Table of Contents
Week of 04/08/2000
Articles
Kunz tops new News Digital arm
Euro titan eyes U.S.
Claire Trevor, Oscar winner, dies at 91
Advertisers, SAG resume negotiations
Viner, Raffin regain Newstar libraries
Fanfare for 'Faith'
'Beauty' B.O. blooms
Sony teams on tune 'Net
U, Jersey nab Leonard's 'Babies'
$15M fuels 'Rules'
Inside Moves
Bay to focus on 'Details'
Disney sets 'Double' cast
Love to ride 'Ghosts' thriller
Matthews files for bankruptcy
Docu confab drama
Lucas gives a boost to new Sony cameras
TV Bandeirantes VP exits as b'caster axes the post
Cinemax picks up Arau's 'Pieces' for new series
Chow preps for WB skein
Mip flips for Web
Biz to biz web wars
'Rumble' gets rowdy on the road
'Trial' starts
Intertainment sells pic slate to Redbus
Telmex buys Argos stake
Helmer drums up rock pic
Details, Interview make changes at top
Shows return to NBC, ABC
Lynx feeds coin to Play for content creation
High-tech equipment rules the slots at NAB
Sony Music plans secure downloads
4MC shareholders OK sale
Dot-coms show courage amid e-carnage
'Beauty' beguiles BAFTA
Tapestry taps exec VP
Sacker sues Destination
'Bubble' may burst for several series
Tasca renews TV bonds, reaffirms prod'n support
Turner scores WUSA
Peacock rekindling 'Passions' soaper
Product placement
CTV posts $2.5 mil quaterly loss
ThinkBox gets $10 mil infusion
Firth lead entry in Title 'Diary'
Actors, ad reps still negotiating
'Rat' catches deal
U eyes Li for 'Green Hornet'
Norton nabs Silver stories
Triage ups Greenleaf
Pope tops tune benefit
Tube vets surf Web for 'Net ventures
Skywalker, Beatnik to bow sound f/x site
Virgin becomes a player with Webplayer offer
B'cast pep rally
Eye's live 'Fail Safe' lands on solid ground
WWF putting hammerlock on Europe with pay pacts
Hughes returning to direct for Roth
Columbia U. student film fest will unspool 50 pics
Mark Rydell
Gabriel Macht
Media accused of skewed election coverage in Peru
French eye rights co-op
Redo in Lion's wake
Word change reflects reality
Perone, Kaplan company men, firm up prod'n deal
'Brockovich' boom
Lee Media taps Corfino
Margulies' 'Dinner' feasts on Pulitzer
Pricey reality check
'Pygmalion' rapped up
A few bright spots in B'way B.O.
World Briefs
McSweeney's editor inks Random House deal
Star TV in Korean sat'lite plan
Callahan sets DT timetable
RTL, Hallmark extend pact
BBC Web pact leads busy U.K. pack
Peppermint pushes SPI Intl. catalog
Sci Fi signs for 'Skins'
Dillon warms to Bullock's 'Congeniality'
Angelus Awards seeks student entries
WMA promotes 4 to agents
Umbrella union group restarts meeting
Stand-in killed as truck drives off cliff
'28 Days' has night out
Tenpercenteries
B'casters induct 'SNL'
WB New Media taps Dages as senior VP
Friedkin, Seven Arts circle Collins' Mideast material
Harvey Ent. to rep Film Roman o'seas
Bertelsmann sets limits
Carlotti's exit from Mediaset expected
Fox Kids tries Germany
PPV feels the pinch without Tyson, 'Mania'
Kennedy Center prez exits
George Hamilton's mom may be subject of pic
Dreilinger topper at Unapix
'Road' crew pacts with Propaganda
'Gould' takes to Hollywood's streets
Spielberg-Howard pop.com to use iPix tech
Soundelux inks dot-com deal
Kushner-Locke takes stake in Hollywood Int'l Finance
'Lord' rings up Internet users
CTW's Cahn moves to nonprofit
Hearst ups Lawlor to VP
Richard Edson and Michael Jace
Pro-planet celebs, politicos team up
BAFTA may resked kudos
LAIFF to show 'Five Easy'
Cinemark has clear line of sight in court
Comedy to nightly
Bravo unveils broad slate
CanWest holds steady for qtr.
Chum taps Tapp for duo topper
MusicMaker to distribute Who's blues
Alphabet's exex commit 'Wonderland' to isolation
Disney taps cubs to pen direct-to-vid 'Lion King 3'
Execs shuffle at studio pub units
3 Arts taps Henson exec
Pearson pursuing Stateside partners
'One Day' to air once in Sept.
Dadekian named Nibblebox tech exec
Aardman's 'Angry' at AtomFilms site
World Briefs
'Geeks' finds home at TV museum, sets screenings
Dobbs, Peacock to fly with biz b'casts
NBCE spreads wings
'Millionaire' paces ABC's win streak
Lego looks to build TV production arm
Digital has arrived, Kennard tells NAB
USA TV ups Schubert to sr. VP
Five-year pact includes prod'n, distribution
NAB briefs
MTR to add 'Net content to its library
De Varona accuses ABC Sports of bias
Spacey, Centropolis pact
Henny to top UMG finance
Inside moves
Astral gets $18 mil for video dupe biz
Hoffs tops Web content at KPE
'Week' closes after weak crix response
Met@box upgrades forecast
Italo tube sales grow in Europe
H'wood fest taking pix
SAG, ad reps focus on cable residuals
Diller to match Viacom offer for cable
Granada, Discovery pact for programs
Urich sues over canceled show
Telefonica eyes deals in Latam, Latino U.S.
