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Week of 03/12/1998

Articles

Richard Paul Krawetz dies at 45

 

Robert F. Metzler dies at 83

 

Gustav S. Eyssell dies at 96

 

Barbara Nicholas dies at 72

 

Polygram nabs 'Noddy' vid

 

PerfecTV deal makes Japan big Sky country

 

Oz's Beyond posts anemic profits

 

BBC taps Turner Laing

 

ASI taps Feldman for N.Y. office

 

2-minute warming

 

Poland pitched as pic location

 

Hardtop renaissance

 

Daily Variety plans Web marketing forum

 

Profit news boosts Oz's Prime TV shares

 

Kiener News America prexy

 

'Titanic' track tops

 

'Opposite' opens Tahoe fest

 

Showtime axes Gelbart 'Fast Track'

 

AMPAS pulls plug on Oscar-crasher

 

Traveler's Rest nabs Kaufman

 

Inside Moves

 

Madsen lines up 'Vengeance' pilot

 

Badiyi direct to TV record

 

'Working' team reups for 3 at NBC

 

ABC tops Emmy noms

 

Caviezel joins 'To Live On'

 

Warner Bros. gets 'Down With Noah'

 

New Line struts its new stuff

 

Sony shows off at ShoWest

 

Santa Barbara fetes Foster

 

Four thesps cast in U's 'Bride of Chucky'

 

Pregame shows for N.Y. O&Os

 

Vescera eyeing NBC post

 

Exec Shuffle

 

'Life' preem can't hold 'Home' rate

 

Hughes team tags Depp; 'Spider' rumors fly

 

Granada novel idea

 

Short and sweet

 

Newman, Fiorentino team for heist thriller

 

Danes goes 'Mod' for MGM film

 

Par boards 'Bad Boys'

 

Chancellor gets stock reply: $1 bil

 

Goldwyn's 'Titanic'

 

HT Capital to secure RKO eatery financing

 

Cablers sked Bridges spex

 

Fans can vote on 10 favorite 'Seinfeld' segs

 

Ahern named prexy/G.M. at San Francisco's KGO

 

NL, Atlantic hoop it up

 

TNT & Cartoon ups 2

 

CLT-UFA cranks up

 

Mexican exhib will expand southward

 

Mexico fest showcases Latin cinema

 

Polish net casts local line

 

U.K.'s United News posts profit despite Ch. 5 losses

 

Chinese web hits U.S.

 

Clinton firm on free airtime

 

FCC reviews rules

 

Paxson, Diller shop & swap TV outlets

 

Profits up for Oz exhib

 

Nets fight for clip rights

 

Rupe rounding third

 

Zane joins Canuck pic 'Taxman'

 

MGM inks 3 to complete 'Molly' cast

 

ABC's 'Guys' sitcom beats expectations

 

Hollywood Pix has 'Fling'

 

KTLA newsroom adds two

 

IFP/West to honor producers

 

'Rock' duo near sitcom deal at Fox

 

Vid blitz for AFI pix push

 

WGA's united front

 

Victory for V-chip

 

Fox exec Lakin has write stuff

 

Buzz boosts Lion's stock

 

Almodovar, Blue Tulip eye 'Paper'

 

Feb. sweep soft for talk

 

Kushner-Locke Intl. inks pic-pack deals

 

Miramax deals out reel as ShoWest '98 wraps

 

Alonso tops Senorita show

 

Lions Gate Releasing ups two

 

Tri-Laurel tries 'Ballgame'

 

Weisz joins U's 'Mummy'

 

Simpsons may lose their voices

 

La Raza sets biz nominees

 

Eye rolls on series

 

The play's the thing on B'way in spring

 

New Yorkers get in on Oscar party

 

City sees showbiz boom

 

CTW inks two deals in China

 

'South Park' headed for Newsweek cover

 

Disney Channel resurrecting DiCaprio role

 

Starry lineup off Broadway

 

Emmerich gets 'Life' as scout

 

Argentine MSOs plan stock offers

 

Carey holds 'Line' for ABC

 

Stewart inks deal with USA

 

Salvatores enters 'Calcutta'

 

B'way back in tune

 

Italo digial plan under fire

 

WB/VR team snags pitch

 

Branson rallies exex behind artists' rights

 

Oscar ballot deadline looms

 

Italo gov't gives 'Toto' a go, targets censors

 

Pix ride ship's wake

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Liberty to be full owner of Encore Media Group

 

'Titanic' top fare at 48th Eddie gala

 

Stewart joins Fox p'gramming

 

Clear Channel plans to raise $1 billion

 

Cablers eyeing buys

 

Kodak to unveil grant winner

 

Pathe eyes PPV bow for loitering 'Lolita'

 

Indie adds record arm

 

Forsythe joins TNT's 'Dollar'

 

Pic clunker insurance facing test

 

