Hollywood starts with an agent

Chapter 640 Sports and Entertainment
Located at the northern end of Hell's Kitchen neighborhood in Manhattan, the CBS Tower stands, housing a world-class television production center of over 80 square feet, and serving as the distribution hub for CBS News streaming, CBS Sports, and the CBS Television Network.
Support spaces include a set design area, audience waiting area, and dressing rooms, while the CBS studio and administrative center have moved to the Dawn Tower in Times Square, together with Universal Music Studios.

Aaron and CBS Sports President Reginald Cole sat in the office discussing broadcasting rights for North American sports.

As everyone knows, the United States is a sporting powerhouse with an exceptionally developed sports industry, especially sports leagues dominated by the four major leagues!
NFL (football), MLB (baseball), NBA (basketball), and NHL (ice hockey).

Currently, CBS owns some of the broadcasting rights for the NFL and NHL;

MLB is currently owned by FOX and ESPN, while the NBA is owned by NBC.

In 1998, the NFL signed a $176 billion television broadcasting deal with ABC, CBS, FOX, and ESPN, which would allow them to broadcast games for the next eight years.
As for the NBA, the broadcasting rights belonged to CBS from the 1970s to the 1990s, but after the 1990s, the broadcasting rights of the NBA belonged to NBC. The most recent contract was a four-year, $16.16 billion broadcasting deal between the NBA and NBC, from 1998 to 2002!
"The NBA broadcasting rights are worth pursuing, especially since NBC also faced difficulties during this period. Michael Jordan's first retirement in 1993, his second retirement in the summer of 1998, and the nearly six-month lockout of the 1998-1999 season all resulted in significant losses for NBC."

"The contract renewal between NBC and the NBA will definitely not go smoothly."

Aaron listened to Reginald Kerr's account and thought it made sense. The NBA's development after the millennium was pretty good. It couldn't compare to the NFL and MLB, but it was much better than the NHL.

"The contract expires in 2002, at which point ESPN, Fox Sports, and even TNT will likely make moves."

"However, we at CBS Sports will still do our best to try!"

With the backing of Dawn, CBS is now no less powerful than other television stations, and is even wealthier.

Moreover, Aaron also owns the Houston Rockets club in the NBA. It should be noted that, according to regulations, each team has the broadcasting and marketing rights for local television stations within a 25-kilometer radius of their home court.
This means that the broadcasting rights within a 25-kilometer radius of the Dawn Center in downtown Houston are owned by the club itself, while the team's international broadcasting and marketing rights are controlled by the league.

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With the announcement of the nominations for the 75th Academy Awards, Dawn's "Shakespeare in Love" and "The Sixth Sense" have been nominated for Best Picture.
"The Talented Mr. Ripley" was not nominated for Best Picture, while the other nominated films were DreamWorks' "American Beauty", Disney's "The Insider" and Warner Bros.' "The Green Mile".

"The Green Mile," written and directed by Frank Darabont, is adapted from Stephen King's 1996 bestselling novel of the same name. Starring Tom Hanks, it was released at the end of last year and has already grossed over $1 million!
"Director Frank Darabont truly lives up to the expectations of Stephen King's loyal fans; his film 'The Shawshank Redemption,' which he directed a few years ago, is also based on a Stephen King novel."

In the lobby of a villa in the Beverly Glenn neighborhood of Los Angeles, Aaron leaned back on the sofa while Catherine Zeta-Jones lay in the man's arms.

"Frank Darabont's 'The Shawshank Redemption,' which he directed a few years ago, is now receiving increasingly positive reviews. If it weren't for Dawn Productions' 'Forrest Gump,' which became a global hit, back then, it's hard to say what would have happened."

Catherine Zeta-Jones shook her head. She knew that *The Shawshank Redemption* was incredibly famous on television, on videotape, and on DVD! Aaron smiled, reaching out to grope the woman's chest. "It's indeed excellent. Frank Darabont's work is very moving."

However, it seems that Frank Darabont did not direct many films, but he did write many screenplays!
Leaving aside "The Shawshank Redemption," "The Green Mile" has received countless accolades: "The Green Mile" mainly takes place in a prison in the Green Mile, and a series of supernatural events occur after death row inmate John Coffey arrives.

The Washington Post: "The Green Mile is cleverly conceived, has a clear theme, is well-made, and has thought-provoking dialogue that leaves a lasting impression."

The Hollywood Reporter: "Frank Darabont uses a laid-back pace, meaningful pauses, and long reaction shots to broaden the audience's understanding of the plot development and let them know about the lives and attitudes of the guards and prisoners. The actors' handling of emotions and details is also just right."

"The Beach, a teen adventure film directed by British director Danny Boyle, has been released, but its opening weekend box office was only $1500 million."

"Moreover, the movie didn't receive good reviews either. News reports said that Leonardo DiCaprio's performance was also terrible!"

Danny Boyle first gained Hollywood attention with "Trainspotting," and then came to Hollywood to film the romance film "Angel's Love: Birdcage Companion," starring Ewan McGregor and Cameron Diaz, which was a failure.

Now, after more than two years of dormancy, is the second Hollywood film, "The Beach," in such dire straits?
"Leonardo DiCaprio, well, his acting skills are terrible these days, all he has is a handsome face!"

Aaron shook his head. "As for Danny Boyle, it's unlikely he'll have any new opportunities."

As a newcomer to Hollywood, two consecutive failures will surely lead to Hollywood abandoning him.

"However, didn't Britain also produce a genius director like Guy Ritchie? His 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' from two years ago was quite brilliant;"

"Guy Ritchie has another 'Snatch' movie coming out this year, and this guy is also the boyfriend of pop diva Madonna Ciccone!"

Aaron smiled. Britain still has new film talents emerging. After all, "Snatch" had Hollywood big star Brad Pitt, didn't it?

Last year, David Fincher's "Fight Club," which was released by Universal Pictures, starred Brad Pitt and Edward Norton, but it was a box office failure.

However, in the second half of the year, Dawn released videotapes and DVDs of "Fight Club," which salvaged a lot of reputation and profits. "Fight Club" was very popular in the home entertainment market!
Catherine Zeta-Jones sat up and glanced at Aaron. "Are you thinking of working with Guy Ritchie?"

It seems that Aaron has also set his sights on this man who is known as the British "Quentin Tarantino"!
(End of this chapter)