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Way Smart Ex-PR Guru To Make Crazy Movie Version Of Crazy Documentary

Hamilton Nolan — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:22:43 EDT

Dan Klores is the smartest man in PR. That's because he's not in PR any more. He founded his eponymous agency, which made (and still makes) him a ton of money, and then decided, "You know what? Fuck this shit. I'm gonna make movies." Now he spends all his time making (actually good!) documentaries and hosting soirees for various power brokers, without ever having to deal with the actual PR industry much. And he's about to move further up the entertainment industry food chain, because HBO has signed him to direct a movie version of his Believe-it-or-not psycho documentary Crazy Love. This, I will watch.

The documentary version, which came out last year, tells the story of Burt and Linda (pictured above, with Klores on left), a New York couple who are straight up crazy. Why? Because Burt was so in love with Linda, he hired goons to throw acid in her face after she broke up with him. And she married him anyways! And they're both still together and acting crazy to this day! I imagine the fictional version can't be any crazier than the real story. Which was—as advertised—crazy. Trailer for the Klores documentary is below:

[Variety. Pic via NY Mag]

David Letterman Grills Paris Hilton About Prison

abalk — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:20:29 EDT

On Friday, socialite ex-con Paris Hilton sat down with David Letterman on "The Late Show." Paris wanted to promote her clothing line, her movie, and her perfume, but there was only one thing Letterman was interested in discussing: her life behind bars. As far as PR rehabilitations go, this was not at all like the smooth move that publicist Dan Klores pulled off when he set up Paris to go on "Saturday Night Live" to defuse the news of her sex tape.

Gossip Roundup: Star Jones' Much-Needed Farewell

Jessica — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:55:03 EDT

• More confirmation on yesterday's rumor that Star Jones is on her way out at The View — she's got no new gigs lined up (shock), producers had been looking to give her the boot since the wedding freebies fiasco last fall (double shock), but Barbara Walters kept Jones around out of pity (unfuckingbelievable). The arrival of Rosie O'Donnell, however, sealed the deal, and Jones is off like an plus-sized prom dress. [Fox411]
• ~~And set your DVRs: Star's big farewell is allegedly on Friday.~~ Actually, she announced it this morning. Alas, we were watching hot Brazilian men kick Ghana's ass. [Lowdown]
• Lohan's recent week in NYC was so hardcore — fights with Paris, late nights at Bungalow, tears and glasses thrown at promoters — that not even her stylist, Nate Newell, could handle it. After being flown out to keep Lohan company, he begged friends to get him home after the constant drama. Good riddance to him, too. Rachel Zoe would never pussy out like that. [Page Six]
• You won't see pictures of baby Suri because no one will pay for them. [IMDb]
• Elton John and hubby David Furnish are kicked out of Pharrell Williams' party in Milan by a security guard looking to bring in more women. If only he'd realized the lady-gems that had been sitting right before him. [R&M]
• Megapublicist Dan Klores tries his hand as a playwright. From one sort of fiction to another, we suppose. [Page Six]
• John Cusack seeks a restraining order against a stalker named Emily Leatherman. The surname really should have tipped everyone off. [TMZ]

Clarification: Dan Klores Will Never Let Go of Diddy

Jessica — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:34:19 EDT

Yesterday we reported that after years of loyalty to the fuhrer flacks at Dan Klores, Diddy had hired PMK's Jill Fritzo as his new mouthpiece. Since then, Dan Klores' firm has had its collective panties in a tremendous bunch, as publicists are wont to do. After we agreed to update our item so as to make it very clear that the firm DKC would never, ever represent anyone on a retainer as small as $1K, DKC then wanted to be sure that it would not appear that any client would ever leave them. Thus Diddy, eager to flack for his flacks, has given the following statement: "Dan Klores Communications has represented me personally for many years, and that's not going to change. I have hired PMK to represent me as an artist, but the suggestion that they are replacing DKC is completely untrue."

So if you want to get in touch with Puffy about whether or not he's going to put forth some more of his "art" anytime soon, go to PMK. If you want to talk to him about nightclub shootings and child support, go to DKC. Which is kind of what we were saying the first time around, just with more money.

Earlier: Remainders: Puffy and Dan Klores End the Affair