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...just the recognition; it's the money. Yorkin and Lear's profits from their three shows this year could reach $5,000,000, not counting the take from books, records and other byproduct merchandising. With offers of further projects pouring in, their Tandem headquarters is the hottest TV production office in Hollywood. So busy are the partners nowadays that they rarely get a chance to be in the office. They run the business by remote control, communicating with each other by memo. Occasionally they rendezvous for a quick huddle in the parking lot of a studio, where...
...Internet bust has sharpened attention on Wall Street's myopia anew. Credit Suisse First Boston, which underwrote the world's hottest IPO--VA Linux Systems--is at the center of a kickback dustup. At least three government agencies are investigating who got what and whether outsize fees later paid to the firm constitute an illegal payoff. Lawsuits are piling up faster than dead dotcoms...
...high schoolers in the capital spend roughly $275 each on gear and clothes?three times more than the average Japanese high schooler. (As a group, high-school girls in the country spend around $2.5 billion annually.) Most of that discretionary yen goes to the brand name with the newest, hottest, coolest style. And for those brands that capture that essence of kawaii, the potential markets stretch from Tokyo to Tashkent. Call it the Greater East Asia Ko-Kawaii Sphere. "Japan is the only country in Asia right now that is a genuine fashion force," explains Joanne...
Since Sony had to remove Manning's blurb--HEATH LEDGER IS THIS YEAR'S HOTTEST NEW STAR!--from the ad for A Knight's Tale, I figured there was a blank space the perfect size for my name. I called Susan Tick, Sony's senior vice president of corporate communication, and offered, "I'm not gay, but one night with Heath Ledger would flip me like a Vermont legislator!" And to replace Manning's quote from The Animal--THE PRODUCING TEAM OF BIG DADDY HAS DELIVERED ANOTHER WINNER!--I suggested, "I'm not gay, but one night with Rob Schneider...
...they are coming back. Andy Pesky, president of the premium travel agency ProTravel-The Zenith Group, calls them "the hottest thing out there." While many mid-20th century middle-class folk might have felt uncomfortable in such swanky settings, today, observes Bjorn Hanson of PricewaterhouseCoopers, "everyone has moved up in economic status in their own mind, so everyone feels entitled--even feels that a luxury vacation is a birthright...