Table of Contents
Week of 01/08/1998
Articles
U.S. fare falls as local pix top Italo B.O.
Thornton taps into 'Power and Light'
Gregory's 'Times' moves forward
CBS Saturday turns to toons
Reynolds, Meaney set to brave Kelley's 'Alaska'
'60 Minutes' clocks first ratings climb in 6 years
San Diego affiliate threatens to ax UPN
Indie Colony forms
Centropolis takes 'Floor'
Studio Report Card: Miramax
Back on the beat
Ewart G. Abner Jr. dies at 74
Foreign films' Oscar ouster riles distribs
Syndie 'Sein'-post
Ovitz-Geffen truce?
Sources say ICM close to swiping key agent from rival
Dion dumps Brooks
Boffo Arista Year
Lin shareholders OK sale
Pisano joins MGM's board
TV's digital dilemma: Who's ready to buy?
Bowles distrib'n prez for Shooting Gallery
Spacey dreams of playing Darin
Rogers halves first quarter losses
Kaufman on Forman card
Fiennes frere joins 'Shakespeare' cast
Red Sky has foreign accent
America Online planning German push
Channel 5 tunes in BV
Sogetel sets plans to push newcomers
WB gets 'Life' for Cage & Co.
Studio Report Card: Universal
Pic vet Johnson inks Eye web deal
CNN unveils revised programming lineup
Lane joins Lion drama 'Sight'
USC kudo to 'Confidential'
SNL vet Macdonald slams NBC chief while guesting on 'Letterman'
Americans cable up in '97; Big Four slip
Amazon.com 'store' closed by technical problems
Grazer earns publicists' kudo
USA, Grosso-Jacobson bringing Clark to tube
'Springer' hot in syndie cold spell
Oscar Watch
Studio Report Card: MGM
'Seven'-11 combo puts Eye on top
Studio Report Card: New Line
Miami preems five
Maltin to teach USC film class
Nicholson eyeing MGM pic 'Julip'
TV newcomer takes reins of Argentina's Multicanal
Endemol into Italy
Oscared pair eyeing 'Magic'
'World' moves to Boston
Arnold ups Simon to development VP
DVD hitting jackpot
9 injured at taping of 'Vibe'
ABC, FOX order new series
'Apostle' tops Spirit noms
'Road' leads to Polygram
National Film Service shuttering
Ellin to pen, helm Interscope's 'Kid'
Col Records ups Botwin, Ingrassia
AFTRA fills open seats on board
Sci-Fi, USA snare MGM pix
That's entertainment on CNBC weekends
'Hearts' bringing Ford, Pollack back together
Scribes offer sitcom tips
Besson guides 'Joan'
Fox Int'l ups Bossiere
British spends big to hype digital TV
Arab celebs come to aid of Iraqis
Cablers reap major coin in AT&T deal
Brandmeier, CBS in radio pact
New Line shuffle continues
Gillespie to helm 'Detox'
Bart addresses UCLA confab
EchoStar goes local
MTV has day in court as Cronin feud opens
White House issues call vs. media consolidation
4 exex form 'Squares' core team
PBS, WB ink distrib pact
Zimbert jumps back in Creek
Sony sets new global B.O. record in '97
'Zorro' ending to stay
Surprises mark Russia legit nods
Pixar getting out of interactive business
Panasonic Taps Lobbyist Fannon
WGA brings in mediator
Group designing broad standards for DVD audio
The pic that won't sink
Live Entertainment ups Laycheck, Ellenburg
Fox to fly high in Feb.
Lensers to honor documaker Maysles
MovieFone signals busy holiday usage
'Herc' hits ABC ayem
Balaban buys rights to Fowles' 'Martin'
Happy B.O. New Year
Treves chairs Channel 4
Rourke tops TNT 'Stand-Up'
Studio up for sale
'Firestorm' heats up L.A.
FCC panelist backs HDTV pass-through for cablers
Box brawl at tech confab
Team owner tackling legit
B'way churns while B.O. burns
Blair going 'full monty'
Hitched
Variety.com launches on the Web
Hollywood Pix snares 'Kiler'
UA sets laffer for Yeoh
Acad names shortlist for effects Oscar noms
Casey Affleck joins indie pair
Vitale out, Ordesky up at Fine Line
RTL topper sets '99 exit
Spanish radio tops in L.A.
