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Legendary’s Thomas Tull Among Just 3 Contenders Bidding For San Diego Padres
21 May 2012 3:09 PM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Exclusive: More rich Hollywood boys and their toys besides Jerry Bruckheimer and pro hockey, and Peter Guber and pro basketball, and others. … Now the local San Diego media is reporting that Legendary Entertainment Chairman/CEO Thomas Tull is making a bid for the Padres baseball team. Today, San Diego Padres Hall of Fame outfielder and hometown hero Tony Gwynn — now head baseball coach at Sdsu — publicly endorsed Tull to the local media. [Update: Hall Of Famer Tony Gwynn is joining Tull's group in the bidding, according to Gwynn's agent John Boggs. Gwynn played for the Padres his entire 20-season big league career and is currently a baseball coach at his alma mater, San Diego State. The AP says that Gwynn met with Tull last week, according to Boggs.] Tull is one of 5 potential bidders for the team, but my sources say the vetting has narrowed to just 3 contenders — and Tull is among that select group. They want to buy the 51% share of the baseball team which current Padres Chairman John Moores is selling as the result of a divorce. Tull is a well-known baseball fan who was born and raised in Binghamton, NY, less than 70 miles from Cooperstown, where he frequently visited the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. »
- NIKKI FINKE
Legendary’s Thomas Tull Among Just 3 Contenders Bidding For San Diego Padres
21 May 2012 3:09 PM, PDT | Deadline Hollywood | See recent Deadline Hollywood news »
Exclusive: More rich Hollywood boys and their toys besides Jerry Bruckheimer and pro hockey, and Peter Guber and pro basketball, and others. … Now the local San Diego media is reporting that Legendary Entertainment Chairman/CEO Thomas Tull is making a bid for the Padres baseball team. Today, San Diego Padres Hall of Fame outfielder and hometown hero Tony Gwynn — now head baseball coach at Sdsu — publicly endorsed Tull to the local media. [Update: Hall Of Famer Tony Gwynn is joining Tull's group in the bidding, according to Gwynn's agent John Boggs. Gwynn played for the Padres his entire 20-season big league career and is currently a baseball coach at his alma mater, San Diego State. The AP says that Gwynn met with Tull last week, according to Boggs.] Tull is one of 5 potential bidders for the team, but my sources say the vetting has narrowed to just 3 contenders — and Tull is among that select group. They want to buy the 51% share of the baseball team which current Padres Chairman John Moores is selling as the result of a divorce. Tull is a well-known baseball fan who was born and raised in Binghamton, NY, less than 70 miles from Cooperstown, where he frequently visited the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. »
- NIKKI FINKE
10 Unmade Tim Burton Films: From 'After Hours' To 'Superman Lives' & More
11 May 2012 10:00 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
It's curious that a director as idiosyncratic and...well, just plain weird as Tim Burton has become one of Hollywood's A-listers. But from 1989's "Batman" to 2010's billion-dollar-grossing "Alice in Wonderland," the helmer has managed to turn his dark, gothic imagination into something that genuinely captures the hearts and minds of the general public. Indeed, even films like "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and the upcoming "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter," which are produced by Burton, show that he, like Alfred Hitchcock before him, has become one of the few directors who's a true brand name, with audiences knowing what they can expect when they purchase a ticket.
But despite his success, Burton, like every filmmaker, isn't necessarily able to get everything he wants made. The path of his career has been littered with a number of projects that either didn't get made at all, or got made with radically different interpretations and visions to them. »
- Oliver Lyttelton
Sale of L.A. Dodgers Officially Completed
1 May 2012 10:51 AM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
The Los Angeles Dodgers have new owners. On Tuesday morning, the lawyers finally finished what has been described as an “incredibly complex deal” to complete the $2.15 billion sale of the team and Dodger Stadium. The new ownership includes Guggenheim Partners CEO Mark Walter, who is described in a news release as the “control person”; Earvin “Magic” Johnson, who is expected to serve as the public face of the club; and Stan Kasten, an experienced baseball executive who is now CEO of the National League team. Story: What Does New Co-Owner Peter Guber Bring to the L.A. Dodgers?
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- Alex Ben Block
What Does New Co-Owner Peter Guber Bring to the L.A. Dodgers?
4 April 2012 8:33 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
This story originally appeared in the April 13 issue of The Hollywood Reporter. Compared to the Lakers, the Los Angeles Dodgers haven't cultivated much of a relationship with Hollywood. But that could change thanks to the inclusion of Laker great Magic Johnson and former Sony Pictures head Peter Guber among the new owners of the storied baseball franchise. Photos: Hollywood's Most Popular Athletes-Turned-Actors Guber, 70, brings proven skills as a marketer as well as deep contacts among L.A.'s show business elite and a bag of tricks honed during 15 years as an owner of successful minor-
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- Alex Ben Block
The Dodgers' New Hollywood Player: Will Peter Guber Bring the Glitz?
