Table of Contents
Week of 11/12/1993

Articles

One billion reasons for 'Men' move

 

Par 'Going West'

 

Death likely to kill 'Blood'

 

Quintano to script 'Spy' pic

 

Disney ducks Wall Street fallout

 

BellSouth in, Liberty out

 

Prod'n biz in L.A. starts holiday break

 

PacBell goes interactive

 

DiCaprio to ride with Stone in 'Quick, Dead'

 

Nesbitt to head KABC

 

Asner goes to 'Alley'

 

Van de Kamp tops Music Center board

 

Datebook

 

Campaign ad bill advances

 

'Way' cool at B.O.

 

Syndicator Perin rolls out 'Extraordinary' project

 

Short Takes

 

Mini cablers lobby D.C. to delay telco entry in TV biz

 

Disney says: Yes, Virginia

 

Births

 

Hemdale buys into a brewery

 

Vid panel sees strong biz for specialty titles

 

Watchdog likes 'Grain'

 

AFMA ups Owen to controller

 

Political overtones in Hungary TV flap

 

Toscan: Oui to dubbing

 

Pac-Asia mart preview

 

Matsushita denies selling stake in MCA

 

Financial Briefs

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Blockbuster joins AIDS fight

 

'Nightline' wins 1st vs. Dave

 

Firm names Mayerson, Frankenheimer co-chairs

 

Hollywood and the end of innocence abroad

 

Altmas presses forward on fashion pic

 

It's 'Three' for No. 1, 'Carlito' 2nd

 

'Visiteurs' to be dubbed, subbed

 

With BellSouth dollars, QVC is top bidder for Par

 

Webs in fin-syn win

 

Jackson bolts, Pepsi reacts

 

Burton near pact with WB

 

Telcos ask high court to dump must-carry

 

Hearts afire in H'w'd with 'Q'

 

'Gone' film rights end up with Lee Rich

 

MGM adds Coppola, Lewyn to board

 

Latest from Gordon's busy pen: 'Mechanic,' 'Murder'

 

Deal cut to confirm Hundt at FCC

 

Box trouble for Sinatra

 

Coroner says overdose killed Phoenix

 

U teams up with French for 'Amazons'

 

Tiny Singapore makes a big broadcast move

 

India pic crews on strike

 

Dutch RTL 5 misses yuppie boat

 

Dino stomps on int'l records

 

Short Takes

 

Blizzard of holiday albums; Doggy dilemma

 

Euro filmers make nice with U.S. directors

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Financial Briefs

 

Results mixed for Cablevision

 

Flaschen tops Nielsen

 

Perelman buys into infomercial company

 

H-B makes short work of Cartoon Net deal

 

Composer Nyman shows 'Piano' forte

 

'Gold' polished for D.C. event

 

Academy hands out Nicholl nods

 

Ted Turner's deals tend to look better with age

 

'Blown Away' adds explosive fight scene

 

Kirkpatrick vs. Par

 

Goldhammer creates TV consultancy

 

Landis & co. stay at MCA

 

Kellner modifies plans for WB web

 

The lowdown on Baby Bells

 

Correction

 

Court nixes 'Godfather' plea

 

IATSE gets Whoopi to rally troops

 

Sunday blahs hit B.O.

 

QVC must shed Liberty, TCI bonds, Feds vote

 

Hour gang retro boosts CBS

 

Williams set atop Sony Pix Operations

 

Network stocks climb

 

Financial Briefs

 

Carolco 3rd-qtr. revenues down

 

B.O. busts spur MGM losses in the 3rd qtr.

 

Imago Records cuts staff

 

Births

 

NARAS ups Senn to senior VP post

 

'Saigon' to launch Ahmanson

 

Par board is unified in rejecting QVC bid

 

Phillips to be honored

 

Indy B.O. goes limp, but 'Sex Is ...' great in L.A.

 

Datebook

 

Lenser Miyagawa feted at Hawaiian Film Fest

 

WB pays J2 $ 80,000 to settle 'Lampoon' suit

 

Qwest taps Bloom VP

 

Hemdale strikes deal with Newberger distrib

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Carpenter gives $ 1 mil for theater

 

Court backs Baby Bells

 

Seagram ups Time Warner stake

 

Short Takes

 

Plaintiff sez judge unsuitable

 

HBO, Anglia form kidvid firm

 

Aussie pic prod'n off 30% for yr.

