Table of Contents
Week of 02/26/1997

Articles

Class-action lawsuit over 'JFK' profit leaps hurdle

 

Questions resound on News-Echostar

 

'Asteroid,' 'Schindler' power NBC

 

Indie quality marks AFM '97

 

Solon blasts NBC over 'List' content

 

POND THRONG MOCKS BIG BUCKS

 

Helfgott's No. 1

 

MusiCares fetes Phil

 

STONE THROWN ON 'BASIC' 2

 

Corman toasted, roasted at L.A. film crix' tribute

 

Cable stocks tumble with onset of Sky TV

 

Sundance cabler gets BBC mini

 

HBO LAUNCHES 'MOON'

 

Pesce takes reins for Fox's 'Ranger'

 

'Conan' a strong go for Western

 

KMPC starts answering to KTZN in L.A.

 

Exec Shuffle

 

William Allan Woodfield

 

Bertye Talbert Bates

 

John Addington

 

Philip Ritz

 

Lou Wolf

 

Tony Williams

 

Chandler Cowles

 

Dave Marks

 

Harry Essex

 

UNITED KINGDOM

 

AUSTRALIA

 

ITALY

 

Telepiu revamps digital TV plans

 

ENGLISH LOVE 'PATIENT'

 

Pubcasters ask EU help

 

U.K. Alliance goes Electric

 

Argentine cabler seeking partner

 

Star TV preps music web for Philippines

 

CHUA WON'T STAND PAT

 

On trail of a good story, Disney on buying spree

 

Polygram sets 10 DVD titles

 

TAURUS EXPLORES INT'L TERRITORY

 

HITCHED

 

Samuel Lane Fredericks

 

SHORT TAKES

 

Van Dien is pumped up, ready to take on 'Tarzan'

 

ALL AMERICAN SPIKES GAMES

 

NBC promotes McGuire to VP publicity

 

'Susan' tosses 'Guy' from NBC hammock

 

PRICE'S 'LIVES' IN U'S HANDS

 

Court invalidates ban on TV casino ads

 

Action spoof goes up Creek

 

TENPERCENTERIES

 

D'Onofrio makes it four for Linklater's 'Newton'

 

Judge boosts Marvel Ent. bondholders

 

Philips sells off cable stake

 

Staffers brace for layoffs

 

DISCOVERY UPS & DOWNS

 

CBS gets KLSX, KRLA

 

Oscar watch

 

MANNE HANDLES DOUBLE DUTY

 

Balk signs up for 'History'

 

Burns, Holly doing 'Nothing'

 

HorsePower nabs Canin's 'Thief' option

 

Fox slots Hartwick for exec VP, physical prod'n

 

CORREX

 

FILM FLURRY NUDGES NICK TO OPEN L.A. HQ

 

'FLYNT' SCRIPTERS EARN WGA HONOR

 

Kaplan to roll Hockenberry pic

 

Astaire won't deal with the Devil

 

Franklin to play Gotham, co-pen autobiography

 

BACKSTAGE AT THE GRAMMYS

 

Greene thumbs up on Garden; L.A. uphill

 

LOTS DRAWN TO U.K. PIC LOTTERY

 

Mandalay set to stock Sony pipeline

 

Sabinson exits post at Miramax

 

Tolkin shoots '20' under Par

 

NBC takes sweep; nets off overall

 

POP GOES THE GRAMMY

 

Exec Shuffle

 

GRAMMY WINNERS '97

 

CORREX

 

Bill targets music c'right exemptions

 

State Supreme Court nails industry to casting couch

 

PETITTI JOINS CBS SPORTS

 

German exhib, Long earn ShoWest honors

 

Mexican movies ready for close-up

 

CHILE

 

LATIN AMERICA

 

UNITED KINGDOM

 

MEXICO

 

CTST gains beachhead in Oz with Network Ten deal

 

'Independence Day' leads to Italo vid fuss

 

MICKEY ON THE MIDI

 

Colleran KABC's gen'l sales mgr.

