Ed Norton to Paramount's Sherry Lansing: Tshisa Oku!

Xa egqibile ukubaleka kwakhe kuVuselelo lweBroadway ukuvuselelwa kwe Tshisa Oku ngo-Novemba, U-Edward Norton uza kunika ingxelo kwi-Los Angeles iseti ye-movie ye-heist ka-F.Gary Grey Umsebenzi waseNtaliyane , ezakudlala kunye noMark Wahlberg kunye noCharlize Theron. Umnumzana Norton usenokubonakala kwangexesha, kodwa akazukuvuya ngayo. Ngokomthombo oqheleneyo nemeko, uMnu Norton uvumile ukwenza imovie kuphela ukunqanda ukumangalelwa yiParamount Pictures, istudiyo esamnika isiqalo.

Ukuvela kuka Mnu. Norton kwifilimu kaMnu. Grey kubonisa isiphelo sempikiswano yeminyaka emihlanu ethe cwaka phakathi komdlali weqonga kunye nosihlalo weParimount Pictures 'Motion Picture Group uSherry Lansing okhumbula iintsuku apho inkqubo ye studio enamandla kakhulu yabamba abadlali bayo .

URob Friedman, uCOO. Usekela sihlalo weParamount Pictures, uxelele iTransom ukuba uMnu Norton usebenza ngolonwabo nangobungcali Umsebenzi waseNtaliyane , kodwa waqinisekisa ukuba umdlali uthathe inxaxheba kuba yayisisibophelelo sesivumelwano sokuya studio [esaphuma] saya kwilungu kwaye [sathatha] ithuba kuye kwangethuba lomsebenzi wakhe. Umnumzana Norton walile ukunika izimvo ngeli nqaku, kodwa elinye lamagqwetha akhe, u-lityator u-Marty Singer, uthe nangona u-Norton ethathe isigqibo sokuba angangeni kwityala le studio, uziva ngathi ungcatshwe kwaye waxokiswa ngabaphathi be-Paramount.

Eminye imithombo yecandelo lemiboniso bhanyabhanya lithe umdlali unomsindo ngokunyanzelwa ukuba adlale indima, kwaye uNkosazana Lansing-naye owala ukuphawula ngeli bali-uphumelele idabi elincinci kodwa elibalulekileyo lomzi mveliso ngokubhekisele kwisakhono esinokubakho italente. kwizitudiyo.

Ubudlelwane bukaMnu Norton kunye neParamount buqale ngo-1995 xa umdlali weqonga wenza i-screen sakhe sokuqala kumdlalo wenkundla Uloyiko lokuqala , eveliswe sis studio. Isivumelwano somdlali weqonga sichaza ukuba uya kunyanzeleka ukuba enze iimuvi ezimbini ezizayo zeParamount emva kokukhutshwa kwe Uloyiko lokuqala . Uya kuhlawulwa i-75,000 yeedola kuqala kwaye malunga ne-125,000 yeedola kwisibini. Imigaqo enjalo iqhelekile kumzi mveliso wefilimu kwaye iqinisekisa ukuba istudiyo esithatha ithuba kwitalente engafakwanga bungqina iya kuba nethuba lokufumana imali kamva xa umdlali lowo enxibelelana nabaphulaphuli bemidlalo bhanyabhanya.

Umnumzana Norton uqhagamshele ngokukhawuleza kunoninzi, waphumelela iGlobe yeGolide kunye nokufumana amanqaku kwi-Oscar Uloyiko lokuqala ukusebenza. Kungekudala waphoswa kwiMilos Forman’s Abantu ngokuchasene noLarry Flynt , eyayihanjiswa yiColumbia Pictures, kwaye wayethandana nomlingane wakhe, uCourtney Love. Uthathe iindima kuWoody Allen's Wonke umntu uthi ndiyakuthanda , KwiMiramax, nakwiNew Line's impikiswano Imbali yaseMelika X , apho wayetyunjelwe i-Oscar.

