Table of Contents
Week of 04/09/1994

Articles

Sports pix go 1-2 in B.O. race

 

SPE taps Howells CFO

 

New Line on beeline to A-level picture trail

 

Cobain's death spurs disc sales

 

King World ups 'Oprah's' price

 

Wayans seals deal with CBS

 

Chisholm shifts shop to Fox lot

 

Fox legislates 'True' reaction

 

WB weighs station plan

 

'Yellow' nets green for Sheridan in $ 3 mil deal

 

Rangers near Fox pic pact

 

Jones sr. VP at Col

 

Gov't vows equal rights for intellectual property

 

Correction

 

TCI's stake in Heritage on block

 

Marvel stuck in spider's web

 

CST taps Kowalchuk for exec posts

 

Financial Briefs

 

L.A. group plans $ 92 mil Dallas mall

 

Top 40 gets real

 

Shaw retro recaptures big band era

 

French AIDS telethon raises $ 10 mil

 

Lantz remembered as artist, husband

 

Backtalk; Law review: It's OK to criticize as long as it's positive

 

PBS scraps 'Tales' sequel

 

Ken Carson

 

Mabel Eby

 

Betty Colichman

 

Tommy Benford

 

Amblin finds unacceptable 'List' cuts OK'd in Malaysia

 

WB scores coup with Wildhorn

 

Sinclair taps Sully VP

 

Nesbitt fires 2 exex at KABC

 

Fox takes 'Walk' with Reeves

 

Malone likes Ted's HSN plans

 

Turner hires Heyer

 

H'wood bids farewell to Wells

 

Sony settles TV teams

 

Burns in feature talks with Merchant Ivory

 

Dalton bails out as Bond

 

Reitman to make 'Late' for HBO

 

Creative ad exec Kaiser exits at Fox

 

Bakula inks with WB TV

 

D.A. Garcetti denies Jackson probe ended

 

Walt Davis acquired by Steadi Systems Inc.

 

Exec shuffle

 

Imax Corp. preps stock issue for Canuck, U.S. markets

 

Bankers bicker over Euro Disney

 

Financial briefs

 

Packer buys into Telco

 

'D2' tops as pix find niche

 

NBC doubles 'Dateline'

 

Nyswaner, Algrant set for student pic fest

 

Interscope nabs spec 'Figure'

 

H'wood, high-techies mix at Media Expo

 

As exclu pix falter, 'Epoque' holds top slot; 'Kite' flies

 

MTV Asia talks are heating up

 

U.S. pix take title in Japan

 

Kid violence inspires move

 

Barbs fly as Turner is lauded

 

Cinefile; 'Chocolate' meanders toward B.O. record

 

Daily Variety Film Box Office Report

 

Lifson-Pompan to CAA

 

The Wright idea: new nets

 

Media exex take aim at gov't regs

 

Donaldson on MGM pic

 

U.S. exex expecting busy buying at MIP

 

Potent ABC puts sked in gridlock

 

CBS profits jump 28% for quarter

 

France Telecom signs up for Magic

 

Fox lists secondary affils

 

Fox taps best Sella as sr. VP/marketing

 

Murdoch confirms talks with MTV, rival

 

Albee wins Pulitzer for 'Three Tall Women'

 

Kennedy, Marshall tap book rep

 

ABC buys KMPC from Autrys

 

Par, software firm linking up

 

Orange County kicks in for garage

 

Most banks OK Euro Disney rescue plan

 

Infomercial trade org renamed

 

Gannett qtr. up

 

Dennis Durney

 

Thomas Hughes

 

'Models' take 'Place' space

 

'Jones' show unglued

 

Nick sets awards hosts

 

Judge OKs Menendez pic

 

Goldwyn entry deadline is set

 

'Cowgirls' reined in again

 

Eagles reunion concert to be MTV'd

 

B'buster to bow custom CDs

 

CBS elbows past ABC

 

Olympics pump up KCBS demo ratings

 

Datebook

 

Israeli video industry plagued by piracy

 

Duband 'distrib of the year'

 

Cinar earnings, revs increase

 

Short takes

 

French web TF1 sees profits rise

 

Law cracks down on violent pix

 

Cabler-Telco divorce?

 

'Noriega' set to roll

 

Losses mount at XM

 

Changing channels

 

Panel pores over high-tech hunger

 

Showbiz makes unlikely stand in Branson, Mo.

 

Wisdom inks two helmers

 

Meredith goes to CAA

 

Correction

 

VH-1, MTV pool in video programming

 

Par party welcomes Dolgen

 

H'w'd plugs rights

 

State bill pains labor

 

Letterman lobbying for Snyder

 

De Passe cranks up TV slate

 

Resurgent MIP full to rafters

 

'Cupid' to Amblin

 

Universal taps Lemlein

 

Pink Floyd tops chart; Nirvana sales rocket

 

'Price' sold in 67% of U.S.

