Table of Contents
Week of 06/24/2000

Articles

'Roswell' sings of alienation

 

'Irene' tops hen-pecked B.O.

 

Shareholders agree to AOL/TW merger

 

NBCi to serve up reviews of eateries

 

CTV reassigns 3 vets

 

No outside bid on EMI; vote on

 

IFilm Web exposure leads 2 to CAA deal

 

Sony bows policy on Web film critics

 

'Life' over as Fox net yanks show

 

Marsha MacBride

 

'Baby' takes Parkway ride

 

Fine Line options cop story 'Pride'

 

Three pix jumpstart Jones, FilmFour deal

 

Showbiz Expo focus: Tech issues

 

It's Shandling's show: Comic to host Emmys

 

Oz pubcaster adds Star TV's Dunstan

 

Argentina adds cablers

 

Disney, Into join for web vidgame channel

 

Gladstein reups first-look deal with M'max

 

U ups Ledwith to veep

 

Hegeman, Roth spin sci-fi Web

 

Diller reshuffles USA ops

 

Revolution, Quarles will try puck luck

 

L.A. urged to ban commercial shoots

 

Hoffman is latest to leave ICM

 

Kirch taking over Sat.1

 

Vet Par VP in new post

 

U gooses its moose

 

Glass, Strindberg set for Next Wave Fest

 

Steve Toland

 

Ron Pomerantz

 

Ferrell McDonald

 

Vivendi puts 35% of unit up for IPO

 

RIAA sues music-download site MP3Board

 

TV Azteca reporter targeted in shooting

 

Inside Moves

 

'M:I 2,' 'Dinosaur' enjoy sun raise o'seas

 

Obscenity charges leveled at TV exex

 

Clarification

 

Copter goes down killing 4 in B.C.

 

Netcasters Pseudo, Beatnik cut staff

 

Brenner In Demand as prexy, CEO

 

Bertelsmann coffers swell

 

M'max buying in at France's Bac

 

Williams, Brooks inducted into Hall of Fame

 

Variety honors Weinstein

 

Studios ax producers' pacts

 

Roy Millonzi, Jim Chapman, Norm Burrington

 

Fernanda Baumhard, Humberto Murakami

 

Too lean, too mean?

 

Five UCLA students handed script awards

 

India bows film honors

 

Star TV expands Chinese programming

 

Beyond taps into Amerca's market

 

'Krypton' lures O'Brien

 

Scripps to bow posh Fine Living cable net

 

Warner-EMI merger OK'd by shareholders

 

BET Pix picks 'Book,' taps Moore prexy

 

PCCW holders OK C&W merger

 

Granada feeds war chest

 

TNT taps Schwab for three-tiered role

 

Fox tooning out, closing Phoenix arm

 

J. August Richards

 

'U-571' leads $64 mil U pic pact for USA

 

ABC gamely backs C-W's 'Jack' quizzer

 

Variety logs on to new 'Net mag

 

Ad actors fees plunge

 

ABC punches up Wallau to prexy post

 

Eye, Goldstein laughing it up

 

Thesp teacher nabs book deal

 

Vineyard to nurture three debuts

 

Ginny Glendening and Jeff Gendelman

 

Sam Elliot

 

Ahmed Best

 

Clare Kramer

 

A.J. Benza

 

Richard Ruccolo

 

Heather Dawn

 

CTV vets reassigned

 

Natasha Gregson Wagner

 

Cable confab goes digital in L.A.

 

Oz's ABC sets team

 

Gallic, German pix in exchange plan

 

Melbourne Fest director sets slate, plans to ankle

 

Viva may penetrate U.S. market

 

Bhagnani to release films directly through Puja

 

'Mission' in control o'seas

 

Actors' strike nets support from Shaq

 

M-Net sees 20% revenue rise

 

'Earth' technology takes Lucas route

 

Liberty sets United front

 

DotTV weaves Web domain

 

KRON thinks Young as station is sold

 

Primedia allys with host of dot-com firms

 

Eveo giving auditions on tape

 

MTV, VH1 up Dunaif to VP

 

HFPA charts course for 58th Golden Globes

 

Newell will direct comedy for Par

 

Inside Moves

 

Asimov hot as H'w'd deals abound

 

Correction

 

WB exex dig up 'Nightcrawlers'

 

Lerner is target of second Dadon suit

 

LockStream taps Goodman for top spot

 

NBC and Fox balk at baseball pitch

 

Canal may be minus for deal

 

Lansing, Dolgen ink six-year studio deals

 

Suzann Ellis and Van Spurgeon

 

