Movies
If we can begin by postulating that there’s an actual order to the Hollywood universe, then its first law of personal dynamics would go something like this: for every action--which, of course, includes inaction--there is an equal and underlying self-interest.
Sept. 8, 1996
Television* An American Movie Classics special based on producer Lynda Obst’s 1996 best-selling memoir outlines the lives of Hollywood dealmakers.
Jan. 7, 2002
Television
Television: Lynda Obst pulled together dramatic storytelling, newsreel footage and a lot of her own memories for her four-hour NBC movie.
Feb. 5, 1999
World & Nation
Lynda Obst, one of Hollywood’s most successful female movie producers, known for hits like “Sleepless in Seattle” (1993), “Contact” (1997) and this year’s “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,” was detained Sunday after security screeners at a Texas airport discovered she had a small amount of marijuana.
July 11, 2003
Entertainment & Arts
Producers Debra Hill and Lynda Obst move from teen comedy (“Adventures in Babysitting”) to fantasy with their next project for Paramount--”Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” based on the 1960s Marvel Comics character.
Sept. 20, 1987
“There are two verbs which describe what we had to deal with on this script,” says Lynda Obst, one of the producers of “The Fisher King.” “ ‘To Disney-fy” and “to Gilliamize.’ ” That’s what Obst and her producing partner, Debra Hill, faced in turning “The Fisher King”--the story of a radio shock jock (Jeff Bridges) who finds redemption through a homeless person (Robin Williams)--from what was initially perceived as a small independent feature into one of TriStar Pictures’ major fall releases.
Sept. 29, 1991
Last week, we reported the struggle to get a film out of Randall Sullivan’s Esquire article on “The Billionaire Boys Club” (he’s doing a book now too), the true tale about a small Beverly Hills brat pack that gets involved in murder and swindle.
Oct. 26, 1986
Citing bad karma, Paramount producer Lynda Obst told us last week that she and her partner Debra Hill are dropping any ideas of making “The Billionaire Boys Club,” which has been considered one of the hottest film properties around town.
Oct. 19, 1986
California
Someone should tell distinguished Pomona College alumna Lynda Obst (May 31) that when Gertrude Stein said, “There’s no there there,” she was speaking of Oakland, not L.A.
June 8, 2000
Books
This Sunday: Melvin Jules Bukiet on “Lieutenant-Colonel De Maumort,” a novel by Nobel laureate Roger Martin du Gard; Lynda Obst on Bernie Brillstein; Benjamin Schwarz on John Lukacs’ “Five Days in London”; and a page of children’s books.
Jan. 5, 2000