During yesterday's plunge on Wall Street, PAUL ALLEN
"suffered a paper loss of" $625M yesterday on his Microsoft
and Home Shopping Network holdings, while Nike CEO PHIL
KNIGHT "saw his net worth decrease by" $179M (N.Y. POST
10/28).....Rockets Owner LESLIE ALEXANDER has contributed
$15,000 to the campaign of former Houston Police Chief LEE
BROWN's campaign for Mayor. Alexander's PAC, Roughy PAC,
contributed $10,000 to Brown, while he and his wife had each
donated $5,000 earlier in the campaign. IHL Aeros Owner
CHUCK WATSON has contributed $5,000 and NBA Commissioner
DAVID STERN, and his wife, have given a total of $1,000 to
Brown's campaign (HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 10/28)....ENTERTAINMENT
WEEKLY's "Power" issue lists its 101 Most Powerful People in
Entertainment. Among them: No. 2, Time Warner's GERALD
LEVIN and TED TURNER; No. 3, News Corp. Chair RUPERT
MURDOCH; No. 4, Walt Disney Chair MICHAEL EISNER; No. 22,
News Corp. COO PETER CHERNIN; No. 30, Fox COO DAVID HILL;
No. 32 Microsoft Chair BILL GATES; No. 74, PAUL ALLEN and
No. 76 ABC Sports/ESPN CEO STEVE BORNSTEIN (EW, 10/31). MIKE
TYSON and DON KING announced donations to various charities
yesterday. King, on Tyson: "Good works do not absolve
someone of a crime or unsavory acts, but we must learn to
forgive" (N.Y. POST, 10/28).
