Table of Contents
Week of 03/19/1997

Articles

BV wins 5 Reel nods

 

U.K. BIZ SMASHING

 

Tele 5 inks output deal for D'Works pix, shows

 

AUSTRALIA

 

SOUTH KOREA

 

Matassino exits UIP for Filmauro slot

 

EU media law back-burnered

 

Japan sat-TV scene produces rosy view

 

MURDOCH BOARDS DISKERY

 

Hundt hot on digital trail at NCTA

 

WGA scripts forum

 

DISCOVERY KEEN ON BEEB

 

Five docus up for new IFP/West award

 

Weaving signs up for Southern Star's 'Interview'

 

D'Works digs Gotham

 

CINEPIX TAKES 'SUNDAY'

 

U TV taps Hlade strategic VP

 

'Rough Draft' moves through smooth shoot

 

UCLA sets Culture confab

 

ABC lets 'Port' out of 'Hospital'

 

Henson takes 6-figure bite on 'Miller' spec

 

V2 taps Sanders G.M.

 

New Line buoys four business exex

 

GLAAD HAND FOR 'SPIN'

 

Harkness tapped veep at U Studios

 

UA adopts 'Son of Santa' from Clarke

 

Lynch taps Rogers development VP

 

'Chicago,' 'Funk' to Ahmanson

 

U ups Naraghi to sr. VP post

 

PHYSICAL PROD'N HEADS TAKE IT ON THE CHIN

 

Lemmon honored at L.A. Crix fete

 

STUDIOQUEST DVDHL:Par, Fox, Disney, U skipping March 24 bow

 

Atlas snags date pitch

 

KTTV announces Tinney veep

 

Eye not rushin' in on TV deal

 

Sands to join Porizkova for 'Long Time'

 

Publicists Awards presenters set

 

H'w'd Online adds sr. VP

 

DVD-making gets Technicolor boost

 

SBS posts heavy '96 losses

 

POINTCAST: NO DEAL

 

JUDGE SACKS PARRETTI

 

JUDGE SACKS PARRETTI

 

Team shifts roster, preps 'Total'

 

OSCAR WATCH

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

Licata to exit Fox B'casting

 

Licata to exit Fox B'casting

 

TENNEY HITS 'BROOKLYN'

 

CLARIFICATION

 

CORRECTIONS

 

New Blake company to back 'Stair'

 

TV SKED-FLIPS FLOP

 

Eye on people, pens & more

 

PASQUIN PUTS 'FIRST' THING FIRST

 

BV wins 5 Reel nods

 

ABC sked slates 'Soul,'return of 'Wonderful'

 

Reynolds keeps passing down showbiz bug

 

McKellen inks for Whale of a biopic

 

CORRECTIONS

 

Confab to fete animation

 

'SUNSET' SULLIES LIVENT QTR.

 

EVERGREEN DEAL REVEALED

 

CANAL PLUS REPORTS '96 PROFIT UP 11.3%

 

TCI Intl.reports 4th-quarter loss

 

BEAR STEARNS MEDIA TAPS BARRON

 

BOARD RULES 'BASTARD' OUT OF CANADA

 

TURNER RALLIES CABLERS IN ASSAULT ON MURDOCH

 

MIRON TO CHAIR NCTA BOARD

 

SYNDIES LOSE STEAM

 

Cowles folds Inside Media trade mag

 

ABC axes 'Spy Game'

 

Keystone cops to Florida fund flap

 

HIGH-TECH HOLLYWOOD

 

BIENNALE TABS MICCICHE

 

Fox Kids UK taps chief

 

GAUL'S 75% SOLUTION

 

U.K. GIVING 'CRASH' TENTATIVE GREEN FLAG

 

Dutch giant won't exit TV

 

UNITED KINGDOM

 

ITALY

 

BIRTHS

 

'Tambourine' pitch plays for TriStar Pix

 

Denzel dons 'Shades'; Lane gets 'Gunshy'

 

RYSHER RATIONING

 

Nets bet inhouse for '97-'98 shows

 

'ET' to enter 2nd century; 'Copy' iffy

 

Affils just say no to NBC cable recycling program

 

Bruckheimer names Littman sr. veep, TV

 

Sundance eyes exhibition foray

 

Boom in biz jobs seen in '97

 

Fox 2000 takes plunge on 'Fly'

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

COPYRIGHTS: CASH COW

 

Wood to make 'Impact' for Paramount

 

Del Toro set for Stine pic

 

Scripter Goldsman signs on with CAA

 

Eyemark, 20th ax 'Elliott'

 

Flynts print rebuttal to Steinem

 

ShowBiz City by the Bay

 

HITCHED

 

Cecchi Gori, RAI ink football rights deal

 

'Martin,' Campbell reconcile

 

OZ THESP TAKES 'LETTERS'

 

Brolin lands 'Pensacola'

 

Oz's Energee wins 'Magic Pudding' rights

 

Czech conglom Bonton going public

 

Eisner to pen his story

 

CHAN AND FANS PUMMEL PIRACY

 

Cuddihy nabs Burke novel

 

TV Acad tribute overhauled

 

Italo pix up local B.O. share to 30%

 

KOREA SLAMS 5 MAJORS

 

Swatch watches Fessenden

 

NBC Ent. ups Gadsden

 

All American taps Salob for production veep post

 

Beland, Davon join WB Intl. TV

 

Taurus inks digital vid pact with 4MC

 

Fete makes 'Liar' out of U

 

Calvin J. Clements Sr.

