But after all the bad blood generated by a very public spat, the gesture may not be dramatic enough to soothe the directing deity's damaged feelings enough to salvage the partnership that's been so lucrative for Paramount, leading the Melrose lot's emperor to undertake an even humbler expression of his appreciation of the DW team's contributions, announcing the immediate establishment of the "Thank You, Steven Spielberg, For Making The High-Grossing DreamWorks Filmed Entertainments That Allow Me To Keep My Job, Love, Brad Grey" banner in tomorrow's trades.

• DreamWorks maintaining its identity [Variety]
• Previously: More Aftershocks From The Two Little Words That Shook Hollywood [Defamer]<./li>

But in August the Redstones privately agreed to a cooling-off period until after the Labor Day weekend, when Shari's 25-year-old daughter, Kimberlee, was to be married.

Sumner and his wife, Paula, attended the Sept. 2 ceremony at the Inter-Continental Boston Hotel, where heart-shaped fireworks lit up the Boston Harbor.

One guest said that although there were no fireworks between Sumner and Shari during the lavish event, the pair weren't exactly cozy.

"There was peace, but they basically didn't speak to each other all weekend," said one person, who asked to remain anonymous because the wedding was a private family affair. The person said the elder Redstone laid low, neither toasting the bride and groom nor playing any other ceremonial role.

A person close to Sumner said he and Shari "hugged each other."

Despite his best attempts at maintaining a tenuous familial peace, the immortal patriarch couldn't help but co-opt part of the reception to make a point about the futility of his daughter's efforts to unseat him. Grabbing Shari by the elbow and leading to the wedding cake stand, he whispered in her ear, "Imagine this delicious dessert is my Viacom empire. If you abandon your doomed campaign to overthrow me, you get this generous slice," then paused to cut her off a small sliver of the frosted treat. But he then quickly withdrew the offering, continuing, "But if you persist in this insubordination, I will eat the whole fucking thing, and you will get nothing," a threat that was immediately followed by the wizened executive's disturbing devouring of the entire three-foot-tall cake-tower—plastic bride and groom included—before a roomful of shocked guests.

• Redstone family rift may not be healed [LAT]
• Previously: Battle Between Sumner Redstone And Daughter Fizzling, But Bar Fight With God Could Be Brewing [Defamer]

"The deal for us has been highly profitable and is ahead of schedule," Paramount Pictures Chairman Brad Grey said in an interview Thursday. "It would always be better to have Steven and DreamWorks with us, but of course we'll be OK" if they leave. [...]

In a business as unpredictable as Hollywood, DreamWorks and Paramount could wind up having a rapprochement and drawing up new employment contracts.

Grey said he remains hopeful. "The temperature has to go down a little bit," he said. "If there's an economically prudent deal that makes sense for us, of course I want Steven and DreamWorks to be part of Viacom. No one respects Steven and David more than I do."

Should the proverbial cooler heads not prevail, look for Grey's Viacom masters to demand that their studio boss make a more dramatic display of how little a dumping by Spielberg will hurt them. Inviting all of his Paramount family to meet him for a "fun afternoon break" via an internal e-mail, hundreds of employees will join their leader around the Melrose lot's beautiful fountain, into which Grey will blithely toss each and every one of the two-hundred photographs of Spielberg that adorn his office's walls, telling his underlings, "See how much Steven means to me? Sploosh! Didn't feel a thing!" as each lovingly framed memento of their relationship sinks into its bubbling waters

• Fleeing a close encounter with Viacom [LAT]
• Dauman/Katzenberg Feud Over Spielberg Officially Upgraded To Catfight [Defamer]

While the mogul's words seemed like a reasonably civil overture for Dauman to make everything right with boomboxes and baskets of baked goods yesterday, this morning all we can think about is Katz personally delivering the message in a flurry of surprisingly sharp fingernail-swipes and vicious blows with an overflowing manpurse, and Dauman showing up to the office today trying to sheepishly blame the ragged scratches on his face on a "shaving accident," but muttering, "Hasn't that little tramp ever heard of a manicure?" under his breath to a sympathetic assistant.

• Previously: Jeffrey Katzenberg Defends Pal Steven Spielberg Against Viacom CEO's Thoughtless Words [Defamer]