Table of Contents
Week of 03/26/1999

Articles

Weaver gets call for 'Virginian'

 

Kirch secures control of Teuton cable

 

Working Title duo to stay

 

ABC tops on, like, y'know, Wednesdays

 

NASCAR, Eye pact on rock fests

 

Sinise set for Chi 'Cuckoo' prod'n

 

Rosenman and Baum reteam

 

Gov't supports dumbed-down fare, not art, Brits say

 

ABC's sports might

 

Startup IA picks up 'Stinks'

 

Fleming to helm UA teen pic

 

Bonton posts loss

 

Cinematheque unfolds retro of helmer Hodges

 

'Pokemon' power

 

Spain's RTVE sells Via Digital stake

 

PBS, United Airlines pact

 

NL's Kobus upped

 

Mel on the money

 

Gaylord to fund U.K.'s Indigo

 

World Briefs

 

Music from the Sky down

 

B'cast's pol coin tops satcasters'

 

Barden tops Axel TV Intl.

 

Shorts tapped for showcase

 

Etheridge to host 'Happen' on Lifetime

 

Williams ruling holds up in U.K. courtroom

 

DBI taps Solganick for media director

 

London, Brown down for 'Earth'

 

Williamstown sets bows

 

New 'Sliders' travels well for Sci-Fi net

 

Fox, Carrey, Farrellys all preen for 'Irene'

 

House advances on satcaster law

 

Pitt may deliver 'Courier'

 

Inside Move

 

Culkin ankles WMA

 

CBS hopes tabs cap CAB's ad hype

 

New Line lines up global distrib deals

 

Produce or else

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Europe loves Bard

 

Cocky mag's ad bag

 

UA Circuit loss swells to $98 million

 

Telefonica plans media fund

 

Top Viacom exex get to share the wealth

 

Bertelsmann seeks commercial boost

 

New niche at docu fest

 

Asian turmoil squeezes TVB

 

Cripps upped to UIP prexy, CEO

 

Harris sets 'Pollock' as directorial debut

 

Picking Cannes pix

 

C-W, '70s' team ink deal

 

Fine Line breaks into Canin's 'Palace Thief'

 

U steals Shannon for 'Grinch'

 

Fox's 'Guinness' records low marks

 

'Jones' trial begins

 

It's Kidman's 'Birthday'

 

King's ransom: $3 bil in CBS stock

 

Working, U working for Canal funds

 

'Baywatch' headed for beaches of Oz

 

Stewart's 'Daily Show' posts ratings gains

 

Cablers promise restraint

 

ICM ups Haas, Solo in TV dept.

 

Kaplan at Jaret as lit manager

 

Two team for hoops docu

 

UPN renews laffer 'Moesha'

 

Canal Plus among players in talks for Italy's Stream

 

Slump trumps bump

 

Six Italo pic awards fall into 'Ocean'

 

When good ideas go bad

 

'Matrix' for success

 

Old Benigni hot again

 

'Hedda' happening

 

Valenti calls on China to play more U.S. pics

 

Nods lift 'Love,' 'Life'

 

Moore aboard Carey tuner

 

Camera-in-court bills introduced

 

India revises cable codes

 

The Bard's big night

 

Hallmark to send trio on 'Journey'

 

Ryan's hope: prod'n reins; script Self service

 

D'works' new ads

 

Flextech strengthening funding for interactivity

 

Sony board eyes Stringer

 

Disney.com blasts off

 

B.O. tally overbuoyed

 

Showbiz stox mixed as Dow tops 10,000

 

MGM, DirecTV Japan pact

 

Premiere going digital

 

BSkyB greets Y2K with new venture

 

WB Online, eBay ink promo deal

 

Wowow, D'Works link

 

Fisher taps Winters

 

A&E taps Schulman

 

Hobby net crafts HDTV option

 

Eying Col features

 

Tokyo B'cast toons up

 

World loves Bard

 

oHome & Garden planted on Gotham's Time Warner

 

NBC gets piece of BV 'Action'

 

NBC has faith in 'Providence'

 

Planet H'w'd in a spin of losses

 

Horror on campus

 

'Wind' inherits Scopes trial story

 

'Cat' scratch again

 

Zahn cast as 'Shining' star

 

Sheen elected prez for NBC's 'Wing'

 

Griffin taps Lefkon to oversee MGE

 

BNN 'Nets censors' floor

 

Fox sees 'Futurama' and it works

 

FNC surpassing MSNBC on way to Nielsen win

 

BBC program buyer Howden ankling

 

Big Bond-holder

 

SBS becoming Euro TV leader

 

Bender buys Black comedy

 

Fox toons in Farrellys

 

Olsen twins to exec produce TV 'Goals'

