Word: rifkin
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...that we realize that AIDS is not a homosexual problem, not a United States problem, not a developing countries problem, not an IV drug users' problem and not a "people with bad morals" problem. It is a problem. A human problem. We are all living with HIV. Scott A. Rifkin...
...widely regarded as a braggart who was lucky to have become chairman of a studio in the first place. But his twisting-in-the-Santa-Ana-winds demise didn't raise spirits at Sony. And he wasn't the only casualty. On Wednesday Variety confidently reported that Arnold Rifkin, worldwide head of motion pictures for the William Morris Agency, had been offered Canton's job. Many observers were surprised, as Rifkin lacks executive experience. But since joining William Morris nearly four years ago, he has done much to re-energize the agency's sleepy movie business, adding such clients...
...Rifkin confirmed that he was in talks. Unfortunately for him he was talking to Levine, who apparently hoped that a Rifkin hire would help him hold on to his own job. "Arnold was the horse that Levine was riding," says a source sympathetic to Rifkin. "Arnold got to the starting gate and found out his jockey was dead." Early Thursday morning, Rifkin attended a chilly meeting with Sony chief Nobuyuki Idei. After an hour punctuated with awkward silences, it was clear that Sony wouldn't make Rifkin's deal...
Rivals hoped the episode would strike a blow to the resurgent William Morris Agency, because movie stars, notoriously insecure, don't like to think their agents would even consider changing vocations. Competitors mocked Rifkin for making himself vulnerable by acknowledging that he had been in talks with Sony without a deal in hand...
...after the Sony meeting, Rifkin told associates that he had signed a new, long-term agreement with William Morris, and allies rallied behind him. "He was honest, honorable and forthcoming in a way in which nobody in Hollywood has the guts to be anymore," said DreamWorks partner Jeffrey Katzenberg. Stallone praised Rifkin, and a source close to Willis and Glover says they too will remain with him. Rifkin, known for psychospeak, was philosophical. "I feel as though I've journeyed to a place and I've come back stronger and wiser...