Table of Contents
Week of 07/15/2000

Articles

Sarah Jones

 

Maureen Cassidy

 

Lewis Black

 

Island Renaissance for Singapore

 

Industry set to spin into Web business

 

Paul F. Tompkins

 

Zach Galifianakis

 

Maria Bamford

 

Candy Ford

 

Patton Oswalt

 

Louis C.K.

 

Mitch Hedberg

 

'Me' is tops at bustling Karlovy Vary fest

 

'X'-plosive $57.5 mil B.O.

 

No more monopoly for MediaCorp

 

Brett Robinson

 

Strand knots up Nossiter's 'Signs'

 

Maui Writers' Conf. gets McCourts, Dunne

 

Inside Move: McCaffrey not using gov't $

 

Fast Carrier targets pair of WW II pix

 

Comedy net gets 'High,' other laffers

 

TV crix go all the way 'West'

 

'Smith' reaches summit

 

AtomFilms, New Line Cinema pact

 

TV minority report

 

Redstone: MTV, Nick pix are key

 

Sony Music's volume cut by 500

 

Lions Gate takes bite out of loss

 

'Brother' big but not huge for Eye

 

Virgin creates arm for digital music

 

Universal appeal for 'Grinch' pic

 

Oz pay channels snub local quotas

 

Doggies have their day

 

Folk fest eyes world music

 

Dour forecasts raise Teutonic ire

 

Film series honors thesp Mastroianni

 

Bloomberg sets beam

 

Brits OK ITV merger, but combo tricky

 

Alphabet flush with fall promotion plans

 

American Rep takes 'Stag' on tour

 

Justin Pierce

 

Julie Shapiro

 

Joyce Miller, Lisa Salamon

 

Marcia Chacona

 

Top telco SingTel plays global tune

 

Soap thesp hangs shingle

 

Easy-access broadband still casts too wide a net

 

Hoffman, Leitch set to party at 'Last' in 2000

 

Thompson's life is 'Cabaret'

 

CEO/prexy Miller ankles Par Home Ent.

 

Web-wary consumers

 

Custom f/x firm's growth healthy sign for biz

 

Napster responds again

 

UA shuts UK office

 

KPMG, Drabinsky settle Livent suit

 

Meredith MacRae

 

RTL mulling takeover of United News

 

Inside Move: Pop.com going Underground

 

Canucks cluck over U.S. border biases

 

Helmer Pritts to captain Disney's 'Corky'

 

SAG leaders meet, reaffirm solidarity

 

Player-cam for 'MNF'?

 

Mike gets mired by breaking the H'w'd code

 

Hungary TV sales plan sags

 

Czech 'Idiot' selling smartly abroad

 

'X-Men' marks the spot

 

Distrib, pubcasters ally to fund H'wood pix

 

Oz Fox Studios losing coin

 

'Mission' blast off

 

AOL bows in Mexico

 

CIE ups radio signal

 

NHK prexy re-elected

 

TBS, TNT get 'Seconds'

 

Bowman will reign over Spyglass' 'Fire'

 

Court grants ABC Kevorkian interview

 

Actors take case to crix

 

Michael 'Cub' Koda

 

Chris Kager

 

Paul Capelli

 

Lisa Appleby

 

German artists' org calls for computer levy

 

Dungan to captain Capitol Nashville

 

New rules may nix Carlton/United merger

 

Unions want news cuts cut

 

BSkyB closes on Open

 

X-traordinary bow

 

New bank brings greater flexibility to MGM

 

In Demand pitches pro, college sports

 

Maverick picks Strick to join A&R

 

Docs docu docks at ABC

 

Stan Lee gets in gear with Rotor

 

Technicolor plans to up prod'n of DVDs

 

iCast taps Wooden as p'gramming VP

 

Creative Planet deals with Commerce One

 

AOL Moviefone inks for tickets, showtimes

 

Kosslick tapped to top Berlin fest

 

CNN taps Spiegel to o'see weekend

 

Hurley apologizes to SAG for perfume ad

 

'Rock' in new orbit

 

Southern Star, Nat'l Geo pact

 

Yankees seek Garden stake

 

Net plans more conventional

 

Fox pares weekend 'X'-pectation by $3 mil

 

DVD copyrights on trial

 

Forward Pass catches Schulman for veep

 

Ex-'Malcolm' scribe to run Cusack laffer

 

DGA crowns student winners

 

Consortium Fame plans to go public

 

CBS trips after trek up the isle

 

Levin mulls Eisner's ire over merger

 

Michele Mena and Nick Cucci

 

'Urbania' tops kudos at Outfest

 

Germany's TM3 eyes 'Net effects

 

Kremlin aide ankles for media topper job

 

GU director opts out of Euro shuffle

 

Macclesfield retires at UIP

 

Endeavor tries hand at strategic marketing

 

Douglas visits Israel, Jordan

 

Buyers eat up 'Jaws'

 

'Quantum' sans wampum

 

Boxing, wrestling dips hurt PPV revs

 

Artisan sues Polanski for taking money

 

Reid rolls out Arista VP 'dream team'

