Table of Contents
Week of 04/02/1998

Articles

TenPercenteries

 

Telescene ups N.Y. presence

 

Local 44 agent re-elected

 

Reid rolls 'Asunder' thriller

 

Saudi prince raises Planet H'w'd stake

 

Strand nabs pair of French-lingo pix

 

'Titanic' disc nearing record

 

Alphabet staff in soup

 

Busey enlisted as WB 'Soldier'

 

Atlantis enters 'Amazon' syndie skein with Benchley

 

NBC adding 'One World' to Saturday ayem sked

 

Verne adventures come to TV

 

CNN first with Jones news

 

Judge upholds Tylo ruling

 

A flexible future

 

Big bow for 'Big One'

 

Quebec Oks break for foreign prod'n

 

Frankenstein in toon turn; Regan booking pic

 

Dumontet joins Si TV

 

Hong Kong MGM Gold fades out

 

Primestar makeover

 

Goodwin, other 'X-Files' staff won't make move to L.A.

 

Canada media giant takes poison pill

 

ABC pilot adds Eigeman

 

Clear Channel firms Outdoor pact, makes billboard swap

 

Mixed fortunes for NBC Tuesday rookies

 

Indie vets set trio

 

Strong '97 results for Germany's Kinowelt

 

Iwerks merger voted down

 

Dr. Laura making 'air' waves

 

Hungary ratings-hungry

 

Miramax paying up for overtime

 

Euro media posts trade deficit

 

Paramount ups Badagliacca

 

Jones in 'Jeopardy'

 

A&M, Kurupt launch hip-hop label Antra

 

Polygram, DNA pact

 

House committee OKs c'right proposal

 

Nwave, Iwerks see 3-D future

 

ABC spins deal with Lawrence

 

Biz anxious as SAG talks near end

 

MGM nabs 'Scalper'

 

DreamWorks buys 'Second'

 

Betty Thomas moves to CAA

 

CBS O&Os sked Stern vs. 'SNL'

 

ABC makes 'Right' move to add 'Soul'

 

Prince cracks down on alleged Internet piracy

 

Greensboro dances to Nielsen meter

 

Baseball pitch caught by UA

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Graham set for USA's 'Sins'

 

'Jerry' springs ahead of 'Oprah'

 

Headliners slated for Essence telecast

 

'Simpsons' voices heard

 

Luft rift opens over memoir

 

American Lawyer in Philly deal

 

Imagen nods honor Latino roles

 

Hallmark inks four

 

Nicholson may back up Antonioni in 'Together'

 

Associated Press TV and GRB team up

 

Galli ankling Telefe for Libertad G.M. slot

 

Docu-mania grips pre-Mip gathering

 

Oz gov't steps into drama fray

 

P'gram's Kuhn pitches Euro Oscars, school

 

French pic twist

 

Showbiz architect

 

UCLA's Royce revamp unveiled Sat.

 

McCartney's 'Stone' lifts off H'wood Bowl season

 

ABC asks NABET to revive stalled bargaining talks

 

ABC cuts 50 staff

 

ABC, CBS announce HDTV plans

 

Dolby is digital leader

 

Appeals court upholds judgment vs. Hopper

 

Leno leads 'Tonight' to big first quarter

 

Paxson, DIC in kidstuff deal for Pax Net

 

Buena Vista ups Glass

 

Sony's Idei: 'Cost does matter'

 

Spielberg eyes sky

 

Exhibs expect flat quarter

 

Actors, producers in quest to avoid strike

 

Rogue of October

 

Amick joins in 'Fantasy'

 

Live gets new name, investors

 

'Simpsons' thesps reach deal

 

U.S. distribs rule at Mip

 

DeGeneres goes 'Mad' in finale

 

Two stations re-up 'Seinfeld'

 

2001: Oscar's space odyssey finds a home

 

New Line signs Dorfman

 

Force returns to Fox field

 

Pelligrini to helm interactive 'Aunt'

 

USA calming 'Springer' smacks

 

Lost among the stars

 

It's a Big 3-0 party for New York mag

 

MCA gets groovier

 

Benigni's 'Life' sweeps Italo pic nods

 

S.F. Fest sets lineup

 

'Aunt' bows in May

 

'Spice World' on vid in June

 

Telefe show is localized

 

Exec exodus at Mip

 

Global TV leaders lose market share

 

World Business Briefs

 

WB ups distrib staffers

 

Consolidation part of CME's new plan

 

Trautmann opens Mip '98

 

World Briefs

 

Oscar pix buoyed

 

Schultz leads 'Lions' pack

 

'Cybill' yanked

 

Oz distribs, exhibs get new code

 

Showtime firms novel idea

 

'Ryans' to star Postlethwaite

 

Model deal: Atlantic Group inks pact with Wilhelmina

 

'Titanic,' 'Kenan & Kel' top Nick's kids kudos

 

Williamson sets U pic

 

Branson plans U.S., Japan plexes

 

Arledge exit nears at ABC

 

Ship sunk by 'Lost' crew

 

Alphabet, BGE settle deal

 

Reality series boost ratings

 

TNT doubles original prod'n

 

Spider-Man caught in legal web

 

Scorsese, ABC pact

 

Money in demand

 

Digital day dawns at NBC

 

Bergin joins 'Beholder'

 

ABC's talking tough

 

Polygram makes vow on 'Pledge'

 

Lewis leaving NPR post

 

MGM TV ups exex

 

Banderas drawn to 'Phantom'

 

D'Works tags Pryor's 'After'

 

New Line lines up $350 mil in financing

 