Nangona iwotshi iyekile nanini na xa uMnumzana Norton ethatha enye iprojekhthi, ixesha liqhubekile nokukhawulelana nesivumelwano seParamount, kungabikho Mnu Norton okanye istudiyo esikwaziyo ukufumana iprojekthi eyonelisayo. Xa uMnu Norton waqala ukuxoxisana noFox ukuba avele kuDavid Fincher Iklabhu yokulwa Ekuqaleni kuka-1997, imithombo yolwazi ngale meko yathi umdlali weqonga wayekholelwa ukuba ukhetho lwakhe olugqwesileyo luphelelwe lixesha.

Kodwa u-Paramount akavumelani. Ngokomthombo oqheleneyo nothethathethwano, isitudiyo sathi uMnu Norton wayenyanzelekile ngokwesivumelwano ukuba avele kwiprojekthi ebizwa ngokuba ngamashumi amabini ezigidi zeerandi ephikisana Iklabhu yokulwa ishedyuli yemveliso. Imithombo efanayo ikwathi uParamount uphinde wathumela ileta kuFox echaza imeko. Ukuphendula, uFox uxelele uMnu. Norton ukuba akazimisele ukuthatha umlo ngokusemthethweni nesinye isitudiyo, kwaye ukuba akazisombululi iingxaki zakhe ne Paramount, akazukuphoswa Iklabhu yokulwa .

Imithombo esondeleyo kuMnumzana Norton uthe ukuba ngumlingani ophambili Iklabhu yokulwa Yayibaluleke kakhulu kuye kangangokuba wagqiba kwelokuba enze uxolo neParamount kunokuba alwe nesitudiyo. Umnumzana Norton kunye ne-arhente yakhe uEd Limato bavumile ngesivumelwano esiza kwandisa ixesha lesivumelwano sika Mnu Norton ne Paramount.

Ngaphantsi kwemigaqo emitsha yesivumelwano sakhe, uMnu. Norton wayenyanzelekile ukuba enze imovie enye yexesha elizayo yeParamount, awayezakuhlawulwa ngayo i-1 yezigidi zeedola. Emva Iklabhu yokulwa isongelwe, uMnu Norton kunye neParamount babeneenyanga ezili-18 zokufumana iprojekthi abayithandayo bobabini. Ukuba abanakufikelela kwisivumelwano, istudiyo safumana ezinye iinyanga ezingama-24 ukwabela uMnu Norton iprojekthi abazikhethele yona.

Ngelo xesha, ngokwemithombo yolwazi eqheleneyo nemeko, uMnu. Norton wayenentlanganiso noNkosazana Lansing nalapho avakalisa inkxalabo yokuba angaze anyanzelwe ukuba athathe inxaxheba. Le mithombo ithi uNkskz Lansing wamqinisekisa ukuba akukho nto angazikhathaza ngayo. Ngokuka Mnu Singer, isicatshulwa besisithi: 'ngekhe ndikunyanzele ukuba wenze imuvi ongafuniyo ukuyenza.'

Umnumzana Friedman akangekhe aqinisekise ukuba UNks Lansing wakha wenza isithembiso ngomlomo kuMnu Norton, kodwa wathi ngoMnu Singer, Umsebenzi wakhe njengommangaleli kukwenza ityala akholelwa ukuba lityala elifanelekileyo. Oko akuthethi ukuba ichanekile ngokwenyani. UMnu Friedman wongeze: Andikholelwa ukuba [Mnu. Umculi] wayebandakanyekile kwincoko kwaye andizange ndibandakanyeke kwincoko. Esi sisikhumbuzo endikholelwa ukuba wayexelelwe sona ngumthengi wakhe. Oko akuthethi ukuba kuyinyani.

Nokuba yeyiphi na indlela, uMnu. Norton kunye noNks Lansing baqhubeke nokuchitha iminyaka besenza iiprojekthi ezinokubakho.

Umnumzana umculi uthe umnumzana Norton ngewayonwabile ukwenza inkwenkwezi kumfanekiso weParamount ka-2000, UMnu Ripley oneziphiwo , kodwa uMat Damon waphoswa endaweni yoko. Uthe uMnu Norton naye uvolontiye iinkonzo zakhe nakweyiphi na inxaxheba kwiParamount ezayo Umnqophiso: Akunakwenzeka 3 , eya kuthi ikhokelwe nguMnu Fincher, kodwa akazange aphoswe. Ngokwe-litigator, uMnu Norton ukwabonisa iParamount ngokhetho lokuvelisa Iyure yama-25 , Uphawu lukaSpike Lee noPhilip Seymour Hoffman apho uMnu Norton wayefuna ukubalasela njengendoda malunga nokuqala isigwebo sejele. Iphambili yenqabile ukuthatha le projekthi. Umnumzana Norton wayidubula ngehlobo laseDisney.

