Table of Contents
Week of 09/23/2000

Articles

B.O. repossessed

 

Pop still bubbling

 

Sightsound inks deal for 'South Park'

 

Romp.com taking content offline

 

WGA returns vets to board

 

U focuses on O'Connor

 

Oliver Ben Posen

 

Warner Music plugs in Clarke

 

U strings Loudeye for online catalog

 

Mart grows to fit new media influx

 

Correction

 

Europe secure as leader of reality p'gramming

 

'Hollow,' 'Lies,' 'Me' brighten o'seas B.O.

 

Mipcom profile: Robyn Watts

 

In Good Company

 

Want to work for a dot-com? Better look before you leap

 

Col Int'l TV taps Brit VP

 

Stock Options

 

Via Digital inks deals with Spanish distribs

 

Otero to stay ICAA topper

 

ITV news to return to 10 p.m. timeslot

 

Bruce's bouncy ball

 

'Titans' touchdown

 

Silva, Hoffman make 'Wish'

 

Robinson will face 'Fears'

 

Twentieth renews off-net 'X-Files'

 

Time for 'Tick-Tock'

 

'Perfect' fit for Roberts

 

Liberty moves to up News Corp. stake

 

Alliance ups Rivett to VP

 

New tech at Tribeca

 

Winstar in buying mood at N.Y. Fest

 

Joy Ellison and Dino Dos Santos

 

Germany's VCL picks up Scanbox

 

Hispanic web adds Gotham

 

AOL, TW offer up 4 final remedies; EC weighing

 

Shorts pair inks USA film, series deals

 

Dhari Balvin and Dan Thein

 

Dexter Kirby Carson

 

Japanese look for HDTV fare

 

AntEye, HBO ink dev't deal

 

Shockwave.com bows Burton's 'Boy'

 

Unbound signs with AMG Animation

 

WBITD gets TV rights to Allen interviews

 

MTV Films nabs pitch for 'Plane'

 

Viacom slowdown jitters

 

VW, AtomFilms ink deal for shorts

 

Two-way transatlantic

 

Mipcom Agenda

 

Newest formats to hit the screens

 

Beyond bucks: perks show what matters most

 

Recruiters assess advancement chances

 

H'wood frets: Do studios want a strike?

 

Not the usual suspects

 

Showeast honors Shafer

 

Peppermint sweet on kidvid

 

Turturro inks development deal with Eye

 

ICM will be rep for Driver

 

Inside Move: Hearings on Hollywood

 

'Sabrina' conjures record Friday for WB

 

Hatch tome will leap to Lyons Press

 

Reality is setting in for TV buyers, sellers

 

Ad biz, actors make progress

 

Strike threat lights fire under Rudin

 

Sophie Rebecca Amundson

 

Brandon Michael Vasquez

 

NAACP seeks Image noms

 

USA rethinks sked

 

Fireworks TV taps Dalton U.S. prexy

 

'Romeo' to Drama Garage

 

Euro sites line up netcasting plans

 

American gets recruited for Euro content

 

Double life for vet TV exec

 

AFI Festival locks Coen, Kaufman pix

 

Spreading Webcasting gospel

 

Bernstein flies Phoenix for USA Films

 

Liberty merging DMX, AEI

 

Gauls tie for tube

 

Zimbabwe frees airwaves

 

Playboy TV putting moves on Benelux

 

IFC channels films

 

MP3 open to link with Vizzavi

 

Gold Medal ratings

 

United TV plans IPO

 

Tara content on Web

 

Star says 'I Do' to pic

 

Screen Gems taps Weinstock

 

Trimark, Lions deal will benefit CinemaNow

 

Z.com teams up with Zoo

 

iFuse nabs College Broadcast

 

Longer talks bring hope in strike

 

Jacquie Perryman

 

Fox sweet on 'Brown Sugar'

 

Ad strike stalls agent talks

 

Center leads in Ovation noms

 

Two tomes net Clancy $45 mil

 

Fox Family has new matriarch

 

Fast-track Farrellys are 'Hal'-bent

 

Vendors & Products : A - Ch

 

B.O. afterglow

 

Twins pique the interest of DiCaprio

 

Spain mart ups profile

 

EC extends Vivendi, U probe

 

'Best' leads B'way uptick

 

USA catches a chill

 

Top Canuck webs up competish

 

Global formats get reworked for Argentina

 

Dutch seek interactive elements

 

Mexicans look for features

 

Quiz shows appeal to Indians

 

Nordic viewers ready for widescreen digital

 

Philippines TV caught in coin crunch

 

TV3 attracts Czech guys

 

Russians predict local fare to dominate

 

Greeks still looking for more American programs

 

Oz puts emphasis on drama co-productions

 

Jack's concession stand

 

Steve Zahn

 

Lacey Chabert and Ian Bohen

 

Bobby Slayton

 

Sandrine Bonnaire

 

Bill Zalokar

 

Michael Dimich

 

Hudson sews up role in Fashion Awards

 

'Gotta' win a prize

 

