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This is not a contract dispute so much as a workplace divorce. Katzenberg and Eisner go back years, first at Paramount Pictures and then at Disney, where they presided over one of the most spectacular turnarounds in Hollywood history. But after 10 very good years, bad things started to happen. Frank Wells, Disney's charismatic No. 2 man, was killed in an April 1994 helicopter crash. Four months later, Eisner required emergency bypass surgery. To Katzenberg this seemed a logical time for his own advancement. He lobbied strenuously for the Wells...
Since 1990, Warner Bros. and Spielberg's Amblin have collaborated on the small-screen Tiny Toon Adventures. Ah, TV, where the real money is, and where Paramount went for its 1996 hit, Beavis and Butt-head Do America, which grossed (heh heh, he said "grossed") a robust $63 million. (Next up for Paramount: a Rugrats feature.) "A movie can't compare financially with a successful series like The Simpsons on TV," says Fox's Mechanic. Says Peter Chernin, president of Fox's parent News Corp.: "We should have done a Simpsons movie five years ago." Simpsons creator Matt Groening...
Exploring the paths female scientists followed in reaching their career goals is for many female students paramount in any mentor relationship...
First he lost a bidding war for Paramount Communications in 1994. Then his effort to take over CBS collapsed at the last minute. But last week Barry Diller, who masterminded the rise of the Fox Network for Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. a decade ago, was no longer a mogul-without-portfolio. Diller, who heads up the unglamorous HSN, whose holdings include the Home Shopping Network and a stake in Ticketmaster, struck a deal for nearly $4.1 billion with Seagram Co. that lays a foundation for his own entertainment empire. Diller, 55, will pay Seagram $1.2 billion in cash plus...
Goodman says whole language has two bases: "the scientific and the humanistic," and the humanistic strand is an important reason for its appeal. With whole language, reading is considered an organic process, the dignity of teachers is paramount, and they regard their students as collaborators. These attitudes sit firmly within the tradition of progressive education, and it is tempting to think that the humanism came first and the science later. Goodman reacts to that speculation with a shrug and a smile. "I like people," he says. "And I'm very happy that my research confirms my prejudices...