Table of Contents
Week of 06/10/2000

Articles

'60' hot-wires auds

 

Stanley Cup thrillers goose ABC ratings

 

MP3 digital dιtente

 

Wong to helm SPE's 'Psychic'

 

Goodman laffer gets makeover

 

Wahlberg circles 'Criminal'

 

Blurb world's Moxie hangs pic, TV shingle

 

Spain's Prisa Group ups Polanco to CEO

 

Liberty ready to up stake in Soundelux for $90 mil

 

Asia goes for 'MI:2'; 'Gladiator' coins Euro

 

Phoenix wants thriller pic on evening news

 

Milius joins military training op at USC

 

Ad prod'n goes south

 

Variety.com relaunches

 

WB toons up 'Powerpuff'

 

Industry, Film Four nab Scot novel

 

Deutsche Bank coin toss set to bail out Cecchi Gori

 

Avila to take control of America

 

TNT scores with 1970s 'Shaft'

 

WB Intl. Says Yes to U.K. VOD deal

 

Lange airs it out

 

Bizzers flow to Lava prez

 

Pacer victory shifts gears on NBA ratings

 

Handprint duo to launch Thirsty Netcaster

 

USA Films ups Dawes to sr. VP

 

Another 'Net segue

 

Columbia U. pic nabs two Acad student awards

 

Inside Moves

 

Vet e-tailer Reel shutters online sales

 

Rob Korbin

 

Licensing Show has little to buzz about from H'wood

 

ZDTV bows 'Big Idea' for dot-com wannabes

 

'Ley' leads Ariel noms with 14

 

Artisan lines up its IPO

 

Palomar, Persaud start new firm

 

Par's Ferraro ankles as sr. VP, acquisitions

 

Team taps Waldron prexy

 

Satcaster to bring 'X-Files' back to Japan

 

World Briefs

 

'Shaft' gets belly tellies

 

'Spy' grooving on MTV

 

Sci-fi fans orbit Saturn Awards

 

9 Disney vets move to Stan Lee

 

Tonys provide B.O. boost

 

Old-time moguls have mutated into tougher breed

 

Jaime Pressly

 

Loews to enter Japan with 5 urban plexes

 

Besson lines up with Li for martial arts pic

 

Canuck regulator plots new plan

 

Docu 'Grave' gets top prize at Banff TV fest

 

Obst names Safavi veepee

 

Age of Reason

 

Col Tristar loses head in France

 

Trio get 'Good Advice' in Sheen-toplining pic

 

F/x wizards unveil worlds of mythology

 

Seasoned bigscreen helmers turn to telepix

 

Minis turn to hard sell

 

NL gives Marvel 'Rings' licensing rights

 

Nine Bruins earn kudos

 

Inside Moves

 

Big 'Momma's' foreign bow

 

Microsoft, DirecTV, RCA team for new service

 

Univision taps affil sr. VP

 

Intertainment opens Dorr to VP of content

 

Reel.com staff out, Buy.com in

 

HSX options pair of exex

 

NBCi.com banner is ready to fly

 

Gore fires back after Heston tirade

 

WGAW age suit sans legal fees

 

Sci Fi sees big gains from 'Invisible Man'

 

Feds request more key info from TW, AOL

 

Marc Nathan

 

Cable mints coin

 

SAG ranks swell as talks resume

 

ILM playing new toons

 

Bertlesmann sale rumors boost Digest

 

Arbitron codes Forr for encoding duties

 

History scrutinizes 'Patriot'

 

WTTG taps Carpenter veepee/G.M.

 

BMG vet Schoenfeld named eSynch adviser

 

CheckOut.com inks content pact

 

CBS riding high on 'Survivor'

 

Village Roadshow restructures

 

Joffe and Goldman to tame 'Animal'

 

Hector Louis Perez

 

Harold Patton

 

P.J. Pesce

 

Christian Boeving

 

Mark Steven Johnson

 

Gary Chang

 

Seamus Ruane

 

Sarita Choudhury

 

Mykelti Williamson

 

Kevin Delaney

 

Colleen Fahey Rush

 

Spence Bovee

 

Marta DuBois

 

A 'Shower' reigns in Seattle

 

Pearson pursues diverse policy with buy of Talkback

 

Italo B.O. falls by half as H'w'd nabs coin

 

Latenight writers get last laughs

 

Italy's Key unlocks stakes in int'l pix

 

Miramax breaks the 'Ice'

 

Sinclair picks up Prism nods

 

Scorsese to co-exec produce six-part mini

 

Correction

 

Vet McCrory tapped sr. VP, NBC Studios

 

Falk logs on as veep of Showtime digital

 

Judd Rose

 

Nelvana picks up 'Dolittle' TV rights

 

Epley exits as Iam.com CEO

 

Media titans go to the mat

 

Threshold in 'Foodfight!'

