"Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admission Scandal" debuts on March 17, 2021, on Netflix. Starring Matthew Modine as Rick Singer. An examination that goes beyond the celebrity-driven headlines and dives into the methods used by Rick Singer, the man at the center of the shocking 2019 college admissions scandal, to persuade his wealthy clients to cheat an educational system already designed to benefit the privileged. Using an innovative combination of interviews and narrative recreations of the FBI’s wiretapped conversations between Singer and his clients, Operation Varsity Blues offers a rare glimpse into the enigmatic figure behind a scheme that exposed the lengths wealthy families would go to for admission into elite colleges and angered a nation already grappling with the effects of widespread inequality. From Chris Smith, Executive Director of Tiger King, and Jon Karmen, the filmmakers behind Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened.

​Interested media who wish to interview Matthew Modine contact WORKHOUSE CEO & Founder, Adam Nelson via nelson@workhousepr.com​

In 1999, one of America’s greatest photographic visionaries David LaChapelle, rolled the dice to become the very first client of a fledgling public relations agency called Workhouse

Last year — almost to the day some twenty years later — I was proud to support LaChapelle’s latest “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?’ at Staley-Wise Gallery, the vestige of our very first exhibition together.

A riveting reunion of sorts transpired as a number of LaChapelle’s original team banded together to both serenade and share stories of a time indelibly illuminated by his artistic sound and fury.

From your candy color kaleidoscopes, to the creative culture you effortlessly reimagine, I forever salute you, David LaChapelle
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As Workhouse celebrates its 21st anniversary, with offices in New York and New Jersey, we are forever grateful to all of our clients, staff and associates who believed small could make stardust.

In 1999, I started Workhouse in a decrepit, rented kitchen on a wayward side street in Soho.
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Since inception, the wealth of our work has traversed every imaginable sphere and space from arts and culture, retail and hospitality, publishing and automotive, to design and architecture within a city that has withstood the aids crisis, superstorms, stock market crashes, blackouts, and the horrors of 9/11.

New York has survived more than any city in the country and it’s still standing.

But the pain I feel for those who have been adversely affected is staggering. Entrepreneurs who enlightened, engaged, and innovated. Brands who made bold and beautiful broad strokes. Artists that electrified and enthralled now lost in a new world order where work for so many has been eliminated or culturally cratered. I care deeply about those who face unequivocal adversity. Who no longer have the means to make momentary magic.

And yet, as solemn as it seems, I look over our lost landscape and realize we still have optimistic opportunities among us. To seek and ascend. As we contend with global Covid concerns that threaten any semblance of stability and safeguard, I am reminded these are the moments that matter.

As Workhouse celebrates its 21st anniversary, with offices in New York and New Jersey, we are forever grateful to our clients, staff, and associates who believed small could make stardust. Importantly, our work could not have been possible without the city that sheltered us. In celebration, we ask you to join the #SaveNYC campaign to proclaim cultural city heritage matters — now more than ever

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WASHINGTON, DC – October 22, 2020 – Clutch, the leading B2B ratings, and reviews platform, announced 2020’s Top PR Firms naming WORKHOUSE, a creative agency with offices in New York and New Jersey, as a leader in the field demonstrating a history of excellence within the marketing and media spheres.
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Clutch also named the agency to its Top B2B Firms for the City of New York in its latest report. As the largest metropolitan area in the US, with fast-growing startups and companies, New York City, with its high percentage of data services, fintech, and IT companies, is a hub for technological innovation. Out of the 400 companies on the list, firms specialize in communication, mobile app development, branding, SEO, and more. Clutch completes its selection process by analyzing a company’s brand recognition, industry expertise, case studies, and social media presence. Companies on the list have a track record of positive reviews from former clients, indicating their ability to deliver successful results and high-quality products. 

“These New York-based companies are dedicated to offering high-quality services to their clients,” said Clutch Account Manager Jack Colbert. “Businesses should feel encouraged working with these firms, no matter their specialization.” 

Clutch is the leader in connecting global service providers with corporate buyers from around the world. The ratings and reviews platform publishes the most extensive and referenced client reviews in the B2B services market. Clutch has grown by 50% or more every year throughout the past five years and is ranked #412 in Inc.'s 2018 and #773 in Inc.’s 2019 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. and #27 in LinkedIn's list of the top 50 startups. The companies Clutch helps come from the U.S., Canada, Central and Eastern Europe, India, Southeast Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean.

WASHINGTON, DC – October 22, 2020 – Clutch, the leading B2B ratings, and reviews platform, announced 2020’s Top PR Firms naming WORKHOUSE, a creative agency with offices in New York and New Jersey, as a leader in the field demonstrating a history of excellence within the marketing and media spheres.
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Clutch also named the agency to its Top B2B Firms for the City of New York in its latest report. As the largest metropolitan area in the US, with fast-growing startups and companies, New York City, with its high percentage of data services, fintech, and IT companies, is a hub for technological innovation. Out of the 400 companies on the list, firms specialize in communication, mobile app development, branding, SEO, and more. Clutch completes its selection process by analyzing a company’s brand recognition, industry expertise, case studies, and social media presence. Companies on the list have a track record of positive reviews from former clients, indicating their ability to deliver successful results and high-quality products. 

