Table of Contents
Week of 02/19/1997

Articles

Harbert, D'Works ink deal

 

VIACOM RADIO SIGNS OFF

 

Big Six to face music in D.C.

 

Mouse, Fox clash over sports nets

 

CH. 5 READY FOR AIR WITH H'WOOD FLAIR

 

Microsoft lands with Anvil

 

Activist demands MTV pull Army ads

 

Miller set to 'Bloom' in helmer Saavedra's debut

 

Hopkins in 'Black' book

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

Goldwyn to top Par Pix

 

U jilts quartet of exex

 

Madonna finds Lourd, silence

 

Hawthorne, others to board 'Amistad'

 

SONY STOCK SURGES

 

Oscar Watch

 

Fox Films finds Foxx 'Unleashed'

 

Kushner-Locke profits off

 

Prod'n-delivery delays dent Alliance's quarter

 

Prod'n-delivery delays dent Alliance's quarter

 

TRADE HIT LIST CITES 53

 

LEGAL RULING BRUISES TV4'S PROFITS

 

Cineplex bleeds red ink from 4th-quarter slump

 

'Vegas'' bet on kid auds pays

 

Spencer Gifts ups Carey

 

'Sling' shoots into first on exclusives roster

 

MPAA RATINGS

 

'Regis,' 'Ricki,' 'Rosie' play musical nets in D.C.

 

D'Amico named Village exec VP

 

AFI to honor McTiernan

 

Saban ups Stern in development

 

Strong '96 vid growth blots out blight on Blighty's biz

 

Berlin fest pulls plug on pie pic

 

Another benchmark year for German moviegoing

 

'EVITA' TRILLS MIL IN OZ

 

TOUGH TIMES IN JAPAN

 

'Evita' bow raises Argentina ruckus

 

Phoenix rises in 36 million households

 

HMG denies dodging EC regulations

 

H.K. studio park planned

 

Canadian minister mulls capping U.S. TV prices

 

CBS to air 49th Emmys on Sept. 14

 

TURNER HIKES GUNNERSON

 

FOX PLANS VIDEO 'INDEPENDENCE'

 

Disney taps Randolph VP

 

L.A. votes multimedia tax break

 

BATTLE FOR BIGSCREEN

 

TV RATINGS INDEX OFFERED

 

Politico: Commercial TV funds public TV's kidvid

 

Gersh adds four new agents for film, TV

 

New Line finds Russo for 'Lost'

 

BVTV makes comedy net 'Laugh'

 

Ex-exec sues Industry pension-health plans

 

Suit vs. 'X' dismissed by judge

 

SHOWEST HONORS PEN PALS

 

Marashinsky tapped

 

Flu fells 'Zorro' director

 

WB TV vets join CBS Prods.

 

Berney hoists Banner distrib

 

East Hampton looks sharp for 'The Edge'

 

Cohen memorial

 

Pedi services

 

Jay Folb

 

'Katz' gets company

 

DEAL'S A DREAM

 

Witt, Harris endow USC

 

Oscar nom boosts Berlin

 

NHK GIVES DIGITAL OK

 

Prez ankles in BBC

 

New distrib consortium in Rio

 

IFP/WEST SCREENS UNSEEN PIX

 

Biz exex top

 

Fox/Liberty Networks

 

'Flynt' poster

 

SPECIAL F/X MERGE

 

DOMBROWER

 

Col TriStar sets DVD rollout

 

Beacon Pix catches scribe's 'Fever' pitch

 

WB to release all pix in DTS format

 

Justice Dept. staying tuned to radio mergers

 

NYC appeals to b'cast Fox News

 

MOMODA UPPED TO BVTV PROMO VP

 

CABLEVISION PARING DOWN

 

DICSO FETED WITH DGA KUDOS

 

CBS' Gentile set to ankle

 

CBS EYES RECORD FOR OLYMPICS AD SALES

 

CORREX

 

OSCAR WATCH

 

CRUDUP POURS CUP OF MIRAMAX 'CIDER'

 

Adults only for talker ' Springer'

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

Country crooner Rimes tops pop sales chart

 

TV RAISES SPIRITS ADS

 

Hawke one of 'Newton Boys'

 

DILLER MAKING NEWS

 

BRILL EXITS COURT TV

 

