“Don’t confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.” – Erma Bombbeck

Fifteen Minutes Public Relations, a Los Angeles firm specializing in consumer brands and celebrity representation, has expanded its personalities division with the recent addition of three new clients.

Dr. Lisa Masterson, Emmy-nominated co-host of the award-winning talk show The Doctors, HGTV star Carter Oosterhouse, currently hosting the hit show Million Dollar Homes, and Greg Louganis, Olympic Gold Medalist and trainer on the upcoming ABC series Splash, are the latest to join a burgeoning Fifteen Minutes TV personalities roster that includes Mario Lopez, Laila Ali, Ty Pennington, E! Correspondent Jason Kennedy and HGTV’s Sabrina Soto to name a few.

“Rice is great if you’re really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something.” – Mitch Hedberg

iVillage, the largest content-driven community for women online, announced today that it has been selected as the content partner for the Minute® Rice and Success® Rice “Simplify Yourself” program.

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Everyone knows about the upfronts, which typically give broadcasters the chance to speak with media buyers about all the ad spots they should be purchasing. However, the proliferation of digital has shined a renewed spotlight on the ”NewFront.”

NBCUniversal has announced a ton of new digital content for everything from the Golf Channel, CNBC, and The Weather Channel to Daily Candy, Today.com, and Fandango. The digital offerings have positioned a digital ad buy and the traditional broadcast ad purchase as an integrated investment. NBCU’s NewFront event (coverage here and here) had celebs in moderation and did away with screenings, but there were tons of announcements made about some of the new options available.

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Look at what we got today!

Oxygen has made these tubes of lip gloss that have mirrors on one side and buttons to turn on a little light. The Mediabistro office is already well-lit so we haven’t had the chance to test the usefulness of this feature, but we’re going to say A+ in advance. Now no one can accuse you of putting on your make-up in the dark. Or maybe you look like you have but you haven’t and now there’s proof you haven’t and that’s actually sad. We still say A+ though.

The tubes were created to promote Oxygen’s show Bachelorette Party, debuting on October 17. The show will focus on classy pre-wedding affairs featuring sit-down dinners, touching moments between families, and joyful expressions of love as the week’s featured bachelorette takes the final steps towards becoming a bride.

Actually, the show has strippers, spandex, bickering, gyrating, and drunkeness with a Vegas backdrop.

Lip gloss!

Tasso Enzweiler has been named Ketchum Pleon‘s MD in the Düsseldorf office. It’s one of the agency’s largest offices with 125 staffers. The office’s previous MD was Dirk Popp, who was named president of Ketchum Pleon Germany. Enzweiler was previously the MD of Hering Schuppener Consulting for five years.

Sir Liam Donaldson, England’s former chief medical officer and the British government’s former chief medical adviser has joined APCO Worldwide‘s International Advisory Council. While serving this dual role, Sir Donaldson played a role in the nation’s discussions and policies around stem cell research, smoke-free public spaces, and other issues.

Frank Pintauro and Donald Buckley have been named the co-heads of Showtime‘s marketing division. The previous EVP Len Fogge is believed to be heading to NBC to work with his former boss Bob Greenblatt. Richard Licata, another former Showtime staffer, recently left his post as VP of corp comms at Showtime to join NBC. [via Broadcasting & Cable]

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Do you need more of the Oxygen show Bad Girls Club in your life?

Oxygen Media is launching OxygenLive: Obsessed, an enhanced version of OxygenLive.com. Beginning with the Bad Girls Club premiere on January 10, the new Obsessed version will have a companion show that runs alongside regular programming. And obsessed viewers can chat with the cast members on Twitter and Facebook.

Plus you’ll be able to watch the live program on the OxygenLive app for smartphones and iPads for the first time.

Is it Oxygen overload?

To promote the new sixth season of the program Bad Girls Club, the folks at Oxygen have partnered with singer Kimberly Cole on a co-branded album titled Bad Girls Club that debuts today on iTunes.

The songs will be featured on the show (one song, the holiday favorite “Smack You,” was on the show’s previous season) and will be included as part of New Year’s Eve celebrations taking place in L.A., New York, and on the show’s Facebook page.

The parties will also mark the launch of the Bad Girls Club accessories and New Year’s Eve survival kit.

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