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...were persuaded to do the film by Chris Lee, now Columbia's president of production but then head of its TriStar division (both owned by Sony). The partners put on hold a movie they had in the works, dubbed Project X, about ("I kid you not," says Devlin) a giant meteor on a collision course with Earth. Lee was also the most persistent of the studio execs in persuading Toho to lend out its famous monster. Still, when he saw Tatopoulos' model just hours before it was unveiled for the Toho board of directors in Tokyo, Lee was stunned...
Careful not to invoke the name Sony (and thus stir up intra-Japanese competitiveness), Lee asked the Toho board members to think of the pair's model as the "Tristar Godzilla," a line extension of their own "Classic Godzilla" franchise. And most important, he says, "we left the model in the boardroom overnight so they could get used to it." Whether persuaded by all or part of the delegation's arguments, Toho gave its blessing the next day. Says Tatopoulos: "The Japanese told me that the new Godzilla is miles away from the old creature but that I kept...
...Until three years ago, the networks were limited in the kind of programming they could own, but with the limits lifted, the pressure is on. CBS, which co-owns an unprecedented six of its seven new shows, gave "King of Queens" a slot on the schedule after Columbia Tristar surrendered a share. "NewsRadio," a so-so sitcom, was renewed for a fourth season after NBC, considered the most aggressive network, acquired profit participation from the producer, Brillstein-Grey, which most likely went for the deal in order to prolong the show's life and make it eligible...
Idei's stature in America's "New Establishment" mirrors Sony's performance these days. Men in Black is just one of a string of hits this year that has enabled Sony Pictures (Columbia, TriStar) to fly past $1 billion in U.S. box-office sales in record time. In music, Sony's record division continues to churn out profits, even though the industry is downbeat. Sony's PlayStation game player has blown away Nintendo. And Sony still sells $23.28 billion worth of audio-video equipment. Its second quarter was a monster, with sales rising 20.6% to $13.6 billion and income rising...
...seven Harvard competitors that the Columbia TriStar headquarters has registered in its system, the student says that he has logged in as three of them. He says he knows of one other student who uses the same strategy and says he suspects that there may be only one other player at Harvard who is playing under the four other names...