Nick’s Bloggings

Last week, pop princess Beyonce and long time boyfriend and Rap mogul, Jay Z, were rumored to have gotten married in Jay-Z’s apartment in New York.

The couple have been rumored to have been together since 2002, most likely meeting on the set of Beyonce’s music video of “Crazy in Love”, but have yet to come out the public about the truth of their relationship. They have always been very private of their relationship and refuse to talk to press about the details of their relationship.

But when do we say, “just spill it” ? I think that everyone knows that the two have been romantically involved for quite some time now.

Anyway, I think its important for them to come out to the public and admit that they got married. I mean, who do they think they are kidding? I’m sure if they just come out and admit that the two are now legally recognized as man and wife, then the many fans that follow the two would be ecstatic for them! I think they should get together a press conference or something of that nature to address the rumor of the baby on the way.

I think by not saying anything, they are only hurting themselves in the end by fueling rumors of baby bumps etc. It would be best for them to just tell the truth and get it over with. They won’t be able to hide the marriage forever! Even friend Gwyneth Paltrow, who attended the secret wedding, has refused to say anything about the big day.Both the star’s publicist refuse to comment on the obviously-real wedding

I think its time Jay Z & B, to just come clean and confess your love for eachother to the deserving people that love your music!

Late yesterday afternoon Naomi Campbell was escorted by police off of a plane for assaulting them and having a notorious Naomi tantrum at the Heathrow Airport in London.

After the airline, British Airways, misplaced her bags, she became upset and insisted that they find the missing luggage and continued to throw a fit by screaming and yelling at the BA employees. They continued to call the police to have her escorted off of the plane, only to have her lash out and spit at the police. Gross!

Spokeswoman Annabel Fox had this to say about the misplacement of Campbell’s baggage. She claims that BA: “decided to resolve this by insisting she leave the flight and then called the police to forcibly eject her.”

She ”was going nuts, spitting, punching and lashing out. BA staff were genuinely concerned about her well-being,” a “police source” told The Sun of London. The passengers on the plane had to encounter a 90-minute delay. I am sure that they didn’t appreciate this!

This is not something new for people to encounter from the notoriously bad-tempered diva. Campbell is probably most well known for her attacks on her personal assistants and other employees. For example, in a 2006 incident Campbell threw a mobile phone at an employee leaving a laceration on the back of her head that had to be closed with four surgical staples.

It seems to me that Campbell needs some type of sentence other than court-ordered Anger Management Classes. This type of behavior would make it difficult for Campbell to get modeling gigs and would also make it difficult to work with her. I’m sure that many people don’t appreciate this diva’s bad attitude. It appears that Campbell has not learned her lesson from previous incidents, and by the victims only suing her and the court ordering her attend classes doesn’t seem to impact this million dollar model.

I think it would be best for Naomi to make some type of voluntary step towards a better public image by attempting to join some organizations that help those with anger management, like the National Anger Management Association. Maybe some extended time in jail is needed for this diva to realize that she is being inappropriate.

But what makes this incident so strange, is that the descriptions of the situation change depending on who you ask. If you talk Ms. Campbell’s rep, she would point the finger at BA telling the press that BA somehow were being unreasonable towards Campbell.  But if you were to talk to BA, they would say that Campbell was being “obnoxious” because they wouldn’t let her into the VIP lounge.

Whatever the real story, I’m sure that there is much in store for the 37 year-old model, including more Anger Management classes!

Crisis Communications Blog

Paris Hilton suffered a blow when ex-boyfriend Rick Salomon released a tape of the two having sex in a hotel suite. The video, named 1 Night in Paris, released shortly after Paris’ debut of the hit show, Simple Life. After the video released, Hilton claimed that she was “out of it” and didn’t know what was going on in the video, causing Salomon to sue Paris for defamation. Paris eventually turned around and sued Salomon for the release of the tape. The two eventually settled out of court in July 2005. After selling almost 600,000 copies of the tape, Paris was sent into a higher level of fame than before the sex tape was released.

 After researching many news articles about the Paris Hilton X-rated video, it seems as though the media portrayed Hilton as a victim of the situation. But this is understandable considering that Hilton had nothing to do with the release of the sex tape. Salomon said that the tape was stolen from his home, however, reports say that Salomon was payed for the rights of the tape. Hilton seems to have taken a different role from victim by apologizing for the disgrace she brought to her highly respected family.

 It is funny however, that Paris went through her publicists among others celebrity’s publicists to assist her in damage control of the situation in talking to the press and answering questions concerning Paris’ tape. These included Jennifer Lopez’s publicist, Dan Klores, and her family spokesperson, Siri Garber. Many of her reps told press that the video was “intended for their own personal use”. The Hilton family as well seemed to be infuriated by the sex tape, saying that anyone that took part in the video’s release was involved in “criminal activity” and that the culprit would be “vigorously prosecuted”. When asked on many occasions, Paris had no comment on the tape. It seems to me that the media portrayed Paris in a impartial and neutral light when covering the story of the sex tape. Even the photos associated with the stories have no raunchy element to them. Headlines are fact-based and not opinion-based, which is helpful to Paris when the stories are being read by millions of people.

Blogs seems to make the Paris Sex Tape a laughing matter, joking about the heiress being involved in such activity. Many bloggers seem to make the point that creating a sex tape and being a B-list celebrity only boosts one to higher levels of fame. Some bloggers insist that Paris created the sex tape for this sole purpose. Garber even told press that “We wanted to do a lot of promotion, have Ms. Hilton go on talk-shows and really promote the tape. But now it’s all over the Internet, and people are watching it for free! That’s an injustice.” It appears that even Paris tried to jump on this controversy train. Next Stop, Fame!

 There is a distinct difference between the writings of blogs and news stories. It seems that news stories give the basic facts and display some type of neutrality on the subject. They don’t identify Paris as a sexual deviant, but Blogs, on the other hand, seem to give readers a reason to laugh at the situation and make a spectacle of the tape and Paris as a person. Bloggers aren’t afraid to post scandalous photos associated with Paris’s Sex Tape, some bloggers even post actual stills from the tape with certain areas censored. Blogs also seem to give more of a “normal person’s” reaction to the scandal, and allows one to shake their head at the situation. Even the headlines of others’ blogs which talk about the tape candidly make Paris’ situation a laughing matter. These include, “Paris Hilton Sex Tape Game” and “I’m Going to Make a Sex Tape”.

As publicists, I think that Paris’ reps did a good job at trying to take the scandal of the sex tape and spinning it to make Paris more visible in the limelight. I mean, isn’t this who Paris wanted to be anyway? The tabloid-encompassing socialite and heiress to the Hilton Family Hotel chain. I think that her reps did pretty well in spinning this to benefit Paris in the long-run, causing her to be constantly chased by the paparazzi and also landing her numerous roles and cameos in movies and television shows. Whatever Paris had to endure during the release of the sex tape, the outcome seems to have been positive for her. Who doesn’t know who Paris Hilton is?!?!