29 March 2012 2:42 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
The Los Angeles Dodgers' new minority investor Peter Guber is well known in Hollywood as a producer (Rainman, Batman), as the former head of Sony Pictures Entertainment, as a professor at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and, since 1994, as the CEO and driving force behind the Mandalay Entertainment Group. But in recent years, Guber, 70, has increasingly turned his energy toward sports, with ownership interests in minor-league baseball teams and, since 2010, as an owner of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors. Photos: 26 of Hollywood's Most Popular Athletes-Turned-Actors Guber can’t talk about what
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- Alex Ben Block
Dodger Buyers Magic Johnson, Peter Guber, Guggenheim to Meet Monday (Exclusive)
29 March 2012 2:19 PM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Magic Johnson, Peter Guber and the other new Dodgers owners will convene on Monday to discuss the team’s future business strategy, TheWrap has learned. The strategy session comes ahead of a news conference with the new owners and outgoing owner Frank McCourt later next week, according to two knowledgeable individuals. A spokeswoman for Guggenheim Partners, the lead investor in the Dodgers deal, declined to comment. As TheWrap has previously reported, the business strategy mainly involves the team’s television rights in the wake of buying the team for a record $2.15 billion last week. The »
- Lucas Shaw
Hollywood Cheers Magic Johnson's Purchase of the Dodgers
29 March 2012 1:59 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Wednesday's announcement that a consortium that includes Magic Johnson, Peter Guber and Chicago investment fund Guggenheim Partners had purchased the Dodgers for $2 billion from embattled owner Frank McCourt brought an outpouring of cheers from Hollywood and from Los Angeles-area sports figures. (Guggenheim Partners is an owner of New York-based Prometheus Global Media, parent company of The Hollywood Reporter.) Photos: 26 of Hollywood's Most Popular Athletes-Turned-Actors The $2 billion price was the highest price ever paid for a U.S. professional sports team. The deal still must be approved by U.S. Bankruptcy Court
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- Andy Lewis
$2 Billion — The Magic Number For L.A. Dodgers
28 March 2012 12:08 PM, PDT | Studio Briefing - TV News | See recent Studio Briefing - TV News news »
Dodger Stadium Under Construction - Photo Kcet
In 1957, in an effort to entice Walter O’Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, to move his team to Los Angeles, the city and county of Los Angeles offered to give him 300 acres of public land in Chavez Ravine, grade it and provide access roads at a cost of $4.7 million. In return, O’Malley was to turn over to the city Wrigley Field, where the Pacific Coast League Los Angeles Angels played (valued at $2.5 million), develop and maintain a 40-acre recreation park for 20 years, and pay an estimated $350,000 annually in property taxes. O’Malley would privately build a stadium at an estimated cost of $10-15 million. That deal — modest in 1957 — is now worth $2 billion. That’s how much a group headed by former Los Angeles Lakers sensation Magic Johnson, film exec Peter Guber and businessmen Bobby Patton and Todd Boehly and funded »
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Magic Johnson group bids on L.A. Dodgers for $2 billion
28 March 2012 7:06 AM, PDT | Pop2it | See recent Pop2it news »
Magic Johnson has swooped in to lend a little magic to the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, which had fallen on hard financial times under the leadership of owner Frank McCourt.
The former Los Angeles Lakers star leads a group that also includes head of Mandalay Entertainment Peter Guber, CEO of Guggenheim Partners Mark Walter and Stan Kasten, former Atlanta Hawks Gm, and former president to both the Atlanta Braves and Washington Nationals, and which has put in a bid to buy the Dodgers for $2 billion.
That becomes easily the largest price ever paid for a professional sports team. The former Mlb record was when the Chicago Cubs were bought for $845 million in 2008. The North American record was when the Miami Dolphins were bought for $1.15 billion in 2009. And the worldwide record was previously set when the Manchester United soccer team was purchased for $1.4 billion.
McCourt must be doing backflips at the offer, »
- editorial@zap2it.com
Magic Johnson’s Group Wins Bidding To Buy Dodgers For Record $2B
27 March 2012 9:01 PM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
The bidding group is the last one standing after many Dodgers suitors came and went during the monthslong process, and the $2 billion deal is the richest ever for a U.S. sports franchise. The new owners — who emerged after three groups participated in a U.S. Bankruptcy Court auction today — are grouped under the banner Guggenheim Baseball Management. That mix includes Magic Johnson, Hollywood producer Peter Guber, baseball executive Stan Kasten and Bobby Patton as well as Todd Boehly and Mark Walter of Guggenheim Partners — that company co-owns Prometheus Global Media, which owns Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter. Walter will be controlling partner of the Dodgers when the deal closes at the end of April. The agreement with soon-to-be-ex-owner Frank McCourt is for the team and Dodger Stadium, and a separate joint venture with some members of the group — including McCourt — will buy the parking lots and property for an extra $150 million. »
- PATRICK HIPES, Managing Editor
Magic Johnson Buys Los Angeles Dodgers—but What's the Batman Connection?
