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| April 11, 2008 |
Behind the scenes with Thomas Tull '92by David Sadove '10Thomas Tull has come a long way since he graduated Hamilton in 1992. The founder, Chairman, and CEO of Legendary Pictures will be giving a presentation on April 17. Tull's journey from College Hill Road to Sunset Boulevard was fueled by hard work and perseverance. He became involved in private equity in the late 1990s. His first major success came with the establishment of Red Storm Entertainment, which created games based on Tom Clancy's works. A chance meeting with the head of a major film studio at a dinner informed Mr. Tull of the "haywire" state of the financial structure of the movie industry, and that began an enormously successful career. But Thomas Tull's story begins far from Hollywood. More. . . |
Hautelife: Haute-Dining at Utica's Ancora Restaurantby Nonny Chizea'08"Utica, Utica, Oh Utica!" Those are the most popular words that convey many people's feelings about our neighboring city of Utica, NY. Over the years Utica has built up quite the reputation as a city of many troubles. Fortunately, there are many business owners in the area who still believe in Utica and are working very hard to make the city grow culturally. One of them is Jason Nole, Owner and Head Chef of Ancora! Crepes, Bar and Tapas. Ancora is Italian for "encore." More. . . |