Table of Contents
Week of 03/05/1993

Articles

Acad's Sci-Tech awards move centerstage

 

Cable faces unsympathetic D.C. court

 

Stuff of history

 

25 films enter PGA Hall of Fame

 

Sweeps don't add up in L.A.

 

Terenzio ends 'Affair' stint, ankles post

 

Elijah Wood is heading up 'North'

 

AFM '93; AFM gets high marks

 

'Place' sues Academy

 

ABC, NBC in Waco wacko race

 

Jacobson on at Viacom

 

Singer lands 2-pic deal at Fox

 

ABC picks Trias to head kidvid unit

 

The Lion pounces on multimedia

 

Oscar watch

 

Par perk irks investor

 

BET posts gain in 2nd-qtr. net

 

Financial Briefs

 

SCI TV creditors OK reorg backed by Perelman cash

 

Nielsen cements WABC dominance in Gotham

 

Writers, CBS shake hands on new pact

 

Hispanics flock to Spanish TV

 

KABC preps for possible strike

 

TBS, Prime team on Olympic fest

 

CBS daytime going strong

 

Sat. Fox shakes up kidvid arena

 

ABC gets last laff on last sweeps night

 

Eden, Knotts star in 'Lovers'

 

Spain's ESICMA hooks up with Alta loop

 

Goldwyn picks up 'Banquet' rights

 

AFM '93

 

Carvey, Golino go 'Clean'

 

Arrow nabs Ullmann's 'Sofie' for U.S. release

 

Skywalkers ankle to Sony

 

Chrisanthopoulos leaves NTA for ABC

 

Kalish gets WGAW Cox nod

 

DGA to honor sports' Coyle

 

Chicago crix tap 'X' top film

 

Palladium sues to remove curfew

 

'Twogether' appeal lost

 

RIAA seizures up in '92

 

Exec producer Reilly to ankle 'GMA'

 

Morrison to play Shrine

 

Schwartz replaces Freeman

 

Docu exex sue estate of MLK

 

Births

 

AFM '93

 

Esparza red flags ethnic directors

 

David A. Lipton

 

Franco Brusati

 

Phyllis Ripp

 

Eddie Constantine

 

Ishiro Honda

 

David Gallegly

 

V.J. Skutt

 

Samuel Dunford

 

N.Y., L.A. law firms join forces

 

Fisher, Buttafuoco meeting sidetracked

 

Short Takes

 

Oscar ships 8,000 trailers to theaters

 

ABC firms 'Home' extension

 

Reel life

 

Ivory pleased with spectrum of nommed pix

 

Minor out as prexy of Giant

 

Brooks, Light 'Phenom' duo

 

Clint conquers DGA

 

Katzenberg plan a hit with agents

 

NATO/ShoWest's mood sparkles

 

'Falling Down' rising above B.O. competish

 

SPE, Arnold take 'Action'

 

Hardison on tap in NBC/TriStar series

 

Rand novel a giant project

 

Cablers' moment of decision

 

Oscar watch

 

Feb. B.O. climbs 6%

 

NARM keynoter urges dialogue on technology

 

Disney vids hot stock

 

L.A. mulls last call for Blak:bloo

 

Technicolor launches TES

 

Benji has bone to pick with H.P., Vision

 

Broadcast TV revenues rebound

 

Giant makes Baer prod'n VP

 

Short Takes

 

NARM endorses EAS device

 

Barbara Sheldon Edwards

 

Timothy Proser

 

'Visiteurs' French roll

 

'Silence' sweeps Canada's Geminis

 

International Briefs

 

Lux shelter dis-Harmony

 

U.S. leads charge at Africa fest

 

Acad honors technical achievement

 

AIDS event set for Cannes

 

Correction

 

Quello, Beers at 'Big' confab

 

Staffers sent packing by ABC

 

WPP's Thompson to handle Orion account

 

NL completes offering

 

AFM '93

 

VR's first stop won't be at home

 

Metallica sweeps Bammies

 

Ward joins praisery Clein and White as VP

 

U ups 3 in marketing wing

 

Gelfand takes step up at MCA/U

 

Music News

 

Album Spotlight

 

Exec Shuffle

 

'Carousel' tops U.K.'s Olivier noms

 

'Place' loses bid for TRO; trial Tues.

 

Daily Variety video rental report

 

The future of TV unfolds, but is it all Barry Diller?

 

NBC sets WTC spec for sweeps

 

Cool Light bid for award denied by S.C.

 

Jacko: no shows, 2 cos.

 

Basinger denies giving pledge to 'Helena'

 

Big '93 B.O. hopes high at ShoWest

 

B'buster buys into Spelling

 

NBC sale tale discounted

 

Cesars serve as epitaph

 

Col hits int'l b.o. highs

 

Marketing helps lift 'Falling'

 

Fox enrolls Bochner to helm 'P.C.U.'

 

Marathon results mixed for KCOP

 

Lewis to direct 'Gordy'

 

Oscar watch

 

NBC, Tango pair in 'Jackyl'

 

FCC may nix Retrans request

 

NARM sings with product offerings

 

Correction

 

Exec Shuffle

 

QVC's net, revs post year gains

 

Nat'l Pix Registry noms sought

 

Dish

 

Financial Briefs

 

Spectrum Holobyte raises $ 10.3 mil

 

Interest rates drop, boost market to new high

 

Foreign pix top in Gotham, L.A.

