Table of Contents
Week of 04/02/1993

Articles

Numbers Box

 

Move to nix regs pleases Fox, upsets producers

 

Lee publicist wants murder probe

 

Action spurs fear, loathing

 

Peabodys note riot-related coverage

 

Hugo Black III partners in Weissmann, Wolff

 

Ta-ta to 'Hee Haw'

 

Cineplex Odeon cuts losses for 4th qtr., year

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Universal picks up Largo's remake of 'The Getaway'

 

Stephen White

 

Hey, showbiz ain't curing cancer: it's more important

 

Akalaitis to helm Bowles play at Lincoln Center

 

No bigscreen 'Justice' for Schmidt

 

Fox studio expansion plan clears

 

Live snaps up vid rights to 'Crying'

 

AMPTP, IA extend pact

 

U speeds 'Greed's' prod'n

 

Orders price freeze/cuts for subs

 

CBS decides to 'Do That' through May

 

Prod'n company buys pic rights to Lobell/Bergman project

 

ABC, Par join bid for Mexican nets

 

Cable stocks hit hard following FCC ruling

 

CBS scores with NCAA coverage

 

Gardenia memorial

 

Jeremy Siegrist

 

Frank Orme

 

Births

 

A user's guide to fin-syn and its varied net results

 

Short Takes

 

Producer Dean gets CBS back-up order

 

'Star Dust' lyricist Parish dies

 

Numbers Box

 

Correction

 

'Beethoven' bulldozes his way to Fox's Monday movie lineup

 

Cameras rolling on 3rd 'That's'

 

U.S. box office report

 

Oscar-winning Gallic pic prod'r Mnouchkine dies

 

Miramax takes domestic rights to CTHV's 'Fortress'

 

Elektra ups Millman to veepee post

 

KQLZ-FM switches to soft adult format

 

Album Spotlight

 

Toubon takes over as French culture minister

 

N.Z. film backer gets new topper

 

Kirch media empire scrutinized by media, courts

 

Disney shows a nose for biz on 'Pinocchio'

 

White House to press FCC on enforcing kidvid law

 

Video Sell-through report

 

Rivals in a lather over CAA's bank relationship

 

Spielberg on 'Quest' to bring big prod'n to small screen

 

Disney-based pair to split up

 

AFMA, Russia join to curb film piracy

 

MGM lands Culkin for 'Dad' with $ 8 mil

 

'Unforgiven' upped to seventh place

 

Island no more, indie links with Babelsberg

 

'L.A. Law' awaits verdict

 

NABET, Cap Cities/ABC reach tentative agreement

 

Lee buried in Seattle as probe continues

 

DV wins Maggie award

 

Studio-web combines seen in wake of fin-syn ruling

 

Financial Briefs

 

Live back on track with new acquisition larder

 

Fin-syn, cable changes keep Wall St. humming

 

Mark Silverman to exit Variety

 

TV mock jury decides Ray is not guilty

 

Hewlett-Packard dives into the interactive TV market

 

LucasArts Games gets new name

 

Births

 

Davis settles suit

 

Cunningham re-elected

 

Proserv sues NBA and its teams

 

NL seeks ban on CL trademark use

 

Mel swell; Murphy pic un-'Distinguished'

 

International Briefs

 

Encryption preserves local markets

 

Short Takes

 

Music News; Sony coming on strong in DuBois contract race

 

Feldman new U sr. pub VP

 

Berlusconi cuts off PentAmerica

 

'Gangland' deal may bring scribe up to $ 3.4 million

 

Kidpower propels nat'l B.O.

 

Justice acts to strike NEA-decency ruling

 

Reynolds plays 'Left Field'

 

Ballistics tests end in Lee probe

 

Texan steps up film ties by self-marketing pic

 

'Dinosaurs' far from extinct on ABC lineup

 

Smith ankles MGM TV to launch own company

 

Music Plus co-founder Fogelman ankles post

 

Former HSN lawyer sues over firing

 

Marky Mark avoids assault trial

 

'Leolo' opens big in N.Y., 'Dog' bow wows L.A.

 

'Whitney' gain for WB is 'Love's' loss on KCAL

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Births

 

Rolf Bjorling

 

Eugenie Leontovich

 

Wayne Mack

 

Katherine Hynes de Groot

 

International Briefs

 

Prexy of movie arm named to firm's board

 

Euro producers forming think tank

 

Celebs give prez break from politix

 

Polygram ups Kuhn

 

Numbers Box

 

TLT's 'Lost' dox found by NBC

 

Col 'Knight' is tabled by Zucker

 

Computer giants link in research

 

Longbow sets slate of TV pix

 

Sources say exec company's next prexy-CEO

 

Newham sr. VP/CFO EMI N.A.

