Table of Contents
Week of 08/27/1999

Articles

Nation parties at Karlovy Vary

 

Gothenburg presents pics to Scandinavian distribs

 

Hof accents indie filmmakers

 

Art Film's relaxed atmosphere

 

Desert meet draws big names

 

Telluride retains insider flavor

 

Galas highlight Ft. Lauderdale

 

Seattle fest is largest in U.S.

 

Amiens known for hommages

 

Mill Valley preems new venue

 

Arthouse pix highlight Montreal

 

Canal's new 'Net gain

 

Alliance Atlantis' revs, earnings rise

 

CIMedia taps Whiteside

 

Monarch/Regency sneaks more shares in Puma

 

Yahoo! to aid in MS Society auction

 

Coke ads raise issue of residuals

 

About.com adds WMA link to grow off 'Net

 

Nederlander, Local One pact

 

New Line casts Tyler as queen in 'Rings'

 

DEN taps Wandell as VP

 

Col TriStar TV hires two

 

Players

 

USA Net recruits Sinclair's Sileck as finance chief

 

Fest's world view

 

Mademoiselle chief editor Crow resigns

 

Shepherd, NBC team up

 

NBC starting the day 'Early'

 

Montreal revival riding on renovations

 

Renegade starts at home

 

Disney buys pitch from Hammerhead

 

Exec Shuffle

 

'SNL' tunes get D'Works discs

 

Bel-Air secures $225 mil

 

Hurd to depart Par lot

 

Kirch eyes Canal stake, opens TV units, books

 

TNT serious about series

 

Tarses out ... Really

 

Luther to promo U Home Vid

 

'Monty Python' crew to reunite

 

McGillis to star in 'Monkey's Mask'

 

Canucks will watch Aboriginal net

 

'Brit' pix come into focus

 

Cat out of the bag

 

Kiwi TVNZ turns in record six months

 

'Ricky' bows big in Germany

 

Electronics biz backs DBS pact

 

Svensk expands biz TV biz

 

Christie acquires Electrohome group

 

Par ups Holland to ad veep

 

WPIX moves up 'Seinfeld'

 

Strange days

 

Turner buys into S. Korean cabler

 

New Line, Witcher ink deal

 

Flanagan ankles C-W post

 

Stars take shine to Prinz's new banner

 

HBO wins big in summer '99 ratings derby

 

Screen Gems backs 'Black'

 

SF plans homecoming

 

WFM to rep Atlas in Nordic territories

 

Meyer says, 'Hasta la vista, villa'

 

Inside move

 

Sales agent goes bilingual with U.K. house

 

'Menace' mauls B.O.

 

Music force field

 

Players

 

ABC, UPN hits offer exposure for other titles

 

AT&T injects subs into Murdoch's Health Net

 

Acad nom rule book in the mail

 

Financial briefs

 

Mainframe action

 

Italian utility Enel to buy Telepiu stake

 

News eyes Deutsche Telekom cable

 

Disney Interactive ups Finney

 

Kinowelt, WB pact

 

MGM TV claws Collins sr. VP

 

Arnold will roll 'Seven' for Beacon

 

MGM back in library talks with Cablevision

 

Moppets' law advances

 

Telluride forecast: Asian pics reign, rain

 

Emmy early edition

 

B.O. in high spirits

 

List of creative arts Emmy winners

 

Williams, Warners take a 'Taxi' ride

 

Sarajevo film fest mixes promise, disappointment

 

'Mansfield' opens Montreal fest

 

Elektra taps Thompson

 

Wayans winds way to Alphabet web for laffer

 

Porchlight counts on 'Zero'

 

E! original is looking Divine

 

WB's 'Pokemon' pokes ahead in ayem toons

 

eBay's Emmys edge

 

Calendar unspools reel men

 

Full moon celebration

 

Alliance exex up stake

 

Cavuto adds to Fox duties

 

Honors from hizzoner

 

Rohner may head ProSieben

 

Bergonzi sets return to stage with May perf

 

Edinburgh film fest revels in U.K. fare

 

Granada, New York Times pact for docu programming

 

