Not Approved
DENIED! Yep. This photo of Angelina Jolie was NOT approved for inclusion in my new book. Her peeps told me that “she didn’t sign the release to be in the book; only for newspapers, magazines and internet.” Maybe she’ll be in the movie.
Backstage at the Oscars: 2013
The critics love to hate the Academy Award telecast, but nothing moves the needle like the Super Bowl and the Oscars. This year advertisers on the ABC telecast paid the highest commercial prices since 2008. ABC, which is part of the Walt Disney Company media conglomerate, charged somewhere between $1.65 million and $1.8 million for […]
Travel Companions
Ok. The Media Guy has always hated two things about press junkets: Assembling press kits (yes, we still use paper kits because the media reads on paper and takes copy points from the flash drive) and, Packing a suitcase (I roll with a 22” Hartmann beauty and it can still be a struggle.) I mean, […]
MGS Chat: Ray Lewis
Ray Lewis, the 37-year-old Baltimore Ravens linebacker plans to retire after the season, but before his own clash of the titans with New England in the AFC championship game he had a few minutes for the Media Guy… MEDIA GUY: What do you most remembered for at the end of his career? RAY LEWIS: I […]
Valentine’s Day Can Ruin You…
Geez! Valentine’s day is less than a month away and you know what that means, right? Yep, the office is going to be a mess. Cupid’s arrow hits the mark and people go la-la. Cupid misses and depression sets in. For some in the Media Guy’s office, it could take months before the wounds heal. […]
They Didn’t Make the Cut…
“He who never made a mistake never made a discovery. ” I love this quote quite frankly; it says it all. I hope this past weekend, I didn’t make a mistake with my forthcoming book. In the weeks after two wildly lucky winners in Missouri and Arizona divvied up the $600 million Powerball jackpot, I found myself […]
Set Yourself On Fire
As the immortal celluloid mentor Dicky Fox says to Jerry Maguire, “I love the mornings! I clap my hands every morning and say, ‘This is gonna be a great day!”, I too, love the morning and the potential it brings. The Media Guy had a mentor too once upon a time. He used to tell […]
I Killed Sheherazade
I hope you’ve had a chance to page through a copy of I Killed Scheherazade: Confessions of an Angry Arab Woman (from Lawrence Hill Books available at amazon.com) by award-winning Lebanese journalist Joumana Haddad. Dubbed “the Carrie Bradshaw of Beirut” by the Sunday Telegraph, she’s leading the charge with a spirited call to Arab women […]
Flying the Friendly Skies
Ok. I can admit it. The end of the world freaked me out. That outdated Mayan calendar threw everything out of whack for the Media Guy. I mean who didn’t have December 21st circled on their calendar? Yes, I was afraid. Words no longer flowed freely from my fingertips. Writing was at a standstill. The […]
An Open Letter to Taco Bell
An open letter to Greg Creed, Chief Executive Officer and President of Taco Bell: What the hell happened to you on your way to the Pantheon of Advertising? I just can’t keep quiet anymore. Their latest spots practically made me throw up in my mouth. Have you seen the latest in a long string of […]