Ukungavumelani okukhulu kwavela kwisigqibo sika Mnu. Norton sokudlala kumfanekiso we-2001 Amanqaku , Kunye noRobert De Niro noMarlon Brando. Amanqaku yaveliswa yiMandalay Pictures Entertainment, ngelo xesha eyayine-satellite neParamount, eyayihambisa ifilimu. Umnumzana Friedman uqinisekisile ukuba uMnu. Norton ucebise ukuba kubalwe njengeyona nto iphambili kuye kwaye uParamount wamlahla.

IMandalay yayingumvelisi ophambili [kwi Amanqaku ], Utshilo uMnu. Friedman. Sasingamaqabane [nje] ezemali. Banike umnumzana Norton le ndawo, wayamkela, emva koko wazama ukuyisonga njengembophelelo yakhe kuthi. Iphambili yenqabile ukuvumela Amanqaku ubale njengemovie ezalisekise ukhetho lukaMnu Norton.

Umnumzana Friedman walile ukuqinisekisa nayiphi na iimuvi ethi istudiyo sinikeze umdlali weqonga, kodwa imithombo ekufutshane nemeko leyo yathi iifilimu eziphakanyisiweyo zeParamount uMnu Norton wazala Mlahle , yeluswa nguwe Ukugcwala Umbhali wesikrini uStephen Gaghan, kunye Inkcitho , umdlalo weqonga we-sci-fi obala u-Stanley Tucci no-Hilary Swank. Umnumzana Friedman wakhetha ukujonga umfanekiso omkhulu, ephawula: Kwakukho iminyaka esixhenxe yemizamo eyenziweyo yokuvumela uMnu. Norton ukuba azalisekise uxanduva lwakhe kwiParamount.

Ngentwasahlobo yonyaka ka-2002 ahamba phambili wanikela uMnu Norton inxaxheba Umsebenzi waseNtaliyane , elimalunga neqela labaphuli-mthetho abadala ukuxinana kweemoto ezinkulu ukuze bakwazi ukubaleka kwiiMini Coopers zabo. Iimpawu zangaphambili zikaMnu Grey zibandakanya i-1996's Yicime nango-1998 Umxoxisi . UMnu Norton, owayesandula ukugqiba Inyoka ebomvu kwaye yayisele iza kuqala ukudubula Iyure yama-25 , uxelele iParamount no.

Kodwa ngasekupheleni kuka-Epreli, uMnu. Norton wafumana ileta emazisa ukuba akanalo ukhetho, kwaye nesitudiyo sisebenzisa ukhetho lwaso ukumnyanzela ukuba enze iprojekthi. Imithombo esondeleyo kule meko ithe uMnu. Norton wafowunela uNksk. Lansing ukuveza umsindo wakhe ngale meko kwaye wamkhumbuza ngesithembiso sakhe. Umnxeba awwenzi mahluko.

Kungelo xesha ke apho uMnu. Norton wabiza umnumzana Singer, nowathumela istudiyo ileta ebonisa ukuba baphinde bavavanye isikhundla sabo… kwaye kwakungafanelekanga ukuba bamnyanzele ukuba enze imuvi angayifuniyo. U-Paramount wayeqeshe owe-litigator, u-Patricia Glaser, owathi, ngokuka Mnu Singer, wakhawuleza wasongela ngokufaka isimangalo kwangoko ngaphandle kokuba [Mnu. Norton] wavuma ukwenza [ Umsebenzi waseNtaliyane ].

Umnumzana Norton waxelelwa ukuba ngekhe enze imovie ngokuchasene neminqweno yakhe kwaye uParamount wayefuna ukuba enze le movie. Kwaye ukuba akavumanga bazammangalela, utshilo uMnu Singer. Endaweni yokuzibandakanya kwizimangalo ezibanzi, [Mnu. Norton] uvumile ukwenza imovie.

