Table of Contents
Week of 03/25/2000

Articles

D'Works campaign proves 'Beauty'-ful

 

WB's sci-fi 'Matrix' nets 4 tech Oscars

 

Kudocast takes tasteful tack to tunes

 

Snafus Crystal-ized

 

Whatever language, it's the story: helmers

 

The protesters take backstage

 

Retirees up to date come Oscar

 

Guards deliver Oscars as stars deliver glamour

 

Gotham partygoers go on defensive

 

Oscars pull off intimacy, focus on films

 

Oscar's 'American' dream

 

Sportel hits spot on TV mart circuit

 

Praisery bows digital arm

 

Hicks, Muse to launch sports site this summer

 

Muppets will Pulse on Internet

 

'Cosby' will leave air on Eye net next month

 

Mintz scales WB netlet to senior VP, program skedding

 

Players

 

SF Bio to build digital 14-plex

 

Booth exits SAG for prod'n co.

 

UIP fishes for Italo aud

 

Revelers preview Premiere Theater

 

Lagardere profits down

 

Site puts 'Fillers' in the hot seat

 

WB takes Japan marketing prize

 

TV, Radio Museum bows doc fest

 

Trio vie for Italy's Donatello Awards

 

Mediaset joins digital Stream team

 

BBC says Yes to video web

 

NetStar takeover OK'd with strings

 

Trio claims ownership rights; tries to block sale

 

MP3.com hit with lawsuit from Fox music agency

 

Harling takes 'Honeymoon'

 

Hackman targets 'Breakers'

 

Sly, Madonna get Razzies

 

Sogable ankles Col TriStar post

 

Claremont may bear new fruit: arthouse multiplex

 

'Erin' tops 'Romeo'

 

Inside Moves

 

Backstage Notes

 

'Beauty's' platform for success

 

Bart H'w'd' whodunit

 

Charles Gray

 

Otello Martelli

 

Tenpercentaries

 

Stanley Ralph Ross

 

Exec Shuffle

 

SAG, AFTRA expected to authorize ad strike

 

Par, Bateman pilot a 'Kiss'

 

Peet eyes part in Col's 'Silverman'

 

DGA elects panel chairs

 

Three's company

 

Nets' gambles pay off with strong Nielsen bows

 

Abandon Pix adopts Mazur, Mickelson

 

'Sopranos' takes top nods at Golden Reels

 

Blockbusters blah at Euro B.O.

 

Oz producers' SOS

 

Friel, Fricker to star in 'Bride' co-prod'n

 

International Briefs

 

TVB reports 25% rise in 1999 proifts

 

B.C. showbiz unions pact with producers

 

Hovell signs off ABC News

 

Quebecois's counter Rogers

 

'Election' wins 3 IFP Spirit awards

 

WB site execs feel slighted

 

Studios, unions prep for rancorous spring

 

William Einhorn

 

Lothrop Worth

 

Mildred Limbaugh

 

Pee Wee King

 

Rainmaker revs, losses up

 

Seagram stock up on merger reports

 

Solid ratings for CBS with college hoops

 

Goldstein tapped E! veep

 

Lansing named NBCi topper

 

Caine exuberant over Oscar win

 

Digital Domain, Icon hatch big-budget feature 'Cranes'

 

Inside Moves

 

Isgro charged with extortion

 

Leong to draw Lion's 'Blood'

 

'Frasier' producer Lloyd ends session

 

How far for love?

 

Oxygen inhales N.Y. tax break

 

World Briefs

 

Fili-Krushel set to ankle ABC

 

Columbus to helm WB's 'Potter' pic

 

OpenTV open to Spyglass

 

FCC eyes web weave

 

Burke slaloms into expanding RSN

 

Listen.com ups coin pool

 

Players

 

Stables heads to GameWorks

 

Azaria at 'Dinner' table

 

Oscar gets a lift

 

Wall St. traffic heavy

 

WB, tube vet hot for 'Spot'

 

Disney nominees felt outgunned

 

'Green' takes Japan

 

Ruling redoes Oz feevee

 

Film noir fest opens with Palance offering 'I Died'

 

Aspen Shortsfest looks long on foreign entries

 

Schaeffer in 'Never' land with Michael

 

Golin's new venture more than Anonymous

 

Time Inc. Int'l taps Pepe prexy, CEO

 

France taps Tasca as new culture minister

 

Figgis' 'Time Code' makes its debut

 

B'way babies fly

 

SF Bio to build digital 14-plex

 

Euro pix get push

 

K&K going solo on Euro screens

 

Intertainment inks for six-pic Mediaset pact

 

PS 200 short Fest to unspool 41 pics

 

An Oscar for parties

 

Oscar, bows make ABC's week golden

 

Japan rating 'Beautiful'

 

Kinowelt's in-flight biz ramps up with U.S. buy

 

Primacom picks up PPV pix

 

'Sign' brings international crew to H'w'd

 

MTV Latam ups Zel to exec veep

 

Chum ups Switzer to senior VP

 

NBC Agency taps Curran VP

 

Sig Mickelson

 

iFilm gets Creative

 

Cable upfront sales near $5 billion

 

Oscar pre-show best ever for E!