Corrections

 

Jury out on online TV rights transactions

 

Harve Presnell

 

First o'seas work trip for new Irish player

 

Italian webs prefer to concentrate on homegrown programs

 

Cabler warns FCC of TW's set-top lock

 

KirchMedia taps joint deputy-chairmen

 

Spanish pay TV in buying mood

 

Wild Things, AMG pair for kidvid, pix

 

ISyndicate content with Bertelsmann

 

Laffer web bows 'Net radio site

 

Overseas Filmgroup nabs Oz 'Chopper'

 

Japanese films bow

 

Carlton library adds pic color to Rainbow

 

'Man' highly visible

 

Rockwell sets 'Moon' unit

 

MTV's Frattini lifted to sr. VP

 

Bungalow ups Moos-Hankin

 

Melbourne fest names Hewison

 

Redefining 'Normal'

 

Inside Move: Stars go for taste of 'Vanilla'

 

Inside Move: Disney kills 'Wildlife' pic

 

Stew's tale on runway

 

Haggis, ATG ink 2-year series pact

 

NBC Ent. & Syndie hooks Hookstratten

 

New audience taps Rosenblum

 

AltaVista eyes hook-up

 

TV Loonland spicing up with Salsa

 

Artisan ups Denton to fiscal exec veep

 

Arista ups Bartels to sr. VP

 

Film Export nabs 'Wealth'

 

Koreans take conservative reality approach

 

Reality TV knocks off U.S. fare

 

Hong Kong's new webs bring variety to TV

 

Irish competition up with hot new channel

 

Magyars contemplate reality

 

Swiss try 'Big Brother' format

 

German channels threaten local Austrian TV

 

Newcomer grows on Poles

 

Brazil hops on reality TV formats

 

Games and reality strong in South Africa

 

Scribe Ball rolls $20k to thesps' strike fund

 

Eva Mendes

 

Elizabeth Berkley

 

Tammy Blanchard

 

David Blackman

 

Jeff Farnath

 

Brits fall for formats

 

Future Film has 'Orders'

 

U.K.'s Just takes Optical approach

 

Int'l TV, film prod'n firm 310 bows in L.A.

 

Cablers go on strike

 

Star East will expand

 

AAC coy on merger talk

 

Film stock fading

 

Choreographers take 'Stage'

 

AMPAS acquires collection

 

Corrections

 

Heacox ankles KNBC to top Media Ocean

 

Miller bigger at USA Net

 

Warner Bros. shuffles biz, legal execs

 

Jones, Owen pact for TV

 

Prinze kicks at Miramax

 

Keep up with Jonze

 

Disney's 'Mermaid II' bows swimmingly

 

Hollywood hot for Reardon; 'Street' smarts

 

Studio writedowns rise as new rules take effect

 

Inside Move: Mechanic pays for pitch

 

Imax stock plummets as buyers stay away

 

Fox loads bases for $2.5 bil

 

U pins the Rock to deal

 

Olympics vault NBC to victory

 

Investing in Malone's Liberty is a safe bet

 

Sony dolls up for Colombia

 

Overbrook taps 2 exex

 

Rockwell sets 'Moon' unit

 

Burstyn garners honor from NBR

 

News Corp., Liberty ink Gemstar deal

 

Look who's still talking

 

H'wood to pols: We'll do better

 

Amy Godsick

 

Scott Kosar

 

Christopher Gambale

 

Lee Zlotoff

 

Germany preps for broadband Internet

 

Laurie Pozmantier

 

ARP swiping cards

 

BBC's 'Warriors' nabs top Prix Italia

 

Lagardere to bow Paris-Match web

 

Toho's profits up 7%

 

Rescue hopes fading

 

MSNBC cuts 'Headliners' staff

 

Odyssey homers in vet FitzPatrick for prexy

 

Eick inks development deal at USA

 

Chase hikes IEG credit to $135 mil

 

Diversity group to honor Williams

 

Music sites click with over-50 demo

 

WWF scores in TNN's grappling debut

 

AFMA taps board of directors

 

Sightsound.com drops IPO plan

 

Andreessen's Loudcloud plans IPO

 

Showtime taps pair of creative execs

 

Valentino joins iCast board of directors

 

Elektra raises Cohen to sr. veep, marketing

 

H'wood Boca-bound

 

Dimond piped to MSNBC net

 

U lifts Pace-Alexander to veep

 

Beckner gains 'Agency'

 

Make-good spots slow NBC's promos

 

Union animators OK pact

 

'Scary' vid leads BV's holiday parade

 

Myriad snares docu 'Ramblin'

 

Inside Move: Norton leaves 'War' front

 

Inside Move: Fox's Christian action on ad

 

S.F. mayor ups Cohen to head city film office

 

Regent nabs rights to Showtime films

 

Hamptons Fest looks East

 

SAG, advertisers talk into wee small hours

 

Madonna's sweet 'Music'

 

Oscar to honor toons

 

Unions, ad talks halted

 

Scott Clayton

 

