Table of Contents
Week of 06/17/2000

Articles

U gets new modus: Vivendi

 

AOL Latam, bank ink Brazil deal

 

Nine is KCAL's lucky number at L.A. Emmys

 

Website to sell items from vid sets

 

Fox duo picks pack

 

HSI embraces Kayoss 'Net venture

 

Wagner sues Spelling, seeks '90210' stake

 

O'seas B.O. plays in Lawrence's 'House'

 

'Extra' taps Gibbons for anchor chair

 

Roth studio inks dandy Scandi deal

 

Inside Moves

 

Black seeks talent through site, schools

 

Pressure turned tide, Russ mogul sez

 

WB enchanting Roth for 'Potter'

 

SAG taking on strikebreakers

 

H'w'd's modus Vivendi: Euro bucks & Euro power

 

UCLA honors Variety's Archerd

 

Telco at Castle door

 

Baldwin, Mitchell top indie thriller 'Bang'

 

B.O. gets 'Shaft'

 

Vivendi deal nearly done

 

Showtime preems 'Soul Food' series

 

TSG aims at TV prod'n via 3 deals

 

Good night for 'Irene'

 

Casey Stephen Hoops

 

Intertainment plans offering

 

Hawaii union OKs pay cutbacks

 

CME seeks $4.5 million from Nova

 

Fox Family loses Sirvaitis

 

U closes down Myers' 'Dieter'

 

U.K.'s Ondigital, ITV share soccer rights

 

World Briefs

 

Bollywood's B4U targets $120 mil

 

Danza joins Eye's 'Law' in dramatic shift

 

Goldberg, Carvey don Revolution 'Disguise'

 

'Ten to One' good odds for Spyglass

 

Ex-Kirch exec on buying spree

 

Zide, Perry at New Line

 

News Corp.'s sat IPO is ready for launch

 

Shockwave plays AMG 'Net toons

 

Truman Elizabeth McTiernan

 

O'Neill Center names Sherman exec director

 

Jordan Scott Golenberg

 

Local UPN affil airs NRA infomercial

 

Corrections

 

Curtains close on 'Macbeth'

 

Nancy Marchand dies; versatile on stage, TV

 

CLT-Ufa launches 'Net arm, big plans

 

South Africa, Euros huddle for co-prod'n

 

'Buena Vista' tops docs at German Film Awards

 

H'w'd production jobs post solid annual gains

 

'Debate' stirs Showtime

 

Mancini going the distance with 3 pix

 

Two more athletes break actors' strike

 

Jason Segel

 

Stipe,UA Films ink 3-year pact

 

Off 'Road,' Meyer enters 'Race'

 

Mac ready to attack Hollywood comedies

 

Dimension for 'Totally' team

 

Peacock flies with 'Chicken'

 

Inside Moves

 

UWT ups Shackel to sr. VP, marketing

 

OnLine opens L.A. house to launch offline wares

 

Damon assumes a new 'Identity'

 

Vivendi fait accompli

 

'Kilborn' taps Connelly

 

Publicis set to buy Saatchi

 

Digital music's future A-OK sez MP3 boss

 

Lisa Rinna

 

Michael Vartan

 

Marnette Patterson

 

Tiger tale a boon for Peacock

 

Nicholl entries a record

 

B.O.'s o'seas cruise

 

Packer's Channel Nine hits primetime in India

 

'Teletubbies' bellies up $48.7 mil for BBC

 

World Briefs

 

EC probes AOL deal

 

H5B5 takes Unapix stake

 

Duo moves into studios, unveils pic slate

 

Schiff takes 'Worst' job

 

Craig will manage instead

 

Deal for 'Flags' rights raised by DreamWorks

 

Bale finds his 'Librium'

 

ABC puts McCarthy behind new business

 

Launch gets extremely Warped

 

Harcourt General on block

 

StudioCanal will still float

 

Ex-Miramax exex to bow pic shingle

 

Rock, Judge click Z deals

 

Bravo takes tumble on Cirque series

 

'Kate,' 'Music' rise on B'Way

 

Disney gets 'Real' with scribe

 

NVC ups prod'n plan in Times Square

 

Schaefer hits top sales spot for CBS

 

ABC seeks FCC waiver on equal-time regs

 

Kevin Dunn

 

Enrico Colantoni

 

Sharon Leal

 

NBC shoots way to win with sports

 

News Corp. to nest birds in Sky Global

 

World Briefs

 

PGA elects board

 

Digital gets big-time boost

 

'Dundee 3' gets August start date

 