 

Fili-Krushel ankles ABC for Internet

 

'Potter' planted

 

Disney keen on teen 'Guy'

 

B'casters sue RIAA over proposed Internet fees

 

U ups Sakson to Sr. Veep

 

Greenwald sez go to 'Stop'

 

NBC to preem Roos laffer this summer

 

D'Works to put up 'Collateral' thriller

 

Kessler snags Miramax deal

 

Harold B. Fisher

 

Ari Sloane

 

NTL nabs 3rd soccer stake

 

'Mother' to visit Spain prison fest

 

Mehta pursues damages

 

M6 profits, revs rocket as aud & economy expand

 

DirectTV's volume off as forum dials up News

 

Docu festival to honor HBO's Nevins

 

Herman will attend diversity meet

 

Beck exits Los Angeles mag for gig in Gotham

 

Geffen taps Arney to top

 

Players

 

USA remains champ

 

ArtistDirect's stock down in IPO's 1st day

 

Warner tapped to top PDI/DreamWorks

 

MGM Home Entertainment ups Szabo

 

NBC going to Xtreme to bring back football

 

Syndicating '70s'

 

Latest Bond installment sans McClory

 

Mental illness alliance denounces 'Wonderland'

 

UPI's Till fills bill at Redbus

 

'Beauty' reaps Oscar benefits

 

SAG, AFTRA OK walkout

 

Artisan loses 'Witch' doctor

 

E! wins in 'Fashion' dispute

 

Castle Hill sandwiches in 'Deli' pic

 

Creative Planet goes to Source

 

Ovitz's Lynx inks with LibertyOne

 

Davis returns to TV for ABC pilot 'Lost'

 

Kinowelt eyeing stake in mini-web tm3

 

Trueba's 'Girl' to kick off Chicago Latin movie fest

 

Margulies will join Robards in Baitz play

 

Margaret Pritchard Boone

 

Jim Cash

 

Neil Patterson

 

Ian Dury

 

Begona Palacios

 

Joseph Deighton Gibson Jr.

 

Joseph V. Perry

 

Betty A. Geffen

 

Intermedia, Pacifica cap merger, plan IPO

 

Zone to bow softcore web

 

Spanish giant GVM, SGAE pact

 

Mediaset scores rights to 3 Oscar winning pix

 

Elton John rocks benefit concert

 

WB New Media taps Calkins VP of business development

 

'N Sync's 2.4 mil units sets record

 

SAG/AFTRA contract talks to run past deadline

 

Packer packs fund for India biz

 

Megachannels taps 2

 

Deal lets Cinar look at Globe-X investments

 

Treat Williams, Richter ink for net pilot roles

 

Blanks to helm WB romantic horror pic

 

Xtreme team terms

 

WMA pacts with 'Net dating site

 

Liberty Digital logs on for Kozmo.com stake

 

Cohen exits slot at KCOP

 

Phoenix wins bidding war for military thriller 'Basic'

 

VH1 to add 5 series to primetime lineup

 

Disney tunes up 'High'

 

Toonsters turn out

 

NBC's 'God' is dead

 

Feds loan arranger on 'Gristle'

 

Disney advances TW/AOL concern

 

Allen inks 3-pic pact at D'Works

 

'Psycho' babble

 

Scott tapped for 'Pearl'

 

Exec Shuffle

 

Lifetime births 'Lights'

 

Odeon, BFI pact on arthouse pix

 

ITV to air celeb version of 'Millionaire'

 

Ramirez tops CAEC's chain

 

L.A. Center Studios' biz reflects local prod'n growth

 

Parker to manage 'Pussycats'

 

Andryc upped to exec VP of Fox kidvid

 

Granada USA readies slate for nets, cablers

 

'99 dip doesn't deter United Pan-Europe

 

Comment editor axed

 

Details to relaunch under Peres

 

D'Works exec ankles post for prod'n deal

 

Nickelodeon taps Ross marketing VP

 

Ruling favors Bobo

 

USA sights 'Huntress'

 

KMEX leads in p.m. demo ratings race

 

Piven to be CBS' 'Guy'

 

