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A publicist is a person whose job is to generate and manage publicity for a public figure, especially a celebrity, a business, or for a work such as a book, film or album. Most top-level publicists work in private practice, handling multiple clients.
In the world of celebrities, unlike agents or managers, publicists typically take a monthly fee for serving a client (whereas agents and managers tend to take a percentage of their client's gross income). Publicists can be at local, regional or national level. They can also have special expertise in areas such as entertainment or literary publicity.
One of the publicist's main functions is to generate press coverage on behalf of clients and to serve as the bridge between clients, their public and media outlets. A publicist writes press releases, manages campaigns and performs other public relations functions. It usually takes many years to develop the media contacts, experience and relationships necessary to be an effective publicist.
Some publicists specialize in representing 'ordinary' members of the public to procure the maximum possible fee for stories they wish to sell to newspapers, television stations and magazines. A number have now sprung up on the internet and work as media agents gaining members of the public multiple 'deals' with publications.
Actors: Richard Kind (actor), Barry Livingston (actor), Zeljko Ivanek (actor), Philip Baker Hall (actor), John Goodman (actor), Bob Gunton (actor), Michael Chieffo (actor), Bryan Cranston (actor), Alan Arkin (actor), Victor Garber (actor), Jimmy Carter (actor), Tate Donovan (actor), Ben Affleck (actor), Michael Parks (actor), Scoot McNairy (actor),
Plot: In 1979, the American embassy in Iran was invaded by Iranian revolutionaries and several Americans were taken hostage. However, six managed to escape to the official residence of the Canadian Ambassador and the CIA was ordered to get them out of the country. With few options, exfiltration expert Tony Mendez devised a daring plan: create a phony Canadian film project looking to shoot in Iran and smuggle the Americans out as its production crew. With the help of some trusted Hollywood contacts, Mendez created the ruse and proceeded to Iran as its associate producer. However, time was running out with the Iranian security forces closing in on the truth while both his charges and the White House had grave doubts about the operation themselves.
Keywords: 1953-iranian-coup-d'état, 1970s, 1980s, 444-days, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, air-traffic-control, airline-ticket, airplane, airport, ambassadorActors: Paul Brooks (producer), Samuel L. Jackson (actor), David Charap (editor), James T. Bruce IV (miscellaneous crew), David Buckley (composer), R. Bryan Wright (miscellaneous crew), Vadim Jean (director), Vadim Jean (producer), Jay Shepley (miscellaneous crew), Ian Sharples (producer), Rod Brown (producer), Stephan Roux (miscellaneous crew), Malik Rahim (actor), Sagal Aden (miscellaneous crew), John Brocklehurst (producer),
Plot: Tells the shocking and unbelievable story of Herman Wallace, Albert Woodfox and Robert King, three black men from rural Louisiana who were held in solitary confinement in the biggest prison in the U.S., an 18,000-acre former slave plantation known as Angola. Woodfox and Wallace, founding members of the first prison chapter of the Black Panther Party, worked along with King to speak out against the inhumane treatment and racial segregation in the prison. King was released in 2001 after almost thirty years of solitary confinement. Woodfox and Wallace, convicted in the highly contested stabbing death of white prison guard Brent Miller, remain in Angola where they have spent more than thirty-six years in solitary confinement. Made aware of their plight, Congressman John Conyers, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, visited Wallace and Woodfox in prison in March 2008. This documentary tells the ongoing story of the case of these three extraordinary men.
Keywords: african-american, black-american, black-panther-party, black-panthers, civil-rights, louisiana, louisiana-state-penitentiary, miscarriage-of-justice, narration, prisonActors: Sting (actor), Paula Abdul (actress), Miguel Sandoval (actor), Elton John (actor), Miguel Sandoval (actor), Paul McCartney (actor), Thomas Rosales Jr. (actor), Domiziano Arcangeli (actor), David Hill (actor), Bono (actor), Sacha Baron Cohen (actor), Snoop Dogg (actor), Harrison Ford (actor), Sacha Baron Cohen (producer), Slash (actor),
Plot: Brüno is a gay Austrian fashion guru. He has his own fashion based television show, Funkyzeit, the most popular German-language show of its kind outside of Germany. After he disgraces himself in front of his Funkyzeit fan base, he is ruined in German speaking Europe. He decides that in his quest for worldwide fame, he will move to Los Angeles and reinvent himself. Accompanying him to the US is Lutz, his former assistant's assistant. Lutz is the only person left in his circle that still believes in Brüno's greatness. Brüno goes through one reinvention of himself after another, ultimately straying to areas far removed from his own self. Perhaps when Brüno finds an activity that he truly does love, he will also find that über-fame he so desperately desires.
