Table of Contents
Week of 06/25/1999

Articles

Digital cinema is the future ... or is it?

 

John O. Jarstad

 

Pearson tightens Telefonica ties

 

UPN taps Ungerman for biz

 

Digital Origin taps Rosendahl for board

 

Staples Center owners snap up Forum

 

Exec Shuffle

 

IFP honors B'way vets Baker, McTeer

 

U Pix Germany toons up feature

 

Betts heads to Harper's

 

The House divided

 

Quest for survival

 

RTL reports record high with '98 profits

 

Variety fetes duo of dynamic decade

 

Discop takes a step backward

 

Col homevid ups Friedman

 

UTA taps PR vet Lazarus

 

Shue won't ankle pic for heel

 

Emmis revs rise 62%, beats expectations

 

Court exposes hidden cameras

 

RealNetworks eyes set-tops, vidgames

 

Par TV chairman reups

 

Canucks pluck biz bucks

 

WB nixes 'Matrix' sell-through

 

Variety bows charity org

 

BBC names Pearson's Dyke topper

 

Disney teams 3 for 'Tenn.'

 

NARAS skeds Latin Grammys for 2000

 

Crier to ankle FNC

 

Raft of stars lend voices to 'Fantasy'

 

ABC reuniting Moore, Harper on 'MTM' pic

 

Vet Haimovitz Lionized for digital deal

 

NL 'Powers' 8 to VPs of regional distrib'n

 

2000 plans for Jones, Stevens, Spielberg

 

Horton inks WB TV deal & gets 'Strip'

 

Miracle off Wall Street

 

O'Haver to bring in 'Trash' for NL

 

Fading Knicks cost NBC

 

Lane is femme at center of 'Storm'

 

Ballots for Emmys due

 

Katzenberg piracy expert blasted by Mouse House

 

Pellington gets 'Ages' pages

 

Stoppard's 'Thing' to B'way

 

Dench places 'View' on hold for ill spouse

 

Marie St. Louis

 

Constance Edney

 

Bruce MacDonell

 

Pat Davis

 

'Rouge' gets Leguizamo

 

Shandling saga shags more twists and turns

 

Helmer Cassavetes catches 'Cacciato'

 

'Climb' tops Temecula

 

Abbot fingered for Eye's 'Murder'

 

Uggams tops black theater fest in N.C.

 

Miramax takes flight on 'Top'

 

FNC developing Zahn show

 

Trimark takes 'Taillights' pic

 

Rallying the troops

 

Cook adds BVHE to his plate

 

Screenplay class fetes six scribes

 

PDI places prod'n studio under Thomas

 

Acad slates specials for Cukor's 100th

 

Players

 

World Briefs

 

Friend joins Turner family

 

Euros clear UIP distrib

 

'Devil' turns Golden at Slovak film fest

 

'Matrix' maps B.O.

 

CTV revs on the rise

 

Sydney Fest auds lauds 'Joe'

 

C'vision nets Mets

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Baur ankles ProSieben

 

Gang bows summer sked

 

A crude interest at 'Park' place

 

Murdoch wedding makes news

 

NBC 'Bytes' on Nash 'Net pilot

 

MPA taps Hunt for Tech

 

Emmis eyes Sinclair's radio station group

 

NBA Finals unliked sans Mike

 

FX nets 3 from Par

 

Japan's top studios enter plex pact

 

Defenders of the faith should stand at ease

 

Kidvid rules working, report sez

 

OpenTV taps Jackson, Conrad

 

'Big Daddy' drives June boom

 

TW, Viacom may merge book units

 

Nick, MTV in toon with pix

 

DGA proposes ratification

 

'Mummy' team to tour 'World'

 

Redford picks Pitt for pic

 

Grammy Staples L.A. deal

 

Minnelli denies rumors, sez she's healthy

 

Fox TV ups Grant to sr. VP Europe

 

Fisher going, going, 'Gone' for heist drama

 

Miramax taps vet Friedman

 

Seligman to top Emmycast for 7th time

 

Adler will top CAA's e-venture

 

B.O. boffo overseas

 

Shyer has 'Affair'; Schiffer has 'Enemies'

 

Pearce, Moss near finding 'Memento'

 

Hearst-Argyle shifts exex as Conomikes ankles top

 

Machine in gear with 'Aluminum'

 

Eager networks try to make room for 'Daddy'

 

D'Alessandro charts Variety future

 

Mandabach set to deliver Worldview

 

Russian political program pulled

 

Canal +, TPS to share soccer

 

Teutonic synergy

 

Big deal for Junior brand

 

Asian Forum seeks film coin

 

Exex shuffled at Russian Center-TV

 

Peterson sees the Interlight

 

Demos of babble?

