Head over to our /dreamworksfansite.com/contests/"">Contests section for contest details Less than two years after she was hired to help turn around Paramount Pictures, President Gail Berman and the studio are expected to sever ties this week, according to four people familiar with the situation.

Late Tuesday, Berman and Paramount Chairman Brad Grey had not formally discussed the terms of her departure. Berman has more than two years left on her contract.

Paramount declined to comment. Berman did not return calls. Executives with knowledge of the plan asked not to be named because the matter was not yet public.

javascript""> javascript"" src=""http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js""> It was unclear Tuesday how Berman's role would be filled. Two top Paramount executives ? Rob Moore and Brad Weston ? could figure prominently in a management restructuring, studio insiders said.

Berman's exit comes as no surprise. Almost from the moment Grey handpicked the veteran TV executive in March 2005 to become his creative lieutenant, Berman, 49, has been dogged by rumors of her demise.

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