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Bumble Ward, who halted her career as a personal publicist to take up creative writing in 2005, is in negotiations to head up film publicity at 20th Century Fox, I’m told. She would replace Carol Sewell and report to Oren Aviv and Tony Sella. When Ward stepped away from the PR game, it was a shock. At the time she shuttered the 10-year old firm she built after coming to Hollywood from London in 1987, Ward had a list of clients to die for — repping Quentin Tarantino, Sofia Coppola, Peter and Bobby Farrelly, Marc Forster, Tony Scott, Stephen Gaghan, James Mangold, Mira Nair, Tim Burton and Paul Thomas Anderson. She also had a thriving Oscar-season business. I could not get a confirmation from Fox, but I believe this will all go down soon.
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What a brilliant move by Fox. Bumble is a good as they get.
Great move by Fox, but sorry to lose Bumble from the “good life!”
Congrats & Godspeed!
Wise selection.
Let me add, this “halted her career… to take up creative writing” wasn’t/isn’t a vain pursuit — having read quite of bit of what she’s working on — no matter what you might think, it’s just so much better. She’s astonishingly good. Now she can thrive in both worlds.
What a darling name….so cute. I’ll name my next daughter “bumble”….like a little bee!!!
Yayyyyyyy Bumble!!!!!!!
1. Good clients or not, Bumble was incredibly difficult and dis-liked by much of the community when she made her “decision.” Ask anyone who worked for her.
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Bumble is not only the Mick Jagger of PR, she also rocks class, sophistication and great legs!
Ms Bumble is the ultimate bee’s knees!
As long as she can report to Oren, not Tony, it’ll be great for her.
I like the name “Bumble”. It’s…it’s…edgy.
Total class act. Amazing get for Fox.
Bumble is not only great at what she does but she really cares about the process and her clients. Welcome back.
When Bumble closed her shop she said some very negative things about publicists in an LA Times interview. So negative that Warren Cowan felt the need to write a response. Only in this industry can you insult your profession and get such a prime job. How ironic that she proclaimed how she didn’t want to to this anymore and yet here she is…
Great girl, that Bumble! Congrats!!
She wasn’t well liked when she “left” the business last time but maybe with time away she’s changed.