 

ABC, Big Ent. ink mall kiosk dea

 

Journos fete KTTV's Rios

 

TNT buys Pollock book for Weinstein

 

'GUIDE' TO NEW LINE

 

Central Casting calls foul play in name game

 

3 Arts' Miner heading east

 

Production spending up 13% in New York

 

NBC exex, affils air cable views

 

HSN folding Telemation

 

CINEPLEX OWE-DEON

 

Carolco liquidation plan OK'd despite Live beef

 

Carolco liquidation plan OK'd despite Live beef

 

ASkyB seeks support from TV station org

 

Parachute, Viacom bring 'Fear' to TV

 

'Spot' firm gets 2nd shot

 

Fox Sports net inks Scully team

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

Panel backs TrizecHahn's Chinese plan

 

SAN BERDOO SCRUM

 

Kaufman inks to helm 'Shepherd'

 

B'casters up digital date

 

Ford set for sign of 'Aquarius'

 

CRAVEN PACTS WITH MIRAMAX

 

Movie biz on ad binge

 

Mouse House will absorb Cinergi

 

SAG members' earnings jump

 

Gail Davis

 

Thomas C. Fichandler

 

John W. Stepan

 

In like Flynt? Not at Oscars

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Blum boosted to veep at U

 

Semler inks with Morris

 

Gomez, Telefonica ink pact

 

NEW LINE PICKS 'BONE'

 

BRANDO, NORTON, DEPP WOOED FOR BIO LEADS

 

U Studios Florida taps Mercandante

 

IFP LAUDS 'FARGO'

 

Oscar watch

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

NBC up-front about Fox's upfront threat

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

Kosinski ankles WMA

 

Publicists give lifetime nod to Wasserman

 

BOHBOT STAR SEARCH

 

Bruckheimer, Sager ink deal

 

On pressing the stars into service

 

HUGHES BROS. STALK RIPPER

 

Fox 2000 toeing 'Red Line'

 

B.O. HIGHLIGHTS

 

Hayek to play 'Frida' for Trimark

 

'LIAR' TELLS $32 MIL WHOPPER

 

1,000 kudos before the grandest of all

 

La famiglia reunion

 

Coppola: Driven by debt into greatness

 

Faust-Krusi joins Brooks

 

Busy February for film work

 

'Love Boat' sails for Holland

 

GERMANS TOON UP

 

Spanish digital web takes fast track

 

O'SEAS B.O. SPRINGS AHEAD

 

RAI, Telepiu, Stream talk Italo digital alliance

 

'LUNA' NABS ITALO RIBBON

 

5th Brit web launch stirs status quo

 

Grace Hefner

 

Jose Daire Cortes

 

Joseph H. McConnell

 

Chuck Green

 

Lorrayne R. Jurist

 

Allan H. Kalmus

 

Miramax gets rights to pic pair

 

York lands KTLA anchor slot

 

LIT PICKS

 

WNBC OKs 'Sally' through 2002

 

Affinity clears 'Bounty' hour

 

ABC ADDS TO CLUTTER

 

Nick tooling ad-free tyke pike

 

MIFFED OVER MIAMI

 

CANWEST LOSES WIC OWNERSHIP RULING

 

TEE-COMM LOSSES CLIMB

 

MARVEL BONDHOLDERS MAY BE GETTING BOARD

 

CORREX

 

Analysts downplay impact of Vogel leaving EchoStar

 

Analysts downplay impact of Vogel leaving EchoStar

 

Ontario auds ample for multiplex mania

 

DIC eyes Euro market

 

Nick tykes hit big screen

 

Zipping to TV

 

An unlimited seller's market for limited-edition cel art

 

Christie's East goes west

 

New Larson toon takes walk on 'The Far Side'

 

Spicy toons spawn life on HBO

 

Have animated shorts, will travel

 

Portrait of an intergalactic salesman

 

Judge rules in favor of 'King of the Hill'

 

Seibert plays in MTV's creative lab

 

World Animation Celebration Highlights

 

Students arrive for animated Woodstock

 

Sending toons to cyberspace

 

Students arrive for animated Woodstock

 

