CBS MAY DELAY REVAMPED `MORNING'.Byline: Daily News Wire Services Don't be surprised if, at some point in the coming weeks, CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. says it's going to delay the launch of its revamped version of ``This Morning'' at least a week, back to Aug. 12. (We'll pause a moment while conspiracy theorists develop stories about a network news program in trouble.) Time's up. In reality, there isn't any trouble, but there is a minor scheduling problem. Seems that before announcing Aug. 5 as the launch date for the new version of the morning show, with its new format and players, CBS suits failed to notice that the date fell at the end of the July sweeps, a quarterly ratings period used by local stations to set advertising rates. On a national level, where, of course, network suits operate, the July sweeps period is a mere blip on the radar screen. But on the local level, the summer session is something of a big deal. So instead of forcing stations to deal with the launch of a show at such a semi-important time, CBS is set to shift the debut. Hey, Joe: The ubiquitous Joe Eszterhas is back in action. Just days after word surfaced that Spike Lee Noun 1. Spike Lee - United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957) Lee, Shelton Jackson Lee will direct Eszterhas' Paramount thriller ``Reliable Sources,'' reps for Eszterhas said a new spec script A spec script is a "speculative" screenplay, one that the Variety slanguage dictionary defines as being "shopped or sold on the open market, as opposed to one commissioned by a studio or production company. by the steamy scribe will be wending its way to Hollywood this week - only with a difference: This time, the film isn't an erotic thriller along the lines of Eszterhas' ``Basic Instinct'' or ``Jade,'' but a comedy about Hollywood itself. The script, ``An Alan Smithee Film'' (titled after the moniker (1) A name, title or alias. See alias. (2) A COM object that is used to create instances of other objects. Monikers save programmers time when coding various types of COM-based functions such as linking one document to another (OLE). See COM and OLE. used by directors who choose to have their real names removed from a film's credits), is going out ``for comments and feedback'' - not to executives, but to some of the real-life characters who feature in it. This includes Sly Stallone, Bruce Willis Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is an American actor and singer. He came to fame in the late 1980s and has since retained a career as both a Hollywood leading man and a supporting actor, in particular for his role as John McClane in the Die Hard series. , producer Bob Evans, legal ace Robert Shapiro This article is about the lawyer. For the economist, see Robert J. Shapiro. Robert Leslie Shapiro (born September 2, 1942 in Plainfield, New Jersey), is a high-profile attorney who is most notable for being part of the defense team which successfully defended , detective-to-the-stars Anthony Pellicano and the Hughes brothers. Eszterhas, reached at home late last week, declined to give any additional details, but made sure the names of his Hollywood associates got a mention: agent Arnold Rifkin of William Morris Agency Founded in 1898, the William Morris Agency is the largest diversified talent and literary agency in the world, with offices in New York City, Beverly Hills, Nashville, Miami, London, and Shanghai. , attorneys Sam Fischer and Patricia Glaser, and producer Ben Myron. |
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