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The Mikes - Ovitz and Eisner

This week on The Business, it's The Two Mikes - Ovitz and Eisner - on the stand as Disney shareholders haul the Mouse House into court. Host Claude Brodesser of Variety talks to NPR's entertainment correspondent Kim Masters about the unlikely alliance of the Mikes. Also, an interview with X Men and Superman director Bryan Singer on the politics of Spandex superheroes at the studios.

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By Claude Brodesser-Akner • Nov 29, 2004 • 30m Listen

This week on The Business, it's The Two Mikes - Ovitz and Eisner - on the stand as Disney shareholders haul the Mouse House into court. Host Claude Brodesser of Variety talks to NPR's entertainment correspondent Kim Masters about the unlikely alliance of the Mikes. Also, an interview with X Men and Superman director Bryan Singer on the politics of Spandex superheroes at the studios.

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