 

Berkshires aglow with Paltrow, Hawke, Guare

 

Embattled UIP wins Euro distrib war

 

Newmarket, Machine in gear for pic pact

 

Brando decilnes to present to Kazan

 

EMTV inks deal with Disney net

 

NTL to go interactive

 

SF inks Disney vid distrib deal in Denmark

 

Kirch's new perch

 

Seven net to sell part of Optus stake

 

Toss tacky erotic material, ITC tells Brit TV channels

 

Fox Searchlight taps Oz 'Bootmen'

 

AMPAS shares wealth with film programs

 

Radio ad revenues see 18% uptick

 

Larger credit lion

 

Acme trades stations

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Cancellieri, Michaels bow effects studio

 

Gallic M6 '98 revs up

 

NBC sitting pretty

 

Parker parks at Fox TV's Gerber Co.

 

Peacock nails lead in Nielsen news ratings

 

'Lambs' sequel ends author's silence

 

Warners catches 'Spy' as Clooney starring vehicle

 

Huskies' hoop aud slim

 

Disney middles sked

 

Sunny forecast for biz jobs

 

PubCol

 

Fox News and Court TV lead qtr. cable gainers

 

Grey joins USC council

 

Jazz vocalist Williams dies

 

Kettler into Oxygen sales

 

Fox Family Music ups Kenan to prez

 

Minorities' TV images probed

 

UPN sitcoms for Emmerich, Devine

 

Lapine's 'Top' will hit Horizons home in 2000

 

U Pix adds to Egan's market duties, title

 

Bayer in huddles for 'Ball'

 

NYT spoof fit to print

 

'Lobby' heads off B'way

 

Studios assist Film Zone bow

 

FCC plucking at Glencairn's strings

 

Seibert makes virtual return to MTV roots

 

A&E fathers biopic

 

Sunken sub yields large-format pic

 

Pix ad spend up

 

SBS eyes move into Poland

 

Cirque unleashing 'Dralion'

 

Kelley's Peabody pair

 

Scorsese to pen biopic; Grier ready for 'Snow'

 

Conde Nast prexy Florio taps brother Tom publisher of GQ

 

Miramax eyes Tribeca Yard plan

 

Yahoo!'s movie ticket

 

Lucas' friends approve of 'Episode 1'

 

China pic wall stands

 

Crowe's movie leads ready to rock and roll

 

Weaver nears cruise to D'Works' 'Galaxy'

 

Kilborn draws young males to 'Late Late'

 

Reynolds, Bender head south of border

 

Showtime for video

 

Dafoe sinks teeth into pair of pics

 

TV publicity org elects officials

 

Flanery cast in UPN pilot

 

McCormick, Studios USA pact

 

Disney ups Coats to sr. VP

 

Family value pact

 

Diller to buy out October

 

Aloha statement

 

Mediaset profits up 19.6% to $324 mil

 

Frankel segs to Colden & McKuin

 

Rosen joins Endeavor's new lineup

 

U Homevid taps Graffeo

 

Sinclair sells 3 TV stations

 

Talk of the 'Towners'

 

SAG election suit dismissed

 

Viacom signs up Becker as legal VP

 

'Winslow,' 'Club' bookend S.F. fest

 

Spain's Tele Cinco posts record profits in 1998

 

Wolper nifty at 50

 

Katzenburg's Mouse money case delayed

 

UPN's 'Legacy' not so long-lived

 

Zionist leader biopic set

 

KTTV, KMEX command area primetime sweeps

 

L.A. smiles on 'Fortune'

 

'Crow' bows at int'l film fest

 

Reviews

Closer

Tea With Mussolini

The Mod Squad

Futurama

The Century

Man of the Century

Macbeth in Manhattan

Hedda Gabler

The Matrix

The Century

Never Been Kissed

A

Alone

The Day of Birth

Angel's Dance

Goodbye, 20th Century!

Jew-Boy Levi

Nina Hagen = Punk + Glory

My Friend Paul

Old Man River

The Beach at Trouville

Doug's 1st Movie

Futurama

Why Not Me?

The Devil's Arithmetic

Dying of Laughter

The Century

Train to Pakistan

Oskar and Leni

Night of Destiny

Working

The Turn of the Screw

Good

Red White and Tuna

The Art of Murder

Forbidden Broadway

A Preface to the Alien Garden

The Out-of-Towners

The Turn of the Screw

The Presentment

The Out-of-Towners

Century of Country

The Turn of the Screw

The Presentment

Happy Hour

The Secret Path

The Tic Code

The Big Moment

The Prisoner of Second Avenue

Collective Soul

10 Things I Hate About You

The Big Moment

The Tic Code

The Secret Path

The Dreamlife of Angels


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