Table of Contents
Week of 12/17/1998

Articles

U buys Orlando land for park plan

 

CBS credit rating on rise

 

O'seas master plan

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Mexican film law altered

 

Mounties raid Livent

 

Cebrian ankles Sogecable post

 

Gore panel won't require free airtime

 

Lewinsky gives indie support

 

Schaeferkordt upped at Vox

 

'Delta's' flood of emotion

 

The path to Pathe

 

Malaysia, Singapore see 2 channels bow

 

'Stepmom's' spirited bow

 

5 net bird ventures to fly

 

Clooney exits early; U turns out '13 Days'

 

Crix combat ready

 

AFM appoints Friedman

 

Quiet week for yak

 

Dolby sounds out Rast as electronic media VP

 

Players

 

Swedlin lands at Industry

 

'Quills' nears ink

 

'60 Min.' shocked by Heston's criticism

 

UPN orders 'Home Movies'

 

Century puts itself on the block

 

October and Jersey Shore pact for 2 pix

 

U ups Hughes, Jarmus to int'l TV co-toppers

 

TV spurs disc sales

 

Peacock's revamped Tuesday a mixed bag

 

Loews ups Pascucci

 

Caucus to fete Spelling with award

 

WGA to honor Milch

 

ShoWest sets Vegas digital cinema demo

 

U promotions taps Sale as sr. veep

 

WAMI nabs Marlin rights

 

'Enquirer' selling well

 

Sundance labs 13 scripters

 

CBS eyes control of telefilm distrib

 

Wu-Tang Clan to star in pix

 

TNT puts Wall around series

 

CNBC suspends analyst over 'short' stox squawk

 

'Justice' studies real-life 'Civil Action'

 

Pic team looking to make U turn

 

Nets devote mags to Iraqi air strikes

 

Henninger beefs up its budget

 

Saralegui inks deal with Radio Unica

 

'Truman,' Bard win noms

 

Astral makes wish list of WIC assets

 

Tax spurs BSkyB stake sale

 

Cabler NTL revealed as Newcastle bidder

 

Hasta la Via, RTVE

 

BBC2 topper takes Root

 

Bertelsmann to name panel to probe pro-Nazi charges

 

MTG to kick off Scandi sports net

 

Veronica Johnson

 

Digital report card

 

Publisher Axel buys talkshow producer

 

Miramax's 'Mila' waiting in wings

 

Baldwin/Hyde dispute now involves Valenti

 

Luner returns to WB orbit with series deal

 

Livent fires five as SEC preps anti-fraud charges

 

Classics converge

 

TenPercenteries

 

Auction to help H'wood museum

 

Williams and Libman draw MGM's 'Blood'

 

Platt picks five exex, gets three U projects

 

Discovery gets healthy

 

Mol likely to take 'Forever'

 

NBC asks for 'It' from Nash

 

'Baby' bounced from Fox

 

Rockets lift ratings

 

Study shows biz job boom hit plateau

 

KNBC's auld Lange syne

 

TBS sees value in monkey biz

 

World toons to Glendale

 

Inside Moves

 

Globo gets Brazil's World Cup game rights

 

Alliance yanks Pax's 'Little Men'

 

Palm Springs preems

 

D'Works trumpets 'Egypt's' o'seas B.O.

 

ComedyNet in radio pact

 

Roundabout links with IATSE

 

Phaedra collects Nesher-helmed 'Taxman'

 

Rome bows multiplex

 

Bergen, 3 others get NYWIFT Muse Awards

 

Pappas elected to head stage guild

 

Hollywood Online tries trailers

 

Henninger beefs up docu prod'n coin

 

Giving cable credit

 

Mary Phelan Baudendistel

 

Judith Arron

 

Flora Roberts

 

Lewis George Kerner

 

Buddy Feyne

 

William Mayer

 

Richard C. Welsch

 

Tribune loves 'Raymond'

 

UPN's new developer: UTA

 

Seagram to repay PFE debt

 

Bertelsmann denies plan to buy EMI

 

Carlton fined $3.4 mil for doctored doc

 

Pols unsure of CNTV future

 

TVOntario's persuasive Herrndorf stepping down

 

Filmax-Sogedasa bows Barcelona prod'n unit

 

High hopes for pix

 

Merchant, Ivory open own distrib

 

