The Media Interview

And the winner is - well, maybe “winner” isn’t the word because I personally don’t see getting an interview with Paris Hilton as anything to be proud of - CNN’s Larry King.
After ABC’s $100,000 offer for Hilton’s first post-jail TV interview was rejected, and NBC pulled out and denied any deal had been made, and [...]

Busy day in the gossip mills as rumors flew about which American TV network would first get to interview Paris Hilton (and pay dearly for it) when she’s released from prison. Following a detailed story in the NY Times this morning about ABC losing out on it’s bid of $100,000, reportedly to NBC, the [...]

I just posted about the controversy surrounding the demand by Angelina Jolie’s lawyers that journalists sign a contract outlining the scope and rules of any interview with the star at the premiere of her latest movie A Mighty Heart.
There’s another story here, though, about the way the media works. I cited a number of [...]

Angelina Jolie is being called a hypocrite by some media (for instance, here, here, and here) after she imposed strict limits on interviews during the June 13th premiere of A Mighty Heart, in which she plays the widow of murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
Roger Friedman of Fox News blasted Jolie for [...]

If you don’t want to do interviews but will pose for photos before a show, it’s good to bring a show buddy, a friend or colleague… You can engage in a deep conversation with said show buddy and keep most of the press at bay. If you want to at least pose for a pic, [...]

Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty, who was in the news recently after racist remarks were made against her during the British reality TV show Celebrity “Big Brother”, ended up the winner of that show just over a week ago. The big money is already rolling in, not the least of which is for media interviews.
Miss [...]

A far worse sin than not having read a guest’s book, is to try and dip into it quickly and pretend you’ve read it, as this anecdote from Gail Williams illustrates, during an email forum featuring radio host Angie Coiro on The Well, July 2006:
I [once] asked a question of an author… based on randomly [...]

Picked up a book at the library the other day (yes, a building filled with printed books) called The Sound and the Fury and it turns out to be based on a web-site called Rock’s Back Pages. If you’re a music journalist doing research or a musician looking for some tips on how to [...]