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Indeed. In the corner of Dunster House lives a living wonder—the Forrest Gump of March Madness, the Kevin Bacon of hoops stars...
...laughing if Freston and Brad Grey--the former agent (for Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, among others) and packager (The Sopranos) who was recently chosen to run Paramount--don't rejuvenate the moribund movie division. Sherry Lansing, Grey's predecessor, had a nice run of Oscar-winning blockbusters: Forrest Gump, Braveheart and a sea story called Titanic. But the past few years have been strewn with pricey duds, mostly aimed at adults. In a business where about 40% of the audience is under 25, you don't make movies for your friends; you make them for your friends' kids...
...certainly had her share of luck. Lansing has been responsible for bankrolling many of the past decade's biggest hits (Titanic, Forrest Gump, Braveheart). But Paramount has recently faced rocky times, scoring well with quirky, smaller films such as Mean Girls and School of Rock while stumbling with big-budget titles like the remake of The Stepford Wives and the effects-heavy Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow...
Sherri Lansing picks blockbusters for Paramount Pictures--she has scored in the past with big bets on Forrest Gump, Braveheart and--maybe you've heard of it?--Titanic. And mathematical geophysicist Vladimir Keilis-Borok comes into the office every morning to try to work out where the next major earthquake is going to strike. He's had a few notable successes and one recent, prominent failure. No pressure there, Vladimir...
...study indicated that the 1994 movie The Santa Clause, which earned a PG rating, had less violence and sex than the 2002 G-rated The Santa Clause 2. The 1994 film Forrest Gump showed less violence and sex than 2002’s Minority Report, though both received a high-end PG-13 rating. The study concluded that today’s PG-13 movies might have been given R ratings...