Table of Contents
Week of 02/05/1999

Articles

AT&T-TCI merger on track

 

USA Nets' profits up

 

Arista shows record sales of $420 mil

 

Infinity profits grow

 

Kids cable web Noggin launches

 

'Violins' sings at Genies

 

Sundance, Toscano host lab in Oaxaca

 

Seven sports new director

 

'Asterix' conquers B.O.

 

Dozens apply for Finn digital license

 

Telewest subs on the rise

 

France Telecom hits hurdle on cabler rent

 

Lantos hit with suit

 

'Invisible Man' will materialize on B'way

 

Ebert to go solo as Siskel recuperates from surgery

 

Wilson joins U Interactive

 

Tony safe and sound

 

Nat'l parks may soon try luring film shoots

 

Pixar pinched in 4th quarter

 

MTG set for ViaSat preem

 

Stoli to Burpee: product plugs pepper pix

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Paul J. Micale

 

Fox finds rev share

 

Fox looks to lock up DiCaprio 'Prison' pic

 

DGA taps blurb helmers

 

Editing noms trim film & TV lists

 

Oscar Watch

 

Friends honor Pakula

 

Theron to play 'Games'

 

Pearson TV sparks new 'Feud' for fall

 

Schwarzenegger wooing Milchan to join 'Crusade'

 

'MNF' vet Dierdorf in motion to exit ABC

 

Sony's scribes

 

'Caveman' suit rejected

 

'Lonely' boasts Elvis, Marilyn

 

Ramis abandons 'Quest'

 

F/x get top billing at Acad 'bake off'

 

KNBC's Black mulling top spot at Lifetime

 

CBS, TriStar developing Mafia series

 

Inside Move

 

Gallery bags Browns gig

 

Climan ankling CAA

 

The buyer formerly known as Prince

 

Amnesty set for Choice

 

Feds probe studio-distrib relationships

 

'Bay' makes way for 'Rescue'

 

The old-fashioned way

 

Kodak develops film protection

 

Ed Herlihy

 

Jean-Claude Forest

 

William Frankfather

 

Dick Grove

 

Jonni Paris

 

Estelle Lawrence

 

'Meet' scores ratings TD

 

Soundmixing noms unveiled

 

Col, Fox end foreign pact

 

New topper details Venice Fest sections

 

Tribune Media buys JDTV

 

HMG's profits soar in '98

 

Kinowelt buys distrib Arsenal

 

Telepiu scores more soccer

 

Prince exiting Mediaset

 

'Dream Life' garners French critics' kudos

 

Brits 'Love' bard

 

Software house Arete, SZM bow effects studio

 

Iwerks rides revenue wave

 

Eye blinks at loss

 

Members nix NABET terms

 

NL wins Chan by a 'Nose'

 

Plus was minus for prince

 

Mel's 'Pay' day

 

Spotnitz inks with Fox TV

 

NBC takes early sweeps lead

 

'Sister' opening S.B.

 

Viewer's Choice taps Herman as prexy, CEO

 

Pseudo, Levis to bow online shopper skein

 

Tyson jailed; PPV KO'd

 

Musical 'Minsky's' going legit in 2000

 

RTL's Zeiler to cut costs

 

Tyro helmers roar

 

CTV outbids CanWest for NetStar

 

JVC to forgo Largo

 

Turnout for Tourette's

 

H'w'd fetes Par's Lestz

 

Inside Move

 

Oscar Watch

 

Globes ready for next step: respectability

 

Can 'Menace' toy the line?

 

Fox to star in new UPN fall drama

 

Military to receive WGA nod

 

Bill would smooth park shoots

 

Outdoor Life sues EchoStar

 

WMA taps Strone for L.A.

 

UPN buys soap sendup pilot

 

Virage is no mirage

 

Larson foundation presents grants

 

Smits will segue from 'Hotel' to 'Glory'

 

Pacino sets L.A. stage bow

 

Revamped 'Ragtime' readies road redux

 

Variety.com to post Oscar noms

 

TenPercenteries

 

Sony scribe deal divides

 

Oz funder greenlights Scanbox kidpic

 

Discovery Channel to expand operations

 

Copyright corral

 

Almodovar to support Del Toro's 'Backbone'

 

Gothenburg has 'Yearning'

 

'Rushmore' tops class in N.Y., L.A.

 

New Line exec tunes into scripting career

 

'Mulan' crosses great wall

 

Col's Oz exec to add Kiwi

 

Exec Shuffle

 

What NBA layoff?

