Old food brands that refuse to die out Independent – London,England Published: 14 March 2006 … to clubbers. The same PR people, Mark Borkowski’s agency, had relaunched Hovis – and are doing the same now with Bisto. But the … http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/food_and_drink/features/article351225.ece
Wayne Rooney has been given a £5 million advance on five volumes of his autobiography by HarperCollins. There’s only one Wayne Rooney, but how many ghosts will help write his adventures between the goalposts? At a million per volume of biographical fudge you’d hope for word wizardry to make gold of the sludge; the swearing,…
Thanks to Zach McNeir for sending me some information on a movie publicist called Sherman Calloway. Sherman was born in 1889 and died at tragically young age of 34 the result of a freak boating accident. Zach’s notes document McNeir as an adroit showman with a clever eye for a publicity stunt.
Kylie Minogue is to make her debut as an author in September with Showgirl Princess, a semi-autobiographical children’s book. What might happen if Kate Moss, who allegedly used a Faberge egg to carry cocaine, ecstasy and the date-rape drug Rohypnol around the world with her, followed the same route? Our latest bestseller, for streetwise kids…
EdinburghGuide.com Post Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 3:28 pm Post subject: Mark Borkowski, Britain’s top PR guru, http://www.edinburghguide.com/edgforum/viewtopic.php?t=3427
Supermodel Naomi Campbell is fuming after her name was linked to Botox pioneer Dr Jean-Louis Sebagh through two stories in Hello! magazine. The 35-year-old catwalk queen has previously denied having any form of cosmetic enhancement. Cast in bronze or carved from alabaster, surviving on a diet of air and pasta, models waft through the pages…
I have just picked up an email today from a Wilkerson Azulay who has offered to help me with my research for the book. Mr. Azuela is a Liberian in Baltimore and has a collection of movie press packs and advertising books going back to the 20’s.
“Tessa Jowell, the beleagured culture secretary, is expected to learn her fate tomorrow after an inquiry to establish whether she breached the ministerial code by failing to reveal some of her family’s business dealings.” The Guardian, 1/3/06 Dear Culture Minister, divine Tessa Jowell I await with interest an earnest avowal of financial transparency backed up…
Armin Meiwes – who murdered and ate a man he met over the internet – says he would like to have Robbie Williams for dinner because he only eats “beautiful people”. Twisted though his outlook may be, it is an excellent metaphor for the desperate need to be famous that is creeping through the heart…
The first tryout with six actors of the great PR man Ezra Blakeley’s play Confessions was staged at Wilshire. After the reading the feedback, the tryout audience had guessed the identities of all the characters. Blakeley had to rewrite, fearing legal actions. The play was premiered by the Bryzin Playhouse a 70 seater theatre in…