suchalilyofthevalley:

Since the boom in the Internet, the dawn of bloggers and everyone having the opportunity to be a ‘famous’ – that line of professionalism and integrity has really, for lack of a better term (and forgive my French) gone down the shitter.

Everyone wants to be the one with the scoop; they want to be Internet famous. The one to be the first with the break, to get the most hits on their blog; which, like back in the day, was the writer who wanted to be the first to press with the big story. Fast forward a few decades, the timing on this now is down to milliseconds.

So people’s judgments, in my opinion, have become a bit skewed and a bit bias towards what will get them their 15 minutes versus what is right.

In the entertainment industry, the majority of people who work in it will have to sign indemnity forms, confidentiality clauses if they’re not already woven within the confines of their existing contracts. It’s even more tied down the closer you are to certain pieces of production. I’ve had to do this working in PR far removed from direct production because I was coming into contact with scripting pages, marketing communication materials and general details.

If I decided to ‘leak’ anything I knew or had seen out, even through ulterior means or other channels that weren’t directly via me, I would not only be fired, but I would be opening myself up to liabilities like you can’t even fathom, including lawsuits and kissing whatever was left of my career goodbye.

There are particular reasons why production companies, networks, and the lot do not want things released early. Things are still in the creative process. Meaning they’re still being created and creative, they’re still being tweaked, changed, and created. These are ever evolving processes. And as much as we would all love to have things at every single step of the way, there are legitimate reasons as to why we cannot.

In addition, when things do get leaked, we have no real context to if or even where they will fall because, as I said before, things are still in a creative process. Things get added and subtracted in the blink of an eye. No one other than the people directly within that process have the right to really and truly know about, despite the wisps and crumbs that make it through the cracks. That, however, is a whole other story.

So the writers, producers, publicists, marketers, senior vice presidents, they all have every single right to be angered when their intellectual property is stolen out from under then and given to the masses without their consent or in their own planned timeframe. It’s basically breaking contracts and in turn breaking laws.

After everything that has gone down in the last year to 18 months within the industry with major leaks, extras not adhering to confidentiality clauses and background information getting stolen from people within the company who didn’t have rights to it in the first place, anyone with touch points in that world knows what is at stake.

It’s ridiculously sad that people don’t understand what these leaks really and truly cost, that it’s just more than “I need to know everything as it happens because I WANT to so give it to me any way I can have it.”

suchalilyofthevalley:

Here we go again. Hey soap box great to see you again ::brushes off the dust::

Alas, where to begin?

Let’s just cut to the chase with People Magazine thing since it’s the most recent buzzing about. Yes, this is a tidbit for Darren in their Sexiest Man Alive issue. He made their sizzle reel. It also from that sizzle reel looks like what’s in the issue could be a reprint from the photo that made it into their April double issue about the royal wedding.

One point that needs to be made pretty damn crystal clear: This. Is. A. Big. Deal.

There’s more to this than another picture in another magazine just about his pretty face. Yes, it’s a basis for it, but for this it’s so much more than black and white.

For you to be on People’s radar for consideration for this issue: big. To be included: even bigger.  You’re talking the most mainstream, as legit as you can get pop culture magazine out there. Reader circulation: over 3.5 million in print. Online: over 6.5 million unique visitors a month.  This is a mainstream recognition that surpasses what Glee has brought to the table. A few times over. And then some.

Also – other than the gigantic feature spread for whoever makes cover, we don’t know how or what section Darren will be classified in. Please reference past issues with Hugh Laurie (which talked about his life outside of House in the music industry along with his photo) or Nomar Garciaparra (which talked about his work off the baseball diamond/charity work) or the best by age, which is legit just a tiny head shot photo. We just don’t know yet and won’t till it hits stands. There could be some actual words and copy with this picture which would be even more ridiculously fantastic.

Scoff and say ‘oh this isn’t anything’ all you want because it’s just People Magazine and their Sexiest Man edition. Entertainment industry people take some stock in what and who People Magazine is paying attention to. They kind of have a really amazing instantaneous pulse on what’s happening and what’s hot in pop culture, more so than a lot of these industry prints (i.e THR, Variety, etc.)  The PR that People puts into this issue and some of the faces in it, is kind of second to none when it comes to magazine issue press. Which means even more awareness and so on. For the passing person who picks up an issue off the newsstand, it’s a drool!fest. For people who really track and monitor the goings on in Hollywood and pop culture, it’s kind of a who’s who we need to keep our eyes on.

Bottom line: if People is paying attention to you and giving you space in one of their biggest (if not the biggest) issue of their calendar year, it’s more than just a shallow hey you’re pretty here’s a picture. It’s hey, you’re kind of super awesome we need to show you off and that’s a really good thing.

Thank you Kerry for continuing to poke me when I wanted to curl up into a ball and be a drama queen and never write again :) Fic will be done before First Listen Friday WHOO!! :D

(Also once again, anyone speak French? I’m going to take s-t-a-r-sleeper up on her offer but a second pair of eyes couldn’t hurt! :D)

suchalilyofthevalley:

On all that went down today/tonight while I was in the city.

I have to say, I have some fucking amazing flawless friends. I will reblog some of their sjfksldjfsdfl cause they’re just beyond faboo and I love them. I love that they are so genuinely EXCITED and HAPPY for me. 

Really, REALLY good meeting that seems to have serious fucking potential. I like them, they like me. I was told “I can’t tell you to stop pursuing things but please keep us in mind” so yeah let one hope this is it.

All I will say is tonight was exceeded any of my expectations.

Charlene is just unbelievably amazing live, god I adored her before, I fucking love her now. 

I got to hang out with some bitching fierce ladies all throughout the evening.

And the universe seemed to start making shit up to me with the highlight of the evening. 

I’m telling you, this is a sign of things to come <3333333333333333333 Universe, thanks for being back on Kerry’s side :D :D (now just give her that damn job!!)