Table of Contents
Week of 02/19/2001
Articles
Indie mood one of caution for AFM
AFMA aims to cast wider net
Lower-budget titles find niche at mart
Topper has new org version
Tradesters band to fight Asian video piracy
Germans succeed with big-budget fare
French indies survive a tough 2000
U.K. indie distribs seek wide auds
Indie distribs in Oz find favor with local pics
New eateries for meeting and greeting
New distribs challenge Italo market leaders
Pic packs do well in Spain
Blockbusters and art pics score big in Japan
South Korean market for local films declines
Kiwi indies cash in on import titles
Dutch film market feels French influence
Scandi distribs survive with pacts, local fare
'Hannibal' burps B.O.
'New York' goes cable
DGA getting Wise with Prexy Award
Breaker strikes out
Morton reaps 'Report' role
Oscar Watch
'48 Hours' taps Slaine-Siegel
Comedy spotlight: Double Whammy
Drama spotlight: Perfume
Formula for success
WGA talks: Some hope in week 5
Nonfiction spotlight: My Generation
It's jumping Jupiter
Roger Corman
Artists decry EU's copyright directive
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Renee Zellweger
Viva Media eyes channel makeover
Helmer moonlights in exhibition business
MTV finds new Italian home
TF1 tops video charts
VOD strategy still MIA
Stan Lee toon balloon pops
WEA absorbs London ops
Napster unveils pay plan
Lions Gate goes 'Greek'
CenterSpan spawns new digital media unit
John J. deGarmo
Newsies' feet held to congressional fire
News fights blues with Hughes
Gooder to head Icon's Oz office
Court upholds c'right law
'Tailor' pops seams of spy genre
Happy talk
GQ fetes Hollywood
Formats meet at Monte Carlo mart
U.S. pix nixed by Berlin jury
'Roses' in bloom at CBS
Senate OKs $8 mil Clinton book deal
Cartoon Latin America ups Semenzato
Loudeye sees quiet 4th-qtr loss
Packer shows profit
TV Azteca's upfront increase helps revs rise
MME buys a chunk of Neue prod'n co.
A Look Ahead
BSkyB to satcast 'Star' pix
NBC turns to sports, Sisqo laffer pilots
Fox calls up 'Boot Camp'
London crix laud 'Malkovich,' 'Elliot'
Action spotlight: Gangland
ABC news boosts Smith
Horror Spotlight: Children of the Living Dead
Thriller spotlight: Harvard Man
TV tops record Italian ad market
Renny Harlin
Malaga adds doc mart
India web B4U seeks transfer
TV Eyes Web again
Peacock's XFL, hoops sideline net in ratings
Fox gets more 'Grounded'
Alliance Atlantis shuffles key exex
Auds in U.K., Italy and Oz devour 'Hannibal'
EM.TV, Kirch pact off auto pilot
Ellroy's cop saga booked
Best pic noms show Oscar glow
From Destination to destitution
Canal Tech woos U exec
Oz weighs 'Hannibal' re-rate
Revs increase at Lagardere to $6.6 mil
Award-winning helmer Kramer is dead at 87
AFMA sets presenters
Lensers honor Deschanel
Writer-helmer Burt Kennedy dies
Nasdaq to delist Kushner
Imax trims jobs, reduces prod'n
'Hasta' la bye-bye
Critter cabler OKs pet skein
Chum TV inks for indie pix
2 pics boost Teuton B.O.
Vincent D'Onofrio, Dempsey Pappion
Roger Rees
Zoo to do MTV's 'Snowed In'
WB, Coke conjure big 'Potter' marketing deal
Slight progress seen in WGA talks
L.A. Phil sets season slate
Showest rolls kudo to Rock
SAG soothes agents
Thornton, Bentley to play 'Ball'
EMI Latin prez-CEO exits after 10 years
Webcasts for everyone
Everest, 310 scale first-look prod'n pact
Olin cries 'Uncle' for CBS laffer pilot
Wholesale vid distribs sue U
Fox lathers up p.m.
