Table of Contents
Week of 06/03/2000

Articles

Big 'Momma' bow puts drag on 'Mission'

 

Tonys see double

 

Tony Winners List

 

Castor Virgil Hetfield

 

Evan Griffin Watkins

 

Business Briefs

 

MTV Awards: cocktail of film, fun

 

PPV growth potential downgraded

 

Maximillian Lee Jam and Isabella B. Jam

 

Goskino independence conceded

 

TAP Latam publishes guide to pay TV

 

American short films hit Japan

 

World Briefs

 

Jay M. Green

 

U's 'Almighty' spec

 

Pool jumps in at Fox telepix

 

SAG memo warns against blacklist

 

Inside Moves

 

Lions Gate, Trimark set to merge

 

Endeavor the space place

 

Stepping out in Duke style

 

Paula Bernstein and Anthony Orkin

 

Unapix Entertainment picks Green

 

Alla Larionova

 

Julian Scott

 

Olivia Cohen-Cutler

 

David Kohl

 

Romans rule o'seas

 

Luce, Key on Cannes-fare spree

 

Spumco, Hearst ink for 'Ripping' goods

 

Sony Pictures ups Carey

 

Telefonica to acquire stake in Media Park

 

WBIT scores 50% Web surge y-t-y

 

Sundance, RioFilme plan scribe lab

 

Medusa nabs two titles

 

HBO inks rights to 'Melvin' doc

 

Corrections

 

Johnnie Taylor

 

Telecom Italia goes Globo

 

Action figures for Silver, WB

 

Lane to drive lit for WMA East

 

Blockbuster, AtomFilms pact

 

'Momma's' family affair

 

L.A. reaches out to Earth

 

Letterman closes gap in latenight

 

'Sex' and the citified

 

True lies: Pix numbers crunch only a hunch

 

Metro skeds sports specs, adds talkshow

 

Backstage Notes: Tony Awards

 

Laker game slamdunks Tony ratings

 

Petter Lindstrom

 

Marcia Newberger, Kevin Sasak, Richard Hoffman

 

Paul Greenberg

 

David Primuth, Tina Barefoot, Thom MacNamara

 

Seattle Fest hails father of Cinerama

 

Joe Massimino

 

Global village note sung at confab

 

'Tulips' leads field for Italo crix awards

 

Italo Eagle soars with 20-pic slate

 

Garland Oscar drama goes on

 

Action plays o'seas

 

Burton wins Maui fest honor

 

Fox, Cisco plan historic transfer of 'Titan'

 

'Rat' rights finally go to De Bont

 

FCC's toll call

 

Fox's 'Phone' rings Carrey

 

Dontanville ankles to WMA

 

Inside Moves

 

WB Intl. TV taps Leroy for Europe

 

Acad Awards security chief Moon retires

 

Amy Brown, Stephany Buchicchio, Joel Genove

 

BT turns Openworld to WMA

 

NBC starts Web site to promote ad info

 

Rebellion opts feature script

 

Time Life arm taps new CEO

 

Broadway B.O. slips in season's first week

 

Broadway bows to the Union Jack -- again

 

Televisa bows interactive tale

 

Dr. Arnold Pike

 

Zachary Haskell Baum

 

Ethan Kochler Gregoire

 

Brian Cox

 

Scott Wilson and Katharine Ross

 

Belushi wants part of 'Greedy'

 

Corman takes helm of NYU grad dept.

 

Granada Creative taps Plantin for U.S.

 

Calderwood to exit Pathe

 

Two more dot-coms looking for bailouts

 

M'max taps Naraghi exec VP

 

Margot Vivien Hoffman

 

Vivendi pushing for Platco

 

Messier urges Euro pic solidarity vs. U.S.

 

GLAAD bows in S.F. with media awards

 

Russian pix to Peppermint

 

Miramax dealt 'Right Hand'

 

Mischer back on Emmys

 

'Mamma Mia!' on its way Shubert

 

Fox's 'Master' plan: reality-gamer hybrid

 

Fox 'Nets local plan

 

'West' wings 6 crix noms

 

H'wood Bowl taps gala presenters

 

Hennessy cast as Jackie

 

Bertelsmann puts Schmidt over e-unit

 

CTW changes name to Sesame

 

Hoop league, AOL share cross-promotional assist

 

Rapaport's Release is Internet provider

 

Sitomer set to ankle 'Extra'

 

Mirth in Montreal

 

Edmonds, wife note 'Josie'

 

'Bridge' raises Nashville fest

 

UPC, Telewest deal could be in cards

 

Star TV falls out of orbit with C & W HKT

 

Media Luna enlists team to go global

 

Bill "The Fox" Foster

 

Hart Bochner

 

Cedric the Entertainer

 

Laura Ceron

 

Patrick Conner, Trevor Drinkwater, Dan Miron

 

'Trouble' lies ahead for Lee

 

