Table of Contents
Week of 01/29/1997

Articles

FURLONG TAKES 'HISTORY'

 

Mann Theatres ups 5 exex

 

'Bzzz!' busted off WPIX access

 

Redeemable taps Holt library to publish pix

 

McCOLM TAPPED AS TRIBUNE'S 'MAN'

 

Car deal: Livent names B'way site Ford Center

 

Art directors guild names noms

 

Par TV boosts Steinberg to veep

 

VARGAS TO KTTV VP-G.M.

 

'Breaker' joins UPN classroom

 

HBO Intl. shifts Hooks

 

CNN SHELLS OUT FOR JEWELL

 

'B. Smith' cleared in 51% of U.S.

 

Disney to brand E! with pure showbiz

 

Nielsen adds Nashville

 

Sat provider sued by ABC's N.C. affil

 

Goode exits Eye for Lifetime

 

Bohle mines Gold

 

China computerizes, centralizes movie tix

 

Babelsberg adds 2 in management

 

Sogecable will defy feds

 

Plexes to play India

 

Fox, GloboSat team for Brazil sportsnet

 

'Lea' nabs top Brussels honors

 

Germany's SAT1 rethinks prime

 

Kapur to helm 'Elizabeth I'

 

Temporary relief at DF1

 

H'w'd's Berlin wall

 

Alternative gorges on 'Appetite'

 

Questions, media dog Grade dropout

 

ATAS outlines ad Emmy rules

 

'Daria' hitting MTV in March

 

Seagram's Sutman to U VP

 

Work it out, Marvel told

 

LIN numbers jump for 1996

 

Fox in the garden?

 

NAB to ask for looser regs within markets

 

Corrections

 

Penguin USA taps Harrington

 

Finfer rises in East for MCA

 

Kopelson cops PGA honor

 

ShoWest '97 lineup ready for primetime

 

Rice novel getting musical treatment

 

Few strips take off

 

Gameworks bows in March

 

Manga adds 3 features, 1 docu to distrib'n slate

 

Oscar Watch

 

Inside move: Carolco seeks 'Island' jetsam

 

Eye's People outlet taps Darby prexy

 

Grasso upped to U TV sr. VP

 

Lord Lloyd Webber org downsizes

 

Big push for 'Selena' disc

 

'Hornet' flies with Gondry

 

Super Bowl a demo TD for Fox

 

Disney mulls paper cut

 

'Camelot' put off by WB to '98

 

Cosby gives emotional interview

 

Hillary coming up 'Rosie'

 

Fox foresees franchises; papal pic lenses

 

Moriarty a 'Factor'

 

Idei says Sony aims to be an active JSkyB partner

 

Stewart plays 'Dad'

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Antena 3 in for 15% of CanalSatelite

 

Sony in billion-$ Cairo project

 

News Corp. taps Breindel senior VP

 

Dion, Hip lead Juno noms

 

Grade into nitery trade

 

BSKYB goes digital

 

NET Brasil seeks box bidders

 

WB Sport rings Belle

 

Pre-AFM unspools 16 indies for Berlin fest

 

Senator blasts TV ratings

 

Disney ups Muhl to sr. veep

 

AOL growing pains

 

Gallic TF1 network posts drop in profit

 

CanWest soars past setback

 

Initial Ent. Adds

 

Paragon, Lacewood pact

 

TV Azteca in $350 mil debt offer

 

OSCAR WATCH

 

METROMEDIA ADDS MARKETING TRIO

 

KANIEVSKA BACK FOR 'MONEY'

 

Newman moves to ICM

 

LIVENT PLANS 'PAL'

 

Toonet nears 40 mil subs

 

Firstrun weeklies hit market crunch

 

ARMSTRONG TO DIRECT REMAKE OF '51 'HELMET'

 

Green buys 'Time' for Delia to helm

 

CLARIFICATION

 

CLARIFICATION

 

TENPERCENTERIES

 

SONY STREAMLINING

 

Music up, movies flat in strong Seagram qtr.