$10 mil digital revamp set for Trib's KTLA lot
Sony clocks in with '24 Hours'
Landscape plants Rosen
WGA to honor Lloyd with Chayefsky award
XFL fails to convert first down
U nixes $1 bil Napster deal
Bamboo curtain lifting on ratings
Channels slug it out
Alliance Atlantis sweet talks Salter for license
Hot spots dot racy shows
Hitler sings! Mel kvells!
Top-flight pics stall at Ovitz film group
Brit helmer rises again with garage-based 'Fall'
Development hell freezing over?
Singapore's hit tuner eyes U.S. production
Biz up; 'Seuss' 618g
Napster chill thrills pic biz
ABC's daytime writers do soap opera swap
Hutton eyes Sayles' 'Gold'
Kidvid advice sparks threats
Still crazy about Simon
Vets lather Mathers
What do they know?
Keeping broadband hope alive
Japan's taking it to the street
Across the Great Divide
Iam.com
Publicists honor Douglas for career
PGA taps Gibbons Golden Laurel host
Monday demo wins push Fox closer to lead
Sour note for sales
Lagardere picks up live feed
Svensk to unleash Nutley crime spree
BVI Oz comes to 'Defense'
Gemstar ups Guide reach with Charter
MEPC plans to build film studio
Tim Curry, Tori Spelling
Palomar Pix gets Real
Poitier remembers Kramer as 'remarkable man'
Fine Line ups Finn, Rossi
MGM Homevid, Amazon ink on exclusives
Turner sells off shares
ABC digs up more 'Mole'
Twentieth TV doles out local 'Justice'
ABC makes a splash for rights to 'Cast'
Oscar Watch
Franke to ankle Edinburgh fest post
'Survivor' producer sues contestant
Shapiro in 'Brother' hood
Peacock clipping its telepic wings
Supreme Court keeps cap on cable giants
Prof's 'Ocean' makes waves
Intertainment sues Imperial
TV's little guys stayin' alive
Co-op going plop
History Channel is busy making some
New webs brave the waves
Parliament slaps ban on TV ads
Political bias fight taints independent channel
Letter to the Editor: Michael Williams-Jones
B.O. rises; 'Cabaret' 807g
Off B'way pumps up prices
Modern Times Group channels profit jump
TNN skeds closing of 11 NASCAR stores
Shear's 'Blonde' to fade from B'way
Lions Gate goes 'Greek'
B'Way B.O. soars over holiday
Grammy Winners List
NBC, CBS keep lead in sweeps
A Look Ahead
NBA's hoop dreams online
Bricks beat clicks in retail war
A tale of two branding strategies
East meets Net
A Long and Winding Road
Road to riches
Moore is merrier
A better mouse trap
Entertaindom.com
NBCi.com
News Digital Media
Fandom.com
Gimme lyrics
Oliver Hudson
Italo's Silvio: I'd dump biz for pols
Dillon's 'Trees' grows roles
Paxson plots deal
Favreau, IFC to offer 'Dinner' special
Actors push for dub law
More check into Figgis 'Hotel' suite
Diplomatic moves
Scribes do ABC day soap swap
Jenkel tapped to lead Millennium
Discovery takes Southern route to sports mini
Pearson TV taps Hartog
Animal cruelty law may bite film's U.K. release
Romp stumbles offline; H&S sez it's 'too edgy'
Mixed Signal taps Beck as new CEO-prexy
With new focus, Hitplay shuffles lineup
SAG rolls on 'Cast' docu
Cartoon net gives go to 4 new shows
Shaggy remains on top; Grammys give chart lift
Miracle stakes out Baldwin's 'Webster'
Mayfield takes 'Tigers' by tail
Front Row seats set for Schmidt, Glaser
Futterman 'Enough' for Apted thriller
WGA back at table after mulling proposals
'Graceland' steals scene
Hispanic writer's suit reinstated
