I'M READY FOR MY CLOSE-UP, MR. LIPMAN

On Grammy night, Republic chieftain Monte Lipman celebrates the label's co-financing and co-production pact for music-driven films with indie film/TV studio IM Global by posing with IM Founder/CEO Stuart Ford and IM Music prexy David Schulhof. Then everyone donned their Varvatos bowling shoes as Lipman began his pitch for a gritty biopic about Chumbawamba.