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 [...]