Carl Reiner and Newman Communications bring a Double Feature Publicity Tour
American Icon, Mr. Carl Reiner comes to Newman for a book publicity campaign on two new titles, “Just Desserts” and “Tell Me Another Scary Story…..but not too scary”.
In Reiner’s “Just Desserts” successful romance novelist Nat Noland has just had his cage severely rattled. After receiving an email directly from God, Nat just can’t seem to get any work done on his new novel. Follow Nat on his romps around New York City, as he tries to make sense of this divine intervention. With all the slapstick comedy and madcap hijinks that Reiner fans have loved for decades, JUST DESSERTS sparkles with a humor that only the enduring comedic mastermind himself could create.
Tell Me Another Scarey Story
The incomparable Carl Reiner’s first children’s book, Tell Me a Scary Story, was a hit when it appeared in 2003. Here at last is the sequel, TELL ME ANOTHER SCARY STORY…But Not Too Scary!
Kids love scary stories, particularly gross-out ones, and TELL ME ANOTHER SCARY STORY delivers even more of the same. Complete with a read-along CD filled with stuff children love—odd beams of light coming from nowhere, oodles of goopy goo, memorable characters, and mysteries for kids to solve……if they dare.
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Dennis Davern Reveals His Side of the Natalie Wood Scandal in ‘Goodbye Natalie, Goodbye Splendour’
Goodbye Natalie, Goodbye Splendour
It was Thanksgiving weekend, November 29, 1981 and actress Natalie Wood and actor husband, Robert Wagner, had taken their beloved yacht, Splendour, out for the holiday weekend. At 1:30 am Wagner radioed that “someone is missing from our boat.”
The world had lost its leading lady, Natalie Wood, at age forty three.
It’s been 28 years since Wood’s death. Splendour’s captain, Dennis Davern, has been haunted by that night everyday since. Spurred by guilt over letting down his friend Natalie, Davern decided it was finally time to tell all about their last voyage together. The events following her death, the restrictions placed on him during those months, and his grief had prevented him from telling the whole story, until now. Unable to live with himself for not speaking up sooner, Davern leaned on his friend, writer Marti Rulli about the experience of that day for years.
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Basketball Star, Chris Paul, Turns Childrens Book Author
Long Shot
In the same state the legendary Michael Jordan laced up his Nikes, Chris Paul, also known as CP3, would grow to be another North Carolina basketball prodigy. Although he possessed talent similar to “His Airness,” the not-so-tall Chris Paul would never physically fill the shoes of a giant.
Yet, his lack of height would not stop him from reaching his dreams.
In Chris Paul’s new book LONG SHOT: Never Too Small to Dream Big, the NBA All-Star and Rookie of the Year shares one of his own childhood memories to help inspire young athletes, particularly those who do not physically resemble Shaquille O’Neal.
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“The Governor” Rod Blagojevich Turns Author
The Governor
Almost a month after Illinois’ golden boy, President Barack Obama, claimed the White House throne, the media directed their attention at the 40th Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich.
At 6:15am on December 9, 2008 Blagojevich’s home was infiltrated by the FBI. Asleep next to his young daughter and only one day away from his 52nd birthday, he was awoken and arrested. Perplexed by the entire situation, the governor was then taken to Chicago’s FBI headquarters. Within hours the news was being nationally broadcasted. He was being accused of trying to sell and barter President Barack Obama’s vacant US Senate seat in exchange for money.
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Warren Moon: Never Give Up on Your Dream
Alongside the Newman Communications literary publicity team, Warren Moon, the only African-American quarterback in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the only player in both the Pro Football and Canadian Football Hall of Fame prepares for the release of his first book - Never Give Up on Your Dream: My Journey.
Everyone loves a Cinderella story. We hear and see them every where, but Warren Moon’s is hard to top. Like Jackie Robinson and Bill Russell, Warren Moon helped transcend and transform the traditional nature of football and sports as a whole.
Adversity seemed to always follow the everyday footsteps of Warren Moon. Living in Los Angeles at the age of seven, Moon lost his father to alcoholism and was forced into supporting his mother as a mentor, protector, and aid to his six sisters.
Throughout Moon’s heroic and revolutionary journey he justly fought against the racially biased attitudes that plagued his era. Many coaches believed he was not smart enough to play quarterback entirely because he was black. Consistently being told that he should move to another position Warren remained headstrong and kept his focus in the pocket.
As he grew older and progressed through the ranks of the game not much changed in regards to him being a black quarterback. After leading the University of Washington to a Rose Bowl victory over the college football powerhouse Michigan Wolverines, he flew north to Canada and joined the CFL.
Far from home, on the real frozen tundra, Warren Moon led his team, the Edmonton Eskimos, to five consecutive championships. Finally, in 1984, Moon signed an NFL contract with the Houston Oilers. Over the next several years Warren played with the Oilers, Seattle Seahawks, Minnesota Vikings, and Kansas City Chiefs. After seventeen years in the NFL, Warren Moon left the feild as one of the most accomplished and decorated quarterbacks to ever play.
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