Table of Contents
Week of 01/01/2000

Articles

Indies and the Internet

 

Cannes celebrates Bunuel

 

Online Film Market Sites

 

Statuette statutes

 

Producers Crystal clear on host duties

 

Getting behind the Oscar music

 

Linda Cardellini

 

Monica Bellucci

 

Iben Hjejle

 

Aaliyah

 

Justin Kerrigan

 

Market makes room for Riviera, dot-coms

 

Acquisitive Minds: Clare McArdle

 

Acquisitive Minds: Yasushi Shiina

 

Acquisititive Minds: Tait Brady

 

Acquisitive Minds: Werner Koenig

 

Dot-coms offer one stop shopping

 

'Gray' sets off WB, FilmFour pic pact

 

Novel roots

 

Sebastian Schipper

 

Skewed selection

 

'Net taps Europe's rich shorts supply

 

Acquisitive Minds: Bobby Allen

 

Acquisitive Minds: Jean Labadie

 

Fancy fetes require Concordes and cash

 

MeesPierson Bank funds Mulholland

 

No frills

 

Lara Belmont

 

H'wood still cashing in on German influx

 

Acquisitive Minds: Claudia Macedo

 

Telefilm sales outdo features

 

Clean bill for DHC

 

'GMA' surge leads nets as ayem auds rise, shine

 

Coppola taps Reisman Zoetrope prod'n topper

 

'ABC 2000' mills aud of 175 mil

 

Harrison home after stabbing

 

Promotion motion

 

Int'l auds stagnant despite multiplexes

 

Playboy taps Day for publisher post

 

The Great Media Blurs: Ad, news, or shmooze?

 

Yawn of new era

 

Fox net promotes 3 in promo

 

Showtime follows in Ziman's 'Footsteps'

 

Moran veeped at Lifetime to bring life to biz development

 

Vinson ankles Talk mag post

 

French tap Hitchcock tops

 

MSNBC takes millennial hit

 

'Life' is Italo B.O. champ

 

Character assault

 

Canal + wins with auds

 

Film finally apple pie

 

'Little' win caps big year

 

Boston firm increases its stake in Lions Gate

 

Reeves wraps up villain in Raimi's 'Gift' ensemble

 

Murdoch aide exits Tory council post

 

WPIX nabs 'Maury' as WNBC mulls moves

 

'Stuart' B.O. still stellar

 

Miramax, Par fan 'Feathers'

 

KITV eyes cable coin

 

Broadcast crix name Spielberg best of '90s

 

Ballots go out for SAG awards

 

ABC's year-end run

 

Helmer Kapur may be tickled by 'Feathers'

 

'Nash' duo to host Choice

 

Seymour nabs fest honors

 

Bryant named to veep post at WMAQ-TV

 

Showbiz was schiz in 1999

 

Wonders from down under

 

Familiar names vie for Oscar

 

Grammy noms list 4

 

George Carl

 

Sherland Wilson

 

CLT/Ufa ready to take 25% in RTV Ent.

 

MGM ups Abbott

 

'Beauty,' Spacey click onto Online crix kudos

 

Boffo B.O. for Barbra's millennium bash

 

Toon house taps Poole veep

 

'O'Reilly' throws punch at 'Rivera'

 

Palm Springs fest to host cinematography event

 

Fresh faces seek recognition

 

Contenders ready to battle

 

Baby Faire pampers Primedia kid niche

 

Showbiz ups kudos count

 

Nat Adderley

 

Fox Net promotes 3 in promo

 

'Commitments' encore gets Leight touch

 

Bender-Spink buoys management ranks

 

Sundance bows new tech focus

 

NBC ad arm revs up, adds 4 sr. veeps

 

Grammy noms list 2

 

Grammy noms list 3

 

Sandy Prudden

 

Warners inks more Webisodes

 

Sr. marketing veep will ankle USA net

 

Celebs honored in U.K.

 

KTLA smelling like a rose

 

'Witch' spawns 2 more with Artisan

 

Leo tiers into cable

 

Local battles brew

 

'Fantasia 2000' hits Imax record

 

B'Way B.O. leaves the best for last

 

NBC won't hit on 12 for '21'

 

Bigscreen dreams

 

Grammy noms list 1

 

Pierre Clementi

 

Franco Castellano

 

Ted Zeigler

 

A 'Smooth' Santana wind

 

Dick Peabody

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Publicists' nod to TV's Carter

 

Peacock's plucked

 

MBNS inks deal with TVB

 

Lagardere will buy 34% stake in Canal Satellite

 

Staples Center offers largest Grammy venue

 

Fox 'Bedazzled' with Hurley and O'Connor

 

12 sci-tech feats cited by Academy

 

NBC, NAACP set initiatives

 

Col Tristar scores

 

Money flows to Lions Gate

 

Panasonic, Replay ink set-top deal

 

Norman E. Rothstein

 

Hilary Harris

 

Theodore R. Scott

 

ESPN Classic picks weekly pics

 

Pillar to top new CBS Internet Group

 

Fall radio ratings delayed

 

ICM books Bernstein for L.A. lit VP post

 

Jimmy Moore

 

John LaForge

 

Court shows judged best in 1999

 

EC regs put heat on pubcasters

 

Oh 'Brother': 3.5 mil view

 

Queen to crown H'w'd royalty

 

Telescene coins IPO

 

TV's monumental millennial makeover

 

12 docs get Acad nods in new rules

 

Showtime promotes Mansfield

 

Inside Moves

 

Stern sells L.A. Weekly

 

'Health' racks up fat B.O.

