Table of Contents
Week of 04/02/1997

Articles

'Feeling' fine at preem

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Par Studio ups Essel to sr. veep

 

Lancit taps Solomon chair-CEO

 

'Fox Breakfast' ups Swann

 

Red Ant bites Delicious Vinyl

 

BBC sweeps Brit Acad noms

 

Spanish tooner, TFI in pact for series

 

EU, PARLIAMENT TALK TV

 

PerfecTV falls short of subscriber target

 

China one-ups Disney with its own Tibet pic

 

Polygram to take 'Earth' to world

 

Pix pile up for 40th S.F. film festival

 

Levin sheds light on TW's plans

 

Diller sets up test for CityVision

 

DIGITAL TV'S HAZY PICTURE

 

Robert M. Light

 

Ken Hansen

 

Martin Caidin

 

Sonia Wolfson

 

Jean Widmark

 

Mary Oakes

 

EAGLES 'GREATEST' FLIES TO TOP

 

U pub boosts Sakson, Gengl

 

Wardenclyffe's 'Within' leading off 3-indie slate

 

U SNAGS RIGHTS TO 'MICROSERFS'

 

TURBULENT TO DISTRIB U.S. 'LILIES'

 

Disney TV, DGA training open

 

SAG panel backs OT reduction

 

Latin Sky raises $375 mil

 

NELSON TO WB AS PROMO DIRECTOR

 

MUSIC BIZ FINE-TUNING ITS TOURING

 

Kassar lands'Triage' book for 6-figures

 

'Hunting' snares Minnie Driver

 

Jersey embarks on 'Coolhunt'

 

Schwimmer picks up pair of parts

 

Murdoch gets greenlight atop Premiere Power 100

 

Wayans bros. in, out at CAA

 

CORREX

 

Clinton spins bottle at kids, seeks FCC liquor ad probe

 

Jodorowsky,Arau go sci-fi

 

Exex defend big-tix pix

 

Shelton wins suit vs. Fox

 

ABC lays weekend eggs

 

Tarantino eyes crime comedy

 

BIZ'S BIG PICTURE: GREEN

 

H'WOOD PIC POWER

 

Watters new studio ops prexy at U

 

MGM Worldwide sets Nat'l Enquirer specs

 

Kasdan son also rises; winding new 'Toy'

 

Reeve takes over world at Dennis Davidson Assoc.

 

Collins again plays vixen for Spelling

 

B.I.G. week of sales puts'Death' atop album chart

 

MSNBC ready to take wraps off new HQ

 

Helmer bats an eye at webs'request to excerpt Bauby pic

 

Giuliani's no Cuomo

 

A NEW HOUSE FOR MOUSE

 

STORM CAN'T SHUTTER HUB SHOWS

 

Bruckheimer teams on buy

 

Fox ups Darnell to spex sr. VP

 

WGA CORRECTS BLACKLIST CREDITS

 

MEXICO

 

CANADA

 

GERMANY

 

WB bags 'The Trio'

 

Godzilla dad Tanaka dies

 

'Directors' focusing on U.S.

 

U INKS MAJOR SCANDI TV PACT

 

Latin toon web adds new series

 

MGM Music ups Sandoval

 

CFP hitches 'Wagon'

 

LOCATION NEWS

 

New Line promo exec Laufer upped

 

HIGH -TECH HOLLYWOOD

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

Lembeck inked to helm 'Audrey Hepburn' pic

 

MTV won't suffer 'Idiot'

 

Gallery report reveals deal

 

Gelbart races with Showtime drama

 

LUCCI GETS 17TH SHOT

 

'U MUSCLE PUSHES 'TREK' FROM TOP

 

Watchdog says b'casters'donations buy influence

 

Companies land rights to digitally b'cast radio

 

THE DIGITAL DILEMMA

 

Reed in pact with 'Kicking' duo

 

Warner, HBO rock with 'Reverb' series

 

BOWL TO SERVE UP SUMMER OF DEBUTS

 

CARLTON BUY OF RANK A DONE DEAL

 

Street sale after Barton takes Liberty

 

Cinergi's library goes to Disney

 

NEESON IN FORCE FIELD

 

ABC to show 'Arsenio' hall

 

Jackson 'Negotiates' $5 mil

 

Brillstein-Grey and Fox feud over new show

 

Endemol plans foray into German news

 

CanWest sublicenses 'Traders' to CBC

 

Karlovy Vary fest to honor Forman

 

Komuro picks up 'Speed II'

 

Mediaset profit off slightly

 

IRISH WEB GETS BACKER

 

CanWest in breach of Oz TV laws

 

No single system ready to roll yet

 

WB TV ups Wolfson to VP

 

GREIF UNVEILS 1997 SCHEDULE

 

Security firms in merger

 

Nick signs celebs for Kids' nods

 

HITCHED

 

Ellman to exec produce 'Gayle'

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Sayles to script 'Exodus'

 

Mammoth tracks 'Hurricane'

 

Wynne drops 'Bombshell' on Trimark

 

Matsushita eyes Euro TV

 

Disney TV names West business VP

 

S&P cheerier on TW

 

Telemundo's stock slips under pressure

 

CINERGI FOLDING FIRMED

 

Paxson opts out of TV deal

 

CBS sweeping 'Murphy' into earlier time period

 

Weinsteins to receive IFP honor

 

ABC NEWS HITS NET

 

ABC, K-L in suicides pact

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

Cox leaves 'Las Vegas'

 

WB comedy off to 'Smart' start

 

Kirkpatrick buys 'Bruno'

 

Snipes heading 'Down'

 

Nova distrib debuts with 'Dream'

 

'TIC' TACKS TRIO TO PIC

 

AN ELECTRONIC TONIC?

