Word: mogul
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...charges of ?conspiracy to pervert the course of justice? by leaving the scene of a car crash and having his chauffeur take the rap. Photographers cut through dense foliage to snap Tse in the prison yard. And just last week EastWeek magazine was shut down by its media-mogul owner in response to the furor over a cover photo of a movie star photographed topless against her will during a 1990 kidnapping. The star is believed to be Carina Lau, whose long-time boyfriend is Tony Leung Chiu-wai, star of Wong Kar-wai?s rapturous romance ?In the Mood...
...says. Brent’s best friend, an inventor named Ty (Jay Chaffin ’06), first appears on stage recounting a religious experience on the toilet. Perlman, who is also a Crimson editor, describes Ty as a “cutting edge QVC media mogul, always inventing another crowd-pleasing novelty item.” His invention du jour is the Oedipus 2000, which allows children with inferiority complexes to kill their fathers—in virtual reality...
...good thing, then, that the hope of beating the Kiwis, who have held the Cup since 1995, enticed the fabulously rich to open their wallets. The competition includes teams funded by Oracle's Larry Ellison, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and telco investor Craig McCaw; biotech mogul Ernesto Bertarelli; shipping magnate Vincenzo Onorato; British tech millionaire Peter Harrison; and, of course, all the old and new money associated with the New York Yacht Club. After the first round robin in the famously capricious winds of Auckland's Hauraki Gulf, two of the highest-spending syndicates, OneWorld Challenge (budget: $75 million...
...selves," he says. Sexual secrets are the brick and mortar of The Good Girl and Chuck & Buck, and in 2001 White created Fox's Pasadena, a twisted, sly and regrettably short-lived prime-time soap (set in his hometown) about the criminal, financial and bedroom secrets of a newspaper-mogul family...
...Franco-American media giant Vivendi, Jean-Marie Messier managed a rare feat in the world of global business. He combined Gallic intransigence with Yankee arrogance to infuriate shareholders and employees on both sides of the Atlantic. The French hated him for selling out their culture, acting like a foreign mogul and moving to New York City. North Americans hated him for losing money and refusing to concede that his strategy had faltered. Even as the company's stock price descended to new lows, he spoke of running Vivendi "for another 15 years." It was more like another 15 minutes...