 

Keramidas logs on Showtime

 

Napster vets launch file-sharing AppleSoup

 

Par Home Ent. Taps Jackson

 

'Nuremberg' mini a ratings hit

 

Eisner takes step to feature helming debut

 

Debra Zane and Jeff Jarkow

 

Schepisi home to Oz in hopes of revival

 

Telco pledges $157 mil for CTV

 

Miramax on TV beat for 'Copland' series

 

Blumenfeld special to DGA

 

Out of this world

 

Reeve set to helm ABC vidpic 'Jeffrey'

 

Cruise, Crowe may reteam

 

Latin biz list logs onto 'Net

 

Deep Ocean set for Action

 

Granada ups exec

 

Toonz eyes history

 

Moses rallies SAG masses

 

Monique Magnus and Corey Weiss

 

Gabriella Alaimo and David L. Thomas

 

'N Sync in Really Big Film deal

 

Hollywood Fest names finalists

 

French gov't, pic biz wary of Vivendi merger

 

MP3Board files counterclaim against RIAA

 

Broadway 'Joe's' first for PPV

 

San Sebastian chief ankling

 

Reynolds plays wheelchaired 'Champ'

 

Ghuneim goes online as Columbia sr. VP

 

Livewire at a loss

 

Paxson taps Grossman to plan digital future

 

Tyro scribes see green, B'heimer nabs 'Red'

 

N.Y., Chi gov'ts consider ad strike support

 

Eye cruises with 'M:I-2' after bidding war

 

Cross talk sets tone in DVD decryption case

 

'Brother' breeding

 

Decter's 'New Guy' to spark Revolution

 

Potter series revs Scholastic

 

Caine, helmer Schepisi take 'Orders' in U.K.

 

'Sopranos' writer Cahill, Par pen deal

 

Sony Music taps Weiss for legal sr. VP

 

AMG aims Star at pic projects

 

L.A. radio playing same ratings tune

 

Web site rehabbed

 

SoftAware buy makes Digital Island dive

 

Eveo.com goes Euro

 

B'way honors its 'Abominable Showman'

 

Gallic glut forces delays

 

Beane, Cohen pen musical for Drama Dept.

 

CBC to raise coin by selling transmitters

 

Whither Quizzer?

 

Tobias Jackson Hess

 

Roland Joffe

 

Robin Sachs

 

Rene Reyes

 

Andrew Vincent Avanzio and Nicholas Martin Avanzino

 

Replay plugs into SoCal cable test for TW

 

Guidon to tout Brit f/x in L.A.

 

Mastroianni retro tour bows

 

Dutch drop Italian TV crew case

 

FilmFour closes office in Oz after Dear ankles

 

Atlantic taps two

 

Channel 40, TV Azteca split bitterly

 

Clarification

 

Corrections

 

United sells Miller arm to VNU

 

Hayek to spread her wings on 'Butterflies'

 

Landscape taps Birnbaum sr. veepee

 

TV, film writer Seidel dies

 

Peacock prexy not ruffled by rumors

 

EVideo TV taps Weber as prexy and CEO

 

Launch Media ups Ferguson

 

The Write Stuff: Brill bytes into Rice book

 

Peacock to go long way for its pilots

 

History channel playing with 'IQ'

 

Par pacts with AtomFilms

 

Double duty for Silberling

 

'Highwayman' set for music theater confab

 

Brit thesp Craig storms 'Tomb' opposite Jolie

 

New partner for Teuton 2K

 

Tangi Miller

 

Paul Cassell

 

David Labiosa

 

Jules Green

 

BBC America lives up to name

 

EM.TV names Blighty G.M.

 

Fox packs for camp

 

Rogers makes pitch

 

Cyclist Armstrong to honor union pickets

 

Alloy nabs Gen-Y fave CCS

 

Kibu.com cuts deals with music labels

 

'Addicted's' Goldberg to ArtistDirect.com

 

Shooting Gallery's ear for talent

 

Nederlander to roll 'Reefer' Off B'way

 

Searchlight, trio pact for 'West Side' update

 

Inside Move: 'Jurassic' elects scribes

 

Eminem marks 8th week atop charts

 

Industry Ent. enters TV with Fox, HBO deals

 

Revolution readies laffers

 

ESPN Classic boxes 'Glory' rights

 

Pax tinkers with lineup

 

KNBC ups Chatman to anchor

 

Ruby shines on Miramax 2-year deal

 

Reeve's $200 mil slate rocks with new 'Croc'

 

B'buster takes VOD leap, inks with Enron

 

Artisan ups Van Dyk to exec VP

 

Stringer, Bassey and Windsor feted royally

 

'Fugitive' topper collared by WBTV

 

For Roth, it's 'Potter' or 'Planet'?

