Toronto's Alliance Films is asking thousands of dollars if journalists wants to get a TV or print interview at the Cannes Film Festival for On the Road and Killing Them Softly.
Canadian journalists - and Alliance is from Canada - have to cough up thousands ''for the privilege" of interviewing actors such as Kristen Stewart or Brad Pitt. Brad also will only do TV interview and not sit for print interviews. And please, no one-on-ones for Mister Brad. The Brad will only do paired interviews with other actors of some upcoming new movie. As if.
Publications already said they won't pay and that Alliance can stick it.
Meanwhile I balk when I'm invited to a 3D movie preview with the intent to review it and I'm asked to pay for 3D glasses. I'm not a scrooge - it's the principle.
Who gets free editorial exposure for the product, client, TV show, movie or project at the end of the day? Believe me, journalists covering movies and television have more than enough to to try and get to and through every day. There's already not enough time.
Ask them to pay and they'll focus on giving their time and attention and pen to something else very pressing and deserving of exposure on the list.
One day in my tell-all book (juicy, juicy!) I'll reveal the people I decided years ago to never interview or even write about ever again; the stars who (gasp!) demanded more and constantly more money to be on magazine covers (listen, girl, your face on a magazine shelf or at the till for two weeks is your payment); and the horror horror! stories of all the "oh I'm famous" out-of-touch imbeciles who've made my life as a journalist and news editor at various print publications utter hell with outrageous and completely unreasonable demands.
