by rebamerrill | May 24, 2014 | Blog
Bennett Miller wins best director at CannesI was thrilled as he is one of my favorite directors. He gives great parties too as I was the last one to leave Chateau Marmont after his Capote film party.
by rebamerrill | May 22, 2014 | Blog
I was sent to interview Paul Newman 3 weeks after the Redford on the set of The Natural interview and knew that I had a guardian angel,as I had never met movie stars this famous when I worked for CBS in San Diego.My crew and I went to Malibu where he and Joanne...
by rebamerrill | May 15, 2014 | Blog
My first time on a film set was for the Natural and my chance to interview Robert Redford.I had come from local TV and had no idea what a working set is all about.I wore the wrong clothes including high heels so by the time I sat time down with him I hurt all over and...
by rebamerrill | May 8, 2014 | Blog
I am going to surprise you, I am an addict, and I got that way from eating sugar. Don’t laugh it started with a little extra candy after a meal.As my career was getting more successful in Hollywood,I produced TV programing about movies for local TV stations...
by rebamerrill | May 8, 2014 | Blog
I got fired from 3 talk shows and decided to start over in Hollywood with a lot of credentials and no contacts. What I had was a belief in myself that I was a terrific interviewer. I did press junkets for years and knew that with no TV show I would never be invited...
by rebamerrill | May 7, 2014 | Blog
I am on my way to Los Angles to do some interviews for my morning TV show on CBS in San Diego. I love movies and their stars so I am looking forward to the short plane trip, limo ride and hotel suite that Fox is providing. It’s early May and this is one of...
by rebamerrill | May 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
I wrote the article below before the Oscars… and guess what? For the first time in a my career as an academy voter I was denied tickets. Could they be related? Read on and let me know what you think. You might be surprised to know that to win an Oscar takes much more...
by rebamerrill | Apr 23, 2014 | Blog
I remember how degraded I felt when for the first time in my professional career I was told that the the only way I could work at 20th century fox was to go down on the executive that did the hiring at the division I wanted to work at. I came really close to doing it...
by rebamerrill | Apr 22, 2014 | Blog
I am starting to follow what I learned in New York on how to publicizes my new book Nearly Famous: Secrets,Lies and Addiction. I sent out 20 emails looking for a TV appearances or magazine articles. So far I got 2 rejections but nice ones. One will keep me on file and...
by rebamerrill | Oct 15, 2012 | Blog
Movie Stars & Candy BarsHollywood Entertainment Journalist Confesses SecretIn the midst of daily reports about our favorite stars, we have come to associate Hollywood with addiction. “To be an addict in Hollywood was not an unusual thing,” Reba Merrill asserts in...
