Table of Contents
Week of 07/02/1999

Articles

Stage, screen vet Sylvia Sidney dies at 88

 

TV study points up lag in Kiwi content

 

Televisa to air millennial spex

 

HK Disney theme park decision put off 'til October

 

Telefonica weds media stakes, taps commish

 

Via Digital inks Tornasol deal

 

Disney taps global license prexy

 

Valenti sets day to end studios-digital TV flap

 

Lloyd Webber reprises Kuhn

 

Nova's Czech sting

 

Trio of execs ankle

 

Turturro sings for 'Sopranos'

 

Daly defends vid sales forecast in Disney trial

 

Carrey throws 'Limpet' back

 

'Dateline' comes a courtin' online

 

NBC 'Passions' wane

 

$40 mil for Renaissance

 

Windswept up

 

BSkyB sez no to Canal

 

Players

 

Eastwood ties down cast for 'Cowboys' pic

 

DirecTV, NAB ink local deal

 

Shandling, Grey move toward suit settlement

 

'Wild' weekend ahead

 

Hasta la Playa Vista, baby

 

Post-prod'n house merger creates f/x giant

 

Access competish upped

 

'Summer' hits the city

 

Media consensus

 

June busts all over

 

Judge orders Stone, TW to La. court

 

Bertelsmann revamps ownership

 

KTVK Phoenix may go to Belo

 

Clinton reups FCC's Ness

 

World Briefs

 

Inside Move

 

UPN 'Dares' skein from Nash

 

Future Disney profits from India under fire

 

WB net loads Cannon pilot

 

Globo makes soccer its goal as TV powerhouse

 

Sogecable sets IPO

 

Kino adds world sales

 

News Corp., Vivendi epact

 

Allcroft inks with Egmont for co-prods

 

RT-SET names Nimrodi prexy

 

Producing trio picks up Rosenblum's 'Talk Show'

 

Ten Percenteries

 

USA brings 'History' to cable

 

Parfitt turns 'Diary' into Working pic

 

Kelley pins some 'Hope' on Hershey

 

Kiwi pubcaster sells stakes; gov't to see $38 mil payday

 

Constantin will go public, expand biz

 

Hollywood.com plans CD sales

 

Fest features musicvid helmers

 

Redford tapped Fox Family VP

 

Grey matter deal

 

LACMA salutes Leone pics

 

InterLight taps Lappen biz affair VP

 

AMC's McEnroe to head Radio City TV

 

Col taps exex for ad spots

 

Director Dmytryk dies

 

Fox net will stagger its fall preem sked

 

Star Spangled Stox

 

MSNBC taps Sosnay VP

 

Youths check out Czech film fest

 

'Godfather' scribe Puzo dies after long illness

 

'West' best but 'Daddy' natty

 

L.A. location shooting continues slide in '99

 

Frosh series can't nip TV's summer slip

 

Flower blooms at Fox

 

Sobieski inks 'Squelch' role

 

Mediaset adds 15% to its Tele 5 stake

 

Germans see future in DVD

 

DirecTV talks local to nets

 

Miramax options tyro's 'Killer' novel

 

Canucks chuck 'West' for homegrown 'Elvis'

 

Preems, retros top 53rd Edinburgh fest

 

IATSE to rep ushers

 

Derricks in step for revival of 'Rainbow'

 

Clein & Walker adds Furstberger to ranks

 

Nat'l Council cites union, producers program

 

BBC docu now under scrutiny

 

A dream deferred

 

Exec Shuffle

 

'Mummy' marches

 

Oz TV vet Melville ankles producer-distrib XYZ Ent.

 

Vox pays big bucks for 'Titanic' b'cast

 

Digital era decried

 

World Briefs

 

Teutonic talkers get death threats

 

Cinemasound wraps ' Dust'

 

Eureka resets date of debut

 

ValueVision signs on satcaster deals

 

Former mistress files suit for larger piece of Televisa

 

NBC affils pull back

 

Freebie ups ONdigital subs

 

Tom, Nicole hop continents

 

Brecht ensemble to play UCLA

 

Maple Palm, MEG pact

 

H'wood invades Sac to drive home runaways

 

Gov't orders Slovak studio to refund $$$

 

Baywatch stirs Hawaiian suits

 

Time Warner buoys Sumner to senior VP

 

Brazilian thesp Benecio joins 'Top'

 

Zwick & Herskovitz add 'Oooph!' to Falls banner

 

Nimoy narrates CGI Siggraph docu

 

Lower expectations

 

Miramax inks tyro actress

 

Martin's la vida loca set for Mandalay Bay

 

ABC bones up on 'Dinotopia'

 

Young inks Par TV deal

 

Miramax feeds Lion's pride

 

'Journey' to start Toronto fest

 

Schwarzenegger pumps up pulp hero for WB, U

 

'Woodstuck' on drawing board

 

KGM inks on Wharton pic

 

'Girls' comes of age with talks

 

Hot Rock inks pic with Alcon

 

Severino will top Eye O&Os

 

A&E pic lures Hutton

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Miramax gobbles 'Fig Eater'

 

'Suddenly,' an Idle moment

 

Record shorts to unspool at Palm Springs

 

Olney, Zavala get a 'Life'

 

Solid bow for soap

 

Katz: No D'Works/Seagram talks

 

Go in tune with Entertainment

 

McCann exits South Oz film job for family

 

Packer ponders purchase of Fox Sports Channel

 

B'way feels heat as closings hurt B.O.

 

Advanced Medien plans IPO

 

Beyond Online logs on IPO bandwagon

 

Katzenberg-Disney trial timeline

 

Barnes & Noble site expands music store

 

Stock cars drive CBS' homes win

 

Cox rings up swap

 

NBC, GE share Vision

 

NetFlix gets $30 mil influx

 

Behaviour, Remstar nix deal

 

Juarez tapped for HBO Latam topper

 

AMF plans online mall

 

World Briefs

 

U.K. proposal advocates more pic titles for tykes

 

Televisa toons up

 

Holland's 'Julie' takes first steps

 

Broadway dark on Dec. 31

 

Path clearer for SFX acquisition of Livent

 

'Significant' return

 

Exec Shuffle

 

'Daddy' team nurtures new project

 

'Cruel' scribe hangs shingle on Sony lot

 

NL taps Wood 'Rings' leader

 

Lyons joins Variety staff

 

McNamara in as Telemundo topper

 

Amazon beckons to helmers

 

Dances film fest waltzes in with unknown works

 

Capitol, Stratosphere ink 4-pic distrib pact

 

Buoys in the brand

 

Hockenberry's talker out in MSNBC p.m. shakeup

 

Trimark taps 2 to market homevideos

 

Committee OKs film, TV prod'n bills

 

Players

 

Fest fetes Schlesinger

 

Cinar boosted by education arm

 

Woodstock 99 adding pics to music lineup

 

Museum to hail Hitchcock

 

Stanley Soble

 

Katz, Mouse settle suit

 

Disney to merge TV prod'n into ABC fold

 

Time for deal right for Disney & Eisner

 

'Buffy' pops lolly trend

 

Fest finds 'Treasure'

 

EIF fundraiser competes with VP

 

'Ally's' new brief

 

John Quinn

 

Guy Mitchell

 

Glenn Eugene Anderson Jr.

 

Reviews

Richard Thompson

The Hoop Life

Richard Thompson

The Taming of the Shrew

Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros

Widespread Panic

Saint Joan

The Hunley

Chicago

Bijou Phillips

Caetano Veloso

Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker

The Hoop Life


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