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...from Dallas, Texas and haven't had a lotof experience with this. It's a lot of fun," saidJulie B. Silverman '01. "Our blocking group alwaysgoes out for a big game of snow football...
...virtual studio" for stars--effectively usurping the roles of agent, manager and studio chief. Round 1 is building the talent bank: Ovitz first captured two of young Hollywood's brightest stars, Leonardo DiCaprio and Cameron Diaz, by bringing over their managers, Rick Yorn and his sister-in-law Julie Silverman Yorn. Ovitz then started going after CAA's list of bankable celebs. Yet he has also merged with Gotham Group--a go-go firm of top animators--begun negotiations for a start-up record company, hired an Internet whiz and snooped around for a small TV-production firm...
When we first teamed up at ABC in the mid-'70s, broadcast television was still a heady and vibrant place. We were thrilled when we heard someone mention a show we had helped get on--Soap, maybe, or Barney Miller or Taxi. We learned from our favorite bosses, Fred Silverman and Michael Eisner, that a good programmer respects the audience, takes risks, has showman-like instincts and lives to bring the best and brightest talent to the people...
...Does management deserve a second chance? Put Dunlap in charge of a bloated company in trouble, and I'd buy the stock. (I'd also sell it within a year.) I also believe Henry Silverman, CEO of the marketing firm Cendant, will fix things in the wake of a disastrous merger with CUC International. His may be the ultimate display of agility. Silverman is selling chunks of the company he built, which is now worth more in liquidation than its value in the market...
...going to use it as the core of my training, but it's nice to have people to run with once a week," Silverman said, adding that he appreciates the opportunity to run in local road races...