Sentences with phrase «as publicity stunts for»

In 2011, Sony Pictures executives asked the Andalusian enclave if they could paint the town blue as a publicity stunt for those famous blue cartoons, the Smurfs.

The Ten Commandments were plastered as a publicity stunt for the movie the Ten Commandments by the P. T. Barnum of Hollywood, Cecil B. Demile.

Several billion worth of 1980's and 90's box office muscle rolled down the Croisette in tanks as a publicity stunt for «The Expendables 3» Sunday morning.

Dolin eventually confessed to shooting himself as a publicity stunt for his book, a work in progress without a publisher.

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For years he'd been dreaming up publicity stunts — such as offering Amanda Knox a large sum to appear in an adult film — and then enticing the likes of Gawker or TMZ to treat that stunt offer like news.

But Neuhaus calls the faculty protest «smarminess» and goes on to denigrate the «national prominence» of Calvin College, as if it is some rude, liberal Podunk institution looking for cheap media attention with a publicity stunt.

It is all a publicity stunt for them as it is for all the nonsense people file suit on because they do nt feel its right for them.

For their part, many left - leaning progressives, both Catholics and Protestants, dismissed the statement as a publicity stunt tied to conservative politics.

That's just what happened in Adelaide as part of a publicity stunt for the Adelaide Motorsports Festival.

Club for Growth President Chris Chocola called Trump's potential presidential bid a «publicity stunt [that] will sputter and disappear just as quickly as the «The Apprentice» is losing viewers.»

Some have groaned at the idea, describing it as nothing more than a cheesy publicity stunt for Tesla, a company facing fresh delays in production goals.

This is understandable, because the episode exposes him as a man who can't even stage a four - subway - stop publicity stunt — even as he runs for a second term as chief executive of the world's greatest city.

But it turns out Kid Rock was joking all along, part of an elaborate publicity stunt that fooled Pataki as well as President Donald Trump's adviser, Stephen Bannon, both of whom voiced support for the rapper's «campaign.»

Mayor Bill de Blasio appeared to dismiss Gov. Andrew Cuomo's $ 1.4 billion revitalization initiative for Central Brooklyn as a mere publicity stunt seriously until he sees «actual results» — and blasted his actions on affordable housing as «big talk, very little action.»

The trade association for the produce industry, United Fresh Produce, countered in a statement to CNN, writing, «At a time when medical experts strongly urge Americans to realize the health benefits from eating more fruits and vegetables, it is irresponsible to mislead consumers with a sensational publicity stunt disguised as science.»

Some sources consider those arrests as publicity stunts, and criticize Russian authorities for not taking more vigilant approach in regard to computer crimes.

THE MAYOR (single camera; fka Untitled City Mayor Project) Picked up to series STUDIO: ABC Studios / Brownstone Productions / Bluegrass FanFare TEAM: Jeremy Bronson (w, ep), Daveed Diggs (ep), Jamie Tarses (ep), Scott Stuber (ep), Dylan Clark (ep), James Griffiths (d, ep) LOGLINE: When an outspoken, idealistic rapper runs for office as a publicity stunt and actually gets elected, he surprises everyone (including himself) when he has a natural knack for the job and slowly transforms City Hall.

This brilliant publicist ran interference for his employer, always putting a good spin on whatever embarrassing predicament his boss found himself in, from being caught on camera canoodling with a boy, marrying Lisa Marie Presley as a publicity stunt, or writing anti-Semitic song lyrics.

Stars: Brandon Micheal Hall, Lea Michele, Yvette Nicole Brown Producers: Jeremy Bronson, Daveed Diggs, Jamie Tarses, Scott Stuber, Dylan Clark, James Griffiths (director) Premise: When an outspoken, idealistic rapper runs for office as a publicity stunt and actually gets elected, he surprises everyone (including himself) when he has a natural knack for the job and slowly transforms City Hall.

T - Mobile broke two Guinness World Records with the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus as part of its publicity stunt meant to draw attention to the wireless carrier's release of Samsung's latest Android flagships which is scheduled for tomorrow.

She also understands that as a short track skater, she needs to keep the media's focus in order to turn attention toward her events, and that means leveraging her sexuality and image for photoshoots, publicity stunts and gossip about her relationships.

The animal rights group, which is well known for staging publicity stunts to draw public attention to what the group views as «unethical» commercial activities is now bringing its fight to corporate boardrooms by buying a stake in the very companies with which it is clashing.

Richard Branson's publicity stunts may not be to everyone's taste, but his positive attitude and passion for aviation has established him as one of the industry's most legendary personalities.

There's no struggling to produce units as some would suggest ms are suffering with and there is no fake supply shortage to boost demand / hype as certain manufacturers have done in the past to hit the news headlines as it's a very different world now and having more units out there in the hands of gamers will do more for publicity than any of those old tired stunts could.

This apparently stands for Dragonborn in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim's dragon language - and as a publicity stunt, this takes some beating.

The Stuckists became more widely known for their effective publicity stunts than for their art, notably their annual demonstrations against the Turner Prize, when they would dress up as clowns — the premise being that the Tate had become a circus.

Here's your chance to strike a blow for REAL painting and win as much as the Turner Prize winner HERE WE are again, victims of the hugely successful publicity stunt that takes place annually in the name of «progressive» art.

The reason for the blatantly illegal hack was because the rather hubristic CEO of HGBary Federal, Aaron Barr, boasted, in the Financial Times, more as a publicity stunt than anything else, that he «knew» the identities of some alleged Anonymous «Chiefs» (there, apparently, aren't any and the alleged «identities» he found ended up being quite innocent people!).

T - Mobile broke two Guinness World Records with the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus as part of its publicity stunt meant to draw attention to the wireless carrier's release of Samsung's latest Android flagships which is scheduled for tomorrow.

A couple years ago, a resume website executed a publicity stunt by taking a stab at a resume for Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk (without his cooperation, as far as I know).