NBC victor, but Eye a 'Survivor'

 

Jennifer Maisel and Michael Berick

 

Sally Lapiduss

 

Alison Lohman

 

Ron Eldard

 

Michael Rosenbaum

 

Sean Patrick Thomas

 

Growing pains

 

Handheld, cell streaming scene gets better reception

 

'Net radio mixes ad models

 

Wireless devices speak freely with Bluetooth

 

Humanitas nominees announced

 

Corrections

 

Media player upgrades, pacts make Real sense

 

Weinsaft ankling SAG

 

Media to buy Jupiter for $414 mil in stock

 

WGA gets 20 noms for board

 

Alliance strategy puts co. back in black

 

UPCtv bows 3 webs on cabler PrimaCom

 

Imax concert pic gets talent 'Access'

 

Court rules Stones stole from Johnson

 

'Smoker' scribe hot with book, film deals

 

Neill to reprise 'Jurassic' role

 

AOL grips Palm for tix

 

Jupiter, Titus deal creates Japanese giant

 

Blaine conjures Villard deal

 

NBC launches record label

 

Arista retunes Santana deal

 

Viacom and WWF pin Diller

 

Bad ratings news at CNN

 

Go 4th and multiply

 

China ups U.S. imports

 

ABC adopts another Brit quizzer

 

Web bidders to vie for 'Star' treatment

 

IFP creates script prize

 

'Kate's' magic buss on B'Way

 

It's Showtime for Masterson

 

Femme sports mag folds

 

Reitman to monkey with 'Evolution'

 

Non-union ad Bush-whacks strikers

 

Wahlberg going 'Apes'

 

Universal applies Focus to its specialty pic unit

 

Elizabeth Margaret Stewart and Jackson Tyler Stewart

 

Dagmara Dominczyk

 

A.J. Buckley

 

Jon Seda

 

Victoria's Secret leads live pack

 

Web-first content finds friendly market

 

Seven Web-first producers to watch

 

SAG set to discipline agents

 

Tribune explores mags sale

 

Anti-tobacco doc features 'Insider'

 

Trimark, Bravo/IFC put product online

 

Clean streams: distrib technology critical

 

Epic moves up McPherson

 

Gov't probes BBC finances

 

Method maps indie stars

 

Amy Smart

 

WB berths 'Baby' skein

 

Inside Moves

 

Kirch ties b'casters ProSieben, Sat1

 

Morewitz tapped sr. VP for O'Brien's shingle

 

Fithian touts global plan at Expo

 

Team Todd sets pic on dating 'Net exex

 

Japan's satcasters bow test beams

 

Kager ankles Col sales

 

Pair score cricket cup rights

 

Teutons, French get in tune to film 'Tosca'

 

Org to fete Kopple, HBO

 

NBC brings home gold for Games

 

Lea Moreno

 

Darryl Alan Reed

 

Lochlyn Munro

 

Stone crosses 'Borders'

 

For big B.O. in China, H'w'd must retool

 

Rosenfield memorial

 

Vivendi riled over rumors

 

Miller to top U theme park

 

Star TV inks for pix with Hong Kong unit

 

U.K. survey takes switch to BBC

 

Backers seek kidpic $

 

Art, fashion channels set for Italian TV

 

Par's 'Jacket' fits Clooney-Soderbergh

 

Silver golden for 'Tragedy'

 

Fox 2000 gives Ganz and Mandel 'Life'

 

Sony adds tech exec VP

 

Leguizamo takes turn for 'Worst'

 

Boggs ankles Time Warner

 

Fox cablers veep pair

 

Reid inks prod'n deal with Artisan

 

USC reaps Avid Xpress gift

 

M'max, Smith fetch 'Fletch' for franchise

 

Digital cinema is hot topic at Cinema Expo

 

Actors' director

 

'Superstar' calls it quits

 

Panepento joins DGA Gotham legal team

 

'Spring' nabs Nantucket honors

 

Curcio ankles Artisan

 

Netcaster gives indie pix, toons Web outlet

 

'Patriot' marches in with $5 mil

 

CartoonNet, 'Katz' co. pact for Web shorts

 

Fifth 'Survivor' slips a little

 

RealNetworks, Nokia team to call content

 

H'w'd Film Fest honors pair

 

'Con' job for MGM

 

'The Kid' takes over Magic Kingdom

 

Filmax buys all of Castelao

 

Monte's Sportel stretches out to new media

 

Bonnaire stars as 'Mademoiselle' shoots

 

Collins to Warner's Oz Roadshow

 

India's Sri TV eyes U.S., U.K. markets

 

