Publicity folks laud 'Lost'
Hollywood praisers on Wednesday tapped the publicity team for Fox's "Walk the Line" as winner of the Maxwell Weinberg showmanship award for top publicity campaign. The publicists also honored ABC/Touchstone's "Lost" for the top TV publicity campaign.
Dave McNary | 3/1/2006
Advances in digital technology give publicists new tools for instant access
The digital age has remade the PR landscape, as Telexes, slides and printed press releases have given way to EPKs and mass emails -- and provided publicists with near instantaneous ways to spin.
Kathy A. McDonald | 2/27/2006
Publicists talk about their work, how they found success
In an industry renowned for self-promotion, publicists get shy when asked to talk about their own work. But once a year -- and today is that once -- they're forced into the spotlight when the Intl. Cinematographers Guild presents its Publicists Awards at the Beverly Hilton.
Joshua L. Weinstein | 2/27/2006
Roth explains how IMDB helped him reach his audience
"The real advantage of the Internet," says horror director Eli Roth, "is that word of mouth becomes instantaneous. It's a definite advantage. Right now a smaller movie can very easily overtake a big movie." One of the better examples of this can be found in Roth's first film, the $2.5 million indie horror pic "Cabin Fever."
Steven Kotler | 2/27/2006
WB heads honored with Showmanship Award
Hollywood publicists will honor Warner Bros. toppers Barry Meyer and Alan Horn with the Motion Picture Showmanship Award. Kudo will be presented at the Intl. Cinematographers Guild's 43rd annual Publicists Awards March 1 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Variety Staff | 1/18/2006
'Charlie,' 'Narnia,' 'Good Luck' tapped for honors
Hollywood union publicists have tapped Warner's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," Disney's "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," Warner Independent's "Good Night, and Good Luck," Sony's "Memoirs of a Geisha" and Fox's "Walk the Line" as nominees for the best feature publicity campaign of 2005.
Dave McNary | 1/9/2006
News Brief
Hollywood union publicists have selected ABC Entertainment president Stephen McPherson to receive the 2006 Television Showman of the Year.
Variety Staff | 12/5/2005