Table of Contents
Week of 02/12/1998

Articles

Hester to consult for MGM

 

'Card' opens N.Y.'s Israeli film festival

 

Aguilar upped to prod'n exec

 

Paragon sale eyed

 

Brazil to auction off ATC frequency

 

Griffith TV bound in fall

 

Sony to bow prod'n unit in Germany

 

McLachlan, Our Lady top Juno noms

 

Cecchi Gori wraps equity sale of films

 

Risky Business

 

RAI invests in Beeb's 'Fair'

 

Pearson joins scene at Telescene

 

RAI's African adventure

 

Buddy enters big doghouse in the sky

 

World Briefs

 

AOL pinkslips 40 at Asylum

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Band Apart inks helmers for ad unit

 

Press pack sparks interest

 

Berlinale bows with Sheridan's 'Boxer'

 

D'Works picks up Drosnes' 'Ice Age'

 

'Titanic' hits Baltic port

 

Pairs boost Eye ratings

 

'Titanic' powers Polish tix prices

 

Turturro gets into the Spirits

 

Par ups Gardner

 

Col taps Sogabe Asia VP

 

Clintons OK, Thomason reports

 

Business Briefs

 

Coppola joins MGM board

 

TV Azteca finishes with strong 4th qtr.

 

S. African Sat Crash

 

WB ups Sagal

 

King to pen 'Storm' mini for ABC

 

Polygram Television taps Danaher-Dorr

 

Music Boosts PFE

 

Ship's disc endures

 

Addy daddy for 'Frost'

 

Brill to direct two pix for Screenland

 

Primestar sets to go public

 

Mamet, Pacino to 'Hyde'; Iscove's 'All That'

 

Donors rescue Disney Hall

 

Vertigo opens U.S. unit to remake French pix

 

Spelling TV taps Taylor

 

CNBC taps Goldfarb

 

MacFayden into HBO's 'Rat Pack'

 

U TV home at last

 

Brown tops D'Works vid arm

 

Miramax 'Dancing' with Intermedia

 

Donny & Marie show taps Wilson

 

NABET to rally over non-pact

 

Kids upfront market on hold

 

Easter Seals go syndie

 

Cable helps save music

 

Greenfield keynotes at cable workshop

 

'Park' duo set for fest

 

'Murphy' salute a sellout

 

Lions Gate creates global arm

 

Guild Honors Producers

 

B.O. Forecast

 

Sony covers assets

 

Sony nabs 'Wilde' rights

 

Col TV looks to double fee for Fox's 'Party'

 

Poirier gets WGA Selvin Award

 

Trauma settling down with Restless pact

 

Showtime skeds ATAS nods

 

WB has 'Devil' to pay

 

Letterman leads Leno with Olympics boost

 

Biz tome spotlights drugs

 

U to invade Spain

 

CBS games get cold reception from auds

 

Babelsberg home to SPE unit

 

US West Posts Rise in Revs

 

Scorsese, Ufland bet on bookie pitch

 

Hollywood hoops fans tell all

 

Selloffs help revitalize profits for Philips

 

O'seas looks to homevideo

 

Falcon bows Walker plays

 

Will schmooze 4 pix

 

Exxel buys Musinmundo music chain

 

Mille Baron dies at 81

 

Kenneth Frankel dies at 56

 

Hopkins ShoWest's best actor

 

New Disney tuner to bow in Ga.

 

Mix clicks for internet pix tix firms

 

Bronfman says no U role for Diller in wake of deal

 

U.S. money courted by Cecchi Gori Group

 

PrimeStar launches restructuring plan

 

Royal Ties in Check

 

Mosfilm gets coin from Moscow gov't

 

Cher, Eye prep Sonny tribute

 

U taps Huntsberry

 

Golden Bugs honor Swedish filmmakers

 

Cinecitta revamp revitalized

 

ShoWest to showcase indie titles

 

Sandler to topline Col's 'Guy Gets Kid'

 

ABC's Sternfeld ankling

 

'Courtney' sets San Fran date

 

Par TV up Stark to senior VP

 

Sundance honors int'l filmmakers

 

Canal Plus revs up 17% in 1997

 

BMG ups Wilson

 

White lends his squeak to 'Sonic'

 

Olympics get '90s twist

 

