Table of Contents
Week of 08/19/2000

Articles

'Cell' swell, Kings swing

 

Napster appeal cites performance of judge

 

Competish spirited for Seagram liquor biz

 

Hubbard will pen Bruckheimer's new 'Life'

 

WB readies 'Harry' herald

 

Col pix will slay 'em with third 'Summer'

 

The conventions: No life in these parties

 

Canuck agency flips coin to projects

 

'X-Men' excels in Mex market

 

Rodeo rights go to Brazil's Globo

 

Star TV plans biz web for India

 

Col pacts with Web site to feature classics

 

'Cell'-ebrating fun

 

Ma Bell busy signal

 

Alcon draws bead on 'Coyote'

 

WB names Sollitto to lead dual portals

 

Phaedra crosses Depardieu's 'Bridge'

 

Frog net takes on Olympics

 

Wee wizard found

 

Milt Rosen

 

Lawrence Joseph Kirsch

 

Cori Wellins and Max Lagao

 

Groff ankles 'Late Night' for new NBC gig

 

Cartoonists and studios reach deal

 

20th toons up Winder as VP

 

Agents blame admen for SAG talks delay

 

Robert E. Swink

 

Prague developing pic 'Identity'

 

Political auds consider source

 

Brazil's Globo shows sub growth, rev fall

 

German watchdogs eye Web concentration

 

Canuck Country kudocast live in Sept.

 

Hanelle M. Culpepper and Jeffrey P. Meier

 

Steel makes advisory deal with VCL Film

 

Boston film fest to fete duo

 

Deauville to honor Chow

 

Co-founders challenge Cinar board's decision

 

Lessons for H'wood

 

Bertelsmann makes move into Spanish TV biz

 

Michael Olsson

 

ZDTV makes changes

 

Middelhof: Embrace the 'Net

 

Fleming may find 'Closure'

 

Gere stalks 'Unfaithful'

 

Strike fears put H'wood in high gear

 

Credit Suisse and Variety host confab

 

Alex Stein

 

Allison McGuire and Paul Young

 

Blair Lawrence and Aaron Kaplan

 

Matthew Gayne and Sara Bech

 

Gates donates half-mil to MPTF

 

FCC says Eye apology not enough

 

Striking up big help

 

Artists Rights org sets kudo for Pollack

 

WB sr. VP Gary ankles

 

Molly Ringwald

 

BBC mulls sponsorship plan

 

Liberty plays game

 

Rhino, pubcaster set up doo-wop projects

 

Virgin raises Bracamontes

 

Artisan to appeal 'Requiem's' NC-17 rating

 

GameWorks CFO Lam takes on COO post

 

ArtistDirect, eBay band for charity

 

Ubi Soft to create 'Nicky' vidgame for New Line

 

Fiennes is culled for Chen's 'Killing'

 

ACTV gains game developer Bottle Rocket

 

Mediatrip shows 'Rat' stuff

 

Inside Move: 'Survivor' secret hard to keep

 

WB TV, TNT dig 'Deadman'

 

Revival cast on 'Rocky' road

 

CNN's Bay will hit the coast

 

B'way feels doldrums; 'Cats' flexes its claws

 

Goodman's Maggio dies at 49

 

'Tiger' to open Vancouver fest

 

SABC radio to save 2 San tongues

 

Fox Studios Australia losing money, value

 

U.K.'s Ch. 4 commissions drama from Oz

 

Reality TV beams up in Poland

 

BMG bows downloads

 

San Sebastian fest lines up Asian pics

 

Brian Benben

 

USA TV shuffles biz affairs, legal team

 

Exhib CinemaStar sees losses double, revs drop

 

Helmers' copyright quest hits obstacle

 

TV Globo, SIC in 5-yr. Deal

 

'X-Men' rules U.K.

 

Ratings champion

 

Roth, Kopelson shower in o'seas coin

 

Silverman polished for 'Broads' role

 

Pasante in Miami for MGM Worldwide TV

 

IFilm, AlwaysI set eyes on speed with Loudeye

 

'Magnificent' mini cast set

 

Fox docks 'Cruise' for midseason

 

Humans circle pic

 

Sony settles in lawsuit vs. My.MP3.com

 

'Net co. Proxicom taps Ruhe sr. VP

 

There's new 'Batman' in WB's belfry

 

Fox rocks with Mamas & Papas pic

 

Hamburg helper

 

Scribe has 'Mojo' working

 

Fox sends for 'A-Team'

 

Intermedia drama has Fraser in 'Quiet' mood

 

ReplayTV rewinds IPO launch

 

Thesp gets double duty on TV series

 

Slamdance firms deadlines for entries

 

Whistler multimedia fest plans March launch

 

RTL 2 facing fines for porn

 

Pubcaster Arte ups its Euro initiatives

 

French gov't boosts public TV & radio coin

 

Latest Nova suit aims to cut more CME ties

 

Stars tapped for Kennedy Center honors

 

Toronto Fest piled with preems

 

Ex-SAG exec files discrimination suit

 

