Brian Edwards
| Brian Edwards | |
|---|---|
 Brian Edwards photograph.jpg | |
| Born | |
| 💼 Occupation | Talent producer and author |
| 🏡 Home town | Covington, Louisiana |
| 🏅 Awards | Honourary Satellite Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Entertainment Client Relations |
Brian Edwards is an author, television producer, and publicist. In 2012 he received the Honorary Satellite Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Entertainment Client Relations. Edwards is also the author of the book Enter Miss Thang.
Early life[edit]
Edwards graduated from Covington High School in 1984. While in Covington, he was an actor for the town’s Playmakers Theater. He then moved to Los Angeles in 1985 and took a job as executive assistant to recording artist Donna Summer.[1][2] He later represented Summer, as her publicist, until her death in 2012.[3][4]
Talent relations[edit]
Edwards then became the assistant for Betty Fanning, who was a vice-president for William Morris Agency at the time.[2] In 1998, Edwards was hired as the celebrity talent manager for the American Movie Classics and WE tv television networks, working on shows including Reel Models: The First Women of Film and Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel.[1] Following this position he founded the company Enter Talking Client Relations. He has worked with Vanessa Williams,[5][6] Farrah Fawcett, and Susan Sarandon.[7]
Television production[edit]
Edwards was a writer and producer for several installments of the Country Music Television series CMT: The Greatest.[8][9] He was also a talent producer on the television series Full Frontal Fashion, Between Us with Naomi Judd, Cool Women in History, Fashion Flashback, Style World, AMC Live: The Hollywood Auction, and Cooking with Mom.[8]
Books[edit]
In 2013 Edwards published his autobiography, Enter Miss Thang (named for Edwards’ Hollywood nickname “Miss Thang”), with a foreword by Joan Rivers and introduction by Cindy Crawford. In 2014 the book won best LGBT Non-Fiction awards from the The International Book Awards, The Beverly Hills Book Awards, and The National Indie Excellence Awards. The National Indie Excellence Awards also named the book the best autobiography of 2014.[1][7] The book will be made into a documentary for cable television.[2]
Recognition[edit]
In 2012, Edwards become the third ever recipient of the Satellite Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Entertainment Client Relations.[10][11][12] In 2014 Edwards received a key to the city of Covington, LA from Mayor Mike Cooper.[7]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 ""Enter Miss Thang" Ends Year As One Of The Most Honored LGBT Non-Fiction Books of 2014". University Chronicle. November 12, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kevin Chiri (September 17, 2014). "Covington native Brian Edwards holding special events Sept. 23-24". Slidell Independent. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
- ↑ Quendrith Johnson (May 17, 2012). "IPA Remembers Donna Summer, Who Recently Feted Her Publicist in Honorary Satellite Tribute Reel". International Press Academy. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
- ↑ Chuck Yarborough (April 16, 2013). "Donna Summer: Late 'Queen of Disco' gets her rock propers in L.A. inductions (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2013)". Cleveland Plain-Dealer. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
- ↑ Christine Fontana (May 1, 2007). "The Right Stuff". Living New Orleans. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
- ↑ "Vanessa Williams to sing anthem at Duke-Syracuse". The USA Today. January 29, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Missie Noel (October 8, 2014). "Tammany Scene: Book, birds, boots". New Orleans Advocate. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Profile: Brian Edwards". IMDB. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
- ↑ "CMT: 40 Greatest Done Me Wrong Songs (2004)". Retrieved February 27, 2015.
- ↑ "Vanessa Williams, Brian Edwards and Cindy Crawford". Hollywood.com. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
- ↑ Quendrith Johnson (June 1, 2012). "Enter Talking, Exit Charmed: That's Brian Edwards". Press Academy. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.hollywood.com/general/vanessa-williams-cindy-crawford-at-the-2012-satellite-awards-60058240/#/ms-7414/4
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