Table of Contents
Week of 05/06/2000

Articles

Players

 

Embracing rivals

 

Pollstar sues listing rival

 

Televisa delays Web bow

 

CIE acquires stake in 'Net biz Latin Ent.

 

Quiero TV, Par ink pic deal

 

Euro giants talking 'Net

 

Inside move

 

Fuqua in 'Training' for Washington pic

 

20th TV ups Melnick to VP

 

Kopple upped at Gersh

 

Vibe hip hop spinoff folds

 

May Day mishmash

 

Hoyts sells cinemas stake to Kinowelt

 

Extra 'Millionaire' spells win over 'ER'

 

BMI, MP3 ink song pact

 

Fairbanks Jr. dead at 90

 

Pay-per-view preem cuts 'Sense' rentals

 

VH1 opens summer window for four network telepics

 

Teutonic teammate for Zoetrope

 

Celeb 'Million' plucks Peacock

 

Cannes by star-lite

 

Boom time for cablers

 

Silver forges Copper

 

Gugino to 'Spy' for Dimension

 

Viacom merges Paramount Parks

 

Christopher Meloni

 

Daniel Roebuck

 

Michael Angarano

 

David Caldwell

 

Christopher Cary

 

Barry L. Sherman

 

Steve Reeves

 

Mexican magnate propping up CDNow

 

Femme portal buys indie shingle Amazon

 

TBS Latam ups Contreras to ad VP

 

TV Globo soaping up

 

Britain's NTL launches digital cable platform

 

Noonan will 'rule'

 

Constantin, Propaganda pact for pics

 

Propaganda taps Dollard

 

USC honors Manning

 

Strikers score with athletes

 

USA Network game for 'Strip' skein

 

Flockhart to Off B'Way

 

Playboy rocks Web

 

Bassett will co-star in 'The Score'

 

Taking out birthday Franchise

 

Kramer, Gondas partner to form Lexington Group

 

D'Onofrio, Hirsch to 'Altar'

 

Softbank gets Rosendahl

 

It's 'Scarlet' fever

 

'Angels' in H'wood

 

Roman numerals: $XXXII mil

 

Tonys kiss 'Kate'

 

Loren Dean

 

Soleil Moon Frye

 

Jonathan Mangum

 

Ed Quinn

 

Retro dealmaker Roth builds as others fiddle

 

David Caldwell

 

Christopher Cary

 

Story, editors locals link

 

Builder expands north to Canuck soundstages

 

'Gladiator' smash

 

French exhibitor UGC suspends film passes

 

Phoenix does time warp with spec script 'Frozen'

 

Sony shaking it up

 

Clarification

 

Belgian 'Mole' digs up Golden Rose

 

Sarna seeks 'Greener' pastures with Rollyn

 

Larchmont Boulevard paves way for 3 pix

 

Loews shows losses

 

Elton pacts to pen 'Phantom' pic

 

NBC days ABC's Kalouria

 

NFL Ent. prez ankles

 

Fox to revive health net as WebMD

 

Cable consolidation

 

Disney books House party

 

Buklarewicz back to Europe with UPC

 

Levin rips retrans regs at NCTA

 

Schumacher takes 'Dare'; Drew takes a trip

 

Krasnow pacts with Peacock

 

Senator takes Roth to Germany

 

Blockbuster Entertainment Award winners

 

Marc Allen Novicoff

 

Ed Guiney

 

John Hart & Jeff Sharp

 

Damien Jones & Graham Broadbent

 

Thomas Mai

 

Ron Yerxa, Albert Berger

 

New Yorker celebrates 75th anni

 

Emmis triples TV ops with 15-station buy from Lee

 

Cablevision shows decline in losses

 

Pols pact with SAG

 

UIP's Chorot is tipped for Gaumont position

 

Constantin keys up first-look

 

Perret named news director at KCOP

 

Thesp on distrib parent bd.

 

In Tokyo, Ando tapped as prexy

 

WB global guru Frumkes puts it in can

 

Mutual pacts o'seas for funds

 

Tucci will ride TNT's 'Bull'

 

Gebbias bow shingle with pic 'Greetings'

 

Sony may go 'Underground' for 6 figures

 

Fest vet Fitzgerald segues to iFilm programming VP

 

Suit vs. Napster moves on

 

Microsoft uploads interactive TV deals

 

UPN turns up Heat on males with 'Full Metal' campaign

 

Peacock, Patterson go 'First' for mini

 

Valhalla ups Campbell VP

 

Duckett tops Morgan Digi

 

Sandals pic adds coin

 

'Practice' is perfect on Alphabet

 

Nelson takes in Oxygen PR post

 

Tribune pacts for Universal package

 

Lot 47 Films names Hult, Altyn veeps

 

B'Way B.O. fizzles as Gotham sizzles

 

MeesPierson Bank funds Mulholland

 

'Gray' first up in FilmFour, Warner pact

 

Laura Bickford

 

