Issue 006    
       
 

  Celebrity Newsmakers and Noisemakers
 

 
 

The old-saying “think before you speak” also applies to the world of Public Relations.  Have you ever thought about releasing a statement to the press? Or maybe you did and it just didn’t come out sounding right? Here’s a Weekly Roundup of Spark's Top 10 Newsmakers and Noisemakers to help you along:  

 
 

 

 
     

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10. “I love this game, but I like myself a little bit more.”
-- Colorado Rockies Pitcher Darren Oliver when a swarm of bees invaded the field and forced a game between the team and rival Arizona Diamondbacks, to be called after five innings.

 

9.     “All of our chili suppliers report no accidents.”
-- Wendy’s spokesman in response to a missing person’s search for the owner of a partial finger served in a customer’s bowl of chili.

 

8.     “You can't stop the defense from putting on a full-blown defense and I mean just that.”
--Michael Jackson’s defense attorney warned Judge Rodney Melville, following the Judge’s ruling that prosecutors can introduce past sexual abuse allegations during the king of pop’s child molestation trial. 

 

7.     “The Enquirer invented the celebrity magazine, but it is now a very crowded market, so now it has to return to what it once did in its heyday, which is a wonderful mix of celebrity, national crime stories, real-life stories and service, lots of service,”
--National Enquirer editor Paul Field, reacting to the  

tabloid’s forthcoming British debut.

 

6.     “What’s Up Doc?”
--Bugs Bunny…Critics are outraged over Warner Bros.’ 

plans to make Bugs a futuristic and harsh looking 

superhero in an upcoming film.   

 

5.     “We're two fabulous world-champion tennis players.”

        -- Celebrity tennis icons Venus and Serena Williams, on their plans to launch a reality TV show.

 

4.     “I'm very proud of what NCR has achieved during my tenure as CEO, and I'm confident that…the momentum will continue.”

--Mark Hurd, the NCR veteran will succeed ousted 

Hewlett Packard President Carly Fiorina.

 

3.     “People who aren't paying their taxes shift the burden to the rest of us.”

-- IRS Commissioner Mark Everson, on America’s unpaid tax gap, which is now topping $300 billion a year.

 

2.     “We survived.”

--Michigan State Coach Tom Izzo after the Spartan’s victory over Kentucky that will send them to the Final Four.

 

1.     “If it doesn't fit, you must acquit.”

        -- The late Johnnie Cochran during closing arguments in the 1995 O.J. Simpson trial.

 
 

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Source: AP News  
 
   
 

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