Table of Contents
Week of 10/28/2000

Articles

Blah 'Witch 2'

 

AMC sees boost in stock

 

AMG shuffles exex

 

Reed Elsevier buys Harcourt General

 

MTV lifts 3 in ad sales redo

 

GalaxyOnline pacts with ZapMedia.com

 

Fox Family sues CBS over 'Race'

 

CatchLight illuminates new pic finishing fund

 

Par greenlights Rhea yakker

 

Danish Film Institute taps Hermann

 

SAG nat'l exec director Orsatti to retire

 

Peppermint pact tastes bad to Amberton

 

Nets bowled over

 

Shady's Kadin joins ABC

 

Series bows pound Series

 

La Salle sets 'Photo' shoot

 

Norway co. to revamp as staff takes over

 

Overseas buys U.S. rights to laffer 'Bread'

 

New post-prod'n facility gets A Plus

 

Mantegna helms 'Lakeboat'

 

Mediastream in 'Red'

 

Danish 'Place' in Oscar race

 

'Millionaire' ups ante

 

'Tale' wins Cinekids fest

 

'Requiem' splits Spanish nod

 

H'wood's new rating: 'X' for exasperated

 

Winstar lands rights to 'Sand,' 'Swim'

 

'Monty' takes off

 

Parker storms 'Gale'

 

Film mart is land of rising sum

 

Jones, O'Donnell to receive Hornes

 

Amanda Bynes

 

'Lion King' kids

 

Jamie Bell

 

Max Alexander Karz

 

Cooper Jordan Roth

 

Croix Alexander Kyles

 

Maxwell Jack Meyers

 

Corrections

 

Prexy Yapp exits troubled vid giant

 

'Net focus of union talks

 

Seibert to o'see Primedia teen site

 

National Lampoon pacts with Neurotrash

 

Uproar.com posts $11.9 mil loss

 

Voiceover casting site bows

 

HBO seeks basic 'Sex'

 

Oz's ABC sees deep cuts

 

Applegate will join Diaz as club-hopper

 

Dimension nabs horror duo

 

Storyopolis brings 'Betsy,' 'Tollbooth' to life

 

Italos talking up prod'n

 

Leifer aboard Eye's DeGeneres laffer

 

Channel 5 ups Airey to chief executive

 

MGM plants 'Tree' for Christmas '01

 

'Fifth Estate' tops Gemini Awards

 

Alpine's hot on 'Drug,' sets Strick

 

Cronenberg caught by 'Spider' thriller

 

Japanese vidgame firm spins on 'Axis'

 

Tele Munchen will partner on digital

 

New program gives filmmakers a hand

 

Sony eyes investment

 

Promo units at Epic, 550 merge

 

'Blair' fails to cast a spell o'seas

 

Myers ready to clock in 'Timepiece'

 

Inner-city inner peace

 

'Quills' writes conclusion of AFI Festival

 

Unions get tough with scabs

 

Bierman flies to Phoenix

 

Producer will give NBC a spin

 

LAPD officer shoots, kills actor at party

 

Tasca vows defense of film funds

 

Oz's Macquarie inks UIP distrib deal

 

A Look Ahead

 

Thirsty out to dry

 

Coppola frames deal for Lopez's Kahlo pic

 

Billy Gilman

 

Alvin Alvarez

 

Daniel Radcliffe

 

John Francis Daley

 

Christy Carlson Romano

 

Rollo Weeks

 

Hayden Panettiere

 

Kyle Walsh Bracco

 

Tellenbach ankles Kirch after feevee stalls

 

Trio to bid $1 bil for racing rights

 

Tokyo pledges to cut red tape for lensing

 

Best of fright fest o'seas

 

Carousing for a cause

 

Bravo, Sudden team on web site relaunch

 

SciFi.com inks with Wild Brain

 

Starz names McNamee new media veep

 

2nd 'Ripley' eyes stars

 

UCLA scribe takes first in Goldwyn

 

iBeam, Regent to preem 'BoltNeck' online

 

MusicBank, Sony Music reach agreement

 

'Freshman' fracas

 

Libra, Cutting Edge sign first-look deal

 

Brilliant launches toon music arm

 

NBC orders 7 more 'Sisters'

 

Fox plants De Bont's Blue Tulip again

 

3rd Lipsky on board Lot 47

 

ICM's Kamins lifted to exec veep, int'l

 

Goldberg mines 3 scribe deals

 

Hearst Ent. taps Amir

 

'Painting' reps helming bow for Rose

 

Kudrow to take the rap for Rudin in 'Marci X'

 

'Sight' seen by record FX aud; skein mulled

 

Eye rookies fly

 

Figgis on track for 'Station'

 

Myers in the 'Pink' as A-list heats up

 

Touchstone hitches up sled for 'Winterdance'

 

WB sets 'Smoochy' duo

 

Germany's HelkonMedia posts increase

 

Tele-Munchen buys stake in CineMedia

 

Kinowelt sells 1 mil shares in Alliance

 

Baseball brushes back B'Way B.O.

