Table of Contents
Week of 10/01/1999

Articles

Nick keeps homes titles; USA tops in demos

 

Street takes to Tivo

 

Turner trashes Rupe over moves in China

 

Charity tees off for needy

 

Trimark site taps Eisen VP

 

Players

 

Viewer's Choice taps Sonnenberg as veep

 

Douglas set for 2nd Bar Mitzvah

 

Newcomers nab Ariels

 

Summer B.O. boosts Loews' bottom line

 

NBC sez take a hike, 'Mike'

 

Helkon to float stock

 

EVentures U.K. names Noble CEO

 

Losses undermine Goldsmith

 

Men behaving badly

 

Montreal's 'Mother'

 

'Fate' throws Pfeffer, Touchstone together

 

Universal Music names Durgan senior VP, int'l

 

Giant online in Swizterland

 

NBC's full-court 'Press' wins Sunday ayem title

 

Inside Move

 

'Matrix' milestone

 

Walshaw upped to CFO at York Ent.

 

Telefonica ringing

 

Charles Crichton

 

Fearing off to Disney's 'Net arm as marketing VP

 

Vet Donen will direct for Zaentz

 

Pacific, CRC nix nuptials

 

ATAS elects new governors

 

'Toy 2' trailer bows on Web

 

Lensers to fete ASC's 80th anni

 

McGrew upped to sr. VP at WB Consumer Products

 

Teen aud to join Fox Family

 

So long, farewell

 

NBC angles for Wayans, lands Marlon

 

Greenberg moving over to Fox Sports

 

New prez for USA

 

$500 mil credit line dawns for Daybreak

 

'Law' enforces NBC Wed. win

 

Cole will open Staples

 

Charles Ellis

 

Chili Bouchier

 

Gerald "Jerry" Cheshire

 

Christine Dyerly Livesay

 

August Cinquegrana

 

Rene Lecavalier

 

Sizzling September

 

Co-founder of Sony dies

 

Handler, Fritz join WMA

 

Biz bites on brown bags

 

Viewer's aims for big pics

 

World Briefs

 

Julia wins o'seas

 

Bubble team has date with indie 'Fate'

 

SAG awards sets sked

 

New Beginnings for pair

 

Mielcarz returns to Morgan

 

What causes violence

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Confab's new toon

 

CNN debuts three news, market strips

 

Duo to head new Hachette mag arms

 

A Universal appeal

 

Trio of German firms movin' on up

 

AFI Fest rounds out slate with 'Mifune'

 

Eurofine expands its menu

 

ATAS channels Web TV at Chasen's

 

Elite gives 'Eye Candy'

 

Weintraub new Artistdirect VP

 

The Capital gang

 

'Double' decks 'Kings' at B.O.

 

Phaedra warm on 'Soft'

 

NYU student fest kicks off

 

Mipcom will fete 'Net

 

S/J whisks 'White' for Sonnenfeld

 

Hanks gets to 'Point' for Fox net drama pilot

 

Eye rookie hits 'Again'; 'ER' strong

 

Roll credits: A view of H'wood circa 2001

 

3 buyers in lead for Ginger Media

 

Cologne readies spring TV market

 

Playboy TV Intl. taps Fisher as new prexy

 

CEO Davey will ankle Asian satcaster Star TV

 

Rank puts Odeon up for sale

 

'Traffic' gets praise

 

'00 Midem Americas nixed

 

BKN ups 'Monster' roster, pacts toys

 

BBC buys U.S. aliens

 

Hallmark, BSkyB pact on U.K. web for digital

 

Arnold commits sin of double-planting

 

U.S. femmes rule MTV Europe noms

 

NBC claims rights to Triple Crown telecast

 

Talk Miramax wrangles rights to Queen Noor bio

 

Artists ink for '2000'

 

U finds music center

 

Backers lend ear to Listen.com

 

Dobbs inks NBC deal for radio, newsletter

 

Miller to spinoff 3 music magazines

 

EM.TV stakes out Licens

 

CNN, Isaacs to eye future

 

Clear channels $23 bil

 

Gemstar acquires TV Guide

 

Artisan seeks Euro partners

 

Vivendi chair Messier preaches convergence

 

NBC harvests early rewards

 

Scribes wrestled away

 

UPN takes on 'Fighter' pilot

 

Jambalaya cooks up multi-ethnic toons

 

'Piano' fine-tunes cast

 

Miramax taps Slutzky exec VP

 

'Runaway' success

 

Top NBC exex upped

 

Redgrave will walk into 'Neighbor's Dog' lensing

 

O'Connell stakes out 'Cow' lead

 

Kirch talks up digital stake with Murdoch

 

TV pair enter pics as Carrey enters docus

 

WB Online inks Brilliant deal

 

Dems slow cultural inquiry

 

Disney debuts docu works on Iwerks

 

Showeast fetes Schumacher

 

MusiCares to fete John

 

MSG hits home run as Mets score ratings win

 

TNT's Snyder upped to veep

 

'Fever' bow eases B'way's B.O. pains

 

Spanish TV takes day

 

TV Files, Variety form pact to feature showbiz reports

 

Exex see the 'Net as complement to TV

 

Par inks for programming with Spain's Media Park

 

Canuck City coming to Bucharest

 

Channel 4 fund set for TV fare

 

Discovery tubthumps local Online Nets for global use

 

