Table of Contents
Week of 02/19/1998

Articles

Central Euro tv mart sets sked

 

Luring Lewinsky

 

First Titanic film surfaces

 

Eye web hablas for Ann-Margret

 

Stone, Meyer pool talent

 

High-tech hits 'Digital Coast'

 

FCC hands out new digital TV assignments

 

BV Home Ent. ups Kincaid

 

Village voices ring in loudly

 

Japan's 'Hotel' rolls in Hawaii

 

Studios snag $2 mil 'Seinfeld' wrap slots

 

Telfonica web buy hits barrier

 

Saban in foxy deal

 

Vachon, Koffler ink at Goldwyn

 

Chancellor adds 2 stations to lineup

 

'Titanic' disc gaining steam

 

FedEx chair-backed shingle slates pix

 

Urich 'Boat' captain

 

Stalkerazzi beware, Hyde says

 

Olympics win week for Eye web

 

Platform Choose

 

Perry near deal for ABC pilot 'Game'

 

Carsey-Werner bows London office

 

DiCillo may land 'Whammy'

 

Mediaset, Murdoch talk

 

No 'Titanic' salary for Cameron (yet)

 

Fox renamed that toon

 

Calley sealed Centropolis

 

Bonton, Sony Czech mates

 

'Park' packs a punch

 

Sacrificing Virgin

 

Pitt joins WGA festivities

 

ShoWest fetes Levinson

 

Icahn group eyes 'The Thief'

 

Alliance inks toon deals

 

Big Dogs taps Blum

 

TriStar taps 'Idle' duo

 

CBS' Eye on People to focus on Oscar

 

'Arnold' pic on tap

 

Skates great for CBS

 

NYU forges alliance with Digital Domain

 

New Regency taps Francis creative VP

 

Copyright quandary

 

Trio tapped for 'Halloween'

 

Music biz's blues

 

'ET' on ratings roll

 

World Briefs

 

Anti-piracy proposal floated

 

'Brides' wed to Scorsese

 

FCC eyes DBS dilemma

 

Cinar stokes kidvid slate

 

Oscars will be union, Acad sez

 

ABC orders Olsen twin pilot

 

Spelling shutters film, focuses on TV

 

Hicks in Venezuelan pay TV

 

Fox Family Channel taps Lucas

 

Schifrin launches Aleph label with 'Classics' CD

 

Blanchard pitch thrills Warners

 

TenPercenteries

 

All-American trims staff

 

CLT/UFA Reports Losses

 

Restless, Warren G plan joint venture

 

Gloved One secret 'Simpsons' fan

 

Mount/Kramer pacts with MDP Worldwide

 

Sony drops Bond bomb

 

Fox Sports Intl. earns shutout

 

C&W expands with Northern Telecom

 

Konwiser joins NUE Prods.

 

HarperCollins taps Hirshey

 

Tauzin Tete A Tete

 

Financial Briefs

 

Private funding for Biennale OK'd

 

Henson starving to meet Hoffman

 

'South Park' tops cable ratings for second week

 

WGA party fetes nominees

 

20th pits 'Bulworth' vs. 'Godzilla'

 

Just for Variety; Beatty vs. 'Godzilla' on May 22

 

D'Works world view

 

Jenney performs 'Magic'

 

Alt-Country on the road again

 

Hearst-Argyle sets Sunrise station swap

 

'Johnny X' marks spot for Nguyen

 

Veronis Suhler plans $1 bil fund

 

GC reports drop in earnings

 

Goldwyn says 'I Love You'

 

Fox O&Os ready for syndie 'Party'

 

'Fake report' causes stations to scramble

 

El Nino can't stop Elder

 

Taiwan eases pic restrictions

 

U.S. kidvid seen as threat to Euro fare

 

'Titanic' tops 'Lion'

 

Spain's Lola sets expansion

 

Col TriStar, Whitaker tie new TV knot

 

Col TriStar TV ups Mosko

 

Complete list of WGA Award recipients

 

Cinar posts profit gains

 

Hunt gets goods from ShoWest

 

Asmik & Ace will merge

 

Japan's 'Hotel' rolls in Hawaii

 

TV heads talk it up

 

Berlin-prized 'Sue' sets sales

 

Corrente, Miramax pact for future pix

 

Lakeshore takes 'Mothman' spec

 

Bufford looks to 'Future'

 

'Thieves' nabs Baldwin

 

Eckhart wins 'Molly' role

 

TenPercentaries

 

Nunez to get a slice of 'Life'

 

New England to put B'way to the test

 

Studios facing math problem

 

Disco king to be docu star

 

Jim Fifield, EMI hit sour note

 

Locales: Shoot us

 

Letterman gets Olympic boost

 

Strike talks spooks H'wood

 

Femme finals top Olympics for Eye web

 

James put into 'Bottle'

 

'Station' bags bears

 

Sat takes swing at cable

 

Fox 2000 finds 'Solace'

 

Syndie 'X' factor: huge

 

Sandler, NL renew vows

 

No big rush for Rysher

 

Inflation dogs S. Africa web

 

Gauls regale Mexican pix

 

B.O. sails to $1 bil in record time

 

AFI honors 'gentle giant' Wise

 

Scott beamed onto 'Rocket'

 

'As Good,' 'L.A.' lead WGA's script honors

 

Hicks nixes UA buy

 

Ship sails in soggy B.O.

