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The article discusses animation studio Pixar's production of "Inside Out 2" to help recover its awards-winning and box office standings after film duds as of June 2024. Topics covered include Pixar's history of film productions, its issues like a same-sex kiss that led to a Muslim ban, and its possible moves to hire great-idea talents, practice candor in film production, and accept failure to move toward better ideas. Also noted is the development of mass-appeal concepts.

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is facing scrutiny over the provenance of its Nepalese art collection. Activists and scholars are questioning the origins of these artifacts and believe that many of them may have been illegally removed from Nepal. LACMA has launched an internal review in response to these concerns but has not provided specific details about its investigation. The museum has stated that if new evidence supports a claim, it will return the works to their original country. However, critics argue that museums like LACMA cannot effectively police themselves and that an independent review is necessary. The debate over repatriation of looted art continues to grow, with calls for museums to be more accountable for their practices. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses efforts to improve the sound and acoustics of the Philharmonic Hall at the Lincoln Center in New York City which served as the home of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra under Leonard Bernstein starting in 1891. Topics include a criticism of the acoustics of the concert hall by music critic Harold C. Schonberg, renovations made to the hall to improve its sound in 1963, 1965 and 1969 and its renaming under David Geffen in 2015 after he donated funds for another renovation.

Billionaires Ken Griffin and David Geffen have made a historic $400 million donation to the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. The announcement was made on ABC's Good Morning America, emphasizing the urgent need to combat cancer, as cases are projected to increase by 50% in the US by 2050. The donation will support the center's physicians, scientists, nurses, and staff in their efforts to advance research, treatment, and compassionate care for those affected by cancer. Ken Griffin has been actively spreading his wealth across the US, while David Geffen has a long history of philanthropy and has pledged to donate his entire wealth to charity. [Extracted from the article]

Shohei Ohtani has made history with his $700 million Dodgers contract—in more ways than one. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ken Griffin is the founder of Miami hedge fund Citadel and David Geffen is a record label executive and co-founder of DreamWorks Animation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A new study conducted by researchers at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has found that positive childhood experiences (PCEs) are associated with improved health outcomes in adulthood. The study analyzed data from a nationally representative study and identified five specific domains of PCEs that were particularly protective against adverse health conditions, including mental illness. The researchers suggest that interventions aimed at promoting PCEs could have significant population health benefits. The study was supported by several organizations, including Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on project David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center in New York and United States that was designed by architects Diamond Schmitt, and Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects.

An interview is presented with entrepreneur David Geffen, founder of record companies Asylum Records and Geffen Records and animation company DreamWorks SKG. He discusses topics including how he became a talent agent for actors and musicians, how he became a millionaire at age 29, and his speculation on the future of technology company Apple Inc. after founder Steve Jobs' death in 2011.

The article reports on the loss of wealth by the world's billionaires. Adolf Merckle, the fifth richest man in Germany, committed suicide on January 15, 2009 following the bad financial performance of his holding company VEM Group. In 2008 there were 1,125 billionaires in the world but as of 2009 there are only 793 with 87% of those loosing money in their personal affairs. Billionaire David Geffen experienced a net worth drop of 25% due to failures in real estate and art. INSETS: Currency Collapse;Riches to Rags.

Juilliard was named the best drama school in the world in 2023 by The Hollywood Reporter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Profiles the best managers and mentions their key accomplishments, according to a survey by "Business Week". Jeffrey Immelt of General Electric; Steven Reinemund of PepsiCo; Hector Ruiz, Advanced Micro Devices; Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen of DreamWorks SKG; Robert Nardelli, Home Depot; Jack Rowe, Aetna; Joseph Tucci of EMC; Gary Forsee, Sprint; John Henry, Boston Red Sox; Henning Kagermann, SAP; Anne Mulcahy, Xerox; Edward Breen, Tyco; Linus Torvalds, Open Source Development Labs; Phil Knight, Nike; Chung Mong Koo, Hundai; Steven Murphy, Rodale; Jerry Perenchio, Univision.

