Table of Contents
Week of 03/26/1998

Articles

Still smooth sailing for ship's disc

 

'Moby,' 'South' ratings go north

 

TW leavens Levin via $6.5 mil bonus

 

Oz Seven, Intel firm PC deal

 

Mixed news for NBC Tuesday

 

Financial Briefs

 

Univision slows Telemundo

 

'Frasier' femmes' Par pact

 

Witt ups exec

 

McConaughey sees 'Evel'; Horner tune$ in

 

House OKs 'Bono' bill on c'right extension

 

GC sets screen sale

 

Gallic giant SocGen nabs U.K. pic vet Hoon

 

TCI elevates three exex

 

Landau tapped for Mutual Film post

 

Trimark ups Fogelson

 

Aussie nets win free digital spectrum

 

Medavoy, Corman at Cannes

 

Sat glut in Arab skies

 

British Film Office opening in H'wood

 

Southern Star nabs rights to Nine library from MTM

 

Chinese want their MTV, ESPN

 

No time for hot air

 

Cohen to temp in ABC promo post

 

Cartwright's vox to pop for 'Simpsons'

 

Scribe Kushell inks Carsey-Werner pact

 

Oscar's gold at B.O.

 

'Morning' becomes Harcourt at KCRW

 

UPN, BV discuss kids block

 

Keller named sr. VP, Fox Family Channel

 

Addis-Wechsler inks 3-year New Line pact

 

Miramax captures 'Bravo' rights

 

Allegro pacts with Saban on telefilms

 

Original idea for genre pix

 

'Titanic' payday?

 

Image Group moves into prod'n, taps Schlossman

 

Fox doubles Dodgers coverage

 

Cineplex deal on

 

TW toasts 'best year' in '97

 

Polygram warns of dip in 1st-qtr. profits

 

Growing Clearview posts loss

 

Arnold's acquired

 

Polygram's glowing over Oz 'Radiance'

 

Finns square off

 

Mosfilm up to speed with state-of-the-art pavilion

 

Murdoch said to be eyeing HK b'caster

 

BV Col TriStar buoys Duran

 

Sandrews sticks to New Line

 

CME taps Delloye

 

Big ship, tiny towns

 

'Creek' star makes 'Varsity' team at Par

 

Woods and Venora partners in 'Crimes'

 

Goldberg in Disney TV's 'Yankee'

 

Byrne to tell 'Toby's Story'

 

'Freak' tries to fit in at Tonys

 

Fox, 'Simpsons' still stuck

 

Addis-Wechsler now Industry

 

Canada's Behaviour buys MDP

 

Kassar & Vajna redux

 

Trilogy back in Lion's lair

 

Gotham pix biz at $4 bil

 

Double-dating in Hollywood

 

SAG strike threat gets closer

 

Ahmanson: songs, dance, Bard

 

'Jekyll' plans tour, revamps Gotham ads

 

WNYW taps Sullivan

 

'Access' tops 'ET' in big burgs

 

Slayton will play Bishop in 'Pack'

 

Deschanel inked for 'Mumford'

 

KTLA taps Farrington

 

MTA hurdle cleared byplanned H'w'd complex

 

Fox/Liberty adds cable stake

 

Hershey goes Beyond 'Passion'

 

Keitel in 'Venice'

 

Sierra Club fest set for April

 

'Springer' 2nd run a hit for WPIX N.Y.

 

Weiswasser inks with D.C. law firm

 

Smithsonian has nothing on the Spellings

 

Cinematheque to fete Poland's Skolimowski

 

Chris-Craft/United stands firm on rerun exclusivity

 

Stars set for Nick kudos

 

TenPercenteries

 

Imax, Newman pact for consulting deal

 

German film noms sing

 

NBC tunes into Web

 

Peacock taps Begor

 

'ET' vs. 'Access': the sequel

 

Winstead at Lifetime

 

ABC getting its 'Man' from Kellison

 

Pacific Title's Gulas honored

 

2nd 'Jerry' hits in N.Y.

 

'Net' catches Langton

 

'Titanic' reels in sound nods

 

'Illuminata' to BAC Films

 

'Titanic' tips tots to Oscars

 

E! sets 4-hour Kennedy doc

 

Boat riding waves

 

Error spotted in Emmy dates

 

Ahead by a hair

 

Telewest has eyes for General Cable

 

BAC's Labadie launching Mars satellite

 

New German distrib debuts at Mip TV

 

Prez ditches journos

 

Van Wormer is MGM's 'Man'

 

'Rubies' sparkles for Gotham

 

Ex-Shochiku exec to lead Namco move into pic biz

 

Report: Shochiku to ax Cinemark partnership

 

NATPE cancels toon confab

 

Berman joins Oz film panel

 

Brit Digital wants MTV

 

SAG adds phone line for residuals info

 

'Real TV' rockets in syndie ratings

 

Lensers guild screens competition winners

 

Premier bows big

 

Strike 3 for 'Significant Others'

 

Plowright in Lane sitcom

 

Castle keeps Feresten

 

Warners ups Goldstein

 

Cable's NY1 hits the boards

 

Shifts at Shop at Home

 

Ribisi joins 'Mod Squad'