Anderson sets new pic at NL

 

BMG Canada ups Zbitnew

 

Daily Variety hits NYC

 

Leo vs. Leo in dead heat

 

Fox Pay TV, Sogecable pact

 

AFMA exec VP Kittleson exits

 

Solt buys half of pic archive

 

Sogecable inks with Reuther

 

Siegel inks deal with NBC

 

Hello, New York

 

Exclusive auds embrace 'Long Island'

 

Walter N. Hiller dead at 72

 

Philip Abbott dead at 73

 

J.T. Walsh Memorial

 

Stephen Harris Brown dead at 95

 

Charles Goldsmith dead at 90

 

Oliver Hopps dead at 90

 

Peter Soderbergh dead at 69

 

Judy Tur dead at 58

 

Fox Liberty eyes 2

 

Livent stock slides as execs move on

 

Defection at RAI

 

Trib, Baruch offering up Oscar spex

 

BET buyout bid sweetened

 

Oscar ballots due by 5 today

 

TV, publishing boost Pearson profits

 

Sex sells for '60'

 

Toon that triggered Tokyo illness returns

 

DIC taps Ellis

 

'Dancing' with stars

 

Kirch, CLT-Ufa merger meets resistance

 

B'way on the March

 

Disney fields 2 pitches

 

Believe it! Cinar pacting with Alphanim for kidvid

 

Perry dances WB's 'Tango'

 

Nielsen unveils refined peoplemeter to clients

 

Walls between film, TV gone, panelists say

 

AFTRA charges CBS with federal law violations

 

Liberty Microwave steams FCC

 

'60 Minutes' may follow up Willey seg

 

Touchstone ups Vahradian

 

Inside Moves

 

'Titanic' still walks on water overseas

 

Acting up & down

 

'Titanic' tops B.O. again

 

Miss M heads to ABC; 'Mask' Broadway-bound

 

Col Tristar Intl. TV ups Iacono

 

BBC to buy out int'l partners

 

CBS skeds Fri. 'Mysteries'

 

Lifetime has 'Baby' on way

 

Castle Rock, WB in toon

 

CBS in-flight on American

 

Phillips faces 'Adversaries'

 

Indie fest boasts pix, music

 

Polygram, Penguin ink for Classics

 

Taking stock in CNBC

 

Golden Books tarnishes

 

World Briefs

 

Sony adds channel to SkyPerfect TV

 

TV's sporting life

 

'Friends' made at Santa Barbara fest

 

Daily Variety Gotham gets NY kickoff fete

 

Politics may claim Aleman

 

Woodard into 'Mumford'

 

NBC wins by a hair

 

British distrib CTE looks to make name as Carlton

 

'Gump' huge on Italo small screens

 

WIC shifts control in share move

 

'Moby' mops up

 

Rainbow connection cabler may add Liberty nets for studio leverage

 

Despite losses, Paxson gains with station sales

 

Sinclair plans stock offering

 

Witt set to tackle 'Urban Legends'

 

Whitaker, Propaganda pact

 

Hamdon reaches Summits

 

ABC, NABET draw lines over Oscar

 

CGE may book a deal for Simon & Schuster

 

Money 'Mad'-ness

 

Van Peebles, Buntzman team up

 

Weber to be 'Pushing Tin'

 

WNYW nabs rerun rights to 'Seinfeld'

 

Par digs up rights to 'Tomb Raider'

 

Alphabet web shutters its ABC Pictures wing

 

Rupe deal in the clear

 

Steifel ups Challis

 

Newman expected to replace Gibson

 

Klugman B'way odd man out

 

Macdonald set for MGM pic

 

McCain abandons attack on free airtime for pols

 

Den's 'Chad's World' a TV first

 

Noyce set to helm 'Bone'

 

Prod'n prexy Black ankles Mandalay

 

IFP to honor fresh pic faces

 

Berner pacts with Image

 

Ireland to court film production

 

New Regency's $1/2-bil pipeline

 

'Scream' ruling favors Miramax

 

Sale of Dodgers suddenly in limbo

 

Streisand say 'no' to Oscars -- for sure

 

Reviews

One Hot Summer Night

The Larry Sanders Show: Another List

Wonderful World of Disney

Moby Dick

Michael Kael vs. the World News Company

Painted Angels

Michael Kael vs. the World News Company

The Larry Sanders Show: Another List

Wonderful World of Disney

One Hot Summer Night

The Proposition

Primary Colors

The Newton Boys

The Proposition

Primary Colors

Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk

The Sound of Music

Macbeth

Not About Nightingales

Joe Satriani

Peter Case

Four Faces of Eve

Without Limits

Chairman of the Board

Lateline

For Your Love

Paljas

The Last Contract

The Last Contract

Paljas

For Your Love

Sing! a Musical Journey

Sing! A Musical Journey

Wild Things

Significant Others

Significant Others


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