 

Music up, movies flat in strong Seagram qtr.

 

'Hurricane' hitting MGM

 

Long KIIS hello: Dodgers ankle KABC

 

Scripps buys Saul novels for ABC mini

 

WEBS TO PLAY CLEAN SWEEPS

 

Par to pay tribute to 'Godfather'

 

The funniest fun quotes you'll review --- ever

 

No 'Action' in sweeps stakes

 

MOUSE MOVES

 

Full Force re-release: 'Star Wars' still tracking

 

HEAT ON FOR L.A. AREA EMMY NOMS

 

CHINA BOWS PIRACY LAWS

 

RYAN UPPED AT CNN, TOP

 

ABC to air suit rebuttal

 

BIRTHS

 

Microsoft names Litvak to new post

 

Peacock ups Haspel to veepee

 

Betting on revamped 'Star Wars'

 

CBS TeleNoticias taps 2 reporters

 

'Giants' funding set

 

Matassino exits UIP

 

Griffiths limns 'Amy'

 

Anchor sues Oz's Seven net

 

'Rossini' hits high note at B.O.

 

Italians pull 'Prince' from Berlin film fest

 

New Nordic alliance

 

Sogecable forges ahead

 

Turman/Morrissey reups first-look pact with Col

 

THX now starring

 

Blethyn joins Orion's 'Room'

 

CanWest is looking to grow southward

 

FCC fines Fox O&O

 

Senate confirms Daley as commerce secretary

 

Japan flexes plexes

 

State Dept. bad-raps Germany

 

LaFace firms Shimmel hire as label's COO

 

Hurt finds 'Lost' deal at New Line

 

Oscar watch

 

Cruise, Wagner top PGA awards list

 

SPC troika go wide

 

Byrne lands 'Mask' role

 

Syndie magazines rally

 

Pic-prone Reba at CAA

 

UPN, WB on varied paths

 

F/X duo in Oscar dispute

 

Peck again 'Moby'-lized

 

Petry TV takes on Fox empire

 

'60 Min.' axes Cosby seg

 

Sherak takes a chair

 

U.K. TV giants in digital bid

 

PRYCE IS RIGHT AS BOND BADDIE

 

'Hootie' hits record 15 million

 

Eye snatches 'Family' away from Alphabet web

 

Audience is listening--- to Lucas

 

'STAR WARS' IN OUTER SPACE

 

PITT, COL IN TUNE ON 'DUET'

 

Shot heard 'round the B.O.

 

Chirac show sure to shake up Croisette

 

The perfect pitch for Esquire's dream 'Girl'

 

Asteroid on Peacock web affiliates' collision course

 

'JOHNS' BOYS

 

Top scribes celebrate Hollywood's profligacy

 

KCBS takes top news nods

 

Princess Leia leaves CAA fold

 

SANTA MONICA PIX BUYS 'BEAST'

 

James Arnold Doolittle

 

FCC PLANS TV RATINGS HEARING

 

TENPERCENTERIES

 

LIT PICKS

 

Gomez, Mirador in pic pact

 

HBO BUILDING UP DEVINE INVENTOR-Y

 

SLY VS. MEL O'SEAS

 

It's Summers time at Polygram Canada

 

EU plan: TV sports for all

 

Spectrum plan due in budget

 

Polygram, Kirch ink output deal

 

BROKERS BANK ON H'WOOD

 

CORREX

 

Scribe Clark inks multipic Family deal

 

Midler headed for Fox's 'Green Acres'

 

KIDVID TO SLICE AD PIE

 

Philips Media ankles distrib'n

 

Melrose at Paradigm

 

OZ REPORT TARGETS TAX BREAK

 

Petry gets New World ad house in Fox TV deal

 

Oscar watch

 

DGA gives Kubrick D.W. Griffith Award

 

'Mad' exec Charles out

 

FRASER MOVES TO ICM

 

January B.O. hits new record

 

De Wayne Fulton

 

NBC tabs 2 senior press managers

 

MARCH MADNESS AT B.O

 

Terrif Teuton B.O. for '96

 

Gonzalez-Gonzalez contracts 'Killers'

 

Tomei inks with CAA reps

 

'MENAGERIE' A FAMILY AFFAIR

 

Village roadshow eyed; wages of 'Wars'

 

Somers exits WB's visual effects unit

 

Redstone persuades Malone?

