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...Geisel says she gave the go-ahead for the Grinch movie because the material "had been tried and tested for decades on television," but she left nothing to chance. In July 1998, Geisel's agents notified producers by letter that "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" was up for auction. In order to pitch their ideas to Geisel, the suitors ultimately had to be willing to pay $5 million for the material and hand over 4 percent of the box-office gross, 50 percent of the merchandising revenue and music-related material, and 70 percent of the income from book...
...like Universal," says Geisel, explaining her choice. "We'd already worked with them, and their word was their bond." Of Howard, she adds, "I like the grown Opie." She also liked Carrey, who had asked Geisel to meet with him after the book went up for auction. Instead of shaking her hand when they met, he spun her around, held her close and made a Grinch face. She was sold. "I grew up with it," says Carrey. "In a very simple tale, Seuss tells you a lot about human behavior; he tells you a lot about prejudice, and that...
...lunch counter. Like children compulsively playing Frogger in order to earn the 1,000 ticket laser wand behind the counter at Chuck E. Cheese, council members hope to scrounge enough oily plastic refuse to successfully bid for a new Gateway computer during a 100 day eploid.com web auction...
...council in the eyes of the student body as a whole. Indeed, it is disgraceful that the council has not been financially responsible enough to set aside funds for its own technological upkeep--especially with high speed personal computers selling for as little as $400 on discount and auction websites. Had the council not laid out $650 in March on a dry St. Patrick's day dance which mustered only 150 attendees, it could have assuredly purchased a computer instead of digging for one in the trash...
...Marc's painting has been so wildly admired and widely reproduced. In fact, the only time since its initial unveiling in 1911 that the painting hasn't been enthusiastically received was in 1939, when it was sold with several other works by Marc at the Nazis' infamous "degenerate art" auction in Lucerne. Now a long-term loan and promised gift to the Busch-Reisinger, "Grazing Horses IV" remains a vivid example of Marc's view of the natural world...