Table of Contents
Week of 08/13/1998

Articles

BSkyB profits fall 16%

 

Seagram seesaw

 

Comcast ups stake in Jones Intercable

 

Chancellor snaps up six Cleveland radio stations

 

Long lives the 'Queen'

 

Munich group sets pic fund

 

NBC, Brazil Superstation reup

 

Viacom won't join U.K. bundling suit

 

Kinowelt buys distrib Rialto

 

Phantom ledger

 

TenPercenteries

 

Snoop's 'Game' tops album charts

 

'Bonanno' bonanza

 

Cosby returns to work following trial

 

Maguire moves into Miramax's 'House' pic

 

Hearst moves into moola

 

Hallmark ups Holst

 

Kulchack returns to Fox as comedy VP

 

'Forget' has memorable week in syndie ratings

 

Slamdance season opens

 

Streep to play with 'Violins'

 

Rainbow taps sports exec VP

 

Hanks, 'Air' scribe surf

 

Chile helmer Graef-Marino under 'Siege'

 

Two L.A. vets, 1 Chi grad join 'SNL'

 

Pair will raise the USS Indianapolis cover-up

 

Simply 'Paradise'

 

MGM tumbles

 

Doggy has his day

 

USA spins big Web

 

Film, books fuel surge in News Corp. profits

 

Callahan tapped prod'n VP at Reuther's Bel Air

 

Wright joins Brooks' 'Muse'

 

Sci-tech Oscar bids hit deadline

 

Rollins breaks out in song, ad, video

 

Slumming in Gotham

 

The Brit bash that wasn't

 

Romance Classics sets slate

 

Alliance Pictures taps La Terza

 

Southern Star's biz plan

 

'Pimpernel' plans revamp

 

Hartford's Wilson to offer Williams' Eastern drawl

 

Clinton's 'review' thrills producer

 

Black Film Fest issues call

 

SAG starts program to clean up schools

 

WB taps Gradinger

 

USA, CitySearch seal deal

 

Alliance numbers fall

 

PAX TV races into Indianapolis

 

Mixed signals

 

Galaxy Latin nets soccer

 

Earnings, revenues on rise at Nelvana

 

Expanding universe

 

BAFTA hosts knight's night

 

Arthur Rowe

 

Bac Films grabs Allen's 'Celebrity'

 

TV Azteca gives new life to U.S. sitcom

 

Savage to 'Summer' with Spike

 

Trio tapped for Women in Film fete

 

ATAS turns to Jellinek

 

Gallic webs surge

 

Solomon now at Roman

 

Fox, Levin gang up for 'White Boys' pic

 

Telemundo power

 

SAG panel looks to members

 

Depth of film field

 

Cellar Door added to SFX music roster

 

More 'Guinness' on tap for Fox

 

Sci-Fi orders 18 more episodes of 'Sliders'

 

USA inks Benabib, Fink

 

Earnings up at Overseas

 

Thomasons stay close to Clintons

 

'Shade' loss for Thomason

 

Arquette and Cage star for Scorsese

 

'Whose' hot; 'Eric' not

 

Ruffled feathers

 

Cablevision buys N.Y. area exhib

 

'Cabaret' back; 'Me' short

 

Sonnenfeld, Smith might team again on Ali biopic

 

Brokaw latest to cancel leave

 

TSG picks up 'Free Tibet'

 

Reader's Digest TV-bound

 

Here comes the 'Judge'

 

Digital day dawns

 

Southern African market to focus on local TV, pix

 

World Briefs

 

Nelligan gets Innovative

 

TCI units report mixed earnings

 

Summer pix generate more heat than usual

 

Westerling sr. VP of AMC film marketing

 

Heyworth ankles Viewer's Choice

 

Thomason loses suit over syndie 'Shade'

 

J.A. "Tony" Ponce

 

Noel Behn

 

Rex Lardner

 

Wally Brady

 

Paul L. Klein

 

Aurelia Schwarzenegger

 

Rydstrom rides to top at Skywalker Sound

 

'Dumbest Criminals' gets makeover for new season

 

Western to take 'Field Trip' series

 

Johns tapped for Fox's H.R. sr. VP

 

'Ryan,' 'Stella' find grooves

 

WB, Gibson dicker on Dickens pic

 

Main man Kirk puts it on Lion

 

TSG taking 'Free Tibet' on the road

 

Romance unfolds under 'Moonlight'

 

Mancia named BAM pic curator-at-large

 

Bach tops Geminis

 

Toxins close N.Y. plex

 

Marquee has Tollin/Robbins

 

Fox Kids taps La Vigne

 

Palisades options 'Maggie'

 

Hellers sign distrib deals

 

U bets big bucks on Seabiscuit

 

Probing the peccadillos of a President

 

WB opens German arm

 

NL taps Streigel, Ritchie

 

October taps Foster exec

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Filing unveils Fox

 

TCI stock stumbles 5% in 2nd quarter

 

Sourian jobs New Regency

 

Schned joins Bravo

 

