Table of Contents
Week of 09/10/1998

Articles

MaryAnne Kasica-Scheff

 

ESPN adds Nielsen rival

 

Scottish Media bids on VCI

 

Disney downgrade

 

Digital duties stump panel

 

Packer PBL stock dips despite profit

 

German govt. threatens Premiere

 

Fox TV ups Levisetti

 

WB's 'Jamie Foxx' moves into top syndie markets

 

Warner-DirecTV Japan deal includes new pics for PPV

 

Wald to ankle ABC News

 

Cunningham options 'Ex'

 

Livent sues over 'Annie'

 

Hill still at peak

 

UA buys 'Devil' of a pitch

 

Sony plants Birch as sr. VP for theatrical marketing

 

Bleeth joins 'Nash' skein

 

NBC Studios ups DiCanio to sr. VP, prod'n operations

 

Cameron turns eye to TV

 

'Violin,' biz buzz tuned for Toronto

 

Fontana-Levinson pact with UPN

 

McGwire HR scores record ratings at Fox

 

Digital Theater layoff

 

'Violin,' biz buzz tuned for Toronto

 

ESPN scores big with NFL opener

 

L.A. Opera bows with terrif 'Carmen'

 

It's a Republic wrap

 

Big Monday pushes NBC to ratings peak

 

Sony Classics picks up Quinns' 'Father'

 

Fields fills out top rank for E!'s Style

 

Indianapolis saga snagged; ABA hoopla

 

U mad for 'Max'

 

WB to open 'Shut' in July

 

Alabama sings PPV tune

 

Off B'way swingers

 

Shticking it to B'way

 

Cruising the 'Limits'

 

EMI inks Iglesias

 

Weil joins Bacon in new Koepp pic

 

Miramax duo get Deauville fest fete

 

'Roseanne' gets up at 10 a.m. for KNBC

 

WICT gala to honor McEnroe

 

Thesps join Dreyfuss in 'Lansky'

 

Sky Chile to bow in October

 

CBS News taps Leissner for D.C.

 

Weak pix, legit perfs push Shochiku loss

 

'Angel' opens German fest

 

United News earnings up

 

Big Argentine chain Coll goes on block

 

New Star Media shifts ownership, taps chair

 

U.S. editors anticipate 'Game'

 

CBS, NBC, PBS top news, docu Emmys

 

Hirsch services

 

James E. Henry

 

As Dow falls, so do showbiz stocks

 

Oz's Roadshow ups net profits by 16%

 

Marquee Group buys U.K. soccer-talent firm

 

Emmys to incorporate historic newscasts

 

Young stock collapses

 

'Titanic' hits $1.2 bil o'seas B.O. mark

 

Argentine soccer calls for more TV $

 

Gran Canal Latino taps Testa

 

Trautmann sez 'no'

 

WIPO gains erased?

 

On a soccer kick

 

Crowe girding for 'Gladiator'

 

Perenchio eyeing share of Lion

 

Famous Players bows Imax spots

 

Leo Penn

 

Venice hopes best is last

 

7 Arts closing in on 'Onegin'

 

Cannes sidebar taps new Fortnight topper

 

Starr treatment

 

Infoseek does WebTV

 

'Brimstone' picks runners

 

'Stepmom' set for ShowEast screen

 

Aiello joins Turner in 'Prince'-ly pic

 

NBC considering 'Dateline' spinoff

 

Madonna nabs five MTV awards

 

Alliance raises Mickie to sr. VP for acquisitions

 

DGA consider expelling Fanaka

 

Sci-tech Oscar field narrows

 

Fox picks up more 'Files'

 

Channel trots dox

 

Sound and flurry

 

Benigni's 'Life' to kick off AFI fest

 

B'way's 'Pimpernel' reworked, recast

 

Mounter joins Oz's Seven as chief exec

 

KCBS sees orange

 

Thesp pair inks for 'Passion'

 

WB TV taps Levy, Morgan

 

Lucy presenters lined up

 

Pearson TV to revive 'Feud'

 

MTV India flag flap

 

Peru's ATV seeks partner

 

Argentine theater chain for sale

 

Bidders keep eye on Polygram pricetag

 

'Frasier', wins comedy series nod; 'Practice' grabs drama Emmy

 

Emmys mark TV's influence

 

Backstage Notes

 

Emmy high-fives 'Frasier'

 

History meets

 

Fall turns on heat

 

Adult Euro channel takes Brits to court

 

Spain skeds double dose of terror

 

Optus taps Lattin

 

King World puts Azteca in 'Jeopardy'

 

Soepnel upped at SBS

 

'Retribution' to hit Lambs Theater

 

Oz's Becker laments losses

 

Mouse money woes

 

TV sales boost Beyond

 

AMC adds 3rd Japan plex

 

Cinemark to partner in Taiwan plex plan

 

Carmelita Faye Ulven Corps

 

Heilbron ankles USA Networks

 

Boffo ratings for MTV nods

 

Connolly to emcee BAFTA presentation

 

Fox's Friday sitcoms show hope

 

'Chill' in air for Gooding

 

Car accident claims Holliman

 

Garner files 'Files' suit

 

ILM, Lucas Digital regroup

 

'Day' rights to Trimark for low seven figures

 

'Laughed' is Lion-ized at Venice

 

Trio set up multi-faceted Mediachase

 

LACMA to hold series from Equinoxe Assn.