List of Creative Arts Emmy winners

 

How an arcane TV channel finds calm amid net storms

 

Mary Jane Croft Lewis

 

Dreamcast demand has Sega smiling

 

Matteo's loses its best treat

 

GetMusic taps Nibley

 

U Studios taps Compton as sr. VP, CFO

 

Rural cooperative files suit against DirecTV

 

MTV bundles sites

 

Lions Gate TV ups Beggs and Burditt

 

Lakers' Fox takes shot with Hartman's 'Faces'

 

Online custom CD maker adds Zomba artists to list

 

Manex on 'Mission'

 

SFX stops the music of rep firm

 

NARAS upgrades Grammy.com

 

Holmes adds 2 years at NBC

 

Maxim West turns to Nicolayvsky

 

Variety promotes editors

 

World Briefs

 

San Sebastian fest names film jurors

 

Babelsberg '99 draws pros

 

Viag to join Kirch in bid

 

Murdoch jumps into DT cable arms race

 

Northern Exposure

 

Canal Satellite out of rouge, adds channels

 

Par's Yamashita in VP post

 

Bell tolls for KCBS

 

Amazon.com books 'Beauty' for D'Works

 

Hirsch takes a seat at Sony Family table

 

Turner Classic Movies ups Karsch to exec VP

 

Bill guards wanna-be child stars

 

Raddon takes LAIFF helm

 

Eye O&Os tap Moczulski VP

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Disney, Nicholas getting Angels, Ducks in a row

 

Lion chasing new 'Fox' with Permut and Gallo

 

Thomas brews pic suit

 

Discovery inks Wink to link fall viewers

 

WGA accepting entries

 

UCLA salutes Studio Ghibli

 

SHINE takes a shine to the WB

 

DirecTV inks with Dutch supplier of set-top boxes

 

AMFM getting KOST, KFI in swap with Cox

 

Clear clears deal for radio stations

 

'Millionaire' helps ABC cash Nielsens

 

The end of an era

 

N.Y. kidfest eyes entries

 

Italo B.O. unwraps for 'Mummy' crypt opening

 

'Millionaire' piques web's interest

 

Hold the phone

 

O'seas 'Menace' passes $300 mil

 

B'way coin down as 'Closer' pulls curtain

 

Helmers, scribes battle

 

Mike Harris

 

Norman Lee Howell

 

Lou Lilly

 

Joseph Abruscato

 

Richard Anthony Marion

 

Oz feevees battle over broadband

 

Oz feevees battle over broadband

 

Channel 4 has eye on pay TV

 

Brit pix set for Dinard festival

 

'Net radiocasting streams to 2,615

 

Echostar, Philips aim at Target's retail bull's-eye

 

Fox's tour de force

 

Sony hits play button on new Super Audio

 

BSkyB nabs stake in soccer strategy

 

Dealmaking spree

 

HBO learns to Cher, share alike

 

Nets: no news bad news

 

Auds hot for games, grapplers

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Marc Lustgarten

 

Cadden reaches Destination as veep

 

Cinecon fetes Hollywood's past

 

Loach will break 'Bread' in the U.S.

 

Fox's Lawrence pic on hold

 

Exex to move West with ABC

 

Firm features minorities

 

Kurys' Binoche starrer will unspool at Toronto

 

'Selena's' two-track mind

 

Theron tees up role in Redford pic 'Vance'

 

Net in biz with 'Miz'

 

Venice Fest shines light on youth, sex

 

'Rosie' raises exec trio

 

Screen Gems veeps Kolker

 

Weinberger tries Mohawk on for size

 

Marshall tops Lifetime Online

 

Masur's SAG slate

 

Diskeries click on QuickTime

 

StreamSearch taps Isenberg

 

Weintraub campaigns for (another) Bush

 

Donaldson to reduce duties

 

Parent org blasts TV's Family Hour

 

Getmusic taps Nibley

 

Univision taps Benes for WXTV

 

Studio scouts on the outs in Gotham

 

Oz study puts planning first

 

'Divorce' courts strong numbers in fall debut

 

H'w'd pitch hits

 

Dukakis to climb on Williams' 'Milk Train'