 

Cromwell dons producer hat

 

Golden Eddie for Corman

 

KIDS' WB REVS UP SKED

 

Tenney enters Peters' 'Room'

 

Eye wins sweeps' 1st Sun.

 

'Hercules,' 'Xena' tops in top markets

 

Ober uber Cinetel after CBS career

 

Nostaja U's new HR veepee

 

AN-TV snares $70 mil loan

 

FINANCIAL BRIEFS

 

GALLIC SHARE SHUFFLE

 

Spectra auction gets push

 

'SPIDER' SPUN TO LION

 

KOREA PROBING U.S. DISTRIBS

 

Family Channel closes pic arm

 

'Ransom' holds o'seas B.O.

 

Oscar Watch

 

Kaufman has eye on 'Intruder'

 

Buena Vista TV target: $150 mil for pic package

 

Mandel, Ganz buddy up to ABC for pilot

 

WARP SPEED AHEAD

 

Coconut broil: AMC opts for fatter popcorn

 

EGG HATCHING PIC VERSION OF 'ALIAS GRACE'

 

Nick kidfare takes aim at Nordic territories

 

CHONQING EXPRESS DUE

 

Deutsche Telekom cable nears digital completion

 

Italo records blown away by 'Cyclone'

 

Rubin tapped head of UFD distribbery

 

RISKY 'RIDICULE' RE-RELEASE

 

Florida prod'n coin tops $600 mil

 

'Shine' lustrous among exclusives; 'Kolya' 2nd

 

Saudi prince's co. takes over Jackson biz

 

Reviews

The Member of the Wedding

Robert Altman's Kansas City '34

Star Dust

On Cultural Power: The Wilson-Brustein Discussion

Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh!

Tricky

Cake

Love! Valour! Compassion!

Star Dust

On Cultural Power: The Wilson Brustein Discussion

Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh!

Tricky

The Member of the Wedding

Robert Altman's Kansas City '34

Chasing Amy

Ulee's Gold

Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus

End of Summer

Shadow Conspiracy

End of Summer

Sideshow

Sideshow

Breach of Faith: Family of Cops II

Going All the Way

The House of Yes

The Twilight of the Golds

Clockwatchers

Act of Conscience

George B

The Fight in the Fields

The Bitter End

House of America

His and Hers

Commandments

Zeus and Roxanne

Kiss Me, Guido

New School Order

Nirvana

In the Company of Men

Prefontaine

This World, Then the Fireworks

Black & White & Red All Over

Fast, Cheap & Out of Control

Slaves to the Underground

The Myth of Fingerprints

Annie

Miss Julie

The Homecoming

The Steward of Christendom

Marking

All Of You Mine

Sled

Vilna's Got a Golem

You Say What I Mean But What You Mean Is Not What I Said

Do Lord Remember Me

Tristan Und Isolde

Wynton Marsalis' Blood on the Fields

Off Beaten Track, Nunez Mines 'Gold'

The God of Cookery

Hurricane

Strays

Riding the Rails

Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary

Girls Like Us

Star Maps

Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End

Poverty Outlaw

Out at Work

A Long Journey to Guadalupe

The Scottish Tale

My Astonishing Self

On Cultural Power: The Wilson-Brustein Discussion

Minutes from the Blue Route

Do Lord Remember Me

Wonderland

Afro Promo

Tristan und Isolde

Wynton Marsalis' Blood on the Fields

The Beautician and the Beast

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Pride's Crossing


Featured Jobs

Variety Real Estate