Table of Contents
Week of 07/02/1997

Articles

Summer B.O. quickly losing its will to live

 

Suit filed in MGM merger

 

'Ballgame' a winner for scribe Bernat

 

Screen legend Mitchum dies

 

'CBS Saturday Morning' taps Gessner

 

NBC keeps rolling in top demos

 

WB netlet pacts in Cleveland

 

'House' on market

 

Fox, Disney lead in producer deals

 

Castle Rock signs Oakley, Weinstein

 

'Arthel' sets prod'n team

 

CableAce entry deadlines set

 

U seeks stronger I.D. via classic reissues

 

Hallmark, Hero in 5-year Latino deal

 

Diane Dogali dies

 

Reid Shelton

 

Eugene Vale dies at 81

 

Philippine film biz drafts bill

 

H.K. OK's antipiracy law

 

Forbidden City formidable

 

China bans long dramas

 

CineVox, Iris team on special effects

 

Bavaria Studios opens

 

Montreal film festival bullish on Chinese pix

 

Nordisk prod'n exec ankles over revamp

 

SABC to cut religious p'gramming by 75%

 

BSkyB pix on hold

 

Munich film fest firms lineup

 

Sky Latin America Taps 4 exex

 

S. Africa Paybox License Revised

 

Alliance still scrambling to avoid bankruptcy

 

Meredith finalizes buy of 3 TV stations

 

Groups mostly applaud Clinton's Internet Policy

 

Telemundo eyes mates

 

Fininvest posts profit decline

 

'Ronin' in from cold

 

Hendrix snares co-star role in 'Parent Trap'

 

Microsoft gives lie to Eye rumor

 

Trimark's 'Dream' helmer: Cimino

 

Roseanne pitch hits San Diego, Phoenix

 

'Delivered' starts Seattle shoot

 

Fox Searchlight ups exex

 

Berenbaum shows up at Daybreak

 

DGA set Diversity Award

 

'Good Morning', McRee

 

EMI picks up Motown beat

 

Blockbuster takes a profit plunge

 

Writers pen record coin during 1996

 

Scott is stuff of 'Legend'

 

Oscar teeters between Shrine and Pavilion

 

UA bringing 'Mountain' to Minghella

 

Smooth sailing for 'Sphere'

 

'Contact's' starry night

 

Gotham taps twin projects

 

Cable study finds more bad news for Big Four

 

Kaplan tapped talent VP

 

Telepictures pacts with talk vet Chermol

 

King World ups Loud to VP

 

Tyson fight's PPV record: 1.9 mil subs

 

Scandal a syndie hit

 

Short Take

 

Bellocchio on jury duty at Locarno Film Fest

 

Brits bow pic tax break

 

Brit Hat Trick hikes Mulville

 

French Fete tally up 33%

 

Canal+ selling Premiere stake

 

Digital door opens

 

Viacom radio days at a close

 

Disney's doldrums

 

Publisher joins CLT-Ufa party

 

Ticketmaster bulks up

 

Cinar turning new page with publishing co. buy

 

Nealon, Bryan nab 'Principal' TV roles

 

Hawkins joining Par's 'Sister' act

 

Berman in CBS ayem slot

 

Cwikly directs NBC daytime

 

Cineplex expands N.Y. sites

 

Kidvid squeeze play

 

Spice Girls back at No. 1

 

Maguire buys time for Playa Vista site

 

Petty to bow in 'Postman'

 

Roseanne strip lands in 5 more markets

 

D'Works Records to tap Tenenbaum

 

June B.O. hits down time

 

Guilds eye lawsuit over TV-ratings code

 

Edwards enters L.A.

