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Why Can't They Just Get Along?

Inside the bitter feud that's breaking up Dreamworks and Paramount

By Jonas Oransky, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 17, 2007 4:25 PM CST

(Newser) – Less than two years after Paramount acquired DreamWorks, executive tempers have boiled over. The much-heralded union has degenerated into a series of scathing personal attacks between the principals, Sumner Redstone and David Geffen. Shuttling between the bigwigs, Vanity Fair offers an in-depth look at the... Read full story »

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