Spielberg scans 'Notebook'

 

CGE becomes Vivendi

 

The show goes on in Hollywood

 

Tax rap for Japan b'caster

 

Cineplex exec exits

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Mutual Film taps Patmore

 

Foley heads House biz panel

 

'Wizard' travels to TBS

 

Barrymore to get 'Kissed'

 

'Mad' exec Levin in 3-yr. Col TriStar pact

 

Broadcast central

 

Mad Dow disease afflicting

 

Third Gen Art Fest opens on 'Sunday'

 

'Butcher Boy' cuts up at the box office

 

Barnathan upped at ABC

 

To Russia with MTV

 

Foreign B.O. slows

 

World Briefs

 

Kodak bows preview unit for lensers

 

NBC going digital in fall

 

Unite or perish, Braun warns

 

Supplying demand

 

Canal Plus cries foul in Cup dispute

 

ABC's Iger calls for new economics at TV confab

 

Myers gets $10 mil for 'SNL'-derived pic

 

Homegrown TV edges U.S. fare

 

Matlin in trio of deals

 

New Hungarian op may threaten TW

 

Paris fest pix please but jury prexy Penn aloof

 

Primedia invests in net

 

Raycom inks Malrite deal

 

CBS taps Reisfeld

 

EC prexy gets behind Euro film, TV awards

 

Pay TV pact cloudy

 

IBM handles distrib'n for WB WeB wing

 

BVTV ups Karzen

 

Bulls rally to record

 

HBO, Cinemax find increased plex drive

 

Pittard Sullivan expands reach

 

Allen acquires Marcus Cable

 

Peacock renews 'Suddenly Susan'

 

Lewis ankling Trimark

 

Weitzman exits U

 

MGM in 'Job' market with Kennedy novel

 

TBS,TNT get 'Good'

 

Rupert rips pubcasters

 

Lott moves to EMI

 

'Evermere,' quoth Goyer and Robinson

 

Strauss is in with Outlaw

 

Ciszewski takes the top at Alliance

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Heston to visit '7 Isles'

 

Fox Intl. taps Clark

 

Image ups trio of exex

 

Tucci's 'Dream' role: Puck

 

TenPercentaries

 

TW dials $175 mil for telecom arm

 

Boyle part of Landis' 'Plan'

 

Col Tristar taps Dixon sr. VP of publicity

 

Out of strike zone, H'w'd back to work

 

'First lady of country' Wynette is dead at 55

 

B-way sees 4% drop

 

Unifrance pumps up Euro TV coverage

 

'Civil War' fires in New Haven

 

Women in Film, TV set b'day bash

 

B'way Gotham haul $2.7 billion a year

 

More write stuff

 

Peacock magic act

 

Vidpic to shoot back at NRA

 

'Ladies' to lense April 13

 

BVI, Col TriStar Intl. mingle in Mexico

 

Minority position

 

BSkyB, Scottish Media give soccer the boot

 

Hall of Fame rushes Limbaugh

 

MCA getting with it

 

Exec Shuffle

 

SGI creates consulting team

 

Sky, Fox box rights to Chilean soccer

 

Blockbuster strength boosts Viacom stock

 

Polygram pubbery taps Gatfield prez

 

Shubert, ETM to sell legit tix via machine

 

Reality bites Mip

 

HBO moon mini opens with beaming ratings

 

Hoopcast helps CBS score win

 

ABC and Fox fare hit rough Monday

 

ABC, Acad extend pact

 

Motown tuners ink novel pact

 

'Lion's' lair expanding

 

Mixed signals for ABC 'football' play

 

October finds Penn in 'Villa'

 

Dr. Laura shrinks from deal

 

'King' scribes ink deal

 

Par splits Purcell job 3 ways

 

Karmazin's the guy at Eye

 

CableAce Awards unplugged by exex

 

McGuire named sr. VP at UPN

 

Mendelsohn buys his way into 'White House'

 

Innovative taps 2 to beef up lit arm

 

Crix nix Stern, Springer

 

'Judd' now in 'Jeopardy'

 

Pacific/Mirage taps two vet execs

 

Fox 'Burn'-ing for Landau

 

Brothers Weitz feeling 'High'

 

Moonves will need a hand with his new role

 

Paving electric ave.

 

Hollowell joins Miramax

 

HBO's 'Reverb' rocks on

 

Tarantino rolls 'Beyond'

 

Bows on tap for Taos fest

 

Sundance taps 15 tyros for summer Lab session

 

Disney ups Hallet to senior veep post

 

Judge imposes fine, no jail for Hoffman

 

Bradbury's 'Martians' to reach Earth

 

Reviews

Tool

The Chairs

Mercury Rising

Thesps Reupholster an Absurdist Classic; The Chairs

Mercury Rising

Assassinated: The Last Days of King & Kennedy

Tempting Fate

The Patron Saint of Liars

Golden Child

My Giant

Lost in Space

My Giant

The Patron Saint of Liars

Tempting Fate

Follow the Bitch

Lost in Space

Neil Simon's The Odd Couple II

Teletubbies

Radiohead

Getting Personal

Wait Until Dark

City of Angels

Croupier

Who Am I?

Best Men

Half a Chance

Encore: Celebrate the Return

Kim Wilson's Blues Revue

Brecht On Brecht

The Tiger Woods Story

The Staircase

The Cripple of Inishmaan

Aprile

The Players Club

The Cripple of Inishmaan

Kim Wilson's Blues Revue

The Reverend Horton Heat

The Staircase

The Tiger Woods Story

The Players Club