
MICHAEL LEVINE (LCO) poses for E.L.Woody
In 1983, I shot pictures of the “Girl Who Shot J.R.“, MARY CROSBY. She called me because THE STAR Magazine wanted to do a story about how she had saved her horses from one of the terrible fires in Malibu.
On a movie starring JAN MICHAEL VINCENT and MARY CROSBY, “LAST PLANE OUT“J, we had become friends. I had photographed her on the set in Florida. We stayed in touch after we all returned to Malibu.
The photos I shot for MARY were the start of my current “tabloid” period of photography. MICHAEL LEVINE, MARY’S publicist was there that day I photographed her.
Twenty five years later, I traveled to Michael’s Beverly Hills office to catch up with him after all these years. He is quite successful.
About the anniversary:
In June of 1983, a college drop-out, Michael Levine, began a P.R. firm in Hollywood, on a borrowed desk, with no training.
That firm, LCO - Levine Communications Office, became one of the largest and most prominent
P.R. firms in Hollywood history representing hundreds of A+ level celebrities including
Barbra Streisand, Michael Jackson, Charlton Heston, Nancy Kerrigan, Demi Moore, Michael
J. Fox, David Bowie, Prince, Jon Voight, Bill O’Reilly, Jon Stewart, Ozzy Osborne,George
Carlin, Suzanne Somers, Kiss, among many others.
In addition, Levine is the author of 19 books including “Guerrilla P.R.”, which is the most widely used introduction to P.R. in the world, translated into 6 languages and is a
frequent guest on numerous TV show including “Good Morning, America”, “The Today Show”, “Nightline”, CNN and Fox News.
This is the 25th anniversary of LCO and here are some “exclusive” photos taken at the office headquarters…..