manchester on Wednesday, I was overwhelmed by Richard Branson. I have long been a big fan of his flair as a publicist and I scribbled a feature in Campaign some time ago eulogising his brio. Watching him at close quarters, tirelessly working his butt off, never showing any…
I have done my 125th interview on Kate Moss, this time for an Australian News Network. The ups and downs of Kate Moss’s life have been a rollercoaster ride. This week an article in a design magazine dug out one of my original quotes on the Kate Moss ferago, when the story originally broke. http://www.brandrepublic.com/bulletins/design/article/603548/mark-ritson-branding-hit-scandal-it/…
Classical rebels play it demure by Maurice Chittenden and Gillian Bowditch Sunday Times 19th November 2006. WHEN Katie Targett-Adams takes to the stage with her Celtic harp in Beijing this week she will not be wearing the suggestive outfit that has become de rigueur for the ambitious young female classical musician. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2460345,00.html
Borat film banned in Russia By Jeremy Last Borat A satirical movie starring a British Jewish comedian which pokes fun at the apparent anti-Semitic nature of some of Kazakhstan’s population has been banned in Russia. http://www.ejpress.org/article/news/11612
I think Philip Green’s cover might have been blown at long last. Has his obsession with celebrity become his Achilles heel? First he flirts with the Kate Moss brand and creates a dream match, made in heaven, where the supermodel, celebrity and, according to many, the most stylish woman in the world, gets in bed…
Monday November 13, 2006 The Guardian Ahead of the latest James Bond movie’s release this week, Matt Keating asks some of the top names in advertising to assess the 007 brand’s enduring appeal http://media.guardian.co.uk/mediaguardian/story/0,,1946072,00.html