However, on several occasions, he admitted that the destruction was a gimmick that set the band out apart from the others and gave them the publicity edge that they needed to be noticed.

Initially, her activism drew skepticism and was dubbed by some as a publicity gimmick.

The term all-star is often used as a form of publicity gimmick to promote the cast of a movie in which a number of high-profile actors appear, sometimes merely in cameo roles.

" Glad Clubs " appear to have been popular for a while ; however, it is questionable if they were ever more than a publicity gimmick.

Jack Warner did, however, remain studio president until the summer of 1967, when Camelot failed at the box office and Warner gave up his position to the studio's longtime publicity director, Ben Kalmenson ; Warner did, however, remain on board as an independent producer and vice-president.

Musician and record producer Chips Moman, active in Stax Records when the band was formed, for many years claimed that the band was named after his MG sports car, and only after he left the label did Stax's publicity department declare that “ M. G .” stood for “ Memphis Group ”.

" Their members include DJ Babu ( producer / DJ ), Evidence ( emcee-producer ) and Rakaa Iriscience ( emcee ) The group also received a publicity spike after their track " Who's Who " appeared on the racing video game, Need for Speed: Underground in 2003.

She was only fourteen when she was hired by Nils Granlund, the publicity manager for Loews Theaters, who also served as the stageshow producer for Texas Guinan at Larry Fay's El Fay nightclub, a Speakeasy frequented by gangsters.

" Later, evidence arose suggesting that Opel's appearance was facilitated as a publicity stunt by the show's producer Jack Haley, Jr. Robert Metzler, the show's business manager, believed that the incident had been planned in some way ; during the dress rehearsal Niven had asked Metzler's wife to borrow a pen so he could write down the famous line, which was thus not the ad-lib it appeared to be.

Kiarostami has worked extensively as a screenwriter, film editor, art director and producer and has designed credit titles and publicity material.

Geldof did the publicity and educated the younger artists on the issues ( some of the artists weren't born when the original was recorded ) while Ure assisted producer Nigel Godrich and filmed the event for the corresponding documentary.

" When attending a Fox Broadcasting Company publicity event in New York with Rupert Murdoch, show producer Matt Groening was introduced by Murdoch to Rickles.

" Stern encourages listeners to interrupt high-profile political and media events and give him publicity, often shouting " Baba Booey ," the nickname of Stern's producer, Gary Dell ' Abate, as a codeword.

On April 5, 1925, George Rappleyea, who worked as a local manager for the Cumberland Coal and Iron Company, happened to meet county superintendent of schools Walter White and local attorney Sue K. Hicks at Robinson's Drug Store and convinced them that the controversy of such a trial would give Dayton much needed publicity.

She caught the attention of columnists such as Walter Winchell and Mark Hellinger, who began giving her publicity.

The idea of holding an All-Star Game was conceived during a meeting between NBA President Maurice Podoloff, NBA publicity director Haskell Cohen and Boston Celtics owner Walter A.

The same pattern applied outside the plants: Socialist Party members, such as Walter Reuther's brothers Victor Reuther and Roy Reuther, and the Socialists and ex-Socialists working for the CIO cooperated with CP members, such as Henry Kraus, the UAW's publicity director, with a minimum of sectarian bickering.

There were many other people who were involved with varying importance and different influences in the early years, from Lena Lamont, part of Sheena Govan's circle, who lived in her caravan with her family and who shunned publicity to those whom Peter Caddy met as he traveled in British New Age circles: among them Robert Ogilvie Crombie ( ROC ); Sir George Trevelyan who formed the Wrekin Trust ; Anthony Walter Dayrell Brooke, Liebie Pugh, and Joan Hartnell-Beavis.

Walter Moers is said to avoid publicity and very rarely gives interviews or allows himself to be photographed.

Ultimately, the scandals caused no harm to Astor's career, which was actually revitalized because of the custody fight and the huge amount of publicity it generated ; Dodsworth ( 1936 ), with Walter Huston, was released to rave reviews, and the public's acceptance assured the studios that she was still a viable commercial property.

* To generate publicity for the novel Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture by Apostolos Doxiadis, British publisher Tony Faber offered a $ 1, 000, 000 prize if a proof was submitted before April 2002.

The Canadian National Exhibition ( CNE ) in Toronto had offered Chadwick $ 10, 000 to swim the lake as a publicity effort for the annual exhibition.

Afterwards, Zündel sent Irving a long letter in which he offered to draw publicity to Irving, and so ensure that his future speaking tours would be a success.

Like some of the other prizes offered by the paper, it was widely seen as nothing more than a way to gain cheap publicity: the Paris newspaper Le Matin commenting that there was no chance of the prize being won.

Another method of publicity undertaken mostly by smaller firms was the " medicine show ," a traveling circus of sorts which offered vaudeville-style entertainments on a small scale, and which climaxed in a pitch for the nostrum being sold.

In January 2005, in what was widely perceived as a publicity stunt, the Deja Vu chain of " gentlemen's clubs " offered to become the title sponsor.

He received much favourable national publicity when he offered to resign following a self-professed failure to stamp out the problem, and again when he personally oversaw the surrender of some of the most feared dacoits of the area in 1983.

The superstars would help Warhol generate publicity while Warhol offered fame and attention in return.

The media publicity which accompanied the premiere of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and the aura of mystery surrounding the author of the literary original of the film ( rumour had it that Life magazine offered a reward of $ 5, 000 for finding the real B. Traven ) induced a Mexican journalist named Luis Spota to try to find Hal Croves, who disappeared after the end of the shooting of the film in the summer of 1947.

The studio publicity department was concerned audiences would confuse Farley with British actor Stewart Granger, so they suggested he change his name and offered him a list from which to choose.

A similar service had been offered by Open Text in 1996, but this precipitated outcries and bad publicity because searchers at the time did not want the search process more commercialized.

There was some publicity, and they recorded a few demos, but were not offered a recording contract and disbanded.

FM offered brief articles, well-illustrated with publicity stills and graphic artwork, on horror movies from the silent era to the current date of publication, their stars and filmmakers.

Sinatra was offered the 2nd prototype on the condition that the distributor, Jules Meyers, could show the car at the L. A. Auto show and got publicity photos with Sinatra at delivery.

These spectaculars offered publicity for the series but also raised money for charity.

Most high-profile terrorist attacks were foiled or offered negative publicity from a normally sympathetic international stage.

To increase the uptake of Choose & Book by doctors in England, surgeries were offered a financial incentive for the first part of 2006, but it continues to suffer from adverse publicity in the medical press and resistance from a number of GPs.

" Sandals ' anti-gay policy received a great deal of publicity when stays at their resorts were offered as prizes in various promotions by companies such as Microsoft, Yahoo !, and US Airways in 1999.

The Individual Events offered at the Thespian Festival are monologue, duet acting, solo musical, duet musical, group musical, mime, lighting design, scenic design, publicity design, costume design, costume construction, stage management, and short film.

To generate publicity, Coinstar offered to cash in over 1. 3 million pennies collected over four decades by Flomaton, Alabama resident Edmond Knowles after Knowles's bank refused to cash them in.

The meeting was largely a publicity stunt by the Daily Mail newspaper which had offered a prize of one thousand pounds for the longest flight.