 

Sony shuffles finance

 

Mexican Cinemex buys up rival chain

 

Levy tapped CEO, Shockwave.com

 

Vivendi places $30 billion bid for Seagram

 

French toast Seagram

 

Joseph Cohen

 

Sean Elliot

 

Tara Subkoff

 

Sasha Alexander

 

Jolene Blalock

 

Sascha Knopf

 

Diane Zipursky

 

Kurt C. Peterson

 

Tale of the tape

 

Dances With Films fest to show 50 pics

 

Nicole Dollison, Mary Jo Heath, Dana Maslin, Mike Rich, Aahmek Richards

 

Fandango tix service taps Levitt prexy, CEO

 

Green's debut film wins Newport festival

 

Tivix.com rustles up $4.8 mil in coin

 

News Corp. to fund Indian media plans

 

Indian toon festival names honorees

 

Virginia Pereira and Dror Soref

 

Zone Vision looking to Turkey, Israel ops

 

U eyes Wilson for 'Stanford' semester

 

CNN to boost coverage of political conventions

 

Blighty pay TV nets vie for soccer rights

 

Simmons set to roll out pack of pics as producer

 

Minn.'s Ventura guests on soap

 

Creative Planet lands script service Goodstory.com

 

Confab fetes Bergman duo

 

Inside Moves

 

Helmer replaces Barclay on 'Angels'

 

U Home Video preps 'Jurrassic' DVD launch

 

Fine Line pays $3 mil for 'Human Nature'

 

Licensors rake in royalties

 

Service lowers credit rating to near-junk bond levels

 

20th TV taps unit toppers

 

SAG talks could signal movement

 

Napster chief seeks truce with RIAA

 

DeCarlo ankles 'X Show'

 

Italian media titans link up

 

Listen.com ups Ryan to prexy

 

IFP says Bravo, Altman

 

Gamer net ups vet Tauber

 

Court TV gives Crime a chance on Web

 

AFI's Top 100 Funniest Movies

 

Prexy ends reign in Spain

 

Franny Baldwin and David Benullo

 

Irene Caine

 

Harry F. Stoner

 

Pete Smythe

 

Virgil C. Hayes Jr.

 

Alan Gelfant

 

Catherine Hicks

 

Pat Harrington

 

Alba Albanese

 

Studios, cablers set campaign strategy

 

Too much trust a threat to award integrity

 

Too close to call

 

Video experiment opens voting to membership

 

Robert M. Hazard

 

QVC returns to Japan

 

'Shine's' court battle over

 

CAA celebrates sales

 

Greg Grunberg

 

Packet inks content deals

 

World Briefs

 

Gramm ankles ICM for WMA

 

Echo, Sidekick help Anders' 'Sun' rise

 

'Killer' vid rights go to Hollywood

 

Warner Bros. New Media ups Weirick

 

Rumpus.com readies Web pic 'America'

 

Global TV boom boosts AFMA exports

 

U ups Christensen to sr. VP

 

Top Russian broadcaster under arrest

 

BBC sales up 15%, due in part to 'Teletubbies'

 

Chi film venue honors Siskel

 

'Natural' pitch has U swinging

 

'ER's' Edwards spreads wings with 'Sky'

 

Seismic steps for H'w'd reps

 

'Blue' on beat until '02

 

Conde Nast feels Lucky about monthly

 

B'way to see 'Sawyer' musical

 

'Wit' wins top Norton Awards

 

AOL, TiVo program $200 mil deal

 

Irving R. Kumin

 

Harry D. Trigg

 

Sidney Peterson

 

Dan Rothenberg

 

Sara Gilbert

 

Kelly Rowan

 

Tyler Christopher and Jill Ritchie

 

Tyler Hynes

 

Syndie shows start to feel summer blahs

 

'Net's eSynch taps BMG vet Schoenfeld adviser

 

Pearson adds Talkback to growth plan

 

Perry upset by lead-actor Emmy nom

 

Dennehy at Wolf's door for 'Arrest'

 

Winchester picks up int'l on MGM con tale

 

Mouse pops 'Corky' pic

 

Giffoni Fest sets kidpic competition

 

Sorvino set for 'Semana,' thriller to shoot in Spain

 

Blighty soccer rights go to three nets

 

Murphy popular with WBTV

 

'Millionaire' producer surfs for 'Net presence

 

Kiarostami, helms Karlovy Vary jury

 

CBS picks Nick mix

 

Code Red will try it 'One Time'

 

Expanding Game Show ups Tauber to exec VP

 

'Titan' trumps

 

World Briefs

 

Carrey hangs up on 'Phone'; more MTV hijinx

 

H'w'd smoke detector

 

Fox sets 'Digimon' pic

 

Eminem's hat trick

 

WB to bow Webisodes

 

Avnet ready for 'Uprising'

 

H'w'd studio called to Gauls

 

Yanks will run Universal

 

Eye's demos catch island fever

 

Axelrod, Widdoes dissolve partnership

 

John Patrick White

 

Raymond J. Barry

 

Illeana Douglas

 

Jennifer Dorian

 

Philippe Perebinossoff

 

Rita Zak

 

Brad Small

 

William P. Burkhardt

 

Susan Werbe

 

Whit Richardson

 

Arbitron taps Forr to top People ops

 