“These New York-based companies are dedicated to offering high-quality services to their clients,” said Clutch Account Manager Jack Colbert. “Businesses should feel encouraged working with these firms, no matter their specialization.” 

Clutch is the leader in connecting global service providers with corporate buyers from around the world. The ratings and reviews platform publishes the most extensive and referenced client reviews in the B2B services market. Clutch has grown by 50% or more every year throughout the past five years and is ranked #412 in Inc.'s 2018 and #773 in Inc.’s 2019 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. and #27 in LinkedIn's list of the top 50 startups. The companies Clutch helps come from the U.S., Canada, Central and Eastern Europe, India, Southeast Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean.

In the "Tao Te Ching," Lao Tzu remarked, "A leader is best when people barely know he exists when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves!"

Written for Democrats, independents, fed-up republicans and disaffected ex-Trumpers, John Michael Carroll's new book "Trump Red Biden Blue" examines the sharp contrasts between presidential candidates Joe Biden (Democrat) and Presidential incumbent Donald Trump (Republican) in an easy to read volume concerning the critical interests of our time facing American voters in the November's 2020 Election.

A bombshell book that presents the case against the re-election of Donald Trump, using his own words against himself, in hopes of restoring the greatness of the United States of America. Tracing Trump's ineptitude and complete absence of leadership skills, his lack of talent in managing a raging epidemic that has made the USA the laughing stock of the world, and his credibility with middle-of-the-road voters, who will really decide the election, this remains the most important election of our lifetime.

This is a book that begs you to "Take Action," not just grumble and complain about Trump's ineptitude and dishonesty. By providing valuable tools accessed throughout the book and found on its supporting website, you can institute significant change. With less than three months before the election, use the verbatim quotations presented within as vital evidence to enlist sympathetic friends to vote.
MEDIA: Interested media who wish to schedule an interview with author John Michael Carroll or receive a PDF of the book Trump Red Biden Blue: Why Joe Wins Big in 2020 contact Workhouse, CEO, Adam Nelson via nelson@workhousper.com

To purchase Trump Red Biden Blue Book visit Amazon 

Three different book offerings:
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Democrats, Independents, Fed-up Republicans, Ex-Trumpers. Read and share this book to help Make America Sane Again.
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WORKHOUSE (workhousepr.com) one of the country's leading public relations and integrated creative firms, today announced that it has been selected as the Agency of Record for CHARLIE CHAPLIN, A MAN OF THE WORLD, a documentary feature focusing on the Romany gypsy roots of cinema legend Charlie Chaplin. Workhouse will develop integrated promotional campaigns that synchronize communication efforts, including international endeavors, and will execute a comprehensive public relations plan on behalf of the project. The assignment is effective immediately. Interested media please contact Workhouse, CEO Adam Nelson via email nelson@workhousepr.com or by telephone +1. 212. 645. 8006

Director-Writer Carmen Chaplin directs “Charlie Chaplin, A Man of the World,” a theatrical documentary feature that adds a hardly-explored new facet to the creator of the Tramp, one of the most iconic cinema characters in popular consciousness, plumbing Chaplin’s Romani roots and heritage. 
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Marking the first time that the Chaplin family is involved at a deeply creative and industrial level in a movie about Charles Chaplin, grand-daughter Carmen Chaplin is also co-writing the documentary’s screenplay with Amaia Remírez, a co-writer and lead producer on “Another Day of Life,” a European Film Awards best-animated feature winner, and Isaki Lacuesta, twice awarded with Gold Shell in San Sebastian International Film Festival, a multi-awarded Spanish filmmaker whose work includes documentary, fiction and video installations exhibited worldwide.

A documentary that “radically reinterprets Chaplin’s oeuvre from a Romani perspective and examines the persecution of gypsies through his lens,” “Charlie Chaplin, A Man of the World” is produced by Madrid-based Wave of Humanity’s Stany Coppet, Dolores Chaplin and Ashim Bhalla, Amaia Remírez at San Sebastian’s Kanaki Films, and Nano Arrieta at Madrid’s Atlantika Films.

In addition, attached to the movie Fabien Westerhoff from UK Film Constellation playing as coproducer and international sales agent, B-team pictures as Spanish distributor, with the determining participation of RTVE. Worldwide known gypsy artist Lita Cabellut portrays Chaplin's birth and childhood through animated sequences produced by L.A-Amsterdam based Submarine´s Femke Wolting and Bruno Felix, coproducers of "Charlie Chaplin: A Man of the World". Submarine produces Amazon Undone animation series or Netflix Apollo 10 ½ directed by five Academy Awards nominated Linklater.

