ROB LOWE JOINS GROUP SEEKING TO BUY MIRAMAX

The group headed by Hollywood investor David Bergstein looking to buy Miramax from Disney has added a new player, actor Rob Lowe, the celebrity website TMZ reported on Wednesday, citing an executive familiar with the talks. Lowe, TMZ said, has ties to Tom Barrack’s Colony Capital, which is aligned with Bergstein in his bid for the studio. “They value his opinion and he has ideas,” a source told today’s New York Post. Other published reports indicated that a deal could be wrapped up within the next few days.