Table of Contents
Week of 11/19/1999

Articles

Promark 'Man' has cast

 

Latin Web wars heating up

 

Alphabet's 'Wasteland' won't be back after all

 

CIE, Inbursa team on deal

 

French Film Fest focuses on sales

 

AMFMi strengthens ranks

 

BBC's Dyke aims for educational boost

 

Asia spins off

 

'Insider' frets over negative press

 

KPE boosts L.A. Web

 

3 top nets post profits as Japan's stocks rally

 

Time Warner taps Bogart exec VP, general counsel

 

Mary Kay Bergman

 

Fox TV Stations ask FCC to end ownership limits

 

Ready for closeup

 

Blank Theatre Company helps launch younger playwrights

 

Sunset Room is latest nightspot

 

Traffic jam

 

Theater duo thrives with 'Hedwig'

 

USA Nets taps Silverstein to head Sci-Fi sales wing

 

Fox News, Drudge reach accord as 'Net wag exits

 

Telemundo taps Blangiardi

 

Electronic Arts to stir Bond vidgames

 

Martha making money

 

Hyperion taps Albrecht sr. VP, partner

 

'Drew's' 'Net result

 

Showbiz online success stories

 

Hill rolls out birds

 

NBC invests in H'wood Stock

 

Sci-Fi doing 'Dune' mini

 

Meadows signs deal for SNL Studios skein

 

Zepfel ankles as VP of U prod'n

 

Fellows tapped

 

Independent reduces staff

 

'Poke'-mania grips kids television, too

 

CBS hoops it up: $6 bil

 

Pic ratings to include explainers

 

Touchstone's college laffer in Fox's dorm

 

Malkovich's prod'n arm lays plans

 

Court stays Go injunction

 

Livin' la vida lawsuit?

 

Telefonica Media takes control of Lolafilms

 

Film Society to fete Pacino

 

Academy style eschewed at New York book bash

 

'Mountain' moves opening to January

 

Donald Mills

 

Ed Margulies

 

Robert Kramer

 

Free time at Laemmle for IFP/West members

 

O'seas auds go ape

 

Fine Line buys Italo film at script stage

 

World Briefs

 

Reality show stages seg, sparks scandal

 

Shoah bows digital library

 

Deluxe Labs taps Wood for VP post

 

Disney nabs actioner as vehicle for Jet Li

 

WB distribution taps Crawford

 

Wages of Fear

 

Players

 

Molen upped to sr. VP, Par ads

 

Magic Kingdom needs its father figure

 

Kodak does digital

 

Shandera new exec VP at MGM TV marketing

 

WIC posts improved net earnings

 

Allen buys rest of Ziff-Davis' ZDTV

 

Benedek buys 2 stations

 

Czech fest G.M. Biermann may now be checking out

 

DeVito mans 'Moon' marathon

 

Stagg ankles Fox post

 

Lux, Oblowitz ready to 'Wing' new film

 

B.O. shaken, stirred by Bond

 

Birds poised to sing in 14 cities

 

H'wood mourns passing of gifted, troubled son

 

No hoops for cable

 

Inside Move

 

Heady affair

 

Fulfillment Fund fetes U's Bronfman

 

QBQ prez Arfa starts AGI and buys Principal

 

Tower 'Powers' up DVD, vid

 

Sony flocks to Shepherd

 

IEG gaining with 'Gangs'

 

'Million' set to bring sweeps crown to ABC

 

No Wynne situation for Sony

 

Alexander, Fox ink 2-year TV, pic deal

 

Artisan on Payne's 'Side'

 

Nick's new 'Genius'

 

TW will take Boggs global

 

Record 47 foreign pix vie for Oscar

 

Bernstein scores ASCAP kudos

 

May, Nichols tribute planned

 

TW's downgrade dip

 

Lions Gate rev roars

 

Teutonic tally sees overall revs rally

 

Movie Magic gets Creative in new orbit

 

B'caster M-Net lists stock

 

Scribe Crisp dies at 90

 

