My former employers are at it again...

Movie & TV News @ IMDb.com - WENN: "Crash producer Cathy Schulman was forced to attend the premiere of her latest movie as the guest of actor Paul Giamatti, because of her ongoing feud with former business partner Bob Yari. Schulman and Yari made Giamatti-starring The Illusionist, which premiered in New York on Tuesday night, before their acrimonious split. Yari sued the Producers Guild Of America and the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences in March after he was removed from the Oscar-winning Crash's credits, because the Academy only allows two producers from each film to be nominated for the top prize. Crash was a surprise Best Picture winner, and writer/director Paul Haggis picked up the award for his producing contribution along with Schulman at the March ceremony. And, while legal action continues in Los Angeles, the pair are still not on good terms, especially as Yari ensured Schulman was not asked to The Illusionist premiere. Schulman tells PageSix.com, 'I was not invited to the premiere. I went as Paul Giamatti's date. When I saw Yari, I said hello. He didn't say anything, but let's put it this way - if looks could kill. And they didn't give me a wristband to get in the VIP section of the after-party. It's just an unfortunate and unnecessary situation. I still haven't been paid for Crash or The Illusionist.'"

Ishtar: The Movie

Ishtar: The Movie: "...dreaded Hollywood catch-phrase... no doubt about it, Ishtar left it's mark!
The tenacity of a handful of creative filmakers going against all odds resulted in one of the best loved cult movies of all time."

Ishtar

Ishtar: "Ishtar
by Micha F. Lindemans
Ishtar was the ancient Sumero-Babylonian goddess of love and fertility. She is often described as the daughter of Anu, the god of the air.



In most of the myths concerning her, she is described as an evil, heartless, women who destroyed her mates and lovers. Her greatest lover was the farm god Tammuz, who is similar to the Greek Adonis. After he died she went into the underworld to retrieve him but her efforts were vain and she returned to the living world alone.

Ishtar Later, in the great epic of Gilgamesh, she tried to make Gilgamesh her husband, but he refused her and reminded her of her former lovers, whom she mercilessly killed or left injured. She reported this to her father, Anu, and he gave her the mystical bull of heaven to avenge herself. Gilgamesh and his friend Enkidu stopped and killed the mighty creature and threw its headless body at her feet. They also insulted her, and she responded by sending disease to kill Gilgamesh's best friend Enkidu. She is one of Aphrodite's counterparts."