Sundance to stage radio plays

 

Tanya McClure

 

Thesp Trejo's Starburst to do 'Devil's'

 

Southern Star hit hard by cost-cutting plans

 

Miramax planning a 'Feast'

 

Fox chops Deluxe

 

AFI 'Laughs' tickles Eye net's youth numbers

 

AOL reups with CBS News

 

Hallmark's 'Dinotopia' finds home at Pinewood

 

Ex-Searchlight praiser puts out own shingle

 

Endeavor inks to represent AntEye

 

CTIT inks prod'n pacts

 

Inside Moves

 

EC scrutinizes media merger

 

SAG prexy anticipates lengthy work stoppage

 

Italo b'casters cleared by gov't

 

Technicolor, Qualcomm hew to digital hues

 

A&E to expand content with Weisbarth

 

'Shaft's' back: Can you dig it?

 

Janeane Garofalo

 

Odyssey signs on to take Scott's turn as 'Hamlet'

 

Diller parlez Vivendi

 

Playboy ups Shephard to sr. VP

 

Sounds fine for U Music

 

Correction

 

Skein has reality on new track

 

Leslie Bibb

 

Gabriel Casseus

 

Justin Fontaine

 

Alan Browdy

 

Jody Shapiro

 

Laura E. Wendt

 

Darren Eggleston

 

Marjorie Sweeney

 

Acad takes notice of prominent guest spots

 

Emmy winners list for guest performances

 

Breakout faces from the '99-'00 season: Margaret Colin

 

Breakout faces from the '99-'00 season: Allison Janney

 

Corrections

 

Sony vet Williams snares Lee Media post

 

C'right board targets 'Net

 

CNN arms, Salutia link

 

Strikers go beyond L.A. to picket ad shoots

 

Acad rulebook polished

 

Kinowelt nabs 10% of VOD biz

 

VSDA names co-honorees

 

'Dog Days' ahead for C-W, NBC

 

Rodriguez hits 'Red Line'

 

Lee ankles Col biz for post at X-Box

 

Besson settles 'Joan' suit

 

CBS mini to include footage from Dachau

 

Freshman Contenders: 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'

 

Freshman Contenders: 'Malcolm in the Middle'

 

Throwing bones to the underdogs

 

Thesps act the part of helmers

 

Emmy vets find the right roles

 

In praise of shows that didn't overstay welcome

 

Majors' suit shuts down Netcaster

 

New Line, WB TV link up

 

Mediaset pledges $105 mil for locals

 

U action pay web Calle 13 is tops in Spain

 

Bridget Mairead London

 

Josette Felice Abugov

 

Owen Ryan Sherman

 

Mathew Gordon Sebolsky

 

Preston Clifford Cole

 

Jillian Isabel Ann Thicke

 

Breakout faces from the '99-00 season: Billy Campbell

 

Generation next

 

Breakout faces from the '99-'00 season: David Proval

 

New casts give veteran shows a fresh spin

 

Breakout faces from the '99-'00 season: Christopher Meloni

 

Col Tri pulls plug on 'Donnie & Marie'

 

Rose planted as Mouse's gov't rep

 

Rifkin to goose 'Golden'

 

DirecTV adds WB's L.A. affil

 

U plays in 'Snow' for Platt

 

Inside Moves

 

The Write Stuff

 

Freshman Contenders: 'The West Wing'

 

Freshman Contenders: 'Judging Amy'

 

Freshman Contenders: 'Once and Again'

 

Toon scribes not drawn to new Emmy rules

 

Teens the target as B.O. heats up

 

Wrasslers cite USA's neglect

 

Attorney to make Mark at Barnes Morris

 

Oz digital plan shaken up

 

India awaits sat decision

 

Tony nom panel adds new faces

 

WB Intl. TV taps Euro duo

 

Tarbs tabs Asian, African sat pacts

 

Mishel Minehart and Michael Brownlee

 

Jonathan Mark Reich

 

Theodore Henry Williams Verrone

 

Levi Jay Kaplan

 

John Theodore Corday

 

Shane Alden Bissell

 

Emma Katherine deZarn

 

Carl Francis Saraceni

 

Reviews

On Hostile Ground

Titan A.E.

'N Sync

War Booty

Hans Staden

HBO.com

Z.com

The Emancipation of Valet de Chambre

Nightfall

Enigmatic Variations

The Full Monty

The Tempest

Hbo.Com

Z.Com - Z Gets 'a' for Adaptablility

Ornette Coleman

Salammbo

Nine Inch Nails; a Perfect Circle - Nails Digs in with a Plugged-in Perf

The Harem of Madame Osmane

I Won't Go Back Home

The Same Love, the Same Rain

Sausalito

Waiting for the Messiah

Owls' Castle

The Visitant

Saluzzi, Composition for Bandoneon and Three Brothers

War Booty

Hans Staden

Titan a.E. - Sci-Fi Enters New Territory

Shaft - Jackson & Co. Strut Their Stuff in 'Shaft'

Like a Magnet

Shergar

Passionately