Table of Contents
Week of 05/21/1997

Articles

'Biography' team queries first lady

 

Low-tech pitfalls take toll on B.O. tracking

 

'Murphy Brown' may face cancer

 

Nick skeds '70s sitcoms

 

Big, better, punctual

 

Births

 

Frio drops anchor at KCOP in L.A.

 

Reel Inc. to sell, rent vids online

 

TNT taps Grossman sr. VP

 

New point of 'View' for ABC & Walters

 

O'Donnell shingle sets slate

 

Talk isn't cheap for Roseanne

 

Isaacs on New Line

 

'Odyssey' gives Eye sharp poke for sweeps

 

D'Works gets 'Girls'

 

Eye on cops, sitcoms and Gumbel

 

Polygram TV brings 'South' Stateside

 

WGA plans Maui confab

 

'Monsters' brings Royce back to UCLA

 

Capra pic getting Silent treatment

 

Howard Morton

 

Catherine McLeod

 

Bella Dimbort

 

Leon Tokatyan

 

Richard Nabatoff

 

Mary Boyle Seitz

 

Orton Havergal Hicks

 

Cine Grande inks Telepool pic deal

 

Ciby's Palmer spliced into DNA partnership

 

Trio leads bidding for Slovak TV outlet

 

Hurlock MGM Telco sales VP

 

Montefiore on at Fremantle

 

B'sconi crony going to trial

 

Granada gets cracking

 

Study in black: GC posts profit

 

Televisa sets new path

 

Sky Latin ups estimate for its startup to $1 bil

 

Ticketmaster taken?

 

Trimark seals 'Don' vid deal

 

Imax docu for space station

 

Fox's den in order

 

Playa Vista foes push 'Lost World' boycott

 

'Clueless' set to lead UPN's Tuesday night

 

Book biz: Read it and weep

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Leno not slowing down after 5 years of 'Tonight'

 

Vinciquerra ankles CBS

 

Branagh booked for Woody's pic

 

Fox video taps Yapp for world

 

Douglas/Reuther plans U-Par pact

 

NBC's a sweeping beauty

 

Eye web sets aggressive fall schedule

 

Microsoft making news

 

Kounelias ankles NL for Fox TV PR slot

 

Morgan Creek goes Long

 

Rubin reconsiders

 

Searchlight illuminates Ormond deal

 

Inside Moves

 

Fans log on to help ABC's 'Practice'

 

Alphabet, WB settle superhero spat

 

NBC, affils adjourn with issues unresolved

 

NBC wins at lowball

 

'Mad' baby slays the Conners

 

'David' coronation

 

'Crash' burned in West End

 

'Annie' on ground floor of Tony lobby

 

Canada's Coliseum sports big weekend

 

NBC cables up on Sky Mexico

 

Karaoke cut dents Carlton bottom line

 

Bowie inks EMI deal

 

Recordable optic disc on Sony slate

 

An FCC for Italy

 

High-tech Hollywood

 

Births

 

Spelling taps Bachmann prez

 

News sat deal near

 

Televisa aims ax at $270 mil by 2000

 

Cinergi's 'Brawler' stake recouped in rights sale

 

Workday panel formed

 

'Friends' yuks, Canuck bucks

 

Clinton backs ownership rules

 

Syndie sitcoms melt in the heat

 

Nick dents retail

 

Fuqua to helm Connery in 'Entrapment' for Fox

 

'Spice' twice at No. 1

 

Disney edits 'Incorrect' outbursts

 

Daytime Emmys led by CBS; Lucci status quo

 

Arguments get out of hand on 'Incorrect'

 

CBS seeks balancing act for fall

 

Spain vid market hurting

 

Council greenlights funds for Leigh film

 

P'gram sates Jones

 

Films by Jove adds distrib arm

 

Sony creates corp. exec title

 

MediaVentures taps Boro

 

Acapulco hosts black film festival

 

Sunny plans Balkan plex

 

Exit stuns assembled troops

 

Cannes fest relived in Acad salute

 

Cinematheque celebrates France's forgotten Franju

 

Peacocks backs Albert

 

