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...lanky British lad hasn't even finished high school, but already he has two successsful start-ups under his belt. The first, the football site Soccernet, is now part of Disney's online kingdom. His current project, the education site Schoolsnet, was valued at $60 million in a financing round last year. Who is this kid? A nerd? A spoiled brat? A calculating opportunist? And what can he possibly do for an encore...
...Start-up of the Year, and funding has been problem-free, even in the dismal dotcom climate. So what's Hadfield doing with his off-line wealth? His answer: there's not much of it. DMGT paid only something in the "mid-six figures" for Soccernet. (In 1999, Disney paid $25 million for 60% of the site and bought the rest a year later for an undisclosed sum.) While Hadfield's Soccernet stake was valued at about $11 million in a financing round last April, that's just paper wealth. "I don't drive a flash car or live...
...Affleck, Matt Damon and Jude Law regularly show up and don cheesy wigs and Wal-Mart dresses to perform mini-sketches. There are usually a slew of inside references to the Weinstein brothers, who created and run Miramax. Last year I observed Michael Eisner (chairman of Miramax parent company Disney) watching the proceedings with all the intensity of an attendee at the Oberammergau passion play...
...character in her meringue-y dress, alternating between a childish singsong and an operatic wail. Really, it might be worth getting rid of the Best Song category altogether, since it's basically been the same five songs for the last 15 years: one piece of Randy Newman hackery, one Disney song, one quasi-Disney song, one interesting song by a cool artist, which will lose, and song by an old guy - this year Bob Dylan, looking a touch like Salvador Dali. (Did Dylan alone get to play his song in full to justify the cost of the satellite link from...
...Seas are 142,000-ton whales that feature a 425-seat conference room, an ice-skating rink that doubles as a trade-show arena, an Internet cafe and a theater with a capacity of 1,362. Other players like Celebrity, Norwegian and Carnival have also jumped on board. Disney's cruise ships not only have meeting spaces, but also a private port of call, Castaway Cay, which can be used for team-building and recreational programs...