Spears' Publicist

Background:

Celebrity publicist Lizzie Grubman, daughter of the celebrated entertainment attorney Allen Grubman, has made a name for herself as the founder of the NYC-based Lizzie Grubman Public Relations. She has represented such celebrities as the Backstreet Boys, Jay-Z and Britney Spears to name a few. Lizzie has also been a freelance entertainment reporter for the Blink radio and has worked on such TV networks as Fox News and CNN. In 2005, she made a self-appearance in an MTV reality-TV show called “PoweR Girls.”

In 2001, Lizzie made headlines after driving her SUV into a crowd of people outside a nightclub in the Hamptons. The incident injured 16 peoples, and she was later charged for felony crimes. Set about eight years in prison, Lizzie only spent 37 days in jail and earned five year's trial period after achieving a plea agreement.

“I'm used to being in control in my business. It's so frustrating to sit back every day while people make these false accusations and spread rumors and draw awful cartoons and not be able to say anything because my lawyers have instructed me not to.” Lizzie Grubman

Lizzie has affirmed that the incident was an accident. However, according to the view of an expert hired by the complainants who constructed the accident based on data from the “black box” of the car, her actions were probably intentional.

Lizzie has been married twice. She and current husband Chris Stern have a two-year-old son named Harrison.

Notorious Lizzie

Childhood and Family:

Elizabeth “Lizzie” Grubman was born on January 30, 1971, in New York, New York, to Allen Grubman, a superpower lawyer in the entertainment industry, and Yvette Grubman. After the death of her mother, Lizzie's famous dad married Debbie Grubman, a real-estate broker from Manhattan. Lizzie has a sister named Jenny, a young lawyer who now works at their father's firm.

A rebellious youth, Lizzie was ordered to quit from three prep schools in New York, namely the Horace Mann School, Lenox School and Dwight School. At Dwight, she made herself known by many for her tolerant use of her father's credit cards and her skillfulness about which local bars that allowed underage drinking. One of Horace Mann parents recalled, “There's always that one tough kid who's the ringleader. They'll boss everyone around. That was Lizzie.”

Lizzie eventually could finish her studies and after high school, she attended Northeastern University. However, she left the university after two years.

Lizzie was married for the first time at age 24 to Eric Gatoff, an associate at her father's law firm. The couple later divorced. On March 17, 2006, she tried to build a new family by marrying Chris Stern. They welcomed their first child together, son Harrison Irving Stern, on December 12, 2006. Lizzie has two Yorkies named Peanut and Crunch.

Power Girls

Career:

Daughter of a renowned entertainment lawyer, Lizzie Grubman spent much of her upbringing surrounded by her father's popular clients and intimates like Madonna, Martha Stewart, Ian Schrager, Calvin Klein, Springsteen, Tommy Mottola and Jon Tisch. Therefore, fame was no stranger to her. Thanks to her social quality, Lizzie emerged as a fresh commodity among the Boston nightlife bourgeoisies while she was attending Northeastern University, and despite she could not attain her degree, the powerful girl was soon hired as a public relation associate at VH-1. During this period, she was responsible for the demands of artist relations.

In 1994, Ms. Grubman moved on to become the Director of Public Relations at a non-profit organization, Lincoln Center-based Big Apple Circus. She moved again to work with publicist Nadine Johnson at her PR firm. As an executive, Lizzie dealt with image-oriented issues of such clients as the stylish Elle Décor magazine, the prestigious Soho nightspot Spy Bar, and the international Ford Supermodel of the World Competition, among others.

After leaving Nadine Johnson Associates, Lizzie decided to work on her own by establishing a PR company called “Lizzie Grubman Public Relations” in 1996. Based in New York City, the firm went on to become one of the business' most acknowledged and sought-after companies. Among her celebrities customers include Jay-Z, the Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears.

Already popular as a publicist, Lizzie tried her hand as entertainment reporter for 102.7 Blink in 2003. She This led to a series of work on television including serving as entertainment reporter for such networks as Fox News and CNN.

In 2005, Lizzie appeared as herself on the MTV reality-series “PoweR Girls,” which focused on a group of young publicists working for Lizzie's PR company. Prior to the release of the series, Lizzie, along with affable rivals Lara Shriftman and Ally B., was profiled in a 1998 cover story in New York magazine with the same name.

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