Table of Contents
Week of 04/16/1997

Articles

Nexus to stage fundraiser

 

BRITTON, BON JOVI JOIN BURNS FOR 'LONG TIME'

 

Masucci tops new Island Latin label

 

Masters a ratings ace for CBS

 

Fox bows Mexican homevideo subsid

 

Emperor to huddle with envoy Poitier

 

Atlantis stays up for 'Night Man'

 

Bossiere upped by Fox Intl.

 

CHINA MAY LOOSEN GRIP

 

Antena 3 pacts with Artear

 

CNN en Espanol marks U.S. launch

 

Euro pic biz urges EU coin for local distribs

 

Stringer, C4 keep talking

 

MEDIASET SCORES, TOO

 

MTV Europe inks Italo deal

 

Bertelsmann, ANS cast wide 'Ne

 

Bertelsmann, ANS cast wide 'Ne

 

Bertelsmann, ANS cast wide 'Ne

 

Bertelsmann, ANS cast wide 'Ne

 

Kirch courting another state bank for loan

 

Mazza catches New Wave in veepee position

 

Mazza catches New Wave in veepee position

 

Acad to unspool De Sica's 'Shoe'

 

ABC ENT.'S TARSES JOINS UCLA BOARD

 

Confab eyeing H'w'd design

 

Chetwynd org taps McVey

 

Livent to loose Seuss on B'way

 

Livent to loose Seuss on B'way

 

Continental-B'way deal takes seven-figure flight

 

Nat'l Geo Channel to launch on BSkyB

 

ENDEAVOR DOESN'T MISS A HAT TRICK

 

DirecTV Japan inks product

 

Sci-Fi net finds no warp speed in Euro resolve

 

Digital gives Mip zip

 

BBDO will take over MGM ads

 

Disney will have a Blast on Microsoft

 

Theater building boom boosts Ballantyne net

 

Camera Platforms losses double

 

Landmark to develop Chinese theme park

 

Cinergi's fourth qtr. awash in sea of red

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Post preems TV program arm

 

Marinelli upped to exec VP at Buena Vista TV

 

Lynch lopes to WMA from CAA

 

Steinberg heads for Kushner-Locke

 

Heavy D ankles uptown prez post

 

Paramount TV veeps Reynolds

 

Zbitnew made G.M. at BMG Music Canada

 

Fox names Luma senior VP of on-air promotion

 

Potter meets 'Frank' needs

 

A-'Hunting' Skarsgard will go

 

McArdle shifts posts at Turner

 

Showtime puts Holocaust docudrama on its list

 

IA, studios start talks on N.Y. pact

 

WB eyes Nava to helm 'Fools'

 

KW takes stock in 'Rascals'

 

TriStar says preemptive 'yes' to 'Company Man'

 

Scribe Piller set for 'Trek'

 

Doherty readies return to Fox TV

 

LE PEAK OF LE HYPE

 

Rupe's son Lachlan tacklin' Oz

 

No word from helm of 'Titanic'

 

Kopelson buys 'Wanted' book

 

Paxton in Mouse's 'Mighty'

 

Horror pix still have B.O. bite

 

'REJECTS' KICKS OFF NICK'S SPORTS SLATE

 

Depardieu 'Count'-ing on TV mini

 

'Comrades' in H.K. sweep

 

Bergman at Cannes: still a question mark

 

TIMOTHY QUITS SELZ FOR SALEM

 

Preservation fest on AMC sets doc duo

 

Preservation fest on AMC sets doc duo

 

'Midnight' gets themed eats

 

ART OF INSPIRATION

 

ART OF INSPIRATION

 

Rights war began at home

 

Rights war began at home

 

Forman on art, cultural identity

 

Getty granted Stewardship

 

NONCONFORMIST

 

Memories of Milos' mentor

 

Smorgasbord of panels, debate, speakers, exhibs

 

Newsman Marlow dropping anchor

 

EMMY PRODUCES RULES

 

'VOLCANO' FIRES UP L.A.

 

Hollywood Records prexy ankles abruptly

 

IFP books No Borders market

 

SKY SKEDS BIG EVENTS

 

EU may fight for Polygram

 

Scandi power buys into Italo TV

 

Births

 

RAI, telecom in digital pact

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Syndies falter as sweeps near

 

Ex-FCC chair eyed for digital post

 

Ham-fisted chat lands wrestler in lockup

 

HIGH-TECH HOLLYWOOD

 

D'Works to get first look at Moll/Beallor projects

 

'Vampires' in N.M., Ice in L.A.