Jeffrey Katzenberg is playing show-and-tell. Bounding from room to room in the House That Hype Built, part of a 14-acre complex that was erected as a base for DreamWorks animation five years ago, he unveils quick glimpses of an ambitious slate of movies. Since 1995 DreamWorks, formed by Disney alum Katzenberg and his two more famous partners, film director Steven Spielberg and self-made music billionaire David Geffen, has made 44 movies. When Katzenberg and his partners put up their combined $100 million to start DreamWorks, Katzenberg had to borrow his one-third share, mortgaging two homes and relying on Geffen for a loan guarantee. Result: DreamWorks, whose equity was valued at $2.7 billion before it even opened its doors, probably is worth all of $3 billion after eight years of business. These days Katzenberg is the de facto chief executive of this decidedly quirky company, where no one has a formal title and the three founders have never taken a salary. They forged their dream factory in October 1994, vowing to remake Hollywood by founding a studio built by creative types instead of corporate suits. Katzenberg would run animation. Geffen, would oversee a new label he was forming with Universal. Spielberg created the template for the modern blockbuster in 1975 and DreamWorks remains perilously dependent on the allure and clout of Steven Spielberg. DreamWorks will have to pick up the pace to bump up the company's value and keep its backers happy. Paul Allen's office says he takes a long-term view and will retain his stake, but Jeff Katzenberg dearly feels the pressure. Even an investor like Paul Allen wants a cash return someday.

The article discusses the successful careers of various businesspeople. It refers to Michael Dell's computer business at the University of Texas. It mentions the early career of David Geffen of the William Morris Agency. It further presents information on how Gordon Moore and Andy Grove, founding partners of Fairchild Semiconductor, started their business.

Discusses the debate surrounding Bob Dole's statements against sex and violence in popular culture. Warning against `nightmares of depravity'; Time opinion poll; Description of findings; Comments from Gary Bauer, former Reagan White House aide; Producer David Geffen on the ability to restrain an artist; Opposition to gangsta rap by blacks. INSETS: Unpopular culture.;No, but he reads the polls, by Richard Schickel..

Focuses on DreamWorks SKG, the company created by Jeffrey Katzenberg, Steven Spielberg and David Geffen. Plans of the company to make movies, television shows, records, toys and computer software; Some of the successes of the three key players; Interest of investors in DreamWorks; The difficulties of starting a studio; More.

The article features several stock market investors, as well as the recommended fly and cast line for them when they go fishing for stocks as of late April 1991. It cites that businessman David Geffen is involved in the music industry and established the record company Asylum. The other featured individuals include Oveta Culp Hobby, Ted Turner and Jack Simplot.

Profiles David Geffen, who sold his record company to MCA and who has grown rich from music-crazed teenagers and Matsushita. Description of the Matsushita deal; Sparring between Geffen and Time Warner Chairman Steven Ross; How he got where he istoday; Family background; Personal life; Contract with Warner expires on Dec. 31, 1990; Future plans. INSET: Hardball (feuding with Hollywood magnates)..

The article focuses on reopening of David Geffen Hall by the New York Philharmonic and conductor Jaap van Zweden, and mentions orchestra led by van Zweden into the revamped hall. Topics discussed include oratorio "Fire in my mouth" cited by the conductor, recording of the music "Ring Cycle" with Hong Kong Philharmonic, and theatrical production "Saint Matthew Passion."

The article claims that Eric Garcetti, an American business magnate, is dating Brandon Foster, an exotic dancer, and porn star.

The article lists the most influential people in New York City, U.S. for the year 2016 in the October edition of Avenue Magazine which includes entertainment executive and philanthropist David Geffen, the editor in chief of women's magazine Cosmopolitan, Joanna Coles, and American journalist Josh Tyrangiel. Photographs of these people are also presented.

