(1) Harvey Weinstein is obese. Also, Weinstein's overbudget, schedule-busting Miramax picture, "Gangs of New York," was filmed in Rome for weeks and weeks.

(2) "Sparky" is Katzenberg's nickname.

(3) Disney bought Miramax when Katzenberg was still chairman of Walt Disney Studios.

(4) Eisner did not receive a bonus for 2001 because the Walt Disney Co. had a disastrous year financially and its stock price remains depressed.

(5) Katzenberg's ugly contractual dispute with Disney ended when both sides finally agreed to a reported $275 million award for Katzenberg.

(6) Entertainment mogul Barry Diller, who recently married designer Diane von Furstenberg, has often been the subject of rumors and reports questioning his sexuality. Diller is often joined at the hip with gay friends like David Geffen and Sandy Gallin.

(7) Katzenberg is a business partner in Dreamworks SKG with Steven Spielberg and David Geffen. S is for Spielberg, K is for Katzenberg and G is for Geffen.

(8) Barry Diller is not known for having much of a sense of humor.

(9) Michael Eisner is not known for having much of a sense of humor. Diller was Eisner's boss at Paramount Pictures years ago.

(10) A ridiculous but persistent rumor had Keanu Reeves "married" to Katzenberg's Dreamworks business partner, David Geffen. Both Reeves and Geffen have denied the rumor.

(11) It is well known that Harvey Weinstein's brother, Bob Weinstein, helps keep highbrow Miramax afloat with Bob's lowbrow but also very profitable studio Dimension Films.

(12) It is well known that Dreamworks would not be nearly as profitable or award-winning a studio without the involvement of Steven Spielberg.

(13) Because of Katzenberg's contract dispute, Disney representatives kept referring to Katzenberg as "greedy."

(14) Dreamworks' upcoming "Road to Perdition" is a Sam Mendes-directed film starring Tom Hanks as a hitman who goes on the run and seeks vengeance when members of his family are murdered during gangland wars in 1930s Chicago.

(15) Miramax's upcoming "Gangs of New York" is a Martin Scorsese-directed film starring Leonardo diCaprio as a young man who seeks vengeance against the man who murdered his father as a result of gang warfare between the Irish and Italian gangs in New York City between 1840 and 1863.

(16) The kind of girl that Jewish movie moguls tend to marry.

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