27 March 2012 9:00 PM, PDT | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
There's definitely some star (and superhero) power with the Dodgers, now. E! News confirms that former Los Angeles Laker Earvin "Magic" Johnson was part of a purchasing group that won the bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers, shelling out $2 billion (yes, billion) for the famous baseball team. But Magic wasn't the only notable name in the pack going up to bat for this team... Johnson partnered up with five other men for this purchase, including Peter Guber, the producer of Tim Burton's Batman flicks, and hit films Rain Man and Flashdance. Now we can add "part owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers" to his résumé, as well. Magic said in a statement, "I am »
Magic Johnson Buys Los Angeles Dodgers—but What's the Batman Connection?
27 March 2012 9:00 PM, PDT | E! Online - UK | See recent E! Online - UK news »
There's definitely some star (and superhero) power with the Dodgers, now. E! News confirms that former Los Angeles Laker Earvin "Magic" Johnson was part of a purchasing group that won the bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers, shelling out $2 billion (yes, billion) for the famous baseball team. But Magic wasn't the only notable name in the pack going up to bat for this team... Johnson partnered up with five other men for this purchase, including Peter Guber, the producer of Tim Burton's Batman flicks, and hit films Rain Man and Flashdance. Now we can add "part owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers" to his résumé, as well. Magic said in a statement, "I am »
Peter Guber And Mike Tollin Partner To Launch Mandalay Sports Media
21 March 2012 6:00 AM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Peter Guber’s Mandalay Entertainment Group is expanding its presence in sports entertainment. Film and television producer/director Mike Tollin has partnered with Mandalay’s chairman and CEO Guber and vice chairman and COO Paul Schaeffer to form Mandalay Sports Media. Like Guber’s other companies, Msm is self-financed. It will develop and produce sports-themed entertainment programming for distribution across multiple platforms including film, television, mobile, and digital. Msm already has several entertainment projects in development with Espn, Turner Sports, New Line Cinema, and Incognito Pictures, among other distribution partners. While creating content and intellectual property is key, “building enterprise value” is equally important, said Guber. Also joining Msm as a founding partner is CAA Sports, while Funny Or Die president and CEO Dick Glover, who has an extensive sports media background, including a seven-year stint at Espn, will serve as a board member. While Msm will function independently, it »
- NELLIE ANDREEVA
Peter Guber Joins Magic Johnson's Group Bidding for Dodgers (Report)
14 March 2012 4:10 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Peter Guber, a full-fledged sports executive these days following his six-year stint as chairman of Sony Pictures, has joined the Los Angeles Dodgers bid group fronted by former Lakers star Magic Johnson, the Los Angeles Times reported. Guber, the co-owner of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors since July 2010 and chairman and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment — which owns and/or manages several minor-league baseball teams — would be a minority investor in the Johnson group that also includes veteran baseball front-office executive Stan Kasdan and Guggenheim Partners CEO Mark Walter. Johnson and Guber are already business
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- Mike Barnes
Oliver Stone Developing "The Power Broker"
19 February 2012 6:27 PM, PST | SneakPeek | See recent SneakPeek news »
According to reports, development continues on an HBO TV movie, to be directed and executive produced by Oliver Stone, based on author Robert A. Caro's 1974, Pulitzer Prize winning biography "The Power Broker'.
Caro's "The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York", traces the rise of 'New York City's Master Builder' and the history of 20th-century New York.
"...Robert Moses' experience working for future governor of New York Al Smith in the New York State Assembly and future New York Mayor Jimmy Walker in the State Senate, taught him how power really worked, that he needed it to make his dreams of roads and bridges for the city reality and that ideals and principles had to be set aside if necessary to make them happen. By the 1930's, Moses earned a reputation as a creator of beautiful parks in both the city and state, and later »
- Michael Stevens
Exclusive: Jon Peters About To Auction His Memoir Again: “Not Going To Be Nasty”
11 January 2012 12:36 PM, PST | Deadline Hollywood | See recent Deadline Hollywood news »
Exclusive: The auction for Jon Peters’ controversial autobiography Studio Head will be conducted with NYC publishers within the next two weeks. This time the hairdresser turned movie producer turned Sony Pictures Entertainment mogul turned movie producer has a new agent. Formerly repped by David Vigliano, Peters is now with Trident’s Dan Strone. Peters previously sold his memoir in 2009 to HarperCollins for $700,000. But then I published Peters’ full book proposal – “the rise of Jon Peters from reform school hairdresser to Chairman of Sony-Columbia Pictures is the most audacious and most unlikely success story in the history of the entertainment business” — and Hollywood was reviled. Because it took aim at his many professional and personal relationships, targeting everyone from Barbra Streisand to Peter Guber to one-night stands. As my headline opined at the time: It Should Be Called ‘Dickhead’: Why Jon Peters’ Book Proposal Sets New Low. When Hollywood expressed its revulsion, »
- NIKKI FINKE
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