Table of Contents
Week of 03/18/2000

Articles

S. Africa adds class

 

WB picks up 'Harvey' skein for 5th season

 

Inside Moves

 

Durward Kirby

 

Bunzel scales Alpine as prod'n prez

 

Pair there for 'Vanity Fair'

 

Family bags 'Providence' for big price

 

Oscar Watch

 

World Briefs

 

Ketchum grows marketing arm

 

Shock locks Brooks

 

Time Inc. will end Life mag as monthly

 

Bertelsmann now set to spend $36 bil

 

'Earth' spins into H'wood

 

C-W inks Wallem to 2-year deal

 

L.A.P.D., FBI hot on pilfered Oscars' trail

 

Dean to rebel on TNT

 

'Brock's' office smash

 

'Titus' scribes ink Fox pact

 

SFX to move headquarters

 

Coppola: technophile Renaissance man

 

Tommy Thompson

 

Tops in tooniverse

 

NHK seeks change in data law

 

U.S. fare to fight for Rose

 

CLT/Ufa pacts with Veronica to acquire control of HMG

 

NPR fears force of low-power radio

 

Miramax finds Latin beat

 

Lane crafting Midler laffer for Eye net

 

Encore spotlights helmers

 

VH1 Monkees with telepics

 

'Actress' on best behavior at bow

 

Scott bullish on Star's Fox drama 'The Street'

 

Good Machine, Zaentz to spread 'Sins' o'seas

 

UPN custody battle

 

Welsh memorial service

 

Bertolucci, Reed pic at San Sebastian Fest

 

Oscar watch

 

'Smoking Is Good' for WB

 

Universal's 'Mummy' sequel set to rumble with The Rock

 

Laughing all the way

 

Spanish conglom Prisa to float stock

 

Hip-hop oater 'Blazin' at HSI

 

Whose soiree now?

 

Clearing the attic

 

Euro titans cooking up Dutch treat

 

WCBS-TV downs 'Browne,' replaces it with 'Squares'

 

French TV workers unite on b'cast reforms, gripes

 

Players

 

Disney ups Marsh and Treadwell

 

Emmis countersues Sinclair

 

'Hurricane' KOs Oz

 

IFilm takes long view of short pix from QFE team

 

Lakeman floats to top Web designer DNA

 

Gov. Owens blasts Walters

 

Martin is thriller's Vlad boy

 

MGM, Universal going dutch on 'Hannibal' tab

 

Italo auds absent

 

Musical 'Reefer' bogarts L.A. Drama Crix awards

 

Jay Thompson

 

Mouse scats back

 

Behaviour reports big losses, revamps ops

 

Milken helps Nibblebox gobble up $5.5 mil

 

'Voyager' to dock

 

USA bows custom skein browsers

 

PGA gives blessing to CastNet.com site

 

Cinar sues for funds in Bahamas

 

Details undressed

 

Demme opens door at October for 'Eye'

 

Miramax enters 'Diary,' 'Mandolin' deal

 

'Show' to go Web surfing

 

U turn on explansion plan

 

Zanuck swings back to 'Apes'

 

EU to OK Murdoch's pay TV stake

 

Early spring for B'way with a blossoming B.O.

 

David Berman

 

Exec Shuffle

 

U, Quiero join to start Euro film channel

 

Oscar Watch

 

Miramax taps Reich for U.K.

 

Two's viable for Viacom

 

Gordon gets Col's 'Dirt' on hands

 

Prime finds way out of Azul

 

Errant 'Dog' to retrieve auds

 

Voice-worn Patinkin sends regrets to 'Party'

 

Cops clip shippers in Oscar caper

 

Miles White

 

U.K.'s Yes affirms IPO; WB, BVI taking shares

 

World Briefs

 

AOL inks music info pact

 

Music.com uploads Buziak to join 'gem' advisory board

 

QVC pitchwoman lands USA talker

 

Skerritt steps into Cooper's boots

 

Davison upped to Imax prexy

 

Disney throws college comedy a homecoming

 

Douglas to try 'Crim Law'; 'Food' for LaSalle

 

HarperCollins books rights to Maxim murder article

 

'Power' strip clears 92%

 

Robert Eggenweiler

 

