David Bergstein
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Good Morning Hollywood, July 12: the Miramax Muddle
It turns out that the prospective owner of Miramax doesn’t really want to make movies
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EXCLUSIVE: Disney Agrees to Sell Miramax to Tutor for $675M
Miramax deal involves the L.A. billionaire, Morgan Creek, Colony Capital and David Bergstein
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Bergstein Nears Miramax Purchase from Disney
David Bergstein and his backer Ronald Tutor are closing in on a deal to buy Miramax this week, ending the Weinsteins’ hopes to reclaim the studio they founded
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Bergstein Slaps Back at Creditors: You Show ME the Money (Updated)
Pangea Media chief also asks court to clarify role of appointed Chapter 11 trustee
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No Bergstein Deal for Miramax as Deadline Looms
Disney’s exclusive negotiating window with the financier ends Thursday, and no word that the sale has closed
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Calling Harvey Weinstein: Miramax-Bergstein Deal Tough for Banks
Banks are balking at loaning Bergstein’s partners debt because the Weinsteins are still a wild card
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Disney, Bergstein Negotiating Exclusively Over Miramax
Bergstein had previously bid $650 million for the studio
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Bergstein Blames Hedge Fund for Money Woes in Countersuit
The troubled film financier and his partner say bankrupt Zwirn is to blame for all their troubles
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Bench Warrant Ordered for Bergstein
Producer failed to appear in L.A. Superior Court this afternoon
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Late Nights at Disney Over Miramax: At $625M, Deal Close to Done
The juicy details: Ron Burkle will have ownership after putting up $325 million cash
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Taylor Hackford to David Bergstein: You Still Owe Me Money
Director Taylor Hackford disputed financier David Bergstein’s claim that he had been "paid in full" for his work on a Bergstein film, "Love Ranch," and gave the backstory to one of several films that were left dangling for lack of funds. The film is a drama about a married couple who open a brothel in…
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Big, Bad Bergstein: ‘I Don’t Care for the Movie Business’
David Bergstein may be one of the most reviled people in Hollywood. He faces litigation and bankruptcy in two countries, and has a court-appointed trustee crawling over his assets at the request of more than a dozen creditors, which include most of the major guilds. He also is spearheading an attempt to buy Miramax from the…
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Latest Bergstein Dodge: Gave Mom Properties to Duck Casino Debt
David Bergstein transferred property deeds to his mother in order to keep Mandalay Bay from collecting on a more than $1 million gambling debt, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday by the Las Vegas casino. The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, says Bergstein put up an estimated $7 million worth of Los Angeles-area land…
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David Bergstein Blusters: I’m a Victim! … Rrrright.
Flattened by a crushing wave of negative publicity in the wake of the news he had bid to buy Miramax from Disney, David Bergstein, the debt-riddled financier, is now giving a public explanation for his predicament: It’s everybody else’s fault. In an interview with Alex Ben Block at the Hollywood Reporter, Bergstein blamed one of…
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Former FBI Agent Named Trustee in Bergstein Case
Ronald Durkin will navigate the financial web spun by Capitol and ThinkFilm