Study sees more online demand than rival one

 

Farmclub signs Fulmer as sr. veepee

 

A Spanish March

 

'Footloose' steps aside for 'Seussical'

 

You can count on content to fill coffers

 

Inside Moves

 

Eye net seeks alternatives in Maynard

 

Revamped Disney site launches

 

Lakers walk on Air

 

Pardue on 'Champs' team

 

Ridley ramps up 2nd Web series

 

Peek-a-boo boom

 

'Toy' twins set to spin DVD sales

 

Spanish b'casting strong in L.A. May sweeps

 

SAG tries Hack-a-Shaq

 

Schulman fine for Fine Line

 

Miramax molds acquisition arm

 

WWES growing with Gutkowski

 

Nat'l Geo ups programming pair

 

'Mia!' extends in Toronto

 

Marco Sanchez

 

Martin Starr

 

Travis Wester

 

Napster hires A&M lawyer Olin

 

MP3 summit upbeat

 

Academy taps Shrine to host 2001 Oscars

 

News Corp. & PBL: We'll ankle Foxtel

 

Drabinsky brings 'Island' prod'n to Toronto

 

Azcarraga's Televisa hold bolstered

 

Star to cut Phoenix stake

 

Cohen wins Tony dispute

 

Mouse loses 'Pooh' point

 

ABC bumps Brockman to sr. veep

 

Nussbaum to fry 'Worms'

 

Col, sr. VP Strauss part ways amid shuffles

 

Searchlight finds 2 for marketing

 

USA, Intermedia tap into 'Code'

 

Vivendi, Seagram tie knot, investors dubious

 

USA running 'Marathon'

 

Baker Leapfrogs from MPA prez post

 

Shane West

 

Showtime ups Oakley to sr. VP

 

Dramatist kudos to Margulies, Seldes

 

Japan multiplex firm fights debt

 

Murphy popular with WBTV

 

NBC Studios names McGrory

 

Terminator lives again

 

Berlin panel stalls replacing fest top

 

Gabrielle Union

 

John Ortiz

 

David 'Shark' Fralick

 

Nick Stahl

 

Brazilian film congress aimed at unity

 

World Briefs

 

DT talks more cable sales

 

Making Waves

 

Bac IPO still on track amid merger shuffle

 

USA, Centropolis link sites for sci-fi 'Net

 

'Net surfers shirk passive consumer rep

 

O'seas 'Blessed' with Sundance pic's rights

 

A&E packs 'Wolfe'

 

Merger of four creates Magnet praisery

 

'Fantasia' re-enters Imax venues in August

 

SAG's point driven home

 

Eminem puts Shady on Web

 

Go2, ShowBizData.com join forces

 

Roan Joseph Bronstein

 

USC survey suggests MP3 no harm to CDs

 

Next Wave backs 'Chasers'

 

Next Picture, iPix pact on locations

 

Corrections

 

A Digital Conversion

 

Deal puts 'Dr. Katz' co-creator in Icebox

 

Teuton triple for Allen

 

Lions Gate ups Link to prexy

 

IFilm shorts get Oscar runs via AMC

 

Arnold & Indy: They'll be back

 

Clarks park at S&S

 

Col, Original catch Champella's pitch

 

Fox 2000 adjusts 'Skate' for Crowe

 

Sony Classics trio to get IFP honors

 

USA Networks prexy Baker ankles

 

Li sees green for 'Hornet'; wife boosts Stevens

 

Webs rush for real deal

 

Reiner roast on tap by Comedy Central

 

De Vitre upped at Fox, FX

 

USA, Intermedia tap 'Code' with tyro scribes

 

'Chicken'-hearted guests sunny side up

 

MPTFF drafts exex

 

Carrey, chicks compete

 

Mechanic exit rocks Fox

 

Eliran Mendelovici

 

May Asami "Maisie" Hurwitz

 

Sophia Faith Bardelli

 

Paulo Costanzo

 

Leslie Grossman

 

Showtime jumps into 'Club' scene

 

Sunny Side turns up dox

 

Palm Beach basks in glow of growing film revenues

 

ICTV gets $87 mil in funding

 

BBC boosts budget

 

Cinar's stock may face delisting

 

Alfano laffs as NBC sr. VP

 

'Friends,' 'Seinfeld' fall to series lows

 

Mapother lands scribe, actor deals

 

Genie pic reappears for helmer Blaustein

 

'Marshall' music top of pops

 

Craven's 'Dracula' hires a Butler

 

Engels inks Melendez to daily syndie talker

 