People's Choice: 'ER' and 'Seinfeld' -- again
Matsushita bows mini DVD player
Mexico adds cable licenses
Variety bows web site
Studio Report Card: Fox Searchlight
Studion Report Card: DreamWorks
Studio Report Card: PolyGram/Gramercy
Winant cooks pack of pilots
Laudadio firm atop next Venice fest
AMC, Sony ink pact for 1,700 SDDS units
Tune town topper
HBO goes for drama with 'The Sopranos'
Fest springs back
The other Great White
Hankey panky denied
Hooray for Hollywood
Casting couch gets high-tech touch
Seinfeld could use a visit to the ER
Ruiz ankles KTLA post
Schwarzenegger ankles ICM
Studio report card: Sony Classics
Studio report card: October
Vocalist John Gary dead at 65
Frank J. Downey dead at 92
Clarence W. Sheiffele, 76
Locations expo sets dates
Clyde Wallichs, 80
Abe Haberman, 88
Viacom Prods. ups Klein to senior veep
Births
TBS Intl. ups Barry
Paxson brands its stations
Imax rides 'Titanic' wave
Exclusives winner: 'Oscar'
CBS intercepts NFL
Hamsher, Murphy bow Delinquent Records
Branagh nabbed by 'Alien' trio
Slamdance mixes 'Yellow'
BV leads Teutonic charge
Scripps to Do-it with cabler
AFI sees a Silver lining
'Wayans,' 'Vibe' eye soph seshs
McClain vs. FCC on broadcast regs
Globes adds presenters
Saban brings Boz inhouse
Acad's Bonner Medal set for f/x expert Clark
'Seinfeld,' 'Order' top WGA field
HBO picks up 11 features from Overseas Filmgroup
Fox Family minus one: Leon ankles
Connery traps Zeta-Jones for next pic
Elizabeth Frazer, 83
Kermit Goell, 82
Daniel Martin Bresler, dead at 75
Mickey Feeley dies
Sandy McPeak, dead at 62
Stanford Zucker, 95
Ratings laff riot
The King lives
Studio report card: Indies
MPAA Ratings
Fox computes kidvid midseason makeover
Kids' WB adds four skeins
ITV airs new plan to recover ratings
From foes to allies?
World Briefs
A3TV eyes feevee, o'seas biz
Boxing fuels 16% rise in PPV homes
Disney biz door opens for Gates
Pollack, Eye fall in
Merchant Ivory pix feted
Rather in on Olympic bow
Newcomers can't slow up 'Titanic'
Zucker Touchstone's 'Miracles' worker
U, Simonds bake pact for 4 years
TenPercenteries
Inside Moves
'Titanic' conquers Euro B.O.
'Kids' gets darndest ratings
TV sudser scandal
ShoWest shows good will to thesp Damon
WB, Telemundo team up on mag
Dimension grabs 'Hook'
Brits packing the hardtops
TV Azteca lands 75% of La Red
Goldwyn gilding 1st release
CCI spawns Goodspot title firm
CNN taps new heads of Int'l, Espanol
Allen 'Home'-bound for one more year
'Minutes' scoops nets on Spanish-lingo captioning
Paul joins Gipson, Hoffman, Pancione
6 NBC O&Os go 'Extra' mile, reup thru 2000
Freedom bids $170 mil for 2 Granite stations
Sony Music ups Yarbrough
Sundance sets exex
Peacock rules ratings roost
Breathed's 'Ranger' at Fox Family
Fox Newman Stage bows
Fox Kids Net gets show of support from exex
Variety ups Cox, Hindes
Figgis giving Col 1st look
U, RKO greenlight 'Doubt' redux
Mouse picks up pigskin
Night for knights who once said nee
Helmers' class of '97 update
Katja Von Garnier
Greg Mottola
Luis Meza
Peter Chan
TENPERCENTERIES
Oz's Southern Star eyes Euro market; taps Phillips
Telefe, SBT ink int'l TV distrib'n deal
Cinepix Film morphs into Lions Gate Ent.
Bond, boat steer Oz B.O. to record
Bernard Girard, dead at 79
Wolf snags PGA prize
Lester Kaufman, 64
James K. Shimokawa, 89
Cable surges to ratings record
Owen Bradley, 82
Bill Anderson, dead at 86
Top Florida promoter quits
RAI fixes on pix
Judge drops 'Air ' suit
Reprogramming cable
Vincent upped to 20th Sr. VP
Sony pulls into Salles' 'Station'
'Boxer' kayos preemgoers
Litto lines up ¼-bil
Taylor to be given SAG's lifetime nod
Daly, Semel to share award
Fraser, Hale set for Pentafour's 'Sinbad'
Inside Moves
Weiner joins DDA MediaTek
Surging 'Springer' even with 'Oprah'
WB Int'l TV ups Byles to Sr. VP
CBS hard on news
Peacock benches 'Jenny'
Massive HSN cash infusions
Intermedia, Mirage set 2
Alain Berliner
Shane Meadows
Martin Sulik
Janos Szasz
Kasi Lemmons
Pal Sletaune
Helmers to Watch
Beatty's 'Bulworth' could stir controversy
Reviews
Joe Henderson
Firestorm
Hard Rain
Fallen
Open Your Eyes
Scars
In The Name of the Innocent
Three Men and a Leg
The Revengers' Comedies
Star Kid
I Married A Strange Person
Motel Cactus
Little Book of Love
So Long
Dharma Blues
Two for Texas
Prey
The School for Scandal
Little Eyolf
Slava's Snowshow
Mystery School
Morning Glories
Firestorm
Hard Rain - 'Rain' Bogged Down by Leaky Storyline
Fallen
Three Men and a Leg
I Married a Strange Person
Motel Cactus
Little Book of Love
So Long
Neat
Neat
Private Lives
Dianne Reeves
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