 

NO 'TOY' IN DISNEY-PIXAR 5-PACK

 

MTM NAMES POWELL SR. PRODUCTION VP

 

Regan Co. taps Craig development veep

 

'Babylon 5' climbs aboard TNT in 1998

 

Kings Road 'Going Off' with pic

 

BIRTHS

 

WB UPS CHEAH TO ASIA DISTRIB SR. VP

 

Clear Channel pacts to buy Eller Media outdoor ad biz

 

LEIGH GETS INTO SPIRIT AS IFP AWARDS SPEAKER

 

STAR-KISSED TUNERS: UCLA TO BOW MUSICAL REVIVALS

 

'ER' clear to operate in 85% of U.S.

 

HIGH-TECH HOLLYWOOD

 

SHORT TAKES

 

COBURN APOLOGIZES FOR BLASTING NBC

 

Solon wants star power for TV ratings roadshow

 

'NYPD' is bluer than ever

 

Kodak puts stock in Image Bank unit

 

SHOPPING PROFITS

 

Judge keeps Mighty Ducks on second Fox sportsnet

 

Baton picks up CTV web

 

MGM combines units into one entity

 

A 'POWER' OF GOOD FOR TBS

 

'Xena' powers to record rating

 

Wessler moves 'Bachelor' to Noble House

 

Veteran talkshows top dayparts in Feb. sweeps

 

Oscar watch

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

O.J. trial gives 'Angry Men' new appeal

 

Japan ready to OK digital sats

 

Hit-maker Kadokawa back in film business

 

14 theaters stage strike in Slovakia

 

London fest ready to reel

 

Aussies get tough on feevee sports

 

Pathe lotto bid detailed

 

Alphabet outlet's 'Rosie,' 'Oprah' strong in sweeps

 

SPAIN FILM ALLIANCE?

 

Primestar beefs up its dial

 

Wood honors for Thornton

 

MPAA RATINGS

 

No 'Tomorrow' for lead 'Annie' thesp

 

Fox Sports Net ad post for LaTorre

 

Gen Art fest taps Juras, Mansfield

 

'Mummies' hits 85% clearance

 

Grammys a winner for CBS

 

3 new strips score in 2nd week of sweeps

 

Malofilm doubles yield, halves profit

 

Musicland posts $194 mil loss for '96

 

All American profits jump

 

H'W'D REVAMP NEAR

 

Danes, Linz picked out for ShoWest Star honors

 

O'Neil to helm 'Wars' for HBO Pix

 

Fleder takes 'Seconds'

 

Mallon goes indie PR route

 

New Latin Pix eyes Spanish-lingo fare

 

Chi crew hails 'Hellcab'

 

OSCAR WATCH

 

TV'S FOREIGN AFFAIR

 

Pair exit Carlyle to start firm

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

Viacom inks telepic deal with Hartbreak

 

UA pockets Zeik's 'Ronin' for half a mil for Mancuso

 

Unknown gets 'Postman' lead

 

GOV LOVES THE BIZ

 

CORREX

 

Valenti eases ratings stand

 

U's Climan adds duties

 

'Rosie' crowned queen in L.A. sweeps

 

NPR GAME FOR TV TRY

 

AUCTION ON ELM ST.

 

Pic pacts unveiled at AFM

 

Money trains

 

Kingman Films: Win a contest, sell your script

 

Invest with perks

 

Find financing on the web

 

Regent Entertainment:Buy a theater, get a playdate

 

Bonds are agents of quick change

 

Indie number crunching

 

GLOBAL DEALS

 

Braving startup waters

 

Bankers fish for upscale indies

 

FORMULA FOR SUCCESS, CZECH-STYLE

 

Abe's bedroom guests say all was Honest

 

Rhino, Summit near 'Fear'

 

H'wood fast track

 

February B.O. record shattered

 

AFM briefs

 

SPE going global, widening pipeline

 

