Table of Contents
Week of 07/16/1997

Articles

Webs sked day-long preview of fall season

 

Tenpercenteries

 

Tiles fits into Fox Sports

 

Denmead taps Leonard PR veep

 

Disney hikes Ketcham

 

Sony shares surge in Tokyo

 

Sylvia John Passaris

 

Jerry Doggett

 

Rosina Lawrence

 

Sagging Peacock holds on

 

Jacobs to steer Gotham arthouse

 

Janisch jumps in as All American VP

 

Kreek cranks up B'way Video wing

 

Asbury PR taps Garfinkel

 

Krane tabs Weintraub exec VP

 

Scott VP finance, MDP Worldwide

 

Trio teams up for indie prod'n firm

 

Henson chooses Phillips for new production post

 

Independent's Day

 

Teutonic B.O. touts homegrown fare

 

Canucks OK Greenpeace pic

 

Reviews are mixed on Barcelona

 

S. African lens on U.S. victim

 

Fest sets silver slate

 

Trio tapped for 'Thursday'

 

Laurence will exit MGM/UA VP post

 

Frankfurt segues to Partners outfits

 

MGM animation taps Fukuto

 

Moussa re-revs Canyon

 

Gugino lines up 'Snake,' 'Judas Kiss'

 

Games, 'Rock' on roll

 

Variety taps writer Karon

 

Corrections

 

ATAS announces Governors winners

 

Gender-bender 'V/V' ends

 

'Roar' gets Fox's Irish up

 

Pix beset by burnout

 

Regency, WB can't make deal

 

Eye isn't blinking

 

Designer Versace shot dead

 

Baldwin inks Col TV, pic pact

 

Loews plans Gotham 15-plex

 

Music exec Reid tapped to top Polygram Canada

 

Tax plank sacked

 

Yahoo! chats up Peacock

 

Black Ent. Network spins new diskery

 

Simpson chat gives CNN ratings boost

 

Drudge Report logs on to AOL

 

Births

 

Peru net owner hiding after losing citizenship

 

Hundt breaks truce

 

'Impact' has no 'Contact' with prez

 

Ad shows the money; U.S. frowns

 

No. 3 and proud of it

 

Stallone revs racing pic

 

Island inks Insane deal after Disney drops disc

 

'Air Force' storming Venice fest

 

'Acres' row reaps recut

 

William Morris adds Dafoe to client list

 

Gimbel leads Caucus lineup

 

CNN/SI hits 10 mil mark with Fla. pact

 

Fox buys 'Die Hard' part

 

Floyd Disney veeped

 

DirecTV boosts Eye on People

 

Hungary's Shopping TV adds Poland

 

Czech TV ratings revamp

 

Russian channel hits static

 

HFPA donates $500,000

 

Ruling revives suit by 'Simon' producer

 

Latin Travel net opens Mexico City office

 

Saban ups Dyer, Delgado to VPs

 

Disney sells off magazine

 

Viacom expanding Internet presence

 

TW, News Corp. court-shy

 

Clinton calls for Internet content ratings

 

New KABC battle one for ages

 

Thewlis set for Irish pic 'Jack'

 

WB TV ups Rowe to veep

 

Grasso hops to Warners TV

 

Alden tapped for U development

 

'Black' disk at No. 1

 

'Night' time for SNL spoof

 

MGM vet Gordon retires

 

NBC may face FCC roadblock

 

Sinise to join Cage in Par's 'Snake Eyes'

 

Fox Kids Worldwide taps Loesch vice chair

 

TW does about-face

 

TW surges 25% in 2nd qtr.

 

Hat Trick scores with deal at ABC

 

U cleans out inhouse by 115 jobs

 

'Dog' days ahead for Sorbo

 

Pols pushing for tighter TV regs

 

Eric Douglas helps out dad Kirk

 

To heck with protecting kids, what about us?

 

Heritage deal sends Sinclair stock rising

 

Sullivan 'Walking' for New Line

 

Polygram heading 'Due South'

 

Fox preps remake of Gallic 'Cafe'

 

U2 is reauthorized

 

EMI, Sting in tune on $35 million pact

 

Big post-tax loss for Holland Media

 

Steinberg tops BSkyB pix

 

US West ups Latin cable stake

 

Azteca TV going public

 

Senate rebuffs an attempt to salvage NEA

 

Windham Hill gets back in jazz biz

 

Births

 

MPAA hikes Barsky to top legal post

 

Hitched

 

Roseanne, 'Nanny' up syndie sales

 

Walton marching from Fox to Citadel

 

Rapaport gets 'Naked' role

 

CBS names name, journo staff for Gumbel series

 

Col's hep to 'Jep!'

 

Orion-MGM merger puts CEO White out

 

Digital plan buoys b'casters

 

Classic Sports net wins FCC ruling

 

Anti-piracy setback

 

Bruckheimer on new orbit with 'Earth'

 

Cash to help Alliance Ent. keep going

 

Hannah latest 'Martian' sighting

 

Will Fox follow Disney suit?