 

Helmer Bay eyeing Col's 'Africa' trip

 

Cowan sells Initial stake to partner

 

Vegas' Mirage goes legit

 

FTC focus is promos, not scripts

 

In nomads' land

 

ABC, affils reach deal to defray NFL expense

 

Blacklisted Oscar-winner Tarloff dies

 

Mouse toon value touted

 

Settle, Heuring join 'Crowd'

 

Dench to miss more 'Amy'

 

SAG survey: Prod'n exodus vexes

 

Todd-AO East makes Sound move toward Euro gateway

 

Goldman departing as Sky Latam chief

 

Snap, Xoom just BuyIt

 

Of mouse and men

 

Broadway B.O. trims losses after closings

 

EIDC to team with tech org

 

Pax Net gets Nielsen spot

 

NBC policy ruffling feathers

 

Tudyk fits 'Proportions'

 

Granada launches German office

 

Through ups, downs, Carr loved the biz

 

World Briefs

 

Jones exits Carlton to hang out shingle

 

'Berlin,' 'Lives' top Avignon

 

Party's BBC booboo

 

St. Pete film fest swelters

 

Brits to loosen tax law for 'local' pix

 

Sony's one and only

 

Oh, Boys! 'Millennium' tops 6-month disc tally

 

USA pins TNT on mat

 

Global crises boost news cablers' ratings

 

Web has InZide scoop to help aspiring writers

 

H'wood Video plays Dreamcast vidgame

 

Littlefield taps Faltings veep

 

NBA Spurs NBC to top Nielsen ratings

 

CBS sets new Saturday ayem

 

NBC sez Yesss! to Albert anew

 

Studios, makers plan major DVD sales push

 

Players

 

Sony digital arm ups exex

 

Grammy officially at Staples Center

 

Back story of boycott a true 'Family' Circus

 

'Liaison' tied up with Open City

 

Grammy officially at Staples Center

 

Producer Carr dies at 62

 

United Global sets IPO for feevee Austar

 

Fox ups fee for Dodgers cablecast

 

Inside Moves

 

Pearl will 'Wheel'

 

Glass crosses market street to be BV pix VP

 

Runaway worries don't wring writers

 

Pic post toasty

 

TBS, Fox sharing 'Shag'

 

H'wood tag team

 

Ripp ropes top of TW's finance tower

 

WB puts 'Superman' into the Wisher well

 

'Jitterbug' hops to Neverland

 

CNN duo in for Dobbs

 

Navarre inks WMA's Ultimatum

 

Katzenberg targets license fees

 

Homer's still king as kids TV cleans up its act

 

Reid will get his big 'Break'

 

Col pix honored in L.A.

 

Time standing still

 

Gilman gives $5 mil to BAM

 

Kiwi pubcaster sells stakes

 

DWJ sets showbiz shingle

 

Peterson sees the Interlight

 

Orange County looks to retain area lensing

 

'Devil' in Deauville

 

French theaters feast on record ducat promo

 

Formula One's TV pacts run into EC antitrust laws

 

Village bows plex in Buenos Aires

 

Disney, Hong Kong still talking

 

Murdoch tunes into classical

 

World Brief

 

U.K. eyes release dates

 

Future of broadband debated at confab

 

CPH packs up Hoyts

 

Running carefully

 

Seven sets sale of last Optus stake

 

Goldberg, Rabkin to practice 'Law'

 

Franchise player

 

Leifer inks pact to join 'It's Like...'

 

Col deems Atlantis pitch see-worthy

 

Players

 

Encore dials U for docu on Hitchcock's oeuvre

 

Callner goes from TV specs to film

 

2 actresses near 'X-Men'

 

Brit producer Woolf dies in London at 86

 

Long-running London 'Saigon' will shutter

 

Murphy's voice returns

 

Kudocast reups rollicking Rock

 

Bizkit bow bumps Boys from top spot

 

MSNBC's 'Time' change moves North out of prime

 

TNN in the grips of Extreme wrestling

 

EMI likes Lott lots

 

Team slates WWII novel for upcoming miniseries

 

MGM taps Envision to find arena name

 

Robinson new 'Access' host

 

A wild preem heads 'West'

 

New Line's new line

 

India new star of Katz/Mouse show

 

Allcroft, Egmont link to co-produce

 

Smith eyes 'Moon' lead

 

Goldberg in tune with C&P capital

 

Severino eyed for CBS O&O top spot

 

Masius signs deal to roost with Peacock

 

News blues at Eye

 

Fox blocks Brit exhibs' 'Wars' plan

 

Reviews

Mean Streak

Rogue Trader

Say You'll Be Mine

Investigative Reports: Guns in America

Island of the Sharks

Terror Firmer

Bash

American Pie

Mean Streak

Rogue Trader

Investigative Reports: Guns in America

The Trail of Her Inner Thigh

The Country Boy

Thwak

Tartuffe

Perfect Days

The Inmates

Rites of Passage

Let the Devil Wear Black

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris

Fallen Angels' Paradise

Rogue Trader

Tempting Heart

Soft Fruit

Vigo: Passion for Life

Somewhere in the Darkness

Ballistic Kiss

In China They Eat Dogs -- Don't They?

S.

In the Flesh

Punitive Damage

Trouble-Shooters

Art Museum by the Zoo

Investigative Reports: Guns in America

The Hoop Life

Gordon Lightfoot

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Rites of Passage

Sir George Martin; Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

Hughie

Carlinhos Brown

When Pigs Fly

Wild Wild West

The Master Builder

Starfire

Mary's Danish


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