PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The drummer from the jam band Phish is helping collect signatures with a goal of overturning a legislative delay on ranked-choice voting in Maine.
Oprah For President - A Leap Too Far
Oprah is beloved. She is passionate, holds strong convictions, breaks barriers and is a great communicator. Oprah, who has never held a public office, is suddenly mulling a run for the presidency.
Celebrity elite are now empowering people to take on government roles that they are simply not qualified to assume. Understandably our current president and his “Celebrity Apprentice” approach to his personal life and governance does tend to make one ponder that Oprah as president might indeed be an improvement.
Is the Kim Kardashian Brand in Trouble?
By Felicia Knight
What does it mean when a popular brand is in distress and a considerable percentage of public response ranges from “It’s probably a publicity stunt” to “That’s what you get for showing off?”
As we all know now, Kim Kardashian, at whose PR savvy we have previously marveled, was recently the victim of an armed robbery while in Paris for Fashion Week.
Crisis Management at the Olympics: Since When?
By Felicia Knight
The Games of the XXXI Olympiad, or – if you prefer – the 2016 Summer Olympics or simply Rio 2016 – open Friday with all of the pomp, athletes, and inscrutable “showbiz” spectacle that will leave us scratching our heads: Was that a celebration of Brazil’s history or a Cirque du Soleil/Shriners Parade/Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show mashup?
THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING…
MOSCOW, RUSSIA – The brainchild of an American ex-pat, living in Moscow, STAGE RUSSIA HD is bringing the best of classic and contemporary Russian theater to cinemas in cities across the U.S., beginning with the Vakhtangov Theatre’s sumptuous production of Alexander Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin, and followed by the Moscow Art Theatre’s vision of Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard.