Table of Contents
Week of 12/02/1996

Articles

U trumps Fox in lava wars

 

Holiday B.O. goes to the dogs

 

Bass traps 'Mouse,' 'Code'

 

Tiny Tim

 

Weekend o'seas biz Quasi-hot

 

LAUDADIO NAMED VENICE FEST HEAD

 

ARD, ZDF undercut Kirch

 

GALLIC PIX GO LATINO

 

Telefonica seals digital TV alliance

 

Title card change: RGA/LA becomes Imaginary Forces

 

Brooks, Rudin re-team at Par

 

Spelling ups Bloomfield to senior VP, biz & legal

 

Eyemark pacts with Partner

 

KTTV news tops at 10

 

Sony builds Carpenter new VP office

 

Trump scores 3 beauties

 

FTC HITS THE BOTTLE: ADS UNDER FIRE

 

BRANSON'S ENCORE

 

HARRIS & LEWIS JOIN MCA FOLD

 

Decade rolls a 'Double'

 

IA OKs L.A.-area vid pact

 

Urich launches computer security biz

 

Steyer bows new kidvid co.

 

Oscar filing deadline today

 

Nachmanoff to script 'Snow Crash'

 

Koontz leads authors shopping at mini mart

 

'RENT' ROILED BY SUIT

 

Correction

 

H'wood ready for gospel according to Michael

 

SHORT TAKES

 

Lyonnais in probe

 

Casino blurb ban blasted

 

SNYDER IN CENTER RING

 

'Shine' leads arthouse B.O. gains on coasts

 

BIRTHS

 

18TH LATINO FEST KICKS OFF

 

Gijon fest fetes 'Flies,' 'Floating,' 'Portland'

 

BFI exec Emerson going to Beyond

 

BFI exec Emerson going to Beyond

 

BFI exec Emerson going to Beyond

 

TIPS ON THE LOTTERY

 

Zuckerman inks 3 Arts deal

 

'Women' initiating Israeli fest in L.A.

 

MGM TV arm taps Shandera sr. VP

 

N-TV bids to ground Phoenix

 

NBC RESHAPES WORLD

 

Italo Telepiu ups offerings

 

TENPERCENTERIES

 

'Guns' shoots with Ice-T

 

Bronfman hosts MPTF Gotham benefit

 

SAG award noms deadline today

 

Becker Group taps Ridley

 

UPN registers for 'Valley High' series

 

Summit plans 'Men' launch

 

Exec Shuffle

 

'Dame' grand overseas

 

KNBC rides 'Rosie' to news wins

 

DOGS RUN WITH B.O.

 

'Highway' pic listed on H'wood Stock Exchange

 

Hopper moves toApatow co.

 

TV ratings system nears OK

 

Saban to sell new'Kangaroo,' 'X-Men'

 

MGM plans pilots for Net

 

3 'MITTY' SLICKERS

 

'Wag' snags Levinson in 'Sphere' time

 

NBC IN SWEEPS WIN; CBS SECOND

 

MCA seeks Korean coin

 

Copyright laws to get new look

 

WB to sell DVD pix in Japan

 

HITCHED

 

BLACK, TAMBLYN SET FOR 'DAD'

 

Popcorn's kernel of hope

 

BRAZIL'S TVA RAISES $250 MIL

 

Mann to add 76 screens

 

Technicolor fuels U.K. giant's profit surge

 

Trib clears 'Earth,' 'Man'

 

Trib clears 'Earth,' 'Man'

 

BIRTHS

 

English-lingo soaper headed into Asia

 

TCI to cut up to 2,000

 

National Film Registry taps 25 more pix

 

Half of UPN to Viacom

 

PULA BOOGIES OVER TO WB

 

Televisa nixes Cablevision sale

 

ARD taps Reiter as chairman

 

GOV'T TO LURE FILMERS TO BRITAIN

 

Shaw Org. to receive CineAsia exhib honor

 

Berlin sidebar fetes 20 years of kidpix

 

AURUM'S ON A ROLL

 

Michael gets a cool mil for Brunei gig

 

Short Take

 

Cannes guide, sked in works

 

College sneaks for Miramax's 'Scream'

 

CHIN JOINS ALCONE GROUP

 

MCA tests waters for 'Atlantis'

 

SCOTT: STRAIGHT UP

 

Falco now directing Spanky development

 

ESPN elevates 4 prod'n staffers

 

ZINMAN REJOINS FRIED

 

HBO pledges aid for Peobodys

 

Playa Vista target of new suit

 

TLC orders up 26 segs of 'That' from Telepix

 

Lewis returns as KLAC host

 

WESTERN INTL TO SELL 'DAY!'

 

SportsChannel Fla. gains ground under Huizenga

 

Bernstein 'Front' gets WGA showing

 

Schibsted, Sandrews set sights on exhib venture

 

A TAXING NEW YEAR

 

China TV affils yank primetime ads

 

Sogecable turns up heat in Spain's digital TV war

 

Zulu appointed to top S. Africa TV post

 

Bacalov due for Rota film music honor

 

Granada skeds Mellor to create second ABC series

 

Edited Tao Arte reeling

 

SWEET 16 FOR OZ'S NINE

 

Tom Brantlinger

 

Maury Green

 

Peter Frederick Bronfman

 

Maria Casares

 

Mark Lenard

 

Alice Mellbye Pihl Scully

 

William Clarke

 

Joe Sawyers

 

Jerry Rivers

 

Viege Traub

 

Mort la 'Difference'

 