 

3 thesps go 'Nova'

 

Rosenbaum, Jackson telling 'Urban Legend'

 

SAG strike deadline looming

 

TW Cable exits ad co-op

 

Ronson out, Rogers in at Lakeshore

 

U.S. Mip mission: Mix

 

Bush PR renamed, regroups

 

Hungry 'Godzilla'

 

Summertime news at MTV

 

'Grease' slick again

 

An audience with the King of the World

 

Network Ten's IPO a big hit in Oz

 

RAI near selling music pubbery

 

Murdoch blasts Oz govt's digital policy

 

Two film agencies sold

 

Helmers in U.K. back revs battle

 

'Proposition' accepts top exclu spot

 

TF1 web sweeps French 'Emmys'

 

Oz's Galaxy wins in court

 

Portuguese web links with Antena 3

 

Telewest bids for Gen. Cable

 

'Squad' links to Epps; Travolta brings in bride

 

Oscars foster nice bump for o'seas B.O.

 

Ferrell into 'Whistleblower'

 

Fox hit confirms move to L.A. from Vancouver

 

Verbinski reaches for NL's 'Sky'

 

Brightman boards U Concerts

 

Argentine broadcaster Telefe ping-pongs to CEI

 

Petrie inks deal with Par

 

'Magic' team in place; Dacascos in 'Heaven'

 

3 on a 'Match': N.Y., L.A., Chi

 

UA Theaters turns profit

 

CBS tamin' 'Damon'

 

Burlage bounces back to Trimark

 

Eye web focuses on Stern

 

K-L ups Mittleman

 

Carey lights up for smokers' rights

 

'Three' for the road as the WB skeds laffs

 

Sci-fi aiming high

 

Inside Moves

 

Docu 'Hands' it to Legacy

 

Dodger Prods. buys troubled costumes

 

Random House lines up Miramax tell-all

 

Oscar's new home

 

Sony hitches TriStar to Col

 

S. African TV sets licensee

 

Miramax, Manifesto pact

 

Ball bouncing from McD to WB

 

Sheen Imagen lifetimer

 

Diller reaps rewards

 

'Summer' sequel signs up Phifer

 

Belle under 'Magic' spell

 

Not as good as it gets

 

'Cabaret' gains in weak B'way week

 

Nielsen branches out to target ad patterns

 

AMC Pops online before cable debut

 

Digital TV set to beam from Texas ballpark

 

George taps Marcogliese

 

Close sings 'Ballad' to CBS

 

Azteca to buy back shares

 

SF stations sold

 

Paxson sells Cleveland TV station

 

Armstrong to Capstar

 

Kids upfront market pushed back to April

 

Zeiler to steer RTL

 

Marvel taps Holtz

 

Morgan Creek nabs 'Between'

 

More Medavoy makes Riche talent manager

 

Icon catches 'Criminal'

 

McGinley, Plummer ink for Fox TV pic 'Bad Cop'

 

Epic ups urban focus with Rivera venture

 

Schulman makes 3 Arts team

 

Disney plays new toon

 

Par TV ups Gabelmann

 

20th Century Fox TV ups Cornish

 

Zwart directs 'Disaster'

 

Bronfman's view

 

MGM taps Bernstein, hikes Fritz

 

Pixar to make one big toon per year

 

Jackson cleared in job suit

 

October puts lock on Hamburg's 'Safe Men'

 

Jerry's demo jump

 

High-def TV drives digital future

 

Higher water mark

 

Inside Moves

 

Biz watches as Ball bats for Warners

 

Cheah buoyed at Warners

 

Pullman going to 'Guam'

 

Sheldon inks with WMA

 

Justice radio active

 

Lomento New Line's new pub-promo sr. VP

 

Showbiz's big comeback

 

Ship CD steams on

 

CBS looking for more TV stations

 

McEntire sets CBS telefilm

 

Oscars hand Nielsen win to Alphabet

 

Fifteen features in N.Y. femme festival

 

300 Alphabet employees without contracts take day off

 

Telescene steps up presence in Gotham

 

Actors, producers in quest to avoid strike

 

Barbra on hand for baby biz

 

Reviews

Moyers on Addiction: Close to Home

Blame It on the Movies!

Six-String Samurai

Home Grown

Frogs for Snakes

Edna Buchanan's Nobody Lives Forever

Power Plays

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Amazing Grace

Home Grown

Frogs for Snakes

Six-String Samurai

Chance of a Lifetime

Moyers on Addiction: Close to Home

Edna Buchanan's Nobody Lives Forever

The Deep Blue Sea

The Ride

Barney's Great Adventure

Penn & Teller

The Deep Blue Sea

Eden

Michelle Shocked

Ride

Dead Man Walking: The Concert

Steve McQueen: The King of Cool

Steve Mcqueen: The King of Cool

Roni Size Reprazent

Mary J. Blige; Usher

Yo-Yo Ma: Inspired by Bach

Full Gallop

No Laughing Matter

James Iha

Bran Van 3000

From the Earth to the Moon

No Laughing Matter

Full Gallop

James Iha

Roni Size Reprazent

Mary J. Blige; Usher

From the Earth to the Moon


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