Tortellini Pomodoro, Torrisi At the new clubhouse of a restaurant in Soho, chef Rich Torrisi has resurrected some dishes from Torrisi Italian Specialties restaurant like hand-pulled mozzarella, served warm in a pool of oil. New York Take Out Mushrooms, with Scallion Pancakes, Tatiana Chef Kwame Onwuachi says that the compellingly named dish at his new restaurant in the freshly refurbished David Geffen Hall is a mash up of memories from Chinese take out places he went to as a kid in the Bronx. At his elegant restaurant Oiji Mi, chef-owner Brian Kim wanted to introduce a dish that reflected that unique cold noodle culture. Barbecued Hipsi Cabbage with Peanut Sauce, Chishuru Nigerian-born chef Adejoke Bakare closed her shoebox of a restaurant in Brixton earlier this year; she promises a shiny new location in 2023. [Extracted from the article]

Discusses the relationship between Jeffrey Katzenberg, Steven Spielberg and David Geffen of DreamWorks at the release of their motion picture `The Peacemaker.' Spielberg's vision; The style of each; Other movies to be released by DreamWorks, including `MouseHunt' and `Amistad.'

Presents a portrait of David Geffen who netted a cool $710 million, for tendering his shares, in the recent Japanese purchase of entertainment giant MCA Inc. His work in the 1960s up until the 1990s; Present projects including a rap record featuring Fox Broadcasting's The Simpsons; His major successes with the movie `Beetlejuice' and onstage with `Cats' and `Miss Saigon'; Other effects, in addition to financial, of the Japanese deal on his career.

What's strange now is how little this argument-a fairly obvious one, easy to understand-has caught on. Railing against trusts used to be a commonplace thing, with all sorts of muckraking journalism appearing in national magazines exposing the evil machinations of the beef trust or the sugar trust or the railroad barons or the Standard Oil Co. You'd think this would be an attractive topic, a subject that any journalist would like to sink his teeth into: David Geffen's war on young people, say, Michael Eisner's wooing of some state legislature somewhere.

The article reports on the consolidation trend in the film and television business in the U.S. as of December 1994. Former Walt Disney Studios chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg, teammates David Geffen and Steven Spielberg have teamed up with Capital/Cities ABC Inc. president Robert A. Iger to form a televsion studio. Intensifying the competition are government regulations concerning the ownership of TV programs by broadcast networks.

Profiles David Geffen, who is looking for a different way to channel the relentless ambition that drove him from a row house in Brooklyn, N.Y. to Hollywood, Calif. Selling of Geffen Records for $710 million; Possible future business deals; Legendary phone skills; Business goals.

The article features David Geffen, founder of Asylum Records, and Neil Bogart, founder and former president of Casablanca Records, who are establishing two new companies in the music recording industry. It discusses Geffen selling Asylum Records to Warner Communications and his plans to set up a small record company, and the challenges faced by Bogart from contending with recording company Polygram Corp. and the lawsuit filed by his contract artist and singer Donna Summer.

Focuses on the announcement by former Disney movie chief Jeffrey Katzenberg, director Steven Spielberg and music mogul David Geffen that they are forming their own studio in Hollywood. Their individual past achievements; Plans for the new company; Why Hollywood is in a tizzy over the merger.

Discusses the six major collectors of contemporary art whose collections are collectively worth about $1 billion, and explains how and why they collect. Includes such notables as Dynasty producer Douglas Cramer, 58, a real estate developer Donald Bren, 57, and others. INSET: Why there are art foundations (explains the financial....

Reports that U.S. television and motion picture industry executives are optimistic about the business success chances of Dreamworks SKG, founded by superstars Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen. Track records and reputations of its founders; Television programs and motion pictures in the works. INSETS: DreamWorks' deep pockets;Where the millions are going.

