Table of Contents
Week of 04/22/2000

Articles

Auds are sub-conscious

 

Soldini's 'Bread' rises to sweep Italo honors

 

Greenberg to AlwaysI.com

 

Tepper moves up Line

 

L.A. Philharmonic sets sked for 2000-01 season

 

Exhibs hear a suit

 

Actors' Equity backs unions

 

L.A. Times pulls promos

 

Idealab! files for IPO

 

SAG, AFTRA advising members to strike

 

Mann overboard

 

Liotta leans to 'Hannibal'

 

Forney joins Wolf pack

 

Spencer will 'Glimmer'

 

Jackman joins 'Animal' cast

 

'Virgin' springs in L.A.

 

'Committed' beliefs

 

Dillon, Muniz and Harry join 'Wild' ensemble

 

Fox finds room for 'Titus'

 

Renewal deal keeps U on Jersey turnpike

 

'Baywatch' turns South

 

'Net exex log on to Playboy.com

 

Mouse doused by jury

 

Skeins may skid to rivals

 

Shell game for Fox

 

Canuck noble king

 

Berlusconis tighten grip on Mediaset

 

Japan's Gaga will distrib record number of films

 

Brazil weighs HDTV options

 

Exex tapped for int'l posts

 

World Briefs

 

Kaplan takes shelter in tech investments

 

Trading halt imposed on embattled Cinar

 

Cohen, B'way producer, dies at 79

 

Stock-shocked dot-com mavens lose swagger

 

Coin woes wash out 'Rainbow' for L.A.

 

Hughes taps Donald as DirecTV president

 

Rashad gets 'Real' hosting gig at Par

 

Iam.com cast grows

 

Palau among top female entrepreneurs

 

Players

 

EW shuffles editors in cross-country move

 

WMA adds Furia, Kochar, Kim

 

South African broadcasting criticized

 

License crunch for Russia's Center-TV

 

Sony b'casts a buy

 

'Brock' rocks o'seas

 

AFMA's Shields logs on to Tivix

 

Disturbed teen tries copycat killing

 

Endemol, Nine sew seeds of battle

 

German takes top honors at Russia's Nika awards

 

Tribune Co. changing Times Mirror landscape

 

Holding the ranks

 

Feature streamer plans $50 mil IPO

 

Rogers reduces red ink

 

Harden joins 'Sit'-com

 

It's Only Money

 

'Harriott's' dish is done

 

Pax pacts for pic with Prince Ed

 

Noto to bat for Col TriStar

 

Judge tosses Kaye's 'X' suit

 

Iacone chips in on Col's 'Ice'

 

Ex-Variety publisher Byrne fills Stagebill

 

New accounting regs to spark biz writeoffs

 

Showtime lionized

 

Washington queues 'John Q'

 

Osment, Dafoe honing 'Edges'

 

WB ups Kantrowitz to exec veep, TV distrib

 

Co-op IDP taps Silberman to distrib, market pics

 

Inside Moves

 

Spielberg classics swim up to DVD

 

Top execs ankle TW's Web effort

 

A&E start has Lumet

 

Drama League puts spotlight on noms

 

Britton, Eigeman wax 'Big'

 

B'Way B.O. hopping

 

Hoopsters on high

 

Nylon Films spells out cast for 'XX/XY'

 

Three pics to rep U.S. at Cannes Fortnight

 

Bobby Hosea

 

Lin Shaye

 

Sherman Augustus

 

Eric Dane

 

Pat Kilbane

 

Zoe McLellan

 

Matt Weinberg

 

Tygh Runyan

 

O.J. trial returns to TV

 

Feds in line for AT&T

 

Digital Media Group taps Kaufman director

 

Federal mediators are unable to restart talks

 

NBCi revs jump, loss down

 

Disney to speak at confab

 

Technicolor's Imaging now Complete

 

Telefonica, Fireworks forge 'Swords'

 

A&E opens Lunden's doors

 

NBC digs Cole to play herself in TV biopic

 

Players

 

Reprise! sets UCLA slate

 

Drama Desk noms 'Wild'

 

Giacchetto indicted

 

CNBC drives Senior PGA b'cast deal

 

FilmStew.com taps Hollywood exex trio

 

Bale tunes up Madden's 'Mandolin'

 

Ticketmaster buys Canuck agency

 

Nelvana develops Dreyfuss in L.A.

