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Jennifer Happillon: Secrets of Executive Search

In the last 10 years, Jennifer Happillon has executed senior-level executive and CEO searches for the likes of Disney, HBO and Yahoo. The firm she works for, Morgan Samuels Company, is one of the top twenty executive search firms in the U.S. Here, she explains how to find the...

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Videos 2007-10-08

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New voices and culture

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Critical Evaluation. Now that The Wire has wrapped its HBO run, analyst DeAngelo Starnes turns his attention to the water cooler issues and cultural developments we love to weigh-in on most. Stay on top of what's happening through his weekly column, "Critical Evaluation." Ask Neycha. Writer,...

Articles 2008-08-01

McCarthy on TV

Inside the industry TV networks don't like to admit mistakes. But ESPN made the right call Tuesday, dropping Emmitt Smith from Sunday NFL Countdown and replacing him with the more experienced Cris Carter. Smith will take a lower-profile role in the network's pregame coverage. On Sundays,...

Articles 2008-07-30

Modern Music Launches New Identity With Addition of Two Staff Composers

Modern Music , creator of original music, sound design,music licensing and supervision for advertising, film, television, gamingand new media, welcomes two composers to its team. Both veteran musicians,John Hermanson composer of art-rock Alva Star and acoustic duo Storyhill RedHouse Records, and Eric Fawcett director of client services...

Articles 2008-07-29

Two Stars From HBO's Smash Hit Series 'Cathouse' Will Grace the Covers of National Magazines

SUBJECTS: HUSTLER MAGAZINE - BROOKE TAYLOR SMOKE MAGAZINE - DENNIS HOF CARSON CITY, Nev., July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Dennis Hof, owner of the world famous BunnyRanch, is the cover and feature article for Smoke -- the cigar magazine. Titled "The Shocking Truths of Dennis Hof - Star...

Articles 2008-07-28

Critic's Corner

*The boys think they're buying a Time Machine toy and end up with the full-sized film-prop model on a funny repeat of The Big Bang Theory (CBS, tonight, 8 ET/PT). When Penny points out the obvious -- "It's not a time machine. If anything, it looks like something Elton John...

Articles 2008-07-28

Lights, camera, Hamptons: East Hampton Studios brings Hollywood to

For an industry that relies on "action," efforts to build an East End studio so far have yielded anything but. However, the scene is changing. Since being acquired last December by Mitchell Kriegman and partner Michael Wudyka, East Hampton Studios has brought Hollywood...

Articles 2008-07-25

Margarito-Cotto packs a pay-per-view punch

Who needs the heavyweights when Miguel Cotto (32-0, 26 KOs) and Antonio Margarito (36-5, 26 KOs) are in the same building? Saturday's bout to determine the world's No.1 welterweight, at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, is more than another hotly anticipated match between Puerto Rican and Mexican boxers....

Articles 2008-07-25

Welterweight bout a contrast of styles

Conventional wisdom dictates that if Miguel Cotto engages in a slugfest, he will give Antonio Margarito his best chance to win Saturday (HBO Pay-Per-View, 9 p.m. ET). If Cotto (32-0, 26 KOs) can use Margarito's aggression against him in this showdown to determine the welterweight title in Las Vegas --...

Articles 2008-07-25

National pride on the line

Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito is more than just a fight to determine the world's best welterweight Saturday (HBO Pay-Per-View, 9 p.m. ET). It's about honor -- and country -- no matter how much both combatants attempt to shy away from the talk. "The great fights and the...

Articles 2008-07-24

Alabama Native Steve Brown to Perform in 'Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up' on July 30

'Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up' Airs on Starz Every Wednesday at 10 p.m. (ET/PT) ENGLEWOOD, Colo., July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Hilarious Alabama native Steve Brown will perform in the Starz original stand-up comedy series "Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up" on Wednesday, July 30 at 10...

Articles 2008-07-23

TV’s New Grunt Work

‘The Wire’ was brutal. Now David Simon tries Iraq. Viewers who are faithful to HBO’s enormously intricate cop drama “The Wire”—or even just you dabblers—should know what to expect from “Generation Kill,” the new Iraq War miniseries from “The Wire” creator David Simon. That is, a learning curve...

Articles 2008-07-21

'The New Adventures of Christine'

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Wanda Sykes co-stars in The New Adventures of Old Christine, a comedy about a divorced, working morn, played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who's attempting to juggle the daily stresses of motherhood and work, while maintaining a positive relationship with her ex-husband (Monday, July 21 at 9:30 p.m.,...

Articles 2008-07-21

George Carlin was a successful and ultimately cosseted rebel

George Carlin was a successful and ultimately cosseted rebel. Early in his career as a comic he realized that he was entertaining the "fathers and mothers" of his peers, and thereby "living a lie." So he took off his tie, took a lot of drugs, and became famous...

Articles 2008-07-14

And from the other networks ...

Elsewhere on the July 2007 TCA press tour: -- We really looked for projects that were different, that were a little bit daring. ... We've got geeks, we've got Cubanos, vampires, singers, swingers and unaccompanied minors," CBS Entertainment president Nina Tassler said. ...

Articles 2008-07-09

QuickPlay Media Enjoys Worldwide Success in 2008

Company Adds Customers & Expands Relationships with Key Partners to Extend Leadership in Media Management & Distribution for Mobile TV and Video Services TORONTO -- QuickPlay Media, the leader in mobile TV and video solutions, today announced that it has achieved significant success through the...

Articles 2008-07-08

sports in brief

Local & state: Piles, Lowman sit in third at junior tournament Topekan Riley Piles and teammate Ben Lowman of Manhattan shot a 5- under 66 during Monday's first round of the KGA Junior Team Championship at Emporia Municipal Golf Course and are tied...

Articles 2008-07-08

sports in brief

Local & state: Piles, Lowman sit in third at junior tournament Topekan Riley Piles and teammate Ben Lowman of Manhattan shot a 5- under 66 during Monday's first round of the KGA Junior Team Championship at Emporia Municipal Golf Course and are tied...

Articles 2008-07-08

AT&T Launches 3G Wireless Broadband Service in Roaring Fork Valley

Broadband-Speed Data Access Allows for Advanced Mobile Services ASPEN, Colo., July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Watch video on the go. Surf the wireless Internet at lightning speed. Share live video during a wireless call. These are just a few of the things you can do...

Articles 2008-07-08

KOCH Records Enters New Deal With Black Hand Entertainment

KOCH Records announces a new deal with ChazWilliams and his Black Hand Entertainment. The first release under this new deal will be the new album by New Yorkrapper and Black Hand Entertainment President Grafh. He is set to release"The Evolution," on Black Hand Entertainment/KOCH Records this fall....

Articles 2008-07-08