News

 

Fox O&Os buy 20th's 'Bodies'

 

Gelt MCA exec director

 

USA bumping up original output

 

CBS SATURDAYEM KIDVID TO SKEW OLDER

 

Trimark ups Van Houten

 

Alliance B'casting names Yaffe prexy

 

Packer's private firm CPH posts $22 mil loss for year

 

MCI GIVES FCC A RING

 

Lenders let Marvel draw $15 million loan

 

Live Ent. declares quarterly dividend

 

Carolco to file disposition plan

 

HOLIDAY SHOPPING

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

WBDTD set for 'Court' redo

 

FIRST LOOK WILL DISTRIB 'JERUSALEM'

 

Fiorentino takes 'Split'

 

RUPE IN TUNE WITH JAPAN

 

Football barely buoys ABC

 

Bedford Falls taps Patmore

 

'Line King' guests at Disney

 

MARKET & CONQUER

 

SEAGRAM ADS PROMPT FTC PROBE

 

CBS, TNT TEAM FOR GAMES

 

LIVID KIDVID ACTIVISTS PAN TV RATINGS PLAN

 

DeLillo homers with book deal

 

Gugino opts to 'Spin' off

 

Richard Easthouse

 

Satcasters stalling in Argentina

 

CORRECTIONS

 

Digital Domain, IA pact

 

MARTINEZ JOINS 'PROFILER'

 

Mingle moves to movies as ad veepee for 20th

 

BIZ'S CONSOLING THOUGHTS

 

Morality in Media rips TV rating plan

 

Lloyd Webber countersuit faces music, dismissed

 

Wickline inks at 3 Arts TV

 

'DUCK' TESTS LATE WATERS

 

Fox Sports West 2 sets Jan. 27 launch

 

BUSH UNBEATABLE

 

MPAA POSTS REV OF $34 MIL IN '95

 

FALL B.O. BOOMING

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

Inside Move: Williams fries plans for McDonald's tie-in

 

NBC, Nat'l Geographic pact

 

Initial Ent. lands Quaid for 'Savior'

 

Fox 2000 puts Smith on 'Cool Dry Place'

 

Sony boosts Kohut to post-prod'n prez

 

'SILENT' MINI FOR SCRIPPS

 

'Blackout' awakens at Miramax; Hammer hit

 

NATPE keynoter: Carey

 

The additions

 

OV settles suit; Rupe wins rugby

 

Veep will vouch for Cash

 

'Hamlet' hams it up

 

Ohlmeyer checks into Ford Center

 

BOYCOTT TARGETS KABC'S ELDER

 

McConaughey mulls joining 'Newton Boys'

 

Snider ankles Tristar for U

 

Schumacher back in CAA's ranks

 

UTA AT AD HOUSE DOOR

 

Satyajit Ray Award fetes 'Vita'

 

TCI unveils big layoffs

 

SHORT TAKES

 

Oz Showtime A'Little' local

 

MCA IN POLISH DEAL

 

Picture Pioneers fete Paramount's Lansing

 

NBC ups telepix pair

 

'Hamlet' hams it up

 

'Hamlet' hams it up

 

'Hamlet' hams it up

 

Eggels manages Col's Dutch marketing

 

Natl. Amusements bows plex in Chile

 

Ex-Niner Bond bound for more jail time

 

Germany's Springer buying stake in AOL

 

Oz gov't put ATV up for sale

 

TCI talks with rival Argentine cabler VCC

 

NEW LAMP to shine at Digital

 

Skyline to bow strip on femme arm of 'Law'

 

Stunt gags leave auds speechless

 

BIZ'S FALL GUYS JOIN HANDS

 

Oscar watch

 

Michaels inks with ICM

 

ABC pulls 'Townies'

 

Clooney's nom de shingle: Left Bank

 

MOMENT OF 'TRUTH'

 

People's Choice noms set

 

Baer stays at TriStar as exec VP

 

Interscope pays up to 'Blast Off'

 

Ana Gasteyer and Charles McKittrick III,

 

More red ink for Oz's Galaxy TV

 

Shuffle at Metromedia

 

Platt returns to News Corp. in Gotham

 

TW seeks unified board term

 

WCBS to go digital

 

UPN GRABS WB PAIR

 

CORREX

 

Licensing lessons at Mip Asia

 

Dreyfuss in ABC telepic

 

Local fare in focus at Mip Asia

 

Helmer learns perils of casting

 

Reviews

Calm at Sunset

Everyone Says I Love You

Mars Attacks!

Samson and Delilah

Mrs. Santa Claus

Pfeiffer, Clooney Strike 'Fine' Balance

Kirch Revenue Put at $ 1.4 Bil

3

Where Dreams Are Born and Die

Bitter Herbs and Honey

Rigor Mortis

The Broken Giant

Ikebana

Gone in a Heartbeat

Gone in a Heartbeat

Soundgarden

Golden Boy

The Curious Savage

An Unexpected Family

She Loves Me

The Curious Savage

Branford Marsalis Trio

Phish

Soundgarden

Mrs. Santa Claus

It's a Wonderful Cyberlife

Silverchair

Las Vegas

Man of La Mancha

Silverchair

Mrs. Santa Claus

It's A Wonderful CyberLife

Las Vegas

Samson and Delilah

The Rodman World Tour

Samson and Delilah

The Rodman World Tour

Orbital; Spring Heel Jack

Orbital; Spring Heel Jack

David Copperfield: Dreams & Nightmares

A Christmas Carol

Hamlet

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