Table of Contents
Week of 01/01/1993

Articles

Politicos use talk shows, and vice versa

 

Col picks up 'Mariachi' for Feb. release

 

Oscar watch

 

Sequels are B.O. winners

 

FCC open to suggestions for fin-syn--the sequel

 

'Dr. Quinn' is good medicine for CBS

 

Financial Briefs

 

All American paying off CL

 

'Roses' wilt, 'Crue' is motley at benefit concert

 

Bolton, R.E.M. multiplatinum

 

Web-wide hiring freeze chills ABC

 

Eazy-E lashes back at rapper critics

 

SPC confirms 2 pickups

 

Constance Carpenter

 

Peter Brocco

 

Johanna Denise Kirby

 

Elliot Fields

 

Shubert goes 'Crazy' June 1

 

NSFC honors Clint, Thompson

 

Pula to top NL theatrical marketing

 

Xmas surge sweet music

 

Zelnick re-ups as Fox prexy

 

'Aladdin' magic bumps off 'Men'

 

CBS still on top in daytime

 

PTAR revisions may be raised at FCC meeting

 

'Hard Copy' climbs as 'Life' expires

 

Benson to voice 'Exosquad' lead for MCA TV

 

Disney's Eisner keynoter for b'cast exex confab

 

Births

 

ZZ Top sues Mitsubishi over car ad

 

'92's pix: Putting it in gross terms

 

Rock Hall of Fame dinner open to public

 

French TV prod'n outfit SFP shaping up

 

Euro exhibs upbeat on first-qtr. '93 prospects

 

'Alone' at home atop Euro B.O.

 

Nuell ankles 'E.T.' for greener TV pastures

 

Short Takes

 

Post-arrest Bridges quits youth center

 

Auld lang syne for MGM Grand's flight into sunset

 

TriStar gets 'Weekend' rights

 

Hollywood picked as theme for video software confab

 

NBC confirms 'Seinfeld' move, other web shifts

 

ABC nabs CTV's 'Shirley' for vacated 'Home'

 

N.Y. mayor boosts city film office

 

10 books up for Gleason Awards

 

ABC, CBS score with Fisher pix

 

Cannon launches new financing

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Financial Briefs

 

Cablers cautiously await rereg

 

'Oil' afire among exclusive pix in Gotham, L.A.

 

Births

 

Hitched

 

John Dorr

 

Stephen Harvey

 

Stephen Albert

 

Russell L. Lewis

 

James A. Goode

 

Arthur M. Gameral

 

Ontario film, TV prod'n up 29% in booming '92

 

Blackfriars Theater wipes out debt

 

Oz sets pay-TV content rules

 

Davis 'Says' helmer Coolidge would be cool

 

Short Takes

 

Boycotters Streisand, Minnelli holiday in Idaho

 

Propaganda inks Proyas

 

TriStar signs Bergman, Lobell for '$2 Million Tip'

 

CBS News adds Douglass as reporter

 

Kellner joins flock of Fox-trotters

 

Burchill exits Lifetime to buy interest in Petry

 

New Year's B.O. up 6% from '92

 

KNBC wooing Hoffman as N.D.

 

ATAS may alter Emmy rules

 

Blockbuster Ent. president ankles

 

Hart ankles Geffen for Gramercy

 

Filmauro's Midas touch

 

Tartikoff makes quick return to showbiz

 

Freedman 20th TV pub VP

 

Gold, platinum off in 1992 but multiplatinum ahead

 

Obst moving shingle from Sony to Fox lot

 

New leads for 'Route 66' series

 

Oscar watch

 

Proffer tops Coast ops at Cherry Lane

 

Hoffman gets lucrative deal as KNBC news VP

 

NFL, 'Quinn' save CBS

 

Lifetime prez confirms move, buys stake in Petry

 

Home Shopping Net redeems notes

 

Disney meet expected upbeat due to '92 stock climb

 

Granite deb swap offer completed

 

SCA ready for prime deal

 

Turnover at Fox gives Wall Street the willies

 

ARC buys out Daniels stake

 

Survey says Boyz II Men, U2, Carey to top Grammys

 

Bush aides aim for TV prod'n biz

 

Kermit, Harris on list for kids' inaugural show

 

Gay Men's Chorus tryouts

 

Vivienne Segal

 

Valerie Wellington

 

Anna Wimschneider

 

Ashot Abramyan

 

Stanley E. Hubbard

 

Clyde M. Reed Jr.

 

Thomas Geoffrey Fowler

 

Gertrude Reisenbach Rose

 

Ungar joins CATA

 

Sikes may table PTAR issue at FCC meet

 

B.O. year: First among sequels

 

Clausen SPE's risk management VP

 

Jacobson joins ABC's golf unit

 

Trio will head Elektra's revamped marketing arm

 

Bension new MCA recreation chair

 

Lensing to start on Torn's 'Call'

 

Fox Inc. expands board to 7 members

 

Dardis joins APA as motion pic lit veep

 

Misa retires from WB after 63 yrs.

 

Paige tapped Boxing Writers Assn. prez

 

Video Briefs

 

Showtime's deal includes rights, AIDS donation

 

Ackley upped at CapCities/ABC Video

 

Births

 

TCI to carry Calif. Channel

 

Indies shoot for 'A' list

 

Bush names former press sec'y Prosperi to PBS board

 

'Heart and Souls' rolls for U in L.A.