Helmer opts for do-it-yourself preem

 

BVI ponders Finney for Aussie post

 

A&E discs its 'Biography'

 

Viacom bumps Bakish to sr. VP

 

Schwalm to WB sr. VP

 

'Titanic' claims $440 mil overseas

 

U Pix ups Martinez to VP

 

Babelsberg taps 2 managing directors

 

October taps Ostrow

 

Miami given the business

 

'Lear,' 'Chicago' top Olivier choices

 

Trimark Ink Redder

 

Mooove to Texas boosts Oprah

 

Norwegian TV ups soap quotient

 

Arculus ankles COO post at United News

 

Canal Digital adds SBS, CanWest taps Noble

 

Fox Children's Net affil deal nears

 

Coppola's 'Contact' claim is dismissed

 

Bucks for Canucks

 

PFE adds to stable

 

Court affirms $11 mil Harrison judgment

 

Quinn to make 'Magic' for WB

 

Reynolds to do 'Time'

 

Berlin Briefs

 

Branagh to join 'West' cast

 

New pix tally jumps at AFM

 

Banderas to helm TriStar's 'Alabama'

 

Fox orders 'Soul Food' pilot

 

New Line's 'Corrupter' tempts Mann

 

McNamara pacts with WB TV

 

Writers fete Sayles

 

Settlement reached in 'Devil's Advocate' case

 

Gold Coast starts up management arm

 

Sayonara Sony

 

Alphabet, NABET in Oscar fight

 

Miramax wraps 'Life' deal

 

'Titanic' leads pack as Oscar gloss gilds B.O.

 

Di Nova renews deal with Warner Bros.

 

Phoenix inks deal with Nova

 

CBS Olympics ratings ski uphill

 

'Go' means greenlight for TriStar

 

Berlin's Buzz Mild

 

Claman opts for more Fox

 

Media excess: Putting the hex on sex

 

E! has web wedding

 

Seagal spawn signs pic pact with Miracle

 

Kirkland, Murphy take New Path to 'Island'

 

Hurricane tops exclusives

 

Morales inks for indie 'Cross' pic

 

Finney BVI Australia/N.Z. VP

 

Olympics still disappointing CBS

 

Rose poised to exit Australis

 

Hoyts honcho targets U.S.

 

Trident rides 'Cyclist'

 

Brazil eyes bird invasion

 

Nets prep for action in Baghdad

 

Another Lewis laffer set for redo

 

Rosenblum exits 'Sally' post

 

'Rugrats' redux

 

Directors suit tossed

 

Rosie and Tony reteam

 

Corradina joins BNN

 

L.A. gets digital break

 

Ad sales soar in Japan

 

Court partners plan to continue TV case

 

UPN picks up pair of ethnic sitcoms

 

PBS taps disc prez

 

Quebec plans tax break

 

Now at Sony, Woo, Chang reap 'Spoils'

 

DGA sets doc award nominees

 

Berenson sr. veeped

 

Alonso takes talk with Telemundo

 

Rather's King for a day

 

WB punches up Liston biopic

 

'Judy' hits WNBC in '99

 

Miami given the business

 

Bill pops paparazzi

 

Fox takes 'Wing' after Sony exit

 

Heckerling honored with AFI alum medal

 

Quadra ups Beadleston

 

Directors exit pair of pix

 

Reiner tunes into Imagine's 'Ed TV'

 

Loews looks for bigger screen play

 

Miramax taps two Teutonics

 

Col TV, Fox near deal for 'Party'

 

'Godzilla' duo Devlin, Emmerich ink 3-year SPE pact

 

Universal polishes Silver deal

 

Reviews

Jimmy Tingle's Uncommon Sense

Search & Destroy

Bondage: A Night in the Life of a Prostitute

Oregon

Max Carl and Big Dance

The Wedding Singer

Motown 40: The Music Is Forever

The Perfect Getaway

The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon

Men Are From Manhattan . . . Women Are From Saskatchewan

Palmetto

Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life

Hurricane Streets

Freak

John Entwistle

Senseless

Mizlansky/Zilinsky or 'Schmucks'

Labor Day

Left Luggage

One

Mizlansky/Zilinsky or 'Schmucks'

Labor Day

One

Left Luggage


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