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...glory of Christ. Even the binary nature of computer programming is analogous to the Church’s Good vs. Evil dichotomy. With Vatican funding and American marketing and development, the Christian video game market would be set to explode. The collaborations could be momentous. I am sure that Mel Gibson would not be averse to selling the rights for a video game version of his film, “The Passion of the Christ.” I do, however, wonder whether one would be able to find software engineers willing, or even able, to program in ancient Aramaic...
Welcome to Sirius Satellite Radio, a company running edgy programming and sparing no expense in its quest to breathe life into radio--and one day turn a profit for shareholders. Based in New York City and run by pugnacious radio-industry veteran and media icon Mel Karmazin, Sirius broadcasts 65 channels of commercial-free music, sliced and diced in formats from Broadway-show tunes to '80s hair bands, along with channels dedicated to sports, news, weather and niche shows like Derek and Romaine's, which would be fined into extinction if the FCC had its way. This being satellite radio...
...arts and crafts people." Viacom's Paramount movie studio earned a reputation for pennypinching during his reign, and after Karmazin left, Paramount executives were encouraged to take more risks on potential blockbusters. "Sumner was always Mr. Content Is King, and that was a little in conflict with Mel's natural tendency to drive quarterly growth," says a source close to the execs. Karmazin says he was never that tight with a buck if a deal was worth it. "Didn't I get the NFL back on CBS?" he asks. "My focus on cost has been there throughout my career, including...
...anger at all religious extremists reached a fever pitch—from the fundamentalist Jews and Muslims who won’t allow their brethren to achieve peace in the Middle East, to Mel Gibson, to the idea of a new pope who continues to oppose birth control and marriage for priests...
...such a show was first mentioned to Choreographer Juan Carlos Copes, he answered, reasonably enough, "You must be crazy." But reason does not always prevail on Broadway, where near sellout audiences at the Mark Hellinger Theater have turned Tango Argentina into the season's surprise hit. Says Co-Producer Mel Howard: "There's obviously a little bit of magic going...