ok!
We just heard—and
Jossip confirms!—that exec editor
Rob Shuter is OUT at OK!(.) He says "resigned," we hear "fired." Shuter was the hated lying flack who we accused of
destroying an honorable craft when he ascended to head the celeb weekly. His
"celebrity-fair" style of coverage made his magazine the friendliest and also least interesting of the tabs.
OK!'s new GM, Kent Brownridge, is probably behind the shake-up. Also: we were told former
Daily Newser Laura Schreffler got canned too. Can anyone confirm?
rob shuter
Rob Shuter may be single most well-qualified man for his job in all the celebrity media. His job, of course, is editor of photo-happy, celebrity-friendly, "What interview questions would
you like to answer, Britney?" pseudo-magazine
OK! But set aside your
revulsion at the existence of this pair of celebrity culture warriors, and you come to realize that we can all learn something from the way the man does business. His reputation is (grudgingly) improving along with his personal appearance (pic: old on left, new on right). Shuter
told CoverAwards that his magazine is "celebrity-fair." Classic, classic. Break it down:
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flackery
All those rumors about Madonna and Guy Ritchie possibly getting a divorce? Not to worry: Madonna's flack,
Liz Rosenberg,
says publicly that "There are no divorce plans." But wait—is that the same Liz Rosenberg who
assured everyone in 2006 that Madonna was not adopting a baby in Malawi? Yes it is! That would be a confirmed lie, meaning that Rosenberg gets added to our always-open list of
lying flacks—we've handily numbered seven of them for you, after the jump:
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rob shuter
Earlier this week
we gave you a brief history of Rob Shuter, the shameless former celebrity flack whose various transgressions have reduced him to editing
OK! Magazine. That post brought back some memories for
Michael Lucas, famous gay porn performer and impresario (pictured, on the left). According to Lucas, he once snubbed Shuter's request for love, which sparked a neverending campaign by the uberflack to exact his revenge! Worst of all, Lucas says, Shuter even used poor supermodel
Naomi Campbell for his own nefarious ends. Lucas' full, telling letter is below.
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Rob Shuter
OK! is the celebrity magazine that is the most willingly manipulated by celebrity flacks, which is really saying something. So it's perfectly appropriate that the magazine
just promoted sleazy former celebrity uberflack
Rob Shuter to its executive editor position. That's because Shuter is skilled at doing the two things that
OK! is most famous for: lying on behalf of celebrities, and losing other people's money. Even he, the great fabulist, couldn't write a more sickening script than this.
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lies
Remember the fake
Page Six item that
Paris Hilton commanded her then-publicist Rob Shuter (pictured in his highlighted glory) to plant back in 2006 about aging heiress and former
Stabby Nachos Paris Latsis flame Zeta Graff getting kicked out of a club while 'Copacabana' played in the background? Yeah, us neither, because Paris Hilton has done about four million other retarded things since then. Anyway, rather than subjecting us all to another circusy trial, Paris has opted to settle out of court, and that reliable source Page Six claims she forked over about $2 million. They're just glad that
Richard Johnson won't be forced to recite the lyrics to Copacabana on the stand, "as he did during a deposition." And now it's stuck in your head, and that's the only impact this news has had on the world.
Paris Settlement A Real Gem [NYP]
rob shuter
Back in November, we passed along the word that
Rob Shuter -
the flack who got fired after trying to turn Jessica Simpson's collegial rimming of John Mayer into The Greatest Love Story of All Time -
had found work with D-grade
Us Weekly imitation
OK!.Jossip moves our ball along a bit, noting that Shuter's two-month consulting stint has landed him the title of Entertainment Editor at the prestigious organ. Congratulations, Rob! We're looking forward to all the fun coverage of Jessica that's sure to spring forth from this promotion.
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rob shuter
It's the day before Thanksgiving, so we're damned if we're going to bother to do, you know, any real reporting on this one, but a well-placed source tells us that
former Jessica Simpson flack Rob Shuter "has been consulting for [marginally less sophisticated
InTouch celeb weekly]
OK!." We've no idea if the rumor is true, but the current issue includes the following item:
It's been a year since Jessica Simpson's split from ex-husband Nick Lachey, and the 26-year-old doesn't seem to be reveling in her singledom. She's been avoiding the party scene. According to several reports, it's because the singer is depressed over her current life status. Her latest album didn't make much of a dent on the pop scene, and her love life has stalled. Jessica also doesn't have a lot of close friends. The short list includes her wardrobe and hair stylists Jessica Paster and Ken Paves, her sister Ashlee and her pet pooch Daisy. "Nothing is lifting her spirits," a source tells OK!..
so, uh, not unlikely. Confirm or deny
here.
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publicists
Do you hear that? It's the sound of uncontrollable cackling, and it's coming from the office of every magazine editor in town. The rampant joy comes courtesy of Britflack
Rob Shuter, famous for helping Paris Hilton negotiate the murky waters of getting her ass sued by Zeta Graff, who has been dumped by his prized client
Jessica Simpson.
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