Kudos to Women Filmmakers At Park City Fete

Another media release for Women Filmmakers

HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. and PARK CITY, UTAH – January 16, 2009 – Two spunky non-profits are determined to create more opportunities for women in film and they will be spotlighting the success of women filmmakers during the Sundance and Slamdance Festivals. On Sunday, January 18, The Fund for Women Artists and the Alliance of Women Directors(AWD) will host “A Celebration of Women Filmmakers,” where they will salute the women filmmakers at Sundance and Slamdance.

The statistics on women in the film industry are daunting. Dr. Martha Lauzen of San Diego State University reports that only six percent of the top 250 films of 2007 were directed by women and more than 20 percent had no women at all in the key creative roles of director, writer, cinematographer, editor, producer or executive producer.

To beat these tough odds, The Fund for Women Artists and the Alliance of Women Directors recognize that successful female role models and new alliances of filmmakers and audience members are essential.

The Fund for Women Artists will invite film industry members to join their colleagues around the world for the second international Support Women Artists Now Day (SWAN Day) on March 28, 2009. SWAN Day is a celebration of women artists in all disciplines, held annually on the last Saturday of March as the grand finale of Women’s History Month. The goal of SWAN Day is to honor the full diversity, beauty and power of women's creativity.

The Fund for Women Artists is a non-profit organization that provides women artists with the resources they need through free online funding, networking, advocacy information, and by building alliances of women artists and supporters. The Fund for Women Artists’ website serves more than 500,000 visitors a year.

The Alliance of Women Directors is a coalition of working women film directors. AWD provides peer support, and furthers the art, craft and visibility of women directors through seminars, screenings, networking dinners and mentorship program.

“A Celebration of Women Filmmakers” will be held on Sunday, January 18 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Queer Lounge, 608 Main Street, Park City, Utah.

Thanks to: Queer Lounge and ABSOLUT ® VODKA.


For more information about The Fund for Women Artists, please visit www.womenarts.org and contact Eileen Koch at Eileen Koch & Company INC, 310.441.1000 or email Eileen at Eileen@eileenkoch.com. Please visit www.eileenkoch.com.

Zander Bleck Hits The African "Festival Au Desert"

Here's a new release about singer Zender Bleck.

Immediate Release from "HOT from Koch"

HOT DESERT SOUNDS
NYC Singer Zander Bleck Hits The African "Festival Au Desert"

Los Angeles, CA (January 7th, 2009) Few musicians as talented, as committed & as smoking hot would have the coolness and the courage to cross endless miles of the Sahara desert (on camelback no less)- just to play their music-and in this country, Zander Bleck is that exception. The only American musician invited to participate in the African "Festival Au Desert" concert this year in Essakane, two hours from Timbuktu in Mali, Zander Bleck is paving the way for an emblematic and exotic music career.


A native of New Jersey, currently living in NYC, blessed with Adonis good looks, classic charisma and the musical talent to match, the twenty-four year old Zander Bleck is seriously taking America- and now the world-by storm. The Festival Au Desert is an ideal venue for the idealistic Bleck, as Led Zeppelin front-man Robert Plant enthusiastically explains of his own experience participating in this African music festival, "It's one of the few honest things I have been part of in a long, long time. It's amazing to play out in the sand. There are no doors, no gates and no money. It reminded me of why I sang in the first place." Bleck vehemently agrees!

The history of the festival is deeply rooted in traditional Touareg festivities, which represented for a long time a place for decision-making and exchange of information among the different communities. Initially, there were songs, poetry, traditional Touareg dances, as well as camel rides and games.

Today, the Festival is international in scope, with music as its main focus. Zander will be, in many ways, representing the United States, and with a new music video being filmed in Africa for "Beyond The Horizon", a video documentary to come of Zander's entire African experience, and the tremendous success of Zander's first release, "Get Up" (here is the "Get Up" music video). Zander Bleck is on his way to world-wide recognition!



