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...self-respecting, really, really, really rich and famous guy would do - he got his own movie studio, and one with a storied Hollywood pedigree at that. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. (MGM) has announced a deal with Cruise and his production partner, Paula Wagner, to relaunch the United Artists studio (UA), the company founded by Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith in 1919 and responsible for such iconic film franchises as James Bond and Rocky...
...UA's future seemed uncertain after Sony, Comcast and a group of private equity firms acquired its parent MGM in 2004. But now, along with "substantial ownership," Cruise and Wagner will set United Artists' production slate and Wagner will serve as CEO. Cruise will star in and produce films for the revamped company, which plans to deliver about four movies a year to start. Marketing and distribution will be handled...
...excited to take this classic brand into the future and create a new, artist-centric, artist-friendly company driven by strong business principles," says Wagner, who likened their vision for UA to that of the Medici family's patronage of the arts during Italian Renaissance. In the works since early September, the UA deal has left Wagner and Cruise "completely open right now" to all varieties of film projects, Wagner told TIME, "ranging from high concept to smaller, character-driven films...
...newest facebook feature by “tagging” so many pictures of someone that it’s clear that they are more than just the “friend of a friend’s friend’s girlfriend’s one-time UA.” (Jerk.) Alternatively, you can post inside jokes on each other’s walls, letting those who pound refresh on your facebook profile know just how close the two of you are without making your other friends feel like afterthoughts...
...with the guy. Also, after City Primeval sold to United Artists, I used the same character in my next book, and my agent in Hollywood said, "You've got to change this guy's name because United Artists owns him and if we don't sell the book to UA, we won't be able to sell it." So I changed his name and lightened his mustache...