Table of Contents
Week of 05/20/2000

Articles

Den days are done

 

Leapin' lizards launch at $38M

 

Sites pact to offer pic tix via wireless

 

AMC's Moody blues

 

Bac Majestic plans IPO to fuel big move

 

World Briefs

 

C4 plans digital net

 

Japan duo set to sat jointly

 

Reel Life

 

Netcaster offers sites for celebs

 

Inside Moves

 

'Million' mints Emmy

 

Cochran calling Rhames to stand

 

'Wings' to end run on Sunday

 

Cosby joins TNT's 'Work in Progress'

 

Edd Hall

 

Dan Bucatinsky

 

Michael Smith

 

Luigi-Theo Calabrese

 

Craig Stevens

 

Kathy Beth Kantor

 

Robert Satin

 

Scott Lieblich

 

WB Int'l ups Dubois to eastern Euro VP

 

Showtime pic an act of 'War'

 

TW's Collins tops cable org

 

Masry on 'Power' trip

 

Exec Shuffle

 

IWin streamlines ops

 

Brit's Yes TV pulls plug on IPO notion

 

'Freedom' marches on sans Spano

 

Cannes taps 'Dancer'

 

Tenpercenteries

 

Maverick to launch Latin arm

 

Gielgud, last of ruling thespians, dies at 96

 

Sony family unearths cult classic 'Leonore'

 

U TV taps Thelander exec VP & CFO

 

Discovery vet Paleau named VP

 

U, Imagine carve 'Ivory' with Blumberg

 

WebEI tools up online for film biz

 

Justin Louis

 

Michael Massee

 

David Gardner

 

Meredith Momoda

 

DirecTV/CBS O&Os pact aids MTV nets

 

Swift to fight runaways

 

Telcos gearing up for Gallic telephony

 

Tele 5 inks licensing deals

 

Argentine telco exits Sky arm

 

Estreno Digital reels in U.S. Studio title for PPV

 

Back to rock roots

 

D.C. think tank offers proposals on Napster

 

Players

 

Judge blocks Cuban Arts Law

 

Class action lawsuit filed against diskeries

 

Arnold ventures to China

 

Thursday sweeps NBC into lead

 

Sparks exits E's 'Talk Soup'

 

Pearson TV looks south

 

'Gladiator' slays slumping overseas receipts

 

Lensers guild tabs short film winners

 

Col TriStar TV names Ventani VP

 

ASCAP taps '99 honorees

 

Tom Leonardis

 

Phillip Fier

 

Mark Denis

 

Dorothy Hart

 

David Bretherton

 

Edward L. Bernds

 

Edward L. Bernds

 

Fathom backs Fort fest

 

H'w'd's three scariest words: 'Labor of love'

 

Court TV, ESPN run trial double team

 

Real big download

 

Novak ankles CBC, cites cutback plan

 

F/x power ILM taps Britton

 

Success of SAG strike key for DGA, prez sez

 

The 'Impossible' preem

 

New Line eyes Pacino

 

Alliance TV ups Sanchez

 

Showbiz goes under gavel

 

David Bretherton

 

Praisery PMK ups 4 to veep

 

UCLA taps 5 in scripter competition

 

Seth Greenland

 

J.D. Shapiro

 

Steven Jang

 

Tracy Lawrence

 

Dale Jennings

 

Arthur Abeles

 

Craig Stevens

 

Mouse's ToysMart goes under online

 

Napster nips $15 mil in funding; Barry CEO

 

Carlton adds Screenvision

 

Formula One driven to take shares public

 

News Corp. answers Vivendi's call

 

Nick, Machine count to '7'

 

Players

 

Fox Family prez ankles

 

Trim the sales

 

Lot 47's Cannes duo: 'Milk' and 'Doll' from Oz

 

Alexa and Makenzie Vega

 

Ronnie Marmo

 

Sharon Leal

 

Bob Cousy

 

UPC balks at buyout

 

1st Euro prize rises in 'East'

 

20th names Kelly veepee, new media

 

Twentieth triumphs

 

Ferrell aboard 'Dieter'

