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...Postman" opened in Italy in 1994 it could not be nominated for Best Foreign Film of 1995; however, it opened in the U.S. in 1995 and thus could be nominated for best picture.) Many feel that "The Postman" nominations were achieved by the massive advertising campaign launched by Miramax, the film's American distributor. Nonetheless, when it comes to winning the actual award, "The Postman" will be hurt by its subtitles--no foreign film has ever won Best Picture...
...This is a miracle, an absolute bloody miracle," effuses Harvey Weinstein, co-chairman of Miramax Films. It was surely a godsend to the bustling, Disney-owned distributor, which had no big hit in 1995 to match such previous successes as The Piano, The Crow and Pulp Fiction. But if luck is the residue of design, the Postino nominations were the result of a savvy Miramax marketing campaign...
...Dole did not return a $15,000 PAC contribution from the company. He also invited Time Warner chairman and CEO Gerald Levin to a recent $1,000-a-plate fund raiser at the Beverly Hills Hotel. (Levin did not attend.) And after grabbing headlines for condemning Disney's Miramax Films for the movie Priest and making a huge to-do over selling $15,000 worth of his wife's Disney stock in protest, Dole took a $4,000 contribution from the company in August. Last year Dole's Campaign America fund took in $79,000 from the entertainment industry...
...from Ovitz's new colleagues . Says Robert Iger, president of Cap Cities/abc: "My initial instinct, and the instinct that remains, is that I'm thrilled with it. Michael Ovitz knows our business, so there's a familiarity that will lend support." Harvey Weinstein, co-chairman of the Disney subsidiary Miramax Films, calls Eisner and Ovitz "the greatest one-two combination since Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale--only they're both Koufax. Mike Ovitz is the No. 1 talent magnet. Talent loves him. If you say, 'Hey, Mike, I'm having trouble casting this movie,' in about an hour...
...THREE: Hurley appears publicly in a chin-up mint green suit, and later releases a statement saying she's "bewildered and saddened." Consensus in Hollywood: Grant's career is far from over. "He can work for me anytime," says Miramax chairman Harvey Weinstein. Day's Big Rumor: Hurley will be forced to choose between Lauder and Grant...