Table of Contents
Week of 12/10/1999

Articles

Liza celebrates memories, creates new ones

 

China confab shock

 

NTL stokes Newcastle stake

 

Bertelsmann AG eyes restructuring

 

Helmer irate over destroyed footage

 

Flextech inks deal with NTL

 

Mip Asia Briefs

 

U ups Daruty to sr. VP

 

Primedia CEO puts focus on new media

 

Lions shares offered

 

GC reduces operating loss by 89%

 

Edward Theodore Cooper

 

Latenight might

 

Believe it: TBS grows Cain for 'Ripley's'

 

'Today' on ayem streak

 

Thesps among filmmakers on Sundance's shorts list

 

Iris speaker urges local TV to expand

 

Players

 

Priestley at London's 'Side'

 

Jolivet to top showbiz lobby

 

Eye's on the Tiger

 

Shyer to pilot '747' for Bel Air Entertainment

 

Disney taps McCarthy sr. VP

 

ChickFlicks, All Girl team for 'Neurotica'

 

Oscar kudocast: You can't dance to it

 

Inside moves

 

Exec Shuffle

 

E! expands telepic slate

 

Helmers male it in

 

Trekkie Piller, son ink WB prod'n deal

 

Judd pencils in 'Notebook'

 

Fisher ankles Sony position

 

Helmer heist: Burglars see the light

 

Mouse's new 'Toy'

 

Lifetime taps pol pal Dixon VP public affairs

 

Forum fest going dark

 

Bergman suicide prevention fund set up

 

Quantum leaps at 'Kite' rights

 

Syndie access shows get the stuffings knocked out

 

Trio takes o'seas

 

Russia's Gazprom ups stake in Media

 

ProSieben program director departs

 

Stocks soaring as investors clamor for French TV shares

 

X Filme sets distrib arm

 

World Briefs

 

Tom, 'Toy 2' tangle at top

 

L.A. crix inhale 'Insider'

 

Kudos crush weighs on crix, making of pix

 

Ticketmaster taps Fox exec

 

WB seeks 'Young' blood

 

Legal eagles fly into biz

 

Rick Danko

 

Centropolis in disk deal

 

USA has designs on Designs

 

Pitch fest offered online

 

U kicks off buddy program at MPTF

 

Pioneer gets Regent fare

 

'Trixie' joins Sundance

 

Low show for Go

 

Greenspan joins Di Novi as veep

 

Prod'ns go for the Globes

 

POP.com taps Wong for new 'Net b'caster

 

Oscar Watch

 

MXG names Swartz to oversee TV unit

 

Paxson's DeLorenzo ankles financial post

 

Netcaster AtomFilms to get $20 mil boost

 

Financial Briefs

 

'Magnolia' blooms

 

'Wedding' on track

 

Film Roman turns to Hyde as new topper

 

PacketVideo turns to tube vet Tercek

 

Inside Moves

 

No interruptions at 'Girl's' preem

 

Warm bow for 'Snow'

 

Players

 

Bared Bard aboard

 

Blockbuster revamps into 3 to maintain pace

 

Blow Up, Given to pilot 'Chicks' in digital video

 

'Kings' takes gold

 

Vet managers grab Berlinski

 

Knievel 'Dares' to add color

 

Trio get new roles ai U Music-Vid

 

Paul Bowles

 

Bill Hadnott

 

Adele Balkan

 

Beatrice Colen

 

Joseph Heller

 

Exec Shuffle

 

White House V-chip conference delayed

 

Camerimage fetes 'Elizabeth' lenser

 

Theater a click away

 

Venice Fest sets dates

 

Wenders check in digital 'Hotel'

 

Calling all TV sets

 

Telewest, Flextech to link in $4 bil deal

 

Par TV ups four to veepee posts

 

Panasonic, Kodak join in disc prod'n

 

Mouse just does it

 

'Matrix' DVD breaks sales records in U.K.

 

Lat-Am dot-com El Sitio goes public

 

High-speed premiere

 

World Briefs

 

Fireworks over nets' coverage in Sydney

 

'ET' taps Becker as bureau chief

 

Plummer, Wallace don't break bread

 

TenPercenteries

 

Paras to helm 'J.D.'

 

Foreign flavor to Palm Springs

 

USA Home Ent. scores NHL vid deal

 

Holiday hit parade

 

Davis enters BizRate from Disney site

 

Western rides again

 

ABC News taps Moseley

 

Gitter captures 'Wildlife'

 

Discovery Net ups McGowan

 

ABC ups Hedges to sr. VP

 

WB ups Sucillon to licensing veep

 

'Toy' tops B.O. frame, and that's no tall story

 

Ledger's 'Knight' watch; 'Carlo' is back after 28

 

New agent agenda

 

'Lines' up for Moore, Fox

 

Inside move

 

Helen ends hunt, will go 'Forward' with Spacey

 

Pearson makes Scotti domestic distrib prexy

 

Ziskin inks 3-year prod'n deal with Col

 

Fox rebounds; CBS wins homes

 

'Ripley' shows talent for bow

 

Crystal clear to host Academy Awards

 

Nets think young but lure older

 

Paltrow, Farrellys 'Hal' bent

 

Sound investment

 

CBS slates 'Angels' at 8

 

'Wings,' 'Together' set house records

 

IATSE locals OK pact with producers

 

Oprah to lead Matrix nods

 

Boston SFX subsid names Platt and Conner toppers

 

