Revered and reviled U.S. diplomat Henry Kissinger, whose death at 100 on Nov. 29 was met with the widespread view that his realpolitik was responsible for some of this country’s worst global war crimes, loved American celebrity — both his own, an expression of state power, as well as that of others, especially performers. He was “the ultimate starfucker,” noted Daniel Drezner, professor of international politics at the Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, in an appraisal published earlier this year on the occasion of Kissinger’s centennial.
Prior to meeting President Richard Nixon in 1967, Kissinger made frequent trips to Santa Monica to consult with the Rand Corporation, a global policy think tank. But after being appointed as national security adviser by the newly elected president in 1969, his profile skyrocketed — and the glitz of Hollywood was within reach. Fascinated since childhood with American popular culture, Kissinger pursued the...
Prior to meeting President Richard Nixon in 1967, Kissinger made frequent trips to Santa Monica to consult with the Rand Corporation, a global policy think tank. But after being appointed as national security adviser by the newly elected president in 1969, his profile skyrocketed — and the glitz of Hollywood was within reach. Fascinated since childhood with American popular culture, Kissinger pursued the...
- 11/30/2023
- by Gary Baum and Seth Abramovitch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Harry Clein, a co-founder of PR Agencies Clein + Feldman and Clein + White, died June 18 in Atlanta, Ga. He was 82.
The Hollywood publicist suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (Copd). His agencies represented numerous successful projects, from “Steel Magnolias” and “Heathers” to “Dazed and Confused.”
His first project at Clein + Feldman, which he founded in 1981 with Bruce Feldman, was “Sophie’s Choice.” The firm became Clein + White in 1989 when Cara White joined as a partner and Feldman left to work at the studios.
Clein also spearheaded the publicity and marketing for “The Blair Witch Project,” a new style of horror film that won the Independent Spirit Award and pioneered the found footage genre. The campaign focused on targeting youth audiences and integrated the internet into promotional plans, which was uncommon at the time, while also following traditional strategies.
Following the success level of his marketing for the film, he received...
The Hollywood publicist suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (Copd). His agencies represented numerous successful projects, from “Steel Magnolias” and “Heathers” to “Dazed and Confused.”
His first project at Clein + Feldman, which he founded in 1981 with Bruce Feldman, was “Sophie’s Choice.” The firm became Clein + White in 1989 when Cara White joined as a partner and Feldman left to work at the studios.
Clein also spearheaded the publicity and marketing for “The Blair Witch Project,” a new style of horror film that won the Independent Spirit Award and pioneered the found footage genre. The campaign focused on targeting youth audiences and integrated the internet into promotional plans, which was uncommon at the time, while also following traditional strategies.
Following the success level of his marketing for the film, he received...
- 7/24/2020
- by Eli Countryman
- Variety Film + TV
Harry Clein, a veteran film publicist who wrote the original press notes for Star Wars and helped develop the innovative internet campaign for The Blair Witch Project, died June 18 of chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder in Atlanta. He was 82.
His death was announced by spokesperson Mark Pogachefsky.
Clein, along with Bruce Feldman, cofounded the Clein + Feldman agency in 1981. Their first client was director Alan J. Pakula and his film Sophie’s Choice.
With offices on both coasts and quickly developing a reputation as an innovative shop for independent distributors, producers and filmmakers, the agency became Clein + White in 1989, with the addition of Cara White as a partner and the departure of Feldman for a studio career. Clein + White closed in 2000, with Clein focusing on producing and marketing consultation. He also taught at the Los Angeles Film School.
Earlier in his career, Clein was a unit publicist on such films as All the President’s Men,...
His death was announced by spokesperson Mark Pogachefsky.
Clein, along with Bruce Feldman, cofounded the Clein + Feldman agency in 1981. Their first client was director Alan J. Pakula and his film Sophie’s Choice.
With offices on both coasts and quickly developing a reputation as an innovative shop for independent distributors, producers and filmmakers, the agency became Clein + White in 1989, with the addition of Cara White as a partner and the departure of Feldman for a studio career. Clein + White closed in 2000, with Clein focusing on producing and marketing consultation. He also taught at the Los Angeles Film School.
Earlier in his career, Clein was a unit publicist on such films as All the President’s Men,...
