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...from what we expect. Weezy loves to tell us stories of the women with whom he’s had domestic relations, describe the sports cars he drives, and explain the benjamin baths he takes to clean off after a hard day’s work in the studio. But “Tha Carter II” was dropped three years ago, and in the interim, Wayne stepped up his game and promoted himself heavily with mixtapes. Sprung from the mind of the drug-addled, five-foot-six, dreadlocked Wayne, “Tha Carter III?...
...Merrill Lynch was a big player - in April 2007 it wrangled more than $1 billion for Summit Entertainment, a new studio that is releasing the hotly anticipated movie Twilight in November. It also backed a $500-million production facility for MGM's United Artists division, which is releasing the less promising-looking Tom Cruise vehicle, Valkyrie, in December. "Do those deals happen in today's market?" asks a rival studio executive. "I'm not sure about that...
...Kavanaugh, one of the few who has been able to close studio finance deals in the past few months, says he welcomes the new rules. "It's a natural equilibrium that had to happen," Kavanaugh says. "There's not a fire sale going on. Smart deals will continue to get made, with investors having a significantly better seat at the table...
...market pressures may even have an upside for the studios, in terms of pacing and quality control. Too much money in the marketplace has resulted in too many movies competing for eyeballs, some studio execs say. "A lot of us are looking at our release schedules and making a conscious decision to slow it down," says one executive whose studio is currently seeking financing. As evidence, he points to how many companies shuffled their lineups when Warner Bros. moved the next Harry Potter movie from November to summer 2009. "When you take a gigantic vacuum out of the marketplace, everyone...
Though the new concentration is listed under the MDesS—a post-professional, non-studio degree program—courses in Sustainable Design are open to students outside of MDesS...