Table of Contents
Week of 02/12/2001

Articles

Lions Gate nabs 'Liam'

 

Brit pic financier ECG opens domestic arm

 

Tube's coin crunch

 

Cappon takes over for Celli at RAI

 

Oz sees prod'n plus in U.S. strike

 

PSN fields NBA minor leaguers

 

University, Motown friendly distrib

 

Soundbreak.com breaks model, syndicates

 

Variety ups Hammond

 

Dempsey and Skerritt climb 'Hill'

 

Variety.com will track Oscar noms

 

Oscar Watch

 

Long 'Days' journey

 

Diamond in the rough

 

'Hannibal' eaten up by Italian audiences

 

IUMA.com lays off staff, stops taking artists

 

SAG: Strike hit small

 

Sony Pix ups Boonshaft

 

WB's 'Battlefield' manages orbit at Sci Fi

 

Talk will take Albright tome

 

Miramax pix strategy looks leaner, meaner

 

Studios, WGA keep the faith

 

Sound editors fete Campbell

 

Eminem gets rapping Grammy gig

 

Gold to ankle NATPE post

 

Mattel's Barbie dolls it up for 'Nutcracker' pic

 

Catch 23 taps Carrabino

 

Lifetime taps Walton as telepic topper

 

Jason Robards Jr. memorial tribute

 

Lewis Arquette

 

Macy Michele Huckvale

 

What if foreign funders turned off the tap?

 

Pinewood buys rival Shepperton Studios

 

A Look Ahead

 

Thesps 'Desire' B'way run

 

NTV's 'Millionaire' gamer jumps to ORT

 

ITV charges overcharge by BSkyB

 

Dual standard in 'Hannibal' release eats at arthouse

 

Barney's new family

 

Canuck lensing hit $4.4 billion last year

 

Extended welcome

 

Weinstein visits Berlin, Miramax takes 'Italian'

 

Study: Blacks, whites sharing more TV faves

 

TV exec Feltheimer sues Sony for contract breach

 

All about self-preservation

 

Ullman to top jury at Cannes

 

Fandom.com taps chief operating officer

 

U.S. vid game sales dip in 2000

 

3 original Webtoons to bow for 'Graceland'

 

Razorfish reports fourth-quarter net loss

 

Unions vow thesp support

 

Netizens make grab at Napster service

 

With Misher out, U buoys prod'n exex

 

'Below' belts 'Basic 2'

 

Correction

 

Univision board taps Villalonga

 

Taylor Ayana Crawford

 

Ella Louise Malvino

 

Napster crashes

 

U.K. gov't probing music biz price-fixing

 

Femmes in the focus

 

O'seas appetizers

 

Bertelsmann eyes growth

 

'Tiger' bigger than 'Life'

 

Cable auds like 'Fox & Friends'

 

Profit pundits: Russell Weiss

 

De Palma seeks a little Mystique

 

Oscar watch

 

Profit pundits: Jeff Stern

 

Adding Mandabach

 

Wallace on write track; Fox, mouse reunite

 

Inside Move: Louis-Dreyfus' project likely for Peacock

 

Inside Move: Fox turns 'Apes' loose at fair

 

Lion future looks 'Grimm'

 

USA programs its new prexy

 

Publicist guild noms pix, TV skeins

 

Sony, U stand to lose stakes in Loews deal

 

Revolution kicks 'bots

 

'Storm's' Junger ignites 'Fire' sale

 

Ted Stryker

 

Stratford board ends director's contract

 

Vibe/Spin names Playboy exec CEO

 

Teuton Producers group thinks inside Box

 

Warriors vie for Oscars

 

Valenti takes piracy prevention to Berlin

 

Sony buys rights to Czech laffer

 

Cannes' canny pic picks

 

Salter buy peppers Alliance prod'n

 

'Hannibal' mask for Oscar emcee Martin?

 

Producer noms jibe with Oscar favorites

 

ABC rocks to top

 

Ali Larter

 

NFL scores $2.6 mil in sat copyright suit

 

Chris Elliott

 

Twice as nice: KWHY

 

Armstrong, Beatles tunes join Hall of Fame

 

Working Title buys 'Viagra'

 

TBS envisions 'Disappearance'

 

Focus shifts to funds in WGA, studio talks

 

Biz nervous about new TW lobbyist

 

How to profit?