Spider pic in Village, WB web

 

Strauss, 20th will laff it up

 

Unapix picks pix to push

 

Seagal enters 'Exit'; Downey eyes exit as well

 

Buy makes Endemol tops in Italy

 

Swank upset by Oscar fallout

 

Marsden set to become an 'Ocean Warrior'

 

'Leno' ratings get Rock solid boost

 

Hauser to pen 'Gate' script

 

Lynx invests in Web biz

 

Creative Eye sets stock listing

 

WIN ups Gordon to deputy chair

 

Lloyd ankles top U.K. Pathe post

 

Fox Sports taps Ehrlich

 

'Forgiven' no more: Twentieth axes strip

 

Tenpercenteries

 

Euro auds flock to continental product

 

Toon union targets PBS

 

Slater, Allen eye 7 Arts pic

 

New Line preps Latino pix

 

Moore finds 'Gold' with Col TriStar TV

 

Laffer 'Fuddy Meers' to close at Minetta

 

Sci Fi Channel taps La Rue VP

 

Int'l Documentary Assn. looks for achievement award entries

 

Linda Ellen Watson

 

Marty Roth

 

Helen Martin

 

FrancoTVA Group bids to take over Motion

 

Rudin driven to purchase fact-based 'Albert' book

 

Coin primes Primedia

 

CDNow shares edge up as company seeks coin

 

EM.TV joins CE to launch virtual license exchange

 

Harold Greene

 

Urban Media inks 'Kings' scribe Ridley

 

Peabodys honor HBO

 

Ex-Village exec Henry indicted in fraud case

 

'Skulls,' 'Road' top pix eyeing weekend B.O. crown

 

Borsiczky blooms at Blue Tulip Prods.

 

Mouse House ropes Rifkin for 'Posse'

 

Mets-Cubs, Sosa generate just so-so ratings in Japan

 

SCR will play it for laughs

 

E! founder to bow Celebstreet.com

 

New Oz co. Ocean has Alibi

 

Stream runs with new webs, exex

 

Unapix picks pix to push

 

Big-time bonuses

 

Start spreading 'News': Spacey picks next role

 

Silver forges Zinc arm

 

Cable resids stalling talks

 

Artisan ups Greenman

 

Disney, Decter get 'Guy'

 

Kids producer seeks Energee

 

Costumer Roth honored

 

Deaf ear to hi-def

 

Norton nabs 'Perfect' rescue tale for $600k

 

Court: License to nil

 

Mike Denecke

 

Elmer Klopper

 

Larry Beezer

 

William Swofford

 

Reviews

The 72nd Annual Academy Awards

Eva's Eye

Eye Ball

Geography of Fear

Gone With The Fish

Double Parked

A Paradise Under the Stars

The Audrey Hepburn Story

Sebadoh

Mariah Carey

Porgy and Bess - Unbalanced Gershwin Has Song in Its Heart

Mary Stuart

The Waverly Gallery

Other People

Mother's Day

Circle

The Overcoat

The Moment When

Making the Band

Backroads

The Debt

Elze's Life

Fragments of Life

The Shadow of the Giant

If You Only Knew

Johnnie Greyeyes

Junk

The Worlds of Mei Lanfang

Glass Marbles

Hunter's Moon

The Opportunists

The Smokers

Night Service Station

Toro

First Love: The Litter on the Breeze

Foreign Fields

A Sudden Loss of Gravity

Intern

Eye Ball

Kiss Me So Long I Can't Breathe

Where Violence Ends Love Begins

Eva's Eye

Knockout

Gone with the Fish

Modern Life

Geography of Fear

Honour of the House

Angels of the Universe

The Birthday

Flames of Paradise

Return to Go!

Return to Me - Laffer Has Heart

Bad Girl Trilogy

Yesterday Children

Dreamtrips

Double Parked - Perfs Perk 'Parked'

I.K.U.

Blessed Art Thou

Scottsboro: An American Tragedy

Whatever It Takes - 'It Takes' More Than This

The Books and the Night

Whoafraidwolf

Compensation

Safe Sex.....

Everything's Jake

Memento Mori

Memento Mori

Everything's Jake

Safe Sex

All The Love There Is

Blue Man Group

Mystery!: Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Wonderland

Cancer: Evolution to Revolution

The Charlatans UK

Burning Man: The Burning Sensation

Inappropriate

Tenderloin

D.C.

The President's Man

Mizlansky/Zilinsky

Keeping the Faith

The Skulls

Burn the Floor

Mail to the Chief

Contact

Betwixt

Actor!

Mail to the Chief

The President's Man

Mizlansky/Zilinsky

Keeping the Faith


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