Ngokwesiqhelo izitudiyo zisebenza nomdlali weqonga okanye umdlali weqonga kwaye ungabanyanzeli ukuba benze imiboniso bhanyabhanya, utshilo uMnu Singer, ophethe amatyala afanayo ngaphambili, nangona enqabile ukubiza amagama abathengi bakhe.

Iza kuba njani impembelelo kaMnu Norton Umsebenzi waseNtaliyane ? Njengoko uMnu Singer wabonisa, Ukuba ufuna owona msebenzi ungcono kunye neyona movie ibalaseleyo, ngekhe ufune ukunyanzela umdlali weqonga lakhe ukuba enze ngokuchasene nentando yakhe.

Umlimi owaziwayo wayethetha ngakumbi. Ndifuna ukufumanisa ukuba kwenzeka ntoni kula masende omphathi, utshilo umvelisi. Ukuba ndingumlawuli onobuchopho kunye neebhola, bendiya kuthi, 'Lo mfo undilahle, wakugxothela [Paramount], waphosa nesikripthi!' Kwaye uyala ukuba naye kumdlalo bhanyabhanya wam.

UMnu Grey akazange abuyise iifowuni.

Umnumzana Friedman angatsho kuphela ukuba naziphi na izikhalazo zika Mnu. Norton, uzakubakhona. Unobungcali kakhulu ngokuphila ngokuzibophelela kwakhe kwaye ubonakalisile enjalo kwiincoko nabaphathi bethu.

UDonald De Line, umvelisi we Umsebenzi waseNtaliyane , wavuma. Uthe uMnumzana Norton ebeye kwisinxibo esifanelekileyo eNew York kwiveki ephelileyo, kwaye ebesebenza ngenkuthalo kule projekthi.

Unike igalelo kwiskripthi kunye nomlingiswa wakhe kwaye unegalelo ekwenzeni isiqwenga esingcono, utshilo uMnu De Line. Ungumlingisi okrelekrele kwaye sonwabile ukuba naye kwi-movie. I-Paramount yatshintsha ishedyuli yokudubula ukulungiselela uMnu Norton Tshisa Oku ukuzibophelela.

Kwaye ke ngo-Novemba. 11 UMnumzana Norton uzakuqala inyanga yakhe Umsebenzi waseNtaliyane , kwaye mhlawumbi ucinga ngokuthatha amanyathelo ezomthetho.

Khange sixoxe ngayo, utshilo uMnu Singer. Kodwa ukumelwa [loo Paramount ayinakumnyanzela ukuba enze imovie angayithandiyo] kwenziwa kuye okungazange kulandelwe.

Umnumzana Singer wagxininisa ukuba kuMnu Norton, ngoku owenza imali engange- $ 10 yezigidi ngemovie, ukuthatha i-9 yezigidi zeerandi kungelilo ingxaki.

Le ibingeyonto malunga nemali, utshilo uMnu Singer, nothe nanjengoko uMnumzana Norton wavuma ukuyenza Umsebenzi waseNtaliyane ngentlawulo enkulu. Wayengajonganga ukulubaleka uxanduva lwakhe. Akazange athi, ‘andizukuyenza.’ Luhlobo nje lomdlali ongazukubenza imovie ngaphandle kokuba uziva ngamandla ngazo.

I-Transom ayibuzanga malunga neemvakalelo eziqinileyo zikaMnu Norton zika-2001 Ukufa kwiSmoochy .

Umnumzana Friedman wathi umba we studio wawumalunga noxanduva lwekhontrakthi yomdlali weqonga kwindawo eyamnika ikhefu.

Ukuze thina singabinalo uxanduva [lwekhontrakthi] ukuba luzalisekisiwe liza kuseta umzekelo oyingozi kakhulu esingenakuhlala nawo, utshilo uMnu Friedman. Ayisiyethu yodwa leyo, kodwa ikwashishini lonke.

