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23 Jan 2005
About 150 entertainment publicists gather for a winter mixer at the
Key Club in West Hollywood, CA to discuss publicity challenges and
network with members. "It is a growing trend and I don't think its
disappearing", said outgoing Entertainment Publicists Professional
Society (EPPS) President Scott Pansky at a recent winter mixer at
the Key Club, West Hollywood, CA, which was voted Best Night Club
In LA, by the LA Times. As long as viewers enjoy boring, unscripted
shows theyre going to be around for awhile. The market place has
admittedly has suffered, but again its Hollywood trying to create
great content. You look at Desperate Housewives as a brand new
formula for television and well probably see some copycat shows. I
think reality TV takes away the jobs from real actors and
actresses, said Actress Christine Michele, who appears in 2001
Maniacs movie coming out in March and Universal Pictures House of
the Dead coming out soon. It exploits peoples high expectations of
whats real out there in what they want in love, what they want in a
wife. People should go out and enjoy their own life, instead of
sitting around watching other people. Its very invasive and
contrived. Youre selling peoples real emotions or hurt feelings for
financial gain and thats kind of sad. Its a question of ethics,
because youre getting into peoples faces in their private life and
it is really difficult to do that without hurting peoples feelings,
said Kim Koury, publicist, for the Key Club. A lot of these shows
are hurting people. I think the upsurge in reality TV is horrible
for the entertainment industry, because its putting a lot of people
out of work and it is not quality entertainment, said Rita Tateel,
president of Celebrity Source, Hollywood, CA. Im a fan of reality
television and I think it has revitalized TV in a lot of
degrees,Johnathan Zeliski, PR Collative. It caused a big shakeup in
the industry, but TV needs a shake up every 10 or 20 years. I think
its highly additive and I think its taking actors jobs away, so Im
not sure Im totally with it, said Heid LaCourse, account manager,
OnTheSceneProductions, Los Angeles. I rarely watch television,
because I think its substandard, said Kim Rahilly, publicity
consultant. It puts a lot of writers out of work and I think that
it is an opportunity for product placement.Its certainly good PR
for Richard Branson and Donald Trump. I dont think reality TV is an
invasion of privacy, because its the choice that you make to watch
it, but I personally cant sit and watch it, said Karin Olsen of
Amazon PR. I would rather watch the History Channel or something a
little more meaningful. I know a lot of people like it and its
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