Brian Edwards (publicist)

Brian Edwards
Occupation Talent producer, publicist
Home town Covington, Louisiana
Awards Honorary Satellite Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Entertainment Client Relations

Brian Edwards is an author, television producer, and publicist. In 2012 he received the Honorary Satellite Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Entertainment Client Relations. Edwards is also the author of the book Enter Miss Thang.

Early life

Edwards graduated from Covington High School in 1984. While in Covington, he was an actor for the town’s Playmakers Theater. He then moved to Los Angeles in 1985 and took a job as executive assistant to recording artist Donna Summer.[1][2] He later represented Summer, as her publicist, until her death in 2012.[3][4]

Talent relations

Edwards then became the assistant for Betty Fanning, who was a vice-president for William Morris Agency at the time.[2] In 1998, Edwards was hired as the celebrity talent manager for the American Movie Classics and WE tv television networks, working on shows including Reel Models: The First Women of Film and Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel.[1] Following this position he founded the company Enter Talking Client Relations. He has worked with Vanessa Williams,[5][6] Farrah Fawcett, and Susan Sarandon.[7]

Television production

Edwards was a writer and producer for several installments of the Country Music Television series CMT: The Greatest.[8][9] He was also a talent producer on the television series Full Frontal Fashion, Between Us with Naomi Judd, Cool Women in History, Fashion Flashback, Style World, AMC Live: The Hollywood Auction, and Cooking with Mom.[8] He will be a judge for the 2016 Miss America Pageant.[10][11]

Books

In 2013 Edwards published his autobiography, Enter Miss Thang (named for Edwards’ Hollywood nickname “Miss Thang”), with a foreword by Joan Rivers and introduction by Cindy Crawford. In 2014 the book won best LGBT Non-Fiction awards from the International Book Awards, the Beverly Hills Book Awards, and the National Indie Excellence Awards. The National Indie Excellence Awards also named the book the best autobiography of 2014.[1][7] The book will be made into a documentary for cable television.[2]

Recognition

In 2012, Edwards become the third ever recipient of the Satellite Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Entertainment Client Relations.[12][13][14] In 2014 Edwards received a key to the city of Covington, LA from Mayor Mike Cooper.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 ""Enter Miss Thang" Ends Year As One Of The Most Honored LGBT Non-Fiction Books of 2014". University Chronicle. November 12, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Kevin Chiri (September 17, 2014). "Covington native Brian Edwards holding special events Sept. 23-24". Slidell Independent. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  3. ↑ Quendrith Johnson (May 17, 2012). "IPA Remembers Donna Summer, Who Recently Feted Her Publicist in Honorary Satellite Tribute Reel". International Press Academy. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  4. ↑ Chuck Yarborough (April 16, 2013). "Donna Summer: Late 'Queen of Disco' gets her rock propers in L.A. inductions (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2013)". Cleveland Plain-Dealer. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  5. ↑ Christine Fontana (May 1, 2007). "The Right Stuff". Living New Orleans. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Vanessa Williams to sing anthem at Duke-Syracuse". The USA Today. January 29, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 Missie Noel (October 8, 2014). "Tammany Scene: Book, birds, boots". New Orleans Advocate. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  8. 1 2 "Profile: Brian Edwards". IMDB. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  9. ↑ "CMT: 40 Greatest Done Me Wrong Songs (2004)". Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  10. ↑ "The Miss America Organization Announces Preliminary Competition Judges" (Press release). Miss America. July 23, 2015. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
  11. ↑ Tracey, Sara (July 23, 2015). "Preliminary judges for Miss America 2016 pageant announced". The Press of Atlantic City (Pleasantville, NJ: BH Media). Retrieved July 30, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Vanessa Williams, Brian Edwards and Cindy Crawford". Hollywood.com. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  13. ↑ Quendrith Johnson (June 1, 2012). "Enter Talking, Exit Charmed: That’s Brian Edwards". Press Academy. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  14. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20150526044051/http://www.hollywood.com/general/vanessa-williams-cindy-crawford-at-the-2012-satellite-awards-60058240/. Archived from the original on May 26, 2015. Retrieved May 29, 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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