Table of Contents
Week of 09/24/1998

Articles

Homecoming for helmers

 

ABC, NABET delay talks

 

Kirch sans Murdoch

 

B-G taps Baron

 

TF1 to bow digital channel, spinoffs

 

Carrey's fight scene gets out of hand

 

ABC plans another face-lift for 'GMA'

 

Manson madness

 

Zellweger weds 'Bachelor'; 'Dream' denied

 

Fox Family Worldwide taps Kreiz

 

X marks spot for Lasoff

 

Spelling TV ups Tann

 

Morales, Davis to star in 'Atomic'

 

Tunney fends off devil in 'Days'

 

Jacor jockeying

 

NBC wins Tuesday, but night's ratings down

 

Record profits at Bertelsmann

 

Zeta-Jones eyes move to 'House'

 

Sabato stars in 1st TBS original film

 

Kids & Clinton crisis

 

'Oprah' beats 'Jerry' in week of disruptions

 

Gibson zeroes in on 'Hogan's Heroes'

 

Gwyneth, Bruce Paltrow set to sing 'Duets'

 

Bannister tapped as chief BBC prod'n exec

 

Summit nabs 'Laughed'

 

Netflix adds two cents to Clinton scandal

 

Story of 'Our Lives' nears resolution

 

Combs brushes off 'Sunday'

 

DeGeneres to host VH1 Fashion Awards

 

Oprah will continue talking through '02

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Star TV India, MGM talk movie channel

 

Golf Channel to preem Palmer doc

 

TV3 signs soccer deal

 

Sky subs pass Galaxy in Brazil

 

Lions Gate, Rentrak ink video pact

 

ShowEast to preem 'Patch'

 

Showing fall colors

 

Made to pecking order

 

Pals, Prez plan 2000

 

KCBS GM Culliton axed; Perret, Dunning to fill in

 

Mary Frann

 

Leders to film parents' WWII love story

 

Televisa closes Mexico City musuem

 

Oz gay fest adds docus to slate

 

Packer backs right

 

'Roseanne' ratings disappoint affils

 

CBS' saving gracias

 

Golden Books stox dives as Gabelli lowers stake

 

FCC to weigh in on b'cast kidvid battle

 

Hachette drives mag into TV

 

Spain's KanZaman moves into pic prod'n

 

Canal Brasil launches

 

Zaloom, Mayfield splitting

 

Finalists revealed for Shine sexuality awards

 

Wagner goes against type

 

IFP/West launches series with tribute to Vachon

 

MGM, Star TV pact for 4-yr. Asia output

 

MTV Russia will premiere in 10 million households

 

Smut Glut Rebut

 

Bertelsmann eyes EMI buy if price falls

 

TV content labeling assailed

 

Lane's in 'Schmucks' luck

 

ESPN tries first down indicator

 

U TV & Networks taps Timpone

 

Janetti pacts with 20th TV

 

LMNO, CBS have a pet project

 

Newton close to 'Impossible'

 

Hoffman, Firestone form distribbery

 

Cows wow, skeds skid in ratings

 

Sunrise on Sundance

 

The shooting star

 

Pasquin to take on 'World'

 

Inside Moves

 

Isikoff inks Clinton book deal

 

Divx finally to meet consumers Friday

 

NBC's 'Days' booked

 

TDF releases study

 

Weber inks for 'Letters'

 

Turteltaub and Hanks to 'Dance'

 

Dorff in 'Possessions'

 

KABC's Michael shifts to KTTV

 

Hamptons fest lineup set

 

Gotham's big fest

 

Tour, new home for 'Cabaret'

 

Acad seeks docu entries

 

Col Motion Pic Group taps Dinwiddie veep

 

D'Works finally goes DVD

 

Leonid Kinskey

 

Dane Clark

 

Acquisitive nature

 

B'casters frowning at Congress' satcast bills

 

Santos jumps to Digital

 

The heat is on

 

Artisan Home Entertainment ups exex

 

German pub Verlag eyes Premiere stake

 

Goldwyn and Pathe pact on pic sales

 

Southern Star nabs Primetime TV distrib

 

Famed factory now cinema

 

Clark moves to Kopelson post

 

Court TV unveils sked changes for 2 series

 

AMC cancels 'Wenn' series

 

Pearson & Eyemark prep '99 syndie strips

 

Big Hit with kidvid

 

Poly plans perk

 

Col's 'Kid' fills out cast with 5

 

Sundance bites into 'Red Meat'

 

Are you talking to me?