 

Harris RCS co-prod'ns topper

 

CBC appeals ban on mini to top court

 

Weapon under question in death of Brazil soap star

 

Kohl blasts b'casters

 

Aussies prepping own Lollapalooza-style tour

 

Send out the clones: Sci-fi shows to add diversity

 

Italo politics making showbiz fret

 

Salhany to take FBC reins

 

Beatty, Bening having 'Affair' at WB

 

Par puts 'Cop III' off 8 wks.

 

Spanish KLAX tops radio Arbs

 

Stars come out for Clinton fete

 

PBS donations keep on coming

 

KLSX-FM to check ARB findings on KLAX-FM

 

Ethics breach alleged in Fox land fight

 

'Deep Space 9' posts stellar ratings

 

Oscar watch

 

ABC News expected to up Friedman

 

Palm Springs Fest kicks off with 'Human Heart' preem

 

Hughes bill proposes retrans consent repeal

 

H'w'd has new allies on D.C. c'right panel

 

C-SPAN says audience up 80% since '88

 

Triton Pix confirms buying out Kadokawa's interest

 

Chips down in TVS bid

 

Financial Briefs

 

Picketers protest PBS 'censorship' of 2 docus

 

Exec Shuffle

 

CPB to spend $ 1.3 mil on shows

 

L.A. Comedy Week set

 

Worldvision buys 'Lovers' for vid

 

Ronnie Welsh

 

Nureyev dies in Paris after battle with AIDS

 

WB to open 25-30 new stores

 

S.F. conference Jan. 16

 

Miramax, CBS team on 'Boys'

 

'Cemetery' assigned a PG-13

 

H'wood braces for a youthquake of talent in '93

 

3DO bows long-awaited multimedia player

 

WGAW to rethink credit changes

 

Stars shine at Archerd fete

 

Webs halfway home

 

Caravan to produce 'Musketeers'

 

New Line gets $ 125 mil credit line

 

Koppelman takes top spot at EMI

 

WGAW director draws fire

 

Brooks still to record for Liberty

 

Cancer silences jazz great Gillespie at 75

 

CORRECTION

 

Short Takes

 

Touchstone revives 'Other'

 

Prime SportsChannel merger complete

 

Arcara files countersuit in 'Crowded Room' flap

 

Burkett joins Geffen

 

Laughs taps new Euro head

 

Buggy departs ITC for 'other interests'

 

New EC dicey for showbiz trade

 

Cinematographers to honor Freddie Young

 

Conservative choices intrinsic in Grammy noms

 

IRS billing cabler Dolan for $ 233 mil

 

Diller dabbles in expansion plans

 

Reviews

The Baby of Macon

Salt on Our Skin

The Sandlot

Another Stakeout

Alive

Blood in Blood Out

Blue

Bodies, Rest & Motion

Body of Evidence

Boxing Helena

Brain Smasher... - A Love Story

Cb4

The Cement Garden

Children of the Corn II - The Final Sacrifice

The Crush

Dangerous Game

The Dark Half

Dave

Dazed and Confused

Dennis the Menace

Desperate Remedies

Detour

Dirty Weekend

Dragon - The Bruce Lee Story

Dust Devil - The Final Cut

Falling Down

The Firm

Fortress

Frauds

Geronimo - An American Legend

Gettysburg

Groundhog Day

Grumpy Old Men

Guilty As Sin

Hear No Evil

Heaven & Earth

Hercules Returns

Hexed

Homeward Bound

Hot Shots! Part Deux

The House of the Spirits

Indecent Proposal

In the Line of Fire

In the Name of the Father

It's All True

Judgment Night

Jurassic Park

Kalifornia

Last Action Hero

Leon the Pig Farmer

Life with Mikey

Little Buddha

Lost in Yonkers

Mad Dog and Glory

Made in America

Manhattan Murder Mystery

The Man Without a Face

Map of the Human Heart

Matinee

M. Butterfly

The Meteor Man

Mi Vida Loca

Mrs. Doubtfire

Mr. Wonderful

Much Ado About Nothing

Mui Du Du Xanh

The Music of Chance

My Boyfriend's Back

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

The Night We Never Met

The November Men

Nowhere to Run

Orlando

Paper Hearts

Passenger 57

The Pickle

Point of No Return

Public Access

Raining Stones

Reckless Kelly

Red Rock West

Return of the Living Dead III

Rich in Love

Rising Sun

Robin Hood - Men in Tights

Ruby Cairo

Ruby in Paradise

Searching for Bobby Fischer

Shadow of the Wolf

Shelf Life

Short Cuts

Sidekicks

Silent Tongue

The Silent Touch

Sleepless in Seattle

Sliver

Sniper

Soft Top Hard Shoulder

Sommersby

Son of the Pink Panther

Splitting Heirs

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III - The Turtles Are Back . . . in Time

The Temp

The Thing Called Love

This Boy's Life - A True Story

The Trial

True Romance

Untamed Heart

The Vanishing

The War Room

Weekend at Bernie's II

What's Love Got to Do with It

Wide Sargasso Sea

Xi Yan

The Young Americans

The Adventures of Huck Finn


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