Mitchell tribute concert set for TNT

 

Furlong on 'Quest'

 

Load, InterTrust are secure in joint pact

 

TiVo taps marketing exex

 

Warner Bros. married to 'Meddlers' comedy

 

Oz's Village wants to sell HK pix stake

 

Pollack joins Grant on Col pic

 

SESAC bows L.A. office

 

Sogecable inks D'Works PPV deal

 

Bank cutting Spanish stake

 

EC OKs BSkyB stake in Kirch

 

Mediaset/Kirch alpha is Epsilon

 

Thesps lobby for Arts funds

 

Rickman rockets to 'Moon'

 

Isaacson has talent for Fox

 

No revenge for the Nerds: Peacock cancels 'Freaks'

 

Academy to honor Wajda

 

Museum of TV, Radio unveils doc fest slate

 

Dolan's Metro Channels revamped

 

Spanish web Tele 5 sees profits soar 52%

 

Moving toward sale

 

Barbra plans more shows in States

 

FX 'Deliberate' on pix intent

 

'Who,' '20' push Alphabet web to top

 

Titan among bows

 

WBDTD ups Rosenblum in research

 

Crowd blasts Laura

 

AudioSoft, ASCAP compose Web music-use report pact

 

Inside Moves

 

'Old Man' fishes in Imax come May

 

Propaganda hits the 'Net

 

Moore may fly with Fine Line's 'Amelia'

 

Gilroy gets big Castle coin

 

Granada ups Seven stake in Oz

 

'Chutney' pops Out Loud on Sundance

 

France begins digital divvy as some cry foul

 

World Briefs

 

'Insider's' tobacco stance nets Prism

 

Cavuto inks to stay at Fox News

 

Fox clones 'Smartest' gameshow

 

Zaentz reopens 'Patient'

 

Oscar watch

 

Valenti blows away 'Hurricane' critics

 

Disney dances with scribes

 

Goldberg shores up co-star role in 'Sea'

 

Petroni 'Wakes' to feature helming debut

 

Beckinsale strings on last 'Pearl' lead

 

Gap Oscarcast ads copy 'Story'

 

Lions Gate gets exec boost

 

Goldsman to adapt 'Geisha'

 

Disney's safe 'Harbor'?

 

DGA unveils N.Y. HQ plans

 

Miller opts to keep music magazine trio

 

TV, film publicists feted

 

World Briefs

 

UPN's cops on 'The Beat' gain Tuesday viewership

 

Tenpercenteries

 

D.P. catches helming bug for 'Mimic 2'

 

Netcaster Pop.com unveils new channel

 

Sandler laffer at NL; Close open to HBO live

 

Fall sked piques Peacock

 

Bertelsmann denies U music report

 

Preservation orgs get grants

 

Oscar ballots due at 5 p.m. today

 

Santana, 'Supernatural' still magic

 

RAI plans new media unit spinoff, market listing

 

Replay TV nets coin

 

Rose Rim reaps 'Georgiana' bio

 

Fox Family/Saban ups Goldberg to VP

 

USA buys rights to two WB sitcoms

 

Seven Arts catches 'Fish'

 

'Kingdom' to come

 

IFilm exchanges stock for film prod'n Web site

 

Shockwave locks Lynch

 

Soiree screams style

 

'True' beats house record

 

Herzog out-Foxed

 

U.K. gov OKs merger between NTL and CWC

 

Mergers on table

 

TPS revenues up 63% from last year

 

EC greenlights BSkyB, Premiere World deal

 

The need for speed

 

Cabler nabs 'Decalogue'

 

NBC takes a stake in Internet's Space

 

Six bows hit MTV's 'Spot'

 

USA, Avenue plan bio on Bohemian darlings

 

Bloom tapped for 'Today'

 

Netcasting bulks up with half-hour 'Muscle Beach'

 

Brando, Allen, Lee check crystal ball

 

'Price' reclaims 10 a.m. as KCBS drops 'Browne'

 

Blanchett bagged by MGM's 'Outlaws'

 

Lensing begins on Breillat's seventh feature, 'Two Girls'

 

Karlovy Vary festival adds 2 days to sked

 

Blue, Yardum start Perception PR

 

