Table of Contents
Week of 04/09/1997

Articles

Peacock renews 'Profiler' drama

 

RIDING GALLIC FILM WAVE

 

MPAA RATINGS

 

'Violet,' 'Drive' tops for Lortel Awards

 

Showtime taps 2 for VP posts

 

Holmberg, Dudevoir new New Line VPs

 

SPORTIN' LIFETIME BOWS

 

Pacific Title shops Kodak

 

'Gentleman Agent' exhibit hails Kohner

 

ATAS history fete date set

 

ABC Pics, Pudney in pact

 

Bergman to get special Cannes salute

 

Profits for Endemol rise another 19%

 

TF1 REVS UP BUT PROFITS DOWN

 

'NIRVANA,' 'TRUCE' SET PACE FOR DAVID HONORS

 

SPE marches into HBO Poland

 

German distrib Progress is sold

 

Cine Grande prexys Reeve

 

EU: Public b'casting needed

 

CLT shuffle could have big impact on Havas

 

China mulls Zhang opera nix

 

Fox 2000 taps Apted for 'Fools' errand

 

HUNDT DELIVERS PSA

 

Soffer, Ford boot up for 'Nanobots'

 

Forster inked for 'Jackie Brown'

 

TBS unveils firstrun pix, sitcom skeds

 

Paxson pays $35 mil for Ann Arbor's WBSX

 

Atlantis ends '96 with upbeat fourth quarter

 

FISHER TOPS TV AD BUREAU'S RANKS

 

Evergreen slims its dial

 

Cinar posts earnings jump

 

RADIO FORAY IN PLAY

 

MGM EXEX GO DISTANCE

 

CBS, NBC tied at the buzzer

 

Shandling off to UTA

 

Thomas' plate full, and she'll have 'Pie'

 

Helmer Herek reups 3-pic Disney pact

 

Discovery spending spree

 

Vaughan drawn to 'Force'

 

CORREX

 

Portman mulls 'Wars' prequel

 

WB, BURTON FLIRTIN'

 

Epic takes on Immortal, eyes music, film synergy

 

TCI inks broad deal for Disney cablenets

 

BV's Wayans show to Fox

 

Theron gets close to 'Joe'

 

Theron gets close to 'Joe'

 

Theron gets close to 'Joe'

 

Theron gets close to 'Joe'

 

Theron gets close to 'Joe'

 

Theron gets close to 'Joe'

 

Bergman pacts for pair of pix

 

Reeve bow a testament to courage

 

HRTS: Turner talks

 

SHUE DROPS AT PLAN B AS DEVELOPMENT VP

 

Eye web, PBS share Tony telecast

 

CBS feevee outlet taps Raas int'l VP

 

Scion stamping Televisa with new glasnost style

 

ITALY'S MEDIASET PACTS WITH NBC

 

CANAL+ IN SPAIN LIBRARY PACT

 

Globo team nets soccer for $150 mil

 

Japanese gov't to provide multimedia biz subsidies

 

BIRTHS

 

HIGH-TECH HOLLYWOOD

 

CBS LOVES 'RAYMOND': ORDERS UP YEAR TWO

 

'Pauly' pulled from Fox slot

 

Brown & Meyers join 'Arthel & Fred' team

 

Janssen gets good 'Noose'

 

Kearney search turns up new VP

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Century closer to 1,000 in 2000 goal

 

BIZ REVISTS H'WOOD

 

Smith, Pinkett pen U-Imagine pic pick

 

Kanbar gives $5 mil to NYU film school

 

RATINGS TAKE RAZZING

 

BIG TIC TV TACKS ON PROD'N DEAL

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

Forlani invited to 'Meet'

 

CLARIF

 

Aardman on 'Run'

 

Streisand, Col TriStar do NBC pic

 

CORREX

 

AFI LANDS FITZGERALD

 

MTV elevates Terkuhle to animation prexy post

 

Songwriter Nyro dies

 

Allen Ginsberg

 

Bob Arthur

 

Tax man puts pin in TCI stock buyback strategy

 

WB'S ON CHANNEL 5

 

'Speed 2' shifted in sked scramble

 

Gooding ready for Redding

 

NEW LINE GOES BACK IN TIME

 

CUSACK NEAR 'GOOD' DEAL

 

Plugging in the techie's new toys

 

The subtle art of beta fine-tuning

 

SOFTWARE WARS

 

Ads break in new technologies

 

Hot-property realtors: 'Get it while you can'

 

A tale of two cities

 

Tips from the experts

 

Putting the $ into L.A. sports scene

 

GOIN' SOUTH

 

FOR ART'S SAKE

 

PRAGUE FEST VET RILEY TO KRATKY

 

Mexico sci-fi fest takes off April 30

 

TV fund infusion means bigger Telefilm budget

 

Thompson tops Beeb pix

 

HONG KONG TACKLES PIRACY

 

Finnish pubcaster exec to launch prod'n venture

 

KTLA marks half century

 

Stephen Parker

 

Roy Polevoy

 

Bernice Baum

 

Harry Wheeler

 

Sundance gets interactive

 

Evergreen still growing

 

FUN, WAL-MART STYLE

 

Lott of bad news for Chong at FCC

 

FINANCIAL BRIEFS

 

CHANCE OF A LIFETIME

 

Judge upholds TW's counterclaim vs. Fox

 

Michael surprises VH1 do

 

MGM products ups Bornhurst to sr. VP

 

USA hires Carry as veep, ups Marcus

 

Scripter Tweti shooting 'Birds' docu

 

Clark sr. VP at Castle Rock

 

UCLA alums fete Stalmaster

 

DTS NAMES SLUSSER VICE CHAIRMAN-CEO

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

SHAPIRO'S NEW LINE

 

'Palisades' preem demos primo

 

U taps Christensen legal VP

 

Univision unveils new Spanish-lingo TV block

 

SELTZER INTO SR. VP SLOT

 

U bowing online chat site

 

KID FARE COMES OF AGE

 

Live, Trimark, October: merger menage a trois?

