Archive for November 26th, 2009
Kate Winslet’s Libel Lawsuit
When you think of Kate Winslet what is the first thing that comes to mind… for me that would be her role in Titanic. 
But she has starred in many more movies; her most recent roles which have given her many awards and nominations were in the movies Revolutionary Road (2008) and The Reader (2008).
On November 3, 2009 Kate Winslet won a libel lawsuit receiving $40,000 from the British magazine: Daily Mail. A libel lawsuit is defined as anything: that is in writing, print, signs, or pictures and damages a person’s reputation. So the reason that Kate was filing this type of lawsuit against the Daily Mail was because they accused her of lying about her work out regime.
But the Daily Mail doesn’t just say a few words and that is the end of it, they are thoroughly going at Kate Winslet. They have quotes from earlier years and complain about how she has switched from being “their Kate” from England to a starlet in Hollywood.
(Quoted from People Magazine) “I strongly believe that women should be encouraged to accept themselves as they are, so to suggest that I was lying was an unacceptable accusation of hypocrisy,” the 33-year-old mother of two said in a statement. In January, Winslet told reporters she was going “easy” on herself and not exercising at all during the hectic awards season.
After Kate Winslet went to High Court in London, the Daily Mail decided that they would apologize for what they printed earlier in the year and that they would pay for the damage that they caused and all of her legal costs.
Winslet was quoted saying: “I am delighted that the Mail have apologized for making false allegations about me,”
I agree that Kate had a strong argument for starting this lawsuit. Being accused of lying about something that you feel very strongly about is wrong, especially when they are people that have so much power in the media. And this one article could have started crazy rumors about Kate Winslet and could have caused a lot of damage to her career. Because this started overseas, it might have taken longer to reach the United States but it would have gotten here eventually, and the media would have had a field day talking about this Oscar winning starlet lying about how she has obtained the body she has after having two kids! If something like that would have happened I am not sure how it would have affected her creditability.
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Risque Performace at the American Music Awards!
Adam Lambert was on the latest America Music Awards live broadcasting by ABC and he decided that he wanted to give the audience a show. He mentioned that he wanted it to have the shock value of a Madonna or Britney Spears performance. It was said to have been crude and had the audience’s jaws dropping when Lambert kissed his straight keyboardist. There were other raunchy things going on in this performance and because of this they have taken it off of YouTube based on copyright laws.
If I was Adam Lambert’s PR agent I would have him apologize to the American people either on national television or tell him to have his own press release. I would encourage him to talk about why he wanted to make his performance so risqué and what he thought the reaction of the people was going to be.
I would ask him to explain himself in a way that wouldn’t put blame on anyone, and wouldn’t accuse American’s for being homophobic. One thing I would make sure to tell him is that he should not be sorry for who he is but should apologize for his behavior which was inappropriate for the event.
. I think he should have mentioned something to his producers about it, but I feel that it should be on the same level as the Madonna/Britney kiss in an earlier music awards show.
As Lambert’s agent I would also make sure that he doesn’t try to please people by not being himself, I think it would be better for him to present himself as he is and have other people come to the understanding that this is one kind of person and this is how he acts.
I would have him possibly tone down his attitude, wild side, or language but I would make sure that what he is saying is truly how he feels.
I suspect that this way of presenting Adam Lambert would agree with the Code of Ethics presented by the PRSA and we wouldn’t be breaking any of their rules.
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