Table of Contents
Week of 10/15/1999

Articles

Kudos salute diversity

 

ReelPlay.com plays to film buyers and sellers

 

Stern, Weiss moving 'Eloise' to bigscreen

 

Disney sets up shops for Downtown venue

 

'Hands' leads Oz pic pack with 11 noms

 

Fight club fallout

 

'Dr. Laura' is in already for fall 2000

 

Mullany inks NBC laffer deal

 

M-Net nabs Fox's fare

 

Tulips wilt at HMG

 

BSkyB, Canal Plus merger talks back on

 

Star seeks Hong Kong pay license

 

Rupert makes sr. VP at WB

 

Star Choice's boom hurts yearly profits

 

BV 'Net to group merchandising

 

Domain name game

 

Mouse, Keaton in talks for 'Strangers' project

 

Players

 

'Tom Green' leaving N.Y. for home in H'wood

 

Giuliani time for Bobby D.

 

Baseball matchups score big Nielsens

 

WB's 'Hill' put on hold

 

Shafer plugs in 'Circuits'

 

BNNTV.COM opens prod'n offices in L.A.

 

Cisneros TV Group taps Leonard sr. VP

 

B'way 'Party' cast set

 

TBS soars with 'Michael'

 

Vet thesp Shull dies at 70

 

'Contact' colliding with union, guessers over category, music

 

Feeling her Oates

 

Mortensen negotiating to replace 'Rings' lead

 

Net 10 still most profitable in Oz

 

U, Par extend UIP pact

 

Rookie dramas nab full season orders

 

Pitt's next stop

 

Figgis' improv given 'Time' on Sony's clock

 

It's cash and Cary for Brillstein-Grey TV deal

 

'Seinfeld' scribes, Fox net plan laffer

 

Bruckheimer, Berk set sail for 'Island'

 

Saban Intl., Euro TV trio get into 'Les Miz' mini biz

 

Exec Shuffle

 

F/x wiz Conti takes 'Flight'

 

Brit indies feted at kudos; stars shine

 

Fall turning green

 

'Wave' 1st series with Web music

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Jacob Cannes prexy as Viot ankles post

 

NATAS to fete TW's Levin

 

World Briefs

 

Ster bows Euro plexes

 

TV Azteca ups ad rates

 

Turner, Star, C&W vying for Hong Kong TV license

 

Dutch TV detente

 

1.8 mil BSkyB subs beat expectations

 

Teutonic blocker not blocked

 

Rupe eyes Germany

 

Canuck players plan splitting up of WIC

 

Grupo MVS plans 'Net arm

 

Sissmann ankles Disney units

 

Beacon shines on Green as Exec VP

 

'Jeopardy' just barely

 

Levinson charges into 'War' for HBO

 

Franchise crowned

 

Mamet to helm 'Heist'

 

Thomas, Fox to finance Coens' Pitt starrer 'Sea'

 

Bregman, Dubinet fund pics

 

U, M'max 'Cut' Kidman deal

 

Fox 2000 greets 'Bonjour' novel

 

BSkyB in Premiere talks

 

Frosh series sag

 

G-J inks Ridley overall

 

Niccol takes Jersey 'Road'

 

SAG: This time it's personal

 

Big pics the rage at Mifed

 

Swain signs to top 'Tart' for Interlight

 

Disney pays $10 mil for 'Sense' hyphenate

 

Jaffe, Mayfield plan new 'Partner'

 

Internet script site shuttered

 

Rubin, NBC to spirit drama

 

Indie pics dominate over studio fare at ShowEast

 

French exhib eyes Virgin

 

Katz memorial

 

Hollywood prophet predicted DVD triumph

 

'Story' time

 

H'wood toasts 'Best Man'

 

M'Max to bow Italo distrib

 

Top int'l docus awarded

 

Clinton reflects at 'Kings' screening

 

Syndie 'Dream' shows disappoint in ratings

 

Moye sues UTA over commission

 

Inside Moves

 

Pax backs 'Mrs. World'

 