Check out http://www.zanderbleck.com/ for more information on Zander Bleck, or http://www.festival-au-desert.org/ for more on this extraordinary event!

For more information about Zander Bleck and/or to book him, please contact Eileen Koch at Eileen Koch & Company, 310.441.1000 or email @ Eileen@eileenkoch.com.

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Mikey Post Shines In Adam Sandler's Bedtime Stories

One of our clients, Mikey Post, makes a Big Impact in Adam Sandler's "Bedtime Stories."

Fortuitously released nationwide on Christmas Day, Bedtime Stories is a moving, charming, soulful and offbeat tale of the power of the imagination and magical realism of storytelling itself. And while the gregarious Adam Sandler takes the screen by storm in usual wily Sandler fashion, Mikey Post gives quite a memorable turn as Jimmy “The Angry Dwarf”-in what could otherwise be considered a smaller, role.

The actor sinks fully into his contribution and comes off as hilarious as he is genuine. If not necessarily a star-making model for Post, it is certainly something of an eye-catcher. Having appeared in such serious films as Black Knight, Rest Stop, Rest Stop 2, Killer Pad, Skid Marks, and on the TV show MADtv, Swift Mikey always makes his indelible mark.

In this Disney family fantasy comedy, Bedtime Stories, the film centers around the Bronson family, who sell off their familial hotel, leaving the dream-shattered Skeeter Bronson (Sandler) heartbroken, when big shot Barry Nottingham re-negs on promise to make him manager.

Without giving too much of this extraordinary jewel away, the story moves sweepingly forward and into a world of fantasy and dreamscapes-as Sandler is eventually embraced for his bedtime manner, winning over the precious hearts of the young, those who, captivated & willing, fall under his storytelling spell. Once he incorporates their own ideas into the tales, the line between dream and reality beautifully blurs.

Originally from Columbus Ohio, Mikey Post is a graduate of the University of Georgia. Now a Hollywood home-maker, Mikey can also be seen in the upcoming Disney feature Santa Buddies.

We’ll keep you POSTED on the dynamic possibilities & career of MIKEY POST!

For more information or to interview Mikey Post, please contact Eileen Koch @ Eileen Koch & Company INC, 310.441.1000 or email Eileen at Eileen@eileenkoch.com.

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Momma's Girl Premieres Tuesday, December 16

Here is our latest release!


Maisha Gainer Shines on NBC’s "Momma’s Boys"

Premiere, Tuesday, December 16 at 10PM ET/PT

Following its December 16 debut, Momma's Boys will begin airing in its regular Mondays at 9PM ET/PT time slot on December 22.

Los Angeles, CA (December 15th, 2008) Aspiring actress/TV talk show host & model, Maisha Gainer is smashingly on her way. Tackling a coveted spot on NBC’s latest Reality TV sensation, "Mommas Boys," produced by the inimitable Ryan Seacrest, Maisha is poised for greatness.

Premiering on NBC December 16 2008, the show centers around a group of seriously circumspect mothers set to choose the ideal woman for their complacent & complicated sons. The show plays poignantly yet playfully upon the nature of relationships and the nurturing aspects of family-namely MOM!

Also executive produced by Andrew Glassman (Average Joe) and co-executive produced by Eliot Goldberg and Grant Julian, Momma’s Boys is already showing significant promise for next season. For Maisha Gainer, getting into momma’s house is a step closer to getting momma’s boy, and with Maisha’s beauty, talents and charm, chances are Gainer’s got it!

Her unforgettable face has been forged into recent memory from featured spots on Inside Edition, and her striking beauty celebrated as winner of the prestigious Esprit Clothing modeling competition. Holding a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology, as well as a flourishing career in law enforcement, she seems to create the world in which she chooses to live-and right now it’s on NBC!

Watch Maisha as she baffles the Momma's Boys bachelors with her presence, sincerity, and unforgettable attitude. Endearing MOM comes as natural to Maisha as embracing her BOY, and with three boys to choose from, Maisha’s got it going on!

