Table of Contents
Week of 09/03/1998

Articles

Mill Film acquires Magic Camera

 

Market on seesaw

 

ESPN strikes deal with cable operator group

 

Multicanal turns to U.S. players for telco partner

 

U.K. news shakeup

 

Hoyts hits profit via contrarian looping

 

Veltroni unveils gov't plan for pix

 

RTL boosts domestic fare

 

Kink in Barrandov deal

 

Capstar turns off radio buys

 

MGM pinkslips 80

 

'Selma' thesps set

 

Double duty on DVD

 

Martin draws unlikely stars for Beatle covers

 

Murdoch chats with Mediaset

 

Jersey Films ups Lyon

 

FX takes on edgy theme as 'rebel with a cause'

 

Venetians blinded

 

Adman returns to Sawyer

 

Critic attacks Ted Turner for spots on Stern show

 

Tori Spelling shocks dad

 

Haimes' new Livent post blocks Drabinsky's return

 

Scripters discuss Sturges

 

Next stop, Gotham

 

Spielberg casts 'Geisha'

 

Sundance ads' final cut

 

CBS taps Stensland for regular 'Saturday' role

 

Lazarus rises with Ariz. script award

 

Imax unveils marketing arm

 

Fests fret as Air Canada calls a strike

 

CBS thinks young with drama team

 

ABC wipes away 'Earth Scum'

 

Int'l Film Guarantors taps Weidman for sr. VP post

 

Jazzman sues MCA, GRP

 

State threatens to nix breaks for Playa Vista

 

Scheidlinger inks Buena Vista TV pact

 

Fugee's Hill tops album charts

 

Docu Channel eyes Oscar winners

 

Bernard will face 'Phobia'

 

D.C. Comics ready to ride WildStorm

 

Watkins to leave WNBC over management rift

 

Ranan upped to Citadel VP

 

Col TriStar sets sights on 'Seinfield' cable coin

 

Rehabbed 'Touch of Evil' gains clarity, focus

 

Celebs voice kidpic 'Stuart Little'

 

Stox still slipping

 

Playa stops work, will meet with city

 

Fox ups Moglovkin to VP of business affairs

 

Toho sees record profits

 

Trimark taps O'Neil for veepee

 

Syndie ratings take hit from bombings

 

Polygram faces harassment suit

 

Nick shows kids knack with its new timed Zone

 

MTV to honor Beastie Boys

 

Cheatwood to CBS O&O

 

Summer sprint

 

Lucchesi circling Lakeshore

 

Releasing 'Private Ryan'

 

Peacock ploy riles studios

 

Livent facing wrath of shareholders via lawsuits

 

Tequila Gang to pour pix

 

Streep gets fest rolling in Telluride

 

Fox eyes Hewitt spinoff

 

Absolute beginning

 

Cisneros TV Group hires HBO's Peraza

 

WB syndie arm closes in on O&O 'Rosie' renewals

 

CBS cancels its 'Descent'

 

Dutch, Euro auds fall for 'Domino D-Day'

 

KFI's Bruce claims sex harassment

 

Lambert to direct supernatural tale

 

ESPN, Fox hot on McGwire's home run trail

 

'Octane' will kick-start 20th IFF Market in N.Y.

 

Macho moves into Spanish filmmaking

 

Seymour is Redbook's new editor-in-chief

 

India forcing b'casters to uplink from India hub

 

Prima TV in primo spot

 

World Brief

 

Fox ups Moglovkin to VP of business affairs

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Channel One unplugs 2 sites

 

Channel One unplugs 2 sites

 

Sarah Polley

 

Adrien Brody

 

Samantha Morton

 

Jason Flemyng

 

Eduardo Noriega

 

Rona Hartner

 

Luke Wilson

 

Patricia Clarkson

 

Lau Ching-wan

 

Larenz Tate

 

Market malaise

 

Scramble for 'Grinch' rights anticipated

 

Anderson at Imageworks

 

Former 'Malcolm & Eddie' star sues, alleges assault

 

Kennard urges delay on satcast sig cutoff

 

Replay to bow digital recorder

 

Kurosawa had 'heart of a boy, mind of a genius'

 

Making 'Mary'

 

Show of forgiveness

 

Putting heart in soul

 

Rushdie nearly had a date with 'Lulu'

 

Meagher forms talent agency

 

U2, Polygram ink $50 mil deal

 

Dour docu mourns journo's death in field

 

Bass inks to adapt Spielberg's 'Geisha'

 

Diaz, Streep team for Par's 'Success'

 

Summer burns up B.O. records

 

Distrib Roseland blooms in U.K.