 

Shareholders OK MCIdeal

 

ITT seals MSG stake sale

 

Christian Science Church puts radio nets on block

 

Pacific Theatres adds Northridge multiplex

 

CINERGI'S CASH STASH

 

Bakula inks Paramount TV deal, moves to ICM

 

Fox Int'l ups Neeson to exec VP

 

Warner Bros. options Connelly's 'Work' book

 

Warren helms 3rd 'League'

 

QDE enters Niven's sci-fi 'Ringworld'

 

D.C. pummels tube violence

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

Modine, Peters, Skerritt set in CBS Hallmark pic

 

Nick series booming in Florida

 

Strong debut greets new Univision morning show

 

'Cybill,' 'Nanny,' 'Hope' renewed

 

Western U.S. peers honor KCOP news

 

'Soul' music to ABS's ears

 

Corrections

 

Disney Interactive layoffs latest in CD-ROM biz blues

 

Euro Union OKs free TV sports

 

CROWING OVER CABLE

 

L.A. cutting freelancers some slack

 

Televisa mogul dies at 66

 

Touchstone wins bid for 'Apaches'

 

Projects in line to use 'Titanic' tank

 

COSCIENT, TF1 INK PACT

 

Economist lands in top RTVE post

 

German pic prize noms include B.O. winners

 

CANADA

 

FRANCE

 

U.K.

 

Bloomberg TV bows in Rome

 

STAR TV LICENSE RENEWED

 

Burton set to take on 'Superman' for WB

 

IFC inks deal for October pix

 

Vintage variety set for TV Land anni

 

Avenue gets 'Second Wind'

 

'Lone Star,' 'NYPD' take Latino honors

 

ATAS ON AIDS WATCH

 

BARD TOPS MTV LIST

 

WebTV hardware price cut

 

Parents sue over alleged 'Pupil' nudity

 

Bolton sued for nixing Oz tour

 

Cinema Expo to fete Besson

 

TALKIES TALK BACK

 

Children's TV Workshop ups Nussbaum

 

Filmmakers FOCUS on kids

 

Starz! 'Ripper' casts Bergin

 

KCOP ups Feldman to prexy

 

CineAsia moves confab to Dec.

 

Micro tool is next best mix fix

 

Some sound advice from 'Patient' mixer

 

Analog tech forever?

 

Post houses are wired for sound

 

THE ROARING SEASON

 

Recapturing echos from the past

 

Audio women sound off about biz

 

Teaching the next digital generation

 

A brief lexicon of sound

 

SURRENDER TO SURROUND

 

Tom Hall

 

Vince Carbone

 

Donald E. Baruch

 

Lily Anne Sims

 

Births

 

Humanitas seminar

 

IFP/West's confab set

 

SHORT TAKES

 

Two-weekend De Toth tribute set to bow

 

Jacob's Cannes canon taking shape

 

NYU taps award winners

 

Rapping about rights

 

Trio to license DVD patents

 

Sony ups Falcetti to senior veep

 

MTV Scandi does stock deal

 

VIOLENCE BAN EYED

 

Todd-AO to acquire Hollywood Digital

 

CORRECTION

 

20th TV inks pact with 'X' vet Gilligan

 

Jonze to do 'John' for Propaganda

 

Neill, Wiest mount 'Horse'

 

UPN, Bochco, Disney want Flex's time

 

'Dr. Dolittle' redo hearing voices

 

Meyers on Mouse's 'Trap'

 

WB, Catalano ink pact

 

POUNCING ON 'PREY'

 

Third 'Man': Burton inks for D'Works

 

BSkyB said eyeing pic prod'n division

 

U agrees to acquire October

 

Fox stations letter adds strain to 'Access' deal

 

Exhibs warned of 'Titanic' delay

 

SONY RINGS STRINGER

 

Southern Calif. auds to meet 'Soulmates'

 

FOX, LINSON BUY PITCH

 

TWENTIETH NOT GIVING 'TWO' A 2ND LOOK

 

NEWMAN LANDS A&R POST AT JAVA LABEL

 

BMG TO ISSUE 'BLUES' IN U.S.

 

MGM TAPS KENNEDY

 

Hawn headed to 'Chicago'

 

Indie meet at Harvard

 

End of line for 'Married'

 

Spelling spree

 

Intermedia & Roadshow link

 

Nets put off fall TV bow by a week

 

Live buy heats up October fight

 

Col's snake holds grip on B.O. title

 

ORION COURTS A LION

 

H'wood serves up Bart at charity gala

 

NATURE RETREAT: A WRITE ANGLE

 

Keith named to new Lucas post

 

'Truce' takes top Italo honors

 

Beeb puts Sharp's pen to 'Tess'

 

O'SEAS B.O. JAM PACKED

 

RTL rests atop German TV market

 

Mercury merger gets a go

 

DF1, Telekom near deal

 

Boston women's fest gets edgy

 

RTL cutback sends Endemol stock down

 

Tribune posts 1st-qtr. gains

 

LIVENT STAGES OFFERING

 

CanWest ups bottom line

 

Trio team to create Awesome

 

Hopper cast in 'Deedles' comedy

 

Thompson joins 'Garden'

 

Nick hands out kid nods

 

