Table of Contents
Week of 10/08/1998

Articles

Disney plans for ESPN Zone in Gotham get Squared away

 

Blockbuster profits

 

Vivendi posts vivacious numbers

 

'Boys' tops noms for Oz film, TV awards

 

Media have H.K.'s ear

 

Boss in U.K.'s high court

 

'Newlywed's take the plunge in Latin America

 

Brazil pay TV back on track

 

Judge OKs net signal deal

 

Polygram deal loses value

 

www.plummet.com

 

Unearthed 'Worms'

 

Diana tuner 'Hearts' in legal battle

 

Cyber-book case

 

As more pics shoot in Calif., coffers swell

 

Drabinsky's small victory

 

Congress OKs c'right extension

 

Jenkins strikes $1 mil pub deal

 

D'Works TV taps 'Band' for mini

 

Chrysalis bows U.S. telepic

 

Mipcom Notes

 

Lescure feted, peppered at Mipcom

 

Kirch forming holding company for investors

 

U.S. trio seals deals

 

Franchise, Morgan to ink distrib'n pact

 

Comic Relief trio go round on 'Squares'

 

Big bows for 3 syndies

 

Miramax, ABC near a series deal

 

UPN Tuesday blues

 

Fox wants more of 'That'

 

MPAA: 'Orgazmo' stays NC-17

 

WB TV taps Rovner, Lisotta, Goldstein

 

Brando back on TV; Welles back on screen

 

Col inks indies Green, Renzi

 

Baumbach inks film, TV deals

 

Twain doc fuels VH1 ratings

 

Demme's days of wine and idol

 

News Corp. offers $3 mil to Lewinsky

 

Next up: 'Titanic' theme park

 

A runway hit

 

Banker Butan moves to Ignite as prexy, partner

 

DGA panel urges Fanaka suspension

 

Big bows buoy biz

 

'Devine' to start the laughter at N.Y. fest

 

AMC to b'cast Marvin doc

 

CBS layoffs hit 'This Morning'

 

'Voices' sings Chicago Fest lead

 

Bourne busy with HBO, PBS docs

 

Lyric, Goodman to jointly commission two musicals

 

Milia '99 calls for tech entries

 

Bedingfield tapped exec VP, CNN/U.S.

 

Star Wars toy fans get peek

 

Comedy Central moves uptown

 

Home sweet home

 

CBS gearing up '60 Minutes II'

 

Give my revenues to B'way

 

WPA takes act uptown

 

Long-distance runners

 

Rise of the Lower East Side

 

Fringe Festival attracts acts from around the world

 

Ensembles of just one

 

Out of the box at crossroads

 

Corporate renegade heads up Saatchi & Saatchi

 

Gotham screen scene's new sheen

 

For better or worse

 

Scribe heaven

 

Rialto Pictures takes high -- and low -- road

 

Shooting Gallery hits target

 

Money balks

 

Gaumont-Bonton's plex deal in Czech, Slovak areas ends

 

S. Korea to lift ban on Japanese culture

 

FilmFour unfolds

 

Lake tapped to top Sydney fest

 

ProSieben looses p'grammer

 

Winchester nabs indies

 

Loews sees highs

 

Clarke walks from U.K. Fine Line

 

Levinson upped to WB theatrical biz VP

 

Book purchases top Web buying trends

 

Azcarraga may sell stake in Televisa

 

GE reports record 3rd quarter

 

Nat'l Geo to explore new shows

 

Col TriStar taps Moses

 

Global docu noms

 

WB TV taps Weir

 

Trio aboard Night Ride'

 

Barber joins Artisan as VP

 

CBS News lays off 150 staffers

 

Biz stocks stumble

 

Phoenix gets 'Real' with Steilen, Yellin

 

Behaviour finds 'Happiness'

 

Loggia travels to 'Africa'

 

Danza perfect for 'Practice'

 

Cassidy ankling Vegas' 'EFX'

 

Village goes Beyond

 

U buys 'Wally' for Larger pic

 

'Hamlet' gets 90s telling

 

Fox lowers ax on 'Costello'

 

Inside Move

 

Clear Channel buys Jacor

 

Clooney and Eye web ink series deal

 

Lion devours library

 

Net c'rights protected

 

Pike joins as partner in Shoreline restructuring

 

Quiet Mipcom sees more partnerships

 

'Charmed' preem

 

Spain preps tax breaks for pix, TV

 

Japan's Toho to sell H'wood pix on DVD

 

Government collapse ill omen for Italo arts

 

UCLA scribe finalists picked

 

TM-3 may open doors for Rupe in Germany

 

Film finance confab dates set

 

Apted, Moore among 26 noms for IDA awards

 

Crowded world

 

Cripton quits as NAC topper

 

Flanders fest pulls out all stops

 

AFI fest plans writers' event

 

Imax breathes new life into filming of sharks

 

Cumming on NBC laugh track

 

Discovery plans base for Silver Spring, Md.

 

TV fails its Scripps

 

MGM to shop ITC, stall stock

 

Exec has clause for concern

 

Bel Air, WB pays duo $1 mil for 'Jackson'

 

West goes 'Silent'

 

Fenton taps Baran

 

New 'Sliders' a go

 

D'works, DeVito make 'Dinner' reservations

 

Inside Moves

 

Schiffer in the 'Black'

 

New Line brings luck to 'Feng Shui' script

 

Feld put higher up on Marquee

 

Hedberg inks with Fox TV

 

UPN, baseball on rebound

 

RIAA sues to stop Rio sales

 

Harris, Heche find 'Miracle'

 

Editors union blasts 4MC

 

Lucchesi pacts atop Lakeshore

 

Lucchesi pacts atop Lakeshore

 

Telemundo taps Valdez spokesman

 

Polygram retains Cheng

 

'Fool Moon' makes a third run at Broadway

 

McDowall memorial Nov. 7

 

A 'Mighty' fine bow

 

Rupe's hope in charity

 

Alma mater cheers Spelling

 

Hallander to top Westwood One

 

CineAsia to fete Fox's Levin

 

B.O. has 'Antz' in its pants

 

Big Ticket taps Morhaim

 

Brooks, Edmonds go on 'Lamb'

 

Havas' half-year earnings slip 3%

 

Revisiting feisty Fuchs

 

'Impostors' atop exclu B.O.