For more information or to interview Maisha Gainer, please contact Eileen Koch at Eileen Koch & Company INC, 310.441.1000 or email Eileen- Eileen@eileenkoch.com. For Top Los Angeles Public Relations representation, visit www.eileenkoch.com.

Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery, Inc. New Face Of Classic Beauty

Here is a new media release about a fantastic Plastic Surgery medical and spa facility.

BEVERLY HILLS, CA (December 2, 2008) Luxurious doesn't even begin to convey the chic modernity, architectural brilliance and sophisticated vibe of the new Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery Inc. medical and spa facility. Beauty begins with beauty, and in this environment, one is constantly reminded and perpetually surrounded by an aesthetic of the highest order. And it is indeed remarkable that in Beverly Hills, the epicenter of plastic surgery, classic beauty is again revered and wonderfully re-established as the modern standard by BHPS.

And it is also no mistake that Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery Inc. (BHPS), a full-service plastic and cosmetic surgery practice, is led by the surgical skill of the preeminent plastic and reconstructive surgeon, Dr. Gabriel Chiu. It is after all, his vision, precision, and dedication to symmetry and proportion, that has single-handedly raised the beautification bar, as a slew of satisfied clients attest.

(Thankfully), Dr. Chiu’s commitment to classic beauty has re-populated Beverly Hills with more natural-looking women, turning the trend against that wind-tunnel-swept look, gushes Karen S., a devoted client of Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery, Inc. (see www.BeverlyHillsPlasticSurgeryInc.com for more information).

Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery Inc. generously offers up their luxurious spa office, complete with the most modern technologies available, a sensational Skinceuticals retail lounge, a VIP retreat for the most discerning clientele, as well as a personable staff of profoundly knowledgeable consultants, nurses, and medical aestheticians. One feels most at home, or at the very least, relaxed in this Vogue-like resort, this Chanel-inspired suite. Soothing Parisian tunes play while patients sip on decadent refreshments: this is clearly a place to rejuvenate, replenish, and transform.

BHPS suggests that it is their understood ideal of enhancing beauty by utilizing the most natural, minimally-invasive, and painless techniques available, as well as customizing the treatment in its entirety to serve the specific needs of their patients. And to manage this while creating a chic and exciting ambiance is truly a medical/social breakthrough!

Located ultra-conveniently at 9454 Wilshire Blvd, (facing So. Beverly Drive) on the ground floor, what has in the past been considered a clinical, impersonal and even cold experience, now has the spirit of that which its critical work is intended; to change peoples lives, to re-create youth, and ultimately to enhance beauty.

Surgeon expertise and integrity, patient safety and confidentiality, the finest supplies and instruments, and advanced, proven technologies and techniques, all come conveniently together in what has to be considered as one of the premier plastic surgery establishments and experiences worldwide. But it is the overriding goal of BHPS that sets it apart altogether-their care for the patient and dedication to a classic beauty!

For more information and/or to interview Dr. Gabriel Chiu, please contact their Los Angeles-based Public Relations Company, Eileen Koch & Company INC., at 310.441.1000 or email Eileen at Eileen@eileenkoch.com.

Janice Haskins-Scott: A WritingRoom.com Discovered Author

DRAMATIC WORK OF SUBSTANCE

Chicago, Illinois (November 11th, 2008) Chicago Janice Haskins-Scott is the real deal: real life, real ideas, real words for a real world. She was chosen to be WritingRoom.com’s November Discovered Author for her empowering and engaging work on Inspirational Everyday Poetry-Poetry That Inspires, Haskins-Scott has established herself as a literary voice to be respected.

Experience is fodder for creation, and often out of the deepest struggles come the noblest characters. Such is the stuff of Haskins-Scott’s Inspirational Everyday Poetry-Poetry that Inspires, a kaleidoscopic whirlwind of poetry and passion that scales the everyday possibilities and daily struggles with equal sensitivity, lyricism, intelligence & humor.