Large-format Imax thinks small for biz plan

 

Another Cinar suit

 

TiVo, iFilm pact for interactive program

 

Business Briefs

 

Playboy TV Intl. taps McBurnett

 

Post-Tony revelry

 

EC urged to review Warner-EMI music deal

 

Digitech Burst.com taps Glen prexy

 

Fox says mea culpa, trims affils' ad bills

 

H'w'd clicks on content

 

PBS finds public with Tonys portion

 

Jersey Films hooks 'Mermaid Avenue'

 

Stockwell, Disney put bets on '17'

 

Cox to drive to Parkway in veep seat

 

Frog gives Bellamy pilot commitment

 

Rapper wraps deal with United Talent

 

Special tracks for DVDs

 

Cowboy+Antidote=Code Red

 

Channel One taps DEN exec

 

Book site gives Mighty money

 

BKN buys Arles Animation

 

PBS' Gotham flagship sails with maritime spec

 

Hartford bows stage sked

 

Brad Plunkett

 

Stephen Gass

 

Jay Perloff

 

Cynthia Brayton

 

Thomas E. McDonald

 

'Magnet' proves top draw

 

P&G taps new guides for soap 'Light'

 

Sherri Trahan

 

MPAA invests in Dow

 

Exhibs give Fandango tix name a whirl

 

Peacock's hoops end ABC streak

 

German mart draws Euros seeking coin

 

Aussies high on pic fund

 

World Briefs

 

Downer exits top post at Oz's Pinefilm

 

Dutch auds jam on 'Bus'

 

Mana's 'Sexo' bow wows Malaga fest attendees

 

Roth revs it up

 

Race takes back seat to family in 'Come'

 

Figgis to be feted at Filmmakers fest

 

Study shows production coined N.Y. $5 bil

 

Lambert exits EMI-Capitol for SmashCast

 

Stewart returns to WB as shingle's prexy

 

Lasorsa Named sr. VP, New Line

 

TBS 'Powers' past USA to top cable ratings

 

Charles feels itch for 'Tick'

 

Chernoff to join CNNfn

 

Showtime gets going with 'Girl'

 

David Ovitz

 

Forster gets 'Finders Fee' for Shavick Entertainment

 

DNA 'Nets Matloff as sr. veep

 

MTV exex go Underground

 

Krystal Gilbert-Newcamp

 

U puts 'Sprockets' on court dockets

 

Trimark's casualties eye Web site

 

A&E acquires 'Murder One'

 

Pax TV, AT&T pact for Pittsburgh area

 

American Rep Theater gets seasonal 'Face-Lift'

 

WPIX ayemcast bows to strong ratings

 

Primary Stages' season starts with 'Gardens'

 

Loughlin moves up at Primedia to exec VP

 

Sherry Weinman, Michael Berman

 

Michele Megan Dix

 

Elli Cola

 

Jorge Ferreiro

 

Deborah Myers

 

Fox, NBC on deck to extend MLB deal

 

Miramax bottles 'Blonde'

 

MTV elevates McGrath to link 'Net, cable

 

Court upholds Canal fine

 

Eye inks its Jackie: Joanne Whalley

 

Yaitanes' plan A is to take on laffer 'Plan B'

 

Canton spins partnership with Lee for '7th Portal'

 

Dunn slates MGM's 'Breakers,' 'Worst'

 

Foreign Press taps officers

 

MGM bids Loncraine 'Godspeed'

 

Mouse blasting piracy

 

Telepics taps 'Extra' help

 

Video rental charts premiere weekly run in print

 

Revolution sweeps up comedy itch 'Girls'

 

Web heavies converge

 

Tonys ups awareness, study shows

 

Constantin gets Hyde rights

 

Turner scores Internet deal

 

'Rangers' bows on Televisa

 

World Briefs

 

Medienforum prompts vision for networks

 

Russel rises to SSA prexy

 

Filmgroup, Chello puts IPOs on ice

 

Simon & Schuster log on with e-book pact

 

WGA weaves in Web

 

Slater slates 'Talkers'; 'Phone' man hits bigtime

 

All-star cast reads Eszterhas' 'Rhapsody'

 

AFI to honor Malden, Zaentz, Schoonmaker

 

DreamWorks joins Imax in 3-D

 

ExtendMedia inks Fuchs for content development

 

'M.Y.O.B.' busy; not so 'Chance'

 

Detroiters Eminem, Kid Rock hold charts

 

Spectrum gets part of state's biz grant

 

Controversial French film to be shown

 

WWF tags Snyder as prez

 

Fox TV comedy toppers ankle, ink prod'n deal

 

Revolution starts with 'Net trip

 

Londoner lands at ABN

 

Near deal, MP3 hits high notes

 

WB charmed by 'Sparkle'

 

Tuner may get shot

 

'Gone' to H'wood

 

Biz in self-preservation

 

MTVi taps Graver to lead Sonicnet

 

Japan's Sky reaches 2 mil subscribers

 

Producers pact to form MirageQuest Ent.