 

Artisan gains marketing vet Gayner

 

UPC ups Musselman to main office

 

Ergen plays into rival satcaster's hands

 

Murdoch's buyout

 

Fox Family 'Fearing' series

 

Kinowelt bows Web, exhib plans

 

Magid expands exec staff

 

Dubinet will open, top IAC sales offices in L.A.

 

Das Werk's prod'n, rights deals up revs

 

Heche, Williams reach for 'Prozac'

 

Farrellys, tyro scribes share 'Checkered Past'

 

Voxxy.com inks 'Ellen' scribe

 

Alphabet dominates key demo

 

Gotham indie fest arrives in Hollywood

 

Netcaster Eveo enjoys $15 mil in new funding

 

Cast set for 'Diamond' mini

 

Blanchard tops Maxim

 

Making of a Legend

 

Baumgarten percenting again, now at Endeavor

 

Coburn in 'Proximity' of Zinc Pix

 

Inside Moves: Rupe runs global roundtable

 

Dr. Dre joins fray, files Napster suit

 

Palm peels for Onion editor's 'Spaceman'

 

WB docks 'Patient' rights

 

O'seas Bond market lifts profits at MGM

 

Eye bucks Street retreat

 

'Millionaire' takes on ratings giants in May

 

Nash to whip past clips to quizzer, laffer

 

CNN Newsource taps Womack

 

Morning shows hit the road

 

Ousted Barrot fights back

 

Universal flips for Hamburg

 

Directors Fortnight List

 

Adam Beach

 

Alyssa Milano

 

Will Friedle

 

Cara Buono

 

Vicki Davis

 

Parry Shen

 

G. Paul Davis

 

Joanne Baron

 

James Dreyfus

 

Tamlyn Tomita

 

Catherine Dent

 

Romany Malco

 

Kelly Perine

 

Laurie Holden

 

Woody Brown

 

Bening pitched for 'Rainbow's End'

 

Rus pic biz fights meld

 

Chief exex Morton, Bond trek to Nat'l Geographic

 

WB sets summer push in Italy

 

MTVi Group's Latam online division taps Gazzolo as VP

 

Dutch cablers balk at proposals

 

Euro Disney upbeat

 

Soldini's pic 'Tulips' blossoms at B.O.

 

Bac starts distrib network talks

 

U Studios ups Gorham to labor relations senior VP

 

UGC's cheap passes under fire

 

Consumer groups blast AOL/Time Warner deal

 

NBC laffers to web

 

MSUE pacts for Web content

 

Barker, D'Works play games

 

Busey nips at 'Tomcats' for Roth shingle debut

 

Labor secretary hails nets' diversity efforts

 

Green 'Monster' in play

 

Par continues support for airing of 'Dr. Laura'

 

Players

 

'N Sync-able effort

 

'N Sync readies for feature pic

 

FX is ready for 'Action'

 

Showtime's 'Dirty' earns R from MPAA

 

Levin upped to Col sr. VP

 

Fine Line ups Koltai-Levine

 

Pearson sees exec shuffle unfolding

 

Good Machine gears up to rep 'Peck' overseas

 

Graying matter

 

Peacock high five takes 'Law' to 2005

 

Parisot 'Locked' to helm laffer for Artisan, Summit

 

Viacom revs up; merger near OK

 

Legit's Merrick takes final bow

 

Frog, Foxx ready to rock

 

RKO, Universal on 'Suspicion'

 

The 'Naked' crunch

 

ASCAP caps tunesmiths

 

BAM plans Coen bros., Altman retros

 

Shooting Gallery taps PR VP

 

Twentieth TV ups sales exex

 

Arrow taps 2 vet exex

 

Offline travels with 'Woody'

 

Emmy deadline arrives Friday

 

Correction

 

Donald Eugene Balluck

 

Heinz Burt

 

Ray Strakbein

 

Roger D. Kinkle

 

Rumors of Regis' death exaggerrated

 

Tenpercenteries

 

Japan web tests sat broadcasting

 

Toronto fest shuffles exex

 

Moonstone taps Caine chair of advisory panel

 