 

Executive guns for hire in H'wood

 

'Dalloway' tops among exclusives

 

BSkyB, BDB square off over decoder box pick

 

Scribe Rifkin inks Dream deal; journo Blum hot

 

Olympics help push KCBS to key wins

 

Comcast losses hit $238 mil in '97

 

Disney to sell SBS interest

 

Capstar sets SFX breakup

 

'Dealer's Choice' for Taper

 

Thiessen reups for more '90210'

 

Panavision reports 4th-Qtr. gains

 

BV Int'l promotes three exex

 

UPN serves up superheroes

 

'Dead Mom's' to be filmed by Par

 

U Home Video appoints 3 exex

 

Goldberg joins presenters' list for 70th Oscars

 

Seagal goes literary with 'Star,' 'Thunder'

 

Lowell Staine, dead at 60

 

Barbie Stein, dead at 40

 

Peggy Robertson dies at 81

 

Junior Wells, dead at 63

 

Monte Carlo upbeat

 

'Titanic' overflows

 

Gumbel back soon

 

Wind Dancer ups Goddard

 

Reporter Sandy Hume found dead

 

U inks sound men Kline, Carpenter

 

Buyers' market at AFM

 

Org solicits shakeup of Disney board

 

NYC readies for Grammys

 

Ethelreda Leopold dies at 80

 

Sandy McPeak, dead at 62

 

Canal Plus eyeing Poland for digital TV expansion

 

Court clears way for CGE

 

'Murphy' to survive, leave air on high note

 

HBO pumps $8 mil into 'Moon' promo

 

Iwerks Tap Honcho

 

ShoWest fetes Sarandon

 

Grossi ankles UPN

 

Reda tops Winchester L.A. site

 

Dinos sink on ship

 

Connery, SPE ink 1st-look

 

Zollo, River One sue helmer Hanson over 'Wolf'

 

Greig McRitchie dies at 83

 

Paula Stone Sloan, 85

 

Mae Questel dies at 89

 

CLT/Ufa sells 20% stake in TPS

 

Mag spending up in early '98

 

WCBS N.Y. news doubles ratings during Olympics

 

DeGeneres says her 'Ellen' on the way out

 

Fox, journo Lewis ink deal for thriller

 

Warner Bros. promotes two

 

Grappling for Grammy

 

Dern, Cooper, Canerday board 'Rocket' for U Pix

 

'Fake report' causes stations to scramble

 

Mestres takes Keyes 'Holiday'

 

CBS manages to turn profit on Olympics

 

Russian Public TV retools

 

ABC subsid to b'cast Televisa news to world

 

USA stock to split

 

Rush adding voice to 'Magic Pudding'

 

Ads add up for 'Seinfeld'

 

Sandrews, Schibsted seal deal for merged company

 

Fox drama trio to return

 

Scholastic, HBO team on 'Dear'

 

France rediscovers joy of hour dramas

 

Markey says ads piled on during kid programs

 

Fox Family airs 'Harveytoons'

 

UTA puts Douglas in 'Bottle'

 

Moonstone's 'Cookie' jar

 

Grammy crowns Dylans

 

Complete List of Grammy Winners

 

U's Bronson saluted

 

TW DVD gets 'Contact' in Japan

 

Optus improves, delays IPO

 

TenPercentaries

 

'Wedding' takes cake

 

Fox ups Siskind

 

Rupe Prime for fall?

 

Winfrey attorneys rest case in Texas trial

 

'Wedding' takes gold

 

RIAA singles out Paraguay, Bulgaria

 

Lewis lands in 'Pushing Tin'

 

Acad foreign pic nominees go public

 

Palm takes sci-fi 'Samurai' in hand

 

Summitt nails 'Cruel' rights

 

Shareholders prod Disney over rights

 

Goldstein's 'Transfer' validated

 

Inside Move

 

Film Four to carry Channel 4 pic biz

 

Rather rides Games to win

 

Pavarotti sets tone for MusiCares gala

 

Jersey fits sci-fi for TV

 

Henny Youngman dead at 92

 

Helford of a deal

 

Scribes signed for Clark series

 

BSkyB Turns to H'W'D

 

Cameron sez even 'Titanic' B.O. will sink

 

DGA sets Sidney for 1st Presidents prize

 

CanWest's Irish up

 

Discovery launching Sat.-ayem kids fare

 

'Titanic' spec surfaces

 

'Side Show' is no mo (really)

 

Gianopulos has Fox int'l combo

 

Mirren feels a 'Tingle'

 

Sinclair closes Sullivan buyout

 

Polygram TV, Ryan link up

 

Reviews

Elmopalooza!

The Corridors of Time - The Visitors II

Dark City

Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde

Marcy Playground

Oprah Winfrey Presents: The Wedding

Reagan

The Closer

Max Roach

Elton John

Caderas

The Boys

Dirty

Kissing a Fool

Krippendorf's Tribe

I Want You

Our Town

I Want You

Gregg Allman

America in the 40s

Days of the New

Diana Krall

Gregg Allman

National Geographic: Sea Monsters

The 40th Annual Grammy Awards

National Geographic: Sea Monsters

Suburban Motel



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