 

Runnin' after 'Ronin'

 

'Gun' loaded with Neeson, Bullock

 

Dylan's '66 Euro highway revisited

 

An antenna for 'Antz'

 

Auds feel B.O. 'Rush' once again

 

NBC shows 'Sein' of decline

 

Winterbottom lenses new pic

 

Brooks new exec at Miramax

 

Inside Moves

 

Fans net 'Star Wars' prequel title

 

Collis hip to 'Strip'

 

'Sabrina,' 'Clueless' set for syndie run on WB affils

 

'Lolita' loses steam in bow

 

News suffering, Kennard sez

 

N.Y. casts wider net in pix probe

 

Going, going, 'Gone'

 

Gersh exits WMA for new game

 

Sonnenfeld/Josephson grabs 'Kingdom' novel

 

Summit nabs Wenders pix

 

Spielberg smiles

 

Kidvid to boom at Bohbot

 

IFFM fetes Ross, Lamison

 

Eye net on board for LMNO's pet project

 

Wagner goes against type

 

Pasquin tapped for Fox comedy

 

Redford, GCC announce 1st cinema project

 

Oprah rings up Avon

 

'Like a Man' lands Swank

 

Cautionary tales from the Mouse House

 

'Pigeons' lands atop exclusives

 

French ad plan to be unveiled

 

RAI holds key to Italo digital TV

 

'Golpe' a hit in Venezuela

 

Antitrust action

 

Monte Carlo touts rollouts

 

U.S. auteur draws top spot at Latvia film fest

 

Title shift at UIH names Fries, Bryan as prexies

 

Activision boldly gets 10-year Star Trek pact

 

Satcasters pin hopes on retrans relief bill

 

Hallmark seals Craig as legal VP

 

Spelling names Landsbaum sr. VP

 

So. African news service to bow

 

Plentiful harvest

 

Let's all do launch

 

Hasbro goes solo

 

Masters logs on to Liberty Interactive

 

Kidman grins and bares it

 

Landis' 'Plan' preems at AFI fest

 

Lifetime renews 'Any Day,' 'Maggie,' 'Oh Baby'

 

Kingman preps three pix

 

MGM sees more red ink in future

 

U.S. Mipcom sellers face int'l quandary

 

Eye heads to upset win in fall season's opener

 

Matheson part of 'Us'

 

AMPAS opens envelope for chairs

 

Brillstein-Grey pacts with 'Seinfeld' alum

 

Thesp trio eyes 'Nurse'; 'Superman' may fly

 

A harsh judgment

 

'Cider' rules Ovation noms

 

Par, Cinevisions co-finance 3 pix

 

Forum seeks family-friendly TV

 

Alphabet ups Wong

 

Script award finalists revealed

 

Indie scribe files c'right suit against 'About Mary'

 

Hall tapped veep by Par

 

'Sabrina' toon set for UPN

 

More De Bont for Fox

 

Sony unveils Asian pic unit

 

MTV's new tune is telefilms; Malina heads division as VP

 

Labor clears WGA leaders

 

'Black' to bow at Tokyo fest

 

Docu group to honor NYU prof

 

'Mail' to be delivered to ShowEast

 

Helmer Nalluri flies with 3rd 'Crow'

 

B'way dips in autumn slump

 

TW, Cisco to help schools get high-tech

 

DeBello visits 'Detroit' as fan of New Line's KISS pic

 

