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...companies, of course, have long seen this coming. Mattel attempted to get into educational software in the late 1990s, spending $3.6 billion to buy the Learning Company. But "Mattel just didn't understand the software business," says analyst Gikas. The blunder led to more than $400 million in losses and cost then CEO Jill Barad, who had revived Barbie, her job. Under CEO Robert Eckert, Mattel got back to building basic brands like Barbie and Hot Wheels. But Barbie's sales slump--domestically down 21% this year through September--may also be a victim of kids growing older at younger...
...Miramax Films. Miramax is so impressed with Troy’s screenplay, The Boondock Saints, that they offer Troy the chance to direct the film with a huge budget and create its soundtrack using music performed by his band. Sitting on top of the world, Troy manages to commit blunder after blunder, mishandling negotiations and alienating his supporters. He eventually loses his deal with Miramax and becomes a pariah in Hollywood. The movie’s biggest strength is Troy Duffy’s cinematic personality. He alternates between bouts of cruel anger and drunken happiness, while maintaining a deathless...
...Miramax films. Miramax is so impressed with Troy’s screenplay, The Boondock Saints, that it offers Troy the chance to direct the film with a huge budget and create its soundtrack using music performed by his band. Sitting on top of the world, Troy manages to commit blunder after blunder, mishandling negotiations and alienating his supporters. He eventually loses his deal with Miramax and becomes a pariah in Hollywood...
...that matter—isn’t a black-tie gathering, at which attendees quietly bide their time before cocktail hour. They don’t quite realize that the range of appropriate reactions can include sitting on one’s hands as Yale endures yet another blunder, but might also include “cheering” and “standing...
...Nick has a new blockbuster film, National Treasure. I’d have to say that movie should be renamed before it is released from National Treasure to National Blunder. It sucked. I guess Jerry Bruckheimer thought that no one actually saw King Arthur, so he figured he could take another ride on his Pirates of The Caribbean coattails for the second time in five months...