German gov't blasts ZDF plan for int'l German web

 

Oz funnels coin to producers

 

Televisa revamps ad sales plan

 

Exhibs' Japan plan

 

AGB nabs pact to gauge Oz TV ratings

 

Maurice 'Red' Silverstein

 

Subway opts for 'Mulligan'

 

Author cleared in Stone suit

 

Cronkite reflects on millennium

 

O'Keefe is 'Teacher's Pet'

 

Emmett/Furla sets thesps for Hopper pic 'Ransom'

 

2-inch x 2-inch screen can't hold Donaldson

 

DVD users are caught in 'Matrix' of snafus

 

Close is expecting

 

Winslet eyes 'Bash' as U.K. sets Rudd, Eldard

 

'N Sync singer steps into ABC telepic 'Cover Girls'

 

Media baron Martin Davis dies

 

'Body' opens Austin fest

 

Disney to shutter clubs

 

Players

 

Disney signs Polishes for 'Teargarden'

 

Fresher pastures

 

Hamada joins Lloyd in SPE trip to Disney

 

Eye ups 'Net stake

 

AtomFilms, UPC/Chello link up for shorts

 

DVD player sales stay on record pace

 

Connery ready to play Mandalay's 'End Game'

 

Alphabet web rocks with reality skein

 

USA, Lifetime swing up

 

New dramas hold

 

eCompanies debuts by throwing an eParty

 

Kavovit cops 'Cassidy' role

 

Par trying to give Collette the 'Shaft'

 

U gushes 'Blood' money for Kennedy

 

NBC Studios inks Kaplan to two-year prod'n deal

 

Hall rises to Oxygen COO

 

Gotham TV Acad taps Hastings exec director

 

'Flower' peddled for revival on Broadway

 

World Briefs

 

'Wasteland' lands Web site

 

Lion halts stock sale, adds rights

 

Col Tristar finally scores on German TV

 

AMG pumps pic arm

 

'Angels' gets ready to fly

 

Thesps talking O'Keeffe biopic

 

Moonves' special day a sign of the times

 

Ilse Winkler

 

Bernadette O'Farrell

 

Evelyn Shrifte

 

Joan R. Braden

 

Helkon sets $20.85 share price for offering

 

Village sells off WB stores

 

Imagex overhaul

 

Packer picks up 50% of Oz's Fox Sports net

 

UPN ups Lanier

 

France Television to retain TPS stake

 

Gemstar stock surges after victory over GI

 

Viners win case vs. law firm

 

Imperial eyes German-lingo areas

 

Par, Movie TV sign pact

 

Video City DVD-day

 

BBC building up coin

 

Solons seek runaway prod'n talks

 

RAI revising studio pacts

 

Imax expands Sonics stakes

 

Mediaset, Kirch co-op on free TV

 

USA flexes muscle for 'Eco-Challenge'

 

VH-1 eyes 'Pyramid' scheme

 

Madonna spins into 'Quadrille' thing

 

Sagal, Big Ticket marry

 

Creed molds a hit

 

Rao's road in India is filled with soup to nuts

 

Museum honors Carsey-Werner

 

'Dogma' digs protests at N.Y. preem

 

Vahradian on the move at Mouse House

 

Destination, Alliance pact

 

Pearson inks pay TV deal

 

Cosmopolitan tries Spanish airwaves

 

NL scores Demme's 'Blow'

 

Tele 5, MGM deal for pics

 

Leo's short bread

 

Simmering stakes

 

DGA to fete Scorsese

 

Gutwillig new topper of L.A.'s Outfest

 

Hopkins joins Foster fete

 

Bruckheimer near paranormal deal

 

Silverman sees gold in Artisan pact

 

Tydor on 'Guard' for Shoreline

 

Cooper helming Hughes kin pic

 

Fox nears deal to buy 'Vance's' int'l rights

 

Inside Moves

 

Canizares ankles Fox post

 

Lahti to embrace 'Daughter'

 

GameWorks hits button for Bension

 

'Shebang' ignites

 

'Prep' plug pulled

 

20th TV's big night skips Fox

 

Hindery quandary

 

Mipcom game for formats

 

'Sex' scribe puts pilots on two nets

 

Holton heads Disney's global publishing arm for children

 

TBS, TNT nab seven Col pix

 

Kennedy Ctr. awards to 10

 

U Creative division ups Woodbury to senior VP

 

Nicholl Fellowship picks 10 finalists

 

Reviews

Animal Farm

Epic Proportions

Drive Me Crazy

Leilani's Hibiscus

Road Rage

Branford Marsalis Quartet

Gomez

Martin Guerre

Juno and the Paycock

Angel

The Insider

Human Resources

Grey Owl

Good Work

The Last Day

Shacky Carmine

Random Hearts

Human Resources - Tyro Puts 'Human' Face on Labor Relations San Sebastian

Grey Owl

Eye of the Beholder

Buddy Boy

Love & Rage

Autumn Blossoms

The Insider - Riveting 'Insider' Clears Smoke

What Is Life?

Sachs' Disease

Good Work

Volaverunt

Fully Committed

The Country Club

Mnemonic

Roswell

Love & Money

Harsh Realm

Wasteland

Roswell

Goldfinger

Love & Money

Wasteland

Harsh Realm

Sunset Boulevard

A Visitor From the Living


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