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press agent

Noun

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someone employed to arrange publicity (for a firm or a public figure)

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According to legend, on one occasion a press agent asked: "How do I get our leading lady's name in the Times?" Source: Internet

A Hollywood press agent claimed that after seeing the film Wilson said, "It is like writing history with lightning, and my only regret is that it is all so terribly true." Source: Internet

Lennon and Bardot met in person once, in 1968 at the Mayfair Hotel, introduced by Beatles press agent Derek Taylor ; a nervous Lennon took LSD before arriving, and neither star impressed the other. Source: Internet

On January 16, 1942, Lombard was a passenger on Transcontinental and Western Air Flight 3 with her mother and press agent Otto Winkler. Source: Internet

Several myths surround the woman, though it seems the first woman in black was actually a publicity stunt cooked up by press agent Russel Birdwell in 1928. Source: Internet

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