 

Disney/ABC brass may give 'Home' depositions

 

Beacon ups McWethy to VP

 

CLARIFICATION

 

CORRECTIONS

 

CHICAGO RE-FIRES

 

Four series win Peabodys

 

Logigian joins Doumanian co.

 

SYNERGY SIGHTING

 

Connery on the verge of 'Avengers'

 

DGA panel to study long workday issue

 

Dawn of the digital TV era

 

FCC STARTS DIGITAL CLOCK

 

Stringer in talks with Sony

 

DOCU DRAMA UNFOLDS

 

Mip trip shaping up as must-see U.S. TV

 

Telcos nix ASkyB deal, slim Tele-TV

 

New 'Truman' villain: Harris

 

NUMBERS

 

Peacock renews 'Susan'

 

Re-do ratings or we'll do it, senators say

 

'SAINT' HOT ON 'LIAR'S' TRAIL

 

B.O. highlights

 

Truffaut returns via 'Magic' trick

 

Fun films for the whole cult

 

Rudolph to shine on bigscreen

 

ROSEY'S FUTURE ISN'T

 

KCAL nabs Fox Sports trio

 

SHORT TAKES

 

Jack Kent Cooke

 

Victor Amadio

 

Lifetime taps Hayden veep

 

LIT PICKS

 

Study: Earlier arts classes needed

 

LEAHY WILL PEN 'HERALD'

 

Danes dismiss Pollack's suit

 

Mason on top of new London pix

 

Euro culture chiefs talk treaty, pubcasting

 

B.O. GIVES 'DEVIL' ITS DUE

 

CANADA

 

UNITED KINGDOM

 

DISNEY RUBS OFF INK

 

Nathanson launches volley in cable wars

 

Nelvana toonery flat in '96

 

Hindery shakes up TCI exex

 

Jackson tour promoter nabbed on tax charges

 

Berry set to headline HBO's Dandridge pic

 

Taos fest marks Blacklist anni

 

Coppola co. partners in San Fran f/x outfit

 

IRKED OVER OVERTIME

 

Distillers seek joint ad code

 

CBS series 'EZ Streets' at dead end

 

Sacker upped at Miramax

 

Mandalay 'Scores' Taylor spec

 

ICM subs Murphy for Cooperman

 

TECH UNION AT NAB

 

IBM bridges digital TV gap

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

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CORRECTIONS

 

Retro rock concert set

 

Scott's 'Kane' pic woos stars, studio

 

'VALOUR!' CELEBRATION IS BETTER PART OF GLAMOUR

 

Interscope seeks 'Divorce'; Selleck steady

 

AFI adds digital media

 

VALENTI ON DEFENSIVE

 

Col TriStar taps Rodi ad VP

 

Pioneers to honor Corwin

 

'PEAK' TWEAKS O'SEAS

 

Miramax buys 'Blue' toon

 

MGM taps Slominski for telecom unit

 

U.K.'s C5 NEAR ASTRA SAT DEAL

 

Latinos making multichannel link

 

German B.O. has strongest qtr. since '50s

 

UNAPIX ELLIS INK DOCU DISTRIB DEAL

 

COMPUTER SECTOR, B'CASTERS SEEK DIGITAL HARMONY

 

Intel exec: PC, TV to wed

 

'The Saint,' 'Liar' set B.O. on fire

 

Talent org honors Brokaw

 

Fox's 'Martin' winds down 5-season run

 

ROOM FOR HUME IN FLA.

 

Trio set for 'Prodigy'

 

'Anna Karenina' on track at exclusive B.O.; 'Amy' 2nd

 

Matthews expands its reach

 

ENTERTAINMENT COALITION TAPS CFO

 

Alphabet net bets on TBWA for ads

 

CANAL+ TIPS HAND

 

Phoenix Pix ups Bayman to sr. biz-legal affairs VP

 

Col TriStar TV veeps Bernstein

 

USA wins bet for 'Casino'

 

Eye to limit Tonycast awards

 

ABC takes 'View' toward Walters talker

 

HAMMOND WORTH PIC

 

'God' brings Levinson, Weinstein together

 

'SICK' DOES WELL AT L.A. INDIE FEST

 

Pulitzers freeze out legit

 

Pix' B.O. blast fails to last

 

'Col corrals UA's 'Horses'

 

NBC calls for Conan to 2002

 

Hicks falls for 'Snow' at Universal

 

Fox, ho! Columbus keeps anchor at 20th

 

CAA'S MAD SCRAMBLE

 

Jordan: Biz needs to rev up

 

'Valour!' celebration is better part of glamour

 

Reviews

Morphine

Morphine

A Doll's House

Benny Green

Jonathan Richman

When Secrets Kill

Louisa May Alcott's the Inheritance

David

Jonathan Richman

When Secrets Kill

Louisa May Alcott's the Inheritance

David

The Hairy Ape

Gigi

One Fine Day

Old Wicked Songs

Samson and Delilah

Cavavy

Mrs. Santa Claus

Daylight

The Summer of Ben Tyler

Honour Among Theives

Fever Pitch

Liquid Gaze

Grosse Pointe Blank

Heavy Weather

Adam & Eve

Pousse Cafe

Night Bus 807

B.A.P.S

Nature's Warrior

Waiting for the Man

Five Days, Five Nights

Five Days, Five Nights

Stand Tall

The Finals

The Volcano Man

Pusher

Bullet

Attempts on Her Life

Healthy Baby Girl

R.S.V.P. Broadway

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Bunny Bunny -- Gilda Radner: A Sort of Romantic Comedy

Jewel

When Innocence Is Lost

Still Breathing

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When Innocence Is Lost

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