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...celebs in the world, whose image is protected most fiercely? Barbie's. Now ever vigilant Mattel, which makes the toy, is suing MCA records for trademark infringement over Barbie Girl, a bubble-gum dance song by the Danish band Aqua. It doesn't help that the song has lyrics like "You can brush my hair/ Undress me everywhere...
Trisha Yearwood. MCA Nashville...
Blige is ready to step out. Over the past year, she's split from her original producer and mentor, Sean ("Puffy") Combs; left her old record label, Uptown; and re-dedicated herself to spirituality. Her third album, Share My World (MCA), comes out this week, and it's a winner. The 25-year-old singer-songwriter's groundbreaking first album sold 2 million copies; her second, the spottily brilliant My Life, sold 3 million; both spawned countless sound-alikes. The bold but ultimately mercenary ghetto-sex-bomb posturing of rappers Foxy Brown and Lil' Kim, the emotionally blunt crooning...
...have spent more time on it? Maybe. But if there is persecution in the world, isn't that a bad thing?" Several others maintain they signed to pose the same question. "If you asked me, do I know a great deal about Scientology, I do not," acknowledges former MCA president Sid Sheinberg. "But I don't think I have a burden to know." His concern is governmental persecution of any religious group, particularly in Germany. "The world should be cautious looking at anything that goes on there, given their rather blemished past," he says...
...almost omniscient leader. Besides representing an enviable list of major clients--Tom Cruise, Robert DeNiro, Dustin Hoffman, Warren Beatty--he ranged far beyond the traditional agent's role. He played a part in brokering Sony's acquisition of Columbia Pictures in 1989 and shepherded Matsushita into its purchase of MCA the following year--deals that soured for the buyers. In 1994 he engaged in highly publicized negotiations to take the top job at MCA. Once those talks collapsed, returning to CAA became impossible, and Disney opened the door...