 

Disney bowing concert hall Website

 

Fox gets Friendly

 

Affleck nabs role in 'Armageddon'

 

Estefan inks U TV pact

 

Sagal inked for Eye series

 

Pair rises at Creek

 

New prez Picker leads Hallmark's pix push

 

Michaels, NBC grow SNL pact

 

$3 mil bow, by 'George'

 

Diller takes 49.6% stake in Ticketmaster

 

Insight into Kirch-CLT digital deal

 

Celebs, civilians unite to fight breast cancer

 

Accent's on art at Venice fest

 

Trimark taps bankers to seek buyers

 

Hoffman back at Fox TV post

 

'George' can't crack 'Black'

 

BMG revamp pays off in record year

 

TV costs a 'virus'

 

Senate support for NEA

 

Correction

 

Updated 'Swiss' mix

 

Wilmore inks Disney deal

 

Malden, Urich get Golden Boots

 

'Nell' producer Missel tops Santa Barbara fest

 

Telemundo shuffling its p.m. lineup

 

Stern voted PGA prexy

 

Trogdon, Hester join 'Witch' team

 

Paxton and Thornton near 'Plan'

 

Winkler and WB wooing Washington

 

Miramax, Suo tango

 

Schell game for 'Impact'

 

Guttenberg to become 'Airborne'

 

Littlefield lambastes TV ratings

 

Time Warner confirms sale of legal publisher

 

Oracle preems Network PC

 

Warner fires up Sire

 

Exec Shuffle

 

C4's chief Jackson shakes it up

 

Irvine sits as Circle chair

 

Galaxy Brazil taps Loria topper

 

Int'l Emmys to fete Stolte

 

Sony inks Scandi distrib'n pact

 

Beastly good o'seas B.O.

 

USA original-movie ratings soar

 

Birgitta Ljungberg Cosmatos

 

Ann Matoian

 

Myrna (Toni) DeCandia

 

Sheila A. Robinson

 

Jay H. Troulman

 

Bruce D. Garen Jr.

 

Marketing nods to Par, TriStar

 

Short Takes

 

'Kansas City' rolls in Canada

 

Shinn joins Axelrod/Widdoes

 

Heated Barney blows a fuse

 

'Maps' unfolds in Hollywood

 

Popeye poaching OK'd

 

'Titanic' dessert of culinary proportions

 

Chan 'Operation' flies into Gotham

 

'Prpopsals' accepted

 

'Boys club' wrestles with Tarses catharsis

 

Exec Shuffle

 

MGM senior veepees Gerlich, Coleman reup

 

Ellroy to develop dramas for Scripps

 

Short Take

 

Dorothea Harding Kobin

 

Bill Bradley

 

Mark Patrick Carducci

 

Martin Malarkey

 

Bea Heath

 

Leonard E. Maskin

 

TV Azteca positions for an IPO

 

Births

 

Canedo White ankles Televisa

 

New Grupo Argos studio to ease TV Azteca logjam

 

Oz's Foxtel ups sub fee

 

Teleuno beefs up advertising team

 

Moscow show goes on

 

Russia gets tougher on pirates

 

Teutonic team: Gottschalk, Disney

 

Third Werner pic ramps up

 

TW playing party Games

 

'George' helps B.O. to $104 mil

 

ABC ups 2 radio exex to group prez

 

Auds kiss 'Guido' to the top of exclusive B.O.

 

Hitched

 

New spectrum wave

 

CBS launches coin-cutting plan

 

New basic-cable net to air sports in Philly

 

Gotham guide gives biz tax break

 

Adler, Griffard pact with WB

 

Pearson TV veeps Bohm

 

Disney inks Mammoth deal

 

'Know It Alls' calling in three more states

 

Phase 1 picks up epic pitch

 

'Fever' tops silent night

 

MSNBC drops 'Edgewise'

 

ABC renews 'Incorrect'

 

Nick sets new 'Rugrats' segs

 

Dimension snags duo for 2-pic writing deal

 

Philips quitting media biz, except for Polygram stake

 

Crudup set for a move to 'Country'

 

Tarses packing 'em in

 

Brokaw set to reup with Peacock

 

U.K. vet Stewart to helm 'Wayans'

 

McGrath gets prexy post at U Studios arm

 

U nabs 'Idle' duo's 2nd pitch

 

TriStar ups Strauss

 

Dinos thrive, 'Black' tracks at o'seas B.O.

 

Grating rating yak gets Peacock snub

 

China takes stock in studio

 

H'w'd script story: Art imitates art

 

Web plays first 8 bars

 

Short comes up 'Rosie' for Weaver

 

Robbins gets ready to 'Rock'

 

Fashion pix being stitched

 

Reviews

Small Prey

Loot

Jimmie Dale Gilmore

Rough Riders

Jimmie Dale Gilmore

Rough Riders

The Hunger

The Hunger (The Swords, Menage A Trois, Necros)

The Maids

Two Broadway Legends, Together at Last!

Preaching to the Perverted

Nothing to Lose

Wild America

The Small Hours

Apt. 2F

Oz

Beyond Barbed Wire

Roar

George of the Jungle

Hijacking Hollywood

Les Danaides

Sun

Spawn

Awakening

Good Burger

Horde Festival 1997

Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun

Hostile Waters

4 Little Girls

Love, Math and Sex

Entwined

Leather Jacket Love Story

Mission Genesis

Greenwillow

Remember Me?

The Swan Princess: Escape From Castle Mountain

Geraldine Fibbers


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