Word: poohed
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...which, despite Janet and Survivor, has one of TV's older audiences, president Leslie Moonves pooh-poohed advertisers' youth fixation. "Are you looking for the people who actually buy cars," he asked, "or the people who say, 'Daddy, please buy me a car'?" Nice line, but CBS has scheduled Clubhouse, a drama about a 16year-old bat boy for a fictional New York baseball team, which Moonves told the admen would "make us much younger" on Tuesday nights. A show like Clubhouse, however, raises the question of what exactly male-friendly programming means. Last fall some executives blamed...
Today the project sounds golden. But Hollywood didn't always think so. Disney-Miramax rejected Jackson's proposal, even at a compromised two-film length. The front-office pooh-bahs may have recalled the failure of Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated version of The Lord of the Rings, also in two parts (the second half was never made). For less remote box-office evidence, potential sponsors had only to measure the $300 million Jackson needed to make the trilogy against the measly $35 million or so his five previous features had earned worldwide...
Ringling has long been the crown jewel of Feld Entertainment. The company, based in Vienna, Va., also produces Disney on Ice and will soon launch a Winnie-the-Pooh live-entertainment show. Until entertainer Roy Horn's near fatal encounter with a tiger last year, the company also had a steady money-maker as producer of Siegfried & Roy in Las Vegas. The privately held company doesn't disclose its finances, but Feld indicated that the circus business lately has been far from spectacular. Ringling revenues are up 13% over the past five years and 36% over the past decade. According...
...bar/club on Saturday night turned lazy brunch nook come Sunday morning. The theme for brunch is the “Pajama Party,” and patrons are encouraged to wear their PJs and relax during a good meal. During our visit, however, the only people wearing their Pooh-bear slippers were the three servers and myself...
After unsuccessfully trying to acquire Disney, Comcast (owner of E! Entertainment Television) will bite back with “Minnie and Winnie (The Pooh): The True Hollywood Story...