Table of Contents
Week of 01/15/1999

Articles

Oz B.O. ablaze in '98

 

PFE signs deal with Spain's Via Digital

 

Don Roberts

 

Thesps added to Globes presenters list

 

Olivier contenders unveiled

 

Miramax has toon tuner under 'Thumb'

 

Yakkers show holiday punch

 

Golden Books shares up

 

Yelmo plans big Spanish plex push

 

Name change at bicoastal praisery

 

E-commerce ecstacy

 

Vet Barbera ads up for cabler Odyssey

 

Schruth upped to CBS affil prez

 

Edusoft is Cinar's latest aquisition

 

EchoStar logs into deal with Pseudo

 

UTA taps Berman for broadcasting division

 

Chase scene wraps

 

'Doug' set for bigscreen

 

New pic a 'Stretch' for Brit helmer Care

 

Hesser weighs 'Passions' pact

 

Sacker has new Destination

 

Spelling set for busy millennium

 

RCMP goes on with own probe of Livent duo

 

Schwartz in as RKO prod'n VP

 

News Euro courts Rizzoli

 

Pearlman tops Unapix

 

Inside moves

 

Oh, the horror!

 

Screen Gems takes 'Road'

 

Icon shifts shingle to Par

 

A&E embarks on ambitious mystery plan

 

Sassa: Less sex, more family sought for NBC

 

'60 II' debut a winner

 

Allen set for thesp chores

 

AHN prescribes five new series

 

Showtime renews two comedy series

 

Rainbow taps Moyer programming prez

 

Legacy rocks into 'Clubland'

 

King, comics set for NATPE

 

Gems expands its reach

 

Russians toon in

 

Hughes to up DirecTV Japan stake

 

Russian evolution

 

Goldie Arthur

 

Cleve Hermann

 

Shepard Menken

 

William Allyn

 

James Hammerstein

 

Mark Edward Warren III

 

Harvey Miller

 

Norman Reyes

 

William L. Mockbee

 

Michel Petrucciani

 

David Adams

 

Oscar Scaggs

 

UCLA to screen 2 docs

 

'Providence' still divine

 

Feature director Glatter to helm P&G ads

 

Kindberg tapped by SPE

 

Roberts VP of new media for Fox Family

 

Iceland heats up film funding

 

Rhodes leads to Par VP

 

FasTV inks cablers for Internet vidclips

 

Down memory lane

 

Shaw gambles pay off

 

WB TV toon taps thesps

 

Bard battles in Berlin

 

'Enemy' gets friendly reception

 

Marketwatch.wow

 

Mediaset still in talks for a stake in Kirch

 

AMC sees $17 mil loss in quarter, will raise bonds

 

Techie Teletubs going to Toy Fair

 

Fox has comedy 'Say' for Farrellys to produce

 

Hart will lead 'Jacob' telepic for NewStar

 

Steppin' lively for 'Fosse'

 

Tawt you taw putty tat? You will, you will

 

Murdoch soccer bid nixed

 

Judge gets Hoffman suit

 

Oscar Watch

 

CityVision may export local format

 

Robinson bails out of '13 Days'

 

Bigger, but bid-less

 

Tyson sees stars

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Strike botched, some say

 

Fox's Herzog seeks bolder brand

 

NBC mulling live 'Sunset'

 

Distribs buoy Latin execs

 

'View' in focus for Kapur

 

Football, beer & B.O.

 

Final shoot begins on Duke TV pic

 

Spruced-up Brussels fest to honor helmer Wajda

 

Visual Concepts forms 2 divisions

 

SAG closes dispute

 

Flaky Farrellys flourish far from H'wood's gaze

 

World Briefs

 

NATPE pitch for 'Gravity'

 

'TeleChobis' toddles into lawyers land

 

CanWest reports revenue dip

 

Wave sets digital vid prod'n arm

 

MTV's 'World' invades Hawaii

 

Lewis W. Smith

 

Col TriStar raises Caines

 

EX-IBEW exec pleads guilty

 

Perry friendly with 'Shrink'; Driver has heart

 

Benigni's 'Beautiful' back on top of exclus

 

Chelsea Clinton enjoys L.A. hospitality

 

Ontario hits $$ record

 

Carsey-Werner Int'l expands

 

Sporting news

 

Hamdon hands on

 

Fox Int'l TV ups Rosenbaum

 

WGN loves 'Raymond,' buys rights

 

PBS digitizes kidvid

 

Lakeshore milks o'seas theaters for 'Farm'

 

Mora named news anchor for 'GMA'

 

Gridcast primes Eye for homes

 

Murdoch slumps as rivals rise

 

TD in the ad zone

 

CIE partners with Grupo Financiero Inbursa

 

Not much dirt dished in this religious sudser

 

Costumers fashion noms

 

Radio With Pictures taps Bierer

 

KCBS tops Golden Mike news field

 

Photog Bailey takes shot at feature helm

 

Alice's wonderland goes global

 

Snap to launch free internet news service

 

Gems expands its reach

 

Sony game for Web partner

 

Stox for stations

 

New Line Clock work

 

Fraser up to 'Monkey' biz

 

'Ryan' reups nationwide

 

Bauer Co. taps agent Concoff

 

SAG member quits panel

 

Inside Move

 

Orgs fight c'right extension

 

Duo takes 'Turn' Off B'way

 

Pacific puts Plant as prexy

 