GMG Endemol will interact with Victoria

 

RAI to televise Pope-rock fest

 

Schlondorff, Kosslick may co-top Berlin fest

 

New reins for Spain

 

Broadway sees fall of 'Saigon'

 

'Dead' rises at Ahmanson

 

Goodman, Haseltine upped at Disney

 

Time Warner Cable ups Alphabet retrans battle

 

Loews taps Riches senior VP of int'l

 

Diller's dollars

 

Players

 

CinemaNow names Serling tech chief

 

Rewriting the rules

 

DEN dwellers dwindle

 

Par, 'Sky' scribes rock with 'Bogart'

 

Hachette to fold Mirabella mag

 

Levine upped to veep at U

 

Bratt inks for 'Congeniality'

 

Perry, Moore bond with UFA's 'Enemy'

 

From kudos to king

 

Stan Lee Media taps 3 vet animators

 

Rise in 'Regis' tightens yakker race

 

China nabs pirated discs

 

Saura's new stripes

 

Emmy nominations due today

 

Fox Sports scores with 13 Sports Emmys

 

NL's 'Monster' out of syndie, onto Sci Fi

 

Astaire Awards announce noms for B'way dancers

 

Penthouse to disrobe on Brazil pay TV

 

Cassell upped to TNT sr. VP

 

Digital firm joins forces for hi-def group

 

Fox's summer fix

 

Fox's good sports

 

ABC names 'PI' exec producers

 

Ad strike clock ticking

 

NBC sews up 'ER' through 2004

 

Callahan new ABC net head

 

Columbus sails

 

Winikoff upped at Trimark Pics

 

WMA ups vets in revamp

 

Suspense diva signs $64 mil book deal

 

Miller named m.d. at Sony Asia channel

 

Guiliani diagnosed with cancer

 

Legit helmer 'Committed' to Huntington

 

Salomon taps 3 Merrill exex

 

Sundance taps plays for July Theatre Lab

 

Pseudo taps former WMA agent Kramer

 

Corrections

 

Riley Ann Russell

 

Lauren Rose Farberman

 

Emily Isabella Dubinsky

 

Hannah Katherine Simon

 

Adam Marcus Jacobson

 

Benjamin James Ventresca

 

Josh Hunter Roggin

 

Jack McCleod Nichols

 

Mia Daives

 

Riley Ann Ledermann

 

Cameron Whitworth Wing Mater

 

Chayan Malouki

 

Lucas David Horowitz

 

Camryn Manheim

 

Monica Keena

 

Deran Serafian

 

Marcos Siega

 

Matthew Kaminsky

 

George Gray

 

Daniel Blinkoff

 

Samantha Eggar

 

Baldwin acts out U.S. history

 

Reviews

Where the Heart Is

Gladiator

Patti Smith

John Scofield

No Doubt - No Doubt, Sizzling Stefani Goes Pop

Jaguares

The Real Thing - Stars Shine in Intimate Look at 'Real' Vintage Stoppard

Wyoming

Blood on the Dining Room Floor

Below

Blue/Orange

The Force of Change

The Three Stooges

The '70s - Mini Reveals '70s As Decade with a Soul

Sun Alley

Fara

The Girl Next Door

Roads and Bridges

Cowboys and Angels

The St. Francisville Experiment

Fighter

15 Amore

Whirlpool

Straight Right

Slick Thrills, Nasty Fun; Gossip

Family Tree

Sorry Baby

What Happened to Tully

Freestyle

Big Eden

Bounce: Behind the Velvet Rope

King of the Jungle

The Photographer

Jesus Christ Superstar

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

The Three Stooges

Taller Than a Dwarf

The Expendables

The Student Prince

Hedda Gabler

The Three Tenors

Robert Bradley’s Blackwater Surprise

Guided by Voices

Jitney

The Man Who Had All the Luck

The Philadelphia Story

Timecode

Up at the Villa

What Happened to Tully

The ’70s

Miracle on the Mountain: The Kincaid Family Story

I Dreamed of Africa

Take Me Home: The John Denver Story

Arabian Nights

Solomon

A Nice Family Gathering

A Bright Room Called Day

Yard Gal

The Music Man

Solomon

Cabin Pressure

The Music Man

The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas


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