Table of Contents
Week of 01/15/1997

Articles

Stage scribes hit big screen

 

HOLLYWOOD INKS WRITE STUFF

 

LAIFF sets Jan. 24 deadline

 

VINTAGE TV IN NEW BOTTLES

 

Rosefelt lighting Lantern

 

'ABSOLUTE POWER' (SORT OF)

 

Geffen to stage 'Jeeves' tuner

 

Cut-bedeviled CBC tops Gemini nom list

 

United Cinemas brings Hungary, Czechs plexes

 

Premiere courts curb on DF1

 

NetHold inks pay TV pacts

 

EURO GIANT IS BORN

 

SUNDANCE HITTING THE WEB

 

CPB grant buys 'Jazz'

 

LIFETIME ON A HIRING JAG

 

WEB HEAD TOPIC HOP

 

PEARSON JOINS KTLA STAFF

 

Puppy love leads Barrett to ankle

 

Clear Channel affils, UPN in longterm pact

 

Constantin buys 'Evil' rights

 

Costantini joins Time Warner Cable

 

Wolf back at WCBS news

 

PAR BUOYS BLACK TO VP

 

TW to redeem bonds

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Whitaker to helm Bullock in 'Hope'

 

BUILDING ON A BUSTED IDEA

 

Korcheck upped at U

 

Firms join to create distrib'n software

 

Eye web inks royal deal with Ardent

 

PANEL MULLS SWEEPS-LESS RATINGS YEAR

 

Unite with States to sell foreign fare, panel says

 

SONY WOOS RENEWALS

 

Interpublic has $15 mil 'Great Day!'

 

Top markets get 'Wild'

 

SERIES SHOW WWOR THE MONEY

 

Gipson upped at Def Pix

 

In Pictures, MaloFilm in Canuck distrib'n pact

 

WB forges new U.K. link with producer Heyman

 

CASTAGNOLA TO SR. VP, U MUSIC

 

Golden Reel noms cite sound editing

 

Petroni back on Caravan

 

Cunningham Prods. names Haslett veep

 

KEEN ON TEEN GREEN

 

Ticketmaster gives credit

 

Class action suit filed against AOL

 

STRINGFELLOW TO KW EXEC SALES VP

 

King World net profits climb 5%

 

GRANITE SETS $150 MILLION STOCK OFFER

 

UATC CUTS H.Q. STAFF

 

Circlescan 4-D promises better TV images

 

'ROBIN' BOBS TO A 4.2

 

Stone, Bahnemann feted with Acad's Bonner Medal

 

CTW EXPANDS ITS FALL SLATE

 

HUME EDITS COMPETISH

 

Conquistador Cruise may seek helm

 

Hoops oops gives Clooney a 'Bat' ankle

 

NBC rules hot week

 

ABC inking games thru 2002

 

Studios hunting for October

 

U'S 'PRIMARY' TO ROLL IN APRIL

 

'RECALL' IN NEW DIMENSION

 

MICHAEL WINTERBOTTOM

 

MICHAEL WINTERBOTTOM

 

WES ANDERSON

 

JAN SVERAK

 

FILLED TO THE BRIM

 

CHANNEL CHANGES

 

Sights & sounds

 

CINEMA OF INCLUSIVENESS

 

IN YOUR FACE

 

HAL SALWEN

 

The buck stops here

 

REBEL WITH A CAUSE

 

REBEL WITH A CAUSE

 

REBEL WITH A CAUSE

 

REBEL WITH A CAUSE

 

REBEL WITH A CAUSE

 

REBEL WITH A CAUSE

 

REBEL WITH A CAUSE

 

REBEL WITH A CAUSE

 

TALENTS TO WATCH IN '97

 

MARY HARRON

 

LEON GAST

 

From cutting-edge to cell-phone central

 

ALFONSO CUARON

 

Outreach of new exec Brecher spans globe

 

BRAD ANDERSON

 

SHIRLEY BARRETT

 

BAPTISMAL BY SNOW

 

NEIL ABRAMSON

 

Michael Winterbottom

 

Wes Anderson

 

Jan Sverak

 

Hal Selwen

 

The buck stops here

 

Ten talents to watch in '97

 

Mary Harron

 

Brad Anderson

 

Shirley Barrett

 

Neil Abramson

 

Leon Gast

 

Alfonso Cuaron

 

