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Think Hollywood is too corporate these days? It?s just getting started. Last week publicity powerhouse PMK (which handles names like Cruise, Pfeiffer, Hanks and Damon) finally consented to marry McCann-Erickson (clients include GM, MasterCard and Coca-Cola). The New York ad giant was not so much interested in PMK?s tidy profit margin -- ?We?re just chump change to them,? says Leslee Dart, one of PMK?s three partners -- as in its vast warehouse of stars. ?Celebrity icons are brands,? says John Dooner, McCann-Erickson?s CEO, ?and there may be opportunities to work with like-minded brands...
...SHOW The Secret Life of Desmond Pfeiffer: Cartoonish show about Lincoln's butler that drew protests from African-American groups
...Your talk show was canceled by Paramount, the company that went on to distribute Desmond Pfeiffer and Homeboys in Outer Space. That's got to hurt...
...DESMOND PFEIFFER The now shelved UPN series cracked jokes about slavery. Painfully unfunny stuff...
...gives way to religious caution, and the picture sometimes looks starched, stodgy. Except for the When You Believe anthem, Stephen Schwartz's tunes mostly bring not buoyancy but ballast to the proceedings. While Jeff Goldblum is good as a fretful Aaron, the rest of an exemplary vocal cast (Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock, Patrick Stewart) can't add much shading or power. Steve Martin is here for muted comic relief, but don't expect to hear him sing King Tut. Any sort of irreverence would be out of place in this by-the-Book rendition. Nonetheless, it is missed...