 

Mip Asia inks 80 TV firms for confab

 

Euro films' history co-prod docu theme

 

Valladolid pic fest wraps

 

Tape editor loses job over false report

 

Stretching the truth and nitpicking foreign pix

 

Valenti slated as ShoWest keynote speaker

 

Barney to bring love-in to Radio City

 

'X,' 'Love,' 'Bopha' top Image nomination list

 

Diller courts Par

 

Par: Kirkpatrick suit lacks merit

 

Sony furor over changing of the guard

 

Brooks in Super Bowl

 

ABC logs Nielsen win with 'Walters,' 'Home'

 

Arnolds ink with WB TV

 

'Once' tops NAACP legit nods

 

Scopus drops Jackson

 

WGA strikes pact with PBS

 

Barton replaces Rees in 'Shoes' role

 

Interactive 'Hero'

 

ABC discovers more 'Missing'

 

Turner Pix won't nix 'chix' flix

 

Petry NBC West Coast sr. VP

 

Live 3rd-quarter fortune reversed

 

CapCities/ABC coup

 

Nostalgia board OKs sale

 

QVC posts 31% 3rd-quarter gain

 

ABC sticks with 'Home'

 

Harvey to reactivate toon prod'n

 

Cary Theodore Friedman

 

Video distrib Fil a Film files for bankruptcy

 

Three earn Felix noms for best European pic

 

Ex-Kiwi exhib topper charged

 

Germans get Viva for Christmas

 

Mini won't skirt her-story

 

VCR Plus maker sues competition

 

Short Takes

 

The end of fin-syn as we know it (and we feel fine)

 

TCI memo irks FCC, Congress

 

Hitched

 

Exec Shuffle

 

TW plans interactive news net

 

Harry L. Wolf

 

'Antoine' still No. 1

 

French up pubcaster coin

 

Havas talks take a turn

 

Jacksons still unsure of Michael's role

 

H'wood: Muy bueno, eh?

 

Caravan calls on bad Boys

 

Big-ticket pix have high price

 

PBS plotting new course

 

Hughes prexy Riche to ankle

 

Writers choose Block as interactive liaison

 

Republic Pix checking in with 'Parole Officer'

 

FCC launches cabler probe

 

Trimark pic goes interactive

 

Co-anchor Alvarez exits KNBC for KCBS

 

'Vs.' stays on top in hot week

 

A boost to 'Society'

 

'Potato' pair pick APA

 

FCC, Justice attempt to upset telco-cable ruling

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Tennant to helm Fox pork pic

 

Castle Rock takes 'Forever'

 

Patent may byte industry

 

6 MOR cable channels offer more than music

 

ShowBiz Expo racks up exhibitors

 

Datebook

 

'Barney' on NBC

 

Col 'Women' near

 

Births

 

Kane tops ATAS int'l board

 

Short Takes

 

MPAA makes well-known member exit MGM trailer

 

MCA vid ups Relyea to VP

 

Financial briefs

 

'Dove' tails ABC sked in 2nd sweeps outing

 

King World news mixed

 

'ET' big winner in good syndie week

 

Totalvideo sold

 

New Audrey Hepburn sought

 

Reviews

Return to Lonesome Dove

Guys and Dolls

Meat Loaf

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Showtime Original Movie They

A Mother's Revenge

Addams Family Values

The Lemonheads; Hole

Dead Can Dance

The Kentucky Cycle

Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald

Robocop 3

The November Men

Abgeschminkt!

Digger

Femme Fatale

Chut Sarang

Deadfall

Justiz

Timon of Athens

The Treatment

The Lights

Black Elk Speaks

The American Experience: Eisenhower

Sweet, Smart, Rodgers & Hart

Jack

Frontline Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?

Beverly Hills, 90210 Take Back the Night

Law & Order Born Bad

Rodgers & Hammerstein's a Grand Night for Singing

Tracey Ullman: A Class Act

Official Denial


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