Table of Contents
Week of 02/19/1999

Articles

Smith kids' top Nick nom

 

DGA taps Bochco for diversity kudo

 

Latifah to host Spirit Awards

 

2 students named for first ASC honor

 

Border patrolling

 

Losing candidate seeks U.S. probe of IA Local

 

'Blast' of synergy

 

'Father' in for 'Sister' at S.B. fest

 

KW confirms Biondi will advise on acquisitions

 

Levine joins Jersey Shore

 

FAB fetes family-friendly

 

F/x shop Manex buys Computer Film Co.

 

Rank results rankle

 

Alma Media's profits down

 

Cable connection

 

Fox Home alleges H'w'd fraud

 

Piracy foe ankles RIAA

 

Prez to head Sax Club fundraiser

 

NBC leads sweeps race, but CBS close in homes

 

Hyams dealt 'Aces'

 

Smith ShoWest actor of year

 

Levinson eyes big 'Piece' of laffer action

 

Baker dealmaker

 

Doug Weston service

 

Parisot chasing 'Quest'

 

Master P inks with Endeavor for H'w'd work

 

Affleck, Damon's 'Wheel' set to roll

 

ABC orders reality, comedy pilots

 

Nick, Par pair again in 'Snow'

 

Krevoy teams in multiplex venture

 

Oscar Watch

 

Elfman may test 'Faith' on hiatus

 

Beineix to make lingo 'Deal'

 

TF1 switches gears, reduces Pathe stake

 

Bertelsmann balks at soccer's TV pricetag

 

Hemingway to top TBS pic

 

ProSieben profits hit new high in '98

 

'Mission 2' makes way to Fox Studios Australia

 

E-zine's focus will be indies

 

Jakarta's RCTI net to trim staff

 

CBS, NARAS harmonize on Grammy nominees CD

 

NNW sets 2 pics for AFM

 

June B. Schrank

 

Tribune critic Siskel dies

 

CFC director to ankle

 

Oscar watch

 

New Regency nabs 'Honky'

 

Clooney exit boosts 'ER'; 'Storm' solid

 

A-listers turn out for AFI's Hoffman tribute

 

Inside Move

 

De Palma blasts off for 'Mars'

 

WB, Fox order family laffer pilots

 

Hanks among SAG presenters

 

Col TriStar TV Distrib, Waxman ink exclu pact

 

NBA entertainment ups Ueberroth, Winik

 

C'theque Spanish fest to fete Saura

 

'Line' best in Berlin

 

Ga-ga over Conga

 

Garcia hot ticket at Gotham bow

 

Fox Home shuffles marketing division

 

Prepping B'Buster

 

Odyssey taps Baxter CFO

 

Terry joins NBC Enterprises

 

The write track

 

Gail Adelson

 

Cold take on rating

 

Technicians' strike keeps CBC on ice

 

HBO's 'Witness' protected

 

Heavy traffic expected at Monte Carlo TV fest

 

Pair earn angel wings

 

Game Show Network bows 2

 

'Payback' & 'Bottle' best of blah B.O.

 

Figgis awakens to 'Miss Julie'

 

Sony nabs 'Thin' men

 

O'seas cute as a 'Bug'

 

Pubcaster ZDF, Viva in harmony

 

RAI, Studio Canal Plus ink deal

 

Trio mulls Latin kidvid

 

'Fire' set to blaze Indian trail

 

'Only' backed by Interlight

 

Capella gains new credit line

 

'Pokemon' powers Kids' WB

 

Touber opts for reprise at Encore

 

Players

 

Cable's Cartoon Net pilots onto the Web

 

Gannon prod'n director at Fox Searchlight pics

 

ASC call on Toll

 

Pic stars set for 'Dinner'

 

Managers unite to fight legislation

 

Cures for contagion of H'wood mind meld

 

Shirley Stoler

 

Geralyn Belcher

 

'Affliction' enjoys top exclusive spot

 

In the Nick of time

 

DBC packaging pix for SkyDigital

 

Euro soccer cancels Champions pact

 

WGA Awards have lots to say about Kazan

 

World Briefs

 

'Barber' cuts into Kremlin

 

Archer pix coming to TV

 

Madonna stokes 'Fires'; early rep rumbles

 

Eye mini 'Too Rich'

 

Mip TV aims to promote Latino links

 

Leary up at bat for 'Klep Story'

 

U inks Sony for int'l DVD distrib

 

Beacon, Costner eye Coppola for 'Days'

 

Out of Cage and into 'Shadows'

 

'Treasure' found

 

Showtime gooses ad coin

 

Baron to top TeraNex

 

Sony Online ups ad exex

 

Comcast profits, stox up

 

Turner targets Mexico for toons, CNN

 

Paramount gets a grip on Matthews for equipment

 

Monteith to market for Col

 

Antenna challenged

 

'Dream Team' gets in game for BKS

 

Biz, science team in antidrug focus

 

Turner grapple league reups wrestler Page

 

MGM gives go to 'Enquirer'

 

'Payback' pays most box office

 

'Psycho' rabble

 

'Bug's' past century mark in o'seas B.O.

