Table of Contents
Week of 07/29/2000

Articles

Stephen Lang

 

Sasha Alexander

 

Terrence Howard

 

Dylan Walsh

 

Michelle Phillips

 

'Nutty' bonkers at B.O.

 

Moreau, Huppert key 'Pianist'

 

Inside Move: 'Loser' inspired by Wilder?

 

Direct TV beams steep Sept. price hikes

 

Helmer Laufenberg to Bubble up

 

GOP convention brings array of reporters

 

Corrections

 

WB, HBO pact Workspace

 

Junger rides in to guide Fox's 'Knight'

 

Strikers plan GM protests

 

'Proof' moving into B'way's Kerr

 

Sandler in Web deal with Roth, MediaTrip

 

Viacom to take $1.5 bil hit in 2nd quarter

 

Endeavor will rep Sonnenfeld

 

The 'Eyes' have it all

 

Maguire spins 'Spider-Man'

 

'Scary' scribes to spoof zit pix

 

Shields in a 'Family' way

 

What kicks beneath

 

Two's company at Fox

 

Vincent Sklena

 

Rik L Rik

 

David Doss

 

Jack Westerkamp

 

Danae Kokeno

 

TVA plans sale of HBO Brasil stake

 

'M:I2' Yanks 'em in

 

Univision taps Ballard as sr. veep

 

Christopher Gerondale

 

Gusinsky release, exit raise eyebrows

 

Ernie Grossman

 

Telepool takes plunge with WB rights

 

Sereboff to adapt 'Omerta' for Miramax

 

AFTRA names nat'l exec director

 

German diskery edel taps Urban prez-CEO

 

Napster CEO wants to settle fight 'privately'

 

WB, NBC endow USC

 

GE plugs in Wright

 

Hernandez joining Dunst in Disney pic

 

Granada to buy three stations from United

 

Winstar lands 'Yi Yi' distribution

 

LockStream locks up deals for downloads

 

Downgrades clip Cox shares

 

Clear Channel and SFX tie knot

 

Count the flying feces: Gross-out prevails

 

Putin attends Moscow fest

 

N.Y. spin on 'Butter'

 

DiCaprio plays 'Catch'

 

Hartford, Cabaret win Conn. Critics awards

 

Point-man Padden presses anti-pairing

 

G. Wood

 

Carl Nugent

 

Aida Mulieri-Dagort

 

Sony Digital taps Kennedy to be senior VP

 

Judge blocks Yankees' cable net bid

 

Constantin sells off rights

 

ABC rounds out cast for Garland mini

 

Supermodel + cyber world = PalmSchiffer

 

Orange Project's Webisodes go Romero

 

Emusic.com posts loss, stocks suffer

 

TW opens lines

 

Pearson TV profits down

 

Sony, Panavision pact on hi-def digital cam

 

Producers take 'Dogs' for walk

 

July heat lacks legs

 

Mendes at play in 'Fields'; 'Heart' for Hayek

 

Just taps Taylor CEO

 

SAG strike nears mark

 

Louis Schultz

 

Darabont to polish 'Report'

 

Thaw nears in 'Dieter' cold war

 

Revolution books Kasdan

 

Thong songster sings tube tune

 

Cecchi Gori to sell TMC

 

Shaw completes Cancom purchase

 

Scribe Smith ushers in 2 pic projects

 

ABC calls on AT&T

 

'Hollow' kicks off Deauville Fest

 

Sundance offers Merchant talk

 

Kirch Media kicks revs up 7%

 

Animation vets launch StickyFlicks.com

 

Basie orchestra to perform

 

Classica Japan plays back to back Bach

 

Impact of cable, b'cast ads even

 

Suits on the loose

 

Young H'wood: content over celebrity

 

Austin Harrison, MediaTrip

 

Jeffrey Kramer, Honkworm

 

Jordan Kurzweil, Fox.com

 

Roy Lee, Bender-Spink

 

Gordon Paddison, New Line Cinema

 

Steve Stanford, Icebox

 

After purge, next wave of sites is set

 

The Digital Dozen

 

Ryan Browning

 

Michael Wincott

 

Robert J. Evanko

 

Art Phillips

 

iFilms fashions PR tester

 

WB pacts for wireless skeins

 

Canal Plus must play, pay for Olympics

 

NeTune tech delivers dailies instantly

 

Boat, Cruise sail B.O.

 

CanWest to buy Black's papers

 

Rivals book e-plans

 

Judge limits damages in MP3.com case

 

One dead in 'X-Files' accident on Fox lot

 

Richardson to be wicked in 'White' ABC pic

 

Col ups duo to prod'n posts

 

Sales takes toll on Granite

 

Sony chases down Wiczyk for 'Commercial'

 

Michell, Par merge for 'Lanes' pic

 

Lynn will bake for Miramax

 

Producer Caron heads to Endeavor

 

Comics, crix kick off GOP huddle

 

B'Way B.O. takes small step north

 

IATSE endorses Gore for president

 

Disney rounds out cast of Kattan's 'Corky'

 

CBS and EchoStar pact on O&O webs

 

iCast nabs ShortBuzz.com

 

Scandal pays for cricketer

 

Telecom wants out of Stream

 

Media mart issues registration call

 

Sogecable posts 25% rise in revs

 

Sony runs to Tykwer pic

 

AFL-CIO pledges support for SAG

 

Dan Adler, CAA

 

John Hegeman, Distant Corners

 

Stefanie Henning, Shockwave.com

 

Lynda Keeler, Redleaf Group

 

Mika Salmi, AtomFilms

 

Robert Tercek, PacketVideo Corp.