Surf 'n' Turf win week for Eye web

 

Syndie 'Cindy' stalls

 

Hip hop TV award program cancelled

 

Anthony Anderson

 

Rebecca Pidgeon and Patti LuPone

 

Julian McMahon

 

Lobo Sebastian

 

Stage realism too much for Aussie helmer

 

GM pickets expand

 

'Singles' mates with distribution vet

 

BBC taps Web partner

 

Clinton to attend final Kennedy Ctr. Honors

 

NBC, Tribune join FeedRoom feast

 

UPN drama sr. veep ankles

 

Anne Rapp

 

Washington WB's HR sr. VP

 

Genga on Paul, Hastings entertainment legal team

 

Steilen to man Phoenix's 'Real'

 

Elektra taps Spaulding sales sr. veep

 

Spoofer's original

 

MP3Board.com sues AOL, TW

 

Image-database MGMstills.com bows

 

BMG inks with Digital for downloading deal

 

Vox picks Najia head honcho

 

CBS beach party

 

GCC parent sees 3rd quarter loss

 

Ford lifts Bravo show

 

Jersey theaters tap top names, new plays

 

Teuton TV ad revs up 8%

 

SMG profits rise as it plans expansion

 

McKenna Anne Greenleaf Faulk

 

Edwards caught in exhib slide

 

Matthew Chapman

 

Liz Friedlander

 

Julia Dahl

 

Stacy Keach

 

Toon nets ratings

 

Toronto fest's Sessions biz confab expands

 

Oz Hoyts to cut tix prices in September

 

Lions Gate reports rise in income, revenue

 

Portugal's Rosa Filmes sets 'Rule' for prod'n

 

Overseas posts 2nd qtr. loss and lowered revenue

 

'Nightly News' taps producer

 

Johannessen takes dramatic turn at USA

 

Harvey shows 2nd qtr. loss as sale nears

 

'Latifah' talker taps 'Jenny' showrunners

 

TNN adds 'Martial' arts to its ringside attraction

 

'Limits' may go on

 

Oz's Ten net lures Masters

 

Gruber, Bress inked to pen 'Final' redux

 

Avenue nurses 'Get Well' pic

 

Pubcasting reups Tessier

 

Lino Garcia , Robert L. Constable

 

Ziskin sets Gotham digs; Kareem dunks deal

 

Rhymer to rewrite 'Jumanji II'

 

Disney to outsource collectibles division

 

Inside Move: Towne, Roos trying to 'Dust' off Fante pic

 

Col diskery ups Jenkins

 

MTV to rock jocks on Super Bowl show

 

'Brock' will break $100 mil on vid

 

U.S. mayors, Sheen take aim at gun ad

 

Ad helmer Sonzero thrills at Dimension

 

iFilm bows TV skein for IFC on indies

 

Richter registers on Fox with deal

 

NBC invests in 'Net sports firm Quokka

 

Zanecki tapped Massive marketing boss

 

Warner drives Looney Tunes pic

 

Cub helmer tracks 'Grizzly'

 

Eye sitcom stars to team for feature at Par

 

'Orient' may rise at MGM

 

Cage has 'Adaptation' inclination

 

Valencia, SBI in interactive linkup

 

NY 'Juno' for Crowley

 

Saturn in new orbit: Intermedia

 

'Survivor's' survivor

 

Matthew Henry Burkow

 

John Henton

 

Jill and Karen Sprecher

 

Ben Vereen

 

Eglon Simons, Hanna Gryncwajg, Robert Chapman

 

Safe harbor

 

Ron Silver

 

DVDs feeding VCRs

 

'Oprah' rebounds in ratings, up 22%

 

Hurd, Millenium woo Mort

 

No more 'Sex' Mondays at 8 on Fox

 

Dimension inks helmer Aarniokoski

 

CinemaNow, RushStreetMedia partner

 

DotTV opts for Ross as biz affairs veep

 

EC approves sports events for live TV

 

Double Visionbox

 

BWW plans four webs

 

Cruise pushes pluses on Par's 'M:I 2' DVD

 

Col, Square venture in 'Final' animated fare

 

'Country' music stays in No. 1 slot

 

Pleshette gets 'rock' of her dreams

 

Tri high on prod'n

 

Compte set to play Castro's brother

 

Building a following

 

'You' perfect for McCarthy, Eigerman

 

BMI elects board; taps Elkins chair

 

Streisand won't play 'Mame'; Mini-Me short

 

'Shaka Zulu' sequel being shopped

 

Bring on the cheerleaders

 

Cronkite gets NATPE nom for local TV Iris Award

 

Summer tints fall

 

Verschoor, Fox partners in 'Crime'

 

Lily Sky Leibner

 

Japan's Omega, S. Korean gov't pact

 

Soundbreak pacts with RIAA

 

Anthony Michael Hall

 

Angie Everhart

 

Jared Padalecki

 

A.J. Buckley

 

Matt Czuchry

 

Gay-themed pics prevalent

 

No favorites

 

Revitalized Biennale a mix of the arts

 

Clint Eastwood: From oaters to auteur

 

Handleman distribbery on a roll in 1st qtr.