 

ABC News bows tech & web unit

 

Peacock blows its 'Deadline'

 

Bronfman's job safe in Vivendi contract

 

A Look Ahead

 

StudioCanal eyes RAI partnership

 

'Loca' event raises over $6 mil

 

Correction

 

Muse makes match

 

Lodz fetes 3 Polish directors

 

BBC to centralize ops

 

Video biz to honor Reitman

 

Actors up and out

 

Eagle to fly stock offering

 

Shareholders plussed off over Vivendi deal

 

Primedia pens portal pact with About.com

 

Disney looks for GO.com marketing

 

Deals unfold, projects unveiled at mart

 

Beatnik, record labels pact for eMixes

 

Shoreline takes 'Crack'

 

Study: 'Net video quality at issue

 

Inside Move: 'Timeline' doesn't have one

 

Disney Falls for helmer

 

A virtuous remake

 

Canuck TV awards page 'Dr. Lucille'

 

Chi shoos out Marin's hard-hitting newscast

 

Rock rolls Reiner into 'Polar' helm

 

Producers call for early talks

 

Nat'l Theater of Deaf moves to new home

 

U TV division ups Bagdadi to sr. VP

 

Kyle MacLachlan

 

Spain names 'One' for Oscar

 

Das Werk moving into Glass House

 

Dana B. Millman and Bret DuFine

 

TV talkshow pioneer Steve Allen dies

 

BMG, Napster in duet

 

Peacock demo pride

 

Ferman's SAT.1 chooses Hoffmann to lead

 

Italy's RAI plugs into RTL TV

 

Australia's TV1 trying to 'Shock'

 

Australian f/x house taps topper

 

Gregory joins Pacific

 

News cablers post gains

 

Hong Kong's pay TV reform hits bumps

 

Moonstone bowing Italo lab

 

Exec pair ankles posts at Prima TV

 

Shop net HOT to buy TM3

 

Oscar clarifies campaign regs

 

France, Iran pick pic noms

 

Bronfman job is safe in his Vivendi contract

 

Correction

 

More ammunition for Itemus

 

Cabler Bravo gets 'Cold Feet'

 

Valenti sets compliance confabs

 

CAA to rep McNally for non-stage work

 

Grammys return to L.A.

 

Felser ankles post at AOL arm Nullsoft

 

Urban development

 

Warner Music to deliver tunes via Windows

 

'Elegy' heads from Col to Par, Rudin

 

WB gives Murphy 'More' responsibility

 

Ryan, Jackman clock in at Miramax's 'Kate'

 

Alphabet adds on to tech division

 

Tollin/Robbins taps counsel Blye CEO

 

Publishers duel in grappling with reality

 

Friedkin 'Hunted' by Lakeshore, Par

 

Animators protest biz sent to Canada

 

Stone, Parker ready to start a 'Family'

 

Fox picks up two shows

 

A Look Ahead

 

Familiar affairs

 

Bumper Robinson

 

Legal eagle Bravo rises at AFTRA

 

Film Consortium hits the jackpot

 

Telescene loses $38 mil in 2nd qtr.

 

Viacom sets Infiniti buyback

 

Warner Mycal slates new Japanese plexes

 

'Dreamgirls' wins four Ovations

 

Olympics help raise ad revs for Big Three

 

Allen's death a blow to Hollywood

 

Cablers in ratings tie

 

Lions Gate buys Filmax fright

 

NATPE's glitz blitz

 

Touchstone ups Blake to VP

 

Ed Begley Jr.

 

'Parents,' 'Titans' rule as U takes Oct. B.O.

 

Supercops on beat

 

Napster users buy less online

 

Fiennes to cross over to 'Borders'

 

TNN taps Nick vet Hecht

 

Discovery finds Yucky appealing

 

$3 bil black jack

 

'Nikki' scores 9 more at WB table

 

Par will show 'Remorse'

 

Disney will launch 'Lloyd'

 

Allen still stays on SAG ballot

 

Fireworks buys Cox pic

 

ASC splits telepic kudos into net, cable divs

 

Ian McNeice

 

Dylan Neal

 

Robert Baily Jr.

 

Larry Rhine

 

China's Star taps Liu sr. veep

 

India's Zee, MGM bow net

 

Amazon enters Asian market

 

Fest's present tense

 

Pic buoys SPI's distrib plans in Poland

 

Kinepolis lifts curtain on 1st Italian multiplex

 

DGA presents student prizes

 

'Frasier' continues momentum

 

Legislators approve new tune registry

 

Syndie vets' ratings sag

 

Tyro inks to pen 'Skulls' squel

 

Blacklisted screenwriter Lardner dies

 

Harvey's good day: 10 more years at ABC

 

Cabler Moviewatch on march

 

Burns bros., ATG ink overall pact

 

Senator Joe lets fly again

 

SAG takes another run at tenpercent talks

 

New 'Day' for Craven

 

King, Oprah to yak through '04

 

Bogdanovich to helm thriller 'Meow' for LG

 

ABC, Fox give full-season commitments

 

Fandom buys Cinescape

 

Cosby set to emcee gala

 

Pocket signs 'Silence' deal

 

UMG pacts with Canal Plus for TV, music

 

A Look Ahead

 

Jean Peters

 

Bea Marcus

 

Marie 'Mother' Snyder

 

Griffin to immortalize Richard Gully

 

Fox Studios Oz overhauls Backlot strategy

 

French stock org OKs Vivendi-U deal

 

Go Racing moves on British horses

 

Latin America's IAMP clicks on Sitio

 

Limp Bizkit lead hardens

 

Hallmark feels 'Blue'

 

Madison takes office as KNBC prexy, G.M.