CNNfn-Court TV courtship annoys NBC

 

Tenpercenteries

 

MDP, Diamant set pic Van Damme in action on 'Knock Off'

 

L.A. indie fest sked set

 

'The Empire' holds on

 

Tauzin raises fin-syn ghost

 

Soderbergh to helm Clooney

 

ShoWest opens on upbeat note

 

Vaughn inks a 'Cool' deal for Fox 2000

 

River of coin roils over summer pix

 

'Vital,' 'Crisis' may need help

 

Corrections

 

Sci-Tech awards given out

 

HBO's Comedy Arts Festival draws SRO crowd

 

Gotham gilds Goldie

 

In this corner, Mailer helming 'Ringside'

 

'Seinfeld' lawsuit is nothing very serious

 

Fishermen try to hook 'Titanic'

 

'Legacy' to live on at UA

 

Outside money: passing the hat for H'wood

 

Hollywood is taking Stern look at Howard

 

'Due South' wins drama Gemini

 

B.O. highlights

 

LIT PICKS

 

Inscape to Graphix Zone

 

Actors, blurb reps recess pact talks

 

Calvin joins Turman-Morrissey

 

'20' bigger than '60'

 

Phoenix taps Garinger VP

 

Plug pulled on 'Rolonda'

 

'Boat' sails next on Web

 

'Commissioner' catches Krige

 

Turner grabs 'Fargo'away from networks

 

Death Row prexy gets 9 years

 

EU OKs joint control of HSCo

 

'SPACE JAM' HOOPS IT UP

 

Three native pix top German chart

 

Warner Int'l in pact with HTV

 

2 Icelandic nets merge

 

Players plans 13 new plexes

 

Euro TF1 ruling due in April

 

JAPAN ADVISED TO DIGITIZE

 

Runtagh named senior VP at U Studios

 

TBS POISED TO CHANGE

 

Judge nixes 'Home' restraining order

 

Liquor lobby blasts plan

 

JAPAN'S SCREEN TEST

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

Variety taps Thea Kapwald

 

Heist rivets TV stations

 

DISNEY NET SIGNS UP KEATON

 

DISNEY NET SIGNS UP KEATON

 

40 ACRES & A MULE TO COL

 

Oscar watch

 

CONCEPTUAL COMPLEX

 

Michigan's massive modern multiplex

 

Big plans in Berlin

 

EXPANDING VIEW OF LARGE-FORMAT BIZ

 

PARTNERSHIP PROSPERS

 

CUSTOMER COMES FIRST

 

A WOMAN'S TOUCH

 

A WOMAN'S TOUCH

 

More Magic theaters due

 

Outside money: passing the hat for H'wood

 

37 bids in U.K. lottery running

 

Euro commish to mull media ownership rules

 

Nat'l Geo. TV taps topper

 

Czechs Lionize 'Kolya' pic

 

Penn inks D'Works deal

 

Cusack, Arkin ink for Tradewinds pic

 

Saban Pix slate gets $40 mil boost

 

Euro Academy awards Felix PR job to Davidson

 

SHORT TAKES

 

SHORT TAKES

 

Panel probes indies' future

 

Film marketers jaw on pix

 

KEYSTONE COPS PIC

 

'Ellen' seeing red over scripts

 

CBS plugs into online sports service

 

Trident spears foreign on 'Sings,' 'Paradise'

 

Concorde taps O'Shea VP, worldwide distrib'n

 

Creative Arts Emmys moved up

 

Exec Shuffle

 

'Beguine' begins Meyers' AFM slate

 

RUPE, SON SET IN EAST

 

Televisa's chairman Azcarraga resigns

 

Larry Stewart

 

David Doyle

 

Louise Jellen

 

Carole Panucci

 

Marcello Danon

 

Richard X. Slattery

 

Tim Bowman

 

Leo Zabelin

 

Lewis Jacobs

 

Eleanor Prescott

 

Rosalie C. Garber

 

