Ryan Kavanaugh's emergence as a rising studio mogul was on display at the Golden Globes on Jan. 16 when Christian Bale gave a shout-out to the Hollywood financier as he accepted the supporting-actor award for his role as a drug-using former boxer in The Fighter. Backstage, the bearded actor joked that he singled out Kavanaugh, one of the film's producers, because "he said if I thanked him personally he would actually pay me for my next film." Kavanaugh has been wowing Hollywood with deals since 2002.
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