Word: contracting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Houston hears a consistent stream of voices--in the New York dailies and on its talk radio programs--which call for him to become the superstar his multimillion-dollar contract demands. Patrick Ewing is past his prime, they whisper. Houston is the Knick of the future...
Houston hears a consistent stream of voices--in the New York dailies and on its talk radio programs--which call for him to become the superstar his multimillion-dollar contract demands. Patrick Ewing is past his prime, they whisper. Houston is the Knick of the future...
...Katzenberg claims that as head of the studio from 1984 to 1994, he is due 2% of all income from films and TV shows made during that period--in perpetuity. (Think sequels, videos, Broadway shows and merchandising.) Disney says that by leaving in 1994, two years before his contract was up, Katzenberg forfeited that booty. He was, however, paid a final package of $7.5 million...
...LaToya. "I hit the roof when I found out," says Susan Carpenter-McMillan, Jones' longtime adviser. "It's the most demeaning thing, and it flies in the face of everything [Paula and I] believe in religiously." When Jones later expressed misgivings about the enterprise, she was informed that the contract is legally binding. So while she's not manning any phone lines, her face and name remain linked to the enterprise. It seems that while the counsel of telephonic telepaths is dubious, the counsel of their lawyers is highly reliable...
...Today show, would return to morning television as host of ratings bottom dweller CBS This Morning. This is despite the fact that CBS president Leslie Moonves said last year that Gumbel would "rather be shot in the head than move back to mornings." Gumbel, who has a $5 million contract with CBS, has been relatively dormant since his prime-time foray, Public Eye, was canceled after less than a year. The revamped morning show, to be co-anchored by a yet unnamed female broadcaster, will debut in November...