Table of Contents
Week of 11/05/1998

Articles

Quadra powers up sci-fi epic

 

F/x wiz bows better ridefilm tech

 

Stars honor pickets

 

Hearst-Argyle gets socked

 

Spelling plays library card, cuts its losses

 

Imax toppers reup pacts

 

Brazil's SBT nabs Record's Lafon

 

Mexican star in U.S. 'Salsa'

 

'Ryan' under attack

 

GOP losses hurt nets' cap hopes

 

'Shane' to sling songs

 

Jay-Z adds 5th week

 

Exex play musical chairs at Eye-owned stations

 

U names Brecker exec VP for prod'n

 

Soderbergh tackles drug trade; Gotham shuffles

 

ABC hides pair; NBC stirs sked

 

Helmer gets his revenge

 

'Devine's' divine bow

 

Life controls art?

 

Halloween's Hollywood connection

 

Travolta at work on military murder mystery

 

Seagram profits decline

 

DGA announces winners of Student Film Awards

 

'L.A.'s' Finn feted by Casting Society

 

Viacom vigorous

 

Free airtime Gore'd

 

TenPercenteries

 

Brady flies in 'Mile High'

 

Peacock primes partners for extreme sports event

 

Leifer inks for 2 G-J series, eyes DW pic

 

French helmers launch Hollywood connection

 

Mandalay to draw 'Blood' for Dobkin

 

Tickemaster sues N2K over Web deal payment

 

Dimension nabs TV's 'Recall' vid

 

Col inks distrib'n pact for computer 'Fantasy'

 

Hawaii gets 'Horse' after all

 

Judge upholds DGA-Apted ruling

 

'Salesman' B'way bound

 

Bakula to hit Showtime 'Streak'

 

'Honk and Holler' on Wind Dancer menu

 

Clarke ankles NCTA

 

Boxing punches up Nielsens for HBO

 

Livent ankles plans

 

Shapiro, sisters revel in Sibling Rivalry

 

Lifetime pacts for 120 telepix

 

Nielsen rival seeks coin

 

MR rides Imax to Europe

 

New Yorker gets 'Silence,' 'No'

 

Lucas commits to Oz

 

Multivision leaves Galaxy

 

Museum fetes Zeitgeist's 10th

 

India putting Murdoch properties on hold

 

Sayonara, analog

 

Berlin fest to present Preminger retro

 

Goldblatt to top editors org

 

Douglas plays stroke victim in pic

 

Nick beefs up Brit kidvid

 

Berlin fest to present Preminger retro

 

Players

 

Nicholson nabs Globe honor

 

Court TV to serve up 'Homicide'

 

Brazil 'Orfeu' marks 1st for WB

 

DNA taps awards for new pic

 

Lucas: indies can dent studios' stranglehold

 

Sat spat showdown set for Star TV, Indovision

 

Goal galls Gauls

 

One-stop shopping

 

Mart that wouldn't die

 

Showtime sked has stellar sheen

 

Blurbmeister ole

 

SFX Entertainment stages large gains

 

Endemol buys 40% of Meta

 

India begins sealing Murdoch TV properties

 

Douglas and October ink indie deal

 

Massenburg pegged to head Motown

 

Toto recall

 

A&E, Studios USA lock horns on 'Law'

 

Bob Kane

 

UPN pulls plug on flailing 'Pfeiffer'

 

Revamped U vid wing spans brand

 

Jackson ankles KABC gig

 

NBC, TW stall on football

 

Eye posts best of low election scores

 

NBC Sports goes teen extreme

 

USA to pilot 'Love' for ABC

 

Pigskin in the pink

 

Wonderful town

 

Musical chairs for Post, News critics

 

Young's 4th qtr. nears foul line

 

Disney picks up Willis' 'Breakfast'

 

Acad honors vet thesp Malden

 

Shorts fest to feature Plympton's 'More Sex'

 

Gilbert sees pic 'Light,' readies pair of TV skeins

 

Virginia Boolootian

 

Sony's sunny Spain

 

Italo indies featured at annual showcase

 

Brain storms 'Mad Monk'

 

Coppola, WB appeal case

 

'Antz,' 'Exorcist' impressive o'seas

 

Gotham in heaven

 

World briefs

 

Poles partner for platform

 

Azteca nabs rights to Disney product

 

Mediaset, Kirch, Telecinco in talks

 

20th Fox TV ups Harrison

 

U ups Romy Kaufman to veepee story dept.

