Table of Contents
Week of 04/23/1999

Articles

Douglas to build theater in Jerusalem

 

Estudio says hola to first pair of pics

 

Pathe opens door

 

Canal Plus/RAI channels to bow July 1

 

Inside move

 

Newsmags win Wednesday

 

Par's 'Howie,' 'Hard Copy' call it quits

 

Weinman to oversee NBC's Gotham series

 

Leigh, Renfro may be 'Skipped'

 

Polygram TV unit stays at U

 

WB Sr. VP Goldstein upped

 

R-C punts $13 mil for Canuck films

 

Ullman to helm 'Faithless'

 

Spain's Sogecable likely to float stox

 

Not a clean sweep

 

A real kick for Kids

 

Cancom stox swap approved

 

ProSeiben rev shows first-quarter surge

 

Pixar revs fall 31%

 

CLT-Ufa posts gains

 

'Dancing' with Jolie

 

French debate audvisual reform

 

DeGeneres, Stone climb HBO 'Walls'

 

ABC tops Overseas Press kudos

 

WGAW to vote on director McLean, 2 amendments

 

CBS lands one-third stake in WinStar site

 

Joret sr. VP of new WB unit

 

Fox believes in tyros' 'God'

 

McAlevey to produce 'T.A.G.'

 

McGregor, Kidman apply 'Rouge'

 

Mamet, Jay relive magic

 

Fox enters 'Matrix,' but after Turner

 

Industry imports veteran Gruskoff

 

KTTV leads L.A. Emmy nods

 

WB to finance 'Romeo'

 

AT&T cable guise

 

Gurney, Price earn Disney promotions

 

Friedman sr. VP, general counsel at Par

 

IFC to beam Cannes live on cable & 'Net

 

Tele-Munchen buys into Wien 1

 

Judge rules on Oscar

 

RAI, Tribune to go digital

 

'Singer's' tune sour

 

Brazil raising film coin, brings back quotas

 

Kurd TV license revoked

 

Virgin bows 14-screen megaplex in Japan

 

Docus short-changed

 

Inside move

 

Todman in first-look film, tube deal with Kopelsons

 

U 'Girl' deal golden for Brit author & Imagine

 

NBC, ABC ratings strongholds stumble

 

BMI surfs Web for 'Net gains in music biz

 

From matzo balls to big break

 

Oz Nine boots sports shows

 

Levy seated as Oz's Film Finance Corp. chair

 

'South Park' ratings slip not fun

 

Swift tops TV on the Web

 

Pickford photo exhibit to open

 

Ellen Corby

 

Lions Gate moves two divisions

 

A big boost for Launch

 

GMH expanding its bird biz

 

'Star Wars' script spoof contest on

 

Players

 

Cinemark on block

 

Wagner to ankle from TCI

 

Study shows cablers offer loads of original material

 

Adelphia adds $836 million to coffers

 

Shooting fallout

 

Italo redux: Murdoch set to get 30% Stream stake

 

Sony opening PlayStation store in S.F.

 

USA's working-class soap will bow in early evening

 

Friedman rises at Paramount

 

Mouse ups Gurney, Price

 

Mancuso nears exit as Kirkorian aide tapped

 

Bird flies to Fox 2000 for 'Noel'

 

Pacific Title/Mirage cuts staff

 

Comcast mulls AT&T bid, counter options

 

Berger joins Tavel's firm as a partner

 

'Matrix' sticks

 

Exec Shuffle

 

New commish tops Maui Film effort

 

Capstar closing deal

 

Short, safe and secure, speaks

 

A dog day evening?

 

'Star Trek' counts to seven again

 

CME prexy removes Zelezny

 

Bochco, Kelley among top names on TV writer panels

 

Opera House restoral gives Hub legit shot

 

Blue Horizon taps Burch

 

Columbia U film kudos dig 'Gopher'

 

Gauntlet of Goths

 

Red Norvo

 

Marvin Allan Stern

 

Peter Warg

 

U.K. to study TV sales boost

 

CME sues Nova TV's ousted g.m. Zelezny

 

TF1's 'Golden' deal

 

UFA Sports, M6 buy soccer team

 

Bertelsmann plans to take Pixelpark public

 

O'seas B.O. brittle

 

Bertelsmann AG to focus on e-commerce

 

Minding e-business

 

Via Digital owners revise stakes

 

Promoter tangos into Brazil

 

Pathfinder site runs out of Time

 

'Commerce' starts French fest

 

U.N. launches multimedia fundraiser

 

Kartozian retiring from NATO

 

Ledger joins 'Patriot' cast as Gibson's son

 

House to vote on sat packs

 

Inside Move

 

BBC newsie Dando found shot to death

 

Casper's new home

 

July jam menacing

 

Good Machine goes into 'Exile'

 

Tripplehorn has 'Paranoia'

 

Ratner close to 'Family,' 'Pieces' for Stone

 

MediaOne saga wraps around pols

 

Katz, Mouse battle has day in court

 

Natural born lawmakers

 

Ratings bull's-eye

 

Lion stock roars

 

Discovery backs music web

 

Lensers fete famed shot, but Heston wasn't in view

 

Sanctioning satire

 

'Illuminata' will light up for Artisan

 

USA buys 1st net rights to 'Friday'

 

O'Dell gets 'Access' slot

 

Oldman to Pilate big mini coin

 

Glover, Bassett cast in Fugard's 'Boesman'

 

Castle Rock flicks 'Ashes' for Grant

 

APLA to honor 3 at fundraiser

 

HBO, Starz! to launch 2 channels each

 

Golden unbinds adult arm

 

'Wit,' 'Nightingales' get Outer Crix wins

 

Pels offering 2 scholarships

 

'Cops' locks up 5 awards

 

Campo Dall'Orto's MTV duties expand

 

Polygram now U Pictures Intl.

