But with the imminent arrival of CAA (in a building being erected on the former home of the ABC Entertainment Center), a planned move by ICM and the revamping of MGM, Century City is back.

Latest arrival is the law firm Barnes Morris Klein Mark Yorn Barnes & Levine, which is ditching its Santa Monica HQ for digs at 2000 Avenue of the Stars.

Law firm has signed a 10-year lease for a full floor (28,000 square feet) in the north tower in the same complex that will also serve as the new address for CAA, which plans to move in by year's end.

The arrival of the showbizzers is luring eateries to the new complex, with fine shops and other businesses that cater to entertainment bonus checks and expense accounts due to open their doors. All promise to revive the land 20th Century Fox once sold to cover its losses from "Cleopatra."

Among the new restaurants planned for 2000 Avenue of the Stars is a third branch of Tom Collichio's Craft. (The original is in Gotham, and there's a Craftsteak at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.) The owners of Encino's gourmet hot dog spot the Stand are also planning an outlet there; among the investors are some of the arriving tenpercenters, including CAA's Fred Specktor.

While Century City's glamour factor seemed to peak with its use as the location for the original "Die Hard" in 1988, recent years have seen the refurbishing of the Westfield shopping center and the opening of a 14-plex that AMC considers its flagship L.A. location.

Barnes Morris Klein will make the move in April. Started in 1995 by attorneys Kevin Morris, Michael Barnes and Kevin Yorn, the firm has grown to 20 lawyers servicing film, TV, music and corporate clients.

Clients include Jim Carrey, Ellen DeGeneres, Will Ferrell, "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, Chris Rock, Matthew McConaughey, John Singleton, Vince Vaughn, Chris and Paul Weitz, composer Danny Elfman, rapper Snoop Dogg and Scarlett Johansson.

Morris confirmed the move and said the chance to be on the ground floor of 2000 Avenue of the Stars was the lure.

"We've outgrown our current space, and the chance to move into this building at this time to grow our firm was too good to pass up," Morris said. "This is an opportunity to be right in the fulcrum of what we feel will be a center of the entertainment business for the next couple of decades."

ICM also has committed to a move to Century City, taking up to 125,000 square feet in the MGM building. When it completes its relocation by early next year, the agency will be spread over three floors with its own separate lobby as well as two screening rooms.