USA signs trio of comic writer-producers

 

Mandalay TV Pics taps Stephen prexy

 

Stone Stanley inks 'Zobmondo'

 

Bac bakes backing with IPO

 

U TV pulls plug on syndie 'Motown'

 

Kanefsky, Siritzky feel 'Pretty Cool'

 

Nat'l Geo Channel ups 2

 

Nothing else 'Mathers': Eminem stays No. 1

 

'Star' bid for actors plan is revamped

 

Will Vinton will bow 'Resistor' on Z.com

 

June swoon hits syndie shows' ratings

 

KACD-FM to be resurrrected as a Webcast

 

Freilich, Par ink development deal

 

Disney revs 'Chain' gang tale

 

Bigscreen topper for Fox telepix

 

Mel, muskets muster revolutionary praise

 

Video net demands coin

 

'Storm' crowds gather

 

Adlabs, Imax eye big picture in India

 

MGM taps Rogers as Oz TV sales VP

 

'Elevator' lifts off: Maas, CLT-Ufa on board

 

Ad prod'n declines

 

CSA spares Vivendi

 

Witt wraps up lead in tuner 'Gift'

 

Kinowelt taps into Teuton TV

 

McAlpine tracking down 2nd killer biopic

 

Wells bows intern course for helmers

 

Canal Plus CEO visits U

 

Peacock to preview Pax TV's 'Mysterious'

 

Fox nabs 'Wanted' from Nash

 

Correction

 

'Toughman' pumps FX

 

'Scary' rating is R: raunchy

 

Glass slipper a fit for Roth

 

'Blair' switch project

 

French grab kudos at Cinema Expo closing

 

Thomas warms Col 'Xmas'

 

Next stop for Barrys is splitsville

 

WMA ups, adds N.Y. staff

 

Sam Ball

 

John Michael Higgins

 

Harry Van Gorkum

 

Von Johnson

 

Kay Solomon

 

Gregory Harrison

 

Cheryl Spound, Melissa Tapie, Jordan Trachtenberg

 

IFilm cuts staff after acquisitions

 

Swartz boards Col as sr. publicy VP

 

TV Gaztea, CNT part ways

 

Marathon runs with Kollek, Clark pix

 

Working Title to mine 'Tower' with Kelly

 

Pope, Mihok find 'Finders'

 

Mark Ruffalo

 

'Chef' battles, Food sizzles

 

'Harvard' admits cast

 

Prexy ankles Henson TV post

 

ABC Daytime ups Barone

 

Sci Fi Channel brings 3 series back to life

 

Janet Vissering

 

Lion 'Looking' for Showtime bow

 

Clark exits Col o'seas

 

RAI to take new-media arm public

 

B'casters' hall to fete Philbin, Osgood, Roberts

 

Stony Brook fest nabs 'Steal This' N.Y. bow

 

'Rape' posts strong B.O. in France

 

CBC Radio bows Web service R3

 

About-face for 'Schmidt'

 

Jessica Capshaw

 

Bridget Moynahan

 

Kevin Murphy

 

Kristin Peace

 

Rob Davis

 

Jason Linn

 

Gil Haslam

 

Rosalind Stevenson

 

Reviews

Bellyful

Stanley's Gig

Resurrection Blvd.

Hollywood Bowl Gala

In the Weeds

Dog Story

Chittagong: The Last Stopover

The Crow: Salvation

At the Height of Summer

Sordid Lives

Four Dogs Playing Poker

Macbeth

Richard II/Coriolanus

A Night in Tunisia

Planet Hong Kong: Popular Cinema and the Art of Entertainment

Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? Women's Experience of Power in Hollywood

The Incomparable Rex: The Last of the High Comedians

North Beach

H.M.S. Pinafore

It Ain't Over 'Til the First Lady Sings

Straight-Jacket

Richard II/ Coriolanus - Fiennes Brightens Bard

The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin

Grass Is Greener: Cuba, Baseball and the United States

Planet Hong Kong: Popular Cinema and the Art of Entertainment

Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? - Muddled Look at H'W'D Power Gals

The Incomparable Rex the Last of the High Comedians

The Dancer

The Perfect Storm - 'Storm' Rages But Never Quite Engages

In the Weeds

Dog Story

The Hiding Place

Relative Values

Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies

Giulio Cesare

Opposite Sex

Daydream Believers: The Monkees Story

Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise

The Big Knife

The Deal

Pippin

The Constant Wife

The Crumple Zone

Copacabana

Disney's The Kid

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle

Roy Hargrove Quintet

Scary Movie

Russell Malone


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