Table of Contents
Week of 01/08/2000

Articles

Pic topper DeKoven ankles Peacock

 

CAA hires Smith, Galvin for public relations posts

 

Leo's latenight leap

 

NFL joins MTV generation

 

Willis starrer cops three People's Choice awards

 

Making their mark

 

Thai pirates plunder 'Anna'

 

Variety adds 3 reporters

 

DiCaprio on 'Beach' stroll at Berlin Fest

 

Ford ponders agency home

 

Palm Springs fest previews entries

 

Rewriting the rules

 

Events, seminars fill Palm Springs fest slate

 

Kristian Levring

 

Jaume Balaguero

 

Conor McPherson

 

Stephen Daldry

 

Hostile negotiations

 

Technicolor draws Schonfeld

 

Teen dreams, rock vets tune up

 

WGAW fetes Monash with Chayefsky award

 

Par TV names Schlotman VP

 

Big money problems

 

1999 was music to Arista ears

 

'WXO' enters wrestling ring

 

Col to tame 'Lion's Game'

 

Tricky timing

 

Buddhist leader helms first Bhutanese entry

 

Breakthrough for Bening

 

Taking liberties

 

Despite banner year, toons still ghettoized

 

Stephane Brize

 

Edward Berger

 

Strong 'SVU' Friday bow boosts Peacock

 

The Hitch with longer pix is they're not better

 

Ace high on this pair

 

Williams to bow online stand-up act

 

Mouse shows legs

 

Obst opens Stone's 'Gate'

 

Foreign-lingo entries from around the world

 

Almodovar's lucky year

 

Real to reel

 

AOL: You've got Time Warner

 

CBS, Fox to reveal NAACP initiatives

 

Reichblum ankles CNBC post

 

Ticketmaster group ups Pleasants to prez

 

Blue Sky ahead for Keane

 

Lane joins Iland Def Jam

 

Webber goes legit with Stoll Moss buy

 

Crix pick 'Being,' 'Topsy'

 

Murdoch kicks ball to CLT/Ufa

 

'Hurricane' punches up screens, B.O. tally

 

AMPAS taps pair for Bonner sci-tech nods

 

Poster gives Oscar a new look for 2000

 

Fight for your right to party

 

'Sopranos' tuning up

 

Blockbuster, TiVo ink video-on-demand deal

 

Clooney's first of '11'

 

D'Works TV gets busy

 

Inside Moves

 

Forman brings Euro touch to U.S. movies

 

Events, seminars fill Palm Springs fest slate

 

Ani shorts benefit from inside buzz

 

Maiden voyages

 

They have issues

 

Ella Lemhagen

 

Kirch talks pay TV with Al Waalid

 

'Shout' up for grabs

 

Brit exhib Odeon, ABC to merge

 

Bandeira extends D'Works contract

 

Iwin gamely lands $25 mil, taps exex

 

Warners ups Otto to finance VP

 

ShoWest to honor Cinemark's Warner

 

Daly awaits Dodgers' opening day

 

Intercon loves 'Girl Next Door'

 

NTL, Microsoft TV team for interactive services

 

Miramax 'Enchanted'

 

Sundance to honor Spacey's 'insight'

 

New era breeds new media mogul

 

Fox hits top with 'Middle'

 

Brosnan's ready to paint 'Sienna'

 

Fox hunts for summer auds with rerun hits

 

New year bow mixed

 

World Briefs

 

Trimark ups Sanger to development director

 

Cartoon Net programs to join Televisa slate

 

DDA Media Tek taps new exex, pacts with PR firms

 

O'seas hugs H'wood

 

Lensers will honor Green

 

Wish on a WinStar

 

Oscar qualifiers drop as Acad mails ballots

 

Vachon to get 'Edge' award

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Dixon exits Col TriStar publicity

 

Clark, ABC ink 5 more New Years

 

L.A., O.C. Weekly ups Jablonski to publisher

 

Ingraham moves up at NBC

 

Carving new domain

 

Latin American splash

 

Online film fest issues call for entries

 

Playboy.com files with SEC for IPO

 

'Exposure' at NATPE

 

Spielberg, Paltrow to present at Globes

 

Indies go every 'Witch' way in '99

 

U's new Lynch mob

 

Yahoo likely to be next in line to click

 

Euro stocks boosted by TW/AOL link

 

Activists take Case to task

 

Swanson tapped VP for Arista publicity

 

Deutsche Bank exits bid battle for cablers

 

'Toon Network asks for a vote

 

Two top German exhibs talk up a partnership

 

FX takes TV rights to 'Realm'

 

3 hot syndie shows nab upgrades

 

PBS collars big dog

 

Inside Move

 

Col heads off to college with Redmond for 'Die'

 

Trio gets in step for Kane pic 'Romantic'

 

Rosenberg hits 'Ice' again

 

Fox Family buoys execs

 

'Millionaire' minces new competish

 

Art directors org votes Sylbert lifetime kudos

 

Johnson wins Jets toss; Cablevision bid nixed

 

Fox Kids setting up Italo web, Web

 

Ondigital seals PPV pact, posts sub hike

 

Fox seeks new tale

 

Stamos inks TV pic deals for banner

 

Lifetime channels Brooks

 

Talk about big changes

 

'Passengers' USA-bound

 

Donald Earl Watters

 

Warren 'Bob' Ball

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Clayton Moore Memorial Service

 

CLT/Ufa inks deal for Vox

 

Cabler to Webcast Sundance awards

 

News Corp. ups Pompadur

 

DDA MediaTek taps exex, PR reps

 

U.S.-based BBC Sales raises Cain to VP post

 

