Table of Contents
Week of 12/02/2000

Articles

'Grinch' clinch

 

Danish Film Institute irks producers, gov't

 

Overseas to go 'Swimming'

 

Japan dishes sats

 

Nordisk, Trondsen ink

 

Dimension brings spec laffer 'Guest' home

 

'Dancer' takes bows

 

First Look inks for original cyberserials

 

Netter exits to KickStart animation, f/x co.

 

Fandango testing at-home system in Plano

 

Election controversy fuels fringe numbers

 

Scribes laying groundwork

 

Thesp unions OK ad pact

 

NBC standup show will replace 'Friday'

 

'ET' wins scandalously

 

Fox 2000 turns boys into men for laffer

 

Actors, studios play hurry up and wait

 

First Look buys 'Bongwater' rights

 

Redford mulls move to 'Castle'

 

De Sade 'Quills' whips up arthouse ardor

 

Bertelsmann eyes Net vid

 

Rapper DMX pacts for bio

 

A Look Ahead

 

CinemaNow gets MS, B'bust, Kipco for coin

 

Creative cops coin

 

Telescene seeks protection

 

Tm3 taps MTV's Zu Salm topper

 

Gaylord tunes up web in Argentina

 

Swedish film org taps topper

 

TV4 hires Volvo exec

 

Headmaster chosen for Swedish institute

 

Oz's History web to 24/7

 

Kudrow, D'Onofrio to 'Bark' for Propoganda

 

Leavitt to pen Bel Air laffer

 

Clarification

 

Duo grooms coif Webcast

 

TF1 Intl. finds Cruz's 'God'

 

Real Net to get tune info from Spun

 

Variety's Oscar site now open for biz

 

Hawke to 'Jimmy' Whaley's 2nd pic

 

O'Brien will Endeavor for agency

 

It's heaven on earth

 

Alliance Atlantis ups Lynas to TV VP

 

Sexual politics have no ifs, ands or butts

 

ICM takes Razorfish Studios slice

 

Phoenix fills script 'Holes'

 

Kirch buys into German kidvidder EM.TV

 

WB imports hit Brit mini

 

Regal nears the brink

 

'Swing's' special zing

 

Beatlemania gets a revisit

 

Sundance spectrum broad, often digital

 

Nicole Avril and Kristofer Lindquist

 

Kennedy Center salutes five

 

EM.TV to sell assets amid earnings plunge

 

Clark Prods. tapped for Golden Laurel

 

AFI founds annual pix kudos

 

'Kennedy Center Honors' brings laughter, tears

 

Wild Brain taps AniManagement as rep

 

'Baywatch' will suit up for eight more

 

CIE inks ad deal with Terra Lycos

 

Rapper pacts for memoir

 

IDC4 taps 2 for co-chairs

 

Sci Fi scores big with intro seg of 'Dune'

 

Pratt sez g'day to L.A. Ausfilm again

 

Inside Move: Exec finds oasis at Mirage

 

Unions' first date

 

Warner Bros. raises Speare to exec veep

 

Strathairn picks 'Apple'

 

Disney quest for Camelot

 

Nasdaq mulls delisting tooner Film Roman

 

New Line pulls '13 Days' out of holiday rush

 

Vulcan breathes life into Oxygen Media

 

'Grinch' translates

 

Sony logs 'Forrester'

 

Tributes aplenty for Valenti

 

Godspeed tunes up names change

 

Carlton pumps up actioner distrib'n

 

'Jeopardy' telepic greenlit

 

AOL chairman calls TW merger imminent

 

A Look Ahead

 

Indie stars stud Sundance

 

Isabella Guzman Armus

 

Janet Sue Billig and David A. Rich

 

Lily Bea Taub

 

Merger momentum

 

CTTD ups Frankie to business exec vp

 

Douglas to be feted at Berlin Film Fest

 

Neurotrash 'Shalom' greeted by TV

 