'A.I.' will be next Kubrick vehicle

 

CORRECTIONS

 

Hannah, Whitman join 'Man'

 

Robbins set for indie ride on 'Horses'

 

TVB: Cable's new auds coming from ... cable

 

Turner axes WB channel Down Under

 

L.A. CRIX FETE FAVORITES

 

Malaysian technopolis tries to curry biz favor

 

LOCUS FOCUS OF SHOW

 

WMA taps Finch VP, pix arm

 

Warner Bros. ups McTier to senior VP

 

McCain: Charge for b'cast license

 

'Second Wife' wraps

 

EYE RISES WITH ATLANTIS

 

Sydney stocking up on megaplexes

 

Canuck coin 'Drives' Shum

 

Barrandov adds exec trio

 

Asian TV team christens venture ESPN Star Sports

 

WeB snares 'Rosie,' 'ER'

 

Synthespians target H'w'd

 

FREEMAN HAS REVELATIONS

 

Thalberg honor goes to Zaentz

 

Davis toons voice for Storyopolis

 

Skouras tops Writers & Artists unit

 

Witt-Thomas, WB land Russell for 'Spoils'

 

SQUARE-DEAL LEASE FOR SECOND STAGE

 

NEW AGE FOR PRIVATE

 

Sundance buzz: more buys, less $

 

'FARGO' LANDS SATELLITE

 

TOP CANUCK FIRMS SEEK VOD LICENSES

 

Bertelsmann wrests Restless from Warners

 

THE AX FALLS AT GRP

 

PBL, Lenfest gain slots on Galaxy board

 

Viacom finishes UPN deal

 

Kimiko Sarah Singer

 

FilmColony taps Solomon, Robinson

 

College students get crack at Forman

 

LONDE GOES TRANS ATLANTIC

 

Cartoon's kid-stuff Fridays

 

Lensers honor Wise with governors nod

 

Infomercial panel sees bullish

 

Syndies yanking tanking yakkers

 

Webs' branded promos the red-hot topic du jour

 

U TV's Meidel named NATPE '97 chairman

 

U TV's Meidel named NATPE '97 chairman

 

U shifts Dubrow to program VP

 

Alternate TV distrib'n not feted

 

Distribs take small-screen ratings in stride

 

Game renewals stir access pot

 

GROUPS GRAB 'VIBE'

 

HOLLYWOOD'S NEW TRADE DEFICIT

 

SHORT TAKES

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Whoopi knows Oscars 'In and Out'

 

'Ghost' crew stages strike

 

A 'Spot' of trouble

 

Standard & Poor's cuts Cineplex Odeon rating

 

Digital revolution at inagural

 

Redeemable revamp

 

Academy to honor Kidd

 

Berlin hosts Asian, indie

 

DeGeneres moves to CAA

 

Berkowitz's busy day: exits WMA, joins CAA

 

Zomba arm to rep film, TV composers

 

Elliott helms Damon 'Eye'

 

A fox in the bullpen?

 

Par's 'Real TV' wins N.Y. Eye access slot

 

TCI reinstates cablers

 

Warners ups Kandel

 

5 in Dimension's 'Heaven'

 

'Access Hollywood' nabs renewals

 

PSN pushes 'Amazing' strip

 

Disney/ABC Int'l TV inks pact with SBT

 

NATPE: Putting dangerous knowledge to work

 

S. Africa piracy decried

 

Golden Harvest ups Malaysia presence

 

Clarin sells Brazilian cable assets

 

Digital talk tops b'caster meet

 

Packer outfit buys Oz casino stake

 

Sandollar taps Wolf sr. VP

 

Short takes

 

Sundance tech innovation

 

Disney steps up sell-through vid plans

 

Oz moguls make up

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Births

 

Hitched

 

Date switch for tribute to Hawn

 

Moore to recur on 'Naked'

 

Ex-Coral prez Perez Nahim bows SkyQuest novela outfit

 

DV tracks 500 movies this year

 

B.O. performance hits high in '96

 

Clark to host Family Channel gameshow

 

Cosby's son killed

 

Fox's Carey calls for change in NATPE talk

 

Rooker inks for 'Killers'

 

Universal downshifts on 'King Kong' remake

 

More Jane mania: Orion buys Austen's 'Sanditon'

 

'Wallace' exiled from Alabama

 

Golden winners tell the tales behind triumphs backstage

 