Uxolo lukaReese

Nika uReese Witherspoon ikhredithi yokuqonda iingozi zabantu abadumileyo. UNks. Witherspoon wayengakhange abonakale ngathi uyonwabela ipati-yenkulumbuso yefilimu yakhe i-Sweet Home Alabama e-Altman Building ngo-Septemba 23. Umyeni wakhe, uRyan Phillippe, wayehambe nomdlali weqonga ukuya kwi-soirée emva koko wanyamalala kunye iselfowuni, eshiya u-wispy UNks Witherspoon kwipakethi yeendaba. Kodwa umdlali weqonga, owayegcine idyasi yakhe emnyama yomsele ngalo lonke ixesha lomsitho, wema embindini wegumbi kwaye wayiphendula ngesidima imibuzo yeentatheli-nditsho leyo inzima. Xa iTransom yabuza uNkosazana Witherspoon ukuba ngaba ikhona na into eyinyani kula marhe okuba umtshato wakhe wawusematyeni, waphendula wathi: Amarhe ngamarhe. Ndiyayazi inyaniso, kwaye ndonwabile kakhulu. UNks Witherspoon akazange abonakale onwabile, kodwa khange abuze intatheli yakhe ukuba isigxothe kwilizwe laseNew York. Ewe, xa wabona ukungonwabi kweTransom ngokubuza lo mbuzo, wasiqhwaba ngengalo wathi: Musa ukubila. Ndiyaqonda. Ngumsebenzi wakho.

-Noelle Hancock

IBa-Rocco DiSpirito

Umxholo yayingu-Belle Epoque, kunye nompheki we-Union Pacific u-Rocco DiSpirito wabonakala ngathi ukwimo ye-baroque yengqondo e-Perrier Jouët-exhaswa ngemali ye-costume-ball inzuzo ye-American Ballet Theatre ngo-Septemba 19. Umnyhadala owawubanjelwe kwisakhiwo seNkundla yeSurrogate kwisitrato iChambers, sambuza ukuba kutheni engaphangeli. Umsebenzi… sebenza… into enika umdla… utshilo uMnu. DiSpirito, owayenxibe ibhatyi yevelvet emdaka kunye nebhulukhwe ebomvu. Kwaye emva koko wathetha into ngeepanekuku esingayiqondiyo ncam.

Ngelinye icala, umpheki wayesebenza-njengejaji kwindawo yokunxiba eyayiyeyesinxibo eyayisenzeka ngexesha le dessert. Bekusoloko kuyiphupha lam ukumisela ophumeleleyo kwi-Belle Epoque Black Tie Gala, utshilo uMnu DiSpirito ngokunyaniseka kukaDon Rickles. Ke bayilungiselela yonke le nto ukuze ndibenomzuzu wam, elona phupha lam likhulu ebomini. Kuyachulumancisa. Kuyonwabisa ngokwenene.

Emva koko uMnu.DiSpirito wazivolontiya ukuba wayenamaphupha amaninzi aphambeneyo abantu abaninzi abaza kuwabeka njengempambano.

Njengantoni? Kubuze iTransom.

Ndingathanda ukuba ngumgwebi ngenzuzo yomntu omfutshane kwihlabathi, watsho ngomoya womoya. Ndiyazithanda ii-midgets, ii-midgets ziyandonwabisa kakhulu. Kwaye ke okona khuphiswano lwehenyukazi lase-Asiya, nalo luya kuba mnandi. Bendingazukuzivavanya ngokwenyani. Kuya kufuneka ndithathe igama labavavanyi abaqeqeshiweyo. Owu.

-U-Elisabeth Franck

Umlingo sisihogo

Nge-16 kaSeptemba, uDavid Copperfield, ophawulwe liThala leeNcwadi leCongress njengeLigosa eliphilayo elisemthethweni, wagqiba iminyaka engama-46. Nge-20 kaSeptemba, wabhiyozela umhla wokuzalwa kwakhe eGQ Lounge kuXinzelelo, ebekwe phantsi kwebhola yentenetya ngaphezulu kweBowlmor Lanes KwiYunivesithi.

Umnumzana Copperfield ubanga ukuba wayekuloo mbadada yeqela, waqhekeka entwasahlobo nentombi eneminyaka emibini.

NdiyiVirgo, wabhengeza kwisihlwele esincinci esenziwe kwisiduli se-Fila pillows kufutshane nodonga apho bekucingelwa khona iikowuti zikaKenneth Cole. Ukuba yiVirgo kuthetha ukuba ndifuna ukugqibelela, kwaye ndinenkcukacha ezijolise kwiinkcukacha. Kukwathetha ukuba ndineenyawo ezinkulu nezandla ezinkulu kwaye… Ewe? Ewe, ababini kwabathathu ababi! Watsho encumile.