Greif to ankle La Jolla

 

Toni Tennille-topped 'Victor' loses Chi port

 

Bullish Bonnier buying big block of LNK

 

'Roseanne' blooms abroad

 

Disney keeps its RTL stake

 

Money and Monica draw cable viewers

 

Lion cryin' no deal

 

Mediaset sees profit upswing

 

FCC drops minority filing rule

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Panamort inks Harris comedy

 

Disney declares dividend, shifts to annual payments

 

SABC plan has e.tv in its sights

 

Douglas 'reassures' dying McDowall

 

'Graduate' headed for West End

 

Cubs-Giants playoff sets ESPN record

 

Eye on preem beam; NBC, Fox frosh falter

 

Skittish Street

 

Civil War epic unites Bender and Houston

 

Teutonic turnover

 

Lions Gate taps Beggs

 

Nat'l Geo ups Wilk

 

USA pins wrestling's 'Sunday Night Heat'

 

'Impact' rises to $200 mil

 

Sony VP Butkovich ankles, will consult

 

Digital age dawns

 

'Vampires,' 'Haunting' fit WideScreen bill

 

New orders for doc

 

Livent VP ties financial problems to Drabinsky

 

Gumbel marks time

 

Simon, Kosberg travel 'In Time' for Davis

 

Brandauer joins 'Dandridge'

 

Berenger under 'Siege'

 

ITV pacts with C-W for sitcom

 

'Like a Man' lands Swank

 

'Opera' needs new home, producer before opening

 

'Loud' fest opener

 

UPN pulls first 'Desmond Pfeiffer' seg

 

Firm patents 3-D tech

 

'Mary' plagiarism suit 'baloney,' Farrellys say

 

Viewer-friendly TV

 

Oprah balks at Lewinsky's terms

 

TV academy to add 8 to Hall of Fame

 

USA Networks taps Ropiak

 

Playboy backs away from Spice Hot net

 

Penguin picks up progeny's tale

 

Peacock dons pinstripes

 

Thesp trio warms up for Morgan Creek's 'Chill'

 

IATSE, producers reach agreement

 

Reviews

Christian McBride Quartet

Fantasy Island

Cupid

Martial Law

Just Write

Elliott Smith; Quasi

The Blue Room

Dogeaters

Martial Law

Felicity

Forever Love

Hyperion Bay

Maggie Winters

To Have & to Hold

The Secret Lives of Men

A Streetcar Named Desire

Art

Electra

Hydriotaphia, or the Death of Dr. Browne

George Gershwin at 100

The Civil War

Wit

Three Below Zero

The City

The Stranger from Strasbourg

I'm Losing You

Falling Bodies

Brute

Conquest

State of Dogs

Going to School with Dad on My Back

The Eleventh Child

Extras

Forbidden Encounters

Saving Grace

Hathi

Heart of the Sun

Finding Graceland

Of Lost Love

Bury Me in Kern County

Judas Kiss

Miguel/Michelle

Praise

Day After Day

The World Upside Down

Babymother

Mother Christain

Little Voice - 'Little Voice' Sings with Outsize Talent

Into My Heart

Date Wine

Fat World

Shattered Image

Sun Bird

Erasable You

Hair Shirt

Traffic

Last Stop Paradise

Train of Life

Viol@

Little Teachers

Side Streets

Soundman

The Silence

Just Write

Shooting the Moon

Lautrec

The Garden of Eden

Am I Beautiful?

The Cloud

Belleville

Living in Paradise

Radio Freccia

The Return of El Coyote

Rosie

Mixing Nia

Ill Gotten Gains

Felicity

Forever Love

P.I.M.P; Five A.M.

Maldita Vecindad

Laurie Anderson

Liz Phair

Vengeance Unlimited

The Secret Lives of Men

To Have & To Hold

Maggie Winters

What Dreams May Come

Death of a Salesman

About Sarah

Rolie Polie Olie

Massive Attack


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