Word: mogul
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...depicted delivering death threats like a movie mafioso, expecting fealty like a feudal lord and bringing woe upon anyone who asks for back-end profit participation. From Affleck to director Ed Zwick, friends and enemies alike unload their hysterical, often horrifying Harvey stories. Gasp as the mad mogul pushes aside his fellow Shakespeare in Love producers onstage at the Oscars! Cower as he throws stuff across the room! Wince as he chews out loyal employees! And the critics rave. "He's like a little Saddam Hussein of cinema," says Bernardo Bertolucci. "He's a true vulgarian," says Kevin Smith...
...Tsang might channel Elmer Fudd onscreen, but in real life he's all business, and indeed has aspirations to become an entertainment mogul. "Every actor has to specialize to survive," Tsang, 50, says. "My specialty is looking like a cartoon character." Looney Tuning himself has paid off handsomely for the 1.6-meter-tall actor: over the past 30 years he has worked steadily and made a name for himself as one of the most reliable?and castable?actors in Asia. Lately, however, Tsang has won over critics as well as moviegoers with a more sinister turn as Sam, the triad...
Diversification is part of a hip-hop mogul's DNA. Russell Simmons, the godfather of urban marketing, and Sean (P. Diddy) Combs have set the standard. To really make it in the $5 billion rap business, you have to mix more than beats. You have to be into fashion, movies and maybe even a Broadway play. Simmons founded Def Jam records and runs Phat Fashions, a $263 million clothing line, and produced Def Poetry Jam on Broadway. P. Diddy, a star recording artist, also runs Bad Boy Records, a $325 million clothing line and two restaurants...
...willing participant. Cannibalism is not a crime in Germany, so Meiwes is charged with murder for sexual satisfaction and disturbing the peace of the dead. Showdown Time? ITALY Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government approved a media-reform law that critics say is tailor-made for the television mogul's business interests. The latest piece of controversial legislation would overturn a court decision forcing one of Berlusconi's three main TV channels to go to satellite, but could be rejected by President of the Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi as unconstitutional. Antonio Maccanico, a close Ciampi adviser and former Communications Minister...
...subject of succession is clearly a sensitive one in the family. When questioned recently by a journalist, James, looking agitated, snapped, "It would be very nice to put that speculation to bed." Maybe Fox could create a new TV show to settle it: Who Wants to Be a Media Mogul? --By Michael Schuman. With reporting by Mark Halper/London