 

CANNES-TICIPATION

 

Murdoch reaches for Sky in D.C.

 

Sony folds low-budget outfit Triumph Films

 

MacLaine takes helm

 

Mip marketeers high on Euro TV

 

Oscar pack looks to turn

 

Arab pirates' paradise does an about-face

 

'Gloaming' gleams at Gotham preem

 

In Urban's league

 

'Titanic' plot on collision course with science

 

Whoopi cushion: Pop top

 

Unions worried about overtime ruling

 

ENDEMOL ON MARCH

 

ENDEMOL ON MARCH

 

Fox German focus may make Vox more populi

 

Big year for BBC Worldwide

 

International Council eyes Internet

 

GMT, Col TriStar team for Pegasus

 

Fox Sports Americas sets bilingual hotline

 

'97 Euro MTV nods set for Netherlands

 

Arab pirates' paradise does an about-face

 

European distrib'n criticized

 

'EMPIRE' STRIKING O'SEAS

 

'EMPIRE' STRIKING O'SEAS

 

E3 confab has int'l accent

 

Baton taps Festinger for Vancouver outlet

 

OCTOBER SURPRISE

 

'Amy' helmer Smith reups Miramax first-look deal

 

Fox hikes Saralegui

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

Disney OKs tune for Aykroyd sitcom

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

McCormick to play Mandrell for CBS

 

A MANIA FOR MARVEL

 

CINEPIX GETTING BUSY

 

'Police Academy' pulls double duty in TV bow

 

Elizondo, Valdez nab Imagen nods

 

'Fired' tops last of the crop

 

Hanson & Schwam elevates Winters

 

Garmezy tops artists rights org

 

NEW SERIES AWAIT VERDICTS

 

Imagine TV lures Krantz from CAA

 

Live confirms talk of sale

 

Mip makes for strange bedfellows

 

B.O. highlights

 

Castle Rocked by huge layoffs

 

SNAKE TAKES BIG B.O. BITE

 

'Titanic' mania celebrates that sinking feeling

 

'Spy' comes in from cold at Beacon, Red Wagon

 

'Rush Hour' hitches NL ride

 

Grant vows for 'Groom'; 'Apaches' aims high

 

DVD panel united on 4 standard formats

 

Hipp joins 'Midnight'

 

Showtime breaks into Richmond territory

 

ATAS HONORS KMEX

 

Empire,' volcano pic dominate int'l B.O.

 

Cinema Expo taps Gianopulos, Bert

 

Gianopulos, Bert set to receive kudos

 

3rd Taos fest wraps; Marks wins acreage

 

MIP NOTES

 

Hendricks bruited as Mipcom Man of Year

 

SUBS FLYING FOR TPS

 

Int'l TV viewership shows modest gains

 

'Patient' wins 3 tech BAFTAs

 

Nick Latino acquires '7,' 'Bananas'

 

Fee flap may mean Karlovy festival rating doesn't Vary

 

CRIX PICK SIDE MIX

 

Crix Pick Side Mix

 

Grupo suitor comes courting

 

Pozil joins French bank

 

MOUSE WAKES UP TO RADIO

 

SENATE PLUGGING IN

 

WB'S FORTE:'MAHALA'

 

'Phoenix' rises with solid cast

 

'Friends' switches D.C. slots

 

Schiff signs on for 'Kiss,' 'Dr. Dolittle'

 

B'way taxis onto runway with Continental boost

 

Disney tweaking Sorvino sitcom

 

Smithee finds more work

 

Gamers eyed for retread duty

 

CORRREX

 

Woods helps CBS mashie competition

 

Fox finds 2 Apatow projects appetizing

 

EAST MEETS FRENCH

 

AGENTS NOT GENTS

 

Record year for Holly-world

 

ABC ties

 

Ramis gets 'Bedazzled'

 

Rifkin elevated in Morris shuffle

 

DIC in rights pact for Archie

 

THAT SINKING FEELING

 

Friedman joins Morris' independent film wing

 

Crenna's thyroid surgery successful

 

Reviews

Two at the Too

Colors Straight Up

Two at the Too

Tony Bennett

Fired Up

Death of a Salesman

Tony Bennett

Fired Up

That Dog

Mother Knows Best

Leaving L.A.

Gun

That Dog

Mother Knows Best

Leaving L.A.

Gun

Bremen Freedom

That Old Feeling

CBS Eye on People

Death Takes A Holiday

Fired Up

The Hikers

Waco: The Rules of Engagement

Dream

On House

Doctor! Doctor!

King Lear

Double Team

One Foot on the Floor

The Grey Zone

Reinventing Love

Neptune's Rocking Horse

The Adventures of Amy Bock

Bare-Knuckle

The Stand-In

Purgatory County

Cardiff East

Keys to Tulsa

Witch Way Love

Betrayal

The Revenge of the Woman in Black

Gun

Butch Camp

Sexing the Label

David Searching

David

Hollywood Confidential

Prince

Lovelife

Prince

Angel's Share

The Threepenny Opera


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