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... CNN.com - 'Crash' producer: I'm broke - Mar 10, 2006 International Edition Special Report 'Crash' producer: I'm brokeCathy Schulman's trip through the film industry "Crash" producer Cathy Schulman, with co-producer and director Paul Haggis, holds her Oscar for the film.

SPECIAL REPORT Special Report LOS ANGELES, California (Hollywood Reporter) - It's been a bumpy ride.

Accepting the fifth best picture Oscar ever awarded to a woman, independent producer Cathy Schulman landed on the stage of Hollywood's Kodak Theatre on Sunday along with writer-director Paul Haggis as one of the credited producers of "Crash."But while Schulman, 40, has a lot for which to be grateful, including a supportive husband of 12 years and a 5-year-old daughter, she can't entirely savor her win.

She still faces a court fight against producer Bob Yari, who is furious that he was deprived of the chance for his own moment onstage because of rulings by the Producers Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scienc...

...Guzman, who has lost 20 pounds, is beginning the second season of a $16.8 million, four-year deal with the Washington Nationals.

) Former Gopher Thomas Vanek of the Buffalo Sabres, via video arranged by the University of Minnesota, the other day saluted his alma mater's seniors for winning the WCHA championship.

Vanek would have been a senior this season had he not opted for the NHL.

) WNBA draft prospect Tasha Williams, who is averaging 12.5 and 5.2 rebounds for Louisiana Tech, was married to Vikings defensive lineman Kevin Williams last summer.

) Fifty percent (20 players) of the rosters of the New Jersey Devils and New York Islanders that played against each other Tuesday were Americans, including seven — Jamie Langenbrunner, Paul Martin, Erik Rasmussen, Zach Parise, Jason Blake, Mark Parrish and Wyatt Smith — from Minnesota.

) Austin High graduate Mike Wuertz hasn't given up a run in two spring training games for the Chicago Cubs while former Twins outfielder Michael Restovich of Rochester hit a home run against the Texas Rangers the other day.

Restovich is playing first base for the Cubs.

) Ex-Vikings Carl Eller (Minnesota), Randall Cunningham (Nevada-Las Vegas), Jeff Siemon (Stanford), Gino Torretta (Miami) and Ahmad Rashad (Oregon) are on this year's College Football Hall of Fame Division I-A ballot.

"I'm really happy to be on the ballot," Eller, a Pro Football Hall of Fame member, said Thursday.

Of his recent arrest fo...

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Toronto Vancouver Ottawa Montreal Entertainment Oscar-winning 'Crash' producer is flat broke Friday, March 10, 2006 3:05:59 AM ET By Anne Thompson - Analysis LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - It's been a bumpy ride.

Accepting the fifth best picture Oscar ever awarded to a woman, independent producer Cathy Schulman landed on the stage of Hollywood's Kodak Theater on Sunday along with writer-director Paul Haggis as one of the credited producers of "Crash." But while Schulman, 40, has a lot for which to be grateful, including a supportive husband of 12 years and a 5-year-old daughter, she can't entirely savor her win.

She still faces a court fight against producer Bob Yari, who is furious that he was deprived of the chance for his own moment onstage because of rulings by the Producers Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

And at what should be a career pinnacle, Schulman finds herself flat broke.

"I have the interesting distinction of having made five movies in a row without ever being paid," she says.

"I can't pay my bills." As a g...