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Universal Unaware Of Longtime Security Breach: “Embarrassing Beyond Belief”

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Sunday August 15, 2010 @ 2:26pm PDTTags: Ron Meyer, Universal Studios



Good thing the morons at Universal aren’t in charge of Homeland Security. Because I’ve learned that studio bosses Ron Meyer, Jim Waters, and many others only recently discovered a security breach that has existed on the lot for decades — even throughout all the beefed-up security in effect post-9/11. The bigwigs had no idea non-employees have been able to go onto the lot without showing any ID by telling security guards they’re “a friend of Bill’s” and then heading to the 12-step meetings held in a building near the front gate. Meyer personally found out about the situation by accident 3 weeks ago and immediately ordered a stop to a 27-year-old practice. “Ron went ballistic. He was out of his mind. And it was embarrassing beyond belief that this was allowed at the same time people were using mirrors to check under cars,” a source tells me. No one is suggesting the 12-step members themselves were security threats. But the possibilities for abusing the system by anyone intent on doing harm are obvious. Now 12-step meetings on the lot are for employees only. Universal is still trying to find a nearby meeting room off-lot for the non-employees. (The studio has offered to pay for space but most 12-step programs stipulate that each group be fully self-supporting and not dependent on outside contributions.)

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Overture Duo Were Fired By Blackberry

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Tuesday July 13, 2010 @ 5:24pm PDTTags: Alan Horn, Chris Albrecht, Chris McGurk, Danny Rosett, LA Times, Moguls, Overture Films, Ron Meyer

My pal Claudia Eller has a funny little scoop on the LA Times website about how Starz chief Chris Albrecht made a Blackberry mistake that led to Chris McGurk and Danny Rosett’s exit from Overture. (So I gotta ask: is this why moguls like Alan Horn and Ron Meyer refuse … Read More »

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Chris Meledandri’s Illumination Game Plan Includes ‘Despicable Me’ Sequel, ‘Minion’ Spinoffs, Dr. Seuss, The Addams Family

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday July 13, 2010 @ 7:22am PDTTags: Adam Fogelson, Animation, Chris Meledandri, David Linde, Despicable Me, Despicable Me 2, Despicable Me Box Office, Hop, Illumination Entertainment, Jeff Zucker, Marc Shmuger, NBC Universal, Ron Meyer, Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures Chris Meledandri
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Film Review Despicable MeEXCLUSIVE: Three years ago, Universal Pictures brass wooed Chris Meledandri away from his president post at Fox Animation to start its first family film unit. Over the weekend, Illumination’s first effort, Despicable Me, nearly doubled … Read More »

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Digital Big Media vs Prehistoric Hollywood

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Wednesday May 28, 2008 @ 7:47pm PDTTags: Alan Horn, Barry Diller, Hollywood, Moguls, Ron Meyer, Tech

I smirked while watching the highlight reels of Big Media moguls like Rupert Murdoch and Sir Howard Stringer and Jeff Bewkes being interviewed at the “All Things Digital” confab (aka D6 co-hosted by the Wall Street Journal‘s Walter Mossberg and Kara Swisher) taking place right now at the … Read More »

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Ovitz Testifies Busch/Weinraub NYT Articles “Wildly Embarrassing”: Says He Suspected Ron Meyer & David Geffen Were The Sources So Hired Pellicano

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Wednesday April 9, 2008 @ 8:58am PDTTags: Agents, CAA, Courts, David Geffen, Hollywood, Media, Ovitz, Pellicano, Ron Meyer, Scandal

2ND UPDATE: Michael Ovitz on the witness stand at the Pellicano trial today pointed an accusatory finger at his former friend and CAA partner Ron Meyer, now president/COO of Universal Studios, and at his longtime nemesis David Geffen, the billionaire co-founder of … Read More »

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