Ellen Kuras

 

Ryne Douglas Pearson

 

BMI pacts with Euro right orgs

 

ASC taps Storaro for life kudos

 

Marlo Thomas

 

Fox Searchlight taps VP

 

Winstar picks up 18 Fassbinder titles

 

H'wood execs watch Disney shine

 

Moviewatch taps USA's Perth as prexy

 

AMG taps Film Roman's Vein

 

Fox paging 'Black Book'

 

Granada forewarns of sales slip

 

Carroll, McDaniel join 'Cole' telepic

 

ABC, Fox revving more reality

 

Eye pacts with Panasonic on high-def TV

 

Trailer spark for 'Springer'

 

Oscar takes in toons

 

Advertisers, SAG break off talks

 

Destination: 'Beautiful' preem

 

'Dark Angel' descends on DGA

 

Confab explores digital trends

 

Pathe to build German multiplex

 

India's Usha Group to launch TV channel

 

Bidders uncork offers in Seagram spirits sale

 

Coppola's Zoetrope bows DVD prod'n lab

 

Max Zachary Hess

 

Dori Brenner

 

Ann Doran

 

Marisa Coughlan

 

Patricia Velasquez

 

Pleading their case

 

MTVi hits sour note

 

Olympics hit 32-year ratings low

 

Mechanic: Studio system needs repairs

 

Sony shares drop

 

TiVo/DirecTV to get head start

 

'Vicar' to unfold

 

Bills aiding in-state pic prod'n OK'd

 

Col picks 'Dick,' talks to Parker

 

Roger Sherman

 

Survivor lands 'Animal' role

 

'Dancer' steps in spotlight

 

DreamWorks pays sturdy 'Doctor' bill

 

Wheeler wheels out trio of feature deals

 

Malone joins in Sky Global

 

Duo conquers Lion

 

Cage, Mostow pair for pic

 

H'wood feeling its oath

 

TV Museum cheers 2

 

'Blue's Clues' shows up at the Paramount lot

 

USN to air 'Evil' doc series

 

Warners goes Downtown with new plaza faηade

 

Polish TV sets pace

 

Saura sets cast for 'Bunuel' tribute pic

 

Steinberg inks prod'n pact

 

Two named RTL European prod'n co-toppers

 

Kirch hailing 'Taxi' for reality show run

 

Leguizamo joins cast of 'Empire'

 

German film fund launches MultiMediaFonds 16

 

Gretzky skates into Imax's rink

 

Kevin Pollak

 

Lolita Davidovich

 

Michael Weston

 

'Attorney' shows power in win over gavelers

 

'Monologues' adds Margulies

 

CNN skeds post-debate talks

 

CBS votes to cover politics on its O&Os

 

Miracle taps Rossi VP

 

Helkon takes 51% Rubinstein stake

 

Hindi-Lingo channels set

 

An uptick for Imax

 

Oz TV takes 'Knox'

 

Alcon puts 'Baker's' on script menu

 

Perabo looks to lock, load on 'Molly Gunn'

 

AMG toon arm draws Kroon

 

Bissiccio tapped sr. veep at SMA Realtime

 

Farmclub pacts with Akamai, Loudeye

 

Inside Move: Primedia poised to buy Kagan

 

Inside Move: NBC awareness less than golden

 

Online script service Storybay.com bows

 

Untitled posts for managers

 

Femmes get set to rock & roll

 

ABC News taps Thomas for Justice beat

 

John Milford

 

Thelma McFate Preece

 

Patti Hall

 

Montreal lines up 'Dancer' for launch

 

Corrections

 

NATPE to honor Griffin

 

Docu, fete drive in for AIP topper

 

Richard Mulligan

 

Japan carries digital

 

Disney returns to Zee

 

Cable & Wireless puts Optus on block

 

WWF slips on doll sales

 

Assets sale returns Canal Plus to black

 

BSkyB, TiVo bow Brit plan

 

Constantin to push USA

 

Ster Century renews multiplex drive

 

FCC preps open access study

 

Berg-Saccani sounds off on Gluck series

 

WebMD to cut 1,100 jobs by next year

 

Angry Films to fly 'Sex and Rockets'

 

Cooper pacts for 'Bourne,' 'Adaptation'

 

Willis aids SAG strike fund

 

Diesel revs up for New Line

 

Sold for Peanuts

 

Sleeping giant

 

Zoetrope unveils four pix

 

Vanderbilt, West spelunk 'Caves' for U

 

Studios aren't off FTC hook yet

 

ABC ups sked head Bader

 

SAG eyes early talks for TV, pix

 

'Seussical' surgery

 

Keaton, Caine 'Quick' to ink

 

Eye's 'Early' shows it can survive

 

Studio profits fall due to poor B.O.

 

ShowEast to fete vet producer Eberts

 

Oscar docu deadlines set for Oct. 2

 

Melissa Rachel Pflug

 

Wathel Rogers

 

Reviews

Elastica

The Bangles

The Young and the Dead

Beyond Our Dreams

Bootmen