 

AB beats path to Pathe

 

Country side show

 

Pepsi spins 1st album

 

No dearth of Garth

 

'Interview,' 'Oscar' top Oz pic nods

 

Exec Shuffle

 

NL adds pair of TV exex

 

Chapter and verse

 

Young & Rubicam files new $300 mil offering

 

Col TriStar ups Alexander

 

Shaw gets OK to split assets

 

High-tech demo links long-distance lensers

 

Tune rains on delayed 'Parade'

 

Kurosawa's last script will be filmed in spring

 

ABC puts kibosh on Stone special

 

Court TV ups pair to exec veeps

 

Townsend gets PDI nod

 

Nielsen counts agency support

 

SAG elects board members

 

Gerson Saines hangs out N.Y. manager shingle

 

WB TV takes 'Sessions'

 

'Waterboy' makes splash

 

Benigni's 'Life' gets Oscar nom

 

Inside Move

 

Rupe ropes Germany

 

'H' is for hot

 

Full house for 'Puffy'

 

Sudsers celebration

 

Convent is life of party

 

Amenabar's 'Eyes' wins top prize at Tokyo

 

NL tries on 'Cinderfella' slipper

 

Gladstone gladly steps literally to new Ovitz firm

 

Rogue makes off with 'Thieves'

 

'Elizabeth' rules

 

Fox's 'Shocking' sweeps TV lead

 

'Wish'-ing and hoping

 

Jackson yaks, KRLA listening

 

Freundlich gets nod as Rogers & Cowan exec VP

 

Music chief Ross exits CAA

 

U.K. taps Duval as film censor

 

Can TV news offer more than menu of mayhem?

 

Cablevision compared

 

Comcast 3rd qtr. cash flow, profits surge

 

Discovery Communications adds a rider

 

NetHold addition helps Canal Plus up revs 21%

 

RAS to drive Kings Road

 

India's cablers fight TV merger

 

Rival digital platform bows in Poland

 

ABC Shines at sexual health nods

 

Taper starts up New Work fest

 

Bogart fundraiser swings in '40s motif

 

TV Tokyo readies a 'Monster' invasion

 

Early admission

 

Cable legalization in Colombia hits setback

 

Toei inks for 100 Fox titles

 

Fox Sports Net nabs Myers, Olbermann

 

Fox in Peacock's house

 

Fox double bill

 

McKneely is 'On the Town'

 

'Elizabeth' crowned queen of exclusives

 

NATAS refreshes Int'l Council

 

Tune rains on delayed 'Parade'

 

Panel leans toward b'cast on must-carry

 

Rookies fall flat

 

'Recall' spinoff set for Showtime bow

 

25 vanish from Cinesite

 

Inside Moves

 

Kingsmen reign

 

Garrett ready to Rank in leisure

 

Electra jumps into 'Bay'

 

Lieber domestic as Roman prez

 

TBS PR chief Binford shifts to CNN in D.C.

 

U taps Garfield sr. veep

 

CAA music gets Light touch after Ross exit

 

KW's Allyn to market 'Rascals'

 

Players

 

Splits fit for Fox

 

Coppola preps '50s teen musical

 

MGM gets 'Munchies'

 

WIF to fete male mentors

 

Study finds biz up on H'w'd Blvd.