'Phantom' spirit

 

Nicholl winners get the write stuff from pros

 

DVD aims to boost Brit TV, pic prod'n

 

U.S. indie Team will take stake in Cologne

 

SKD, Carrington carrying new toon

 

Brits like to 'Spend'

 

Discovery inks expanded doc pact with ZDF

 

World big on Bond

 

ICD set to build indie screening rooms at retailers

 

Ex-Prince to party like its PPV '99

 

U toon house ups Ruzicka to sr. VP

 

Fox Family ups La Vigne

 

Arena touchdown

 

Producers on raft with 'Tom Sawyer' musical

 

McG tries wings as helmer in 'Angels'

 

For Simmons, 'Dream' will be over soon

 

'Millionaire' no panacea

 

Brits a hit at Int'l Emmys

 

'Revelations' comes to DeVito & Warners

 

Bel Air will 'Pay' next Spacey pic

 

Fox reups '70s Show' until 2002

 

Latino Web portal files for IPO

 

Unefon taps CFO of sister Azteca

 

Trib to purchase UPN affil WTXX

 

Bui, Franchise in talks

 

Pax's Peacock pal

 

Herz upped to sr. VP at MTVi's site

 

Sony dares to buy Marvel's Daredevil series

 

Gotham has Revelations

 

Hanks and U jump for 'Joy'

 

Inside Moves

 

Couple audibly wins legal tale of the tape

 

It's a 'Guy Thing' for MGM

 

Platinum catalog will be free online

 

TenPercenteries

 

B'Way rookies step up in B.O.

 

OpenTV's IPO bows

 

Lions Gate expands via credit facility

 

UPN taps TV vets Zella and Gurney

 

Financial briefs

 

2000: Gothamites don't bite

 

El Portal dedicated with gala

 

When technology changes, rules must, too

 

Tuning up profits

 

Warner ups Shrimpton: Chair, CEO

 

Haslingden CEO of Natl. Geo Channels

 

Peacock cops Koplitz in deal

 

Inside Move

 

York will be 'In Demand' as Viewer's Choice exec

 

Nickelodeon ups Sarlin to senior veep

 

Syndie sweeps high

 

Belo ups 3 in b'casting to sr. VP posts

 

Abandon, Film Farm team for prod'n & development

 

Kinetic, Paradise pact

 

Indie GreeneStreet nails Chbosky's 'Finger' film

 

Players

 

'Wizard' wows on TBS

 

'Millionaire' winner scores for 'Regis'

 

Scottish Media bids for Ginger Media Group

 

Movie Network taps Forrest

 

SevenPictures, CinemaxX form distrib

 

Gadsden stays put

 

Sega Dreamcast tops 1 mil mark

 

S. Africa film mart booms

 

EnterTech scores films of Tavernier, Piccioni

 

BV Homevid ups Jackson to int'l post

 

Goldman Sachs in talks for Clarin stake

 

'Toy 2,' Arnold eye juicy turkey B.O.

 

Byrne in B'way-bound 'Moon'

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Editor trio gets Real Simple

 

Canal Plus to fully coin 'Human'

 

TV buy won't fly, News Corp. says

 

Food Net cooks up 'Celebrity Dish'

 

WNBC to televise New York awards

 

Strike threatens holiday classic

 

Online music sales to hit $5 bil by 2005, study sez

 

'Million' taking ABC to endzone

 

Skates great for syndies

 

Nets plan for NAACP event

 

Besson story 'Arc' inflames scribe

 

Reviews

Sarah, Plain & Tall: Winter's End

Shooting the Past

Kiss Me, Kate

The End of the Affair

EverybodyLovesSunshine

Everybodyloves-Sunshine

Sarah, Plain & Tall: Winter's End

Ibrahim Ferrer; Ruben Gonzalez

Putting It Together

Flawless

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?

It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues

Louis Slotin Sonata

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Pangs; Angel: I Will Remember You

Execution of Justice

End of Days

Bryan Ferry

Stereolab


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