I Belong to the Stars Adventures in Public Relations

Tears, tantrums, sex and screaming fans...life among the stars is never dull. Gino Empry, Canada's leading publicist has been at the centre of the entertainment industry in North America for over four decades and at long last he is telling it all...From Frank Sinatra to Celine Dion, from Tony Bennett to Playboy to Cher. Gino Empry's client list is a veritable who's who' of the entertainment world. Gino has developed and nurtured the careers of many of North America's leading actors, singers and entertainers. Here we get to meet these people through the eyes of Gino Empry, the man behind the lights and glitz, the man who knew these people intimately, on-stage and off. He shared their lives, their loves and their laughter. Includes chapters on Cher, Ella Fitzgerald, Jack Lemmon, Tony Bennett, Peter O'Toole, Peggy Lee, Ed Mirvish, Yul Brenner, Marlene Dietrich, Rosemary Clooney, Duke Ellington, Jane Russell, Roch Voisine, Lena Horne, Phyllis Diller and Xaviera Hollander. Each chapter also contains rare photographs and visual materials culled from Gino Empry's vast personal archive. In this book we se the stars as more than celebrities, we see them as human beings.