 

Murphy, Stein iCast as 'Net comedy exex

 

Soundbreak.com places Shinbrot in charge

 

UCLA to honor Davis, Carroll Jr., Lehman

 

Sony shuffles finance

 

BMG deal 'Banks on 'Net tunes

 

U's Blum tapped to sr. marketing veep

 

Cheung ripe to spring out of Harvest

 

New Line buoys two exex to director

 

Pulse Ent, quickens with $35 mil equity

 

Newsweek's legit critic Kroll dies

 

Sci Fi renews 'Farscape'

 

Web portal taps Eye's Dauphinee

 

Steinberg, retired exec for MCA, Par dies

 

Go.com finds Ultraseek a home at Inktomi

 

Goldwyn taps Quinn to top acquisitions

 

King tapped to pen Col's 'Game' thriller

 

DuVall closes in on 'Carpenter's Ghost'

 

Vietnam War pic may open old wounds

 

Col TriStar casts Wald in new post

 

Inside Moves

 

'Power' gets pair of legal eagles

 

Market draws TV-logged exex to Germany

 

Farrellys reup with Fox, lay out slate

 

Kelly fills in 'Blanks' with pic helming bow

 

CNN Int'l prexy: Teuton N-TV stake not for sale

 

Tivix picks up coin

 

Mike Roberts

 

May daze for syndies

 

USA Cable ups Giacopelli

 

Kaufmann's estate donates theatrical items

 

MTV group shuffles exex, realigns nets

 

Harvey nabs rights to comedy Web site

 

Eva Jagger

 

Branson trims debt, V2 stake

 

Follett flies with new house

 

Discovery to enter 'Race'

 

Arie Verveen

 

Harris loops to iFilm

 

Col taps Kadin for creative exec post

 

ICM gives Tripoli his agent stripes

 

Digital Fest sets contest

 

Yates' plate fills

 

Tampa's Boylan replaces Vargas as G.M. at KTTV

 

'Survivor' adapts to surroundings

 

Germany's FFP teams up with Traumwerk on prod'n

 

Redstone trumpets synergies

 

Baker closes in on 'Necklace'

 

TF1 sets up digital arm

 

Kopelsons drop Fox, join Intertainment

 

Mandalay eyes German IPO

 

SAG warns agents about blurb scabs

 

Sony games going mobile

 

Schlessel segues to Col prod'n prexy

 

Tom Ayres

 

Gil Fates

 

Charles Eugene Farmer

 

Robert W. Stone

 

Brad Beyer

 

Stephanie Chao

 

Lillo Brancato Jr.

 

Vera Farmiga

 

James M. Kraus

 

Reviews

The 54th Annual Tony Awards

Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors

Werckmeister Harmonies

The Education of Randy Newman

Oliver!

Krampack

Most Promising Young Actress

Downtown 81

The Isle

Best

Film Noir

Scarlet Diva

Walter Wanger, Hollywood Independent

Trumpet Blues: The Life of Harry James - James' Biographer Doesn't Skirt Issues

The House

Normal

Touch the Names

My Fair Lady

Blue

Mamma Mia!

The Novice - Sartre in Cinemascope

On Hostile Ground

M.Y.O.B. - Spirited Nbc Zitcom Needs Tighter Rein

Survivor

Some Voices

The Irrefutable Truth About Demons

Film Noir

The Child and the Soldier

Cuba Feliz

Scarlet Diva

Sunday's Dream

Resisting Remembrance

Little Darling

Auggie Rose

Krampack

Everything's Fine

Life Blood

Heavy Metal 2000

Songs from the Second Floor - Striking But Slim 'Songs'

Magik and Rose

Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors

First of the Name

Downhill City

T-Model Ford; Paul Jones; Robert Belfour

An American Daughter

Ornette Coleman

The Full Monty

Walter Wanger, Hollywood Independent

Dish: The Inside Story of the World of Gossip

Trumpet Blues: The Life of Harry James

Some Voices

Other Girls

Sunday's Dream

M.Y.O.B.

Muggers

Stereolab/Yoko Ono

Celebration of the Lizard

Ojai Festival

Enigmatic Variations

Tallulah Tonight!

To Louis Armstrong

The Taming of the Shrew

The Child and the Soldier

The Irrefutable Truth About Demons

Got Phat?

Lucy Pearl

Tree (Part 2 of the Geography Trilogy)

Operazone

28 Days

How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog

The Price of Milk

Charge!

Life Blood

Nine Inch Nails; A Perfect Circle

Billy Budd

Operazone

The Invisible Man

Gone in Sixty Seconds

The Designated Mourner

The Poison Tree

Gangster No. 1

Fighter

James Carter Electric Project; Russell Malone