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...every-pie packager who represented the writer and the director and the stars of a given production. Deep into the 1980s, Cohn had an impressive plurality of the stars and filmmakers with claims to blue-chip seriousness: Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Lily Tomlin, Whoopi Goldberg, Robin Williams, Robert Altman, Bob Fosse, Sidney Lumet, Woody Allen, Nichols and so many more. Cohn got Columbia Pictures to pay an astonishing $9.5 million for the movie rights to the Broadway musical Annie, a record that will probably never be broken. In New York's big-time legitimate theater, Cohn's hegemony was almost...
...lawyer Robert Altman won acquittal...
...Altman and Clifford are far from absolved in the B.C.C.I. case. In New York City three criminal indictments against Clifford are still pending. In Washington the Federal Reserve Bank has a pending civil suit against Clifford and Altman, who also face a $1.5 billion civil racketeering suit by First American Bank. Though Clifford will probably not be tried in New York, the other cases are expected to be tough fights for the two men, who are likely to be mired in B.C.C.I. legal proceedings for years to come...
...jokes that stray too close to tragic news events or real-life misfortune. Rob Burnett recalls Letterman turned down a gag for a segment called Charts and Graphs -- "Dyslexics' Favorite Beatles," featuring names like ULAP and OGNRI; the host said it made fun of a serious disability. Comedian Jeff Altman, another Letterman pal from the Comedy Store days, remembers a guest appearance on Late Night in which he made a lewd crack that included the word "genitals." Letterman didn't laugh, and Altman complained about it later at dinner. "I said, 'You could have helped me out a little there...
B.C.C.I. jury finds Robert Altman not guilty and scoffs at D.A.'s case...