{"id":546,"date":"2010-11-30T13:02:01","date_gmt":"2010-11-30T13:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/?p=546"},"modified":"2010-11-30T13:02:01","modified_gmt":"2010-11-30T13:02:01","slug":"pick_me_choose_me_love_me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2010\/11\/pick_me_choose_me_love_me\/","title":{"rendered":"Pick *me*. Choose *me*. Love *me*."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to <i>New York Magazine&#8217;s <\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/entertainment\/2010\/11\/shonda_rhimes_in_crisis_judy_s.html\">Vulture blog<\/a>, <i>Grey&#8217;s Anatomy <\/i>creator and ~Dartmouth alumnus~ Shonda Rhimes is creating a series for ABC inspired by PR mega-consultant Judy Smith, whose clients have included Bill Clinton, Michael Vick and David Paterson. From the Vulture post:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Per the logline we&#8217;ve heard, the currently untitled project (which some development trackers had been calling<i> In Crisis<\/i>) will revolve around the life and work of a professional fixer and her dysfunctional staff. Rhimes is writing the script for the pilot and will executive produce with her ABC Studios-based Shondaland production company. (Smith is also set to be a producer on the project, which is being developed for the 2011-12 TV season.) The potential show is still in its infancy, but the idea sounds like something ABC executives might be keen on. The network hasn&#8217;t had much luck developing a Law &amp; Order-like procedural in the legal or police arenas, and the untitled Rhimes hour could deliver the sorts of pulp-y stories L&amp;O offers, but without the increasingly tired cops-and-lawyers motif. And who knows: Maybe Smith might be able to convince some of her ex-clients to do ironic cameos: Vick as a pet-shop owner, perhaps? Ha-ha-ha, ick?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I took a gander at Judy Smith <a href=\"http:\/\/www.judy-smith.com\/\">dot com<\/a>. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"medgallerytext\">Welcome!<br \/>\nI&#8217;m glad to share with you some of my favorite sites, including my<br \/>\nweb shop, <a title=\"Lea Stein and Marie-Christine Pavone Jewelry on the Web\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baubles-and-bibelots.com\/\">Baubles-and-Bibelots.com<\/a>,<br \/>\nwhere you can find a great selection of collectible jewelry by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.judy-smith.com\/ls.html\">Lea<br \/>\nStein<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.judy-smith.com\/mcpavone.html\">Marie- Christine Pavone<\/a> , as well as other American and European designers.. <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"medgallerytext\">As host of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quiltart.com\/\">QuiltArt<\/a>,<br \/>\nan Internet mail list for quilters, I also enjoy sharing some of my fiber &#8220;finds&#8221; on<br \/>\nthe WWW with you. Some of the very best quilts to be viewed on the internet<br \/>\ncan be seen in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quiltart.com\/gallery.html\">Quiltart Gallery<\/a> and on our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quiltart.com\/challenges.html\">Challenge<\/a> pages.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span class=\"medgallerytext\"> In addition to quilting,<br \/>\nmy other interests include antiquing and collecting reamers, juicers &amp; Depression<br \/>\nera kitchen glass with my husband, Russell. I&#8217;m always adding new<br \/>\nphotos to our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.judy-smith.com\/glass.html\">reamer and kitchen glass page<\/a>. To find out more about<br \/>\nreamer collecting, visit the home page of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reamers.org\/\">National Reamer Collectors Association<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">Hm. Wrong Judy Smith? I wonder what a quilting PR crisis would look like. <\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">As <i>Life&#8217;s a Pitch <\/i>devotees well know, it has been suggested that I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2009\/12\/flacks-and-the-city.html\">turn this blog into a &#8220;trashy summer novel,&#8221;<\/a> in which I not so discreetly publicize my clients by throwing in plot points like, &#8220;The Louboutins she had snagged for $55 at the 9th avenue HousingWorks Thrift Shop snapped across the Lincoln Center Plaza as she sneered at the new Bellagio-ed out fountain, eagerly anticipating soprano Sondra Radvanovsky&#8217;s performance as Tosca.&#8221; We&#8217;re happy to have Shonda Rhimes develop the project. I can even loan Megan Fox my long-sleeved Dartmouth tee.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The Amanda character isn&#8217;t going to pretend to like someone else&#8217;s taste in music, though, sorry. <\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<p><object height=\"340\" width=\"560\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/st2jamNWcJM?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/st2jamNWcJM?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" height=\"340\" width=\"560\"><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to New York Magazine&#8217;s Vulture blog, Grey&#8217;s Anatomy creator and ~Dartmouth alumnus~ Shonda Rhimes is creating a series for ABC inspired by PR mega-consultant Judy Smith, whose clients have included Bill Clinton, Michael Vick and David Paterson. 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