 

Blacklisted scribe gets overdue kudos

 

NBC feeling high as '60s' starts strong

 

Moran wears pricy 'ET' tiara

 

Murdoch son rises in NY job

 

U-Par's CIC not clicking

 

Cinema editors cut to Donen for awards

 

Docs, kids & soap

 

Scream team lined up

 

Paxson ankles Travel plan; trip's timing eyed

 

Biz changin' net tune

 

PixarVision set for 'Toy 2'

 

L.A. newswriters, producers make peace with NABET

 

Fox toons in tots

 

Cinar gets library, grows Viacom pact

 

Fox Sports targets 3 Latin lands for localized service

 

Roth cuts WB swath

 

Merger forms Canuck tech giant

 

Riordan, Hefner key AFM

 

Encore cabler sets sights on first original series

 

Grammys skeds 3 performers

 

Gifford will ankle ABC 'MNF'

 

Oranges bring green to scribes

 

MGM, Orion sue Sony, Col over homevid coin

 

Hunter raids 'Minsky's' musical

 

NL inches to a pact

 

DeSipio tapped for veep at Littlefield

 

Oscar Watch

 

Players

 

Marvel, Fox pact for pix

 

Inside Moves

 

Creek cracks pact with Gibson/Halprin

 

Sheriff indicts anchor Carroll

 

Time Out takes time to lead guide books

 

Martinez veep of news at CBS cabler

 

71st Academy Awards nominees

 

Wakeup calls go better with Oscar on the line

 

Oscar: bullets and the Bard

 

Bell bottom blast

 

'Heaven' breaks WB records

 

NYU funds alumni pix

 

L.A. Drama Crix bow noms

 

Herb Klynn

 

Nominee to get 2nd 'Life' in Germany

 

U.S. Comedy Arts Fest retrofits Aspen themes

 

'90210' back for a 10th season

 

Miramax noms to max

 

Baker ankling Sinclair B'casting's No. 2 slot

 

NBC grooving for a sequel

 

Warner TV taps Roth as prexy

 

Miramax escapes with 'War Journal'

 

New spoof Dimension

 

Seventh Art buys 'The Farm'

 

Carmike quarter sours

 

Developers upbeat about D'Works site

 

Linking with Lycos

 

WB buys 'Ton 80' spec for Madonna

 

CTHV taps Lodinger sr. veep

 

Black promoters to protest

 

Fager ankling E! int'l post

 

Radio ad revs pass $15 billion

 

Warners inks S. African output deal

 

Disney, Imax set 'Fantasia 2000'

 

$1 mil Oscar ads sold out

 

'Red Line' figures to score green

 

A moving 'Message'

 

U to start int'l distrib

 

Very, very vertical

 

Comedy kings kudos

 

Tauzin lobs micro bomb

 

Fox 2000 close to deal with Finerman

 

Bookie puts odds on Oscars

 

World War II pix prove popular Academy picks

 

The spotlight shines on fascinating facts

 

Magdalene M. Ferguson

 

Julius Wechter

 

Lili St. Cyr

 

Mercedes Shirley

 

EU targets pirates

 

CBS intercepts Glanville

 

German B.O. revs up, but below exhibs' goals

 

SkyDigital subs up to 345,000 in 4 mo.

 

Hoth tapped Televisa VP

 

BBC revises drama rules after 'Jackie'

 

'69 Kurosawa script greenlit

 

Softbank hard on rent trail

 

Haggis inks three-year, first-look deal with Col

 

KCBS anchor pleads not guilty

 

UPN renews 'Dilbert' for next season

 

Hunt segues from sitcom to triple-threat

 

Morrow upped to sr. VP at HOB

 

Jive 'Baby' Spears top of charts

 

Showtime 'Strange'

 

Kazan Oscar controversy continues

 

Clothed in awards

 

No hankies were harmed for this pic

 

Fey Tinky Winky flap winks at Toy Fair

 

Morita upped at Col

 

TNT lands big-talent actioners

 

Newsweek picks Pettit

 

Mouse house party

 

New noms in f/x field

 

AFTRA after coins

 

Columbia House clubby with AOL

 

Kruger, Herbert upped at MGM

 

Cinar set for share issue

 

Young posts qtr. gain

 

Franchise, Phoenician form sales co.

 

'Murder' kills CBS rivals

 

Pomerance tapped to top AMG in N.Y.

 

Baldwin headlines coalition seminar

 

Kasden to key scribe confab

 

'Thomas the Tank Engine' tuner pic toots at Destination

 

Oscar Watch

 

Sena for 'Seconds'

 

Berlin fest's big names thrill locals

 

Most nets navigate home for new pilots

 

SFX hoping to book U Concerts

 

Still shipshape

 

Oscar party cornered

 

Technicolor forms subsid

 

U keeps Poly grip

 

Polygram staffers face ax

 

IMAX year-end results are down

 

'Pimpernel' may be up for more Tonys

 

WGAW, Castle Rock in pact

 

Reviews

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

Riga

A Cool, Dry Place

Simply Irresistible

The New Eve

Payback

Murder at 75 Birch

Over & Over

Ashes to Ashes

Daniel Johnston

Message in a Bottle

October Sky

Kill the Man

Kill the Man

The Eros Trilogy

Visions & Lovers: Variations on a Theme

Murder at 75 Birch

Beefcake

Geoff Muldaur

The Eros Trilogy

Visions & Lovers: Variations on a Theme

Geoff Muldaur

The American Experience: Rescue at Sea

Funny Valentines

Searching for Jimi Hendrix

Stephen King's Storm of the Century

Sinead Lohan

Brakhage

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Death of a Salesman

The Rolling Stones


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