Word: studioful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...decade, is worrying many independent video-rental dealers, who fear they lack the clout to make deals as beneficial as Blockbuster's. "We're at a disadvantage," says John Heim, owner of five video stores in Lakewood, Colo. He says he must pay 55% of revenue to a studio or a third-party broker and that the Blockbuster advantage (he competes with one two miles away) has hurt his business...
Lolita has finally landed. This weekend Showtime, trying to carve out a niche for itself as the edgy cable channel, will show the movie that no studio wanted to distribute. One of the best reasons to watch--apart from the alluring glimpses of the retainer that DOMINIQUE SWAIN's Lolita wears--is to see JEREMY IRONS do his favorite "I'm in love with the wrong person" act. He has loved so many of the wrong people in his films, he could be a regular guest on Jerry Springer. A glimpse at his past film amours...
...teens and Hollywood are on that same intimate basis. "Everything is being cast younger in Hollywood," says Cathy Konrad, producer of Williamson's new black comedy, Killing Mrs. Tingle. "You'll read a script where the characters are 40 years old, and the studio will ask if they can be in their early 20s instead." The moguls also think of how the Amy Heckerling comedy Clueless transformed Jane Austen's Emma into a modern-teen hit, and they dip some literary favorite into the fountain of youthpix. The fall film Ten Things I Hate About You, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt...
...such performers as Mariah Carey, TLC and Usher. For recreation, nestled about the den, he has half-a-dozen arcade-style video games--including Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter II. For work, tucked in a corner on the ground floor, he has a cozy but well-furbished home studio. Often, when staff members at So So Def, the record label he heads, hold meetings, Dupri doesn't even leave his house to attend, but calls in via speaker phone. "I do [music] 100%," says Dupri. "Ain't nothing else going on in my life. Everybody else got kids, families...
...Dupri, like Sean ("Puffy") Combs before him, is about to take the biggest risk of his professional career and step out from the safety of his studio. Like Puffy, he has been known primarily as a producer, but on July 21, Dupri will showcase his talents as a rapper-performer and release Life in 1472, his debut solo album. Well, it's sort of a solo album; hedging his bets, Dupri's CD features an impressive array of already successful guest performers, including rappers Snoop Doggy Dogg, Mase and Lil Kim, as well as R.-and-B. singers Carey, Usher...