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...executive who declined to participate is Joe Roth, chairman of the Disney studios, which did well with the Travolta film Phenomenon. "Bert made it less about [Scientology] and more about connecting to feelings about the Holocaust," says Roth. "Either that, or they're all whores for Tom Cruise and John Travolta, and they wanted to be on the right list...
Bollenbach, 54, is one of the sharpest pencils in corporate America, a veteran hotelier who joined Hilton last year after a stint at Walt Disney Co., where he helped engineer the Mouse's $19 billion buyout of Capital Cities/ABC. Araskog, 65, has lots of starch in his sheets. A West Pointer who once served in the National Security Agency, he has a perfect record in fending off corporate raiders...
When Bollenbach fled the executive loony bin at Disney for Hilton last year, he quickly developed a new strategy for the well-known but mediocre company. In lodging, he wanted to expand Hilton's traditional presence in the full-service-hotel sector in the U.S. and abroad. In gaming, he saw Hilton as a buyer in an industry that was consolidating. To finance acquisitions, he would take advantage of low interest rates and Hilton's strong balance sheet...
DIED. ADRIANA CASELOTTI, 80, the voice of Snow White; of cancer; in Los Angeles. The teenager edged out 150 others to be the voice Walt Disney chose as the sweetly beguiling heroine of his 1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs...
...crest jewel of America's (brief) era of enlightenment. News media, public officials and those with a voice or forum within what remains of contemporary culture have an excellent chance to halt this sacrilege, before Sony-Disney get on board and turn a natural gem into a theme park. The "opposite shore" of the pond remains, at the moment, pristine--so you can see what used to be. The fucked-up side, incredibly, is now forbidden except to "hard hats." The second side goes next...