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...visual style, shooting as if the viewer were inside the paralyzed man's body. When the film's French production company balked at the price of an A-list cinematographer, Kennedy persuaded them to find the money elsewhere in the budget. "They see talent," says Brad Grey, CEO of Paramount. "They understand it. They know how to get the most out of the folks who work for them and with them...
...million annually for 10 years in licensing fees from AMG. MTV also has deals with AMG and its parent, TECOM Investments, both controlled by the ruler of Dubai, to launch an Arabic version of Nickelodeon kids' channel next year. A Comedy Central channel, film co-production deals with Paramount (a unit of MTV's parent, Viacom) and a Nickelodeon hotel are also under discussion. "Our vision in the long run is to create a global media hub out of Dubai," says Abdullatif al-Mulla, a former Microsoft executive who is TECOM...
...This struggle highlights a larger issue in church-state relations: how a government ought to define what constitutes a religion. Although a definition is a necessity, the government must act with the utmost caution, lest it violate the paramount separation of church and state...
...fictional movie - can lead to dishonor, ostracism, or worse. Mahmidzada's father told the BBC that members of his tribe "may cut my throat, they may kill me, they may torture me." The filmmakers, he says, didn't mention the rape scene would be filmed. Producers at Paramount deny such a promise was made. The offending scene was tastefully portrayed, they say, and crucial for the plot...
...task of selecting Harvard’s faculty is considered to be a paramount responsibility. So it follows that tenure, which entails a lifetime appointment, is a vote of confidence Harvard does not make lightly. Harvard’s highest official is alone endowed with the power to bestow a full professorship, the sole tenured position at Harvard. “The most important aspect of President Faust’s job,” says Casey, “Is that she chooses the future faculty of Harvard...