Matthew Weiner, creator of hit TV show Mad Men has struck a $30 million deal with channel bosses at AMC, resolving an ongoing dispute about the retro drama’s future.
Weiner announced on Thursday that they had come to a contract agreement that would keep him with the show for three more years, reported the Huffington Post. AMC has ordered series five and six of the critically lauded show and has the option to commission a seventh as part of the three-year deal Weiner has agreed with producer Lionsgate.
The network also dropped its demand for a $1.5 million per season budget cut, which means Weiner will no longer be required to cut two significant actors per season. The deal announcement comes a day after the show’s star Christina Hendricks expressed fear she might lose her “dream job” due to the dispute.
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Woods puts yacht on sale for $25 million
New York: Tiger Woods’ former wife has returned him his wedding gift of 155-foot yacht Privacy and the troubled golfer has put it on sale for $25 million, according to the New York Post.
Woods had bought the yacht for $20 million to give his former Swedish wife Elin Nordegren as a wedding present in 2004. But the Swedish model returned the yacht back to the golfer during the recent divorce settlement as she did not want to shell out more than $2 million a year for its upkeep, according to the report. Privacy is currently docked at North Palm Beach where local mega-yacht builder John Staluppi says Woods is asking too high a price.
“The market on big yachts has gone down. Banks aren’t financing and the economy is off. It’s a buyer’s market. “Unless he sells to someone who wants to brag that he’s got Tiger’s yacht, he’ll get about $20 million,’’ he said. Before putting the mega yacht on sale, Woods has bought a 62-foot diving boat named Solitude for $3.1 million, according to the New York Post. —IANS