 

Foreign key to mini might

 

McCall's publisher names U.S. prexy

 

Lee falling in 'Love' at Williamstown fest

 

Goldwyn, CanWest will bring 'Sex' to America

 

Cohen services set

 

James Marshall

 

Jon Huertas

 

Beverly Garland

 

World Briefs

 

RTL2 plans 'Big' push with reality

 

CAA expands new media arm

 

Margolis back for SAG honors

 

Golden Harvest chair sells off 12%

 

D'Works reups film co-toppers

 

Diane Baker

 

Alice Hirson

 

Darius McCrary

 

Ryan Gosling

 

TF1, Canal Plus buy out ESPN's Eurosport share

 

Big budget display

 

'Gladiator' stays on top

 

Playboy's key club

 

Inside Moves

 

Taylor, Poundstone tell 'Truth'

 

Good news for KABC

 

KABC news duo hurt in blast

 

Ad arms strike out in H'wood

 

Network upfront a blurb bonanza

 

Gains keep B'Way grosses ahead of '99 pace

 

Marisa Coughlan

 

Rashida Jones

 

Lesley Ann Warren

 

Peter Stormare

 

Gabriel Macht

 

Fox launches TooHotForFox Web site

 

World Briefs

 

Players

 

Isaak mixes fact, fiction for Showtime

 

'Dr. Laura' boycott builds

 

'Diary' dear to Marshall

 

U. of Michigan bets on slate of Bard-a-thons

 

Telepiu hypes interactive

 

H'wood for Habitat formed

 

NBC calls on its 'Friends'

 

O'seas buyers pare lists

 

EMI profits, rev move up scale

 

Inside Move

 

Puschnig joins Team as CEO

 

Penalty flags fly

 

Talk harvests 'Cranberry' from producer DeMarco

 

Smithard gets NATPE boost

 

FX lands ' '70s Show'

 

Italo study forecasts 31% growth for pay TV

 

'Max flies 'Jet' distrib, redo

 

B'mann gets BOL

 

HBO recruits directors for mini 'Band'

 

Bel Air elevates Elway to COO

 

Braverman named exec VP, ABC legal

 

DGA taps Lorente int'l affairs exec

 

Raising Antena for Europe

 

Media giants check out e-books

 

Gaylord increases share in Argentine pay TV channels

 

USA Cable ropes in Sheingold

 

Alphabet scoop

 

Cassara exits Par stations

 

Frog brings in $425 mil as CPM rises 25%

 

NBC may take 'Freaks' for a one-night date

 

Marketing maven

 

Lurie clicks on 'Clink' laffer for DreamWorks

 

Circled by suitors

 

Tierney tapped senior VP for Epic Records Group

 

Kibu taps Gottlieb, Shevach

 

Silfen upped at MTV, VH1

 

Quinn elected prexy of Actors Equity

 

Clear channels new toppers

 

Stars boost schools

 

Cheskin treks up Travel's ladder

 

Indies feel squeeze

 

Grant's, Hurley's Simian partnership to continue

 

Black inks deal for role in Myers' comedy 'Dieter'

 

AOL axes Moviefone tix service charge

 

Great wall falls

 

Nispel loses his job over anti-SAG ad

 

Location News

 

Tony committee votes for 'special' addition

 

'Shoot' hits off-net mark in top three markets

 

'World' vid bows big; 'Beauty' shows off legs

 

Inside Moves

 

Music battle moves to D.C.

 

Doordarshan to revamp

 

Minorities MIA from French TV

 

Mediaset banks auds with Italo 'Millionaire'

 

Netcaster Pseudo raises $15 mil in real capital

 

Penn to hit 'Law' books

 

Psst! 'Dirty Pictures'

 

Corrections

 

Spears soph album sets femme record

 

'Will & Grace,' 'Blue' keep race tight between ABC, NBC

 

InfoPost taps content board

 

Severino gets station load as Cassara exits Par pack

 

BET CEO gets a lift

 

'Net embrace for 5

 

Cabler re-ups for third 'Tale'

 

Globosat sets Stewart bow

 

