MGS Chat: HRH Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan of Jordan
Inside the Palace, an Exclusive Talk with Her Royal Highness Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan of Jordan. Gaining some perspectives on palace life, women’s issues and more is as easy as spending a couple of hours with the princess. That is if you can stop her that long. MEDIA GUY: Do you wear your crown […]
Los Angeles vs. New York with Cosmo’s Associate Beauty Editor
As a lifelong Angeleno it’s difficult to always connect with the passive aggressive (and sometimes just plain aggressive) attitude of my New York counterparts. For them, they are more virtuous, better informed and, well, they reside at the center of the universe. Shoot, even most of the international flights are gatewayed through their Kennedy Airport. […]
A funny thing happened when I reached for my Armani suit…
That’s so weird. I was going to celebrate the completion of my second screenplay yesterday with a few posts about various things, when I took a break for a quiet dinner with two buddies. One Stella led to another — as Stellas often do — and I woke up hours later in the Fox Studios […]
Greatest American Zero
Dateline: LOS ANGELES August 1990 Way back in my old agency days I sat down in my office overlooking the multimillion dollar south of the boulevard homes and the phone rings. It’s a buddy of mine that works for Good Housekeeping and she needs me to be the handler for Connie Sellecca for her November […]
Driving in LA
Traffic, traffic, traffic. It gives you a lot of time to think, rant and reflect. Is this the price we pay for good weather? Do we have to be depressed every quarter mile? Hello Mayor Villaraigosa…I can’t go for any stretch of a drive without seeing graffiti, barbed wire, trash, a hobo or a sign […]
Stories You May Have Missed
Greetings from Easter Island. Yes dyed eggs and peeps. All of the week’s big stories are here: Geez, $14,000 on superhero capes sounds perfectly acceptable to me. Bob Eubanks is sad: No whoopie in outer space. “I was wondering what happened to his RSVP!” – Mr. Bean confirms attendance. If they add Marvel to Disneyland, […]
Chewing Gum at the Office
Just another day at the office. The call from my side went something like this: “Montana, huh?” “You want to test your new product into Montana?” “But, why?” Twenty minutes later I took my directive and charted a marketing solution. But first it was time to speak with the natives. Or near natives. I have […]
Advertising: Edgy or Over the Line?
Spirit Airlines had quite a 2010. Holding 200 passengers on a New York tarmac for hours and refusing to give water or bathroom breaks. Charging $45 for a carry-on bag. Stranding 16,000 passengers with a seemingly impromptu strike. Now the low-cost airline is making a new name for themselves: Frat Boy Advertising. Edgy and crude, […]
Why isn’t packaging this hot anymore?
I remember going to dad’s office – he was Mr. Public Relations once upon a time – and watching the secretaries change the ribbons in the typewriters. (I wonder how many of us actually used a real typewriter in our lifetimes.) Anyway the best part of them changing the ribbons was they gave me the […]