NBC's 'Asteroid' leaves sweeps crater in its wake

 

Ovitz proves hospitable medicine man

 

WB gets the 'Message'

 

Jackson in 'Red' for NL

 

Varied crowd merges for 'Lost Highway' fete

 

Rosy 'Rosewood' preem

 

Simpson, Clinton coverage drag down syndie ratings

 

King Hu memorial

 

Craig Seeley

 

Robert Ridgely

 

Marjorie Reynolds

 

Maurine Oliver

 

Sheldon Stark

 

Terry H. Lee

 

'90210,' 'Party' lift

 

Canceled RIAA meet angers culture crix

 

Producers Guild unveils TV noms

 

Dyke keynotes at promo exex meet

 

Goldberg back on '48 Hours'

 

Vance to top Interscope soundtracks

 

Nick's Rowe to produce

 

Disney Channel expands programming exec ranks

 

H.K. net scooped Deng's death

 

Ontario film org to bow mentor course

 

NELVANA'S NEW DESIGN

 

Disney giving Latin legit $6 mil 'Beauty' treatment

 

Hoyts to bow 4 Chile plexes

 

Oz probes books of vid distrib Network

 

Paris court won't strip poster for 'Larry Flynt'

 

BBC INDIE FUNDING RULES SET

 

Mediaset delays Telepiu buy again

 

Argentina has boffo B.O. year

 

RANK RESULTS RISE

 

MGM Inc. ups Pisano to vice chairman

 

GUCCIONE'S RETURN

 

Brodbin, UA set new 'Juggernaut'

 

Paragon unveils 5 new HandMade pix

 

ROUM REUPS WITH WB

 

SEATTLE SCRAMBLE

 

Spelling plans offering to sell Virgin Interactive

 

New Line boosts exhib ranks

 

GC Co. sees $5.6 mil qtr. profit

 

Disney TV inks Holland to deal

 

Oscar watch

 

BIZ MINTS NEW COIN

 

Tirola, Trela ink with Fox

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

ABC jumps out with 3-D plans

 

CBS gets mini rights to Redfield's 'Prophecy'

 

Warner Bros., MGM dip into China vid market

 

HELMER'S 3RD AT BAT

 

Par pays $2 mil for 'Guido'

 

Scribe's 'Scream': Two more

 

Madonna sets Modotti biopic

 

Making peace with digital fx

 

Twenty d.p.s with 20/20 artistic vision

 

Duvall reveals soul to camera

 

Film dynamics not lost on small screen

 

New Wave Talisman

 

MOONLIGHTING

 

Scorsese lauded by AFI

 

BIRTHS

 

Mudge tops Fox's int'l

 

Scorsese rises to occasion at AFI fete

 

The rap on Rapke: savvy and staying power

 

Lit Picks

 

Hunter to helm 'Jook' pic

 

Digital TV looks set for Japan

 

Pearson selling stake in H.K. b'caster

 

Dark days face Chile cable customers

 

Canada net

 

'RANSOM' CAPTIVATES JAPAN

 

Playboy Jazz Festival sets skeds

 

Pool wins UCLA screenwriting award

 

Robert W. Sarnoff

 

John Charles Cosgrove

 

Cleaned-up 'Empire' follows 'Star' trek

 

U hikes 2 int'l PR exex

 

Ratings SAG for awards show

 

Dreamworks pitches strip sans distrib

 

TV violence ban proposed

 

ZEPPELIN PIC RISING

 

Tierney joins U's

 

Havas greenlights Canal + stock deal

 

Comcast cash flow climbs

 

ASCAP ups Lofrumento, posts record revenues

 

IMPERIAL SPINOFF

 

Fleer joins media law firm

 

Graber to London for Fox

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Interscope, Anders build 'House'

 

Marshall inks at ICM

 

Greenberg upped at Fox

 

Aiello tops Rysher's CBS detective drama

 

Fox's Scalera to join CBS

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

CORRECTION

 

'Patient' lands ASC film honor

 

WARNER FOLDS WING

 

Robinson to be film 'Force'

 

Oscar watch

 

Four exex ankle in MGM layoffs

 

Open field at Berlin film fest

 

Eisner's deal drawing fire

 

Barker banks 20th TV pact

 

'Domino' falls to Scott Free

 

