"We're going to go home and watch Hawaii Five-0 guest-starring Vanessa Minnillo," he laughs
Music superstars gab backstage about this year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees.
California Attorney General Jerry Brown announced Tuesday his candidacy for governor.
Jerry Brown wants another shot at running California. Jessica Yellin looks at this unique politician.
Has Carly Simon finally told the world the subject of "You're So Vain"?
Every day for months now, pundits and peanut gallery members have weighed in on the subject of what The New York Times might do to save itself. The prevailing wisdom is that the Times - arguably the most influential and well-regarded newspaper on the planet - is in peril of disappearing, and jeez, if the Grey Lady can't survive, who will, and what does that portend for the future of journalism? But that's an overstated view - in reality, the Times newspaper is holding up better than many of its competitors amid the media meltdown, and the company's problems are largely corporate in nature. So a better question is: who might end up controlling the newspaper and what will they do with it?
Showbiz Tonight's A.J. Hammer explores how the California wildfires are affecting Hollywood.
CNN's Carol Costello reports on censorship at the Emmy Awards -- political or otherwise.
DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. head Jeffrey Katzenberg said Wednesday that Viacom Inc. shouldn't be nonchalant about the possibility of losing Steven Spielberg.
It's big news that the goddess of talk, Oprah Winfrey, is throwing a huge shindig for U.S. Sen. Barack Obama at her California estate that is expected to bring in $3 million.
Chicago real estate mogul Sam Zell, tapped Monday as the buyer of media conglomerate Tribune Co., has already talked to entertainment mogul David Geffen about a possible deal for the Los Angeles Times, according to a published report.
Chicago real estate mogul Sam Zell has reportedly become a front runner to buy the Tribune Co. media conglomerate, which has struggled to find a buyer whose offer was acceptable to the company.
The top two Democratic presidential contenders fought Sunday for the support of African-American voters in a place infamous for a bloody clash between voting rights protesters and police.
The long-term impact of the Tinseltown tussle between the Clinton and Obama campaigns is no big deal, but it showcases a big issue in the primary campaign.
The two front-runners in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination traded jabs Wednesday over remarks made by a Hollywood mogul and a powerful South Carolina lawmaker.
A look at estimates for some of the most prominent houses in Zillow.com's database.
In 1986, when Robert Wright went from running GE's finance division to running NBC, David Letterman joked that his new boss was going to order up a miniseries on the toaster oven. Twenty-one years ...
Like Warren Buffett, Eddie Lampert calls himself a "value investor," meaning he buys into companies whose assets he calculates are worth more than the current trading price.
THE TROUBLE WITH DREAM TEAMS IS that they aren't built to last. The 1992 USA Olympic basketball team played only eight games. Derek and the Dominos made just one album. Never mind Ben and J. Lo. Qu...
General Electric's NBC Universal unit is in talks to possibly buy the live action part of independent studio DreamWorks, according to a published report.
Twenty-two years after mogul David Geffen promised to let the public onto the beach near his mansion, a walkway was opened and activists savored their victory under the watchful eye of security cameras and a guard.
Shares of DreamWorks Animation SKG rocketed 39 percent to $39 in their first morning of trade Thursday. By midday, shares had eased a bit but still traded 34 percent higher.
On the heels of Shrek 2's success ($425 million in ticket sales), DreamWorks Studios is gearing up for the $650 million IPO of its animation division. But is it the end of the celebrated partnershi...
DreamWorks SKG has filed for an initial public offering for its animation unit, maker of the hit movies "Shrek" and "Shrek 2."
Fortune: Book Reviewupdated: Mon Mar 08 2004 00:01:00
Reader Advisory: The following book, Howling at the Moon: The Odyssey of a Monstrous Music Mogul in an Age of Excess (Broadway Books, 24.95), by former CBS Records chief Walter Yetnikoff, contains ...
Most voters don't wake up to the fact that there is a presidential election until their favorite television programs are interrupted every four years by the summer conventions. The nightmare for an...
With the buzz surrounding The Operator, the new biography of Hollywood supermogul David Geffen, you'd expect some decent dirt--at least enough for a tawdry movie. (Geffen, who stopped cooperating w...
Fortune: The End Of Tasteupdated: Mon Feb 21 2000 00:01:00
Nobrow: The Culture of Marketing--The Marketing of Culture by John Seabrook (Alfred A. Knopf)
Hey, tycoon. Want to look like a hotshot raising money for your favorite political candidate, without all the mess and bother? Then hire your own political fundraiser. Movie moguls David Geffen, St...
In Hollywood these days, it's almost possible to believe Michael Ovitz never happened. Talent agencies are trying to get their clients work, not broker corporate megamergers or prove they're sharpe...
Barry Diller must want a media empire in the worst way--how else do you explain his plan to acquire control of two dogs, Savoy Pictures Entertainment and Home Shopping Network? The former has produ...
"As long as I am treated nicely, and I can be of some help, I'll be only too pleased to do anything I can, anytime," says MCA President Sidney J. Sheinberg. Had he been able to get that message thr...
The business of content -- copyrighted material such as movies and TV shows -- has always been a game of musical chairs. The latest scramble began in November when Capital Cities/ABC created a $200...
IF HEMINGWAY AND Fitzgerald could update one of their more memorable bits of repartee, it might go something like this: ''Ernest, the rich are different from you and me.'' ''Yes, Scott, they have m...
Fortune: THE INSIDERupdated: Mon Jan 24 1994 00:01:00
Mike Milken invests, we report. His Junkbondness is now backing Seventh Level, a Los Angeles educational interactive multimedia software company. Sort of like videogames with vitamins. A co-founder...
AND NOW the fashion report on men's suits for fall. It's arrivederci Milano and three cheers for the home team. ''The Italian extended-shoulder look is on its way out,'' says Chrys Fisher, CEO of O...
MONEY NEVER goes out of style, but spending it sometimes does. As we downshift from the extravagant 1980s to the penurious 1990s, many of the 233 wealthy individuals and families on Fortune's sixth...
Fortune: A BOFFO DEALupdated: Mon Apr 23 1990 00:01:00
After dropping out of two colleges, David Geffen landed a job in the mailroom at the William Morris talent agency by pretending he had a UCLA degree. The rest, as they say, is history. Geffen launc...
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