Staggeringly insightful and profoundly personal, Janice Haskins-Scott courageously reveals-with a poetic precision-stories and sides of herself that inspire by example and move by artfulness. From her own battle with addiction springs a well of hope, possibility & recovery-a war waged and won on the pages of this accessible and award winning book.

WritingRoom.com-a social network for aspiring writers to engage and appraise one another’s work-considers Janice Haskins-Scott’s work exemplary of the kind of bold writing that WritingRoom Discovered Author’s series was created to celebrate and support!

Born in Gary, Indiana and raised in Chicago, Janice Haskins-Scott is the author of several poems published by the National Library of Poetry and has been awarded the “Editor’s Choice Award” for outstanding achievement in poetry. With several warranted credits, awards, and published works to her name, she has been named five times over as one of the Best Poets of the Year by the International Library of Poetry. As for her latest accomplishment, Inspirational Everyday Poetry-Poetry that Inspires…it does indeed!

INSPIRATIONAL EVERYDAY POETRY-POETRY THAT INSPIRES is published by PublishingRoom.com. INSPIRATIONAL EVERYDAY POETRY-POETRY THAT INSPIRES will be available in the PublishingRoom bookstore and online at Amazon and BN November 2008.


For more information or to interview Janice Haskins-Scott, please contact Eileen Koch @ Eileen Koch & Company INC, 310.441.1000 or email Eileen @ Eileen@eileenkoch.com.

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Amanda Eliasch’s latest book CLOAK & DAGGER BUTTERFLY

Here is one of our newest media releases:

A WANTON WORLD OF WORDS

Amanda Eliasch’s “Cloak & Dagger Butterfly” Strikes

Los Angeles, CA (October 20th, 2009) The Chipmunka Foundation, established and poised to become the world's most effective mental health charity, is championing a new voice in the literary world, and what a world of words there is. Amanda Eliasch’s Cloak & Dagger Butterfly-A Journey through the Madness of Passion Via Blackberry (available internationally L60.00), is a veritable kaleidoscope of emotion, seduction & intrigue, rivaled only by her arresting accompanying photography.

A collection of brilliantly scripted emails invented in the throes of longing-filled evenings, are exquisitely matched with Eliasch’s own voluptuous and breathtaking photograph’s, both revealing an eye and ear for beauty, nature and truth. These electronic “letters to lovers”, heavy loaded with imagery and humanity, easily establish Amanda Eliasch as an artist to watch for, the places she’s willing to go emotionally, and the magnitude of her smashing success.

As convincing (taken from actual emails) as it is persuasive, Cloak & Dagger Butterfly makes for an unusually arresting read. For women everywhere, Eliasch stands as a beacon of light in the dark forest of intimacy-as human as she is humorous, her authentic voice will decidedly become an inspiration for generations to come.

Born in Beirut, Amanda Eliasch is the daughter of celebrated writer and journalist Anthony Cave Brown and granddaughter of film director Sidney Gilliat (St Trinian’s, The Rake’s Progress). Always heavily engaged in the arts, she has flirted with acting, mastered photography, flourished in writing, and is widely regarded as an artist to be reckoned with. She has also recently developed a creative partnership with the respected gallery owner Enrico Navarro.

Amanda's affiliation with the Chipmunka Foundation is an obvious one, having lived through the traumatizing ordeal of her own father’s Alzheimer’s Disease, Chipmunka (set up by Jason Pegler and Andrew Latchford) has a revolutionary & visionary attitude toward mental health. (www.chipmunkafoundation.com)

And another revolution takes place between the startling & sensuous pages of Cloak & Dagger!

For more information and /or to interview Amanda Eliasch, please contact Eileen Koch @ Eileen Koch & Company INC or email Eileen @ Eileen@eileenkoch.com. Please visit www.eileenkoch.com & www.amandaeliasch.com.