 

Financial Briefs

 

Jerry Hausner

 

Harper Goff

 

Louis H. Murray

 

Donald Reynolds

 

NCTA meetings explain rereg law

 

SelecTV names new chair, stabilizes tiff

 

Short Takes

 

Simpson & Bruckheimer seek a boost from CAA

 

Miller suit charges fiscal impropriety

 

DAILY VARIETY FILM BOX OFFICE REPORT

 

De Niro commits to a monster deal at TriStar

 

Arnolds to drive 'Car' for Col

 

'News' offered as option for kidvid compliance

 

Notches its first '93 victory; CBS distant 2nd

 

Bickley/Warren reup at Lorimar

 

Ross upped to A&R veep at Elektra

 

Financial Briefs

 

Exec Shuffle

 

TW launches summer-job ops

 

CPB pumps $1 million into APS

 

Bettsteller senior VP, FoxVideo Int'l

 

WB ordered to pay Dean kin

 

D.C. Report; NAB sez no to alcohol ad bill

 

Mnouchkine services

 

Alliance moves to Toronto H.Q.

 

In King trial wake, news media will be the message

 

Short Takes

 

Lollapalooza Festival unveils acts for '93 tour

 

N.Y. Gramercy to run revivals

 

Births

 

U.S., Philippines pact to protect copyrights

 

Malaria grounds Superman

 

Domestic B.O. market shares

 

BV repeats top market share act

 

C-W, Arnolds add 2 seasons

 

MGM wins suit over U.K. chain

 

Dey breaks with 'Love'

 

Correction

 

Anson suit backed by Authors org

 

Wall St. pundits scotch talk of company split

 

Quested accused of falsifying accounting papers

 

Buxton appointed Hannibal MD

 

Andrew E. Anka Sr.

 

Robert E. Lee

 

Pinky Lee

 

NUMBERS BOX

 

Hitched

 

Pentafilm partners deny reports of firm's breakup

 

Brit indies win TV rights ruling

 

ILM, SGI form alliance against sky-high sci-fi

 

WGAW OK's same-sex insurance

 

Females saddle up for new roles

 

Some WMA clients follow Brown to indie

 

Murdoch asks FCC's OK to own Post, WNYW-TV

 

Ratings OK for 'Delta'

 

October buys rights to 'Thrill'

 

Paulson inks first-look deal at Viacom

 

Rival French labs eye LTC financial rescue

 

Daytime fare propels PBS

 

Letters to the Editor: Mock ado about the Gray matter

 

TriStar's 'Sleepless' is rated PG by MPAA

 

NBC issuing June 21 'Challenge'

 

Taplin producer of 'Native Americans'

 

Films in the future

 

Peter B. Mumford

 

Harley Allen

 

'Dave,' indie 'Turnaround' to get Frisco Fest under way

 

WGAW to vote on AFL-CIO affil

 

WGAW hashing out 2 initiatives on election rules

 

Kiss alum settles suit with tabloid

 

Studios fast to corral Western pix

 

D.C. Report; NBC's Lafferty joins TV Answer

 

Clarification

 

City cuts red tape for filming

 

Wolper org passes torch

 

Peacock Web hires former CBS exec to head up troubled unit

 

Court delays indecency rule date

 

Bertelsmann romances Azoff/WB Records

 

Another layer added to tangled legal battle

 

MGM buys 65 British cinemas

 

Westerns roam H'wood range again

 

Sony Pictures ups Condolora

 

Short Takes

 

Trademarx: Hey, loved your film; now pass the lingonberries

 

Hitched

 

Siminski memorial

 

Douglas Leopold

 

Karen Sue Weiss

 

Maugene Hughes Donahue

 

Gary DeLoatch

 

Hollywood TV production chart

 

Cable Briefs

 

Lack: sophisticated, savvy and no stranger to turmoil

 

Goldstein upped at MTV

 

'Madonna Exposed' doesn't excite syndie

 

MTV 'Big Picture' focuses on Silver

 

SCE grant big piece of 'Puzzle'

 

Location News; Mississippi hopes for Finn fever

 

'Jeffersons' on stage

 

Harlequin Alliance will woo the world

 

Thomasons return to H'w'd, showbiz duties

 

Reviews

Cbs Sunday Movie a Place to Be Loved

Guilt or Innocence: The Trial of James Earl Ray

Jonny's Golden Quest

Masterpiece Theatre the Black Velvet Gown Parts I & II

Get Real Aids

Another Time

Faustorama, the Musical

Putting It Together

Cop and a Half

The Genius

The Sandlot

The Crush

Southern Rapture

Travis Tritt: A Celebration

Abc Monday Night Movie for Their Own Good

Furthest from the Sun

Slings and Eros

Grizly Cargo

The Rising Tide of Color

The Cottage

The Melbourne Shuffle

Storm Reading

Miracle Child

Average White Band; Ohio Players

Peter Gabriel

Langer Gang

Indecent Proposal

Splitting Heirs

The Snapper

South Bank Show Peter O'Toole

HBO Pictures: The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom

Rick Reynolds: Only the Truth Is Funny

This Just in

Story of a People: A Dream Deferred a Tale of Three Cities

Degenerate Art

Only in Hollywood

Laureen's Whereabouts

Mr. Nanny

Three Hotels


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