 

Births

 

Billy Eckstine

 

Douglas Marland

 

Cyril Collard

 

Bruce L. Wendell

 

Susan Richmond

 

Fletcher Knebel

 

Hitched

 

Baxter inks with PKE

 

Cronkite to host Holocaust show

 

Blockbuster deals

 

Germany's cable net overloaded

 

Europe toons in on Turner Sat cast

 

Short Takes

 

5 boosted at MCA corporate info dpt

 

NAB PSAs boo booze

 

Colbert stroke condition serious

 

Daily Variety film box office report

 

Daily Variety film box office report

 

'Gypsy' TV'er ready to work its magic

 

Showest sweet and sour

 

Canton urges biz 'tune-up'

 

Levinson, Johnson in on WB 'Fries'

 

MTA reportedly is closing due to rift

 

English returns ACLU award

 

'Flyer' Evans lands at Fox with deal

 

USA buys Viacom toons

 

No 'Place' in Oscar race

 

Block says Basinger never had 'Boxing' deal

 

CTG/Taper tops L.A. crix pix with 9

 

Sony exec boasts top shelf products

 

CBS on cruise control

 

Oscar watch

 

Lear earns laurels from Writers Guild

 

Valenti defends rating system

 

Star of Decade nod to Arnold

 

Technicolor eyes New Ventures

 

Philips picks Marden to head software div

 

Analyst touts TBS stock

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Jacobson eyes DBS as VEG venue

 

Congressman prepares pic alteration bill

 

'Toon' materials set

 

Gospel labels praying for retail intervention

 

Polygram faces Landmark suit

 

Cyrus tops NARM best-seller prizes

 

Brooks books world tour, TV spec

 

Demi's mom boosts 'Edition'

 

'Palms' to air during sweeps

 

Birth

 

B'casters may feel heat in kidvid sesh

 

Davis sues scribe over mag article

 

New task force to tackle runaway prod'n

 

New channels vie for German acceptance

 

Italians tackle vid piracy

 

Germans will be off to see 'Wizard' again

 

German court backs 'Motzki'

 

Writers against credits changes

 

Praxis opens Site to outside helmers

 

Wb helps save rain forest w/ set-building switch

 

Costner, Whoopi People's Choice

 

Changing channels

 

Short Takes

 

Toy T. Caldwell Jr.

 

Who's Where

 

Boyz II Men nab 3 awards at Soul Train

 

San Diego fetes Wilson

 

NYPD, MPAA crack down on vid piracy

 

Reiner heading 'North' for AK shoot

 

Bob Crosby

 

Jerry Lisker

 

Terry Frost

 

Richard Sale

 

Paul Alley

 

Schneier forms FSA with ties to Spelling

 

Hendricks upped to Disney sr. vp

 

Goldberg sues in flick flap

 

Davis to exit American Playhouse

 

IFPW gives special honors

 

Oscar watch

 

Par will sing new toon

 

Correction

 

MPSE reveals Reel noms

 

WGAW sets honors for black writers

 

Clarification

 

TCI joins French cable cable co-venture

 

Financial Briefs

 

FCC panel backs Fox's KTTV cert

 

28 mil TV viewers watch away from home

 

AFI medal to Haines

 

'Donahue' dips, 'Regis' gains

 

N.Y. IFPers get Kodak discount

 

Hitched

 

Hayes still critical

 

'Simpsons' cleared

 

Short Takes

 

UA venues site of Pre-Vue giveaway

 

Stock new Cinemark prez

 

Roger Rabbit reels in a G rating

 

'Whoopi,' 'Jane' shift at KCAL

 

Leaders gather to reveal CBS' work in N.Y.

 

NATO/ShoWest's annual food fight

 

Jakoby to script 'Siege II'

 

New Line celebrates Lemmon hits

 

Slawson exits NBC

 

'B'casters, beware'

 

A sound war fought at ShoWest

 

TriStar slate stellar at NATO

 

TV eyed for Coke bears

 

Despite hearty TV, Par1st qtr. Weak

 

Carson: Only strong will survive on latenite scene

 

Reviews

The Goodbye Girl

Shadow of the Wolf

Getting by Moving in

Hardcore Tv

American Masters Paul Simon: Born at the Right Time

Where I Live Occupant

Cbs Sunday Movie the Disappearance of Nora

Nbc Monday Night at the Movies Passport to Murder

Father, Son & Holy Coach

B/C Historia

Great Day in the Morning

Hysterical Blindness

America Undercover Mob Stories

The Whole Shebang

Nbc Monday Night at the Movies Silent Cries

Tuhlaajapoika the Prodigal Son

Best of the Best II

American Masters George Lucas: Heroes, Myths and Magic

Mtv's Beavis and Butt-Head Show

Day One

The Painted Desert

A Far Off Place

How'D They Do That?

Sirens p.m. Turn

Beau Jest

Rigoletto

The Hanged Man

The Silent Feminists

Silent Victim

Joey Breaker

Showtime 30-Minute Movie Witness

Contact

Taxi Dancer

Flesh and Blood

Wings

Black 47


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