 

Variety stands up for comics

 

'Beneath' it all -- Hitchcock

 

D-folk become e-exex

 

'Pokemon' pokes its head out

 

iPublish inks digital deals

 

Pinto tapped Premiere publisher

 

Shinker to head S&S's Free Press nonfiction

 

Patrick marks 'X-Files' spot

 

First family vs. the Mob

 

Tribune revs rise

 

Musicland's quarter tuned up

 

AMG aims Star at pic projects

 

Letter to the Editor: Scott Sander

 

Canal Plus' bottom line fine, sez org

 

EC directive boosting Euro product on webs

 

Olaciregui to head San Sebastian

 

Hollywood.com sees 42% surge in revs

 

Winfemme films set for StreamSearch.com

 

Harvey toons get Brilliant Web series

 

Fox ups three broadcasting exex to VP

 

Col Pics ups Hawtof to sr. veep of PR

 

Covent's Kaiser to head Kennedy Center

 

Sony, U invest in 360HipHop

 

Euros' bank shot

 

Int'l Doc group's McLane resigns

 

Disney's 'Mary' pops up onscreen

 

'Club' closes Outfest

 

Myers hires investigator

 

Ladies night at Actors' Fund

 

Picnic full of beans

 

'Contenders' is reality

 

Sun sets on 'True West'

 

'Sopranos' holds open casting call

 

Emmy nominees react to the news

 

MPAA, RIAA sour on Net's Scour

 

AIN, f/k/a Eclipse, sets prod'n slate

 

Alcon embarks on big-budget 'Affair'

 

Seat Czech at film fest

 

De Mol to stay Endemol chairman-CEO

 

Telepiu taps G&A to sell Venice fest

 

Godfather of soul gets a digital lift

 

Game animation gets power upgrade, draws new demos

 

ReplayTV taps Hunnewell sr. VP

 

Love leaves Carpenter's 'Mars' pic

 

Jury awards kids' scribe $46 mil more

 

Inside Move: 'A.I.' may spark 2001 fireworks

 

Launch posts loss, pins hopes on Warped

 

Gotham's Softcom, LA's IVT wed

 

Inside Move: Stone offers deposition

 

Inside Move: Mouse roars back at TW

 

No fireworks for Oprah

 

Eye's 'Survivor' boost gets 'Early' up

 

Mouse portal taps Samant

 

Ad org's Web site hacked

 

Mischer happy with Emmy noms, host

 

AMPAS adds 13 to board

 

Peacock to join Fox, battle cap in court

 

Chris-Craft, sans UPN, sees profits rise

 

WB invades 'Chechnya'

 

Wicked Monkey bites 'Fools'

 

Univision sees rev rise 34% in qtr.

 

AOL beats the Street with record numbers

 

Asian film fest in Gotham gets 'Running' start

 

Carlton, United cancel merger

 

Negotiations collapse

 

Lawrence Menkin

 

Dick Glasser

 

Marisa Contardi

 

James O'Rear

 

John O. Pastore

 

Valerie Pettiford

 

Emmy Laybourne

 

Bytes of the Big Easy

 

Interactive tube's future looks hazy

 

Brit commish orders ITV news b'cast shift

 

Modi to monitor Indian TV

 

Indian gov't OKs cable act

 

Pop culture warms up to H'wood's 3-D dynamos

 

Michael Sheen

 

Michael Schnapp, Daryl Scott

 

Robert Fryer Memorial Service

 

Sony, Philips team for set-top boxes

 

Glendale nabs federal grant

 

Busey couched in 'Fast Sofa'

 

Liberty turns up volume on Soundelux

 

'Pie' producer Zide joins SwapIt advisers

 

McDonald, Bushkin join MCY.com

 

CBS survives a leak

 

Petry TV veep Kurlander exits

 

Producers guild to embrace Web counterparts

 

NBC, Hearst in pilot deal

 

Actor unions, ad reps resume talks warily

 

Little ripples in Vivendi Enviroment IPO

 

CDNow now Bertlesmann

 

Fox fears pols, ball may rough up its fall

 

Bass will join toon 'Circus'

 

Olbermann will sport Fox 'Evening News'

 

Playboy taps White veepee for marketing

 

Sundance, Comcast pact

 

'Story' nabs Oz Guild win

 

Mouse unveils third park plan

 

Erica Enright

 

Erich Leon Harris

 

Hermoine Davidson Gilmore

 

William J. Garry

 

Liam Waite

 

Audrey Anderson

 

Renee Taylor and Christopher Marquette

 

Reviews

What Lies Beneath

Thomas and the Magic Railroad

The Big Animal

Kubrick/Kubrick: Inside a Film Artist's Maze

Oliver Stone's USA: Film, History, and Controversy

Crazy

Forgive and Forget

The Good Samaritan

Dolly West's Kitchen/On Rafferty's Hill/Stones in his Pockets

Marching On

Get Your Stuff

Tenebrae Lessons

Desi's Looking For A New Girl

The Sister Brothers

Essex Boys

Godass

Everything Happens To Me

Eban and Charley

Life After Love

The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me

101 Rent Boys

Red Rain

Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel

Toys in the Attic

Metallica's Summer Sanitarium Tour

Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story

The Brothers Garcia

Twelfth Night

Don Henley

The Gift

Miriam Makeba, Albita, Toshi Reagon

Bebel Gilberto

Filao

The Witches of Eastwick