 

Local commotion

 

ShoWest to honor Ramirez Villalon

 

MGM taps Carroll for sr. prod'n VP

 

Multiyear marquee

 

TVT getting in tune with a capital idea

 

Ebert to go on with guests

 

ABC ushers Monica into sweeps sked

 

Werb, Colleary get 'Top' assignment

 

'ET' sweetens pot for Carl's four-year pact

 

Encore sets cable pacts

 

Lion snared in web

 

Sound editors shout Golden Reel noms

 

Entertainment in 'Complicity'

 

Oscar party stocks Beck

 

U and Carrey cinch 'Grinch'

 

Schultz ankles NBC pr post

 

L.A. crix honor theater groups

 

Inside Move

 

Kaufman taps Lynn-Nash

 

Oscar Watch

 

Stolken-Archuletta to ankle CFC post

 

'Will & Grace' duo ink overall Fox deal

 

Cox dives into McPherson's 'Salt Water'

 

B'way bucks chill

 

Pay TV tug of war

 

CME gets 2nd shot at Hungary market

 

Change in focus a winning bet for Monte Carlo mart

 

Jovy to get 'Sorted' out

 

Sony heads growth list

 

Svensk to bow vid arm

 

WB Records taps Savage VP, promos

 

Richard Janaver

 

Oz Tropfest draw mob to see shorts

 

Packer's internet deals push PBL stock prices

 

ShoWest '99 to salute Macy supporting perfs

 

Showdown du jour

 

Grammys take center stage

 

Trimark, B'cast.com pact

 

Murdoch + Canal?

 

U reups Snider to 3-year deal

 

Inside Move

 

Spacey, DeVito lend 'Hospitality'

 

Oscar Watch

 

NBC bobs back to C-W with 'God'

 

Handicapping Grammys tonight seems down-Hill

 

Fox molds and foams

 

Miramax, U 'Bounce' up

 

Fox TV, Thomas ink deal

 

Beresford eyes Storm's 'Pony'

 

'Heart' beating again

 

Wilson lassoed into Chan oater

 

Fanaka case against DGA dismissed

 

Fox Lorber locates 'The Source'

 

'Seven' stalls, 'Pizza' warms

 

NBC weathers 'Storm'

 

Austin fest seeks script, film entries

 

Sats, b'casters take battle to Congress

 

Eisner touts Net venture at sedate Disney confab

 

MTV Net generation

 

Turner's TBS plans spinoff

 

NBC to show Broaddrick interview

 

Variety Club fetes Gurin

 

Pay radio future tied up in court

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Hunt to promo PBS brand

 

C&W Optus' losses dip in Oz

 

PubCol

 

Grammy Award winners

 

Norman L. Newman

 

Ray Figelski

 

Jon Scott Dickinson

 

Robert Michelson

 

Gerald 'Bounce' Gregory

 

Buddy Wayne Knox

 

David D. Caldwell

 

Maurice Rider

 

Santa Monica fest has Moxie! to fete pix

 

Canadian consul fetes Oscar winners

 

Telfrance wins at Monte Carlo

 

Vatsa debuts in India's teeming cable market

 

H.K. mulls harsher piracy fines

 

Japan toon 'Monsters' takes to air

 

BBC packing 'em in

 

JVC digi-shop test reported

 

'Trend' hits big for RTL

 

MGM reports loss

 

B'casters hope court will block DirecTV net feeds

 

Scandanvian MTG rises

 

NBA dunks C'vision

 

TV acad to celebrate efforts for AIDS relief, education

 

TV ready to try 'Starr'

 

Freedom to ring in L.A.

 

Hunt to promo PBS brand

 

TF1 acquires global rights to Ledoux pic

 

Disney opens equipment shop

 

Variety at AFM

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Inside move

 

Toon 'Clerks' lurks

 

Col buys wedding comedy

 

Oscar watch

 

Miramax buys rights to Garci's 'Grandfather'

 

NEA to aid 12 archives with grants

 

Overseas 'Clubland'

 

Quarles' 'Mama' at Fox

 

Comedy gets Excite-able as U.S. Fest goes online

 

Bestselling 'Baby'

 

Schumacher in 'Apartment'

 

Chinese push for co-prod'n

 

Willis toplines 'Nine' for bro

 

The Puero Vallarta Triangle?

 

'Suspicion' raised; new 'King' and Thai

 

DGA lifetime news award to Armstrong

 

Buchanan exits talker for prexy bid

 

BV film group taps Sterling

 

TenPercenteries

 

Allen, Arau 'Pieces' of pic puzzle

 

Noam Pitlik

 

Speedvision cuts chops on mags

 

Flat Earth rolls in action

 

HBO delivers ratings KO with title bout

 

TBS spinning south

 

Davis kicks off Grammy galas

 

'Home' nails ratings

 

Amritraj bows out of Franchise Pics

 

Backstage Grammy Notes

 

Hip-hop hooray for Hill

 

William Stiller

 

Terence P. Mahony

 

Sarah Kane

 

Gerald Dickler

 

Paul Schmidt

 

Reviews

Too Rich -- The Secret Life of Doris Duke

Free of Eden

Bayou to Bourbon Street

8mm

The Other Sister

Analyze This

Better Than Chocolate

And the Beat Goes On: The Sonny and Cher Story

Border Line

Naive and Sentimental

Shemekia Copeland

Susan Tedeschi

King Levine

Alice in Wonderland

Kirk Franklin

Eminem

The Autumn Heart

Groundling Like It's 1999

Lansky

Cider With Rosie

Bear in the Big Blue House: When You've Got to Go

The 41st Annual Grammy Awards


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