• A Partyin’ ‘SNL’ Private Reunion

    Plus, a bunch of Mad Men and a Family Guy joins Maroon 5.

  • How Woodstock Saved Hollywood

      Everyone "knows" that the space program yielded Tang — not true — and the personal computer — true. (One could argue the Internet as well, but that’s another story.)   Few people imagine, however, that without the Woodstock Festival — which happened a mere three weeks after man landed on the moon (and was widely…

  • At Obama Event, Celebs Reach for Checkbooks

    Despite the celeb outpouring during the campaign, his famous supporters have had no face time with Obama since the Inauguration.

    At Obama Event, Celebs Reach for Checkbooks
  • Hollywood: Not Obama’s Kind of Town

    Call it a tale of two types of towns. Barack Obama’s appearance in Las Vegas Tuesday night at a Caesar’s Palace fundraiser that brought in $2 million for incumbent Harry Reid saw the President share billing with Bette Midler and Sheryl Crow. Wednesday night, the leader of the Free World broke bread with the likes…

  • Obit: Publicist Lee Solters

    Legendary Hollywood publicist Lee Solters died Monday at his West Hollywood home. Solters, who represented such major stars as Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand and Michael Jackson, was 89. Now partners with publicist Jerry Digney, Solters began his career on Broadway, representing producer David Merrick and many of his shows, such as “Gypsy” and “Hello, Doålly!”…

  • Publicist Lee Solters Dead at 89

    Represented Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson.

  • How Tony Curtis Taught Jewison the Movies

    “All kinds of things stand in your way when you’re making a film. It’s you against the world.”

    How Tony Curtis Taught Jewison the Movies
  • How Tony Curtis Taught Jewison the Movies

    He’s directed and produced some of our most iconic American films — "The Cincinnati Kid," "In the Heat of the Night" and "And Justice for All," for starters — but Norman Jewison, 1999 winner of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science’s prestigious Thalberg Award for his producing career, is Canadian through and through.…

  • Twitter Breaks Down the Wall Between Star and Fans

    Publicists are striving to make clients understand the power of tweeting.

  • Does SAG Have Your Money? $25 Mill in Unclaimed Cash (Part I)

    Michael Douglas, do you know where your money is? Twenty-five million dollars. That’s the sum the Screen Actors Guild says it owes you, and thousands of your fellow actors. In answer to questions from Waxword, the guild acknowledged last week that it is holding millions of dollars in unclaimed residual payments owed to actors, both…