Under these new business arrangements, big-name producers can control nearly every aspect of filmmaking - even the most exalted perk, the ability to greenlight a picture.
When a big-name producer seems to be emerging, no singer with a decent budget wants to be left behind.
Five of the 12 reds are over $40, and all are predictable big-name producers.
Rather than using big-name producers such as Swizz Beatz and Timbaland, who had featured prominently on Vol.
The emphasis is on big red wines from big-name producers who command big prices.
No Mercy is a sleek pop-rap record: 14 taut, catchy songs with beats from big-name producers and an array of top-flight guests.
Her decision to work with the low-key Premier was also a decision to snub some of the big-name producers on whom pop stars often rely.
In one song she rails against a big-name producer who is also a former collaborator, Scott Storch, taunting, "Looks like I didn't need you."
CBS, too, has signed several big-name producers to dream up new shows for the fall season.
For one thing, some big-name producers have moved to MSNBC Cable full time.