Rob Moore

Veteran Hollywood deal maker Rob Moore was named Thursday as Paramount Pictures' top business executive as the revamping of the venerable Hollywood studio continues. In taking the job as president of worldwide marketing, distribution and operations, Moore relinquishes his partnership in Revolution Studios, the 5-year-old movie company founded by Joe Roth, former film chief at Walt Disney Co. and 20th Century Fox. Moore becomes the second of Revolution's four original partners to leave this year.

While the USS Enterprise has yet to conquer foreign galaxies, it is starting to pick up speed overseas. Playing in seven foreign markets this weekend, J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek Into Darkness" collected $31.7 million, according to an estimate from distributor Paramount Pictures. The studio said the sequel performed about 70% better than the original did when it debuted in those same countries four years ago. The movie did well in locations like Germany and Australia but fared best in the United Kingdom, where it grossed $13.3 million.

Veteran Hollywood deal maker Rob Moore was named Thursday as Paramount Pictures' top business executive as the revamping of the venerable Hollywood studio continues. In taking the job as president of worldwide marketing, distribution and operations, Moore relinquishes his partnership in Revolution Studios, the 5-year-old movie company founded by Joe Roth, former film chief at Walt Disney Co. and 20th Century Fox. Moore becomes the second of Revolution's four original partners to leave this year.

While the USS Enterprise has yet to conquer foreign galaxies, it is starting to pick up speed overseas. Playing in seven foreign markets this weekend, J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek Into Darkness" collected $31.7 million, according to an estimate from distributor Paramount Pictures. The studio said the sequel performed about 70% better than the original did when it debuted in those same countries four years ago. The movie did well in locations like Germany and Australia but fared best in the United Kingdom, where it grossed $13.3 million.

Rob Moore, the Syracuse wide receiver, was chosen today by his hometown team, the New York Jets, in the NFL's supplemental draft. Moore, who grew up five minutes from the Jets' training camp in Hempstead, N.Y., was taken in the first round of the weighted lottery. The league would not say if he was taken with the first pick, but he was chosen in the first tier, made up of the teams with the poorest records.

Onetime Walt Disney Studios top business executive Rob Moore has been hired by his former Disney boss, Joe Roth, to run Roth's new entertainment venture. The widely anticipated move makes Moore, a 13-year Disney veteran, the head of day-to-day operations for Roth's yet-to-be-named Santa Monica company. In addition to focusing on movie production, Moore will be looking for various business opportunities and overseeing the start-up company's Internet strategies.

The season took a disastrous turn for the Arizona Cardinals on Saturday when they learned they will lose two-time Pro Bowl receiver Rob Moore for the year because of a torn ligament in his left knee. Moore suffered the injury as he made his break from the line of scrimmage on the Metrodome turf in an exhibition game Friday against the Minnesota Vikings. He was not touched on the play. "Turf is terrible," running back Michael Pittman said.

Rob Moore has been named to replace Lou Lichtl as football coach at Culver City High. Moore, 33, has been an assistant at the school for the past five years. He is a former receiver and defensive back who competed at Hamilton High, Pierce College and Oklahoma State. The Centaurs return running backs Chris Ellison and Aki Wilson and are expected to be a contender for the Ocean League title. "I feel this is the strongest team at Culver City since I've been around," Moore said.

Don Shula said this might be his final season as coach of the Miami Dolphins because he hasn't decided whether he wants a contract extension from new owner Wayne Huizenga. Shula's current three-year contract will expire after this season. . . . The New York Jets agreed to terms with wide receiver Rob Moore on a one-year contract. Moore caught a team-high 64 passes for 843 yards last season.

The season took a disastrous turn for the Arizona Cardinals on Saturday when they learned they will lose two-time Pro Bowl receiver Rob Moore for the year because of a torn ligament in his left knee. Moore suffered the injury as he made his break from the line of scrimmage on the Metrodome turf in an exhibition game Friday against the Minnesota Vikings. He was not touched on the play. "Turf is terrible," running back Michael Pittman said.

Onetime Walt Disney Studios top business executive Rob Moore has been hired by his former Disney boss, Joe Roth, to run Roth's new entertainment venture. The widely anticipated move makes Moore, a 13-year Disney veteran, the head of day-to-day operations for Roth's yet-to-be-named Santa Monica company. In addition to focusing on movie production, Moore will be looking for various business opportunities and overseeing the start-up company's Internet strategies.

Rob Moore has been named to replace Lou Lichtl as football coach at Culver City High. Moore, 33, has been an assistant at the school for the past five years. He is a former receiver and defensive back who competed at Hamilton High, Pierce College and Oklahoma State. The Centaurs return running backs Chris Ellison and Aki Wilson and are expected to be a contender for the Ocean League title. "I feel this is the strongest team at Culver City since I've been around," Moore said.

Rob Moore, the Syracuse wide receiver, was chosen today by his hometown team, the New York Jets, in the NFL's supplemental draft. Moore, who grew up five minutes from the Jets' training camp in Hempstead, N.Y., was taken in the first round of the weighted lottery. The league would not say if he was taken with the first pick, but he was chosen in the first tier, made up of the teams with the poorest records.

Paramount Pictures has laid off 60 employees as a result of folding the marketing, distribution and physical production operations of its specialty film label, Paramount Vantage, into the main studio. "This completes the previously announced reorganization to consolidate into one group," Paramount Vice Chairman Rob Moore said. Moore said the layoffs were mostly of mid- and lower-level employees from both Paramount and Vantage but also included four senior executives who lost their jobs last month.

Viacom Inc.'s Paramount Pictures appointed Frederick Huntsberry, president of NBC Universal International, as chief operating officer, the film studio said Sunday. Huntsberry begins at the Hollywood studio today. He comes to Paramount after 12 years with General Electric Co., the parent company of NBC, where he served as executive vice president of NBC Universal Television Distribution as well as interim president and chief operating officer of Universal Pictures.