'Birdcage' bunch wins SAG award

 

LUCAS LIGHTNING 'STRIKES' TWICE

 

B.O. highlights

 

'MARS' ATTACKS O'SEAS B.O.; 'PATIENT' HEALTHY

 

Tauzin scores Gore's digital plans

 

Nethold to fold FilmNet in Poland

 

TENPERCENTERIES

 

Ling lands lead on Gere's 'Corner'

 

'Fox strikes back 'Jedi' one week

 

Mann taps DeLorenzo sr. exec VP

 

Honcho's hiring boosts Club Med stock

 

ROMAN FOR A PARTNER

 

Mitchell to lead MDP post division

 

Berlin jury awards 'Flynt' Golden Bear as fest ends

 

BIG DOUGH FOR STUDENT 'DOE'

 

Quintet of legal eagles fly

 

OSCAR WATCH

 

VIEWERS HIGH ON 'LIST'

 

SEIBERT RE-JOINS MTV NETS

 

CORREX

 

Bubble bursts into bigtime with Hagar

 

Disney, Pixar animate 5-picture pact

 

UATC REVISES EXEC ROSTER

 

FINAL 'TREK' FRONTIER: IMAX

 

FINAL 'TREK' FRONTIER: IMAX

 

News Corp. aiming to secure $800 mil

 

Disney 'Home' invasion

 

U courting Pierson to script 'Darrow'

 

Fox-Disney bout in court

 

RUPE SKY WALKER

 

TCI Intl. and US West cabling up in Argentina

 

Hong Kong invites only 2 Sino films

 

2 channels bowing in Japan

 

Kirch son on mark with a public Pro7

 

AD COIN RISES IN EAST

 

Rosie to host Kids' Choice

 

NEW FILMS SETS SKED

 

GEOGRAPHIC TV UPS WILK

 

WB ups Helppie-Shipley

 

DGA, peers to celebrate 'Learning' director Parks

 

WGN to fly aboard DirecTV

 

Indie Project spesh skeds scribes

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Samuel B. Franklin

 

Frank Launder

 

Gaetano (Guy) Costa

 

'FLYNT' ART PULLED

 

'Highway' highlights exclusives week; 'Blade' 2nd

 

SUMMIT'S 'MR. MEN' HITS 84%

 

Funny to the bone

 

Live-action toon boom seems loony on surface

 

LIVE FROM ASPEN

 

SHINING OUTSIDE SPOTLIGHT

 

At 75, life is sweet for Rodney

 

Reiner gives birth to 'Child'

 

POLITICALLY INDIRECT

 

Michaels mulls 'Night' moves

 

Satirists tub-thump on the speech circuit

 

Comedy of the subversive

 

RESPECTABLE

 

Rocky Mountain Hijinks

 

Glory, gags, dot comedy fest sked

 

Awarding by democracy

 

Carlin's 20th HBO ani spurs 40-year homage

 

REFORMED HIPPIE

 

Reviews

Record Row: Cradle of Rhythm & Blues

Murder in My Mind

The Taste of Kona Coffee

Playback

Soul Coughing

The Taste of Kona Coffee

Playback

Soul Coughing

Record Row: Cradle of Rhythm & Blues

Murder in My Mind

Patti Lupone on Broadway

Patti LuPone on Broadway

Sylvia

Elements of Flesh

Miss Evers' Boys

Night Sins

Dave Holland Quartet

Miss Evers' Boys

Night Sins

Elements of Flesh

Family Name

Miss Evers' Boys

Thomas Jefferson

Capitol Steps

Cockroach, Who?

The Flatted Fifth; . Opened, reviewed Feb. 10, 1997, at the Intar Theater; 95 seats; $15.

Paper Husband

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Three Sisters

The Old Settler

The Rivals

The Comedy of Errors

Art

Suzaku

Courting Courtney

The Witman Boys

That Darn Cat

Long Twilight

Fools Rush In

Dangerous Ground

Smilla's Sense of Snow

Vegas Vacation

Every Sunday

Marion

Hide and Seek

Nbc Monday Night at the Movies Dying to Belong

Dying to Belong

Morticians in Love

The Triumph of Love

Morticians in Love

Luscious Jackson

Luscious Jackson

Clarence Gatemouth Brown


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