 

Cable war on new turf

 

Buena Vista champions 'Crusaders' 2nd season

 

Saver returns to private practice

 

VMI acquires Cannon stake

 

Location news; Navajo group gets action

 

King World earnings up

 

New W'wood One units

 

Republic year ends with bang

 

Seagram ups stake in TW to 14.2%

 

Animal rights commish quits

 

Cox presses for single TV monitor

 

Syndicated fare shakes off post-sweeps blues

 

High tech H'w'd; news peg jolts CD-ROM title

 

USC to fete Ella, Lucas, Spielberg

 

'Desire' Forsythe

 

Radio research pair win CPB honors

 

Latham/Lechowick get CBS hourlong

 

Rare silent pix hit vid

 

Deadlines set for PTAR views

 

Turner takes to PPV

 

MPAA office seizes 2 mil pirated videos

 

Fox O&O challenged by NAACP

 

'Slickers II' branded with PG-13

 

UTA, in triple play, inks director, writer, producer

 

Exec shuffle

 

Short takes

 

Court TV inks int'l distrib deal with Itel

 

'Schindler' put on hold in Jordan

 

China plans path to own infohighway

 

Aerosmith to headline Russian cultural fest

 

Savoy part of int'l 'Circle'

 

French pubcaster coin grows

 

Datebook

 

Dish: Dolgen's first greenlight is the shade of 'Jade'

 

Williams takes break to honor Mancini

 

CBS loses trio of affils to Fox

 

Sagansky pulls the plug

 

SAG, AFTRA ink ad contract

 

Viacom, Par to fuse in 4th qtr.

 

Dole blasts Hundt, regs

 

CBC wins Olympics

 

Vietnam hero inks pic deal

 

APA sr. VP Tellez joins CAA in TV

 

correx

 

Golf wrap-ups linked to top 'Leno' ratings

 

U's 'Madison' an avenue for 'SNL' comic Sandler

 

Cramer daybreak VP

 

Sundance CD-ROM foray

 

RKO Pix plans Latino remake of 'Nocturne'

 

USA's Kenin tops CBS Sports

 

'Die' cast for Dillon, Phoenix

 

Tribeca ups duo

 

USC film gala set

 

Malibu fire victim Mass leaves hospital

 

Gloom and doom loom

 

BSkyB refinancing to pay back shareholders

 

Exec shuffle

 

Financial briefs

 

Berlusconi closer to PM goal

 

MIP shows Cannes-do spirit

 

Dutch indies team in new prod'n ventures

 

Westside opens office in Romania

 

Acad 'Bad' this 'Eye'

 

Turkey to form b'cast commish

 

Writers Guild targets WBAL

 

WGA sends fixes out to voters

 

Educator tops vid rating panel

 

'Sunset' for Actors Fund

 

The 4-year (or so) itch

 

Boston, Denver stations toss big beans at 'Seinfeld'

 

Short takes

 

Emmy date arrives

 

Reel life; The Grand in Las Vegas, that toddler town

 

No Macy's on '34th Street'

 

Reviews

Moment of Truth: Broken Pledges

Dream Lover

Cops and Robbersons

Janet Jackson; Mint Condition

Gerry Mulligan Quartet

Leontyne Price

The Madwoman of Chaillot

Mort Sahl's America

Memory Tricks

704 Hauser

The Changeling

Without Walls an Interview with Dennis Potter

The Lifeforce Experiment Sci-Fi, Sat. April 16, 8 p.m. Filmed in Montreal and Nova Scotia by Filmline Intl./Screen Partners in Association with USA Pictures. Producer, Nicolas Clermont; Co-Producer, Kent Walwin; Director, Piers Haggard; Script, Mike Hodge

Looking for My Wife's Husband

The Lottery

The Golden Ball

Pushing the Limits

The Flood

Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy

The Iguana

A Moment of Romance II

Medea

Bailey's Cafe Hartford

Stories

Jackie Mason: Politically Incorrect/Mort Sahl's America

The Triumph of Love

Ferno

Maggie's Riff

Mame

Babyfever

Cbs Tuesday Movie Separated by Murder

Tanya Tucker; Jeff Dunham

Life & Times Disabled and the Cost of Saying I Do

Rapa Nui

National Geographic Special Jewels of the Caribbean Sea

The Male Animal

The End of the Day

Tom & Viv

Fallen Angel

Children of the Dark

Abc Sunday Night Movie a Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story

The Changeling

White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf



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