 

American film icon Stewart dies at 89

 

Greenstein exits Miramax

 

'Weapon 4' looks likely for Gibson

 

Sogecable & WB tie digital TV knot

 

Jackson exits KABC slot

 

U downsizes land plan

 

'He was the real thing'

 

HBO NYC preems 'Subway' al fresco

 

Births

 

B'way 'Dream' comes to an end

 

H'w'd loses a leading man

 

Leder inks D'Works deal, eyes 'Journey'

 

'Black' jackpot worth $84.1 mil

 

Touchstone nabs 'Falasha'

 

Sony reels in exclusive Bass deal

 

Let's make up a deal

 

Correction

 

Clarifications

 

'Eaters' bites Venora, Sharif

 

CBS News vet Kuralt dies at 62

 

Canal+, Kirch pact

 

Report sees holes in Katz suit

 

Lesourd reacts to Jackson backlash

 

Middelhoff new chair at Bertelsmann

 

Music patron Chandler dies

 

Bout airings rile Showtime

 

Varela tops Western Product Placement

 

TW wins round in fight with Fox News

 

Matsushita ad-vantage

 

Exec Shuffle

 

NBC's Ludwin reups

 

'Access' breaks even on timeslot seesaw

 

PBS plans 'Follow' on pols' money

 

TNT readies 'Rough Cut'

 

ABC, A&E ink 'Bio' pact

 

Cable nets lead auds to turn on and tune in

 

Ex-'Seinfeld' scribe wins suit

 

Cassidy ankles Channel 4

 

Showtime sets 'Stargate' date

 

Higher-tech Czech fest under way

 

S.F. Gay Fest gilds 'Lilies,' Canadians

 

Chinese cable net up in U.S.

 

CanWest nabs Kiwi radio net

 

Canada approves vid on demand

 

Cinema Expo's hit parade

 

Hero Prods. comes to Family's rescue

 

Chile ticket sales hot

 

Murder keys Japan vid crackdown

 

Stewart memorial

 

William Hickey

 

Lloyd H. Gaynes

 

Annie Fratellini

 

Michael F. Leone

 

Robert L. Hausfater

 

Paula (Pepi) Luft

 

Adriaan van Limpt

 

Robert G. Kane

 

Elaine St. Johns

 

Francis Richard Rose

 

Phyllis Craig

 

Albert Burkinshaw

 

German cos. on int'l team

 

Short Takes

 

Twentieth TV hikes Carson

 

MTV taps Frank for veep post

 

Hitched

 

Bertelsmann denies reports of plan to buy McGraw-Hill

 

Knight must clarify finances

 

Hong Kong plans major sat TV study

 

Gaumont ups Le Pogam

 

Pic debut makes the grade

 

Grizzly guy: Hollywood's heaviest heavy

 

Births

 

IA exec Short to get Sutton award

 

Record 260 buyers deal at Discop

 

Paxon bids $8 mil for bankrupt KADY

 

'Chris Rock Show' gets HBO renewal

 

Emmy noms due on July 24 ayem

 

Japanese star in Montreal

 

Hitched

 

Half-price tix a Hong Kong hit

 

Havas sells pair of stocks to Publicis

 

'Bat' beats up B.O.

 

Joseph A. Cohen

 

William P. Dornisch

 

Maurice (Muzzy) Marcellino

 

Joe Zomar

 

Richard M. Blumenberg

 

Niki Minter Mancebo

 

'Black' tops B.O. list, by any measure

 

'Ulee's' continues to take gold at exclu B.O.

 

ProSieben offering's a hit

 

Trans World buys Golden Gate Prods.

 

Imax racks up deals

 

CBS swings golf extension

 

Col TriStar TV taps 2 exex for biz affairs

 

MGM taps Jones sr. exec VP

 

27 GOP'ers ask Gingrich to restore NEA funding

 

U TV ups Levinson to sr. VP

 

'Half Baked' roles

 

ABC taps Shapiro for tech veep post

 

Nichols new show runner on 'Caroline'

 

Levitan, Fox ink exclusive 4-year pact

 

Change for Sandollar

 

Solons ink TV content cease-fire

 

Evans exits Fox for TCI

 

Indies' revolving door

 

'Hoop' duo go hip-hop

 

'Ryan' adds Martini to mix

 

Ovitz, Pei reunite to plan hospital

 

Reviews

The Wallflowers; Fiona Apple

The Senior Prom

The Wallflowers; Fiona Apple

The Senior Prom

The School for Wives

Tucci, Fox units deliver 'Four Letters'

Contact

A Simple Wish


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