Intombazana emnyama-enxibe ilokhwe engenamqolo ikhawuleze yaya kulundwendwe olubekekileyo lwembeko.

Ndabona i-specials yakho ngexesha lokuqala xa ndandineminyaka eyi-12 kwaye ndacinga ukuba ziyamangalisa! wachopha.

Wancuma ngoncumo. Oko kuthetha ukuba sele umdala ngoku? Ndilungile kwimathematika.

Ngequbuliso wehla waguqa ngamadolo, wabeka intende yakhe yasekunene emhlabeni kwaye wajikeleza isandla sakhe ejikeleze iidigri ezingama-360.

Kwakungokuhlwa kweemfihlakalo ezininzi ezinjalo.

UMat Dillon, uDonald Trump kunye noTommy Hilfiger bonke bema ngetowusta uMnu.Copperfield, ozibiza ngokuba nguNxibelelwano ongenakwenzeka. Abazali bomlingo, uRebecca noHy Kotkin, abasuka eMetuchen, N.J., nabo babekho. Baye bamkhapha ukuya kubona i-Hairspray ekuqaleni kweveki.

Unamehlo amakhulu, utshilo u-post-monster u-Jocelyne Wildenstein, oqhawule umtshato omkhulu owayenxibe isacholo kunye neebhokhwe awayezenzile ngegolide kunye neenwele zeendlovu-uJackie no-Dumbo-ababenabo eKenya ngaphambi koqhawulo-mtshato. Uthe wayeqala ukudibana noMnu. Copperfield kwitheko lepolo eLondon xa wayesenalo igama lakhe. Sicinga ukuba wayethetha uClaudia Schiffer, owayesakuba ngumlingane kaMnu. Copperfield, imagi yakhe yayikhanyiswa ngamanye amaxesha kwigumbi lokuphumla le-L.C.D. izikrini ezazibonisa ilogo yemifanekiso evela kwimiboniso yefashoni yakudala.

Ngapha kwegumbi eligcwele iibhedi ze-velvet ezibomvu, uChloë Sevigny-enxibe i-turtleneck emnyama enezinto ezimnyama zokumisa, iibhulukhwe ezimfutshane ze-jean kunye neebhutsi ezineebhutsi ezinesithende esiphakamileyo ngelixa bekudutyulwa iphuli. Ucacisile ukuba yena noMnumzana uCopperfield okwangoku babelana ngezinwele, uJeff Francis.

Ngeli xesha, uParis Hilton, owayebonakala ngathi usemtsha kwindlela yokubaleka-kwakusekho ileyisi emnyama ethe nca ngentla komlingo wakhe oxoxwe ngamehlo asekhohlo njengoko wayexhonywe kwisoka lakhe, umfuziselo wempahla yangaphantsi kaJason Shaw.

UDavid Blaine ohambisa i-phat! uthe. Umhlobo wamhlebezela endlebeni yakhe kwaye yena wayeneentloni.

Ewe. UDavid Copperfield upholile, naye watsho.

Ngaba wayekhe wenza iqhinga lomlingo?

Ndingenza ukuba i-McDonald's French fries zinyamalale! Kwaye ndamenza wathandana nam, waphola, wakhanyisa idayimane enkulu awayesithi yindlalifa yosapho kwaye ayisiyiyo indandatho yokuzibandakanya. Asikazibandakanyi, kodwa siza kuba kungekudala, usixelele. Unksz Hilton ukwathe nanjengomntwana wayelungile ekwenzeni utshintsho oluncinci ukuba luphele.

Buyela ngaphesheya kwemiqamelo yeFila, i-brunette yomlenze ilinganisa isitya se-hamburger emadolweni kwaye ayizange ijonge nanjengoko uMnumzana uCopperfield, enxibe ihempe emhlophe eqaqambileyo, wabhengeza ukuba wayesele eza kwenza into engekhoyo. Waxhoma impumlo yakhe emoyeni, waphosa amagxa akhe ngasemva, waphefumla ngokunzulu kwaye wathi chu ehamba isangqa esincinci kwiqela elihamba ngokukhululekileyo labantu ababengamhoyanga.

Yabona! I moved around and zange nditsho uxolo kanye! uthe.

-Anna Jane Grossman