 

A cable connection

 

TF1 takes 95 out of 100 top aud rankings in 1999

 

Mouse bucks stox sell-off

 

Emile Buyse

 

Enrique Cadicamo

 

Cable upstarts set to bow

 

Goldman gets Clarin stake for $500 mil

 

Murdoch looks to expand TM3

 

Millenial milestones

 

BVI tops 1999 int'l B.O.

 

H-A hunts 'Moments' animal reality series

 

Sundance int'l arm moves to Gotham

 

Estudio Mex, Videocine pact

 

UIP adds Nordic notch with Scanbox venture

 

Gridiron championship sweet for Alphabet net

 

Chiklis on board Stooges biopic

 

Cook fired up for MGM's 'Antitrust'

 

Ward inks for Endeavor reps

 

TV's Sackheim to helm Sony pic 'Glass'

 

'Black Cinema Cafe' to bow

 

Mickey pick-me-up

 

NAACP, NBC reach pact

 

World Brief

 

Blum's 'Brigade' marching to Miramax

 

Wan new Penguin prez; Lynton ankles for AOL

 

Zwick will play with 'Toys' for Paramount

 

Jobs sticks with Apple, invests in EarthLink

 

WCW's 'Nitro' trims running time

 

RKO, Bigel/Mailer Films ink deal for pic remakes

 

Mouse rewards legal eagle with big bonus

 

ICM taps two at top

 

Madonna moves to UTA following stint at CAA

 

'Early Show' casts vote for pols Cuomo, Kemp

 

Film Roman raises Clifton

 

Univision taps Ruiz online VP

 

Madden plucks 'Mandolin'

 

Positive direction

 

'Practice' sounds perfect after Bowl

 

Oscar Watch

 

Street eyes new faces of showbiz

 

Ex-WMA vet Rifkin joins 'Netcaster, prod'n outfit

 

U Music captures top market share

 

Dealmaker Alper upped to exec VP at New Line

 

Bernhard Wicki

 

CLT/Ufa eyes soccer

 

Videocine, CIE ink distrib deal

 

Video net gets $ boost

 

New license conditions loosen e.tv shareholding

 

Dolan full SportsChannel Florida owner

 

Douglas gets dad's OK on proposal

 

Cox, Cablevision lead drop in sector stocks

 

Fox names Beverly VP

 

Russell poised to journey '3000 Miles' with Costner

 

Fox hits home with 'Menace'

 

Gates urges tech industry to preserve user privacy

 

Miramax inks scribe Fleming

 

Bill Edwards

 

Charles Cirillo

 

Dallas-Fort Worth crix pick 'Beauty'

 

Metro moves into Toronto

 

MTV Latino spreads Web in Terra pact

 

Sony stock soaked

 

McCain's industry ties under scrutiny

 

Diller's Ovation option

 

Sundance adds two pix by vets

 

German musicals co. broke, seeking buyer

 

TPEC taps two toppers

 

BBC ratings blight

 

Oasis sets up diskery

 

Cabler IFC pulls plug on 'B'cast'

 

Bondy up at 'Weekend'

 

Realnetworks pacts for U Music's song library

 

'Freaks' tries Net appeal

 

DGA vet Unger upped to Western exec director

 

Inside move

 

L.A. production edges up in '99

 

Bill Armstrong

 

Jan Barbara Michelle Vusich

 

BKS Ent. sleeps on 'Dream'

 

Slamdance adds shorts

 

ICM chooses Ivers

 

'Poke' powers WB

 

Sky Argentina hit over Fox fare

 

Food cabler gets a new head chef

 

Prinze at the plate for WB's 'Summer'

 

Hollywood (finally) goes digital

 

Cox restores Fox

 

Artisan links IPO with Merrill Lynch

 

Oscar Watch

 

Searchlight's Law returning to legit

 

Sundance int'l arm moves to Gotham

 

Hart Sharp, FilmFour set biopic

 

Dray prod'n prexy at Horseshoe Bay

 

Creative Planet adds 2-pop.com to banner

 

Eye-opening 'Net deals set on first day of CES

 

Loretta still Young at heart

 

Four new channels set for Star TV arm

 

Par Comedy Spain sets Bones for post

 

'Weekenders' wend way to ABC Saturday

 

IEG pacts with Zeta Films

 

Hunt for 'Women'

 

Big Canuck chill

 

DVD holiday sales hot

 

CAA rides laff wave, adding to client list

 

'The Universe' to end

 

Dallas-Fort Worth crix pick 'Beauty'

 

Reviews

Peggy For You

Street of Blood

A Man Called Hero

Adult Behavior: It's All In The Mind

Pin-Pon - The Film

In Bed With Santa

The Four Seasons of the Law

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Death of a Salesman

The Crossing

The Animated Odyssey

Britannic

The Virginian

Malcolm in the Middle

The David Cassidy Story

Eartha Kitt

Jack Donahue

The David Cassidy Story

Eartha Kitt

Jack Donahue



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