 

Simon & Schuster puts lineup online

 

Baldwin bows Gotham Voices!

 

Packer profits soaring

 

Excite@Home tops 2 mil in broadband service tally

 

Stessel to head MCY.com's music division

 

RTL: No pay platform

 

RTV sets new topper

 

Disney to offer 'Fantasia' DVD

 

Vivendi tuning up pix

 

ITV heads to court over news shift

 

Canal Plus optimistic re: EC merger sanction

 

Italo thesp Neri on target in 'Damage'

 

Gyllenhaal floats to 'Bubble'

 

Katz racks up overall Par pact

 

Dafoe makes play for 'Morality'

 

Hip-hop breakdown

 

Fox, Besson prepare for battle

 

'Crew' sweats for good cause

 

Henson discontinues PR unit

 

Inside Move: 'Prep' recycled as 'Cruel'

 

Fox, Buerge merge for TV

 

Sundance steps out on Web

 

Rookie may get 'Rookie'

 

Kline holds 'House' Key

 

Smith ankles Hong Kong music network

 

'Potato' to open Jewish Rep's 2000 season

 

An Eye-land paradise

 

Classic cooks Harvey stake

 

Vegas bets on XFL

 

Tracy Riley and Scott Ostermann

 

Shanna Tyndall and Keith Nussbaum

 

Harland Williams

 

Morris Chestnut

 

Barrandov revs up revs

 

Mosaic on the tiles

 

WB seeks to bring 'Access' to access

 

High-profile pact

 

Spain, Latam linked in TV co-prod'n pact

 

New Muppets charm African auds

 

Williams on Spielberg's 'A.I.' list as narrator

 

Nine primed for more on Doordarshan

 

Televisa site head out

 

Andrews ascending to 'Princess' throne

 

Tamahori has 'Basic' instinct for Phoenix

 

Made in the Shade

 

PBS sets 'Dinner' date

 

Davis spins BMG diskery

 

APG will fashion Gucci pic

 

Emmy snafu puts Rock in hard place

 

Heilprin ankles post as RioPort exec VP

 

RealNetworks taps Murphy sr. veep

 

Toronto Time Capsule

 

Silver screen gem

 

Brazilian Sky provider NetSat loses $50 mil

 

Rich Goldfarb

 

Lindsay Jayne Brein

 

Francesca Leigh Molen

 

Loren Harrison Franck

 

Jesse Savin Miller

 

Sebastian Barba

 

Charlie Punsly

 

Local fare shines in Sarajevo

 

Canal Plus plans to up services, revs & subs

 

Nathan S. Goldenberg

 

Canucks seek indie channel

 

'West Wing' suffers convention letdown

 

SAG gives relief to members

 

Mouse to scamper into cell phones

 

Kidnap kiboshes biz

 

Seagram Building for sale

 

RKO, Roman team to toon up old pix

 

Clein exex forge new Dominion3

 

Preservation grant goes to UCLA archive

 

Fox Kids jumps competish with sneak pre

 

ABC taps Claflin VP, comedy

 

Permut sees 'Zodiac' in Fox's future

 

4 WB online exex laid off

 

Debate wait stalls fall TV skeds

 

Nintendo boys vidgame console, latest GameBoy

 

Blackwell named sr. VP at Guidance

 

Gallic 'Taste' gets Artistic

 

WPIX sets preem dates for off-net series

 

German network merger approved

 

India Rose Koloff and Caroline Rogers Koloff

 

Draegen Emrys Jackson

 

Dylan Patrick Carney

 

Danya Lian Pollack

 

Reviews

Stand and Be Counted

Dwight Yoakam; Joe Ely

The Art of War

The Jolly Boys' Last Stand

The Train Goes East

My Khmer Heart

Sugihara: Conspiracy of Goodness

Julius Caesar

A Severe Young Man

The Tight Knot; Sasha Enters Life

The End of the Road

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

Men on Wings

Running on the Sun: The Badwater 135

The Workers' Settlement

The Dinosaur Hunter

July Rain

Luckytown

Mashenka

Tale of the Siberian Land

The Life and Ascension of Yuraz Bratchik

Invasion

A Good Lad

Witchblade

Beautiful Summer

Her Way

Democratic National Convention; Republican National Convention

Wait for Me

101 Reykjavik

Love and Hate

The Circus

Three Songs About Lenin

Say Yes!

Tanka the Innkeeper

Walk the Talk

Moving On

Heterosexuals in Crisis

The Darker Face of the Earth

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

The Luzhin Defence

Jayhawks; Guster

The Little Vampire

Light Up the Sky

Buzztopia Tour

In a Heartbeat

High Infidelity

Jay Leonhart

Jimmy Smith; Stanley Turrentine; Kenny Burrell; Harvey Mason; Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra

The Crew

Looking for Louie

Bring It On

The Sandy Bottom Orchestra

Alien Adventure

Imperfect Chemistry