Alliance mines gold with story of Bre-X

 

ABC straps on skating pact

 

Pair of Trib VPs add duties

 

TENPERCENTERIES

 

DILLER THE REFORMER

 

Digital TV date dissed

 

Gerolmo plans 'Che' biopic

 

Brown plans major 'USA' mini

 

ARTISTS 'VS.' SOLONS

 

LIT PICKS

 

Astra deal gives C5 60% U.K. carriage

 

Arnolds visit spurs 'Lies II' scuttlebutt

 

ABC names Brockman veep, publicity

 

Alphabet trio renewed

 

News Corp. eyeing WBIS

 

Thesp unions reach tentative ad agreement

 

VIACOM MOVES UP

 

The harder they fall: mogul-bashing in Gotham

 

AMC plans common stock answer

 

Title to run 'Mod Squad'

 

Writer sues WMA, USA

 

WB snags 'Angelo'

 

Second suit filed over 'Pupil' lensing

 

'LIAR' EXALTED, 'PATIENT' GAINS O'SEAS

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Playa Vista gets court date

 

HBO 'Breast' lures Schwimmer

 

Young, Conti in Trevor's 'Control'

 

ONLINE FIX FOR CHINA TIX

 

Golden Harvest to fund filmmaking in China

 

Fox Kids net looks to book Brit toon Beano for series

 

Jugend sets two new pics for Extrafilm

 

MALAYS GET MIP FEVER

 

Kratky Film on funding fling

 

CANADA

 

MEXICO

 

CHINA

 

Col snake skins B.O. competish

 

LOEWS KICKS TIX PRICES HIGHER

 

ShoWest, AFM setskeds, avoid clash

 

Shakur estate sues Death Row

 

BMG adds Online road trip to albums

 

HEAVY D RELOCATES

 

Bandeira installs King as producer

 

CBS News ups Bowens

 

Student filmmakers honored

 

Series title won't be 'Battleground'

 

'Amy' wide move makes room at the top for 'Anna'

 

JAMMING DIRECTV

 

Zenith's Cordiant plans split-up into two units

 

Low-priced FoxToon CD-ROMs out in May

 

UNITED LINES UP NOTICIAS

 

Fox ups 'Palisades' order

 

Kellison into 'Vibe' as exec producer

 

Kaplan takes CBS Ent. director chair

 

'LadyLaw' launch nixed

 

Callaway fills Tribeca W. Coast VP slot

 

Bird in bush for TW

 

ABC held to libel award

 

State film starts climb 30% for 1996

 

Heche on board for Caravan's '6 Days'

 

Imagine Ent.snaps up Gaston's romance pitch

 

Par goes for 'Drive' spec

 

FLEDER AT NEW LINE

 

Bird flies to helm of 'Motive'

 

Barenholtz preps 5 pix

 

NEW YORK --- Veteran independent film producer Ben Barenholtz, who helped launch such filmmakers as David Lynch, John Sayles and Joel and Ethan Coen, has raised financing for five projects that he will produce with Sauce Entertainment.

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

INSIDE MOVES

 

FOX TAKES HANKS 'ON BROADWAY'

 

Cannes adds tech day

 

MICHAEL FLEMING

 

Sony rallies behind Calley

 

Cruise talks Spector pic

 

L.A. signals skirted in FCC digital rollout

 

Helmer Gilliam readies 'Defective,' 'Loathing'

 

ABC taps Dwek series exec VP

 

U JOINS CREDIT UNION

 

Tartikoff released from hospital early

 

Reviews

In the Gloaming

Cold Case

Shawn Colvin;Freedy Johnston;Patti Griffin

In the Gloaming

Cold Case

Shawn Colvin;Freedy Johnston;Patti Griffin

The Story of Mothers and Daughters

Lost Treasure of Dos Santos

Banyan

Rose Hill

On the Edge of Innocence

Lift

The Story of Mothers and Daughters

Lost Treasure of Dos Santos

Banyan

The Coming Plague

Rose Hill

On the Edge of Innocence

McHale's Navy

Believe Me

Little City

The Coming Plague

Classic Albums

God's Heart

Driftwood

Wax Mask

Anaconda

Ocean Tribe

The Price of Kissing

Dogtown

Lena's Dreams

The Mystery of the Last Tsar

The Green Heart

Pearls for Pigs

Off the Menu: the Last Days of Chasen's

Murder at 1600

The Eliminator

Freakin' Beautiful World

The Demons of Jesus

An American Daughter

Levitation

Real Stories of the Donut Men

Gold in the Streets

Pierre and Marie

Marlene

Dealer's Choice

The Glass Menagerie

The Joy of Going Somewhere Definite

Far from the Tree

Starting Here, Starting Now

Far From the Tree

Starting Here, Starting Now

Morcheeba

Old Times

Soul Man

The Last Supper

Morcheeba

Soul Man


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