This is a review for Flirting with Fame: A Hollywood Publicist Recalls 50 Years of Celebrity Close Encounters Paperback which I received a physical copy of in exchange for this review.
Movies, Music and Iced Tea makes me a happy camper. Since I’m never going to meet anyone famous I have to live through others experiences. Including Dan Harary who was kind enough to share his experiences in Flirting with Fame: A Hollywood Publicist Recalls 50 Years of Celebrity Close Encounters Paperback.
The funny part is I was going to read this book on my own and before I knew what was happening I was sharing parts of the book with Charlie or David. Letting them know who the Author had meet. By the time I finished the book both Charlie and David couldn’t wait to read the story.
Charlie even added new people to study in our Homeschool Drama Class. While David shared memories from moves or songs the people did with Charlie bringing them closer together. Then Charlie would share what he knew about the person we were talking about.
If you have a Movie Lover in your life and you want to become closer to them then you need to shareFlirting with Fame: A Hollywood Publicist Recalls 50 Years of Celebrity Close Encounters Paperback with them and they will love you forever.
I am so bad because I skipped the first chapter to get to page 117 that talks about Biggie Smalls death which Charlie has been educating me on. As Charlie share his love of Rappers with me. Although, I enjoyed learning how he started his own business which I hope will motivate others to follow there dreams. Including Charlie.
About the Author: Dan Harary
Starting in 1972 when he became, at the age of 15, the Stage Manager and Lighting Director at the Sunshine Inn rock concert hall in Asbury Park, New Jersey (the venue where Bruce Springsteen began his career,) Dan Harary has met, worked with and/or interacted with many dozens of the most famous movie, TV, pop and rock music stars in the world.
Besides knowing Springsteen in the early 70’s before Bruce was famous, Dan also attended Boston University in the late 70’s along with Howard Stern, and befriended Jerry Seinfeld in 1981, becoming Jerry’s “very first fan.” As an Entertainment Industry Publicist for over 40 years, Dan has met everyone from Tom Hanks to Madonna, Michael Jackson to Sting, Kirk Douglas to Arnold Schwarzenegger, Steven Spielberg to Jerry Springer, Roger Daltrey to Ann-Margret, Jack Black to Sid Caesar, and Richie Havens to Gene Simmons.
Dan’s countless “close encounters of the celebrity kind” are sometimes funny, sometimes touching, and quite often cringe-inducing. But no matter what, Dan’s novel adventures, both along the East Coast and in Hollywood, are all either intriguing, entertaining or just plain strange!
About:
Born and raised in Asbury Park, New Jersey, Dan Harary has been working as an entertainment industry publicist in Hollywood for over 40 years. As the founder of The Asbury PR Agency in Beverly Hills, CA, Dan often found himself standing side-by-side with dozens of the 20th Century’s most famous movie, TV, pop and rock music stars.
As a teenager between 1972-74, Dan was the stage manager and lighting director for The Sunshine Inn, where Bruce Springsteen began his career. After graduating from Boston University’s School of Communications, Dan’s career path included in-house positions with Columbia Pictures, the American Film Institute, the Playboy Channel, Columbia Pictures Television, and two of Hollywood’s most prominent entertainment PR agencies. Dan launched his own Asbury PR Agency in 1996. The father of two adult children, Dan lives in Beverly Hills, California.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
