Word: warners
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...told inquiring moguls that he thinks Ovitz would have no trouble raising money to acquire a midsize company--and Allen's clearly a guy who would know--though no obvious candidate springs to mind. And Gordon Crawford of the Capital Group, which controls major stakes in Disney and Time Warner, says he would consider investing in an Ovitz venture. After all, he observes, "the guy was very successful in one career." He's referring, of course, to Ovitz's work building the formidable Creative Artists Agency, not Disney...
...think, is a measure of how powerful money managers have become and why CalPERS needs to be more careful about whom it puts on the list. It has become closely watched and uniformly accepted as investment gospel. Not only is it a public embarrassment to be singled out (Time Warner, this magazine's owner, was a target in 1992 and 1993), but people are making decisions based on the list. Kayla Gillan, general counsel at CalPERS, says Reebok was chosen last summer--before its recent stock surge. C'mon, there's no excuse for not having the flexibility to adjust...
Christopher Darden has given up practicing law, but he's still chasing after the bad guys--at least on paper. The former prosecutor who turned anguishing courtroom defeat into cozy bestsellerdom has just signed on at Warner Books to co-author with Dick Lochte two mystery novels about a female African-American assistant district attorney. The first is tentatively titled Right of Conscience...
That's too bad, because the audience at the Brattle Theatre enjoyed every minute of "The Bugs Bunny Film Fest of the Best '97," a compilation of twelve shorts spanning the golden age of Warner Brothers animation. The inspired lunacy of these cartoon masterpieces lies in their simultaneous frivolity and sophistication. This rare combination has preserved the appeal of these cartoons for over half a century and makes them even more valuable in today's wasteland devoid of truly creative programming. Where else have some of the greatest works of classical music been used to score the falling...
...merger of Warner Bros. and Turner Entertainment has unified the Looney Tunes collection, allowing the Brattle to compose a program that includes the first Bugs Bunny and Tweety and Sylvester cartoons, the first Warner cartoon to win an Oscar and several hilarious Chuck Jones shorts. The festival carefully includes all the famous Looney Tunes phrases--"What's up, Doc?" "I tawt I taw a putty tat!" and "Be vewy, vewy quiet"--but if you listen closely, the cartoons are replete with wry jokes and creative banter...