 

Multichoice shutting Nigerian TV station

 

Morrison tapped at Miramax

 

B'Way B.O. bounces back

 

New Yorker talks prizes

 

World Briefs

 

'Shonen' digs deep for seg

 

Stream into Italy

 

EM.TV gives birth to new Junior blox

 

Peck, Quinn have offer to reteam

 

Spelling income up for quarter

 

'This World' tops Italian film noms

 

World music drums up $39 bil

 

Bochco, Kelley, Zwick part of TV panel

 

House wraps up satellite package

 

Videos vex Viacom

 

Wink interacts with CBS, ABC

 

Court TV to spend $100 mil on sked

 

Black, white auds rate same 4 fave shows

 

Online news Booth

 

Focus on tragedy

 

Levin repeats call for media deregs

 

Half Moon wraps thriller 'Four Dogs'

 

Goyer scripting, 'Phoenix' rising

 

Trio of exex upped at E!

 

Markinson nears L.A. theater deal

 

Silver out of 'Closet'

 

Kiwi TV3 lands millennial fest

 

Martin still at KCBS; Tuck's status iffy

 

Hacken buoyed to exec VP at Fox 2000

 

Wolper donates archives to USC

 

Trumpeter Al Hirt dies at 76

 

Fortnight nabs 'Sam'

 

Stoltz, Schwimmer to hit the stage

 

Oscar short docs find fate must wait

 

Brits steal bouquet of roses at Montreaux fest

 

Katzenberg takes stand in Mouse trial

 

Vids dips hits Mouse

 

Moloney set for Paradise

 

Wind Dancer calls Portman for Williams' helming debut

 

Vogel exit in works at Disney

 

Comcast tries to trump AT&T

 

Sony international sales to Blake

 

MGM in merger talks with cablers

 

McCain agrees to gun/media parley

 

Deals help Macrovision profits rise 87% for qtr.

 

Virgin Group profits up 30%

 

New Year's Eve gig not Barbra's last

 

Senator elects for TFC Trick pic pact

 

Hamdon, Gaslight ink deal

 

Thais revising film law

 

Malaysia welcomes E-Village

 

Inhouse unwelcome at MGM's Casa Club

 

RTVE ups film coin

 

Snipes in talks with HBO; scripter Salerno hot

 

Macari tapped creative exec at Fine Line

 

MediaOne reports qtr. losses reduced

 

Cianciotta ankles Red Sky

 

Packer's Hoyts bid too low

 

SFX revs see uptick

 

AMPAS takes docu drama seriously

 

'Montel' gets vet Rappoport

 

Castle Rock nabs 'Horses'

 

When less is more

 

Inside Move

 

Biz blamed for violence

 

'Flower' draws Daisy

 

D'Works' 'Glory' eyes 2 Leders in the pact

 

Local 829 back with IATSE

 

MGM makes 'Limits' a double celebration

 

Bard bewitches again

 

Chalk one for Hollywood principals

 

Shoreline, DaWa arrange big 'Visit'

 

Hirschfeld assumes role of NBC exec VP of casting

 

'Sports' wins Tuesday slot

 

TLC delivers 'FanMail' to top

 

Televisa ratings drive growth

 

Souring relations

 

Pubcol

 

Igreja Universal expands

 

Two tapped for Oxygen

 

Top mags shut out at kudo fest

 

Is pic biz a Naval battle?

 

Focus on Lifetime

 

Atty. puts Katz's rep under fire

 

Leo gives I.O.U. to U

 

Sony pix hot in quarter

 

'Beast' loses some growl

 

Joffe, MTV get 'Undressed'

 

Parks story set for CBS

 

HBO can't keep 'Confidential'

 

Reviews

The Civil War

Pop & Me

The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years

Love Songs

Durango

Cecil Taylor

Metallica and San Francisco Symphony

Love Songs

Durango

The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights

The Smashing Pumpkins

Lulu

Entrapment

Entrapment

Dean Koontz's 'Mr. Murder'

Pups

The Smashing Pumpkins

The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights

That Championship Season

The Gershwins' Fascinating Rhythm

A Common Man's Guide to Loving Women

Lost Creek Township

Mamma Mia!

Give Me Your Answer, Do!

Force of Nature

Hot Irons

Chocolate for Breakfast

Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season

Dead Aviators

Le Derriere

A Bridge Between Two Shores

Juliette of the Herbs

Idle Hands

Entrapment - Easy-on-the-Eyes Twosome Lifts Hard-to-Swallow Caper

Quasimodo D'El Paris

Loose Ends

The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights

Home Movies

It Ain't Nothin' but the Blues

Mot

Beethoven Cycle

Lenny Kravitz; Black Crowes

Mot

Lenny Kravitz; Black Crowes

Gomez

The Living Edens: Borneo: Island in the Clouds

Noah's Ark

The Lonesome West

On the Run

The Living Edens: Borneo: Island in the Clouds

The Lost Son

Gomez

Ring Round the Moon

Ben Folds Five

Cirque Ingenieux

Heaven


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