Praise & Recognition

I cannot thank each of you enough for your help. With this being my first "celebrity" experience, you all made it very easy and I truly appreciate all you did.
Rhinebeck Area Chamber of Commerce
 

WME could not have been more efficient, more understanding, nor better prepared. The event turned out to be spectacular and due in large measure to their professionalism and diligence. We could not have been more pleased!
Association for Financial Professionals
 

Speaker News


JOEL STEIN reviews his OWN book! And guess what? It’s a rave!

TIME

In my many years as a journalist, scholar and thinker, I have read nearly all the great works of literature, including Milton, Shakespeare and the first third of The Brothers Karamazov. But no book has ever spoken to me as profoundly or directly as Joel Stein's Man Made: A Stupid Quest for Masculinity.

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Tim Tebow named to TIME's list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World

TIME

Watching Tim Tebow play football, you can observe many things about his character. You see his fierce competitiveness, his strong work ethic and how he is a leader that his teammates trust and respect.

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Man V. Food's Adam Richman Talks Traveling And Food

Huffington Post
Adam Richman is finally full. The Travel Channel host spent the last few years traveling around the country stuffing his face with down home cooking for his hit program Man v. Food, which featured him facing down the many consumptive challenges thrown at him by America's best BBQs and steakhouses. No more.
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Amanda De Cadenet Gets The Conversation Started

Forbes

What were you doing when you were 14? If you’re like most women, you were probably somewhere between milestones that included your first crush and first training bra.  Not Amanda De Cadenet.

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O’Donnell vs. Coulter Debate

MSNBC
To raise money for the K.I.N.D. fund, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell formally debated conservative pundit Ann Coulter. One of the conservative students in the audience, Will Healey, gives his reaction to the debate on The Last Word.
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The Master of the Mash-Up

The Wall Street Journal

Seth Grahame-Smith blended Jane Austen with zombies and Abraham Lincoln with vampires. Now, with two movies and a novel landing soon, he's one of Hollywood's most sought-after young players.

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Ashley Judd Fires Back at Critics of Her Appearance

The Wall Street Journal
Actress Ashley Judd, who stars in the new ABC show, “Missing,” fired back at speculation over her “puffy” appearance in an online essay that calls “the conversation a misogynistic assault on all women.” Judd also used the hashtag #TheConversation on her Twitter page and called for her followers to continue it.
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Bill Courtney, Coach of the Year

Esquire
There is a moment in Undefeated that, like so many of the moments in the Oscar-nominated documentary, seems unbelievable. Scripted. Or storyboarded. Contrived in the way those bad MTV shows are.

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Rachael Ray celebrates 1,000 episodes

USA Today
Surprise! To help celebrate her 1,000th show, airing today, celeb chef and talk-show host Rachael Ray turned to two of television's brightest stars: Regis Philbin and Rosie O'Donnell.  But, they weren't the only famous friends she had onboard to help mark the milestone. Pal Oprah Winfrey offered her congratulations via message.
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Fast Company profiles Alexis Ohanian

Fast Company

Reddit is arguably the most successful social news site on the Internet. So how does cofounder and New York tech entrepreneur Alexis Ohanian avoid "Redditing" all day at the expense of getting things done?

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Ryan Blair Featured on AOL’s “You’ve Got” Series

AOL
AOL "You've Got…" is a daily program on AOL's homepage that gives celebrities and people of interest an opportunity to express their personal passions. AOL's homepage gets 15 million viewers a day and the "You've Got" series gets over 2.5 million views a week, making it one of the top 10 most-viewed series on the web!
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Rob Lowe named to NPR's 2011's Best Celebrity Tell-Alls

NPR
For years, actor Rob Lowe was labeled a pretty boy and a Brat Packer. But his autobiography reads more like Forrest Gump. The book starts with Lowe, as a young movie star, meeting John F. Kennedy Jr. Yet even before he's famous, Lowe seems to land in all sorts of pivotal moments in pop culture history.
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Alexis Ohanian - The Forbes 30 Under 30 List

Forbes
Alexis Ohanian named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list.  Reddit co-founder's new retail site donates non-sustainable profits to organizations that "make the world less sucky."
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Chef Zakarian wins Next Iron Chef

The Examiner
Chef Falkner and Chef Zakarian had a busy kitchen on Sunday night competing for the title of Next Iron Chef. The reality show meant there could only be one winner, but they both pulled off some amazing dishes, even with the three surprises they encountered by the judges. In the end, Chef Zakarian took home the title while the judges tasted some amazing food.
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Alexis Ohanian writing book for Web entrepreneurs

CNN
Alexis Ohanian is a champion of the Internet as a catalyst that lets anyone become a publisher or a promoter of worthwhile causes. But for his first book -- which happens to be about that very topic -- Ohanian is turning to the traditional publishing channels. 
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Seth MacFarlane's Big Band Album Is No Joke

The Wrap
Before you hear the first note of Seth MacFarlane’s debut album, you know it won’t be terrible. You know this because MacFarlane recently hosted two of the most vicious hours in television history and a guy who just presided over that bloodthirsty a gathering isn’t about to hand his cutthroat contemporaries a rusty blade they can torture him with for the next 25 years.
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Kevin Bleyer Wins Emmy for The Daily Show


Congratulations to WME client Kevin Bleyer, who won a 2011 Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Series.
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart also earned a ninth consecutive Emmy for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series.

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RYAN BLAIR, author of "Nothing To Lose: Everything to Gain" on Forbes.com

Forbes
Ryan's incredible story of going from gangmember to successful entrepreneur is making headlines across the country.
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How Soleil Moon Frye Embraced Her ‘Happy Chaos’

TODAY

The star of the 1980s hit series “Punky Brewster,” social media maven and momtreprenuer often finds herself living in the chaotic world of raising kids. But Soleil believes chaos is not a bad thing. In her new book, “Happy Chaos,” she explains adventures of motherhood and why accepting messes, mishaps, tears and tantrums will make you and your kids happy.

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A Return to Broadway, and a Columnist’s Role, for Lithgow

The New York Times
John Lithgow will return to Broadway next spring to star in “The Columnist,” playing the famous midcentury newspaperman Joseph Alsop in a new drama by David Auburn.
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Ashley Judd Lands ABC Action Drama Pilot

Entertainment Weekly

ABC has closed a deal to bring Ashley Judd back to the small screen in Missing.

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Victoria Stillwell Discusses 5 Training Tips Every Dog Owner Should Know on The Today Show

NBC

Canine coach Victoria Stillwell shares tips and tricks that will help your furry friend be a consistently obedient companion.

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Andrew Zimmern's Surprising Personal Journey from Homelessness to Host

Rachael Ray

Andrew on the Rachael Ray discussing his journey from addiction and homelessness.

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WSJ Names Stuart Diamond’s “Getting More” One of the Five Best Business Books to Read for Your Career in 2011

Wall Street Journal

Will 2011 bring a huge market boom or another economic catastrophe? Depends on who you ask. Still, there is no bear market for career advice and it almost always pays dividends. Here are some new offerings that will serve you well in the New Year.

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