Brits easing BSkyB stand

 

Viacom names Brooks CEO of Oz's Studio City

 

Sogecable ups distrib coin

 

Miramax getting helmer O'Haver for 'Alison' pic

 

Thesp Green grows with UTA

 

Black and Blu to hit slopes

 

Imagine ankles Disney for new Fox TV abode

 

Michael McDowell

 

Jack Grossman

 

Jordan Derwin

 

Sound editors tap noms for best of 1999

 

NATPE anticipates new media binge

 

Merger hangover

 

NBC picks up more 'Freaks' for Mondays

 

Letterman nabs Hillary

 

Inside moves

 

Icon goes for 'Gold'

 

Alliances changed

 

Fox prescription

 

'Voxxy' site geared to Gen-Y girls

 

Fox Kids inks deal with 'Ren' creator

 

Checkout.com inks with AOL-owned Moviefone

 

Nick GAS scores pact with NHL programming

 

Peter Heimes

 

Napoleon conquers H'w'd

 

Mediaset mindset

 

Shaw gets OK for buyback

 

Imax signs deal for 3 screens in Japan

 

Cable pics swamp Writers Guild noms

 

Bruckheimer pacts with journo

 

Indican set to distrib 'Saints'

 

BMI tunes Web licensing system

 

Slam dunk for Yoakam

 

Oz B.O. high and low

 

Weather clear at 'Today' as Roker reups contract

 

NBC may leave trade org over aud cap issue

 

Douglas' touch to be in 'Angel'

 

Martin ankles Fox Sports Net, FX

 

Orgs criticize 'Sopranos'

 

Travola may 'Travel'; student leaving 'ER'

 

Cruise moves to front line

 

Eye spies few shifts in merger

 

Paris springs to pix

 

Japan auds end 1999 at home

 

Lola answers call

 

Pix Rendez-vous in Paris

 

WHV shuffles exex

 

Studios USA bets on Casino

 

MTV's political note

 

A&E's 'Crossing' bridges homes for record rating

 

Worker killed at Oscar theater site

 

'Election,' 'Limey' get into Spirit nominations

 

Seven pics make the cut in Oscar f/x nominee race

 

U runs to Walker for 'Racer'

 

Syndies ink key carriage deals

 

It's a small world

 

MOMA focus on film

 

Silvercup bowls over N.Y.-lovin' producers

 

Sky taps Exxon's Diego as new CEO

 

Endemol Portugal to bow 'Big Brother'

 

IFilm lands Lone Eagle Publishing

 

Outfest unveils slate of screenings, events

 

Groups together again

 

Financially independent

 

CanWest has content qtr.

 

Content defender

 

Vet Haas ankles ICM

 

HBO to award short pix kudos

 

Artisan and Details pact on film series

 

It's Schneider's studio

 

Carrey feted at ShoWest

 

Lagardere group to take stake in Canal satellite

 

MTV names vet Richard for VP post

 

Pegasus to buy Golden Sky

 

'Bone' steps into ring

 

Cube's circle of friends

 

Lyons, Beane team on New Line's 'Diva'

 

WMG, Launch Media tune up

 

Inside moves

 

Disney, Galaxy plan Latin channel

 

'Blue' scores for red-hot ABC

 

7th Art plugs into 'Circuitry'

 

Virtual film classroom

 

'Netmeisters gathering

 

Kinowelt knits plans to bow broadcaster

 

Dutch pic biz cops coin

 

CLT/Ufa nabs rights to Par pix package

 

Searchlight spots Kahn

 

Lifetime sets gameshow, reality series for June

 

UPN monkeying around

 

Baldecchi going 'Mad'

 

New Films strikes Euro distrib deal

 

Col Worldwide taps Kreger marketing VP

 

Hillary visit a big boost to 'Letterman'

 

Playboy Channel hops into Chile

 

Western expansion

 

Starry trios prepare for 'Monologues'

 

Izzard set for 'Circle'

 

Oscar Watch

 

Carey to receive rare AMA honor

 

'Millionaire' hits new jackpot

 

Billie Neal

 

'Hurricane' sweeps up Scripters

 

'Ley' lands large distrib deal

 

Reubens ankles quizshow

 

Holiday sees vidgame sales hit $7.2 bil mark

 

Tele-Munchen leads investors in Lions Gate

 

No special rules for Hillary's Letterman seg

 

After pitch, Beacon unafraid of 'Dark'

 

'Lion,' 'Spend' top Oliviers

 

Seasonal split

 

China's Feng will 'Be There'

 

Returning to the tube

 

Scottish Media snaps Ginger for $370 mil

 

Sam Jaffe

 

Moore gets 'Break'

 

Nets deny gov't control

 

Paramount Classics in Total agreement

 

Teren tops Variety's publisher Cahners

 

Gates hands CEO post to Ballmer

 

Loews shows loss

 

Plugolas: H'w'd fetes product placement

 

Studio City selects 3 board members

 

'Geeks' heads to New Line

 

'The Pianist' plays out as Polanski pic

 

Art Batanides

 

Reviews

Jackie Mason: Much Ado About Everything

My Dog Skip

Gypsy Boys

The Rise and Fall of Impressionism

A Father's Choice

Lobster Alice

TLC

City of Angels

The Spring

Dirty Blonde

James Joyce's The Dead

The Subject Was Roses

Next Friday

Sexual Perversity in Chicago/The Duck Variations

The Loretta Claiborne Story

The Sopranos

Nova: Lost on Everest

Cleopatra 2525

Jack of All Trades

Higher Ground

Wrong Mountain

Tell Me Something

Kennedy and I

Rock Opera

Higher Ground



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