 

DNA gets under way with Pope project

 

Auds toast 'Life'

 

Local pix hit at Eurasia fest

 

DGA women helmers on panel

 

Flemish Film Festival has 'Bal' with thriller

 

Douglas to get top SAG nod

 

Cathy Gelbart

 

Nickelodeon ups trio of exex

 

Spring Creek inks deal with CTTV

 

Bellagio's 'O' sets tix high-water mark

 

U Concerts sues Pace, SFX

 

Corman shoots next pic in India

 

Grupo Uno topper looks to sell stake

 

President gets copyright bill

 

Jagger tunes up pic pair; Lyne's 'Neck' tie

 

MTV nears settlement with cablers on suit

 

Dishing for dollars

 

Dow leaps, but biz stox mixed

 

BV Film Sales gets 'Warrior'

 

Warner on key with hip-hop 'Hollywood'

 

MGM tears up Polygram library card

 

Writers seek global protection

 

Lions Gate boosts Ortenberg

 

'Happiness' at B.O.

 

'Mulan' leads Annie noms

 

U inks Bates for 'Pursuit'

 

CBS' 'Marriage' bliss

 

Germans embrace 'Ryan' at the B.O.

 

'King'-sized fee

 

WB ups Singer to veepee

 

Atlantic buoys Ganis to new exec VP post

 

Inside Move

 

BBC exec charged

 

Film Roman to animate WB skein

 

'Men' gets 1st L.A. Indie Fest script prize

 

Kummer's new effect: medicine

 

Fox scores more Mets rights

 

TVN lines up cable systems

 

Albert tries rebound in 'Spin' move

 

'Personal' pink slip

 

Doll to ankle WNBC in Dec.

 

Preger sets up shop in hometown Miami

 

Globo to invest in digital studios

 

CCTV looks to CNN for news net ideas

 

Condo conflict in Brazil cable

 

McDaniel tapped at InStyle

 

China pirates walk plank

 

'Beautiful Thing' gets Cherry Lane Valentine

 

Rupe sees deflation, but IPO OK

 

Joseph Cates

 

Clinton on hand for charity fundraiser

 

Peacock net steals homes from the Eye

 

Digital must-carry fight begins

 

Televisa finishes Univision offering

 

Granada sells BSkyB stake to broker

 

Shaky offerings?

 

Airwaves auction

 

Ex-Rysherite Friedman now is Cort-Madden VP

 

Cheung set for 'Geisha'

 

HIT scores record earnings

 

Pre-fab concert halls to play Tokyo

 

Scribe Lamprell sets helming bow

 

French B.O. pacing for a decade high

 

Endemol's legit sale

 

Multiplex site wars heat up Polish market

 

Phillips exits U Music

 

Stone, Bridges, Nolte may be 'Simpatico'

 

City Cinemas taps buyer

 

Block carves out new role at Morgan Creek

 

Fox holds 'Baby,' rattles sked

 

Bergman, Lobell split

 

DGA suspends Fanaka

 

Stone's Illusion inks 3-year deal with Mandalay

 

Platt sets up banner at U

 

Pairing for Zemeckis

 

ABC seeks distrib rights to longforms

 

Miramax taps Ford

 

Van Houten changes roles

 

Taylor moves to WNBC spot

 

U Records makes play for Child's Deston Ent.

 

Morrissey blesses 'Joesph and Emma'

 

Basketball abort

 

Packer wins Oz tax fight

 

Westwood One, Fox News dial in

 

Craven pact expands into bigger Dimension

 

Cronkite comes out for Clinton

 

Web firms eye syndie arena

 

B'way sheds the blues

 

Primestar inking deals despite anittrust action

 

Retro roller derby

 

GCC Mann hunt

 

Reviews

Legacy

Darlene Love

Dollar for the Dead

Swan Lake

King Lear

Crime and Punishment

Elaborate Lives: The Legend of Aida

Holy Man

Local H

Hideous Kinky

Oedipus

Los Angeles Philharmonic

The Roseanne Show

I Woke Up Early the Day I Died

The Wounds

'Til the Rapture Comes

The Uneasy Chair

Dimly Perceived Threats to the System

Swan Lake

Over the River and Through the Woods

Emphysema

Filumena

Art

West Side Story

The Berlin Circle

Elaborate Lives: The Legend of Aida - Disney Riffs Down the Nile

Jam

Wildside

A Kind of Hush

The Ballad of the Windshield Washers

Connected to Fate

Bullet Ballet

The Iron Heel of the Oligarchy

Traps

Holy Man - Murphy Takes the 'Holy' High Road

Wind with the Gone

Mr. Fifteen Balls

Waiting for a Tenor

Zacharia Farted

Break Even

Earth

Summer of the Monkey

The Pianist

Mega Cities: 12 Stories of Survival

Yara

Late August, Early September

Mercy Point

Guys Like Us

Diresta

Wind on Water

Trinity

Family Values Tour

Shot Through the Heart

Practical Magic

Corpus Christi


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