Simon Cowell eyes entertainment firm

June 24, 2009 Plans to create a global entertainment venture between Simon Cowell and Top Shop retail mogul Philip Green are still "far from finalized," Cowell's spokesman said Wednesday. Clifford said the talks centered on building a possible business combining television and entertainment "in general," but that the detail was still being worked out. Retail billionaire Green owns British Home Stores and the Arcadia Group, which owns such youth clothing outlets as Top Shop, Dorothy Perkins and Miss Selfridge, bringing in ranges from fashion icons like Kate Moss.

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