 

Bullock on the runway at Warners

 

Landau eyes 'Pinocchio'

 

Lakeshore and Par renew deal

 

Elizabeth McCormick

 

Don Howard

 

Carl Toms

 

Dick Latvala

 

Edward Lambert

 

Eye takes big Entertainment stake

 

Cox, MP3 'Net radio

 

KNTV San Jose exits ABC

 

Southern justice

 

U names Huntsberry CFO

 

Exec Shuffle

 

NBC buys 'Bowfinger,' 'Men'

 

Trimark witch hunt

 

Jewish New Year service slated for shooting site

 

Seventh Art sets 'Fire'

 

H'w'd opposes special Sen. culture committee

 

Spielberg funds NYU's Yiddish theater trove

 

Taylor tapped Domain VP

 

Platinum moves inhouse

 

WB ups Pakosta to veep of comedy

 

'D-Day' for Dogma in Denmark

 

France ups funding for pubcasters

 

MGM, TPS pact France

 

ProSieben topper

 

Teutonic Studio U times 2

 

Kirch setting up $3.2 bil cap plans

 

BSkyB nabs Britcom for Sky Premium

 

Inside move

 

Fox sizing up Scorsese's 'Gangs'

 

No doc in the house after Buena Vista axes TV unit

 

Stewart goes boldly; renewed U fills its slate

 

Valenti defends ratings, embraces Italy at Venice

 

'Genie' has No. 1 magic for Aguilera

 

Cruisin' in Venice

 

Legal eagles join vs. pirates

 

Metcalf polls NBC research as sr. veep

 

New Line drawn to cop pitch from Proft, Zucker

 

Sealey seals job as VP of development for Danza

 

Emmy Watch

 

Culturing comedy

 

Sogecable eyes breaking even in '00, profit in '01

 

Green does dog tricks for Nick

 

Museum of TV, Radio enrolls for fall

 

Hot French bread

 

Cuaron takes aim on 'Jury' premise

 

Fox, FX pony up $15 mil to share piece of 'Pie'

 

Jones buys TV rights to 'White Guy'

 

DVD witching hour

 

PBS launches kids network

 

Vets give hand to Wasserstein

 

Prod'n firms align to up Native roles

 

Financial Briefs

 

Mademoiselle names Norwood new topper

 

National Geo launches DVDs

 

Salomon/Letelier banner draws on 'Masterpiece'

 

Old Hollywood lives for 'Chill' preem, helmer

 

Douglas in full regale

 

Thomas gives 'All' for bow

 

'I Spy' stunt for 'Cosby' bow

 

Reviews

Strange Justice

Mark Whitfield; Russell Malone; John Pizzarelli; Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra

Life Is Beautiful (English dubbed version)

Chill Factor

The 13th Warrior

Mark Whitfield; Russell Malone; John Pizzarelli; Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra

Dudley Do-Right

Strange Justice

The Big Tease

Dreaming Of Joseph Lees

The Astronaut's Wife

Outside Providence

Steve Earle and the Bluegrass Dukes

Mansfield Park

Gregory's Two Girls

The Price

Tartuffe

Summer '69

Hinton Battle: Largely Live!

Channelling Baby

Two Streams

Ainsi Soit-Il

Don't Look Back

The Third Page

Mama

Bimboland

Henry James' the Ghostly Rental

Harvest

My American Vacation

Other Stories

Women's Wiles

Y2k

The Last Station

Stranger Than Fiction

Lovers

Komodo

A Time to Love

Jam Session: Official Bootleg of Kikujiro

Men and Women

Elephant Juice

Moonlight Whispers

Crazy English

The Pig's Retribution

Dreaming of Joseph Lees

The Other Conquest

The Big Tease

The Darkest Light

Before Sunset

The Ninth Gate

The Darkest Light

Miss Desmond Behind Bars

Chris Isaak

Banned From Utopia

The Bone Collector

A Room for Romeo Brass

Africa Fete

Elephant Juice

1999 Madeleine

Billy Bragg and the Blokes

Everyone's Friend

Happy Face Murders

Boys Don't Cry