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...show, recalled both the French-Canadian Cirque du Soleil, which was a creative consultant, as well as a Brazilian samba school. Yet the two songs were written by two distinctly American composers: Summon the Heroes by Academy Award winner John Williams and The Call to the Nations by Mickey Hart, the drummer for The Grateful Dead. For the national ceremony that followed, the music went to a moving gospel version of The Star-Spangled Banner by the 300-strong Centennial Choir...
After eight wives, nine children and two Oscars, Mickey Rooney can hardly be expected to do anything just once. Almost 24 years to the day after his first bankruptcy petition, Rooney filed again, this time because he owes the tax man $1.75 million. "A man has to do what he has to do," the 75-year-old told Variety's Army Archerd...
...mellow sounds of the Furthur Festival, a touring concert extravaganza that will visit 31 cities this summer. Furthur--a reference to the destination posted on Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters bus--features former Dead guitarist Bob Weir's countrified-blues group Ratdog as well as former Dead drummer Mickey Hart's percussive world-beat ensemble Mystery Box. (The lineup also includes Hot Tuna and Los Lobos.) Crowds at the shows range from teens to 60-year-olds, but most are under 30. Weir makes clear his new band is not trying to raise the Dead, but "if [fans] came...
Last year, as chief financial officer of Walt Disney Co., Bollenbach helped CEO Michael Eisner engineer the Mouse's $19 billion buyout of Capital Cities/ABC. In so doing, he tackled Disney's urgent problem: where to spend Mickey's megamillions. Disney was making movies, expanding its theme parks and adding to its cruise business. But it needed something bigger than boats to make best use of the company's money. Says he: "Honestly, it doesn't make sense to spend $1 billion to build two cruise ships that can be capitalized [paid for] in 120 days." Making shrewd...
...Tuesday that that China has closed some factories that were producing pirated computer programs, movies and music, but that Beijing must take "further concrete and verifiable action to reduce piracy at its source and at its borders." In an exclusive interview Tuesday with TIME editors, new Secretary of Commerce Mickey Kantor, who until recently held the U.S. trade post, said the factory closings may be just a fillip. "I am somewhat skeptical. They have opened and closed plants many times. We have to be realistic given China's situation internally, and that they have investors. But the Chinese knew that...