 

Profit pundits: Kevin Wendle

 

Alphabet net to upload Imagine 'Silicon' sudser

 

Profit pundits: John Hegeman

 

'70s' to run through 2003

 

Epstein heads to Handprint, plus Kidman

 

Bottoms up to play 'Bush'

 

Z.com latest Net casualty

 

AFM sets schedule for seminars

 

Agents tell SAG they'll go it alone

 

Gaylord, Warner Bros. share 'Divine Secrets'

 

Univision cuts back, predicts growth

 

H'w'd lauds victory on copyrights

 

Guild unveils Barrymore nod

 

Tara Lipinski

 

'Gun' hits target as B'way B.O. eyes upswing

 

Far-flung nominees flying high

 

H'w'd frets over foreign aid

 

Firm sees all fare in digital plexes

 

H'w'd takes back seat in hot yugo pix market

 

Dispatches: Globo eyes more maxi B.O. from TV minis

 

Teen demos slow netlets' growth spurt

 

Fox readies total presence in Brazil

 

Bean sprouts toon

 

Indiosar leads webs rush to sell off stocks

 

Col TriStar, Globo pact on five pics

 

It's ARD for Ziegler's celeb biopics

 

Syndie world a little shook up apres NATPE

 

Larry Ferguson

 

Camera guild sorts shorts

 

IFP will sponsor Cannes section

 

Allen adopts Par's 'Child'

 

ASCAP sees record revs

 

Constantin sales surge

 

Demanding a deal

 

Solomon joins Team as CEO

 

Globo Cabo increases subs by 12%

 

eMovies taps CEO

 

Media.Net ups Musslewhite to prexy, CEO

 

Nick shapes tween night

 

Ripa-roaring revamp boosts 'Live' ratings

 

Miami fest adds Fipresci, includes 9 U.S. bows

 

Humble Harvey, wild and crazy at the Oscars

 

Disney Channel Euro nabs rights to 'Jones'

 

Germans tune out

 

'Producers' bows in Chi

 

SAG negotiator choice nears

 

FilmFour fashions book depository

 

Kubrick set adds Dolby, new docu

 

Globe goes all-Bard, ups thesp $

 

Israel's EnterTec enters H'w'd

 

Biz off; 'Annie' up

 

'Crouching Tiger': hidden lesson

 

Noises Off: Schaeffer moonlights

 

Mouse taps Fox in D.C.

 

Estefan entertains print

 

Sony Classics lifts split of champagne

 

It's almost famous for non-noms

 

Sweet boost for 'Chocolat'

 

Togas, 'Tiger' to tussle

 

Bickford parks at U

 

Phoenix takes new 'Path'

 

Froggie goes acourtin' Cedric, Vinton, scribes

 

Inside Move: Moguls, Castro do lunch

 

Stewart takes Grammy reins

 

A Look Ahead

 

Shaggy still a 'Hotshot'; Dido says 'Thank You'

 

Hybrid Intermedia swims with sharks

 

Thailand puts arm around H'w'd

 

Das Werk takes Street into Spain

 

Nussbaum to drive Weintraub 'Truck'

 

Actors Down Under to support SAG

 

TF1, Pathe exex clash, lose urge to merge

 

Art fetes Machine

 

Manas' 'Pellet' rules Goyas

 

Plethora of pix nudges B.O.

 

Ontario agency to offer funding

 

Channel 4 spins division

 

Government turns up heat under NTV

 

RAI topper Celli ankles

 

Zooey Deschanel

 

J.J. Field

 

Ryan Hurst

 

John Witherspoon

 

Picture This sows 'Confusion'

 

Showtime, HBO train for Tyson-Lewis bout

 

NBC squeaks past Fox for demo win

 

A hullabaloo over hot air grinds on

 

Crichton crosses to HarperCollins

 

Split personalities get shrink

 

Nichetti's 'Honolulu' surfs in to open AFM

 

NBCi lowers '01 rev forecast due to ad lag

 

Meyer may move in with 'Kate'

 

'Italian' helps Berlin recover from 'Enemy'

 

CNNfn mints new programs

 

Oz coin con confounded

 

Blighty to finance digital switchover

 

Startz joins Miramax family of producers

 

Singapore hopes ride 'Tiger'

 

'Chopper' slices off top Aussie crix kudos

 

WGA probes possible stockpiling of scripts

 

African pic steers into controversy

 

Celebs: Just say no

 

Steppenwolf puts 'Courage' first

 

Blockbuster ups ante in home delivery war

 

Noises Off: 'Bat Boy' and beyond

 

MCA spins Satenstein to exec veepee slot

 

Rogers posts loss in qtr., yr.

 

Turner nets book Lopez 'Wedding'

 

Best song nods see 3 double dip

 

Fratto, Griffin team for series

 

Higgins gets in 'Middle' of Fox-Regency TV pact

 

Sundance looks back at 'New York'

 

Screening Room sets Scott series

 

Bottoms up to play Bush

 

Roxy re-unites

 

Victor Varnado

 

Televisa, Azteca partner for benefit show

 

Abbey's road sparks row

 

Czech TV staffers get back to work

 

Arthur Friedman

 

Get out Czech book

 

Par TV taps Westphal VP of media relations

 

Vivendi Universal sees boost in revs

 

Ruth Lenore Carter

 

TV producers seek to speed rights reg

 

Ratings blowup in Oz

 

Fox rolls Downey down 'Ally' for 8 more frames

 

Regal sharpens sword as exhib trims screens

 

Grammys go for Stewart

 

'Sally' shifts gears

 

'ET' sweeps up in syndie ratings game

 

SAG makes public strikebreakers' names

 

Morgan Stanley causes row with e-mail

 

WGA talks may end this week, continue in secrecy

 

NBC takes chance on Tarses pilot

 

Eye won't blink

 

Redstone's Bridge to L.A.