Keywords: abortion-joke, adoption, anal-sex, arab-stereotype, austria, austrian, autism, bare-breasts, bare-chested-male, based-on-tv-seriesActors: Max Clifford (actor), John Moulson (director), Paula Trafford (producer), James Whitaker (actor), Arthur Edwards (actor), Michael Cole (actor), Ken Wharfe (actor), Ken Lennox (actor), Mark Saunders (actor), Nicola Arsov (actor), Jacques Langevin (actor),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Max Clifford (actor), John Moulson (director), Paula Trafford (producer), James Whitaker (actor), Arthur Edwards (actor), Michael Cole (actor), Ken Wharfe (actor), Ken Lennox (actor), Mark Saunders (actor), Nicola Arsov (actor), Jacques Langevin (actor),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Francis X. McCarthy (actor), Sean McCann (actor), Mark Antony Krupa (actor), Robert Higden (actor), Frank Fontaine (actor), Richard Jutras (actor), Aidan Devine (actor), Zeljko Ivanek (actor), Richard Fitzpatrick (actor), James Brolin (actor), John Bourgeois (actor), Alan Fawcett (actor), Alain Goulem (actor), Daniel Pilon (actor), Frank Moore (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama, Romance,Actors: William Baldwin (actor), David Krumholtz (actor), Scott Wickware (actor), Tom Berry (producer), Milla Jovovich (actress), Andrew Saxe (miscellaneous crew), Justin Kelly (miscellaneous crew), Stefan Wodoslawsky (producer), Vince Corazza (actor), Denise Richards (actress), Frank Hübner (producer), Dan Gosse (miscellaneous crew), Dave Ginsberg (miscellaneous crew), Michelle Nolden (actress), Nicholas Owen Langholff (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: A young man named Owen, who can't get over his would-be fiancee and now ex-girlfriend, Chloe, who moved to Los Angeles to become a TV star, finally falls in love with Nadine, the girl who would've been their maid of honor. Soon after, however, his ex loses her TV show, and comes back home, looking to reunite.
Keywords: bare-chested-male, independent-film, infidelity, kissingActors: JoBeth Williams (actress), Annabeth Gish (actress), Jon Voight (actor), Ellen Barkin (actress), Brad Fiedel (composer), Steven Jay Rubin (miscellaneous crew), Christine Lahti (actress), Cari Coughlin (editor), Allen Garfield (actor), Michael Hausman (producer), Jim McCarthy (miscellaneous crew), Jay Underwood (actor), Anne Rapp (miscellaneous crew), David Garfield (editor), Hilary Rosenfeld (costume designer),
Plot: The story involves Rose Chismore's youth. She flashes back and remembers her coming-of-age. Her recollections are sometimes less than sweet, particularly those of her troubled and alcoholic step-father. Her memories of Robin, her first-love, are much happier and she also recalls her colorful Aunt Starr -- who's visit is fun but also detrimental to her family's health. The setting of 1950s Las Vegas' bomb testing is increasingly significant to the development of the story.
Keywords: 1950s, abuse, abusive-father, abusive-husband, alcoholism, aunt-niece-relationship, child's-point-of-view, child-abuse, coming-of-age, compassionActors: Jotta Barroso (actor), Fregolente (actor), Henriqueta Brieba (actress), Cecil Thiré (actor), Sérgio Hingst (actor), Raimundo Higino (editor), Wilza Carla (actress), Marcos Rey (writer), Pedro Carlos Rovai (director), Pedro Carlos Rovai (composer), Pedro Carlos Rovai (producer), Meiry Vieira (actress), Martim Francisco (actor), Lola Brah (actress), Hugo Bidet (actor),
Plot: Tatá is a typical Rio de Janeiro guy, easy living, hedonistic, living in an apartment in one of those buildings where everything goes, in Copacabana, near the beach. One day a beautiful new neighbor, Teresa, moves into the apartment in front of his, and he falls in love.
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Robert E. Kent (writer), Phil Arnold (actor), Bill Baldwin (actor), Herbert Anderson (actor), John Hart (actor), Ben Lewis (editor), Arthur Lubin (director), Jeffrey Sayre (actor), Shelley Fabares (actress), Sam Katzman (producer), Peter Noone (actor), Bernard Fox (actor), Ray Kellogg (actor), Sue Ane Langdon (actress), Pearl Leiter (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: The rock group Herman's Hermits, on tour in the USA, is offered an opportunity to have a spaceship named after the group. Several people seem to care whether it happens or not.
Genres: Comedy, Musical,