Table of Contents
Week of 04/16/1998

Articles

NFL nets shop ads

 

Delcan part of Lee Hunt redesign

 

MGM TV goes into Orbit

 

Sony taps Murphy

 

Viacom exex draw $2.7 mil bonuses

 

DirecTV, Echostar gaining

 

Houston doubles for D.C. in new thriller

 

'Devil' rides the borderline

 

Betty Lou Oppenheim, dead at 85

 

Wendy O. Williams dies at 48

 

New Line enriches 'Knockaround' duo

 

It's 'Magic' time

 

B'way dons its finest for bonnet bash

 

'Kings' reign in Gotham

 

Fonda to make 'Time'

 

L.A. gets 'Affection'-ate

 

Leo might have boogied

 

Portman exits B'way for Fox 2000's 'Here'

 

James B. Conkling, dead at 83

 

'Cradle' set to rock; WB eyes 'Murder' in June

 

'Better Days' for Elliott, O'Grady

 

Ken Page dies at 69

 

Leeza hosts Emmycast

 

NBC rules out 'House'

 

Comic quintet inked for Phoenix's 'Dick'

 

Rocket, Williams drum up team for 'Nightshade'

 

Robinowitz named legal adviser at WB

 

Campus pic 'Coming' lands a classy cast

 

Hellewell segues to Polygram

 

Nanula ankles Mouse House

 

Inside Moves

 

UK's Film 4 in hunt for U.S. distrib

 

Study shows TV violence on rise

 

Time for growth

 

'Shadrach' to kick off L.A. fest

 

Berg's 'Bad' brings buzz, bids

 

CBS Eyemark won't renew rookie yakker

 

Korenberg to join Fox

 

CNNfn strikes Chile deal

 

'Titanic' ties track record of 'Exodus'

 

Whoopi backs B'way 'Millie'

 

DreamWorks study: syndie 'Spin' control

 

WGA makes it simple

 

Moore pacts with U.K.'s C4

 

Acad hosts Holocaust pic, speakers

 

TenPercentaries

 

Todd-AO picks Pollack

 

Taiwan sat service set

 

New Alliance tune

 

Toshiba investing in satellite TV

 

Becker sees bumpy future

 

Mired in mystery

 

Odeon to refurbish U.K. venues

 

Home fires ignite CanWest's 1st half

 

Telewest sacks chief Davidson

 

'Titanic' boost swamps Teutonic pix

 

Lilith's L.A. lineup set

 

Jackson decries minority ruling

 

Guest, Levy in HBO talks

 

Cartlidge to topline Chekhov adaptation

 

'Brown' Broadway bound

 

Tierney joining 'Forces' with Affleck and Bullock

 

British thesps fall in 'Love'

 

Peacock rebrands itself Nat'l Geographic o'seas

 

Gilson 'Crazy' for New Line

 

Study sez B'way B.O. set to break records

 

Emmys 'Moon' webs

 

Applegate gets 'Life'

 

TBS gets 'Lost' before webs

 

Novice author sells 'Son' to Davis

 

Heir fighting 'Mod,' sues

 

Vander ventures to 'Wild West'

 

Exhib merger OK'd

 

Mandalay ups Teicher

 

UPN, Disney in kidvid block deal

 

Poitier an accessory to Eastwood's 'Crime'

 

Body count rises at U

 

Campbell's ankling CBS

 

Lions Gate gets 'Affliction' pic

 

Friedman ankles WMA

 

Smits ready to turn in 'NYPD' gun

 

Kryptonite for WB's 'Superman'

 

Fox near deal to buy stake in NBA's Lakers

 

Ben Bagley, dead at 64

 

Frank M. Smith Jr., dead at 70

 

Helen Westcott, dead at 70

 

Harlin next to use 'Titanic' tank

 

Fifield exits EMI with $21 mil

 

Arnold joins Dolby

 

ATAS panel taps Roth

 

Cameramen focus on awards

 

$25K up for grabs

 

Vestron pix to KWA for Eastern Europe

 

Slovak license to Telemars

 

Forza Italia backs leader Berlusconi

 

Rival Poland broadcasters make nice, team on digital

 

Via Digital taps Ruiz de Gauna

 

Dutch pub VNU may sell off TV stakes

 

ATV selling stake

 

New suit has Oprah back in the saddle

 

Improv still has 'em laughing after 35 years

 

Royal treatment

 

Gen Art Fest gets a jump on partying

 

DiCaprio, DiCaprio

 

It's curtains for theater

 

Mediaset, Clarin in talks

 

Linda McCartney dead at 55

 

'Pianos' keyed to travel

 

Rules of the superstar game don't work anymore

 

KCBS bets on 'Debt'

 

Platt third to 'Tango' for Warner

 

Art pic scenes net NC-17 mark

 

Scribbler Kaplan inks pact with Castle Rock

 

New Line ups vid arm exex

 

ATAS to fete Marlow

 

Journo Guida ties down anchor post with CNNfn

 

Balsmeyer goes H'w'd

 

Garber hangs Platform shingle

 

Killer sets busy slate

 

Prism Awards prep for second edition

 

