Topic: Universal Studios Inc.

Superstorm: The Worst Leonardo DiCaprio Movie Never Made

The pitch: An oil company lobbyist (Leonardo DiCaprio) is shaken after his girlfriend, a local meteorologist, breaks up with him over reservations of his contribution to global warming. The split is hastened by a massive hurricane ...READ»

Why You Should Buy Tickets Today for Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business Conference

This is one conference you won't want to miss, and you'll want to reserve your spot today. The event will take you inside the minds of the most creative people in business, the progressive thinkers you read about in Fast Company and ...READ»

Lucite Accessories, Harry Potter Theme Park, Fair-Trade Textiles to Be Big in Spring

Big, bold bling Chunky accessories, many in Lucite, feature hugely in fashion houses' spring 2010 lines. Often trendy since its 1931 invention, Lucite owes this revival to the economy. Even the snootiest brands are offering ...READ»

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Where's Next: Universal Studios' New Theme Parks

Accio new parks! This spring, in a major season of expansion, Universal, the world's third-biggest theme-park company, opens the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, in Orlando, and Universal Studios Singapore.READ»

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Zero-Emissions Masdar City Gets Persian Gulf's First Geothermal Facility

Masdar City, a planned zero-emissions cleantech hub in the middle of Abu Dhabi, announced this weekend that it will raise between $300 and $500 million. Today Masdar announced even more significant news--the city is building the ...READ»

Five Incredible Timelapse Videos of the Station Fire in Los Angeles

At 148,000 acres and still burning, the Station Fire has now been declared the biggest wildfire in Los Angeles County history. And five videos made by local filmmakers prove it.READ»

Universal Studios Dubailand: A Case Study on the Rise and Fall of Dubai

They had everything they needed: Space, money, time, workers, tourists, big brands, and, perhaps most importantly, hype. Just a few years ago, the developers of Dubailand--an enormous $64 billion, 107-square-mile mega-theme ...READ»

Redbox Antitrust Case Can Proceed Against Universal, Federal Judge Says

Redbox scored at least a partial victory in its battle with a triumvirate of Hollywood studios yesterday as a federal court ruled the company can proceed with an antitrust lawsuit filed last October against GE's Universal Studios. ...READ»

Redbox to 20th Century Fox: Time to Join the 21st Century

Hollywood studios are rapidly choosing up sides over Redbox's deceptively simple, but very disruptive DVD-rental kiosks. Today's players? Lions Gate gets it. And Fox doesn't.READ»

Big Screen 3-D Version of 'The Lorax' Confirmed

Besides the much-celebrated Wall-E, there aren't many quality environmentally-themed children's movies. That could change when Universal Pictures releases a 3-D animated version of The Lorax in theaters. The movie, directed by Chris ...READ»

Movie Studios See Redbox as Short-Term ATM

The red-hot DVD kiosk company Redbox gets a big win in its battle with the movie studios: Three majors are playing ball in a desperate grab for an immediate revenue hit.READ»

• Little-Known Redbox Proves the Power of In-Between Technology

When on Fire, Practice Judo!

Philip Anschutz, the American businessman with an estimated net worth of $7.8 billion, started in the oil business drilling his own wells. His first efforts in the 60s were unsuccessful, turning up one dry hole after another. When ...READ»

MTV Plants Its Flag in the Digital World

The network famously missed its chance to buy MySpace. Lesson learned. Now its president, Van Toffler, is investing in dozens of digital media projects. Its 2006 acquisition of Harmonix Music Systems, the maker of the video game Rock Band, could soon develop into a billion-dollar business. And more digital developments seem to surface almost daily, including the launch earlier in the week of MTVmusic.com, MTV's first serious attempt at a full-fledged music-video site; and today's announcement of a deal that will bring the Beatles' music to the Rock Band format.READ»

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Green Guru Gone Wrong: William McDonough

William McDonough, the godfather of green design, has been hailed by everyone from Hollywood to Silicon Valley to the Chinese government as the environmental savior. His radical "cradle to cradle" idea -- in which every product, building, and city is designed in an infinite loop with zero waste -- has earned him the Presidential Design Award for Sustainable Development. He was Time's "Hero for the Planet" and has been profiled in documentaries from Thomas Friedman's "Addicted to Oil" to Leonardo DiCaprio's "The Eleventh Hour." And yet, McDonough may in fact be paralyzing his own design revolution.READ»

A Glimpse of Our Future?

I came across two very different sources of fortune-telling this week. The first was the Border Governors’ Conference (BGC), held at Universal Studios in Hollywood and focused on building a green economy (check it out at ...READ»

Talent & Careers: Beverly Kaye and Sharon Jordan-Evans

Beverly Kaye is the founder and CEO of Career Systems International and one of the nation's leading authorities on career issues in the workplace. Her groundbreaking career development, talent retention, and mentoring programs have ...READ»

You're Fired!

Recalling those now famous words that Donald Trump utters at the end of each episode of the Apprentice, I allowed myself to give into my voyeuristic impulses. I also remembered a story about a mentor of mine. Albert Dorskind, former ...READ»

Gettysburg Battle Site Revamps To Attract Tourists

With a $100 million revamp, the Civil War site is fighting to get visitors to stay longer -- and spend more.,With a $100 million revamp, the Civil War site is fighting to get visitors to stay longer -- and spend more.READ»

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Widgets: From Hype to Hits

Last year, Newsweek predicted that 2007 would be "the year of the widget." This July, developers gathered in New York for Widgetcon, a conference devoted exclusively to widgets. Whether or not Widgetcon fulfilled Newsweek's prediction, it signaled that widgets were more than a passing fad on the Web.READ»

CEOs in the Slammer

This year, a record number of CEOs were ousted. Some were fired, some retired, and some even died. But a great number were also sent to prison, like the CEOs of Enron and WorldCom. What happens to company leaders when they run roughshod over their corporations?READ»

Driving Innovation

Traditional car companies are courting a new group of consumers with hard-driving innovation. Learn about the unconventional branding campaigns launched by Chrysler, Toyota, and Mercedes-Benz to inject some soul in new cars created for generation Y.READ»

The New Wave

A digital tsunami is hitting Tinseltown, and the old guard is holding on for dear life. But a new generation of up-and-comers has arrived. Here are 10 who know how to surf.READ»

Fast Talk: Voices From the Creative Front Lines

Remember when MBAs ruled? No more. Creative thinkers are in demand for their flexibility. Meet five leaders who have parlayed their "useless" academic degrees into business success.READ»

Attack of the Sequel King!

He's a movie-studio boss, but in his lean operation, the boss delivers food, hauls lights around, and drives the truck.READ»

True or False: You're Hiring the Right People

If you answered "False," you may need Unicru's smart-assessment program -- a fast-paced, real-time screening system that quickens your hiring process, improves your hit ratio, and boosts your employee-retention rate. And that's the truth.READ»