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Week of 04/30/1999

Articles

BBC newsie now in hiding

 

Cisneros brings Cl@se to class

 

Exhib Carmike reports loss despite cost cuts

 

Disney stock dips

 

USA earnings slide 70% in first qtr.

 

K-L to launch kids cabler

 

TNT takes 'Refuge'

 

HSI/Tomorrow puts faith in 'Judas' pic

 

No 'Deal' for Buena Vista

 

Players

 

Lewinsky back in court

 

DGA series prompts pic deals

 

Clinton seeks summit with Hollyw'd on youth violence

 

Bratt exits NBC's 'Law'

 

Leguizamo may get Singleton's 'Shaft'

 

Focus on Lifetime

 

Rory Calhoun

 

More Gauls in Rome

 

Shaw buys Fundy for $311 mil

 

Foreigners in line for Brazil cable licenses

 

Mad syndie dash

 

Tony panel balks at 'Brown' book writers

 

Albert atop Mandalay Media Arts

 

Pasadena skeds tuners

 

Viacom gets the 'Beat'

 

Stage set for Navy Yards studio

 

Disney profit deal sparks trial

 

Radio dials up net profit for CBS

 

Henson TV Group taps Perth as new prexy

 

Aronson finds Destination

 

USA net expands

 

Summit gets int'l taste of 'Pie'

 

Bieber, Tarr join up in prod, ad venture

 

Stars set for teen 'Cyrano'

 

Court ends booking law

 

Eastman House feted

 

Vader tyro in 'Madison'

 

Burton's Eagle adds TV component to Par deal

 

Leonardi rides with 'Rangers'

 

Box coin looks to auds

 

Cinema Guild nabs 'Nomad'

 

Landmark in bloom at BAM Rose

 

Gibson, Cassidy ink for 'Joseph' revival

 

H'wood Entertainment profits surge

 

HBO Asia taps Murrell prexy, CEO

 

Fox vid taps Johnston for Asia

 

Martin gets senior veepee post at Par

 

Fred McKinnon

 

Faraone, Nader team

 

Netcaster Real rolls out player/recorder

 

E-commerce site enters Virgin territory online

 

Brown's new bonds

 

HBO Ole, Galaxy pact

 

CME prexy files suit against ex-Nova chief

 

Struggling Cultura going commercial

 

Midia 99 trims offering

 

Spring's B.O. woes

 

Mandalay goes big

 

Big PPV push set for July's Woodstock '99

 

America Online may buy stake in Chancellor

 

Turturro going north for 'None'

 

Warners ups Enriquez to VP

 

Inside move

 

UPN pins fall hopes on wrestling

 

Tenpercentaries

 

B.O. blooms, wilts

 

$50 mil to fertilize Woods' indie plans

 

Short reaffirms belief in H'wood

 

Lions Gate brings 'God' chats to TV

 

Indie pix going online

 

Oliver Reed

 

Sundance net eyes Cannes

 

Old Navy, new H'w'd

 

SAG Latino confab picks up 2 stars

 

Drescher goes to 'Pieces'

 

L.A. fest salutes Italy

 

Lehman Bros. takes stake in Kirch Media

 

Kubrick's 'Eyes' to open wide rated R

 

Fox snares 'em

 

MediaOne bid war brewing

 

DVD machines played up

 

Barrys prep 'Crew,' shuffle ranks

 

PGA group taps Peschken

 

Fraser gets 'Mummified'

 

McGurk enters lair to plan Lion's attack

 

When subtlety pays off

 

Fine impression

 

Sweeps swoon

 

Livent leads in Tony noms

 

It's cool to grouse in the Mouse House

 

Marshall, Barrymore may go 'Riding' with Col

 

Joel disc hits 20 mil

 

Cinesite grabs Effects for London expansion

 

CEI taps Hicks prexy

 

Mediaset '98 earnings up 19.1%

 

Nods 'bittersweet' time for Drabinsky

 

Halmi sees future in online minis, pix

 

Cable claims Big 4 losses without rival

 

Web spins scribes

 

Clock ticks on Comcast counterbid for MediaOne

 

Slowdown rocks Granite

 

PEN West names nods for TV & pic scripts, lit, plays

 

Minority jobs in sharp drop, SAG reports

 

With no more Illusion, Stone quits producing

 

Murdoch explores deal with Nat'l Geo TV, NBC

 

CBC resumes work on made-for prod'n

 

Lehman's media buy

 

BV ups Garner and Jacobson

 

Stroud MGM exec veep

 

Inside Move

 

Flyin' into history

 

Paramount shares its 'Toys' with Obst

 

Pix in mix for Sundance Institute labs

 

Initial caps 'King' with int'l rights

 

E! Online goes int'l with Asian provider

 

'Shagged' snags new Dolby sound

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Org helps women Step Up

 

Hindi news focus of new channel

 

ARD, ZDF fee hike sought

 

Carlton takes stake in Spain Onda Digital

 

Bonus onus on 'dead witness'

 

Auds 'Know' o'seas

 

'Ark' puts NBC first in sweeps

 

Toy 'Wars' invasion

 

'Menace' benefit sold out

 

Boone a boon for Iwerks

 