 

Ryder Strong and Shiloh Strong

 

Lisa Arning

 

Alex Dimitriades

 

Nets each claim win in ratings

 

Southern secession

 

Namibian news to b'cast in local lingos

 

Goldwyn, Starz! to share 'Tortilla Soup'

 

USA Films nabs TV satire 'Contenders'

 

CBS and EchoStar pact on O&O webs

 

SFX ups promo exec

 

Satire 'Hijacks' Planet Africa

 

H'wood rising at Sunland

 

Cassavetes to helm 'Cacciato' adaptation

 

KCBS to emphasize 'Judge Judy' appeal

 

'Geeks' duo try Fox

 

Showtime takes toon from Icebox

 

King leaves e-legacy; Stine's 'Room' booms

 

Katz shuttling 'Dieter' deal

 

Turner webs air 2 versions of 'Noon'

 

Henstridge lands on Carpenter's 'Mars'

 

Cartoon, A&E and Lifetime top July chart

 

Giuliani, Lazio take the stage

 

Uhls eyes Jersey's 'Pagan'

 

Bochco, Grammer receive MTR kudos

 

Endemol to sell Helkon stake

 

'Butterfly' opens up new Horizons season

 

Sci-Fi looks to future with Exposure film fest

 

Vulcan, Liberty to beam up Priceline stox

 

Corrections

 

Adonis high on 'Potluck'

 

UMG's Bluematter enhances music

 

Dylan Soll Lashever

 

Liquid Audio admits to 2Q net loss

 

RealNames Corp. wins New Line convert

 

Giacchetto pleads guilty

 

TV Academy names costume design noms

 

Sony dials up PlayStation via cell phones

 

Austar wants Optus' broadband network

 

Nelvana teams for toon

 

Local pic 'Yellow' breaks B.O. records

 

U.K.'s ITN goes 24/7

 

News Corp. eyes Channel V

 

Hurd shingle, Kinowelt USA pick up script

 

Ed Begley Jr.

 

El Norte names Caamano sr. veep, prod'n

 

Twentieth TV ups Van Allen

 

MGM Topper Yemenidjian buys stock

 

Jackman's password: 'Swordfish'

 

U TV and Networks Group ups Timpone

 

Scorsese on board for LolaFilms' 'Rain'

 

Iris Award submissions blossom

 

Biz in strike zone

 

White inks TV deal at Col Tristar

 

FX taps Saftler senior VP

 

Confab buoys news nets

 

Restored shorts unspool

 

Darrow tapped NBC Enterprises veep

 

Entertaindom.com loves 'Li'l Green Men'

 

Pittard Sullivan taps Curt Doty exec veep

 

DataPlay dubs Pat Quigley sr. VP & CMO

 

Lily Diane Kreisberg

 

Star East's BoB has 'Name' for action

 

Russian TV cloudy

 

Ovitz's Lynx Group links with Octopus.com

 

Pathe bows cheap pass

 

No. 3 exhib Carmike a flop with investors

 

Comedy Central gets 'Demented'

 

Dom Irrera

 

Murdoch may bring Disney web to India

 

VTR to launch wide-band 'Net service

 

Allen's Charter posts modest gains

 

Caraco sr. VP of publicity now at Colpix

 

She'kspere dips quill in Arista ink

 

H'wood Stock Exchange births hsx.tv.com

 

Villalonga cleared of charges

 

Miramax likes 'What She Saw'

 

Chase buys Goldman, Lichtenberg

 

Gone Fishing lands Mattson's 'Game'

 

Endeavor to rep Web startup ThinkBox Inc.

 

Hasselhoff trades beach for boards

 

Peacock picks Cannon for 'Three Sisters'

 

Avnet/Kerner taps Neesan senior veep

 

Country star Elliott blossoms

 

L.A. ad shoots hit record low

 

Granada goes global

 

Partygoers howl at 'Coyote' bow

 

Solid Gold Sale

 

L.A. gets whiff of 'Grace'

 

Weekly syndie 'Dome' gets a Lover

 

'Game' shows prep for Off Broad bows

 

Theater fine tunes

 

Silvercup fills up on TV

 

Allison Winkler

 

Steve Roberts

 

Gerald McRaney

 

Blockbuster shows loss

 

Paskaljevic sows actors for 'Tree'

 

'Grace' film spins off 'Doc Martin' for BSkyB

 

Go.com takes new name

 

MGM picks up 11 Allen pix for library

 

Fame, Becker pact

 

Oz board taps Kershaw

 

