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  • September 2008
  • August 2008
    • Paris Sued for Breaking Publicity Pledge on Sorority Flick

      Paris Sued for Breaking Publicity Pledge on Sorority Flick

      (Newser) - The distributors of National Lampoon's Pledge This are taking star Paris Hilton to court, E! Online reports. Hilton, who also gets a credit as executive producer of the 2006 straight-to-DVD comedy, failed to live up to her contractual obligation to give the movie reasonable publicity, the lawsuit charges. Distributors are seeking $75,000 in damages from the heiress, who made a million bucks on the movie. More »

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      celebrity   movie   lawsuit   Paris Hilton   publicity

  • July 2008
    • McCain Was Going to Pounce On Obama Either Way

      McCain Was Going to Pounce On Obama Either Way

      (Newser) - It's common knowledge by now that a John McCain campaign ad took Barack Obama to task for not visiting wounded US troops in Germany. But David Kiley in BusinessWeek reports that the McCain camp had another ad ready, this one if Obama had visited the troops. It would have charged that Obama was using the soldiers as campaign props. More »

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      Barack Obama   John McCain   Germany   negative campaigning   smear campaign   publicity

    • Obama Reaps Benefits of Trip McCain Prodded Him Into

      Obama Reaps Benefits of Trip McCain Prodded Him Into

      (Newser) - John McCain’s campaign made a grave miscalculation by spotlighting Barack Obama’s lack of foreign travel, Noam Scheiber writes in the New Republic , “an incredibly superficial critique” that “can be rebutted incredibly superficially”—see Obama’s current photo-op overseas tour. Hard to believe the Republicans didn’t realize the trip “might become the media event of the season,” Scheiber says. More »

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      Barack Obama   John McCain   Iraq   Europe   publicity

  • August 2007
  • June 2007
    • Cheez Whiz Redoes Rushmore

      Cheez Whiz Redoes Rushmore

      (Newser) - Troy Landwehr of Little Chute, Wisconsin has carved a block of cheese weighing over 600 pounds into a replica of Mt. Rushmore.  The project was commissioned by Cheez-It snack crackers, on whose products the mountain of cheese will eventually be served.  Troy hits the road shortly to promote his cheese mountain.  More »

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      Wisconsin   sculpture   publicity   cheese

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