Table of Contents
Week of 04/09/1998

Articles

'Lost' role found for Harris

 

Film commish elects officers

 

Planet going to the dogs

 

Mouse loot a new wrinkle in NABET fray

 

Michael nabbed

 

Microsoft and Intel will interact on TV

 

Banderas, Griffith film Garcia Marquez tales

 

Sky Mexico orders more boxes

 

Nelvana buys 'PJ Katie' rights

 

High-def high hopes

 

Shift in EC policy

 

Italo producer Valsecchi prepping pic on Baraldini

 

Jericho Ent. bows with Davis pact

 

USA eyes U pic pack

 

Ness urges cablers to carry digital

 

Japanese gov't has yen for digital TV

 

Down, but growing

 

DGA taps Reed to top special projects

 

GE income climbs in first quarter

 

DirecTV in distrib alliance with GTE

 

WB takes USA's Hamlin pilot

 

Greif makes 'Money'

 

Goldberg slips out of 'City'

 

Hayek tames 'Wild West'

 

Smith Ent. plans 'Nazareth' pic

 

Teen Green in 'Idle Hands'

 

Bruno scares up role in 'Carrie' sequel

 

Sony rules chart

 

'Lolita' may run with Lions

 

UPN ups McTeague

 

Lindsay in at Mutual

 

Muldoon in MGM's 'Toby'

 

Producer Dauman dies

 

NBC's Rogers leads Court TV bid

 

Q-Prime buys into Volcano

 

Trimark taps Marshall

 

'Ragtime' adds three domestic shows

 

Cabler couplings

 

Allen scores Eye web post

 

Koplovitz ankling USA

 

Stone helms King biopic

 

DiCaprio horse-trading; 'Monty' goes legit

 

Sly in shape for 'Thin Air'

 

Imposing real world on pix finds a buyer

 

'Antigone' decorates duo's Wall

 

Acad sets scribe lecture, photo exhibit

 

Murdoch, Berlusconi in new deal

 

Mosfilm chief ankles

 

Kay + Barry = Barry

 

New biz boomtown?

 

MGM taps Woolley veep

 

Syndie mags get Oscarcast boost

 

Oz's Galaxy seeks Chapter 11 shelter

 

Cinematheque touts $21 mil revamp

 

Ciszewski in top slot at Alliance TV

 

Telefe joins Latin push to go global

 

Korn, Firm bow label

 

'Species' sequel breeds toys

 

Vet thesps cast in pilots

 

'Ratinho' gnaws at Globo

 

D'Works Records taps Busby

 

'Drive' slated for Taper's 32nd season

 

World Briefs

 

MSH buys into Abrams-Gentile

 

Growing Alliance

 

Fox reins in 'Riders'

 

'Godzilla' to open wide

 

Inside Move

 

TV groups in Chancellor's grip

 

Pacino plans remake

 

WWII POW's tale to be U pic for Cage

 

Tony committee okays 'Cabaret' & 'Freak'

 

UPN to add Thurs., Fri. to its sked

 

Oscar home plans gains momentum

 

'Angels' on high

 

Dafoe, Holm join 'Existenz'

 

DeVito's Jersey Films bows arthouse arm

 

Esposito joins 'Summer' sequel

 

Bronfman grapples with the 'vision thing'

 

Sat op, Italo space group to fly Hot Bird

 

Italy's digital due

 

Fishburne comes in like 'Lion'

 

Cineplex Odeon entering Turkey

 

Atlantis antes $14 mil to add four projects

 

Japan's TBS sets sat plan

 

Oz Star taps Ryan

 

MTV-watchers pick their pix

 

Angelou's 'Delta' travels to Miramax

 

Italy's Telepiu to go to market

 

'Prisoner' arrests No. 1 spot in 2nd sesh

 

Fidelity Co. bullish on entertainment

 

Todd-AO eyes London's Tele-Cine

 

Stage is set for Ovitz

 

Renaissance Media buys 6 cable systems from TW

 

ESPN hikes fees 20%

 

PrimeStar under gun

 

Midler tries on noir; New Line keys on prodigy

 

Imperial pic lender sets Australasian expansion

 

Sheehan Par TV biz affairs exec VP

 

Premiere mag adds two editors

 

Coscient eyes Imax

 

'Killing' involves Stauber

 

CBS' ratings above par for Masters final

 

MGM makes mystic pic Long 'Story'

 

D'Works courts 'Beauty' spec

 

Phillips in orbit over 'Supernova'

 

UA says 'Cheese' to Shere's script

 

Fox's 'Boys' to Armstrong

 

Hamilton eyes time for WB's 'Crime'

 

Toyota to beam to moving cars?

 

Vet publicist Arthur moves to Polygram

 

Lazar sells Par on 'Numbers'

 

MGM pacts for trio's 'Smash' pitch

 

Pic 'Definite' labor of love for duo

 

Pearson finds distrib'n Avenue

 

Inside Move

 

Ship takes on $30 mil o'seas

 

'Godzilla' duo tubthumps SDDS

 

Sinclair WSYX pact cleared

 

U to fly Summit's 'Wing' in France

 

Sony Pix taps Murphy

 

Game ends for 'Players'

 

B'way auds tune up

 

Japan sets new toon regs

 

Artisan inks distrib'n deal with Summit Ent.

 

Salter Street Films to sell stock

 

Cablevision bows all-Bronx channel

 

Student duo split top Wasserman film award

 

Rob Pilatus, dead at 33

 

Coppola to skip tributes, focus on script

 

NBC wins, but ratings lay an egg

 

BV ups Weaver, Morrison

 

NBC taps Tenzer sr. VP

 

News Corp. bows ad consolidation division

 

Neufeld has new role at WB TV

 

Young and eager

 

Media Pro buys Prague studio

 

Cablers can ride telecom net

 

Regulators toss out Western poison pill

 

MGM takes Bond action

 

Wall St. wiz Furman turning B'way baby

 

Washington to do time for Eastwood's 'Crime'

 

Cablers revving up

 

Vogel drives Pulitzer; Roth nabs fiction nod

 

Hiring rules nixed

 

Interplay taps Reed

 

DiCaprio rules o'seas

 

'Extra' snags mag maven

 

UCLA sets Clarke tribute

 

Aniston near 'Office' job

 

ABC pulls 'Push'

 

National alliance

 

Creek mixes with 'Crowd'

 

Redditt ankles exec VP post at Sony Pix

 

Pattison new veep for U Studios Tech

 

Stigliano exits film bond firm

 

Miller roars into Lions Gate

 

Lions Gate Prods ups trio of exex

 

Viewers show for 'Boat' launch

 

Regency clears 'Fog'

 

Disney sings new Toon

 

'Architecture' draws stars

 

CNN scraps Money plan

 

Silicon Graphics revamps

 

New Line ups Kaplan

 

Disney, Alphabet ink Kwan

 

Platt, U part ways

 

Bel Air taps Schimmel

 

Hatch blasts 'one-party' town

 

B'casters set for hearing on high-def

 

Only finale for 'Ellen'

 

Key staffers named for 'Howie'

 

Taylor made for MPAA post

 

MGM goes into orbit

 

DiCaprio's 'Plum' past lands him in hot water

 

Damon astride 'Horses'

 

Hot author signs with Pocket Books

 

Dick Morris debuts in Fox News pundit post

 

Pop TV expands Gajba TV's reach

 

A 'Ransom' for Castle Rock

 

'Seinfeld' says goodbye

 

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