The grand opening will present a world premiere of San Juan Hill: A New York Story, which Lincoln Center commissioned from composer Etienne Charles. (Bloomberg) -- New York is getting a brand-new concert hall inside a 60 year-old building. [Extracted from the article]

The painting is expected to bring in more than $45 million next month. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Diller and Geffen are under investigation for buying Activision Blizzard options days before the video game company announced a sale to Microsoft, the Wall Street Journal reported—but Diller denied having any prior knowledge of the deal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

"When the New York Philharmonic is playing, you can walk by, get a cup of coffee, and bring your kids", Timms continues. (Bloomberg) -- After decades of setbacks, the New York Philharmonic will finally perform in a gut-renovated concert hall in October. [Extracted from the article]

Geffen didn't finish college himself, but added his name to a building at another prestigious school with a large donation announced Tuesday. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article features some of the best nightspots in Los Angeles, California. The Commerce Casino, with its miles of table felt, is considered one of the country's best poker rooms. The Cowboy Palace in Chatsworth remains a home for traditional country music, while the bar at David Geffen's Malibu Beach Inn is about as inviting as the mogul himself.

The article discusses the disagreement between Sumner Redstone, who owns Paramount and DreamWorks SKG, media mogul David Geffen, and director Steven Spielberg. The professional and personal relationship is said to have strained between the three men and may end when Spielberg's contract with the studio runs out in 2008. The role that Paramount executive Brad Grey played in the dispute is explained.

A list of the most influential gay personalities in the U.S. compiled by the periodical "Out" is presented. The number one personality on the list is billionaire David Geffen, followed by journalist Anderson Cooper and television host Ellen Degeneres. Information is also provided on the career achievements of each personality.

The article discusses the newspaper industry in the United States. Several prominent billionaires, including David Geffen, Rupert Murdoch, and Hank Greenberg, are trying to buy newspapers all over the country. The article discusses the reasons behind this trend and the financial status of the newspaper industry.

A quiz about billionaires David Geffen, James Packer and Laurene Powell Jobs and their yachts is presented.

Focuses on the relationship between media mogul David Geffen and his biographer Tom King. Overview of Geffen's biography, `The Operator: David Geffen Builds, Buys, and Sells the New Hollywood'; Men and women who had sexual relationships with Geffen; How King persuaded Geffen to approve a biography.

Profiles the celebrity, David Geffen, and his alleged romantic obsession with Cher.

States that David Geffen, partner at DreamWorks SKG, is the most likely businessman to take over Lew Wasserman's role in the United States movie industry. Movie and political connections; Personal fortune; Deals for Dream Works; Role in resolving his partner Jeffrey Katzenberg's dispute with Disney; Support for President Bill Hilton, Hillary Clinton and Al Gore; Wasserman's achievements.

The article reports on Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's surprise as she campaigns for U.S. President and is attacked by some her husband's friends. Some contend that former President Bill Clinton's affair with aide Monica Lewinsky clouded his reputation and will in turn, impact his wife. Republican activists are expected to impede the former President's wife's candidacy. However the Democrats hope that counterparts will not re-examine the past. Hollywood entrepreneur David Geffen is said to be a friend of Bill's who is frank in stating that Bill's wife cannot be elected President.

Mentions the art auctions, including the Coeur d'Alene Art Auction. This year 15 new records were set for artists including Maynard Dixon and Charles Russell, whose mythic image of Indians on horseback at sunset, "Piegans", rustled up $5.6 million--more than double his previous auction high point. Good luck grabbing an Indian picture by turn-of-the-20th-century Taos artists like Oscar Berninghaus and Joseph Sharp, most of whose canvases sold in Reno this year for more than double their high estimates. Coeur d'Alene auctioneer Peter Stremmel points to a buyer pool rapidly expanding past "cigar-chomping Texans who know what they like" to include knowledgeable bidders from as far away as Europe. As their most important works continue to be spirited off the market and into museums, prices for Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, the three most coveted abstract expressionist artists, continue to bound upward, goosed by serious collectors like entertainment mogul David Geffen. A short-lived photography auction record was set this fall at Sotheby's with two vintage images reaching $822,400 apiece: Edward Weston's shadowy and sensuous "The Breast" and Dorothea Lange's iconic Depression image "White Angel Breadline."

The article offers information related to several notable people in the television industry. Topics discussed include the reflection made by singer-songwriter Carole Bayer Sager on her memoir "They're Playing Our Song," the advice of entertainment mogul David Geffen about Oscars or the Academy Awards in the motion pictures industry, and American musician Bob Dylan.