Variety’s donation to Inner-City Arts in my name

By Joy A. Kennelly
Finally picked up my mail the other day and one of the nice cards I received was from “Everyone in the Features Department” of Variety. I don’t know everyone there, but thank you for thinking of me!
It was especially gratifying to see that a donation to Inner-City Arts had been made in [...]

Artist Gali Rotstein’s Art Opening & cool news re: Brad Brown of Brown Entertainment Group

By Joy A. Kennelly
Just learned that one of the guest speakers from my Entertainment Public Relations class, Brad Brown of Brown Entertainment Group, was quoted in today’s LA Times regarding Sweeney Todd. Click here for the full article. Very cool. Thanks for sharing Brad! Guess my little plug helped establish him in the media’s eyes [...]

Save Saturday, January 12, 2008, for Gali Rotstein’s Art Opening Celebration (I would say reception, but this is gonna be a celebration!)

Please save Saturday, January 12, 2008 on your calendar and plan to join us at Lois Lambert Gallery in Bergamot Station for Artist Gali Rotstein’s Art Opening from 6pm – 9pm. A portion of the evening’s proceeds benefit the Children’s Action Network.
This is going to be the party of January and if you’re an art [...]

Jeffrey Godsick, President of Marketing Fox/Walden – Marketing to Children

By Joy A. Kennelly
Listening to President of Marketing for Fox/Walden, Jeffrey Godsick, speak last week, I thought it very funny that although the Internet is hugely popular and only becoming more so, he hated it and didn’t want to know about it, just hired people who knew it and let them run with it. That [...]

Dawn Allen, Director, Film & TV of Variety speaks at UCLA Extension Entertainment Publicity Class

By Joy A. Kennelly
Director of Film & TV for Variety Magazine, Dawn Allen, came bearing gifts for Julian Myer’s entire Entertainment Publicity UCLA Extension Class the other night. Realizing you need to build your audience when they’re starting out, she gave us all t-shirts, caps, pens, magazines, and press kits to impress upon us the [...]

The Two Major Shifts in Entertainment Publicity according to Cheryl Boone Isaacs & John De Simeo

By Joy A. Kennelly
Recently I had the pleasure of hearing Cheryl Boone Isaacs, “a governor representing the public relations branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on its board,” speak in Julian Myers’ Entertainment Public Relations UCLA Extension class.
We had worked together on The Ghost and The Darkness back when she was [...]

Great news re: Travel Play Co and Gali’s Art Opening in January!

By Joy A. Kennelly
As I was sitting waiting for an appointment I received a call from a woman I’ve been in touch with over at Children’s Hospital for the past few months regarding our potential donation of the Travel Tray to children who are recuperating in hospital beds at Children’s Hospital.
Apparently our product had gone [...]

The Marketing of American Gangster as told by Publicist Roz Stevenson

By Joy A. Kennelly
American Gangster has become the iconic film to discuss at every Julian Myers‘ Entertainment Public Relations UCLA Extension Class this semester. We were privileged to hear African-American Publicist for the film, Roz Stevenson of Roz Stevenson PR, share how she approached the public relations campaign for such a potentially controversial film.
She has [...]

Product Placement/Integration/Embedded Brand Exposure by Brad Brown of Brown Entertainment Group

By Joy A. Kennelly
Brad Brown of Brown Entertainment Group has a long history of branding Pepsi in films and TV shows and was another recent guest speaker in Julian Myer’s Entertainment Publicity UCLA Extension Class.
I had previously met Brad at an informative technology salon that Ken Rutowski used to host. Brad has faithfully attended every [...]