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The New York Times' David Carr takes a look inside the mind of Daniel Battsek, the man whom the Weinstein brothers left behind at Miramax to carry on their tradition of making risky, quality films.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/briton-battsek-keeps-miramax-awards-race#comments Arts & Culture Awards Season Daniel Battsek Harvey Weinstein Miramax Film Corp. Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:55:00 -0500 Gillian Reagan 61571 at http://www.observer.com Weinstein Books Splits From Miramax http://www.observer.com/2007/weinstein-books-splits-miramax

Weinstein Books, the publishing imprint of Bob and Harvey Weinstein’s production company, has officially cut ties with Miramax Books, Weinstein Books president Rob Weisbach told The Observer today. The imprint has been part of Hyperion—Disney’s publishing arm—ever since the Weinstein brothers split from Disney two years ago.

The brothers agreed to temporarily retain some oversight of the Miramax imprint when they left Disney in 2005, in order to properly follow through on all the books they’d signed up before they left.

According to Weinstein Books president Rob Weisbach, he and his staff moved out of Miramax’s offices at 99 Hudson Street on September 30th and are now operating out of a new location at Cortlandt and Church Sreets.

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/weinstein-books-splits-miramax#comments Media Miramax Film Corp. The Walt Disney Company The Weinstein Company Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:29:35 -0400 Leon Neyfakh 58541 at http://www.observer.com Oscars at War: A Somber Party, A Gentler Glitz http://www.observer.com/node/36817 Near midnight, Pacific time, on March 23, actor Ryan O’Neal pulled Dr.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/36817#comments Best Song Oscar Harvey Weinstein Iraq Miramax Film Corp. Sun, 04 Mar 2007 19:00:00 -0500 Frank DiGiacomo 36817 at http://www.observer.com Weepy Indie Director Tom DiCillo Brings His Big Gamble to Sundance http://www.observer.com/node/36625 When Sundance Film Festival programming director Geoff Gilmore stood before a sold-out crowd at the  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/36625#comments Denis Leary Hollywood Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. Miramax Film Corp. Sun, 28 Jan 2007 19:00:00 -0500 David D'Arcy 36625 at http://www.observer.com Harvey's Big Gangs Bang http://www.observer.com/node/39513 I’ve cringed a lot for Martin Scorsese over the last few weeks, but his March 3 appearance on  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/39513#comments Harvey Weinstein Martin Scorsese Miramax Film Corp. William Goldman Sun, 01 Oct 2006 20:00:00 -0400 Frank DiGiacomo 39513 at http://www.observer.com Harvey's Big Gangs Bang http://www.observer.com/node/52751 I’ve cringed a lot for Martin Scorsese over the last few weeks, but his March 3 appearance on The  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/52751#comments Harvey Weinstein Martin Scorsese Miramax Film Corp. William Goldman Sun, 01 Oct 2006 20:00:00 -0400 Frank DiGiacomo 52751 at http://www.observer.com Spy: The Book of the Magazine http://www.observer.com/node/32507
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I Spy.

The other day, someone who will remain nameless accidentally left The Transom alone in an office. In that office was a copy of the Spy book, which comes out in a few months and will supposedly retail for 40 bucks or so. The nice publicist from Miramax Books recently declined to send over a copy, claiming there just weren't any on hand. OH YEAH? WHO'S ON HAND NOW, SISTER?
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Behind the Music: Inside the Editor's Studio....

It's big. It has lots of pictures. It's gorgeous. Great reprints, great photos. Can't wait. It's also got lots of opportunities for editors Graydon Carter, Kurt Andersen and George Kalogerakis to autohagiographize. But really—if they don't, who will? And why shouldn't they? You should know, you've been ripping them off for years! (Yes you!)
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Your Friends and Editors

]]> http://www.observer.com/node/32507#comments Style George Kalogerakis Graydon Carter Kurt Andersen Miramax Film Corp. Mon, 21 Aug 2006 10:27:29 -0400 Observer Staff 32507 at http://www.observer.com MondoWeiss http://www.observer.com/node/33394 The Miramax movie Once In a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos opens tomorrow. I found it enthralling and farcical. It deals with a great failed effort, to get soccer going in the United States, back in the 70s, when Warner boss Steve Ross brought Beckenbauer, Chinaglia and—yes—Pele to New York. Kissinger was needed to get Pele here. Kissinger sat down for the film; Pele didn't.

The theme of the movie is sort of, You never know what can happen in life. Here were a group of schlemiels, the Cosmos, who were suddenly playing with the greatest soccer player in the world. The best of them, Shep Messing, accepted this sudden change with awe and humor.

The guy who covered the Cosmos for the Daily News, soccer rebbe David Hirshey, also shows up in the film, and makes the same point in his article about the movie on the ESPN site: "I realized my love of soccer was an easy pass to a life I would have never otherwise known. "

This World Cup has launched Hirshey (an editor at HarperCollins; he did my last book) as a writer. hen again maybe Dillon just wanted to get up close to the Gisele Bundchen doppelganger who was whispering in my ear as I scribbled my name on her program. Or perhaps he had overheard her opening line to me -- "I've heard so much about you, I always wanted to meet you." I'm just glad Dillon had moved on before the Brazilian bombshell uttered her next line: "My mother was Pelé's longtime assistant. I wasn't born when you were doing your book with him."

Following my lifelong policy of always being gracious to 19-year-old, thong-wearing daughters of old friends, I said, "I remember your mother," as memories of 1977 began dancing in my head like a Pelé stepover. There will never be another Cosmos. Big names may come over here eventually -- Beckham, Ronaldo, Zidane -- but they'll all be past their prime, and they'll be doing it for the money. We had guys who were at their peak -- Beckenbauer, myself, [Johan] Neeskens -- and we were on a mission."

Whether the Cosmos accomplished the mission is open to debate. Certainly, they planted the flag of soccer in the soil of the grassroots movement that today has 18 million American kids playing the sport in the United States.

And they did one other thing that may be even more enduring: They made me into a movie star.]]> http://www.observer.com/node/33394#comments David Hirshey Dillon Miramax Film Corp. Steve Ross Thu, 06 Jul 2006 11:43:06 -0400 Observer Staff 33394 at http://www.observer.com It’s Condo Nast: Newhouse Keeps Editors Housed http://www.observer.com/node/38677 When Tina Brown turned down a five-year deal to stay on as editor of The New Yorker in 1998, she was  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/38677#comments Anna Wintour David Remnick Miramax Film Corp. Si Newhouse Sun, 09 Apr 2006 20:00:00 -0400 Michael Calderone 38677 at http://www.observer.com It's Condo Nast: Newhouse Keeps Editors Housed http://www.observer.com/node/52084 When Tina Brown turned down a five-year deal to stay on as editor of The New Yorker in 1998, she was  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/52084#comments Anna Wintour Conde Nast Publications Inc. Miramax Film Corp. Si Newhouse Sun, 09 Apr 2006 20:00:00 -0400 Michael Calderone 52084 at http://www.observer.com