Table of Contents
Week of 04/23/1998

Articles

Carlton gives $48 mil, good will to BSkyB

 

Stillking gets cash boost

 

Mexico revises cable auction

 

TV wounds vid biz

 

Geddes to program at Toronto

 

Warner Village fights Italo pic-space claim

 

U.S. dox clean up awards at Turin Gay/Lesbian fest

 

Telly growth spurt

 

Behaviour nabs 'Days'

 

Atlantis profits rebound

 

'Les Miz' on B'way bigscreen

 

American Theatre Wing fetes femme scripters

 

Endemol posts gain

 

Odeon stars in Rank's modest first qtr.

 

UATC builds capital

 

Projectors boost Ballantyne

 

'Mononoke' lends Toho coin

 

NHL Sabres deal cut

 

Vibe exec to Blaze new trail

 

FX slates new series

 

Rodriguez pic cast swells

 

'Titanic' disc still No. 1

 

Manzari lands on top

 

Digital pubcast aid sought

 

Full plate for Food Net

 

Moore's sitcom in rewrite

 

Fisher, Pope toil on nanny script

 

WB, UNICEF bow program

 

Pulitzer prized

 

UTA ups 5 agents

 

Music censors lose

 

Parks boost Disney profit

 

ABC mini to dissect the Nancy Reagan years

 

Fox keeps busy in 'Idle Hands'

 

Chitown battle for 'Jerry'

 

'Artemisia' wins rating on appeal

 

CBS eyes Gotham studio sites

 

Brooks to keynote IFP scribe confab

 

Di Bonaventura goes solo at WB

 

Euro Disney stays just ahead of ink's red tide

 

Mizrahi's model film idea

 

WB net taps Lee

 

Col Tristar finds 'Savior'

 

Demme pic in Lions lair

 

Whitworth sr. VP at CNN

 

Farrow, Root join Bandeira's 'Soon'

 

WPA may lose 23rd St. site

 

'High Art' to open femme fest in Hub

 

Curious taps Fishman-Cohen

 

Country hat's off to McGraw

 

Artisan axes int'l

 

Showbiz ties electronic equipment at top of Calif. economy

 

Temple celebrates quiet 70th b'day

 

No set-top boxes needed with NTL offer

 

Slovo, Soyuz launch 'Decameron'

 

Alliance taps Gagnon

 

Int'l Emmys to honor Sam Nilsson

 

KCBS leads pack in L.A. Emmy nods

 

British gov't says BT may b'cast early

 

World Briefs

 

From closet to attic: ABC drops the ax on 'Ellen'

 

No merger, no DF1

 

Authors, agents move to block Random House buy

 

Montreal's Cinar posts gains

 

TV Azteca clipped in 1st qtr.

 

Poor reviews mean big sleep for 'Bed'

 

Ship clips Carmike

 

DeVito, NBA team up

 

Pixar stocks soar; earnings take dip

 

Bush addresses H'w'd

 

'Geraldo' to exit with retro

 

Spain's Via has Fox pix

 

H'wood movies extend their credit lines

 

Fox O&Os chase 'Seinfeld'

 

'Cauldron' tops Disney vid line

 

Goldwyn grabs rights to 'Soul' tome

 

Sutton in 'Wanted' role

 

'Good' producer to make Mark on Columbia Pix lot

 

Daylight savings time cuts syndie viewers

 

Cosgrove cranks up

 

Fox wins 'Springer'

 

CBS boosts Botwick, keeps 'Candid,' 'Kids'

 

CBS hums to ratings win

 

AFMA ups Wolf

 

Ansell returns to Gracie

 

Chancellor taps Marcus

 

Disney plan to boost ani wows Street

 

New book for 'Flower Drum Song'

 

Fox taps Petit

 

O'Brien beats his own game

 

'South Park' rating soars

 

Eureka, Lyons will roll 'Opportunist'

 

TW Cable, TCI vow to respect HDTV integrity

 

WB expands sales force

 

'60 Minutes' honored by O'seas Press Club

 

Ward inked for 'Best Man'

 

Complete list of L.A. Emmy nominees

 

Showbiz delivers big California payoff

 

'Out-of-Towners' rave about N.Y.

 

UPN ups Mannina

 

DirecTV Japan adds capital, investor

 

Credit Suisse sinking $3 mil into Clearview

 

CBS kicks off sales

 

Mori sparks deal with TLC

 

CBS 'Closer' to finish early

 

Sundance to get on in NY

 

DGA takes stand against Prop. 226

 

Polygram's 'Mad'

 

Ticketmaster, N2K create online bond

 

Library dedication, DGA's Wise move

 

Few spectators for Eye's Ewing 'War'

 

Hannah takes turn on indie pic 'Speedway'

 

Must chi-chi TV: E! plans spinoff Style

 

Miramax gains 'Celebrity'

 

Stone plots special for ABC in fall

 

'Boy's' still in ABC hood

 

Team options King script

 

'Titanic': $1 bil o'seas

 

Lopez, Craig join 'Carrie II'

 

Mouse lets exhibs get peek at pix

 

'Big Hit' hits big

 

Parker, Stone make killing with 'Park'

 

Chancellor jackpot for Ginsburg

 

Lipsky goes home

 

McAnuff near 'Rocky' helming post

 

Gasmer upped at Morris

 

'Manifesto's' destiny

 

Coppola, S.F. hosting Classically Indie Fest

 

Kubrick pic 'Eyes' back for reshoot

 

NBC Studios pacts Firestein

 

Disney ups TV animation duo

 

RAI Trade revises '98 forecast upward

 

RAI public offer proposed

 

Canadian TV averts potential funding crisis

 

Televisa relives history

 

Sullivan goes back to Avonlea

 