Shorts, digital filmmaking at Yahoo! Fest

 

Net yakker eYada taps Gold

 

ArtistDirect buys stox in $10 mil IPO blunder

 

Ted Shackelford and Michelle Phillips

 

3 thesps make TNT's 'News'

 

Nelson named pic tune prexy at U, U Music

 

'Quicksand' traps 2

 

Subscribers now, profits later for TPS

 

Cablevision delays Rainbow vote

 

Inside Move: Louis-Dreyfus mulls TV redux

 

Hill eyes 'Move' for Disney

 

Agents site lists SAG talk snags

 

Sheridan prepares his 'Tesis'

 

Maryanne Fisher

 

Televisa radio buy nixed

 

RickMill taps Comedy Central's Katz

 

'Clowns' folds up tent on B'way revival

 

USA Net sets sale

 

'00 PPV breaks $2 bil

 

SEC looking at Miracle

 

Adrenalin pumps at peak pic preem

 

B'Way receipts drop; 'Best' bucks trend

 

'Millionaire' payoff

 

HFPA membership has its advantages

 

Crix, orgs, guilds gear up

 

Orgs, crix, guilds use influence differently

 

A goodie basket case

 

Lauren Jean Ballou

 

Robert Urich

 

Michael Weston

 

Dan Cortese

 

Justin Yaros

 

It's high noon in Whoville

 

Lange 'Day's' raves

 

Producers plan new Off B'way complex

 

Critics' tally

 

Inside Move: Ankling exex dismiss Miracle

 

New WB duo share global view

 

Mouse eyes Lembeck for 'Santa' sleigh

 

ABC stations nab 'Iyanla'

 

Euro pic biz to receive infusion of EU coin

 

Planeta in new orbit: pic prod'n

 

'Oi' spawns skinhead threat

 

Japanese pols target pic of violent youth

 

H'wood butters its French bread

 

Syndicators: Ladd rides 'Express' deal

 

The Cablers: Channel Surfing ...

 

TV's tricky lesson: Gain = fiscal pain

 

Attention please, Oscar

 

The Cablers: Miller uses rule of thirds at USA

 

The holiday contenders rush

 

ReplayTV axes CEO, cuts staff

 

Above the line: Robert Barnett

 

Mavens on the move

 

Gehry set to design

 

Dispatches: Canucks tap digital winners

 

Dispatches: Go nears finish line

 

Dispatches: Monte Carlo fest to fete Cannell

 

HBO content king in cable poll

 

SCTV planning IPO in Jakarta

 

ABC, USA split 'Unbreakable'

 

'Exorcist' turning heads once again

 

The Webs: NBC, Fox may exit service

 

Gross points: Turkeys clutter feast table

 

The Webs: Frog weds to reality sked

 

ABC, 'King' duo ink for political laffer

 

Docs festival gives prizes, warnings

 

Foreign investors eye Russian outlets

 

Gov't awards license to consortium, pubs

 

'Good Day L.A.' sweeps past KTLA for 1st time

 

WNBC still news king in N.Y.; WABC gains

 

Peacock's victory plays tricks on crix

 

Cable exex boxed in over tech

 

MTV Italia carriage at risk

 

HBO rated top cabler in India

 

Spain goes 'Gotica'

 

Key Gallic players die in plane crash

 

TPS to haul CanalSatellite to council

 

D'Works eyes 'Body'; Scholastic's Dark daze

 

Murdoch's BSkyB faces U.K. probe

 

Tick tapped corpcomm sr. VP for SPE

 

Oxygen shutters Seattle ops, revamps sites

 

Sci-fi, horror site Fandom inks with Creation

 

Microsoft buys gamemaker Digital Anvil

 

Russell Best

 

Channel 4 assembles slate for NATPE

 

House offers bill for TV election coverage

 

Pernworth laffs way to CBS address

 

New Yorker sorry for 'Fake' story details

 

Merendino takes helm

 

MTV to fight prejudice

 

Selznick honor caps big year for producer

 

CNN's staff, format facing a shakeup

 

L.A. location shoots rebound post-strike

 

Studio stocks gain

 

ChumCity taps WB vet Byles VP, G.M.

