THE BUZZ : A CHANGE AT THE TOP ON HOLLYWOOD LIST.More bad news for Michael Eisner Michael Dammann Eisner (born March 7, 1942) was CEO of The Walt Disney Company from September 22, 1984 to September 30, 2005. Early life Michael Eisner was born to a wealthy family in Mt. Kisco, New York, and raised on Park Avenue in Manhattan. : Rival Rupert Murdoch has replaced him as the most powerful person in Hollywood, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Premiere magazine's Power List of the 100 most powerful people in the entertainment industry. Reversing last year's positions, News Corp. chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Murdoch jumps to No. 1 over the Walt Disney Co. chairman and CEO in Premiere's annual ranking, to be published in its June issue. The drop of Eisner, embroiled em·broil tr.v. em·broiled, em·broil·ing, em·broils 1. To involve in argument, contention, or hostile actions: "Avoid . . . in an embarrassing lawsuit by former first lieutenant Jeffrey Katzenberg and experiencing unusually disappointing stock earnings, reflects to some measure ``the turmoil at Disney,'' Premiere deputy editor Howard Karren The Karren is a mountain in Bregenzerwald, part of the Northern Limestone Alps in Vorarlberg, Austria. Karren is the terms used to describe the micro-solutional feature that form on exposed limestone surfaces. said. Since the magazine went to press, another top Disney exec, David Vogel - who had been running film operations - has been deposed. Mostly, however, Karren said Premiere was impressed by Murdoch's entrepreneurial moves. ``News Corp. has been relentlessly expanding, taking risks, and it's been paying off,'' Karren said. Murdoch's top execs - News Corp. president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. Peter Chernin and Fox film division chairman and CEO Bill Mechanic - jump to No. 6 from No. 10. Disney Studios chairman Joe Roth falls to No. 8 from No. 7. The middle of the top 10 does not change from last year, with Viacom CEO Sumner Redstone, filmmaker Steven Spielberg and Seagram Co. CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. again ranked Nos. 3, 4 and 5, respectively. The fall of Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . co-CEOs Bob Daly and Terry Semel to No. 9 from No. 8 is puzzling because, by all accounts, Warner Bros. improved its performance from a year ago. George Lucas' rise to No. 10 from No. 17 reflects the anticipated strength of his ``Star Wars'' prequel pre·quel n. A literary, dramatic, or cinematic work whose narrative takes place before that of a preexisting work or a sequel. [pre- + (se)quel.] . The Cher report: Cher plays an aging diva in her new film, ``Tea With Mussolini,'' and it's amazing how well she took to the role. Although her co-stars have nothing but kind words for her acting, Cher apparently was miffed miff n. 1. A petulant, bad-tempered mood; a huff. 2. A petty quarrel or argument; a tiff. tr.v. miffed, miff·ing, miffs To cause to become offended or annoyed. that director Franco Zeffirelli cut some of her scenes. ``She was upset,'' hunky hun·ky 1 n. pl. hun·kies Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person, especially a laborer, from east-central Europe. co-star Paolo Sagenti said at Sunday's premiere party at Osteria del Circo Osteria del Circo is a AAA five diamond circus themed fine dining restaurant in Manhattan and Las Vegas (at the Bellagio) owned and operated by Sirio Maccioni and his family. They opened the restaurant after the first incarnation of Le Cirque closed. . ``You know, she's a movie star - she wants to be on camera as much as she can. She felt that Franco shouldn't have cut some scenes with her.'' Not that Sagenti didn't enjoy working with her - especially in their sheet-scorching love scene. ``I was buck-naked first of all, so it was a little uncomfortable,'' says Sagenti, who is due to appear in a movie Cher plans to direct. ``It was very hard to control myself, because she is very sexy.'' Others at the ``Tea'' party were co-stars Dame Judi Dench and Joan Plowright, along with Walter Cronkite, Barbara Walters, Nathan Lane and Zeffirelli. It's the pits: Julia Roberts finally did it with Howard Stern. The Pretty Woman showed up on Stern's morning show yesterday after the shock jock's sidekick, Robin Quivers, gave $12,000 to one of Roberts' favorite charities. Stern apparently didn't know she was coming until early in the morning and told her he was ``woozy'' just from looking at her. His interrogation interrogation In criminal law, process of formally and systematically questioning a suspect in order to elicit incriminating responses. The process is largely outside the governance of law, though in the U.S. included a question about why Roberts didn't shave her armpits, which the actress explained was one of those things that she doesn't really concentrate on. Leguizamo's next role: ``Mambo Mouth'' is about to become a papa. John Leguizamo and girlfriend Justine Maurer are expecting a baby, his rep confirms. The two started dating in 1997 and, undeterred by reports that Leguizamo grew especially close with co-star Mira Sorvino during the filming of ``Summer of Sam,'' they've stuck together. The actor's publicist declined to comment on whether Leguizamo and Maurer plan to wed. But we can understand how he might want to take things slow after a messy divorce from Yelba Osario, in which he claimed she assaulted him and ``hated his dog.'' `Graduate' students: An icon of Manhattan urbanity, director Mike Nichols was the toast of the city Monday at the Film Society of Lincoln Center's 26th annual gala tribute. ``If Mike Nichols' name is not synonymous with film,'' said Candice Bergen, who starred in ``Carnal carnal adjective Referring to the flesh, to baser instincts, often referring to sexual “knowledge” Knowledge'' in 1971, ``then at least both contain the letters I, L and M. That's more than you can say for Martin Scorsese or Akira Kurosawa.'' Bergen was one of many actors and collaborators who joined in the three-hour fete at Avery Fisher Hall Avery Fisher Hall, located in New York City, is a part of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts complex. It is the home of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. The hall contains 2,738 seats. for the man who earned a directing Oscar for 1967 groundbreaker ``The Graduate'' as well as an Emmy and seven Tonys for his work on Broadway. Nichols' first film - the 1966 classic ``Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' - pushed new boundaries in screen dialogue and content for a studio film - and has the unique distinction of being the only film ever to have its entire cast nominated for Academy Awards. (Elizabeth Taylor and Sandy Dennis both picked up statuettes.) Nora Ephron, Matthew Broderick and Harrison Ford also spoke fondly of Nichols, while Meryl Streep noted that she had not worked on a Nichols film since her appearance at a 1990 tribute to him. Responding to his tributes with eloquent quotes from Auden and others, Nichols remarked on the no-show by at least one prominent star. ``Where the hell is Dustin? He was nothing when I found him,'' Nichols joked, comparing Hoffman's absence to ``the monster not showing up at a tribute for Dr. Frankenstein.'' ``I have half a mind to cut him out of `The Graduate' in its digital release - and use Harrison Ford,'' he added. For now, though, Hoffman's place is as secure as Nichols' in the cinematic pantheon. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO A `MUMMY' MOMENT Belly dancers, camels and 20 tons of sand were brought in Tuesday for the Universal City premiere of ``The Mummy,'' which stars Brendan Fraser. Michael Caulfield/Associated Press |
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