Berman goes into Fox den

 

Cooper 'Nets EzFlix slate

 

'Noon' rides into town

 

A lack of Latinos

 

Starz Encore, Diva link up for VOD plan

 

'Regis' leads vet pack up syndie rating ladder

 

Sony checkmates 'Luzhin'

 

SAG card special

 

Berri picked for Broccoli

 

InfoAmerica plans fiber-optic network

 

Stiller dealing to direct, star in Zoolander

 

Ferber tapped as 'Sabrina' showrunner

 

Dave Thomas

 

David Proval

 

Brooke Langton

 

Jeff Stockwell, Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey

 

Dabney Coleman

 

World Briefs

 

Scott's cool with 'Dude'

 

Pantoliano helms 'Mona'

 

'Jane Eyre' tuner marks milestone on Broadway

 

Ad exec Wolfe raised to senior veepee at U

 

Femme sports score deals

 

'Spot' gets star power

 

'City' spins ABC, NBC tie

 

New Line gives 'Dawgz' home

 

Stewart opts not to battle Equity ruling

 

Showtime, Eye agree to share boxing

 

ABC director speakes out on funding issues

 

Kathy Beth Kantor

 

Robert Satin

 

Arthur Abeles

 

Mark Hamill

 

Harris Goldberg

 

Jay Underwood

 

Vitamin C (a.k.a. Colleen Fitzpatrick) and Jennifer Esposito

 

Marieh Delfino

 

Czech fest uncanny anni

 

M-Net slates femme films

 

NFL's Johnson defends shoe spot shoot

 

Variety ups Saperstein

 

Inside Moves

 

Go network yields

 

KTTV tops L.A. Emmy nominations with 20

 

DGA applauds nets' diversity

 

Russell Mulcahy

 

Melissa DeSousa

 

Boyd Kestner

 

Packer's Nine to program Indian slot

 

DirecTV inks carriage pacts

 

'Pathetic' spec snagged by WB

 

Al Simon

 

TW's Mouse mess costly

 

Screenings deals tough to seal

 

For silver anni, SNL earns high ratings

 

KABC sweeps 'em up

 

New upfront frontier

 

New board of Chile's TVN gets approval

 

Spanish pubcaster taps free TV topper

 

Beatnik, MyPlay find funds

 

Loews inks blurb deal

 

Cannes unspools more style than content

 

Gold Circle bows $100 mil film arm

 

Tenpercenteries

 

Yahoo! bows digital player

 

Simon & Schuster, AMG kid around

 

'Mission': Boffo B.O. is possible

 

'Pokemon' fuels Kids' WB but Fox Kids scores win

 

Players

 

Exex sue Cinar over stox

 

'Tiny' to open Second Stage'S 2000-01 season

 

'Spin' boosts WABC

 

'Voice' yells best-of-'90s film series

 

'Brothaz' inks four stars

 

Dale Jennings

 

Scott Lieblich

 

Reviews

The Play's the Thing

The Abbey Yard

Jimmie Dale Gilmore

Shanghai Noon

Passion of Mind

The Yards

Tin Hat Trio

Sahara

Billy Elliot

In the Mood for Love

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

Orchestra Morphine

The Laramie Project - Hatred & America

Cherry Docs

The Country

When They Speak of Rita

Lydie Breeze

The Night Governess

Macbeth

On the Beach

Fiona Apple

Joni Mitchell

Rollins Band

Jimmie Dale Gilmore

Dirty Pictures - 'Pictures' Has Hard Time with Caption

Dancer in the Dark

Eureka - Powerful Saga Builds

The King Is Alive

Me, You, Them

Radium Girls

Kippur

Faithless

Enter the Guardsman

The Wednesday Woman

Glen Campbell - Jimmy Webb

Supergrass

Mission: Impossible 2

Proof

Vision Festival

Smashing Pumpkins

Company Man

Picking Up The Pieces

Dirty Pictures

Matchbox Twenty

Oops! The Big Apple Circus Stage Show

Running Free

On the Beach

Matchbox Twenty

Oops! the Big Apple Circus Stage Show



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