Echostar wins access to FX

 

Cruise sails away with top ARF nod

 

FX shuts down 'Collectibles Show'

 

Davis ups Kolker

 

Bantam likes Romano

 

NBC video clips go site seeing

 

Exhibs hit bump

 

Lintz inks ABC deal

 

Polygram gets 'Very Bad'

 

Canuck cable wear

 

NARAS' Greene cleared

 

Polygram goes off books for $650 mil

 

Fox Group will buy into Staples Center

 

'Monty' tops 'Titanic' at BAFTA fete

 

Trib till fills by 9% for first-quarter '98

 

B.O. sings praises for WB's 'Angels'

 

Co-prexys top USA

 

TCI beefs up Midwest base

 

Edgar faces music

 

Unapix scores pair with HBO

 

Bill aims for Calif.'s industry investment

 

Arthouse auds laud 'Prisoner'

 

BBC grabs Gavin

 

Nat'l Geographic, NBC pairing up

 

Nick entering Hungary

 

Joanou, Dorff will rattle and hum with U2

 

Blair under fire after adviser joins BSkyB

 

Eye's '48 Hours' on ratings rise

 

Red tape ties up Canuck TV funding

 

Disney putting coin into Japanese pic

 

Strand nabs Ozpetek pic debut 'Bath'

 

Made-for family films dot cabler's summer

 

Rodman will be 'Soldier' for Rysher

 

Rupe rushin' in

 

WB, Outlaw pick mobster pic

 

West Siblings fly with 'Saturn'

 

Chancellor COO in five-year deal

 

QB Quaid gets call for 'Sunday'

 

CanWest battles takeover deal

 

Univision 1st qrtr. revs up

 

CBC finds religion

 

Collins strip steams into New York, L.A.

 

'Futurama' for Cohen

 

'Cold Hearts' firms cast

 

ICM snags Hoffman

 

L.A. Indie fest fetes 'Vessels'

 

Cineplex axes 68 prior to merger

 

TenPercentaries

 

Scanbox Int'l goes L.A.

 

HBO fights figures

 

Williams gets it 'All'

 

'Singer' hot; DiCaprio dynamite

 

NBC edges ESPN in Sports Emmys

 

Interscope takes 'Turn' with McKenna, Maas

 

Satcast plan rattles indies

 

Bunny week boosts B'way

 

Studios USA TV ups Zaneri

 

'Springer' rerun beats 'Live' in Gotham slot

 

West siblings set 'Saturn'

 

Court upholds ABC's right to hire non-union

 

Tonys set split 'cast sked

 

WB's turn for shakeup

 

Exec producer 'Masters' '60 Minutes'

 

NBC leads slow week for ratings

 

Knell returns to Workshop

 

French auds reach 'Titanic' numbers

 

Dip for Polygram

 

Winchester sets Puccini bio

 

Sony taps Martinoff

 

Roberts ankles TVNZ

 

ITC joins U.K.'s set-top tiff

 

Dutch HMG to charge cablers

 

Italo soccer hikes TV rights fee

 

Miramax books 'Reader'

 

Einstein to head Video Business

 

Pryce joins 'Story' cast

 

TenPercenteries

 

Atlantic Theater in pact with Tribeca

 

'Forgive' strip sets new staff

 

'Anna' team sells drama

 

Ray Alchin, dead at 56

 

James F. Critchfield dies at 73

 

Donna Glassman, dead at 53

 

Koplovitz comments

 

Station X takes One

 

'Pimpernel' readies tour

 

ATAS drops Prez prize

 

'Crypt' to rise with added Dimension

 

Loews sites lure buyers

 

Ferber paid $6 mil to stay 'Home'

 

SAG-AFTRA's West board approves producers pact

 

Maverick ups Conway

 

Carey spies U's 'Soul'

 

Howard, Grazer to be Star Power keynoters

 

Drifting 'Boat' buoys UPN

 

Fox moves up 'Mary'

 

'Home' mulls close

 

Cole traveling from 'Home' to 'Office'

 

Hughes' double play

 

Rosen, New Line go blind in pact

 

Schneider one of 'Us'

 

History made new

 

Cablers set Hall of Fame event May 3

 

Morris to rep Coke winner

 

Column right for Elder

 

Orchestra fetes silent pix

 

PBS Group rounds up new sponsors

 

Pair of telepix roll for Lifetime cabler

 

New Works Fest fetes six

 

Toon promos set

 

Loper tops arts panel

 

Dove preps 'Titanic' audio book

 

Reviews

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The Iceman Cometh

The Spree

People's Century 1900-1999

The Cruise

Hundred Percent

Pants on Fire

Snow

Homegrown

The Herbal Bed

Homegrown

People's Century 1900-1999

The Cruise

Dealer's Choice

Hundred Percent

Pants On Fire

Snow

City at Peace

Monsters of Grace

Alfred Brendel

Major League: Back to the Minors

Shadrach

Frank, Dean & Sammy: An Evening With the Rat Pack

Hello Again

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Buster Poindexter

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Restaurant

Morcheeba

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John Barry; English Chamber Orchestra

The Race to Save 100 Years

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