Word: geffen
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...White House was crammed with glamorati three weeks ago for a state dinner honoring Boris Yeltsin. Few noticed that among the visitors from Hollywood were three men -- director Steven Spielberg, music mogul David Geffen and ousted Disney movie chief Jeffrey Katzenberg -- who between courses were giddily planning to merge their talent and clout in a new entertainment company. "We're in tuxedos talking about a brand new studio," Spielberg recalls, "and just across from us there's Yeltsin and Bill Clinton talking about disarming the world of nuclear weapons...
...company smote Hollywood with nuclear force. Spielberg will fold his unit, Amblin, into the new organization (though he may still direct outside projects). Katzenberg will run the studio; late last week the two men were tooling around Los Angeles in Katzenberg's Mustang, looking for a studio lot. And Geffen will make music make money...
...Geffen and Spielberg are famous and extremely rich, and investors would flock to a company they wanted to start up (this one will require about $2 billion in capital), but Katzenberg was the catalyst. As Spielberg said of his pal's fondness for perilous vacation trips, "Jeffrey wanted to go whitewater rafting and took us with...
...call a taxi to the White House." Billionaire record company mogul David Geffen. Speaking to former Disney executive Jeffrey Katzenberg about plans to form a new multi-media studio with Steven Spielberg. Geffen was staying in the Lincoln Bedroom as President Clinton's guest. Quoted in The New York Times (October...
...Eisner keeps the volatile Katzenberg at a distance, relegating him to the role of junior prodigy. All Hollywood is watching how the drama will be played out, and some players are ready with their lines. "Michael and Jeffrey's relationship is like a 19-year marriage," record producer David Geffen said last week. "It has had its share of ups and downs, but it's absolutely committed...