Financing first for S. African pic

 

Euro noms unveiled

 

Rupe wrangling for Euro pay TV alliance

 

Cinematheque bows 'Dusk 3' for Halloween

 

Pin and proper IPOs

 

Seven Arts sets pix for prod'n

 

'Ring' fits fantasy fest

 

French exhib buys Virgin U.K. cinemas

 

Sutton suits up for sr. VP at MGM TV

 

Kinowelt doubles its market share

 

Col TriStar TV taps Schmitz

 

'Menace' ascendant

 

Commentary

 

Adalian named TV editor

 

Canuck producer is subject of tax probe

 

Vampire pic putting bite on Forlani, Rhys-Meyers

 

Italos to pump pix

 

Summit inks pic package deal with Bac

 

FCC mulls duopoly lotto

 

Broder Kurland adds 2 partners

 

Silver Fishin' for projects in deal with U

 

'Jack' in the box

 

Sunday punch gives 'Fight Club' B.O. KO

 

Series sidelined as sports score ratings

 

If Thandie's not handy, Col may need an 'Angel'

 

2 advise for 'Early' finance

 

Vid helmer Kahn pitch a 'Hit' with New Line

 

'Phantom' leads B'way gains

 

Musical shell-ter

 

'Sachs' wins Gold Hugo

 

Turner buys TV preem of Scorsese docu

 

Sithengi fest sets public screenings

 

EU, Russia pact on copyright

 

Dolby Labs sounds out record sales to exhibs

 

U ups Harris to senior veep

 

Levin casts off Mouse for Par

 

Violence in pix, TV confab set

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Alliance's demand

 

Showbiz news site staffs up for Web bow

 

Cablers fighting mad over Showtime offer

 

Sweeping changes

 

Ogilvy Worldwide to purchase B/W/R

 

Beeb bankrolls inouse pix

 

Turner Ent. ups Schwab to sr. VP

 

Iwerks inks with Sony to distrib pix

 

DFA applies for pay license

 

Partner shopping

 

Hong Kong officials oust pubcaster chief

 

Lagardere wants a piece of Canal Plus properties

 

Indian sites targeted for multiplexes

 

RTV in toon with Oz Energee

 

Rupe may sell soccer rights to RTL

 

Loews inks for Vietnam plex

 

Leaders look to solidify India TV

 

Playoffs hit a home run for Peacock

 

Televisa turnover

 

Univision's ad coin boosts net income

 

EMI sales, profits hit positive note

 

Scandal-hit Cinar's record qtr.

 

Kinowelt acquires Jugendfilm

 

Disney Intl. taps Chapman top legal eagle

 

X-Filme eyes distrib

 

NL moves pix to WB distrib

 

.Com before storm

 

Rookie indie Redbus adopts 'Baby' rights

 

Eureka, Canal Plus talk Pan-European pic alliance

 

MGM TV returns to NATPE after three-year absence

 

Stewart pins WWF in IPO duel

 

Loeb & Loeb names Pena

 

BNC shuffles exex, PR suites

 

Kennedy tapped sr. veep at WB

 

FTC issues ratings card for parents

 

Acad adds docu semis for Oscar

 

Musicmaker.com pacts for CD-producing kiosks

 

Fla. vote is victory for cable

 

Rapaport, Wynter spend 'Sixth Day' with Arnold

 

Distribs: Don't dally

 

Berger to cook for AMG TV

 

Endemol nets game deal, Internet plan

 

Foley out of film

 

Tiering up on cable

 

Artisan warms up to Ice Cube

 

Kids' WB! ordering Sony 'Steel' skein for Jan. bow

 

Studios USA ups Brunell

 

Lieberman tapped VP of off-net at Par

 

Redford mixes Lemmon into 'Bagger Vance'

 

Parkway makes AList 8

 

Fox ups Roberts to exec VP, litigation

 

Fox to broadcast TV Guide awards

 

Auds' changing habits irk B'way

 

U veeps Joe for biz development

 

Video Symphony makes donation to L.A. schools

 