 

B.O.'s card trick

 

Polygram worth the price, Kuhn asserts

 

Cinegrill sets sked for 'Still'

 

Rupe score on hold

 

TBS wins 'Seinfeld' auction

 

Spade, NBC ink toon deal

 

D'works is still in play on Playa

 

Documentary shoots for a 'Free Tibet'

 

Looking at 200 through 'Melrose'-colored glasses

 

Mad about Helen

 

Bearish money mavens still taking bull

 

Arnold services

 

Hullin tapped by Seagram

 

Rooker inks for 'Bone'

 

Spanish indulgence

 

'Wonderland' nabs top Deauville prize

 

Amenta's 'Girl' widescreen winner

 

Lack jumps into Stream

 

World Briefs

 

Old Vic to host Euro pic nods

 

UCLA Extension to unspool short pix

 

'Slums' has room at top of exclusive B.O.

 

D.C. Comics close to WildStorm deal

 

TenPercenteries

 

London soccer club boots Enic buy offer

 

Pathe turns south

 

LaBelle, Cole serenade Clinton

 

Virgin Group to sell Our Price for $143 mil

 

Camelot Music ups Rogers

 

Village hits road with $125 mil in 7 WB pix

 

Mouse House hit

 

Spacey nears 'Beauty' deal

 

'Ryan' marches into first overseas dates

 

Par Classics debuts with 1st Toronto buy

 

Shelton, Chin hang shingle

 

Nightcap to the Emmys

 

Theater's Keith dies at 80

 

Pax taps Thomas, Rochfort for 'Men'

 

Seinbucks

 

Toronto flies high

 

Imperial launches Canadian outpost

 

Nelligan enters 'House'

 

Paxson hopes sale will affect FCC regs

 

Helmer Kusturica to build $35 million 'White Hotel'

 

Soderbergh nabs vet quartet for 'Limey'

 

Torn lights up for cig biz pic

 

Going for the gold

 

Free Press captures diaries of Civil War

 

Anna Murdoch to ankle News Corp. board

 

CBS gridcast takes small hit

 

Grapes of Roth for MS

 

Ex-'SNL' star to co-write 2 pix

 

Finn hitches fast ride to Goodspeed Opera

 

USA renews CNET deal

 

Nick charity targets parks

 

Sky picks up soccer rights

 

Denver vidpic readied

 

Lions Gate, Rentrak in vid team

 

Cablevision's spot ad arm bows regional unit

 

Becker adds duties to Showtime post

 

'GMA's' new lure: Prizes!

 

Arts orgs get $8.1 mil from Duke Foundation

 

ShowEast fetes Brest

 

B'way tries to shake lull

 

Sat auds can dial up service

 

Eisner, Roth: 'Mickey is Happy'

 

Stan Seiden

 

Rupe penalty check

 

Kinowelt nabs video rights to Kirch library

 

Russian Channel 1 chief named

 

Nets to justify ad policies to panel

 

Brazil b'caster shifts programming

 

Slovenia signal spat closing

 

Mediaset taps Pace

 

Mandalay seals distrib deal

 

'Titanic' topples 'ID4' video record

 

Murphy orbits 'Pluto' for Castle Rock

 

E!'s Masters to quit as CEO

 

Liberty puts $10 mil into ACTV

 

SPE acquires 30% stake in Toronto software firm

 

Frank to flavor net's Cybermeals service

 

Call to revolution

 

50th Emmys present win for Peacock

 

Artisan guards 'Gate'

 

U, Imagine clinch 'Grinch' pic deal

 

'Ally' tackles key demos in gridcast war

 

Digital space jam

 

USA Net snaps up 3 pix from U

 

Tochterman over to Overbrook

 

U rings 'Suicide Bride'

 

Court TV taps Schleiff

 

Pax, Eye end 'Quinn' spat

 

Court rejects plea from FCC

 

'Roseanne's ratings are encouraging

 

Breath of fresh air

 

Katz joins Koppelman

 

UPN nabs NBC veteran Mandelker

 

Oracle partners with SGI

 

Senate rejects move to strip NEA budget from bill

 

Senior veep Cohen exits WB Records

 

Azteca cuts salaries, holds expansion

 

Shaw splits in two

 

Fox News earns its best Nielsen marks

 

October surfs Hakman story

 

'Lola' runs to pact

 

Red Sky inks deal with Stratosphere

 

Alliance-Atlantis merger terms pruned for vote

 

WGAE candidates send out platforms

 

Film Finders ink U.K. deal

 

Caine 'Rules' with busy sked

 

Mill Valley to fete Brits at film fest

 

NBC, Obst cast 'The '60s'

 

Jerome Dempsey

 

George Shdanoff

 

Jack G. Roberts

 

Rita Roland

 

Reviews

Back to Bacharach and David

Carmen

Fastball

Living in Captivity

Werther

Barrymore

Celebrity

Rushmore

Let's Talk About Sex

Endurance

Rancid

Apt Pupil

Romeo and Juliet

The 50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards

Place Vendome

Permanent Midnight

Pecker

The Way We Laughed

Hurlyburly

Beastie Boys

Ronin

Very Bad Things

New Rose Hotel

Free Tibet

Oz's Becker Laments Losses

Luck or Coincidence

The Quarry

Free Tibet

Let's Talk About Sex

Ennui

The Cherry Orchard

The Play About the Baby

Via Dolorosa

Zorro: The Musical

Free Gift/Stations of the Cross

The Summer Moon

Run Lola Run

Hilary and Jackie

Endurance

Elizabeth

Rushmore - 'Rocket' Men Carve Dark, Brainy Comedy

The Powder Keg

New Rose Hotel

Pecker

Ronin

Place Vendome

Hurlyburly

You Can Thank Me Later

A Simple Plan

The Theory of Flight

Praise

L.A. Without a Map

Clay Pigeons

2 Seconds

Dog Park

L.A. Doctors

Living Out Loud

The King of Queens

The Brian Benben Show

Will & Grace

Another Day in Paradise

The Threepenny Opera

Light Up the Sky

Grant Lee Buffalo


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