Bill Holland

 

Barbara Cornett

 

ART AUDS MOB LYNCH PIC

 

TeleNoticias takes its act Stateside

 

CSN tells of intent to protest

 

Brooks & Dunn top CMA noms

 

Morisette, Braxton, Prince hit milestones

 

Developing countries pique exhibs' interest

 

BVI'S WORLDLY WAYS

 

ShoWest coverage on Web

 

Coachella screens OK'd

 

Green groups putting pressure on Viacom

 

HECHTMAN EXITS KING WORLD

 

'Wind' of change shakes Irish film

 

F/X FIRM IN SHUFFLE

 

TCI stresses cost cuts, decentralization for '97

 

FCC OKs 4 bidders for digital radio rights

 

LOW BID ON AUCTION

 

New Regency nabs 'Breaking Up' rights

 

Dukakis heading for TV 'Heaven'

 

WGA to honor Estrin, List

 

Oscar watch

 

Roar of the crowd greets hearing on U expansion

 

Eye moves dates for May minis

 

'MAYDAY' SIGNAL SET

 

'Empire' still on top; 'Brasco' with a bullet

 

Miramax catches comic pitch

 

'Mars' attacks o'seas; Til vs. Tom in Germany

 

'Titus' fit for Taymor, screen

 

Spectra value overestimate $24 billion

 

Twentieth pacts for Magic TV

 

Belushi opts for 'Security' over 'Good'

 

Brawls K.O. 'Brawler'

 

Silver adds homevid duties at Universal

 

Bigger not better

 

Milchan's eclectic mix

 

Collaborators enjoy latitude Milchan offers

 

Boutique vision in focus

 

Risktaker

 

Buck stops here

 

Births

 

L.A Chamber Orch sets silent gala

 

'Shaft' director Parks feted at DGA gathering

 

Coachella screens OK'd

 

Ellroy's dark places on film

 

Reviews

To Take Arms

Asteroids: Deadly Impact

To Take Arms

Don't Buck with Me

Crisis Center

Vital Signs

Don't Buck With Me

39th Annual Grammy Awards

Crisis Center

Vital Signs

Future Fantastic

Journey of the Heart

Psychopathia Sexualis

Future Fantastic

Journey of the Heart

Psychopathia Sexualis

Stanley

Ivanov

Jeanne La Pucelle

In-Betweens

Robbers

The Death of Papa

Dying to Belong

Night Sins Pts. I & II

Crisis Center

Surveillance

A Bit of Scarlet

God of Gamblers 3: The Early Stage

Three Friends

[Focus]

Party at Sam's

The Burning Snail

The Devil's Colors

Missing Leading Man

Blossom Time

Witness in Danger

Frozen

Everybody is Afraid of the Dwarf

Fish Tale Soup

The Truce

Genealogies of a Crime

Lucie Aubrac

Port Djema

Jump The Gun

Secrets of the Heart

Mission

The Prosecution

Mr. Vincent

Labyrinth of Dreams

100 Proof

Viva Erotica

Blacks and Jews

Booty Call

Donnie Brasco

A Queer Story

Young and Dangerous 3

The Eighteenth

2 Duo

Bastards and Bridesmaids

R.I.P. Rest in Pieces: A Portrait of Joe Coleman

Whisper

In Memoriam Imre Gyongyossy

Gulls and Gangsters

Last Seen Wearing a Blue Skirt ...

Belated Full Moon

East Side Story

Day and Night

The River

Spy Game

Calling the Ghosts

The New Adventures of Robin Hood: Witches of the Abbey

The New Adventures of Robin Hood: Witches of the Abbey

Pauly

The New Adventures of Robin Hood: Witches of the Abbey

Pauly

Fighting Over Beverley

Pavement

Blossom Dearie

Fighting Over Beverley

Just Shoot Me

Pavement

When the Cradle Falls

The Practice

Just Shoot Me

When the Cradle Falls

The Practice


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