CBS boosts Schwartz

 

Richardson finds 'Haven'

 

Wonder, Ertegen blaze Pioneer Awards

 

H'wood Software launches biz portal

 

Millar sews up slot at AMG

 

Isley added to the battle of the bonds

 

Col TriStar readies DVD release of 'Men in Black'

 

Inside Moves

 

Outfest 2000 will honor docu duo for pix

 

HBO's party punch

 

Miller time for 'MNF'

 

Isabelle Beatrice Gunn

 

Julian Schnabel

 

Beyond press kits

 

FFG folding 'Sorted' into funding pact

 

Two UIP exex ankle posts

 

Mouse ups Moreland to sr. veepee

 

Telefonica's Villalonga inquiry

 

Starz Encore taps 2 for programming

 

CBS Sports pumps two to senior veep

 

William Fichtner

 

ABC's 'Norm' puts faith in 'Ford' for role

 

Admen strike back against SAG/AFTRA

 

Producers ink to stay 'Friends'

 

Coben's 'Big Tears' falls onto Studio Canal

 

New Line's Witten heads to Paramount

 

Stone back to 'Basic' with MGM

 

Showbiz Expo to open today

 

Setlow settles in as NYWIFT board prexy

 

French bleep film title

 

Selleck sending in 'Clowns'

 

AMMI skeds polished pix

 

Czech Bonton has fun online

 

Valour Aidain Gosch

 

Julia Lynn Gurlitz

 

Emma Langdon Jackson Raper

 

Erica Kristen Tietz

 

Blake Matthew Robinson

 

Sites & Sounds

 

'Love's' labor lost in site's mock minutie

 

Top Web designers must keep raising bar

 

ITV to battle over news

 

ONdigital inks pact for pix with U Intl.

 

Roth 'Stain' spreads to Lakeshore

 

Berlusconi acquitted in 1991 bribery case

 

Emmis rides airwaves with strong earnings

 

'Early' surfs off 'Survivor' boost

 

Bender tooning up with KeenSpot.com

 

Tribune seeks 'Love' from Stone Stanley

 

'Focus' pulls Dern, Macy, Paymer

 

H'wood fest to fete 'X-Men' Donner, Kamen

 

No need for AT&T to share 'Net

 

Corrections

 

Ex-con plans art world expose

 

Zahn rides shotgun in Barrymore's 'Cars'

 

WB takes dip in Montgomery's 'Lake'

 

Touchstone seeking exit from Eye deal

 

Nielsen sleighs Alphabet holiday pic

 

Video bows mint coin

 

Frank to top Peacock sked

 

Moira Jane Rogers

 

'Survivor' ratings keep climbing

 

Luke Maxwell Blutman

 

Olivia Renelle Rosen

 

Charlotte Sarah Lawrence

 

Reviews

The Weekend

Me, Myself & Irene

Eastside

Fosse

Playboy Jazz Festival: Day One

Dixie Chicks; Patty Griffin

Very Mean Men

The Winter of the Fairies

Innocence

Deeply

The Diplomat

The Foul King

Better Than Sex

Ray Price

It Ain't Over 'Til the First Lady Sings

Carnegie Hall Celebrates Lerner and Loewe and ...

The Poison Tree

Praying with the Enemy

Fireface

Five Kinds of Silence

Neil Simon's Hotel Suite

Medea

Macbeth * - Scottish Play on the Rocks

Steely Dan - Men at Rework: Dan Polishes Up Oldies

Magnetic Fields

Strip Mall

Even Stevens - Young Leads Shine in Sibling Sitcom

The Mistress

The Foul King

Small Time Obsession

Tackle Happy

The Winter of the Fairies

Esther Kahn

Eastside

The Patriot - 'Patriot' Packs a Punch

The Weekend

Very Mean Men

Playboy Jazz Festival: Day Two

Joao Gilberto

Up in Smoke

Weenie Roast 2000

Fireface

Five Kinds of Silence

Praying with the Enemy

Straight-Jacket

Keely Smith

Poor White Trash

The Visit

The Master and Margarita

The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin

H.M.S. Pinafore

The Master and Margarita

The Perfect Storm

Soul Food

Robyn Hitchcock & Grant Lee Phillips

Olive

The Sky Will Fall

The Hiding Place

Boricua's Bond

Julie Budd

Taj Mahal

Roger Waters

The Dancer

Some Explicit Polaroids

Shakespeare's Villains: A Masterclass in Evil

Wonder of the World

Grass Is Greener: Cuba, Baseball and the United States


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