 

Albee's 'Baby' to take Century into Gotham

 

The Webs: ABC to revamp kids block

 

Madstone anchors trio

 

Aviv flies solo in Mouse marketing

 

Good odds . . . If you make the cut

 

Scott adds footnote

 

MTV veni, vidi, hopes vici in Rome

 

'Quills' captures kudos (NBR Crix Pix)

 

Upside to strike?

 

DGA decries lack of diversity in industry

 

Earl Colgrove

 

D.C. Gustavson

 

Jonathan Yaged

 

Betsy Schechter

 

'Nightly' nabs news sweeps

 

Studios want short digital leash

 

Syndicators: Lyle upped Pearson exec VP

 

Syndicators: Tribune Ent. taps 'Mutant X'

 

Unapix files for Chapter 11

 

KC Medien does triple dip

 

Fandango kicks up niche distrib ambitions

 

BBC bulks up for pics

 

China film monopoly cracks from within

 

Shochiku refocuses on pic basics

 

The Cablers: Times, Nat'l Geo pact

 

The Cablers: TNN tackles rights to XFL

 

Young gun producer

 

Audio only -- from the U.S. high court

 

Weekend stuffed with leftovers

 

Dispatches: Benitez, Boca woo partners

 

Dispatches: NHK egged on to scramble

 

The Webs: Flipping around the dial ...

 

Beast, babes anxious in o'seas woods

 

Vivendi gets greenlit with many limitations

 

Bush, Gore usurp the final answer

 

Promoter sees future in Inc. blot

 

Backstreet CD reignites pricing issues

 

George Wells

 

'Blue' all over map

 

Carlton near deal to sell Technicolor

 

IN-Motion names D'Amico to board

 

Discovery webs OK'd in Canada

 

Pathe wins 3 more yrs. of lotto funding

 

'Horses' kick up disagreements

 

MGM sees upside in strike

 

Bronfman Jr. shows his Gallic lingo gap

 

Boca eyes European partnership

 

'Folk' rocks ratings

 

Mark Johnson taps Goldberg

 

Sawa gets 'Christmas' present

 

Fox Family ups Arouh to sr. VP

 

MP3 makes over My.MP3, as promised

 

WAMI whammed; layoffs begin

 

Forum pits art vs. biz

 

Editors to fete helmer Zemeckis

 

Lynch led to Smiths' 'Slaughter'

 

Star pulls Hong Kong bid for pay TV license

 

Scabs face SAG expulsion

 

Franchise, Kirch pact

 

Greening of the Net

 

Industry vet Guenther guns it to AMG

 

Peacock rooks on rocks

 

Stock reply: oui

 

Picture placement

 

Moody's downgrades Loews

 

The Webs: Touchstone broadens its laugh

 

Filmmakers: Demme seeks 'The Truth'

 

Filmmakers: Weitz Bros. enter 'Boy'-hood

 

Name brands kudos forecast

 

Phoenix fills script 'Holes'

 

A Look Ahead

 

Thomas Curtiss

 

Lyn Austin

 

Barbara Bloom

 

Artie Scheff

 

EC regs take aim at regional piracy

 

Countries bag Indian quizzer

 

Kirk Douglas receives 'Michael Douglas Philanthropist' award

 

Musicland mulls mystery merger

 

ABC ups Rosen to sr. VP

 

'Rudolph' lights way, Billboard shines too

 

Actress takes Caan's role in action series

 

Kids' WB! reups 'Static'

 

Italos head home

 

Edward Burns

 

Stewart smacks 'Smoochie'; 'Ali' shuffling

 

Art directors give Eastwood Imagery Award

 

Bertrand quits Canuck radio-TV panel

 

De Govia is re-elected as ADG prexy

 

FilmTrust pacts for software

 

Japan's PCCW takes share of B-Factory

 

Space Media taps Zaccheo

 

Ad vet Senior ankles WB

 

'Romantic' heads to E!