WIF to honor DeVito, Perlman

 

IDA seeking entries for docu awards

 

Short Takes

 

Sony Plaza hikes Bratcher to sr. VP

 

KCAL has winning 'Big Spin' ticket

 

Galan talked up for Lifetime chat host

 

SSDC, League settlement ups wages 3.8% yearly

 

Cinema Expo honors Zaentz

 

S.F. Int'l Gay Film Festival sets program

 

Paradigm sues ex-staffer

 

Pro7 parent records $1 million surplus

 

Strong sales put Matsushita in black

 

TV limits get support

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Noah's Ark pitch afloat at TriStar

 

Peacock prevails for '96-'97 season

 

U Studios drivers reject new contract

 

Local Oprah loved

 

Flap flares at Torch Awards

 

'Seven' scripter sells '8'

 

Black ankling ICM to join de Passe

 

CBS' Lund flees Karmazin karma

 

Studios speaking Euro lingos again

 

Shotgun 'Wedding'

 

Exec sees no windfall on 'Titanic'

 

Hong Kong event promises to be huge

 

Samples ankles Rysher post

 

CBS sets new order

 

Dramatic move for Myers in '54'

 

Big shakeup rocking EMI

 

Dino soars to $90

 

Short Takes

 

'World' hikes Seagram stock

 

Hitched

 

Ponti outfits called broke despite Cecchi Gori bid

 

RAI to launch Euronews

 

TW eyes Gallic cable stake

 

Tenpercenteries

 

Germany's Pro7 buys DreamWorks rights

 

Scandi nets TV2, SBS link

 

Euro B.O. hits a lull

 

Beeb's Yentob back on top

 

Disney exex to be honored at Cinema Expo

 

Summers to host L.A. Emmy Awards

 

Births

 

Downey lands in 'Borrowed' role

 

MGM taps Berman for exec VP slot

 

TNT sets Rachel Carson pic

 

23rd Seattle film fest sets weekend workshop

 

State ponies up for biz training

 

Edward Mulhare

 

John Rawlins

 

Mickey Webber

 

Carpenter memorial service

 

Scott Anderson

 

Rose Bram

 

Alvin T. Kajita

 

WB netlet taps Grey

 

BMG moves into credit card biz

 

Senate whacks spectrum tax

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Cox latest cable op in Fox fold

 

Kinnevik to spin off MTG arm

 

Fox buys 'Shelling'; Thomas to produce

 

'Reunion' nabs award

 

Clarification

 

Digital Domain taps Disney's Kummer

 

Kasem plans TV pic

 

Clinton taps duo for FCC

 

Kopelsons named Hall of Famers

 

Web skeds: Slip cover?

 

Richardson nabs 'Parent Trap' role

 

'Cop Land' undergoing heavy reshoots?

 

Castle Rock taps Quinlan for 'Giant'

 

Studio strike temporarily averted

 

Kopelsons named Hall of Famers

 

H'wood megapix beg $100 mil question

 

Reviews

Oscar Wilde's Wife

Late

Western

Oscar Wilde's Wife

Late

Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien

Pete Seeger

John Fogerty

Trial and Error

Pete Seeger

John Fogerty

Trial and Error

The Taste of Cherries

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Weapons of Mass Distraction

Histoire(s) de Cinema

Sprung

The End of Violence

Funny Games

Junk Mail

Insomnia

Buud Yam

Kini & Adams

The Brave

The Serpent's Kiss

Ma Vie en Rose

Assassin(s)

American Perfekt

Mrs. Brown

The Ice Storm

The Wizard of Oz

Disney's Beauty and the Beast

Bermuda Avenue Triangle

The Fix

The Taste of Cherries

The Lost World:Jurassic Park

Happy Together

Mourning Becomes Electra

L.A. Confidential

The Well

Love and Death on Long Island

Mere Mortals and Others

Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember, Yes I Remember

Journey to the Beginning of the World

The Blackout

Mendel and Moses

One Hour Without Television

The London Suede

The 25th American Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Martin Scorsese

Mendel and Moses

One Hour Without Television

The 25th American Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Martin Scorsese

Frank Capra's American Dream


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