Sentences with phrase «of a publicity stunt by»

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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.

A rep from the Church of Scientology told E! that the whole thing «is a publicity stunt cooked up by a small band of unemployed fanatics who live on the fringe of the Internet.

Rather, it was a combination of socio - political factors: A strategically timed publicity stunt to bolster Russia's positive image internationally in the run - up to the Sochi Olympics, a result of skilful lobbying efforts by the German diplomatic elite and a humane act of mercy driven by Putin's personal convictions about vengeance, justice and mercy.

«This publicity stunt by Plaid Cymru is a crude attempt to weaken our strong and historic link with the Labour Party and to deprive trade unions of a legitimate political role.

But to upbraid Milne as fascist sympathiser by way of a cheap publicity stunt is as offensive as it is inaccurate, and it is hardly surprising if readiness to badmouth senior Labour appointees counts as a black mark against her when seeking another stab at being a PPC.

One cable stated: «Very few of the 64 measures recommended by Muslim leaders on the task force have been implemented, Khan said, creating an «air of despondency» and leading the community to believe that the entire exercise was just a publicity stunt.»

Councilman Robert Cornegy asked New York State to declare a state emergency so that new boilers could be purchased and installed more quickly at Housing Authority properties; his request was dismissed by some of his colleagues as a publicity stunt.

But his publicity stunt has a half - life way beyond even what he could imagine — the Roadster should continue to orbit through the solar system, perhaps slightly battered by micrometeorites, for a few tens of millions of years.

, Eli Roth to Produce Horror Movie Based on Fake Trailer, Oscar Shortlist for Best Documentary Feature Announced 19:50 — Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 52:40 — Trailer Trash: Green Lantern, The Green Hornet, Your Highness, Cowboys & Aliens 1:06:36 — Other Stuff We Watched: Catfish, We Live in Public, Kisses, The Losers, Conan, Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things, The Night of the Hunter, Toy Story 3, The Larry Sanders Show 1:34:00 — Junk Mail: Quidditch World Cup, Movies Overshadowed by Publicity Stunts, My Winnipeg, Movies Too Sad to Watch a Second Time, Spielberg and Tintin, Where is Chian?

War hero Dennis Morgan becomes the object of a publicity stunt staged by magazine publisher Sidney Greenstreet.

Was this most controversial movie of 2014 worth all the hype or were we all just honeypotted by Sony into one of the greatest publicity stunts of all time?

Even though AMPAS's decision last year to widen the Best Picture field to 10 nominees was an obvious publicity stunt, a means of boosting the Oscar telecast's ratings share by ensuring that more than one box office cash cow would compete for Oscar's top prize, we were optimistic that a few legitimately off - the - beaten - path treasures would somehow manage to enter the race.

Closely monitored by an all - seeing Mission Control, this New Eden is the brainchild of ecovisionary Jeremiah Reed, aka G.C. - «God the Creator» - for whom the project is both an adventure in scientific discovery and a momentous publicity stunt.

At least one analyst, a Michael Norris, has publicly called the claim «obnoxious» and expressed the opinion that the whole announcement was a publicity stunt made possible by taking things completely out of context.

«This is corporate nonsense,» Gardega told The Post of «Fearless Girl,» saying it was put opposite artist Arturo Di Modica's famed bull as a publicity stunt by a Boston - based financial firm.

Famously, before the release of Metal Gear Solid 4, Kojima collaborated with Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed team in a few publicity stunts and the like — but this all actually came about from Kojima approaching the studio fronted by Jade Raymond for advice.

Some claim this is a publicity stunt by the artist, Simon Birch, whose exhibition was the scene of the crime.

The story took an interesting twist when doubts were raised regarding the incident, with some speculating that it was a publicity stunt planned by one or more of the artists involved in the show.

«Publicity - grabbing stunts are refreshingly absent,» claimed Ben Hoyle in The Times, forgetting that any such «publicity stunts» are overwhelmingly orchestrated outside of the shortlist by feeble self - styled mavericks the Stuckists, hopped up on the gleeful idiocy of the tabloPublicity - grabbing stunts are refreshingly absent,» claimed Ben Hoyle in The Times, forgetting that any such «publicity stunts» are overwhelmingly orchestrated outside of the shortlist by feeble self - styled mavericks the Stuckists, hopped up on the gleeful idiocy of the tablopublicity stunts» are overwhelmingly orchestrated outside of the shortlist by feeble self - styled mavericks the Stuckists, hopped up on the gleeful idiocy of the tabloid press.

Holland said this winter that its train system was now entirely powered by the wind, and, in a memorable publicity stunt, strapped its CEO to the blade of a spinning windmill to drive the point home.

Once the crypto experts went through these comments, they became absolutely sure that all such publicity stunts were entered into just to bring down the price of Bitcoin by bringing about a hard fork and reap immense profit from this short - term price trend.

Raising the salaries of 40 employees by 15 percent has got to be costly, even in spite of the 15 minutes of fame the company received from the publicity stunt.