Par TV ups, shuffles exex

 

Cinar taps Merrill Lynch in fiscal suitor hunt

 

'Now' does it again

 

Metropolis bringing e-commerce to Latam

 

Bonham Carter goes ape for Burton, Fox

 

Studios USA pacts with Web programmer

 

Music portal ArtistDirect posts loss

 

Mondo Media grabs Honkworm's 'Fishbar'

 

EMC's Marrinan joins Reelplay exec team

 

Lucas tapped No. 2 exec at WB cable

 

NBC taps 2 series development veepees

 

Zentropa pacts for radical media deal

 

AMG clicks on 'Net creators

 

nWave-InoTech pact for nWave Attractions

 

H'w'd violence makes D.C. see red

 

Axial Entertainment drives to stable scribes

 

CNN, Fox News' GOP confab auds up

 

Kroffts' 'Bugaloos' get Jersey film gig

 

Irons, Whitaker fly to Norstar's 'Angel'

 

Affleck trying on 'Cinderella' slipper

 

Voices call Koch to helm 'Seven Minutes'

 

Norton, Hoblit reteam to fight 'Hart's War'

 

Connor Jamieson and Liam Jamieson

 

'Space Cowboys' herds preem

 

Rochon, Needham fill out 'City' cast

 

Blacklist scribes get credit

 

Jay Rodan

 

Tom Lynch

 

Granada USA ups Robinson

 

Auds love is 'Blind'

 

Sony post facility nabs Todd-AO vets

 

U 'Dolphin' safe for home

 

SAG fees tumbling

 

Ann-Margaret goes legit in 'Whorehouse'

 

Force Corp. to run New Zealand's Imax

 

CanWest to rework Oz assets to raise cash

 

Village sells H.K. stake to buoy exhib arm

 

WBTV names duo in drama development

 

Luke Perry

 

TriStar trio shoot to marketing posts

 

BET boosts bucks for yucks

 

Freelance writers ink for Web payment

 

Artisan's dot-com docu drama

 

Douglas debutante 'Sorority' helmer

 

KNBC tops KABC in July late-news sweeps

 

Eye's 'Survivor' whips GOP in ratings

 

Isle dials Viacom

 

Gifford gifts; NBC lifts

 

Mouse mints profits behind 'Millionaire'

 

'Fiddler' plays for Storyline

 

Lawyers warn Web site on o'seas ads

 

Ribar replaces Dier as iBeam CFO

 

Dot-coms flock to UMG due to bluematter

 

Disney crowns 'Royal'

 

Hunt joins Allen project

 

Clancy books to Ovitz, AMG

 

Japan's b'band cable subs doubles

 

Japanese toon fest to unspool

 

Chilean censors upset by Almodovar b'cast

 

WWF smacks the vote

 

Toronto fest will fete Frears

 

Mexico's Elektra to sell TV Azteca stake

 

Corrections

 

Jaime Cardriche

 

Showtime takes 'Revenge' from M'max

 

Morgan to rewrite 'Cellular'

 

Vivendi spends for French Scoot.com

 

'Rum' tops Carib Fest

 

Sony vidgame profits in nosedive

 

S.A.'s MIH inks deals with China network

 

'Blair' star sets Oz chiller

 

Revolution inks Petroni for thriller

 

'Summer' shines at Latvian B.O.

 

Telepictures continues shuffling exex

 

Machine, HBO team on 'Laramie'

 

Phoenix chooses CAA to co-rep him

 

360HipHop cooks up original Web content

 

Hi-speed Web access now in U.S. homes

 

Bush is blasted in union ad blitz

 

Star TV buys locally

 

Col TV taps Australia's Jacobsen

 

Oz's Austar game for web

 

Exec exits Showtime Australia

 

WXTV's Spanish-lingo news sweeps July

 

Gless joins 'Queer' cast

 

Viewers shun the conventional

 

Diana Stephanie Garofolo

 

Katherine Heigl

 

Elisa Donovan

 

Kathryn Morris

 

Kente Scott

 

Reviews

Indigo Girls

Sweet and Low Down

Peter Salett

American High

Space Cowboys

The Replacements

Friends

Double Pack

Kanak Attack

7 Days to Live

A Handful of Grass

First Love

England!

My Detox

The Origin of Man

Amazon

Once Upon Another Time

Trifling with Fate

Km. 0

Manhood and Other Modern Dilemmas

Rebels with a Cause

A Fight to the Finish: Stories of Polio

House of Memories

Iditarod ... A Far Distant Place

Eliska Loves It Wild

At Midnight and a Half

Kissing the Witch

All My Sons

Orator

Summertime

American Rhapsody

Gilliam on Gilliam; Mitchum in His Own Words

Triangles For Two

Avow

Smokey Robinson

Britney Spears

Hollow Man

Monday Night Football

Sunny Day Real Estate

Marvin Hamlisch, Barbara Cook, Los Angeles Philharmonic

Deliberate Intent

A Question of Mercy

The Fiery Furnace

Lew Tabackin

George M!

Jacks or Better

Vice

The Cat Killers