Courtney, Inger Fried creative

 

Jones reaches new 'Heights'

 

Clearview circuit sees higher revs, loss

 

Primestar revs, losses jump

 

Financial Briefs

 

Asteroid alert o'seas

 

Locarno fest honors 'Zhao'

 

Cowboy ropes Tarantino pix

 

Buena Vista finds syndie 'After' life

 

WGAW, Fox in toon on pact

 

Cronin case on hold

 

Bluth, Goldman on Fox's 'Ice'

 

Intra-Asia acquires theme park interest

 

'Lautrec' to paint Toronto

 

Hartnett hits the 'Town'

 

Bistany sr. VP for ABC News

 

India near TV policy change

 

World Briefs

 

Montreal fest to fete Bullock

 

Mr. Bill larger than life

 

Treat Williams tops TNT pic

 

WB fills out cabler

 

Manifesto destiny

 

'Dance' fever

 

Creative Emmys on TV Land

 

Roadshow's Barlow ankles post

 

Ex-official of Local 45 indicted

 

'River' to bow Off B'way

 

WB fills out cabler

 

Larry Rio

 

Eva Bartok

 

'Slums' in plum perch atop exclusives B.O.

 

U.K.'s Telewest taps Illsley chief exec

 

Seagal's 'Patriot' to bow on HBO

 

TV Land taps Turner

 

USA boosts 'Net' order

 

Stuntman killed in blast

 

Murray's death saddens readers everywhere

 

Spelling exits game

 

O'seas opulent

 

Inside Moves

 

Cohen sets sights on Fox 2000's 'Fortune's'

 

Ripley to join 'Les Miz'

 

ShowEast to treat Crown in royal way

 

TenPercenteries

 

'Chase' catches three thesps

 

Sweeney new Disney/ABC Cable prexy

 

Tellem who's boss

 

Stiller set for 'Bone,' 'Hardy'

 

DGA sets guidelines for 51st awards fest

 

ABC to roll 'Vengeance' in 'NYPD Blue' timeslot

 

Rivera's big mouth

 

Miramax axes agency for missed ad

 

Col taps duo for 'Space'

 

Showscan reduces losses in 1st quarter

 

D.C. soap hits primetime

 

Broadway B.O. takes dip as Seinfeld exits

 

Market growth adds to Modern Times sales

 

La Vigne is Fox Kids' pick

 

Miami pirate radio bust is largest ever in U.S.

 

ProSieben buys big pic packs

 

Loews eyes bidders

 

Bertelsmann's profits up

 

German B.O. boom

 

Discovery unveils digital TV nets

 

Miller tapped COO of Union, Natural Nylon

 

Film blames cable for piracy

 

India approves new niche nets

 

Nets apply for sat launch

 

Barlow plans own shingle

 

Alphabet taps Dandridge

 

WB taps Rubin

 

Greenlee appointed SAG public affairs director

 

Nordic giants to unite

 

CBS delays launch of Nelvana kidvid

 

Hanks goes to prison for new pic

 

Western division

 

Sedgwick, Morrow set to labor over 'Pains'

 

'60 II' taps Hassler, Glauber to produce

 

Scripps slate sold

 

E! orders new segs for 5 series, strips 2

 

Tennant to direct Fox 2000's 'King'

 

Shock jock knocks

 

Forlani into 'Mystery'

 

UCLA school taps new dean

 

Mega mea culpa

 

'Black Iris' among Fresh Produce pix

 

Farley, Titanic float NBC

 

Ganis gains 'Given' rights

 

DreamWorks adopts 'Baby'

 

Par TV taps Hurlock VP Asia/Pacific

 

Fox Family debuts well

 

Time rushes ahead

 

Patton tops 'Desert' pic

 

D'Works to serve up 'Le Diner' remake

 

Lewis is live again at Teen

 

Spider-Man's legal web may finally be unraveled

 

'Mills Lane' comes out swinging

 

Townsend inks for 'Motown' host gig

 

Showtime rings in Bell as VP for comedy series

 

Suleman CBS' sr. VP finance

 

Miramax gets 'Down' with tyro filmmaker

 

Walton will turn WGAW consultant

 

Viewers elect 'President'

 

'View,' 'Herman' to close this month

 

MegaSystems opens theater

 

Reviews

Babe Ruth

Telling You

Scandal!

P.S.

The Wonderful World of Disney

Pride

Paradise Falls

Spice Girls

The Avengers

Oh Baby

Wrongfully Accused

Fosse: A Celebration in Song and Dance

Spirit Dance

Lady Windermere's Fan

Collected Stories

Jerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You for the Last Time --- Live on Broadway

The Lonesome West

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Next Time

Stolen Heart

Telling You

Pride

Dead Letter Office

Paradise Falls

Oh Baby

Via Satellite

The Avengers - Sputtering Spies: Steed and Peel Lack Appeal

The Interview

Maggie

Any Day Now

The Rat Pack

Neil Finn

Tony Rich Project

Possum Dixon

That '70s Show

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo


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