Kanner's big on Itsy Bitsy

 

Oz rushes to Chan

 

Chi crix like 'Line,' 'Show'

 

Castle has 'Found' pic to helm

 

Betty Lou Gerson

 

Martha Grayson Shugrue

 

Jo Napolean

 

Wendy Walker memorial

 

Willard Sheldon

 

Rick Bennewitz

 

Fredric Myrow

 

William Wendt

 

'Rope' record ripped

 

Buzz Kulik

 

Smith to host 'Biography'

 

TNN docu tackles a century of twang

 

Fast-growing toon net beefs up original slate

 

Discovery 'Palace'

 

CastNet taps Pyle prexy

 

Exec Shuffle

 

ABC Sports ups Wagner to VP

 

Sci-Fi web study hopes to grab Mad Ave. eye

 

Back to bigscreen for Bogdanovich

 

World Briefs

 

Producers announce their picks for pix, TV

 

U's 'U-571' getting sea legs in Italy

 

DGA, producers reach deal

 

GLAAD bows media noms

 

Songwriters hall to induct four

 

S.B. fest's Field day

 

Discovery Hungary for more

 

Brits build Spring

 

Millennium moves

 

Telco Pegaso to distrib Videovisa fare

 

U.S. slows Brit trips

 

MediaOne expands Encore pact

 

'Varsity' takes weekend

 

Johnson joins Bandeira Ent.

 

Midseason madness

 

Oscar Watch

 

Brazil cable seeks relief as real falls

 

Late library liaison

 

Fox Family fires up

 

Rice gets Fox promotion

 

Sackheim signs Fox TV deal

 

Eye-grabbing lead

 

Sandler draws Sony into toon tuner

 

Lee targets game pix at Col

 

Wall St. Excited

 

Peacock to sweep aside 'Lateline' and 'Encore!'

 

Borys, Polier upped at EDI

 

Feldman to ankle KCOP

 

Inside Move

 

Inside Move

 

Lightweight at PPV

 

Tuners trip, plays perk in slow January

 

Upstaters land berth at Off B'way Irish center

 

Miller sacks Spin editors

 

Acad bites Belgian Oscar mire

 

Yakkers will skip NATPE

 

Landmark plans 8-screen Biograph arthouse in D.C.

 

BVMP casts Morong

 

IFC Prods. partners tyro Peirce's 'Take'

 

Eldredge hits Boardroom

 

MCA Records ups Harleston to legal sr. VP

 

Bernstein and Kops upped to MGM VPs

 

Pacific picks Plant for prexy

 

Robert L. Ernst

 

EU copyright tightened

 

Showbiz incubator hatches in N. Hollywood

 

Sony Euro ups Russell to tune hed

 

Thesps' taxing role

 

'Rugantino' in tune again with Garinei

 

U.K. trade chief will attend NATPE

 

'All That' set for public bow

 

Sin shown in spades

 

Who says L.A. disdains 'Art'?

 

O'Donnel's banner preps 'Y2K' thriller

 

Glass half empty at indie feature market

 

ESPN creates new games

 

Presenters join Globes roster

 

Spear lances chart

 

Wasserman match lights MPTF's way

 

HBO, Fox lead noms in two ASC TV races

 

Titanic's happy ending

 

Hoblit time-trips; old script scores for Iliff

 

Gates open to Big Picture

 

Chancellor up for sale

 

Hayek has 2-yr./2-tongue deal with Col, Telemundo

 

Williams, Marshall, agent joining Ovitz

 

'Strange' fills in for 'Blue'

 

History Channel readies docus

 

Bravo set for mini of 'Cristo'

 

Gotham film boom

 

Local signal bill hatched for satcasters

 

PrimeStar stox spike again

 

Beacon buyback

 

McCain drops NATPE speech

 

U ups Runtagh to exec VP

 

Miramax catches mob pitch by novelist Green

 

State of Union dips; 'PJs' solid

 

Russo takes 'Rocky' road

 

Peacock preens 'Lateline' for Tuesdays after sweeps

 

'Guide' nods firms lineup

 

Elliott, Par ink TV deal

 

Inside moves

 

Comcast escapes cell

 

2nd 'Babe' gets hefty vid push

 

Telescene, Donner on TV pic 'Blackheart'

 

Hearst adds twist to Brown Talk show

 

UMG layoffs loom

 

Inside moves

 

Trek to Sundance under way

 

Ten directors to watch

 

Cauleen Smith

 

Roger Kumble

 

Anand Tucker

 

Sasa Gedeon

 

Erick Zonca

 

Gaspar Noe

 

Harald Zwart

 

Chris Smith

 

James Moll

 

Simon Shore

 

Marjorie Richard

 

Brett King

 

Jerzy Grotowski

 

Robert Douglas

 

Reviews

Fosse

Tongue of a Bird

Under the Sun

In Dreams

The Color of Lies

Scrapbook

Voices Unheard

Virus

Yohen

The All Night Strut

Ted

Starving Artists

TGV

Zorba and Lucky

Farewell Travelling Player

Ninth Street

Tgv

Farewell Travelling Player

Starving Artists

Ted

Nancy Wilson

Ninth Street

The All Night Strut

Alegria

Nancy Wilson

Phantom Beirut

Suits

Coyotes

Flyin' West

Art

The Mississippi: River of Song

Hoover Dam

Turks

A Saintly Switch


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