Grabiner ankles United

 

Pre-nup agreement

 

It's tentpole time, much to H'wood's relief

 

Miramax's 'Doors' opens in exclu penthouse

 

Vidatron revenues up, earnings off

 

Fox taps Petit for East Coast publicity

 

Crix tap Drama Desk noms

 

New pix thud overseas

 

'Lion' king at Outer Crix

 

Telepix run in Fox Family

 

German SAT1 marks losses, plots upturn

 

Miramax asks Hallstrom to make 'Rules'

 

Snyder says he'll exit CBS' 'Late' a bit early

 

Winslet takes 'Plunge'

 

'Billy's' Rowe nabs indie, TNT projects

 

Lensers fete Green with lifetime award

 

GRP jazzes LiPuma's title

 

Fox B'casting shuffles exex

 

Euro digital digs in

 

Argentine CEI seeks partner

 

Telepictures courts Queen

 

TenPercenteries

 

China adds muscle to its film industry

 

Shaw going to court over WIC

 

World Briefs

 

Brit WMA taps Roeg

 

Nick to pitch Noggin at Nat'l Cable Show

 

Mortensen in talks to join Cuaron pic

 

Film fest to fete Lenfilm

 

Sony Wonder brings Sunbow into the fold

 

Acad Foundation doles out film school grants

 

Cosby set for USC address

 

Kaye sets sites on tragedy; Lane enters 'Door'

 

S.F. runs 'Wilde'

 

Satcaster sees red

 

'King' crowns Fox

 

Dow fall takes biz stox on rocky ride

 

B'way video opens in Harlem

 

Hoop drama 'Trillion' set to pay at NL

 

Pearson taps three exex

 

Reed Elsevier buys legal pubbery

 

Much music for Liberty

 

'Merlin' magical

 

Mizrahi sews 'Wild' designs

 

Frank folds C3, mulls next step

 

'Godzilla' duo make 'Mark' at U

 

Stern voice for 'Dilbert'

 

Col lassos McCarthy's border trio

 

B'way auds dry up

 

Cox, TCIC in joint venture

 

Exit of Zaks tops 'Epic' headaches

 

3D 'Dino II' sets bows

 

Technicolor has Scandi video plans

 

Smokler made big gun at WB

 

Car satcast service set

 

WB opens new Gotham studio store

 

Showtime inks script pact with Taper

 

Redstone honors draw Diller quips

 

Disney launches a jumper for 'Game'

 

Spielberg latches on to 'Geisha'

 

Temple vid sales dance on

 

World Briefs

 

'Thief' steals show at Russia's Nika Awards

 

N. Korea opens doors to filming

 

Mex pic biz seeks B.O. tax subsidy

 

WB mulls Moscow

 

Monicelli's 'Dirty' pic

 

Byrnes exits Sydney fest

 

'Merlin's' sweeping numbers

 

'Live' beats 'Jerry' in NYC

 

East OKs SAG contract pact

 

Composers honor their own

 

Kamen to conduct benefit for Young Musicians org

 

Sky subs closing in on Galaxy figure

 

Copyright ruckus

 

New A&E vidpix born in the USA

 

SPE bags Teleuno

 

Betty Boop back in loop

 

Basinger eyes 'Africa,' 'Prime'

 

Three 'Bloom' in NBC sitcom pilot

 

EMI U.K. taps new prexy

 

Trimark nabs vid rights to Puzo, Koontz minis

 

Kids upfront moves

 

'Access' ruffles Peacock's feathers

 

Phaedra nabs 'Soul'

 

Summer's 'Girl' heads to B'way

 

Diaz near 'Sunday' deal

 

Summer sked wars

 

Josh Brolin gets MGM 'Mod' nod

 

Fiscal woes hit O'seas Filmgroup

 

Eureka finds 'Opportunist'

 

New Line taps Holmberg senior VP of production

 

DirecTV, Echostar pact for ESPN West

 

Gibson firmed for unnamed ABC duty

 

Spielberg to helm 'Geisha' next

 

MTV uses Nick's Noggin as new net

 

Cox, TCI ink joint venture in Oklahoma

 

Docfest set for Gotham

 

Lauer joins Disney's 'Home for Christmas'

 

Wolper, NBC set 'Will' mini

 

Northwest passage

 

Orion fuels Lion's loss

 

Business Briefs

 

Auds, screens send Regal profs up

 

Miami-USA taps Binke

 

Continental team unites

 

CBS selling telecom net

 

Magic Hour lines up coin

 

Meyer, Fichtner get 'Go!'

 

Buzz word: Gone

 

NBC lets Halmi eat cake

 

Reviews

Mark Eitzel

In God's Hands

Bongwater

Starf*cker

Merlin

The Big Hit

Serial Lover

Scotch and Milk

The Beauty Queen of Leenane

Stuart Bliss

God Said, Ha!

God Said, Ha!

Tarzan and the Lost City

Les Miserables

He Got Game

The Truman Show

In God's Hands

Painted Lady

The Big Hit

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

Merlin

Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God ... Be Back by Five

He Got Game

The Word Love Exists

Tarzan and the Lost City

The Truman Show - Weir Looks Through a Glass, Lightly

Ronnie Larsen's Peep Show

Geometry of Miracles

Uncle Vanya

From Above

Honour

Give Me Your Answer, Do!

Secrets Every Smart Traveler Should Know

Il Trovatore

High Society

Give Me Your Answer, Do!

The King and I

Secrets Every Smart Traveler Should Know

Il Trovatore

Moment of Impact

The Cream Will Rise

O.K. Garage

Claudine's Return

Waiting for Sunset

LeAnn Rimes; Bryan White

Cheap Trick

Around Ligeti

The Last Don II

Healing by Killing