The great squall of China
Deadline near for tyro scribes
Disney taps Hallett sr. VP
Burly Bear to Stuff funny film festival
Power charges up Brown
Vivendi sez it will keep BSkyB stake
'Big Brother' loser gets own TV show
Media-Most 'Nets deal
Dardenne tops short-film jury
DiCaprio-Clinton interview to air
Kirch, Mediaset unveil co-venture's tag, goals
3 MacGillivray Freeman vets ankle for big time
Int'l TV viewing on rise, report sez
KWHY hi-def bow beats Univision
USA, Unapix commit to relationship skein
Viewers get 'Final Cut'
HBO's high note
Fox, Parker tune up for musical-comedy 'Sonny'
Call for entries: Tokyo Intl. Film Festival
Celtic fest fetes Welsh, Irish fare
Global market fare
EM inks Latam, Euro distrib'n deals for kidvid
Producer fights for 'Marlene'
Bertelsmann eyes global TV expansion
EC may fine Telefonica, Sogecable
Loss in on the House
Grant, Firth locked in 'Jones' Diary'
Sitcom survivors Clark, O'Malley say 'Yes, Dear'
Added buying power
Pep 'Talk' perks up ABC slot
Kirkpatrick named exec veepee at Par
To Poitier with love
Sony, Bel-Air face 'Truth'
Was jailed financier in love or on the lam?
French-bred TV
USA plans to pursue WWF rights in court
Disney to increase channels in Europe
L.A. OKs tax break for some scribes at home
'Sixth Sense' expects to see big PPV
Inside Moves
NAB told 2000 is year for interactive
Howard making up his 'Mind' on pic
Malin co-Ceo at Artisan
Gone Fishin' reels in scribe Turner with two-pic pact
RIAA taps Weiss sr. VP for communications
'Salesman' to work in Los Angeles
Murdoch eyes TM3 buy
Asian coin show
Canal exec sees MAP with News
Roadshow to sell stake
Stars stage-struck
WB secures Viacom pilot commitment
'Runt' meets Bizkit man; actors circle 'Spider'
Exec VP Stern to take helm for New Line
Godsick praised to Fox exec VP
UPC, SBS set up 2 new channels
Eagle flies with plan for film, TV
Machine set for Cuaron's Latin 'Mama'
Report calls for overhaul of Oz's media regulation
Nelvana adds Klutz books to kids shelf
Czech distrib Falcon says no to 'Psycho'
Coppola loses 'Contact'
U names Moses, Kluft as nat'l pub veeps
Location News
Walker to head ICM division
MTV Films, Kilner 'Spy' deal
Clive's hive hits 25
'Bang,' 'Keys,' 'Week' pack it in Off-B'Way
Damone ends career on his terms
U products arm nabs NBA's Szczerbiak
Entertainment Blvd. buys Digital Muse
Salon, Endeavor ink for content
AMG Sports taps Smoller, Annacone
World Briefs
'Casanova' to open L.A. Italo fest
M6 chief exec proposes revamp, division of ops
Animators draw crowd at KCET rally
NBC's Burke blooms
Metallica sues Napster for copyright violation
Tonys set the stage
Boyle named prexy of prod'n for Hurd
'SexWars' gets battlefield
Schumacher may answer Fox's 'Phone'
UA seeks $, plans cuts after lean year
Destination denies allegations
Spano cries for UPN's 'Freedom'
Macbean ankles U.K. distrib Itel
VCL revs up
Feds will mediate advertiser, union talks
Mip TV mart casts 'Net for record attendance
Canal Plus, Vivendi talk up News pact
Trimark finds 'Redemption'
Carter close to signing on 'X' with Dimension
Inside Moves
Capital buys ITV's Border
Bunch of Brady specs headed to TV
The Redbus express
MGM, U.K.'s Optimum ink distrib deal
It's Only Money
BV vid victorious
Mathieu to buzz with 'Fireflies'
Dobkin lines up two Warner pix
Expo to fete De Laurentiis
Bank exits cable bid war
Icon's United play
Players
Lot 47 lands distribution to 'Runway'
Col TriStar on a mission to find new 'Mars' maven
Henstridge, Fonda grow 'Second Skin'
Femmes will fete Lange, Boyle
Coppola wants to set the record straight
Murray to pen new 'Bonjour' for Fox 2000
Garner ankles Mouse
Hayes takes to ring
McCarthy set for pilot
'U-571's' Ayer sells 'Squids'
Atom site says hi to 'Pi' as it bows spoof section
Correction
Reviews
Sex & Mrs. X
Gloomy Sunday
What You Get and What You Expect
Cressida
Hollow Ground
Mexican Standoff at Fat Squaw Springs
Yellow Eyes
The House of Mirth
The Graduate - Turner's Mrs. Robinson Turns Heads in London's West End
What I Like About You
Shit Happens
The Prince's Manuscript
Gloomy Sunday
Surfing for Life
Mau Mau Sex Sex
Workers for the Good Lord
Love, Honour and Obey
Dropping Out
The Wedding Cow
Row Your Boat
The Ride Down Mt. Morgan
Mac Awards 2000
Fidelity
Where the Money Is
Fail Safe
True Life: I’m an Actor
Family Week
Noel Coward’s Suite in 2 Keys
Oasis
Divas 2000: A Tribute to Diana Ross
Femi Kuti
Sylvia McNair
D’Angelo
Mark Elf
The Persuasions
Lit
Malcolm Holcombe
An All-Star Tribute to Joni Mitchell
Picnic
David Copperfield
Mau Mau Sex Sex
Copenhagen
The Umbilical Brothers’ THWAK
Fathers and Sons
The Corner
Herbie Mann and Sona Terra
Rose
The Wild Party
Naked
The Play About the Baby
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