 

Frog's new co-prez takes creative leap

 

Trumpheting tunesmiths

 

Lion roars back in the black

 

SAG prez mum on a 2nd term

 

Oscar Watch

 

Stars align to shine on Roberts

 

'Monologue' talks

 

'Wit' shows grit to N.Y.

 

Loews down, out

 

NBC winning sweeps race

 

Warner hocus pocus

 

AtomShockwave ready to collide

 

ReplayTV packaged with Panasonics

 

A Look Ahead

 

Dan Montgomery

 

'Fall' Czechs out for helmer Hrebejk

 

'Famous' rides Oscar nom to sales

 

Clark misses mark

 

Albert Heit

 

Rosalyn Catania

 

Leona Jacobs-White

 

Cablevision chief: MGM deal to grow

 

Intertainer makes pact for pix from Vivendi U

 

Fox, ABC fit to be tied in Tuesday heat

 

Crowe flies at ShoWest

 

Dreyer spins service role for Disney

 

Disney livin' large

 

Beresford goes home again; 'Project' pulled

 

Kushner-Locke loss shrinks, cash low

 

TBS sr. veep Head ankles originals arm

 

'Sweet' on WB meller

 

Newsies won't call races until polls close

 

Eye's 'Apple' aims to take bite out of 'ER'

 

Court spurns bids for Silver

 

Clooney opens 'German' front

 

'Quiet' time for Miramax

 

'Earth' to Hollywood

 

Fox mounts Grazer 'Rescue'

 

'Recess' makes a break for bigscreen

 

Encore reups pact with China TV

 

Pressman is the man

 

Soundbreak silenced

 

MyPlay slashes staff by almost half

 

Few are on holiday this Presidents' Day

 

U.S. pix steal B.O. from Italo locals

 

Giant-size lifeline

 

Revved up ratings

 

Gaul stall irks producers

 

Gaumont revs fall pre-Pathe

 

BMG raises Rovner to RCA Records prexy

 

Par taps Tobey to head biz, legal departments

 

Miramax, Onion ink first-look deal

 

Grammy org tuning up recording preservation

 

Leigh joins DreamWorks' 'Road' crew

 

'Night' begins at Regent

 

'Mind' games stall

 

Harry Dexter Gers

 

Kid-friendly anti-violence bill back

 

IFP sets market, ceremony dates

 

DGA tips cap to helmer Wise

 

Helmrich ankles E! amid Herman redo

 

NBC adds to Wurtzel's duties

 

Farrell reports in Damon slot

 

Scribe talks hit stride

 

Producer Howard Koch dead at 84

 

International titles at AFM

 

Kirch kicks cup plan to court

 

Merger may block Canal+ soccer goal

 

Japan ad spend on mend

 

Garcia worth a 'Million' to Fox

 

SAG board opens up

 

Jones plays 'Pimp' for Colpix, Raboy

 

Fox gets hitched to 'Wife' pitch

 

Hallett makes Mouse move

 

Bullock ShoWest's miss

 

Messing jumps into Allen laffer

 

Studios, WGA keep dialogue coming

 

Milan Hassid

 

NL's Alper makes CEO Escape

 

Audiocast appeals to court in Microsoft case

 

Writers' demands set off Short fuse

 

Anschutz seeks deal for Edwards Theatres

 

'Lovers' looks for loot

 

WGA taps 'Quills' scribe Wright for Selvin laurel

 

Teutonic TV producer MME acts on Impuls

 

'Survivor' boosts 'Early'; 'Today' tops

 

BSkyB to satcast 'Star' pix

 

Mayfield takes off with 'Flying Tigers'

 

Warners reups di Bonaventura

 

Battle royal

 

U.K. talent permeates global film production

 

Trio hangs Street shingle

 

Jack Alexander Hohnen-Weber

 

Terminal Destination

 

Reviews

Dogtown and Z-Boys

Feelgood

Early and Often

No Niggers, No Jews, No Dogs

House/Garden

Japes

The Art of Acting

Conversations with America's Top Producers of Television Drama

Hollywood Archive: The Hidden History of Hollywood in the Golden Age

Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind

The Bleep Brothers

Haiku Tunnel

Hey, Happy!

Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey

The Days Between

3 a.m.

Dinosaur

Murderous Maids

Bad Company

Italian for Beginners

The Tailor of Panama

Elton John, Billy Joel

Chain Camera

A Connecticut Yankee

Mighty Big TV

Animation World Network

Fametracker: The Farmer's Almanac of Celebrity Worth

Fennec Awards Database

Popcorn

Don's Plum

Sweet November

Felix and Lola

Cellini

Cachao

Venus Attacks!

Bob Marley: Rebel Music

Chloe

Trembling Before G-D

Excuse Me, I'm Talking

The Mandrake Root

The Princess and the Marine

The Makropulos Case