CARMEN CHAPLIN (Director, Co-Writer) is a British and Irish multi-racial actress and director. Born in London, Carmen grew-up in France. As an actress, she worked extensively in Europe and also in the U.S. with several eminent directors including André Téchiné, Wim Wenders, Sydney Pollack, and Philippe Rousselot.

In 2012 Carmen directed a visual poem on the theme of time for luxury Swiss watch brand Jaeger- LeCoultre. A Time for Everything was selected for the acclaimed SHOOT New Directors Showcase at the Directors Guild of America Theatre in New York and is hosted online by Vogue; the film screened at the Saatchi Gallery in London and at Lincoln Centre in New York.

In 2014 Carmen wrote and directed a short science-fiction comedy for French car manufacturer Renault: The Innovators screened at Soho House in West Hollywood, Lincoln Center in New York, the Academy Awards qualifying festival Hollyshorts in Los Angeles, and enjoyed a successful festival run through 2015/16.

In 2016 Carmen completed narrative short drama Tryst in Paname starring Dolores Chaplin, Bambou Gainsbourg, and Stany Coppet. The film — showcased worldwide by UniFrance — began its festival run at Chelsea Film Festival in New York and screened at international film festivals through 2016/17 including Manchester International Film Festival and Shorts on Tap in London.

Carmen has two feature film projects in development at her production company Kwanon Films in London. She wrote the feature film screenplay Photocall — described by New York’s A24 Films as “extremely emotional and gripping” — and is also attached to direct the movie; Carmen is currently packaging the film with producing partner Ashim Bhalla.

In 2019 at the San Sebastián Film Festival, Spanish film production companies Wave of Humanity, Atlantika Films, and Kanaki Films announced that Carmen Chaplin is to direct feature documentary on her cinema legend grandfather Charlie Chaplin, a Man of the World.

Post Truth Serum (Modern Victims) was perhaps never meant to be. This record, the brainchild of Tom Hagerman (best known for his multi-instrumentalist role in Devotchka) is a collection of moody, infectious, glorious, and absurd pop songs created from the discarded scraps of melodic content from the deep recesses of his vintage 2011 laptop.  Musical influences from 80’s goth/newave synthesizers collide with chamber pop orchestral strings, horns, and percussion which are all brought to life by the vocals of Elin Palmer and the drums of Shawn King (Devotchka).  With all plans for a traditional album release scrapped by the pandemic, the record was prematurely released on Bandcamp on March 19th and as Wonderbound, the Denver based modern dance company has said in it’s description of the record:  “The lyrics and music, written and recorded over the past several years, eerily foreshadowed the emotional and psychological space that the world had suddenly been thrown into”. This record, in its own way, is a joyful romp through the loss of a carefree youth, the panic of a midlife crisis, the realization of impending catastrophes created by humanity, and the absolute power of human connection and love through our darkest moments. If Rock and Roll is the story of The Myth of Sisyphus, Post Truth Serum’s “Modern Victims” is the laughter that follows.
Interested media contact Workhouse, CEO, Adam Nelson, via nelson@workhousepr.com 

Tom Hagerman is a Denver based composer, arranger, and musician best known for his multi-instrumentalist role in the Grammy-nominated rock band, Devotchka.  He has performed on many recordings including those by M Ward, She and Him, Nathaniel Rateliff, Bettye Lavette, Eric Bachman, Calexico, and Sage Francis.  As an arranger and orchestrator, he has worked closely with a variety of groups including, The Colorado Symphony, The Flaming Lips, The Lumineers, Amos Lee, Gregory Alan Isakov, Trampled By Turtles, Ingrid Michaelson, Lettuce, and Opiuo. He has written original music for theater and dance, including performances by Wonderbound and the Colorado Symphony of "The7 Deadly Sins", "De Troya" by Dallas based Cara Mia Theatre, and performances of Shakespeare's, "The 12th Night" for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.  His latest project is "Modern Victims", a collection of pop songs recorded under the banner "Post Truth Serum", with Elin Palmer and Shawn King (Devotchka). Tom is a graduate of the music school at the University of Colorado in violin performance and is a product of music education in public schools. ​

W O R K H O U S E is one of the country's leading public relations and integrated creative agencies. Celebrating 20 years of service, the agency provides forward thinking public relations, social media, brand promotion, creative consulting and modern day marketing. Clients have included Lou Reed, The Rolling Stones, Hugh Jackman, Francis Ford Coppola, David LaChapelle, CBGB, Max's Kansas City, Interview Magazine, Galleries Lafayette, Porsche, Ford Motor Company, Virgin, Jazz at Lincoln Center, International Emmy Awards, Assouline Editions, Rizzoli International Publications, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, Chase Contemporary, Versace and Avroko. Workhouse offers untraditional service across a broad spectrum of entertainment, culture, fashion and lifestyle spheres. Visit workhousepr.com
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