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...promises to deliver, of course, is the Titanic as no one has seen it. The director of Aliens, both Terminators and The Abyss, Cameron has "vast cinematic appetites," as an agent puts it, consistently delivering event films with dazzling effects. Nevertheless, Hollywood insiders can't fathom how Fox and Paramount--which are splitting the cost--will make money. Indeed, soon after shooting began, Paramount became spooked by the budget and demanded that Fox limit its exposure. Facing a possible court fight, Fox agreed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GLUB, GLUB, GLUB... | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

...they were safe in this big luxury hotel," he says. "In fact, they were in a steel object over 2 1/2 miles of water...It's a metaphor for the inevitability of death. We're all on the Titanic." Maybe so, but at the moment executives at Fox and Paramount are probably feeling it more than the rest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GLUB, GLUB, GLUB... | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

...said event coordinators were unprepared for the crowd of about 600 students who flocked to the Media Fair in order to speak with representatives from MTV Animation, Steven Spielberg's Dreamworks and National Geographic, among others. Odotei said HRTV hopes to include media magnates such as Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, ABC, NBC, HBO and ESPN in next year's fair and that increased support from OCS could make it happen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Where Was OCS at Media Jobs Fair? | 11/13/1996 | See Source »

GEORGE CLOONEY, tired of being haunted by paparazzi's videocams, tried playground tactics: when a bully picks on you, stop dating his sister. Clooney struck a deal with Paramount Pictures--in writing--that Hard Copy would no longer cover him, or he'd boycott Paramount's other, puffier show, Entertainment Tonight. The deal lasted six months. Then Hard Copy did a story on Clooney's girlfriend Celine Balidran. The actor quickly imposed a ban on ET and spoke about it publicly, even berating Paramount executive Frank Kelly for making the deal at all. "A so-called news format show will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 11, 1996 | 11/11/1996 | See Source »

...York City. The eldest of seven children and a former single parent, she founded her own loan-brokerage firm and has twice run for Congress. A friend to tax breaks for the middle class and small businesses, Smith-Parker also says child care and senior care are paramount if socioeconomic conditions are to improve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: NEW YORK | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

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