 

'Proof' of security

 

'Tiger' burns bright

 

One too many are now Inside

 

Murphy gabs with De Niro

 

Eisner: Disney needs tune-up

 

Music in the 'Eyre'

 

Levin ankles Sony Pix post

 

Inside Move: HBO in tune with prods

 

Crystal clear: He's not up for Oscars

 

'Steve Harvey' tops Image Award noms

 

Harry Hamlin

 

Dan Finnerty

 

Nordisk eyes Norsk Film stake

 

Fry to host Brit Awards

 

Oz post houses seek help with broadband

 

Gaul b'cast quotas

 

BBC unit peddles toon to Fox Family

 

Polish producers form org

 

Ster bows Prague plex

 

Slates send signals

 

Comedy Central ups Fox

 

Pinkett-Smith set for 'Matrix' sequel

 

New 'Girl' set to hit town

 

LockStream secures entertainment clients

 

Kaplan tapped as Sega.com prexy

 

New Line vid ups Kelley to sr. veep

 

Lee's 'Hidden' talents

 

Brill, Sandler are doing good 'Deeds'

 

NetFlix inks with studios

 

'State' on location

 

Sturm's Catch 23 snaps a Fox 'Photo'

 

UPN's 'Manhunt' on

 

Inside Move: NBC, Frog eye 'Creek' creator

 

Inside Move: Icebox gets cold Fox reply

 

Peacock in syndie revolution

 

SAG activists set strategy to avoid strike

 

Dori Brenner Memorial Service

 

Scarlett Johansson

 

Melissa Myers

 

Daniel Rabinow

 

Miami, Rio film orgs ink

 

Spanish teen show prepped

 

French fete fizzle

 

Asia TV Forum a success

 

Peru exile reclaims channel

 

The rebel lives on 5th Ave., Sunset Strip

 

WGA reception to be Webcast

 

ABC tops NBC; 'Ed' rolls on new night

 

Anschutz Ent. buys Concerts West

 

$1.1 billion vision

 

Inside Move: Plan to virtually solve strikes

 

Azaria woos Downey role

 

Heavyweight helmers head to Working Title

 

Vietnam War drama has Icon mobilizing

 

Mini-pix, or maxi-blurbs, let Nike just do it

 

Mull, Willard top Aspen laff fest

 

Helmer Rogers given piece of 'Pie' sequel

 

Wolf collars a 'Law' man

 

Songwriters slap Seagram with suit

 

Cohen takes heat for party

 

Hoffman eyes 'Seagull' nest

 

Seymour Borde

 

Bernard Vorhaus

 

'Brockovich,' 'Harlan' win Eco Awards

 

Beck, Stone on Odyssey

 

Oz ABC employees back to work after strike

 

Edward Ludlum

 

Chile filmmakers test limits

 

BSkyB chief exec cashes in on stock

 

BCE gets Canuck nod to buy CTV

 

Canal Plus voters get say

 

Bishop gets MGM vid-on-demand duties

 

Best Buy tunes into Musicland deal

 

Woods issues apology over non-union ad

 

PGA opens up Laurel vote

 

AOL/TW merge twist

 

Webs wield axe

 

Par renews 'Wives' vows

 

WB, Bel-Air set to make their 'Point'

 

Love says 'Hello' to Guinan biopic

 

Mechanic buys Frank spec 'When'

 

Anderson School honors Fox's Wyatt

 

NBC: See ya 'Later'

 

High-profile actioners join weekend fray

 

NBC's fringe slate strong in sweeps

 

Christian Marquand

 

Rita Edelman

 

Reviews

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Martin Sexton

Sammy Hagar

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