Sentences with phrase «publicity stunts in»

No stranger to controversial, distasteful and outright wrong publicity stunts in the somewhat distant past, OnePlus strikes again with a Valentine's Day marketing campaign very obviously meant to shock.

Sir Richard Branson has pulled some crazy publicity stunts in the past to showcase the Virgin Brand.

During the 1981 season, Ferrari held a publicity stunt in Italy where Villeneuve in his Ferrari 126 raced against the Italian Air Force F104 Jetfighter.

It's a publicity stunt in response to all the good press homebirth has been receiving.

The latter was a publicity stunt in which Whiteread was told that, if she failed to appear in person to collect a # 40,000 prize, the money would be burned.

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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.

said that while the meeting with the dictator is a «step forward» in diplomatic relations with North Korea, he is wary that the president's announcement is a publicity stunt.

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.

I first heard of them from that publicity stunt, when I paid $ 20 for shipping from Vietnam and $ 0 for a pair of classic high - rise leggings while a senior in college.

Now and then they have been able to worm their way onto a TV or radio talk show, or to air their views in courtrooms and publicity stunts, or to place ads (and sometimes even get reviews) in college newspapers and professional historical journals.

Another publicity stunt was staged in 1993, when the International Chili Society and Hyundai Motor America co-sponsored the twenty - three - city «Chili Across America» tour.

Lets assume for a moment that our interest in Aubameyang is not a publicity stunt (you ever wonder why we are the only club who seem to take two weeks to negotiate?).

It's not just some publicity stunt, though - Billy is keen to pick up where he left off, get straight back on the single - seater ladder and go racing in 2018.

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

Yesterday I posted a news item about Sarah Palin's publicity stunt of bringing 200 sugar cookies to a Pennsylvania school to protest the proposed regulations in that state which will limit sweets in school for classroom and holiday parties.

I think it's fair to call the photo a publicity stunt, I think everything else in this post is assumption, and yeah, it's a bit mean spirited.

The only way it is not a publicity stunt is if she makes it a habit of sitting in the middle of the walkway while she breastfeeds.

Therefore, she felt the need to use her child in a planned publicity stunt to demonstrate her own superiority as a mother.

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AJOG articles are nothing more than publicity stunts created in an effort to maintain a monopoly on birth and not to forfeit even a small amount of business to competitors.

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.

Well if the tiny number of people who take part in the pointless publicity stunt, sorry open primary want a MP who overreacts at the slightest provocation and is easily fooled, I think the nomination is yours.

In June, Connecticut Democratic Party Chairman Nick Balletto and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's administration said Republican governors visiting here to lure businesses away were engaging in political grandstanding and publicity stuntIn June, Connecticut Democratic Party Chairman Nick Balletto and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's administration said Republican governors visiting here to lure businesses away were engaging in political grandstanding and publicity stuntin political grandstanding and publicity stunts.

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.

Their engagement which was initially perceived as a publicity stunt was officially announced by Banky W in February.

In a Daily News OpEd, Queens Sen. Tony Avella (a onetime NYC mayoral candidate) calls de Blasio's new HomeStat plan «nothing but a press - release gimmick; a pointless publicity stunt to flip public opinion that has found him unable to admit, much less reverse, the increasing homelessness problem.»

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.»

Irena Brooks: Launching in South Korea where adultery is a punishable crime is another publicity stunt.

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

Tyler thinks the show could be a good publicity stunt and gives his OK, with Ricky Carr (Raffaello Degruttola), accused of murdering the host of a popular cooking show, given the honor of starring in the first episode.

In his best - known feature, his plan to get an athletic acquaintance to climb a department store facade as a publicity stunt backfires, so Harold tackles the perilous ascent himself.

, 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?

A decade after Slade faked an onstage assassination in a much - maligned publicity stunt, journalist Arthur Stuart (Christian Bale) is tasked with figuring out what happened to the former star.

In Maps, Benjie thinks he's strangling the ghost of the little girl whom he'd visited in hospital as a publicity stunt — only to find he's throttled the little boy he's been forced to act witIn Maps, Benjie thinks he's strangling the ghost of the little girl whom he'd visited in hospital as a publicity stunt — only to find he's throttled the little boy he's been forced to act witin hospital as a publicity stunt — only to find he's throttled the little boy he's been forced to act with.

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.

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.

And, in one really insane publicity stunt, he takes some 9/11 rescue workers to Cuba to get them treatment for medical problems that arose after trying to save lives.

Just days ago, Ford announced it's partnership with Men's Health magazine as they drive a Ford Focus Electric across the country in a similar publicity stunt.

If Joan's arrogance and belligerence were a book publicity stunt, then — because I don't think combative behavior is ever defensible or attactive — I hope it fails, miserably, in the book sales department.

That is just a publicity stunt claiming that there has been no dialog in my opinion.

Jane Austen is Chosen to be the Face of the Ten - Pound Note: As much as I was amused and yet appalled at finding out there's a statue of Colin Firth's Mr. Darcy in London's Serpentine Lake as a publicity stunt to promote a British drama television channel, I'm a little less disturbed to see that Austen will be on the ten - pound note approximately in 2017.

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.

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.

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

«The Publicity Confidential: What Authors and Publicists Wish Each Other Knew» was an eye - opening session in an era of publicity stunts and medPublicity Confidential: What Authors and Publicists Wish Each Other Knew» was an eye - opening session in an era of publicity stunts and medpublicity stunts and media blitz.

While some residents weren't too thankful and claimed it was animal cruelty or a publicity stunt, most tornado victims were grateful for help in any and every form.

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.

No publicity stunts, no E3 sneak previews, not even a press release to let us know that something was in the pipeline.

publicity stunts, replicas of official apps, and a few games that are worthwhile lost in a sea of useless ones.

Zhu Jun's publicity stunt can only help Firefall's visibility in China, which is already saturated with free - to - play games and is thus a daunting market for any new title, especially one with Red 5's checkered history.