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...year-old Martha Moxley; in Norwalk, Connecticut. Skakel was allegedly unhappy about Moxley's interest in his brother Thomas. The case, frozen for more than 20 years, was built on confessions Skakel made to friends at the Elan School, a drub rehabilitation center for kids in Maine. DIED. LEW WASSERMAN, 89, former talent agent, ex-chairman of MCA Inc. and the last of the Hollywood tycoons; in Los Angeles. Wasserman built MCA into an entertainment colossus with a film studio, TV studio, record label, theme parks and theatres. In over fifty years in the business, Wasserman's clients included Bette...
...Many have written of LEW WASSERMAN's power, but they don't really understand its source. It didn't derive from his powerful clients, his brain, or his pocketbook, but from the way he lived his life. Medieval knights lived by a Code of Honor. Lew lived the same...
Coach's answer was fashion. To upgrade Coach, CEO Lew Frankfort went downtown. He hired a cherub-faced designer from Tommy Hilfiger, Reed Krakoff. (Anyone sensing a pattern here?) The two set about turning Coach into a "lifestyle brand," which is to say, instead of just bags, they decided to make everything. Krakoff persuaded the company to dislodge some stodge by making accessories out of something other than leather. One of the resulting bags, in jacquard with a C logo that was inspired by a lining the company once used (those archives again), was a big hit with the fashionistas...
...Coach's answer was fashion. To upgrade Coach, CEO Lew Frankfort went downtown. He hired a cherub-faced designer from Tommy Hilfiger, Reed Krakoff. (Anyone sensing a pattern here?) The two set about turning Coach into a "lifestyle brand," which is to say, instead of just bags, they decided to make everything. Krakoff persuaded the company to dislodge some stodge by making accessories out of something other than leather. One of the resulting bags, in jacquard with a C logo that was inspired by a lining the company once used (those archives again), was a big hit with the fashionistas...
...less-than-perfect film scripts (yes, even less perfect than usual) have been rushed into production. This week the Writers Guild of America is due back at the bargaining table with producers, but there's a problem: studios used to be mom-and-pop shops, and avuncular mogul Lew Wasserman played peacemaker with unions. Today's studios are owned by conglomerates that can more easily withstand (and may even favor) a production slowdown. It's hard to keep up without a scorecard. Here's yours...