 

Real Rupe revealed

 

CBS skeds 'Arc'; 'Friends' in salary huddles

 

ShoWest to honor Campbell

 

NABET asks celebs to snub ABC shows

 

Petersen set for 'Storm'

 

Teatro di Roma turns to Martone

 

HDTV draws viewer raves

 

Alexander Badenov for 'Bullwinkle' pic

 

VideoSeeker adds content

 

Egen moving ahead in Time

 

B'way bundle buoyant, tuners turn tally tide

 

SBS revs up 38% in 3rd qtr.

 

Rainbow's Apple strategy

 

Indonesian sitcom king seeks fiscal partner

 

U Music toppers getting labeled

 

Webs weave EchoStar a suit

 

CINE fetes Hendricks

 

Chancellor's expansion sends cash flow up 136%

 

Sony stock shift aids pension fund

 

Cable & Wireless posts rise in profit

 

Smart strapped

 

Bowl gets shakeup

 

'Sea' spreads f/x wealth

 

People's Choice goes to the Internet

 

Eye, Fox nip at Peacock tail feathers

 

Latin Promax peaks

 

Loews plans Jersey plex

 

Bravo claims Moore's 'Awful Truth'

 

FX wins bid for 'Married' cable rights

 

Disney Online taps exec

 

Dick Clark revs dip

 

BIB Open for interactive 'virtual shopping mall'

 

Bazin buoyed at Fox Int'l TV

 

Spielberg to give 'unflinching' look at Lindbergh

 

Nicoll named G.M. of Spain's Sogepaq

 

Japan greets NATPE

 

SPE ups Walters

 

Propaganda's 'Getting Jappy'

 

'Leeza' guest sues, claiming bait & switch

 

Global look at 'Life'

 

Berger's 'Belle' for DiNovi

 

Bel Air sets Markey's 'Daddy Clock' for WB

 

Brown gets Burnham to Talk

 

Fox stock rocks

 

AFI to honor Hoffman

 

Fox 2000, Scott in talks to shoot 'Canon'

 

'Nurse' OKs Kinnear, checks Eckhart

 

'7th' helps WB netlet reach Nielsen heaven

 

Niederhoffer takes Wurtzel's 'Prozac'

 

Inside Moves

 

Fine Line taps Maisel

 

CBS picks up more 'Maggie,' 'L.A. Doctors'

 

WB wins 'Office' for Damon

 

Mirror cracks in apology in Jackson suit

 

Cameron takes Fox to 'Mars' in TV pact

 

Whitaker appointed editor of Newsweek

 

Gunner buys Birns & Sawyer

 

ABC ups Kalouria

 

Court TV boosts Barton to exec VP

 

Trio set for fame

 

Bad Boy adds exec

 

Imax maxs earnings

 

Monica to spill for U.K. TV

 

Reviews

The Death Train

Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth

Barenaked Ladies

Wonderful World of Disney: A Knight in Camelot

The Big Chill

The Wizard of Oz

Mama Flora's Family

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

The Waterboy

Williamstowne

Exiled

The Los Angeles Philharmonic

John Cale; Carter Burwell

Jimmy Webb

The Sun Dialogues

Sandra Bernhard: I'm Still Here ... Damn It!

Bullet on a Wire

Meet Joe Black

Dave Holland Quintet

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Darlene and the Guest Lecturer

Metamorphoses

Sandra Bernhard: I'm Still Here ... Damn It!

This Is Our Youth

The Invention of Love

Dinner with Friends

Le Nozze Di Figaro

Jitney

In My Life

Going to Kansas City

Meet Joe Black - Death Takes a Marathon 'Meeting'

Finisterre

12 Bucks

Dead Leaves

Love Go Go

Alice and Martin

Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth

Still Crazy

The Waterboy

The Wizard of Oz - Enhanced Reissue Proves 'Wizard' Still Works Magic

Willlamstowne

The Grandfather

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

To Those Who Love

Correction

B. Monkey

Killers in the House

Taj Mahal

The Cardigans

The Rugrats Movie