Washington goes H'wood

 

Malick returns for 'Red Line'

 

'Ninja,' 'Metro' duke it out for B.O. title

 

Miramax says 'Yes'

 

Redford fights buzz factor

 

Globes spread the gold around

 

Outtakes

 

W.C. Fields confounds 'em in Egypt

 

New Bond girl is a real kick

 

'Short' video mag to bow at Sundance

 

'Real TV' on a roll in syndie ratings

 

Sony sends PlayStation to Mexico

 

Shea fills Leonard's post

 

Tenpercenteries

 

Saban goes Italo with new office

 

Canadian opera co. taps Girard

 

O'seas warms to Sly

 

Wallace tapped Cable & Wireless CEO

 

CNN nearing approval for launching Cuban bureau

 

Pearson playing Lotto

 

Numbers game puts Nick way out front

 

Hitched

 

Fox ships big numbers of 'Die Hard' vidgame

 

Lobero sets debut season

 

Births

 

Lit picks

 

WMA making music

 

'Sanders' signed for 6th season

 

Disney Channel sets major prod'n revamp

 

Gotham Ent. going to school with 'Kings'

 

Gotham Ent. going to school with 'Kings'

 

Financial briefs

 

Gaylord rumors heat up

 

Record half-year at Arista

 

Correx

 

Peacock struts back to top as 'Truth' triumphs

 

CONTENT DISCONTENT

 

Milchan getting Restless

 

KARSCH, KIMMEL SET PIX

 

Studios dreaming of a green winter

 

AFTRA's board OKs merger plan

 

Oscar watch

 

Poles protest holocaust pic

 

Sounding off

 

Sound and glory

 

The majors draft high

 

FX take quantum leap from '2001'

 

Honor among honorees

 

F/x coming of age at the Oscars

 

MTV Europe planning two new musicvideo channels

 

English royalty flap

 

Music honchos feted at Midem market

 

Cisneros TV taps Martinez, Basalo exex

 

The force is back

 

Nick Latin America names Grieder veepee

 

Dance, Lee draw 'Blood'

 

Globes scooped!

 

A passel of preems

 

H'w'd pix keep Gallic B.O. on upswing in '96

 

Austria mulls TV regs

 

Zucker hops a ride on 'Puddle Cruiser'

 

SAG voting closes Wed.

 

Roizman ASC prez, Kemper COO

 

Arista Nashville names Dungan senior veep/G.M.

 

Short takes

 

'Vibe' into 70% of U.S.

 

Births

 

Sunday golden for NBC

 

B'cast crix laud indies

 

Whale of a sale in Seattle

 

Baton pins lower profits to competition, metering

 

Danes back Pollack in pan & scan case

 

Long live rock, TCI told

 

Atkinson, Cahill head new Fox arm

 

WB eyes 'Marshal' Snipes

 

'Dexterity' on Cloud Nine slate for Par and Rymer

 

Starry 'Angry' jury

 

Int'l cast meets on 'Streets'

 

'Ninja' takes 'Metro' for a B.O. ride

 

Huffington tries Comedy

 

Italo B.O. pays off 'Ransom'

 

Seinfeld talks money

 

Sony Classics does 'Cheap' docu deal

 

'Dave's' under wing of 'Angel'

 

Fox Fosters sweep plan

 

Tartikoff reveals battle with cancer

 

Tartikoff reveals battle with cancer

 

Reviews

The Naked Truth

The Naked Truth

Talk to Me: Americans in Conversation

Talk to Me: Americans in Conversation

All Over Me

Arcadia

Go, Run, Fly

Metro

The Relic

The Cripple of Inishmaan

King of the Hill

Dusty Springfield: Full Circle

Last Stand At Saber River

Screwed: Al Goldstein's Kingdom of Porn

Napoleon

The Day a Pig Fell Into The Well

American Beer

Memories

Scapin

Last Stand at Saber River

Little Girls in Pretty Boxes

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Last Stand at Saber River

Little Girls in Pretty Boxes

Robinson in Space

Fierce Creatures

Lost Highway

Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health

Who's the Woman, Who's the Man

Shanghai Grand

King Ubu

The Mayor

Jungle Story

Complete Olivier Noms

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Out of Order

Second-Hand Smoke

House of Yes

Runaway Car

A Child's Wish

Dream With the Fishes

House of Yes

Runaway Car