'Mail' shows a prophet

 

Inside Move

 

AMPAS docu fest at UCLA

 

The 18-34 question

 

Hispanic scribe files suit against WGA, Eye

 

Image is everything

 

'Iceman' cometh to Danza's door

 

ABC 'Night' gets cabler kudos

 

Minority roles edge up

 

Patricola, Lust set up PR firm

 

Ralston reups at Sony Pictures Imageworks

 

Sundance Channel to air '1999' as 1st pic of year

 

UCLA hosts futurist sesh

 

'Prince' gets old college try

 

'Patch'-ing things up

 

Harrelson's high over 'Hi-Lo Country'

 

Sluggers lead Espy noms

 

Prufrock, UPN team for 'Quints'

 

SAG tallies actor perfs

 

Mathis set for fall syndie bow

 

'PJs' to snuggle into Fox's Tues. sked

 

Mexico OKs softer quota bill

 

Digital Domain enters Germany

 

Weller, Leemkuil in Milk & Honey mix

 

Pseudo inks for outlets

 

TW to appeal jury verdict on Georgia park claims

 

20th, Macrovision ink protection deal

 

E-mercial emerges

 

CTV's niche channels provide key to growth

 

Silence of the Malick: What's his 'Line'?

 

'Today' in the Sun

 

'Plan,' Bard on art fans' dance card

 

Chamberlain to join 'Music'

 

Study says TV edits women, minorities out

 

CBS wins historic ayem ratings battle

 

Wall St. tunes to radio stox

 

CTV pacts for 3 Nelvana series

 

Japanese panel nixes V-chip system

 

MCM of France gets Asian look

 

Dates set for Venice Film Fest

 

Murdoch summoned

 

Miller hosts ESPN's 'Up Close'

 

BV to close ShoWest

 

'Friends' cast cashes in with WB at Xmas

 

Stratosphere prexy ankles niche distrib

 

Exex marketing group replaces film council

 

Castle block party

 

Commerce panels focus on sat bills

 

Playing together

 

B'cast crix make pic picks

 

Heston apologizes for '60 Min.' attack

 

Fox targeting teens with awards special

 

Woody Allen's TV work displayed at musuem

 

'Betty' for Branagh

 

'Ends' in sight for giant screens

 

WB shuffles TV marketing exex

 

SAG finds N.Y. vote not tainted

 

'Civil Action' Web sites abound

 

Teletubbies head South

 

New Line promos Weiss in finance

 

KNBC's Jack heads to Ohio as G.M.

 

New team to top Sony Europe

 

Players

 

France, Spain hail 'Prince'

 

Eye bows 'Turks'

 

White Way 'Blue'

 

Odysssey taps Marino

 

Court TV, Touchstone probe 'Action'

 

Houghton to advise Guthrie

 

Janet Murrow

 

Miramax goes last at confab

 

Digital Domain tests new laser recorder

 

TiVo forms tie with Quantum

 

Must there be must?

 

Better bird flying for PanAmSat patrons

 

SBS secures capital for TV expansion

 

Andrews plans stage, screen reunions

 

Vivendi sells cable stake

 

Indie spreads wings

 

U.S. group in talks for stake in Stream

 

Studios USA ups Rosenblum

 

Court TV commits 'Crime' to BNN

 

WNBC locks up race

 

E! prez Shea ups exex

 

The Furby flies as suit is settled

 

DVD goes home for the holidays

 

No cannibals here: Cable nets still grow

 

Unapix lines up 1999 slate

 

Eye on the crown

 

Ross to host BBC pic show

 

New team tops Sony Europe

 

Pubcaster RAI leads Italo ratings race

 

Last Kurosawa pic heading for prod'n

 

'Harmonists' to lead NY Jewish Film Fest

 

Comic cop inks TV deal

 

Drama groups pact

 

Hallmark's 'Arabian Nights' will fly

 

Pax preps original programming

 

Reviews

Masada: The Musical

Motley Crue

Platoon

Outside Ozona

My West

Parade

La Traviata; Lucia di Lammermoor

The Thin Red Line

Tom Jones

Lou Rawls

Incubus

O

Depeche Mode

Cyrus Chestnut

Touch of Evil (re-issue)

The Boys II

Steam - The Turkish Bath

Prague Duet


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