Word: ego
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...band called Inca Son played Latin American music, and down the street, a band called Jim's Big Ego played, among other songs, their version of Simon and Garfunkel's "Feelin' Groovy...
...that country for $1.2 million, and who thoughtfully included a list of Bolton's backstage demands in his court papers. "His management said, 'The dates that you're doing aren't going to sell out, and we can't deal with him playing less than sold-out shows. His ego is too hard to handle,'" says Coppel. Bolton's management denies this and says the lawsuit is "frivolous and has no merit, and will be dismissed by the court." But this cloud might have a silver, New Agey-type lining. According to his publicist, the makers of Bolton's preferred...
...most Americans already know by now, not only does DeGeneres boast this particular bedroom proclivity, but in the coming weeks her TV alter ego--conveniently named Ellen--will also profess to being a lesbian. And, this it seems, forms the basis for all of the hoopla. In less than a month, American television will showcase the first homosexual leading lady. Hurray for another cultural landmark...
Jackson has the ego and pocketbook to do the job, and his efforts have paid off in a rare, unfiltered glimpse into the inner workings of the family-owned Gallo empire, the country's largest vintner, with sales last year of $1.2 billion. Gallo's wines may vary in quality, but its marketing and distribution muscle is top shelf. Turning Leaf turns up everywhere, and with good reason. Aided by a series of confidential memos, Jackson's lawyers showed how Gallo executives, pressured by their demanding chairman Ernest Gallo, took careful aim at the leader of the popularly priced Chardonnay...
...well matched; both are stubborn and litigious. Jackson once sued his winemaker to keep him from divulging "trade secrets," and Gallo sued his own brother to prevent him from using the family name on a line of cheeses. "It's rare that you have the right combination of ego, money and enough at stake so that neither side is willing to compromise," says San Francisco trademark expert Melville Owen. "I don't think we'll see this kind of case again for 10 or 20 years...