On April 25, 2007, Fox Broadcasting announced that he, Carrie Fisher, Garry Marshall and Jon Avnet would be the judges for the network's filmmaking-competition, reality TV series, On the Lot, which premiered to low ratings in May 2007.

In 1963, the Liberty Records label was sold to Avnet ( an electronics corporation ) for $ 12 million.

After two years of losses, Avnet sold the labels back to Al Bennett for $ 8 million.

According to manager Avnet, Groban was very nervous about standing in for Bocelli and had to be talked into it, but his performance prompted the show hostess, Rosie O ' Donnell, to ask him to appear on her show the following week, which then led to an appearance on the Ally McBeal show.

Foster gave the responsibility for running the label to then manager Brian Avnet.

Foster gave the responsibility for running the new Warner joint venture to his then manager Brian Avnet.

Avnet constantly pushed for room in this meticulously designed movie for the kind of freedom the actors needed, like being able to move around on the soundstage.

She referred the Conran brothers to producer Jon Avnet, who agreed to help the Conran brothers make a feature-length film, and found funding for the project.

At first, Kerry Conran intended for the film to be a seven-part black and white serial, but Jon Avnet convinced him to make it without chapters, and in color.

Ribisi met with Avnet and, initially, was not sure that he wanted to do the movie but after seeing the teaser trailer, he signed on without hesitation.

In order to protect Conran's vision, Avnet decided to shoot the movie independently with a lot of his own money.

Conran and Avnet were able to cut costs considerably by shooting the entire movie in 26 days ( not the usual three to four months that this kind of movie normally takes ) on high-definition video using a Sony HDW-F900 and working entirely on three different blue screen soundstages in London, England with one notable exception.

He recalls Adler had the show mounted by producer Brian Avnet and that both Curry and O ' Brien were brought in from the UK.

In late 1998, the 17-year-old Groban was introduced by his vocal coach to Grammy-winning producer / arranger David Foster and future manager Brian Avnet.

The Mighty Ducks is the first film in The Mighty Ducks trilogy, produced by Avnet – Kerner Productions and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures and originally released on October 2, 1992.

In 2002, producer Jon Avnet showed Law the teaser trailer and the actor was very impressed by what he saw.

It was acquired in 1963 by Avnet and merged with its Liberty Records parent label in 1966.

The film was directed by Jon Avnet and written by Avnet and Paul Brickman.

The War is a 1994 drama film directed by Jon Avnet and starring Elijah Wood, Kevin Costner, and Mare Winningham.

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Up Close & Personal is a 1996 American romantic drama film directed by Jon Avnet, and starring Robert Redford as a news director and Michelle Pfeiffer as his protegée, with Stockard Channing, Joe Mantegna and Kate Nelligan in supporting roles.

Category: Films directed by Jon Avnet

’ 46 ) Founder of Marshall Industries ( acquired by Avnet in 1999 ) and benefactor of the Marshall School of Business

In 2008, Green was the Head Writer / Showrunner of the television pilot Bunker Hill, starring Donnie Wahlberg and Bridget Moynahan and directed by Jon Avnet.

The town was successful in attracting high-tech industries, and has become home to companies such as Panasonic, Fujitsu ( formerly ICL ), Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Siemens ( originally Nixdorf ), Honeywell, Cable and Wireless, Avnet Technology Solutions and Novell.

He was able to show it to producer Jon Avnet, who was so impressed that he spent two years working with the aspiring filmmaker on his screenplay.

Once he was finished, Conran showed it to producer Marsha Oglesby, who was a friend of his brother's wife and she recommended that he let producer Jon Avnet see it.

There was a lot of interest and Avnet selected the studio that gave Conran the most creative control.

Nine months before filming, Avnet had Conran meet the actors and begin rehearsals in an attempt to get the shy filmmaker out of his shell.

By 1997 Foster and Avnet came to the realisation that, in the American market at least, " logo labels " like 143 were in a " bad spot ".

" Avnet gave him the script to read and some preliminary artwork to look at.

Two of the courses currently host events on the LPGA Tour: The Senator course at Capitol Hill, which hosts the Navistar LPGA Classic, and The Crossings course at Magnolia Grove, home to the Avnet LPGA Classic.

Brian Avnet managed Foxy at the peak of their success and now manages the career of Josh Groban.

" Avnet wanted to work with Law because he knew that the actor had " worked both period, who worked both having theatrical experience, who worked on blue screen, who hadn't hit yet as a major action star.

Avnet set up a custom digital effects studio with a blue screen soundstage in an abandoned building in Van Nuys, California.

Among the notable alumni of AFI are: Darren Aronofsky, Jon Avnet, Keith D. Black, Wally Pfister, Stuart Cornfeld, Bill Duke, Edward James Olmos, Carl Colpaert, Rodrigo García, Steve Golin, Patrick Creadon, Amy Heckerling, Marshall Herskovitz, Janusz Kamiński, Matthew Libatique, Mimi Leder, David Lynch, Terrence Malick, John McTiernan, Paul Schrader, Frank Spotnitz, Mark Waters, Gary Winick, Edward Zwick, and Susannah Grant.

Major firms that started on New York's Radio Row include Arrow Electronics, Avnet, and Schweber Electronics.

The software development and computer services side of the industry also thrives in Bracknell Forest and includes companies like Cable and Wireless, Honeywell, Avnet, Novell, and RSA Security.

After selling the company to Avnet, production moved to South Carolina.

Avnet also bought Blue Note Records, Imperial Records, Dolton Records, Aladdin Records and Minit Records.

" Avnet claims this sequence of events effectively got Groban's career off the ground.

Avnet told HitQuarters that Warner initially proved resistant to the deal because " They were afraid they wouldn ’ t be able to get a voice like that on radio.

Avnet convinced Aurelio De Laurentiis to finance Sky Captain without a distribution deal.