Person: David Geffen

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business

Japan’s SoftBank in talks to acquire DreamWorks in billion dollar deal

Japan’s SoftBank Corp is in talks to acquire DreamWorks Animation, the Hollywood studio behind the Shrek and Madagascar movie hits, a person with knowledge of the situation said.

world

Investor buys Long Island mansion for record $147m

sport

Rich and famous join queue for Clippers

world

Quirky World ... Lady Gaga gets friend to vomit on her

world

Hollywood digs deep for Obama with fundraiser netting $9m

general

Spielberg denies split with studio

Wildfires hit Hollywood stars

The rich and famous of Hollywood could not avoid southern California’s devastating fires.

Wed, 24 Oct, 2007

Stars flee homes as California burns

Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated and thousands of homes remain at risk tonight as wildfires tear through southern California, US authorities said.

Tue, 23 Oct, 2007

Stars flee homes as fires rage

THOUSANDS of homes were at risk from wildfires raging through tinder-dry Californian countryside yesterday.

Tue, 23 Oct, 2007

California fires still out of control

Thousands of homes were still at risk from wildfires raging through tinder-dry Californian countryside today.

Mon, 22 Oct, 2007

Cruise and Smith to host Beckham party

Hollywood heavy weights Tom Cruise and Will Smith are hosting a private celebrity-packed party to welcome soccer superstar David Beckham and his Spice Girl wife Victoria to Los Angeles on Sunday.

Fri, 20 Jul, 2007

Obama and Clinton clash over 'nasty' campaigning

The rival US presidential campaigns of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama traded accusations of nasty politics over Hollywood donor David Geffen, who once backed former president Bill Clinton but now supports his wife’s top rival.

Thu, 22 Feb, 2007

California wildfire ravages celebrity enclave

A wildfire fanned by Santa Ana winds destroyed four seaside mansions and damaged at least two others early today as it spread over more than 20 acres in California’s Malibu celebrity enclave.

Tue, 09 Jan, 2007

€110m Pollock painting may be world’s most expensive

A classic drip work by Jackson Pollock may have become the world's most expensive painting, it was reported today.

Thu, 02 Nov, 2006

Reeves ignores gay rumours

Keanu Reeves is so philosophical about tabloid reports questioning his sexuality, he prefers to laugh rumours off rather than contact his lawyer.

Sat, 11 Mar, 2006

Dreamworks snapped up by Viacom

Entertainment giant Viacomhas taken over the Dreamworks SKG studio in a deal worth $1.6bn (€1.35bn).

Mon, 12 Dec, 2005

Paramount pictures ‘to buy Dreamworks’

Paramount Pictures today said it had agreed to buy independent film studio DreamWorks SKG Inc. in a deal worth 1.6bn US dollars (€1.36bn) in cash and debt.

Sun, 11 Dec, 2005

Troubled movie studio issues profit warning

Less than a year after going public on the strength of hit films such as Shrek, DreamWorks Animation SKG is battling a DVD market slump that forced it to warn of a loss in the second quarter and to lower its full-year outlook.

Tue, 12 Jul, 2005

Hollywood big-shots turn their back on Arnie

Arnold Schwarzenegger cannot count on the support of some Hollywood big-shots in his efforts to become governor of California in next week’s recall election.

Fri, 03 Oct, 2003

Jackson had voodoo chief put curse on Spielberg

JUST when you thought Michael Jackson could not get any more bizarre, a new report says the singer hired an African voodoo chief to put a death curse on Steven Spielberg and David Geffen.

Wed, 05 Mar, 2003