Ling takes in 'View' as co-host

 

Valenti to face pols on violence in media

 

U Music eyes InterTrust digital rights system

 

Zell tops Publicists Guild

 

Canucks voting on strike mandate

 

Arts center opens in Miami

 

Film biz feeling Littleton's pain

 

Leder, D'Works drawn toward brotherly 'Love'

 

Fest fetes U.S., France

 

Fla. to get film commish

 

Col Tristar shops dropped 'Net'

 

Fox News feels @Home

 

Big Entertainment to go interactive

 

Hacken exec VP at Fox 2000

 

Femme channel gets super soccer rights

 

Euro pic biz eyes f/x

 

Lang at News Corp. China

 

Primedia scores a soccer club

 

Stein tapped VP at HIT

 

Gary Salt

 

Italian expansion

 

SBS revs up 25% while net losses remain steady

 

Packer ups bid to control Hoyts

 

Karmazin puts gleam in shareholders' Eye

 

Lorna Luft preps show with mom

 

Keezer tops new U.S. pic commish

 

RIAA, Radio Moi ink first pact for webcast license

 

Gotham crix circle 'Wit'

 

South Coast Rep mounts 4 world preems

 

Fox Family taps vet Robbins

 

Gumbel to wake early

 

Pix musical chairs

 

Lions Gate opens for Nicholson

 

Rose to cultivate teens

 

MTV retunes ayem lineup

 

McCain tax bill throws Kennard a crumb

 

Goldberg drums up 'Beat' part

 

H'wood neglecting Latino auds, SAG sez

 

Epps in loop for hoop pic

 

Bid quid pro quo

 

Pols target showbiz after killings

 

Pixar, Disney will scare up 'Monsters'

 

Schaer to top USA's syndies

 

'Ark' floats NBC's boat

 

Kim tops NL's coastal promo

 

Svitil tapped by AMPAS

 

Ready or not, Venetian opens

 

U taps Wilson as info officer

 

ESPN hits baseball

 

NBC grabs reality skein 'Amazing'

 

Phaedra grabs Spade and digs into 'Jerome'

 

NBC, Trimark on homevid

 

Fox puts Armitage in Doud's 'Body'

 

Granada, NBC toast deal for pilot of 'Small Beer'

 

Irked Eisner egged on in Katzenberg trial

 

Fox's 'Millennium' on hold

 

Pappas picks up Houston shopping channel KVVV

 

Teen's 'Love' sets Japanese record

 

Fox taps NBA exec to sports oversight

 

Discovery taps Quattrone VP

 

Kelley to get Banff kudos

 

Italo pix to hit confab

 

Post-merger Zee intends to join NYSE

 

Star TV finds new satellite platform

 

Public 'Party' plans

 

PubCol

 

L.I. fest opens with 'Farmhouse'

 

Burger King serves up 'Teletubbies' promos

 

Margaret Mason

 

James Merrick

 

Bert Remsen

 

Nebraska spreads ad net as far as Cannes

 

Auty named chief of U.K. Film Consortium

 

Rudolph joins FilmFour

 

Kirch gets bank backing

 

Gomez launches Lola

 

Via receives capital lift

 

J&M rolls dice on 'D&D' at Cannes

 

Zmeck sets off to find Gold

 

Financial Briefs

 

CBS Cable to wheel out 'Roller Jam' merchandise

 

DirecTV to give subs some local channels

 

Scott to helm biker pic; Lange to lead 'Kilroy'

 

WB Music targets Ames

 

Wurtzel now in NBC's fold

 

Fox sees post-ship profit sink

 

Rap's 'Ruff' week

 

$3 mil Dr. Laura yakker prescribed for Par TV

 

Boorman steams onto 'Sea Wolf'

 

Downs to ankle '20/20'

 

Coppola's Zoetrope turns 30

 

No laughing matter

 

Col TriStar lathers up soaps net

 

Cannes to set attendance record

 

Showbiz helps plan D.C. summit

 

Presley wins $1.74 mil in wrongful-use jury case

 

Baram to Firm up ventures

 

NL offers 'Sweet' pic deal to Keller

 

'Star' crossed?

 

Scanbox Asia can access $2.5 mil

 

Latino acting surveys spawn shouting match

 

Judd 'Suddenly' ankles

 

Close sr. VP at Comedy Central

 

Pollock, Liss top list for ABC stations

 

Wachtel ankles Alliance Atlantis

 

Fox in on Nat'l Geo Channel

 

Chaross gets distrib for pic library

 

Viewer's Choice moving staff to L.A.

 

Alphabet edits down affils confab

 

Regency's unhappy ending

 

Katz tosses snowball in closing arguments

 

Millard joins Trimark

 

Microsoft signals

 

DeVito, Midler smile on 'Mona'

 

'Mummy' dearest

 

Nick is kids' choice

 

Gen Art fest likes 'Ninas'

 

Maine theater at financial crossroads

 

Lions Gate opens for Nicholson

 

'Passions' goes to Paris, adds Juliet Mills to cast

 

BSkyB frees up boxes

 

Large-format pioneer feted

 

VTR ownership united

 

Knowledge is power, except in Hollywood

 

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