Centropolis takes a run at 'Dead Man's' pitch

 

Lambert caps 'Offense'; pic pairs up 'Taxi' duo

 

'Millionaire' goes online in real time

 

Kinowelt posts boffo revs

 

Imax unveils biz division

 

Loews' lenders agree to relax credit terms

 

'N Sync disc rocks record bow of 1 mil

 

The art of reinventing

 

Slim slicing cable stake

 

Warner/EMI duet plays a happy dot-com tune

 

Tyro scribe lands 2-book deal

 

Ironic Hollywood

 

Tyson Italy bout goes to Showtime

 

Eye says goodbye to 'Cosby'

 

Jean Howard

 

In the driver's seat

 

NARAS adds discs to Hall of Fame

 

Raymond Katz

 

'Blame Canada' lyrics: Bigger, longer, uncut

 

Dave to try full-time sked next week

 

Brit cabler bows broadband

 

Factory direct

 

'Romeo' livens Wednesday B.O.

 

Dominick Mezzina

 

Oscar injects $61 mil into L.A. economy

 

H'wood backs China trade pact, Valenti sez

 

Players

 

Wood bio heads to Alphabet web

 

Capital idea: AFMA names Prewitt prez

 

Wilson, Leight will highlight Taper season

 

Chao to top USA Cable

 

Tossing coin for pix

 

Bischoff back on top in Turner WCW redo

 

Laffer sets Swiss B.O. mark

 

Asian ad spend adds

 

Biz Briefs

 

Beatnik on bongo for IPO

 

Slim slicing cable stake

 

Fonda will only return for a 'Golden' role

 

MTV bows '10 Spot' slate

 

Oscar finder gets reward, Acad tickets

 

'Follies' back on Broadway

 

Advertisers clamor for spots

 

Cannes will serve up 'Vatel' as fest opener

 

ABC finds 'Then' is now

 

AOL, Universal form marketing alliance

 

Dempsey on the beat for ABC drama

 

Anderson is allergic to M'max 'Cat'

 

Reviews

Here on Earth

Mariah Carey

High Fidelity

Romeo Must Die

A Moon for the Misbegotten

Napster - Mp3 Web Site: Piracy Made Easy

The Operator: David Geffen Builds, Buys and Sells the New Hollywood - Poison Pen Sketches Geffen Rise to the Top

The Unruly Life of Woody Allen

Original Story by; a Memoir of Broadway and Hollywood

Waste

The Big Bang

Helpless

A Place at the Table

The Infidel

Riverdance on Broadway

Black Forest

Birdy

Titus

Son of the Beach

Lulu Kreutz's Picnic

Virtual Vampire

The Operator

Road Dogs

Rum and Coke

The Girls' Room

Night Time

Geppetto

Saturday Night

Somewhere in the Night

Long Live Us!

Bel Air

Marriage Prep

East of a

Victim

Mirka

The Spreading Ground

Passing Darkness

Price of Glory - Boxing Pic Can't Go Distance

Dolce Far Niente

Mercy

Whipped

Norma Jean, Jack, and Me

Here on Earth

High Fidelity - 'High Fidelity' Turns Up the Volume for Romantic Laffer

Bread Day

Romeo Must Die - Li Jet-Powers Chopsocky for Action-Packed Gangsta Ride

Final Destination - Tepid Teen Thriller

Napster

The Operator: David Geffen Builds, Buys and Sells The New Hollywood

The Unruly Life of Woody Allen

Original Story By; A Memoir of Broadway and Hollywood

The Beat

SubUrbia

The Beauty Queen of Leenane

Richard Thompson

The Spreading Ground

Mary Stuart

The Sons of Lincoln

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Mango Mango

Return to Me

My Tired Broke Ass Pontificating Slapstick Funk

Two Rooms

Battery Park

Daddio

The Operator

Tom Rapp

Mystery!: Lady Audley's Secret

Making the Band

The Libertine

The Waverly Gallery

Aida

Whatever It Takes

Metade Fumaca

Modern Life

Ordinary Decent Criminal

Methods of Mayhem

A Chinese in a Coma

Light Keeps Me Company

A Major Inconvenience

Tom Sawyer

Methods of Mayhem

Whatever It Takes



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