- 7/24/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Spoken today, such a statement might arouse contention and debate, but it is far from unthinkable or even impertinent—as it might have been, say, in 1954, the year that Truffaut penned his politique; or in 1966, when Jean-Pierre Léaud played a man named “Donald Siegel” in Godard’s Made in U.S.A.; or even in 1968, when Siegel was the subject of a career retrospective at London’s National Film Theatre and an entry in the “Expressive Esoterica” section of Andrew Sarris’ landmark The American Cinema. In a 1971 issue of Film Comment, film critic Jim Kitses was still able to dismiss Siegel as “a good commercial director, no more and no less,” relegating the “subversive idea—that the French... consider Siegel to be Hollywood’s most gifted filmmaker” to the purview of gossip columnist Joyce Haber (“nobody really believes that kind of thing in this town”). But the filmmaker’s reputation in the U.
- 4/26/2020
- MUBI
The voices on the phone were more like whispers. It was as if no one could give full voice to the dreaded news. “I’m locking the doors and pulling down the blinds,” said one caller, a top film director. “It’s like a doomsday scenario.”
Fifty years ago, Hollywood was frozen by news of the Charles Manson murders, a dark event the industry seems now bent on re-living. Three movies about Sharon Tate will shortly be released, as will a Quentin Tarantino film set against the background of the murders (Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt will star). Roman Polanski, then Tate’s husband, is now also in the news, directing a new movie titled J’Accuse. Magazine articles and TV specials are in preparation about Manson and his cult – a cast of characters Hollywood cannot erase from its mind.
The man who told me he’d locked his doors was Stuart Rosenberg,...
Fifty years ago, Hollywood was frozen by news of the Charles Manson murders, a dark event the industry seems now bent on re-living. Three movies about Sharon Tate will shortly be released, as will a Quentin Tarantino film set against the background of the murders (Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt will star). Roman Polanski, then Tate’s husband, is now also in the news, directing a new movie titled J’Accuse. Magazine articles and TV specials are in preparation about Manson and his cult – a cast of characters Hollywood cannot erase from its mind.
The man who told me he’d locked his doors was Stuart Rosenberg,...
- 2/1/2019
- by Peter Bart
- Deadline Film + TV
Dame Julie Andrews is 80 today. But the musical legend and national treasure is more than just a spoonful of sugar - she's built a career on being both no nonsense and as tough as old boots.
Here's the evidence:
1. Julie on privacy
2. Julie on her 'Iron Butterfly' nickname
3. Julie on her good-girl reputation
4. Julie on anger
5. Christopher Plummer on his Sound of Music co-star
6. Julie on fame
7. Karen Dotrice (the little girl from Mary Poppins) on Julie's vocabulary
8. Julie on good behaviour
9. Julie on gossip columnist Joyce Haber
10. Rex Harrison on playing opposite Julie on stage in My Fair Lady
11. Charmian 'Liesl von Trapp' Carr on cosying up with Julie
12. Julie on Mary
13. Julie on keeping on why you might want to keep her good side
Watch Julie Andrews's Princess Diaries co-star Anne Hathaway (and Robert De Niro!) wish her a happy birthday exclusively for Digital...
Here's the evidence:
1. Julie on privacy
2. Julie on her 'Iron Butterfly' nickname
3. Julie on her good-girl reputation
4. Julie on anger
5. Christopher Plummer on his Sound of Music co-star
6. Julie on fame
7. Karen Dotrice (the little girl from Mary Poppins) on Julie's vocabulary
8. Julie on good behaviour
9. Julie on gossip columnist Joyce Haber
10. Rex Harrison on playing opposite Julie on stage in My Fair Lady
11. Charmian 'Liesl von Trapp' Carr on cosying up with Julie
12. Julie on Mary
13. Julie on keeping on why you might want to keep her good side
Watch Julie Andrews's Princess Diaries co-star Anne Hathaway (and Robert De Niro!) wish her a happy birthday exclusively for Digital...
- 9/30/2015
- Digital Spy
Back in 1968, veteran Hollywood publicist Harry Clein recalls, he visited the set of big-budget musical Paint Your Wagon to interview young actress Jean Seberg (star of Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless, which is being reissued). A transcript follows, including a visit from her co-stars, Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood (with whom Seberg denied having an affair). As the Summer of Protest rocked the Chicago Democratic Convention and feminists stormed the Miss America Pageant, I was in Baker, Oregon reporting on the big-budget musical Paint Your Wagon as a leg man for Los Angeles Times columnist Joyce Haber. Like Jane Fonda, Seberg was on Herbert Hoover's subversives list, due to her involvement with the Black Panthers. After I left Haber in the spring of 1969, Haber ran a ...
- 5/28/2010
- Thompson on Hollywood
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