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...group to fill the gap between students interested in the filmmaking industry and alumni already in the business—in 1999, along with classmates Stacy Cohen ’89 and Adam J. Fratto ’90. The program maintains an e-mail network and holds an annual training session on screenwriting—dubbed “Harvardwood 101”—in L.A. every intersession.With this support, Harvardians determined to make their mark in Hollywood have been making strides. “Teresa Boteo ’03 did the very first Harvardwood...
...impresario of Italian cuisine Lidia Matticchio Bastianich (host of the PBS cooking shows that bear her name) and her son Joseph, Batali's longtime partner and a winemaker-had never attempted something quite so spectacular as Del Posto. They knew they needed media attention, and they allowed a Food Network crew to visit the building site repeatedly. According to the show that resulted-Mario, FULL BOIL which aired February 18-construction was delayed interminably because engineers trying to lay the restaurant's foundation dug themselves into the Hudson River. Water soaked the site for weeks...
...Middle Eastern merchant state on the rise, one that aspires to be much more than an amusement park for jet-setters. Run since 1995 by a press-shy crown prince, Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, who became emir this year (Sheik Mo, to finance types), Dubai has established a network of holding companies, funds and corporations with more than $15 billion in overseas investments and a domestic goal of turning Dubai into a hub for everything from financial services to biotechnology. Call it Dubai Inc., a conglomerate with Sheik Mo as CEO. "We are not that different [from] small states...
...mother ship could soon find itself under attack on several fronts. Network affiliates, the regional business partners that carry and promote the shows to local viewers, want a piece of the new action. "This fight will get very real very quickly, and there'll be a court case within six months over this," predicts Rafat Ali, owner of the industry-news site paidContent.org One struggle brewing pits CBS against its affiliate in Raleigh, N.C., WRAL, which wants to stream prime-time shows live, then sell downloads on its own website, limiting access geographically to Raleigh viewers. Production companies and studios...
...eschew a national tour and put all its money on Vegas, musicals like Spamalot and Hairspray are excluding or limiting play in competing markets, such as Nevada, California and Arizona. The Vegas focus "has been an awakening for the industry," says Pat Halloran, president of the Independent Presenters Network, a group of 55 theater owners, operators and presenters...