 

Lubavitch will play 'Hunch'

 

IFC greenlights trio

 

Murdoch eyes soccer club

 

Possessory credit mess

 

In Venice, U.S. gives 'Lola' a long look

 

Lineup was dark as skies were sunny

 

'Mary' awesome in Oz; 'Lock' lively in London

 

Pic pair pack prizes

 

'Rushmore' buzz mounts

 

Petry taps Mason for programming

 

New Lifetime series on target with demos

 

MDG, Arathos tap Elbaum

 

Canal Plus pacts for Polish digital

 

Kings Road titles go Trimark route to vid

 

Malkovich to get honor

 

Euro star dims

 

Russian Public TV head quits in dispute

 

Euro star dims

 

Fichtner comes to 'Mind'

 

Seagram unit seeks debt aid

 

HBO Asia maps out Sri Lanka launch

 

Hungarian cabler sets kid channel

 

UIP to plead for its life at Euro Commission sesh

 

Tips on avoiding a bummer summer in '99

 

Exclusive roster friendly to 'Neighbors'

 

Fox cashes in on McGwire mania

 

Showbiz stox soar in record Wall St. rally

 

Nick at Nite nets 'Cheers' for coin

 

Moneta takes over at CEI

 

New disk allows 6 hours' taping

 

News Corp. picks up Mushroom

 

Foreign lingo nets to get U.S. digital distribution

 

Gallic TV fete greets buyers in rainy Cote

 

Sinclair Group buys Guy Gannett stations

 

Satellite strategy

 

Lowe sequels to 'Powers'

 

Rochon preps for 'Labor'

 

CBS eyes Mining Co.

 

Stewart, Danner sked Miller play

 

Zomba packs Korn

 

Fox 2000 looks at short story

 

WB revamps ad dept. behind Petrick

 

UPN promos Gerber

 

'Africa' has dangerous location

 

Good Machine goes genre with 'Chucky'

 

Asteroid still soars

 

Pax TV woos 'Mrs. America'

 

A Blockbuster deal

 

Miramax gets 'Monument'

 

Artisan to distrib Republic

 

Indie tackles Imax pix

 

Rupe gets his kicks

 

Trimark titles travel Kings Road

 

'Game' duo scores

 

WB ponies up for 'Cats and Dogs'

 

USA eradicates 'Sins' after 13 segs

 

Playa Vista work resumes

 

HBO in Family way with heavy push of new fare

 

D'Works inks Featherstone

 

'Sideman' finds another home

 

Mastermind names Tabrizi prod'n prez

 

'Good Day' retunes show

 

'Biography' opens war of words

 

Madison enter mag fray

 

History adds chatfest

 

B'way grosses take vacation

 

Cine society contest set for entries

 

Spielberg shares 'Private' thoughts

 

Reviews

Animorphs

Hollywood Bowl Orchestra; Peter Donohoe

Clint Eastwood After Hours: Live at Carnegie Hall

The Red Violin

A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

Stolen Life

The Red Violin

Autumn Tale

Knock Off

Rounders - 'Rounders' Shows Life at the Edges

Beware of My Love

You're Laughing

The Lovers of the Arctic Circle

Luminous Motion

Midnight

Davide's Summer

One True Thing

Living in Captivity

Imelda Staunton and Her Big Band

Footloose

Bread and Butter

Oh What a Lovely War

Dinah Was

Knock Off

Flat Duo Jets

Costello

Dancing at Lughnasa

Rounders

One True Thing

Hollywood Bowl Orchestra; Patrick Stewart and Lynn Redgrave

Elizabeth

Run Lola Run


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