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"When I came back from Korea, I had no money, no skills. Sure, I was good with a bayonet, but you can't put that on a resume - it puts people off!" Frank Barone, "Everybody Loves Raymond" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Arnold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 7:15 AM Subject: Spike Lee vs Spike TV update > Spike Spikes Spike > Thu Jun 12, 7:00 PM ET > By Marcus Errico > > A good day for Spike. And a bad day for Spike. > > Spike Lee has won the first round in his name-game battle with Viacom as > a New York judge on Thursday temporarily barred the media goliath from > renaming its TNN cable network Spike TV. > > State Supreme Court Justice Walter Tolub on Thursday said Lee presented > enough evidence at a hearing this week to warrant a trial to decide the > fate of the network's new moniker. Until then, no name change can take > place. > > But just in case he can't prove his case in the courtroom, Tolub made > Lee post a $500,000 bond to cover Viacom's potential losses. > > Lee, accompanied by lawyer Johnnie Cochran, appeared before Tolum in > court Monday to explain how he thought his name was being coopted by > Viacom and how his fans would be confused. He presented affidavits from > the likes of Edward Norton (who starred in Lee's 2002 release The 25th > Hour) and former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley, who both stated that they > thought Lee was affiliated with the new network when it was first > publicized. > > > The Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning director, who actually has helmed two > movies for Viacom-owned studios and was due to begin shooting a TV movie > this week for the company's Showtime network, said after the hearing > that he doesn't want to burn bridges, but "I don't want to be associated > with that Stripperella crap. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Host with the leader in ColdFusion hosting. Voted #1 ColdFusion host by CF Developers. Offering shared and dedicated hosting options. www.cfxhosting.com/default.cfm?redirect=10481 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