John Larkin

 

Beatrice Colen

 

Goldwyn inks for 'Sixth Day'

 

Museum using Hanks' voice for space travel

 

Monte Carlo TV fest crowns Kelley king

 

U taps Schulz as VP of development, planning

 

Cinematheque plans Caine retrospective

 

Film mart launches Web site

 

Viewpoint, Panavision set up shop

 

Xmas not merry for exhibs

 

Sci-fi series vision

 

'Poison' pill package pays off with MTV deal

 

'Late's' Brennan moves to Oxygen

 

Cable briefs

 

Amerena ankles as Imcine topper

 

Movie popularity up in Oz

 

MPA taps Rouse VP of Euro TV

 

BBC sporting deal

 

World briefs

 

Rudin epitomized 'Hollywood Law'

 

Broadway's new blood dries up as 'Epic' closes

 

Caucus to fete McCluggage

 

DGA retires Griffith kudo, seeks new award name

 

'Mononoke' creator Miyazaki toons up pic

 

C-W Intl. calls Hall to Miami

 

TW, Bertelsmann to merge book groups

 

Behaviour changes to Seville

 

Klein travels to new Destination

 

Spyglass focuses on 'Mage'

 

Hyperion & Young look first in pact

 

Slamdance fills out feature, shorts lists

 

Albert back in NBC court

 

Columbine vids spur senators

 

Kudocast a winner

 

Henson Muppets move to AcmeCity

 

TW eyes digital plans

 

Web TV, EchoStar bow vid recording

 

Infanet alleges theft in suit vs. IAM.com

 

HSX posts 'Net gain

 

Helen Parker

 

'Curtis' on KW bench

 

Douglas to return as host of Spirit kudos

 

There's no free launch

 

Showtime to tape La Bute's 'Bash'

 

'SNL' skit nixed

 

End of an Era

 

Though a year behind schedule, a new Acad theater is well on its way

 

Mystery behind the man

 

Deal makes 'Sense'

 

'Brothers' a go on CBS

 

'Beauty' producers get first-look with D'Works

 

Sony reaches for 'Moon'

 

Rhythm & Hues drums up own slate

 

Showbiz attorney Rudin dies at 79

 

Disney hopes 'Love Bug' will strike auds again

 

Inside Moves

 

Mandela doc vies for TV fest award

 

Variety editors shift portfolios

 

Fox, HBO pact output deal through '09

 

Alpine turns on 'Microwave'

 

Viacom puts Blockbuster split in play

 

Insurance suits chase Chase bank

 

'Bicentennial' boots up

 

Henry 'Bud' Bostwick Jr.

 

Harold Wertz

 

Hazel McDowell

 

R.J. Vealey

 

Felix Galimir

 

John Archer

 

WB Int'l TV boosts Abad

 

Married Boston anchors make news by separating

 

Exec Shuffle

 

America's pics find foreign B.O. hit, miss puzzle

 

A B.I.G. week puts late rapper atop album chart

 

EC reveals AV plans

 

Canal Plus shuffle

 

Moerk makes mark as Variety film editor

 

Pascal gets chair-CEO stripes from Col Pictures

 

Polanski feted by France's Academie des Beaux Arts

 

Artisan ups Golov to exec veep of prod'n

 

RAI vet Minoli in line as topper for Stream

 

1972 Olympic terrorism subject of pic

 

TW sets up digital fund

 

Replay Networks fill key posts

 

Praisery/marketer DDA shuts U.S. arm

 

Roadrunner nabs Arcade Music

 

TV techno tandem

 

Prix Delluc bids 'Adieu'

 

FCC revisits digital equity dilemma

 

Von Trier's TV series sizzles

 

Foreman goes into training for boxing bio

 

FX scores 7 million subscribers from TW

 

Western Cable Briefs

 

A&E creates Internet unit

 

Turner's burner

 

Starz channels MGM library bid

 

Tucker gets a real 'Rush' to $20 mil

 

MTV denies monopoly charge in U.S. probe

 

Kirch sues U over pay TV pact

 

Italy's advertising market continues record growth

 

Starz! slate shines

 

MTV to broaden 'Daria' into animated telepic

 

ABC's cash and 'Carey'

 

Courtshows rule ratings sweeps month

 

Sony options 2 cult classics

 

WB wins 'Will' war

 

Ten Percenteries

 

The buzz on Woody

 

Katz falling for Kleiser's 'Metal Lover'

 

WB grabs Goldberg pitch

 

Fox bets on 'Greed,' moves it to Fridays

 

Satellite noms unveiled

 

Saxon lands 2 titles gigs

 

WGA singles out Marcus for guild service award

 

Tuchman and Snow given boosts at CNN

 

Providence to release 'Omega'

 

'Hurricane' warning

 

'Titus' takes on L.A.

 

Phaedra gets 'Terrorist'

 

Carsey-Werner taps 3

 

IATSE local approves 3-year League pact

 

Reviews

Hansel & Gretel

Magnolia

Girl, Interrupted

Hansel & Gretel

Swing!

Girl, Interrupted

Magnolia

Bicentennial Man

The Clandestine Marriage

Man on the Moon

Angela's Ashes

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles

Almost Acoustic Christmas

A Christmas Carol

Les Miserables

Miracle on the 17th Green

Augustin, King of Kung-Fu

Hans Warns - My 20th Century

Radio City Music Hall Grand Re-Opening Gala

Amadeus


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