Recruiters and talents are drawn to ASIFA expo

 

TV biz conference animates issues

 

Event founder's dream springs to life

 

Film fest unspools amazing animation

 

A toon freak's paradise

 

Jumbo plays in Mouse's house

 

Timing is everything for studio's program

 

Consolidation brings isolation

 

Vidgames energize animators

 

FIRM PLANS CGI PIX FOR INFINITY AND BEYOND

 

Real-time toons come to life

 

FOX PHOENIX HOPES TO RISE WITH HOLIDAY PIC

 

A whole new world for Walt Disney

 

MacCurdy's cartoon empire skyrockets

 

Herzig named news director at KCAL

 

HITCHED

 

Harry Love

 

Gallic fare toplines Unifrance festival

 

VIRGIN BURGEONING

 

VIRGIN BURGEONING

 

VIRGIN BURGEONING

 

Shochiku, Cinemark bow first plex

 

TVDANMARK BOW SET

 

Clark to WCBSanchor team

 

Clark to WCBSanchor team

 

Jackson still fighting H'wood minority battle

 

Flynt fires flare outside Shrine

 

Aliens defeat the Force

 

THE WINNERS

 

THE WINNERS

 

'Evita' win proves Acad must love Rice

 

Binoche as surprised as everybody else

 

Guild gifts golden; crix' pix take licks

 

'Patient' win thrills Piccadilly

 

Gooding shows them the thank yous

 

'Blade' cuts through competish

 

PATIENT'S' REWARDED

 

BACKSTAGE AT THE OSCARS

 

A mixed track record for first-time winners

 

'ENGLISH' CHANNELS 9 OSCARS

 

Miramax scores with heavy marketing push

 

U.K.'S FERGUSON TO LEAD CINAR EUROPE

 

Japan gov't to aid jump to digital

 

Leo Kirch to take large loan

 

U.K. Cable expanding

 

Tony demos favor 'Regis & Kathie Lee'

 

High court: Playboy must block totally

 

Fairchild to host cablenet

 

'Crash' slams into B.O. exclusives' lead slot

 

Demystifying net profits

 

Friscia joins Metromedia

 

Schulhof to aid tech firm

 

Twentieth taps promo director

 

G.M. shuffle at 2 CBS O&Os

 

Digital Magic expands dept. for graphics

 

BIRTHS

 

Fox yanks 'Lawless'

 

French pic expo set for L.A.

 

Moretti ruffles rights again

 

Roth, Steiger feed Di Jiacomo's 'Animals'

 

ONE HAPPY FAMILY ENT.

 

BMI, local TV stations reach rights agreement

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Court to be grossed out by oral pacts

 

France's CDR set to sell Epic library

 

France's CDR set to sell Epic library

 

Pastorelli in 'Cracker'

 

'STAR' SHINES O'SEAS

 

Camera local OKs dues plan

 

Jeffrey C. Ingber

 

Joseph Bassett

 

Kinnosuke Nakamura

 

Ramona Gerhard Sutton

 

Tom Egan

 

Matthew Pearson

 

Tracy Lamb

 

Bert Henrikson

 

Sandra Beaver

 

Wally Rose

 

Diane Betty Abramson

 

Zoya Leporska

 

Leonard Altman

 

Oscar aud greets winners warmly

 

Reviews

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

National Geographic Explorer: Killer Wave

Judy Garland: Beyond the Rainbow

The Wedding Dress

Fire from the Sky

National Geographic Explorer: Killer Wave

Judy Garland: Beyond the Rainbow

Chick Corea & Friends

Blur

The Wedding Dress

Fire From the Sky

Play On!

Cats Don't Dance

Inventing the Abbotts

Liar Liar

For Roseanna

Too Much Sleep

Heads or Tails

Traveller

Fleas Bark Too, Don't They?

My Secret Cache

Wittstock, Wittstock

A Little Life-Opera

A Girl Called Rosemarie

Balkanisator

Wednesday

The Killer Condom

Mendel

The Cow's Orgasm

Everything Must Go

East of War

Fine Powder

Tupamaros

Passage

My Heart Is Mine Alone

The Unfish

I Am Tired of Standing, I Lie Down

I Am Tired of Standing, I Lie Down

Tunnu's Tina

Green Chimneys

Violet

Antony and Cleopatra

One Flea Spare

Tap Dogs

Lady In The Dark

Three Days of Rain

The Positive Hour

The Singing Weatherman

Maggie and Pierre

Judy Garland: Beyond the Rainbow

The Second Civil War

Death in Granada

The Designated Mourner

Grosse Pointe Blank

Grosse Pointe Blank

Talked to Death

The 69th Annual Academy Awards

Donovan

All Grown Up ... and no place to go

The 69th Annual Academy Awards

Sheryl Crow

Donovan

Equus

Talked to Death


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