Matthias Ehrenberg

 

Fabien Liron

 

Marian Macgowan

 

Riccardo Tozzi

 

Players pick plum projects

 

UN&M turns page

 

Hooker, hypnotist ads off ITC's banned list

 

World Briefs

 

WB Int'l TV sets Screenings previews for buyers online

 

CEO of Galaxy's Mexico arm ankles

 

NCTA dispute over upfront buys

 

Kennard warns of distrust

 

Courier rallies with TNT as Wimbledon analyst

 

Das Werk and Cinemedia jump-start O'Keeffe film

 

Runaway response

 

ArtistDirect loses $11.2 mil in 1st quarter as public firm

 

Nickelodeon Movies nabs Snicket series

 

Carey's big week spurs ABC to win

 

Franco to play Dean in TNT biopic

 

Overbrook, the Firm join forces

 

B'buster goes indie

 

Cinema Expo to fete Lewis

 

Bolton verdict upheld by appellate court

 

ABC's VP Moseley ankles top position

 

Ovitz's APG emerges

 

WWII drama rights for sale at Cannes

 

El Premio ASCAP awards presented

 

Pearson beefing up extended 'Family'

 

Wells grabs Burrough's Vanity 'Net article

 

Universal raises Parent to exec veep, production

 

Pearce 'Counts' new role

 

Presley teams with Nelson

 

Critics Circle revs 'Jitney'

 

HBO inks 'N Sync and veteran QB

 

Mudd, Granada initialize 'IPO'

 

MTV, Par 'Go Large' on pic

 

Miramax feasts on 'Vatel'

 

Sundance to launch in Spain, Portugal

 

Fine Line inks deal for 3 Zentropa pics

 

Arrow sets 'Sunday' plans

 

Robbie Coltrane

 

Drea De Matteo, Maurice Compte and Melvin Rodriguez

 

Idina Menzel

 

U, StudioCanal, Miramax join in 2-pic prod'n pact

 

Court rules against Telstra/Foxtel

 

Liberty frees Enenstein for sr. VP post

 

Holland will head up Pittard Sullivan in U.K.

 

NBC, WebTV bow hoops element

 

U no 'Grinch,' pacts big for promos

 

Players

 

Richards takes Family's 'Advice'

 

'Catherine' to bigscreen

 

Roberts' Shoelace, Roth catch mystic love pitch

 

HSX stox up on Rx, design & showbiz exex

 

Fox 'Mad' for TV laffer, renews 6th

 

Vet Wolf will shepherd Platt Prods. as new prez

 

BV Music taps Holden sr. VP

 

Allen talks to students about 'Crooks,' Oscars, film

 

Helmer resurfaces

 

ATG's cash splash

 

Chow, Woo putting Zen in Lion's den

 

Day-Lewis in 'Gangs' land

 

Silver, Zemeckis go Dark in Castle 'Macabre' redo

 

Killer at large with 10 pix

 

B'buster in DirecTV PPV pact

 

Cablers eye issues

 

Miramax, BBC to coin 'Castle'

 

Zeffirelli tunes Callas pic

 

Helkon gets hulkin'

 

Momentum rolls with 'Brother,' 'Bullwinkle'

 

GMI talks the 'Talk'

 

Depp to don 'Quixote'

 

Linda Hamilton

 

Wallace sets Shabazz-Farrakhan meeting

 

CanWest Global takes shares in Kiwi RadioWorks

 

'Fantasia' pushes Imax to 43% gain

 

Tenpercentaries

 

ClickRadio taps Freston and Jordan for VP slots

 

LACMA screens 'Artificial Humans'

 

Joffe, Krevoy join in pact for TV, pix

 

Brown marches on

 

Halleen to top Family Pix

 

Syndies suffer slow start to sweeps

 

'N Sync's 'No Strings' tops list for 7th week

 

E! Online 'Chateau' 'Nets celebs in house of parody

 

Napster ousts 317,000 users

 

Hayes out at KABC radio

 

Chase greases Palm to tune of $100 mil

 

Col names Zucker exec veep

 

Schwarzenegger help is special

 

Digital does biz with Call, Macaluso

 

Cinesite taps Markowski

 

Hullin pours into Seagram PR post

 

Random House creates digital imprint

 

Yoram Gross Studios flips for animated series

 

Abolish board of BBC, TV exec sez

 

BSkyB to buy soccer Web site

 

Music groups agree to FTC pricing rules

 

Sony TV brain drain goes on as vet exits

 

Eye 'Loves' its guy

 

'Amadeus' will close

 

Summit takes 'Blair' duo's 'Heart'

 

Multithematiques to add nets

 

Fragile fits Smith into 'High Heels' for BV deal

 

John Neilson

 

Osment plays Polish Jew in pic

 

Canal Plus ad revs soar

 

Actors use D.C. spin

 

Revenue, margins on rise at Nelvana

 

Oz coin for film, TV static; performing arts gets more $

 

Inside Moves

 

Cable competish expanding, panel warns industry

 

Cable upfront could wrap soon

 

Time Inc. leafs through top exex

 

Weinsteins bag rights to 'Vatel'

 

Grupo Televisa to buy Radio Centro

 

Kicking in their bids

 

Film Roman ads to empire

 

London film commish revamps goals

 

Fox wise with Tuesday's 'Geniuses'

 

Let the games begin: PlayStation 2 to bow

 

W&A taps new CEO

 

Imagine goes 'Undercover'

 

'Vatel,' Godard short open Cannes

 

Profits up at News Corp.

