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Aug 14 08 2:17pm EDT

Ford Models' John Caplan Blogs: Looking for the Perfect Fit

We don't hire jerks. This may seem obvious that working in an organization with good people gets better results, but you'd be surprised by some of the people the modeling industry attract ... Continue


Aug 13 08 9:36am EDT

Ford Models' John Caplan Blogs: The Beauty of Innovation

If you're like most of the people I meet, you probably imagine beautiful models, exotic travel, time spent with the most creative and innovative people in the fashion and beauty worlds ... Continue


Jul 31 08 2:47pm EDT

Christie Hefner Blogs: Obama's Anything but Orthodox

Critics have mocked his language of change as being nothing more than soaring rhetoric but he regularly charts a course that eschews the orthodoxy of either party ... Continue


Jul 31 08 11:32am EDT

Christie Hefner Blogs: Will Newspapers Learn? Or Die?

When people say to me that "newspapers are dead, they just don't know it yet," I wonder if the industry has simply failed to find a new business model ... Continue


Jul 30 08 5:45pm EDT

Christie Hefner Blogs: Thursday on Portfolio.com

Christie Hefner has had to face challenges from rivals as disparate as YouTube and the lad mags while expanding the Playboy empire into e-commerce and international markets ... Continue


Jul 24 08 9:14pm EDT

Responding to Commenters' Questions

Harvey Weinstein talks about grappling with the changing viewing habits of moviegoers ... Continue


Jul 24 08 6:02pm EDT

On the Soapbox: Time for Obama

Harvey Weinstein says that even as a devoted Clinton supporter, he'll be rallying his friends and working to raise money for Obama ... Continue


Jul 24 08 2:11pm EDT

Theatrical Release

Harvey Weinstein says he may have run from his first Broadway show, but now he's rushing toward underappreciated live theater with some big names ... Continue


Jul 24 08 9:45am EDT

Indies v. Superheroes and Starlets

There have been a number of recent articles accusing me of not focusing on films like I did when I was running Miramax. It's simply not the case. During a summer of hyped-comic book heroes, independent film as a whole hasn't received the attention its due ... Continue


Jul 22 08 11:21am EDT

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