Turner may cut into 'Nitro' action

 

Players

 

CNN's millennial programming set

 

Arnolds emotional with police pic

 

Indies join Edwards in 'Mexico City'

 

'Varsity' team to join TV

 

L.A.'s newest studio gets 'Bounce' in bow

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Mergerless CME moves on

 

Czech council sides with CME in Nova TV case

 

UPC eyes piece of Vivendi's 49% stake in Canal Plus

 

Bertelsmann eyes CLT/Ufa buyout

 

Thailand picks media chief

 

EU culture commissioner backs off quota criticism

 

Norwegian to head Swede pic institute

 

Duo get 'Personal'; 'Weeds' tumbles to TV

 

TV's shining Star

 

Propaganda picks Hess as new prexy

 

Brits lead TV pack

 

TV acad ups three staffers

 

Players

 

ABC picks up nine more segs of WB laffer 'Norm'

 

Carlisle named sr. veep at FX

 

Inside Moves

 

On the Latino beat

 

Pacifica to help throw Destination 'Wedding'

 

Phillippe inks 'Anti-Trust' pact

 

O'Brien plans road trip to L.A. in Nov.

 

Helkon talks credit with New Market

 

Medusa picks trio from Buena Vista Sales

 

Schultz crazy for 'Mayhem'

 

AFI juices L.A. Film Fest with 'Cider'

 

'Tis the season to push pics

 

MP3.com spins $4 mil in revs

 

Par ups Yannich to VP, int'l operations

 

Mouse House ups two to VP strategic planning

 

Seagram stock up 12% as earnings due today

 

UPN cuts Chris-Craft profit

 

Col Int'l looks out for 'No. 1'

 

Blockbuster rev up

 

Harvey tooning up online

 

Madureira bows Beyond

 

Gems taps McArdle PR veep

 

Mets post a 'W' for NBC; ABC's 'Once' slips again

 

Super Santana spot

 

Brit film body taps Bakewell

 

Showtime on B'way

 

'Life' begins ticking

 

'Tango' steps out

 

Minnelli-um event

 

Cisneros TV, AEI Music Net in venture

 

'Joan' in battle

 

'Homicide' resurrected as NBC telepic

 

Mannesmann to bid for Cablecom

 

Reviews

The Rudy Coby Show

The Timeshifters

Excellent Cadavers

Silk Hope

The Timeshifters

Ryan Caulfield: Year One

Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm

The Capulets and the Montagues

The TimeShifters

Mr. Rock 'n' Roll: The Alan Freed Story

Silk Hope

Excellent Cadavers

Ryan Caulfield: Year One

Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm

The Capulets and the Montagues

The Rudy Coby Show

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Molly

Dame Edna: The Royal Tour

Bringing Out the Dead

The Omega Code

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Lobster Alice

Chesapeake

The Clearing

Spend Spend Spend

Dralion

Preaching to the Perverted

Constant Star

Comic Potential

A Hotel on Marvin Gardens

Walter Rosenblum: In Search of Pitt Street

Oriundi

Top of the Food Chain

Abilene

Berlin-Cinema

Jonah and Lila, Till Tomorrow

Molly

Me & Isaac Newton

I'll Take You There

Rembrandt

Love and Action in Chicago

The Omega Code

Moon Father

Crane World

The Making of a New Empire

A Girl Is a Girl

History Is Made at Night

Born to Lose: The Last Rock 'N' Roll Movie

By My Side Again

Tops & Bottoms

Wayward Son

The Butterfly's Tongue

Three to Tango

Karakum

Souvenir

Hanuman

Whatever

Hellhounds on My Trail: The Afterlife of Robert Johnson

Matroni and Me

In a Savage Land

The Woman Chaser

Metal

Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred a. Leuchter, Jr.

One Piece!

Envy

Love and Action in Chicago

Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box

Beyond the Mat

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

Hanuman

Jimmy Page & Black Crowes

The Soul Collector

Bitter Women

Buzzcocks

Walter Rosenblum: In Search of Pitt Street


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