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At the Paramount Pictures group, the person on the hot seat is its chairman, Sherry Lansing, 60, who smashed the industry's glass ceiling in 1980 when she became the first woman to head production at a major studio. Lansing is the first to admit that there's no surefire...
She has 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...
Still, despite the recent fumbles, no one dismisses Lansing's innate savvy. "She understands stories early on in their idea phase, and she's brilliant when it comes to breaking down scripts and casting," says Lorne Michaels, the Saturday Night Live impresario who produced Mean Girls and more than half...
Lansing says her method for green-lighting projects is simple: absorb all the data you can, but trust your gut instinct. "I read all the market research and use it as a tool," she says. "But movies are an art form. You have to look into the eyes of a...
"The veterans who fought the crucial battles of World War II are real heroes. We should thank them every day of our lives." KATHY HUGHES Lansing, Ill.