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Nothing quickens publishers' pulses more than a celebrity tell-all--except a posthumous celebrity tell-all. The autobiography of Lucille Ball, recently discovered among her publicist's papers, is expected to go for at least seven figures at auction this month...
...head of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Organization for Women who is host of a popular weekend show on KFI-AM, a top-rated talk-radio station. But when hundreds of journalists from around the world pitched camp in Bruce's backyard, the 33-year-old former publicist lost no opportunity to share her views about Simpson's guilt and the issue of domestic violence. Soon she was being featured on the evening news, Nightline and Larry King Live. On the day of the verdict, Bruce turned out 1,500 supporters for a candlelight vigil in Westwood; three...
...workers marvel at her drive and her tirelessness. Walters is a terrific editor, say her editors. She is a great writer, say her writers. She is her own best booker, say her producers. She is her own best publicist, say her publicists. She works us hard, but she works harder than we do, they say. (The price Walters has had to pay is an annulment and two divorces and a daughter who once had a difficult time being the daughter of Barbara Walters...
People with something to sell and a little cash for promotion sometimes engage a publicist to put out a flattering word. Such a paper is called a press release. Journalists consider it a breach of legitimacy to publish such a document verbatim; in most cases, the hyperbole would invite derision. A few days ago, however, a press release went around from Alfred A. Knopf, Michael Crichton's publisher, announcing the imminent release of 2 million copies of his new novel, The Lost World, the sequel to his 1990 blockbuster Jurassic Park. The remarkable thing is that...
Costner and the editing team rushed frantically to get the movie into theaters for its opening this Friday. The studio spent about $12 million in the past six weeks on postproduction, including 11th-hour reshoots. Universal publicists insisted on calling these scenes "snippets," but by then defensiveness was rampant. At the film's press junket, each journalist was subject to two security checks before being allowed to enter the screening room. While the film played, edgy Universal brass stood along the walls of the theater to monitor the crowd's reactions. "Please," a studio publicist jokingly begged a reporter before...