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HOWARD LAPIDES 12/2/1950 - 8/1/2019 As CEO of Lapides Entertainment,  Howard  managed writer/producers, talk show hosts, authors, comedians, and actors, as well as executive producing a variety of shows in the United States and Canada. His clients included Dr Drew Pinsky, Tom Green, Adam Carolla, Carson Daly, Jimmy Kimmel, Tom Chapin, Pat Bullard, John Wing, Kennedy, Mark DiCarlo, Mark Walberg, Christopher Darden, Marianne Curan, and many others. Howard  Lapides began his career in radio at age 16 at WYSL-FM in Buffalo, New York. While attending Emerson College in Boston, he produced the top-rated "The Steve Fredericks Show" on WMEX and worked weekends on-air at WEIM in Fitchberg, MA.  After graduation, Lapides worked for the next five years with Baton Broadcasting of Canada, lending his on-air and programming expertise to CKLW, Windsor and CFGO, Ottawa.  Following his success in radio,  Howard  became one of Canada's most successful concert pr

Exclusive Party Brings Together Top Models and Influential Change Makers LOS ANGELES --  AGENT celebrated its position as the fastest growing modeling platform in the world by bringing together the industry's top models and honoring entertainment's most influential change makers. The exclusive event, attended by more than 200 models, celebrities, influencers and clients, took place May 22nd on the rooftop sky deck at The Vision on Wilshire. In addition to the top AGENT models, the guest list included Vanderpump Rules' Billie Lee, Jesse Montana, The Bachelor's Chad Johnson, Celebrity Fitness Trainer Seth Browning, top influencers, internationally recognized models, and the industry's top changemakers. "AGENT is more than a booking platform, it is a movement that is flipping the modeling industry on its head," says Mark Willingham, co-founder and CEO of AGENT.  "For over 70 years, the modeling industry has remained unchanged.  It&

Keeping it Honest: Transparency and Related Issues in the Entertainment Industry to Debut at MIDEM 2019 LOS ANGELES (PRWEB)   JUNE 04, 2019 Award-winning entertainment attorney, Dina LaPolt, and two of LaPolt Law, P.C.’s associates, Jessie Winker, Esq. and Lindsay Arrington, Esq., proudly take on the role of Editor for the forthcoming book published by the International Association of Entertainment Lawyers entitled, “Keeping it Honest: Transparency and Related Issues in the Entertainment Industry.” Keeping It Honest: Transparency and Legal Issues in the Entertainment Industry explores the vital role of transparency in the entertainment business. From the inception of the creative work to business practices, data, and royalty collections, the transparent flow of information is the foundation of a sustainable, modern and successful entertainment industry. The book offers an in-depth, global perspective on each of the building blocks necessary for this foundation and seeks to gui

MEDIA ADVISORY Los Angeles, CA –  The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) has announced that Dr. Drew Pinsky will be hosting the 2019 Los Angeles Man & Woman of the Year Grand Finale on June 8, 2019 at the Universal Sheraton in Universal City, CA.   “It is a profound honor to serve as host of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s 201 9 Los Angeles Man & Woman of the Year Grand Finale. LLS is leading efforts to cure blood cancer, and their impact locally and nationally on saving lives is an inspiration,” said Dr. Drew. “I look forward to honoring the men and women who are stepping forward as philanthropic leaders to raise millions of dollars to support the LLS mission.” LLS’s Man & Woman of the Year campaign is a spirited fundraising “competition” among a select group of nominated individuals in the community. The male & female candidates who raise the most money during the campaign in support of the LLS mission will be named the

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 23, 2019, LOS ANGELES, -- California couple Stan and Robin Thomas thought they were taking the vacation of a lifetime to Europe to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. Instead Stan Thomas became ill with H1N1 and now has pneumonia. He has been in ICU over a week and 2 weeks total in hospital in Florence, Italy. He is on oxygen and sedated in ICU. There has been no improvement with his lung infection. His Italian doctor recommended Stan be air evacuate back to the United States.  Their request filed with their primary insurance provider, Blue Cross Blue Shield was declined.  Stan is a 100% Disabled Marine.  He served on Active Duty at Camp, LeJune, NC in the early 90’s.  In 2005, Stan was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma. He has been through chemotherapy twice and is currently in remission.  In 2017, Stan received a 100% P&T disability rating from the Veterans Administration.  Because of this Stan has a compromised immune syste

Thank you Authority Magazine for featuring me! Authority Magazine Authority Magazine is devoted to sharing interesting feature interviews of people who are authorities in Business, Film, Sports and Tech. Learn to Manage your bandwidth. You only have so much bandwidth and so many hours in a day. When I first started out I was juggling marriage, a new baby, clients, meetings, tapings, deadlines and a slew of other administrative things. I’d be up at the crack of dawn working, then I’d come home and be with my family and take care of the baby, and then be up until 2 or 3 am working on billing. It was a recipe for burn-out. I thought I had to do everything myself. It took me awhile to learn that I needed to bring in people to help me. I had the pleasure of interviewing Valerie Allen, President and CEO of Valerie Allen Public Relations and Expert Connection PR in Los Angeles. Valerie is a media relations and communications strategist with more than twenty years of