
Entertainment PR & Entertainment Communications


Board Game PR: Down With Ironing, Long Live the Monopoly Cat?
Hasbro has gone and done it, the legendary game makers have done away with pressed shirts and stiff collars altogether. Now when the family breaks out the Monopoly Game in sheer boredom, a new token will be there for the gang to fight over. The riveting new Monopoly Cat token replaces the venerable (maybe worn out) iron play piece.

NFL… Where Everyday is a Sunday
Next Thursday evening the National Football League kicks off its 94th season with a match-up between the defending Super Bowl Champion Baltimore Ravens and one of the Las Vegas betting line favorites to win the 2013-14 title, the Peyton Manning-led Denver Broncos. And in America, all will be right again with the world.

How to Refine Ad Strategies on YouTube with Gamers' Insights
Google Think Insights released a 8 page whitepaper, Gamers On YouTube: Evolving Video Consumption, which offers valuable intel and insight on gamers.

"Fiddle-dee-dee!" On Mobile's Tasteless Display of Reporter Affection
It doesn't take much these days to make a story it seems, At least this is true for those willing to consume their bait fish hook-line-and-sinker, just because you're a potential mayor or Business Insider. Speaking of Business Insider, Deputy Editor Julie Zeveloff was flown off to misty Mobile the other day just so a would-be mayor could emboss a political campaign - oh, but ostensibly too, to polish the tarnish off the great southern city's name!

Legendary Pictures Buys Its Very Own FIVE33 Marketing
In entertainment related PR news, Thomas Tull and Legendary Pictures has just acquired in just acquired strategic marketers FIVE33. The Los Angeles and London based marketing firm will be integrated into the overall Legendary scheme of operations according to the company news via Deadline Hollywood.

First Time in AMPAS History: The Oscars
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) will be calling the 85th annual Academy Awards edition simply, The Oscars - a move to keep up with the times.

Miley Cyrus Publicist and Public Relations Lessons
Miley Cyrus's new extra-short, platinum pixie haircut wasn't for a good cause, like raising money for a cancer charity, as many fans speculate. It was just a clever PR stunt to distance the star from her Disney-puppet image.

Carl Lewis Monumental PR Gaffe Bites Back
Carl Lewis was the first to suggest, in 2008, that Bolt running 10.03 one year and 9.69 the next was suspicious, and he started a media war, fueled by rumors and suppositions. No one has any proof that Bolt's performances are other than clean, yet the rumors go stronger, somehow downgrading athletic performance that appears to most of us superhuman.

Play Star Wars: The Old Republic for Free Starting This Fall
Star Wars fans from all over the world, we have good news for you: Electronic Arts (EA) decided to offer a free version of Star Wars: The Old Republic. Starting this fall, the massively multiplayer online role playing game will have two options available for playing: paid and free.