 

Plavsic tapped managing director of Seven

 

Mifed shows a mix

 

Woodard psyched to star in 'K-Pax'

 

Nets widen gap over cable

 

Classic gives up the ghost on Harvey deal

 

ABC stations chairman Pollock retires post

 

ASC splits telepic kudos into net, pay

 

Val Jean new head scribe of 'General'

 

Zlotoff slotted to top IFP writer lab

 

Cox plugs into big profit

 

Lindsay scripts JB deal

 

Scour finds a buyer

 

Inside Move: Intermedia gets Iwanyk

 

Strike benefits?

 

Miramax finds duo to move into 'Duplex'

 

Gaiman adds helming to list of 'Confessions'

 

Now ABC's the Tiffani net

 

Lennon, Garant ink with Jersey TV, Fox TV

 

Land Rover, Real Networks raid 'Tomb'

 

Universal, Hypnotic host 'Pie 2'

 

BBDO, Bombo have got game

 

TheBeatles.com launches Nov. 13

 

iFilm taps Meek for sr. VP of sales

 

OnAir Streaming Net taps Plinio, Bogdan

 

'Slaughter' quite alive for prod'n

 

Excellent, Simpson

 

'Bagger' tees off

 

'Nightmare' reappears

 

Goodman laffer bows big

 

Murray Wecht

 

Bonnano sells mob tale book

 

Telewest rings up Eurobell cable buy

 

L.A. Opera taps Murphy

 

Dimension asks Sheldon to write 'Ritual'

 

Lesley Ann Warren

 

Shouts for 'Shriek'

 

Oz's Ten buys outdoor advertiser

 

Hogg ankles Oz's Becker

 

Margaret Bacon and Robert Smith

 

Oct. prod'n a record low

 

Thesps, agents talk on pact

 

Inside Move: MGM exex plan China trip

 

Beece to program Oxygen

 

DGA Honors go to Capra, Bewkes

 

Warner rings Bell for tech post

 

Showbiz continues Democratic campaign

 

Jersey TV taps Hannibal VP

 

Beverley Star, Michael Jones, Stephen Foligno, Rosemarie Ortiz

 

Fiscal debate hexes Artisan; Gallery growth

 

ASCAP seeks to work with Napster

 

ABC palms pilots

 

ICM's Kamins lifted to exec veep, int'l

 

13 join mag's Hall of Fame

 

Memorial service for Fryer

 

Painting a 'Picasso' pic

 

Fox 2000 will keep driving State Street

 

BET bought

 

Charlotte Kanner

 

Aidan Evan Weitz

 

Ethan Nash Cosgrove

 

Jesse Millenaire Bickel

 

Andrew McCarthy

 

Mika Boorem

 

Shane Johnson

 

In Demand exec veep Jacobson sets goals

 

Trent Ray Wechsler

 

Ojai Film Society readies first fest

 

FCC sets sat blackout rules

 

Charter stock chip

 

Winchester raising coin

 

AFTRA soft on scabs, irking strike activists

 

Mountain sports film fest opens in Banff

 

Censors resign over prexy gambling claims

 

Wrongful death suit vs. WWF settled

 

WGA Canada OKs producer contract

 

MGM Latam, Brazil's Neo ink deal

 

PDI DreamWorks taps two for commericals

 

Col marketer Goldstine is sr. exec veep

 

Gosling flocks to Gayton pic

 

Bon Jovi will vamp for Carpenter pic

 

Col's halo effect

 

Lindsay-Hogg adds weight to 'Godot'

 

Corrections

 

Saudi prince to invest an extra $1 bil in AOL

 

Lions Gate to syndicate Hooters gamer

 

More 'Gideon' on tap

 

Willis, Rifkin join forces wth Roth

 

Elvis & Frog to pump it up

 

APG, Canal get in gear

 

Fox Fam scares up auds

 

'Angels' helmer wings to 2-year pic pact

 

Sexism's still alive and kicking in H'wood

 

B'way back in play

 

N.Y. expo to unspool shorts and videos

 

Nelvana wins character settlement

 

Variety taps executives

 

Sofia Rose Biller

 

Sean Marquette

 

Reviews

Game Show

'Tis Pity She's a Whore

To Fool the Eye

Mom's the Word

In Flame

Madame Melville

Dead Man Walking

Harlem Renaissance: A Reflection

Charlie's Angels

Malena

Vengo

Tonic Dominant

Anyway, He's Definitely Dead

Fiasco

Little Odd Man

It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Trying)

The Bench

Detector

Grateful Dawg

Roman Walls

Restless

Miracle

Not Wanted in Germany: Hermann Graebe

Winter Oranges</