 

Sony Classics takes 'Hearts'

 

New team for Ticketmaster: Conn, Pleasants, Stockman

 

BET's 20th anni fete

 

Blockbuster night for kudos

 

Carousel's spin begins

 

'Center Stage' bows

 

Studio Canal launches German prod'n subsid

 

'Diary' in Gallery

 

Argento returns to roots with thriller

 

Interlight to pilot Touchstone's 'Saint'

 

Teri Thornton

 

Mixed reviews in for French pic biz

 

World Briefs

 

Gaumont inks prod'n deals

 

Two minis Czech in

 

EMI cues up downloads

 

Quaid aboard for 'Stranger'

 

Scanbox taps Norholm as CEO

 

Hamori exits Alliance to hang own shingle

 

Helkon rolls out 'Rollerball'

 

Romero, P-Kino Films feeling 'Ill'

 

France to fund 'Sex'

 

'Blind' raises its visibility

 

Players

 

Spanish acquisition

 

Intel, looking outside, will assist Webcasters

 

Vid/ad helmer inks film debut

 

Correction

 

Artisan links to StreamSearch

 

O'seas Filmgroup gets funding

 

Friedlander, theater critic, dies at 48

 

Giacchetto loses lawyer

 

Propaganda names Schiff

 

Peacock may rock 'Frasier'

 

Mouse rats out AOL to feds

 

Alliance Atlantis pacts Podeswa

 

NBC plans for no-'Friends' fallout

 

David Orr

 

Harry Hamlin

 

Kellie Martin

 

Elena Sahagun

 

Alexandra Paul

 

Jorge Rivero

 

Teri Thornton

 

HFPA welcomes five scribes

 

As strike rolls on, blurb biz falls 11%

 

'Netizens in charge

 

Mexican Web portal bows

 

Primedia taps Deering to head licensing arm

 

EU court questions aid by Portugal for pubcaster

 

Alan D. Courtney

 

Visual Effects fest slated

 

Holland ready to helm 'Julia'

 

Avalon set to topline mob sitcom

 

Davies 'Investigates' pic

 

WB ups Messina to senior VP post

 

CNN exec ankles biz news VP post

 

Inside Move

 

New zip in old fare

 

'Cats' gets another life

 

AFI taps Gaines fest director

 

Eye's 'Early' ebbs

 

Asian media fetes Kelley, two journos

 

Tenpercenteries

 

Ball's new HBO series is dead on

 

Rastar raises Rex's 'Iguana'

 

'Dancing' duet

 

IFP Gotham Awards add Radziwill docu hardware

 

Twohy pacts for 'Proteus'

 

Winterbottom, Kuhn resolve to hit 'Net

 

Pic vets join FilmAxis

 

Gonzalez Ferrari to top RTVE

 

Walter Hill

 

Todd Louiso

 

Eric Lively

 

Bruno Campos

 

Jeffrey Jones

 

Danny Trejo

 

John Neilson

 

Reviews

Quantum Project

Dinosaur

Voice of Good Hope

The Plough and the Stars

Fametracker

Sightsound - Pix Site Netizens Stung by B's

Smashregis

Aux Marches Du Palais

Off the Record

Roger Corman - H'Wood Cut Chops on Corman's Indie Spirit

Hotel Universe

Dirty Blonde - 'Blonde' Ambition: A Broadway Birth

Wake Up and Smell the Coffee

Passion Play

God of Vengeance

On Hallowed Ground

Jason and the Argonauts

Jesus - Contempo 'Jesus' Is Star Turn for Sisto

In Efren's Paradise

I Know Who You Are

The Prof

Hunters in the Snow

The White

Six-Pack

Pride and Peril

The Penitent's Tree

Sacred Flesh

Andre the Magnificent

The False Servant

Blossoms of Fire

Missing Boy

Yoyes

Left Overs

Nora

Looking for Alibrandi

On the Beach Beyond the Pier

Bye Bye Africa

Agujetas, Cantaor

Angelos' Film

The Valley

House!

After the Fall

But I Was a Girl: The Story of Freida Belinfante

Circus

Soccer Rules!

The Big Bang

No Coffee, No Tv, No Sex

When Gods Meet

Journey to a Hate-Free Millennium

Word Attack

Naked Under the Moon

The Lady of Hamre

Deep Inside Clint Star