Media Attention, Week of 11/17: Celebrity Authors
There will be some blasts from the past in the media about books next week, as Tony Robbins appears in a new guise and Brooke Shields is on the cover of People magazine. A more recent celebrity, Russell Brand also promotes his latest book, but this time, it’s not a memoir.
Money: Master The Game, Tony Robbina, (Simon & Schuster, eBook, eAudio)
While we were busy with more mundane things, it seems Tony Robbins went from infomercialist to “the CEO Whisperer” as he is called on the cover of Fortune Magazine. That infomercial background should help as he promotes his new book on his old medium. He is set to appear on several upcoming shows, including:
• MSNBC Morning Joe, November 18
• NBC Today Show, November 18
• Fox News Fox & Friends, November 19
• Bravo-TV Watch What Happens Live, November 23
There Was a Little Girl : The Real Story of My Mother and Me, Brooke Shields, (Penguin/Dutton; Penguin Audio)
Shields is making headlines because of revelations in her memoir about her “hard-drinking mother” (the New York Post), how she lost her virginity (E! Online), Liam Neeson’s proposal (Irish Central, of course) and how she found out that Andre Agassi was a meth addict (People magazine cover story).
The Pied Piper of Hamelin : Russell Brand’s Trickster Tales, Russell Brand, Chris Riddell, (S&S/ Atria Books, S&S Audio)
Not a celebrity memoir, but a celebrity retelling a favorite fairy tale. Scheduled appearances include:
• NBC Today Show November 18
• NBC Tonight Show sNovember 18
• NBC Access Hollywood November 18
• ABC Live with Kelly & Michael, November 19
• Bravo-TV Watch What Happens Live, November 20
You Can’t Make This Up: Miracles, Memories, and the Perfect Marriage of Sports and Television, Al Michaels, L. Jon Wertheim, )Harper/Morrow; Harper)
We don’t have specifics on appearances, but after more than 30 years on television, the author has what is called media access.