Sullivan Langdon Graham
Global 'Freeze' hits Regent
Fox reality skein has small-town feel
Dish: 'Battlestar' re-igniting
'Zu' rings true for Miramax
Soundbreak's syndie model
Company line: Digital Media Online
MultiBrain's game is Web advertainment
UMG, MTVi ink for Radio.Sonicnet
It takes a mogul
The Mathers blather splits the stars, too
Lindsay Price
Amanda Peet, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Jared Harris and Kieran Culkin
Jessica Westfeldt
Disney preps Brazil bow
EM.TV-Kirch deal hits bump in road
German VCL posts revs, profit jump
Col Records ups Aaron to head int'l
Overseas Filmgroup ups 2 exex to senior VP
Helmers, Firstenberg fete Streisand
SAG rules on foreign actors
MTV standing firm
Oscar Watch
Erickson & Halloran gets small
Myriad ups Christenson to exec veep
Corrections
Tuning up for Grammys
H'wood fest adds docus
Natalie Cathleen Duda
Col gives its 'Lazarus' a double wake-up call
Elvis lives on
Words of wisdom
Traditional rules
Ready for their closeup
Napster's sounds of silence
Scour resurrection
Vid game sales slide
Intertainment sues Imperial
Trekking to table
How sales companies survive
Execs go their own way
Finance study: Te Amo -- Made in Chile
The new indie way
Sine moves to UBS Warburg
PGA names kudo presenters
Burns may join Jolie in New Regency's 'Life
Grammys a go-go
Grammy's high note
Sunriver's arising
Thesps looking 'Inside'
Playboy Jazz label to bow with 'Blonde'
WWF goes to the mat for Artisan
WB's remake is no sleeper
Correction
Petersen's 'Fear' in gear
Europroducciones has global ambition
Format pays off at Monte Carlo mart
Group scores o'seas soccer rights
Regent reels in 'Fish' rights
Klores praisery plays name game
Wright set to pen 'Club' for Hart Sharp
Stevenson exits D'Works
IA turns on the 'Power'
Devin nabs 'March' rights
MGM inks 'Heartbreakers' deal
Trio to produce 'Sunday'
Top-grossing Spanish-lingo pic sold
Creative Light acquires '395'
Kathy Morgan pacts with First on 'Force'
Rights are tight
Helkon regroups for growth plans
Finance study: In The Bedroom
Music to its ears
Higher ad rates spark profit jump at Televisa
Sony game for broadband deal
Suleman tapped prexy at Infinity
Barbra's surprise, Moore at BAFTA
Stars shine on BAFTAs
Cage up for ShoWest kudos
'ET Weekend' seg does boffo in syndie ratings
Oscar Watch
Gosselaar dons 'Blue'
Winter hopes Sundance's Rae to shine
SAG prez calls agents' proposal illegal
Boucher tells AFM: 'Don't fight tech'
U plays catch with 'Piazza'
Tuning up for duet
Italo censor adds parents
'Love, Janis' tunes Off Broadway dates
Warners lifts Esclavissat
Cinemedia demotes CEO in credit card case
Courts order Czech TV manager seizures
Liberty, Klesch pact on DT cable systems
Hilltop will be Swingin'
Feelgood preps pic for FilmFour
Lola tunes 'Off Key,' 'Dancer' for Italy
'Greenfingers' finds many homes
Moviefan nabs world rights to 'Laila'
Intermedia posts pretax profits
Intermedia taps adventure pitch
Fiennes, Cronenberg spin 'Spider' pic
Myriad Pix inks Filmax output deal
Swank likely to join Pacino's 'Insomnia'
Distrib Premiere strikes Goldman
Pix on the Radar
'Rules' attract Lions Gate eyes
Davis double dips
'Hannibal' gobbles up Friday B.O.
'D'Artagnan' parries deals worldwide for MDP
Grupo boosts Brazil's pix
Redbus honcho splits loyalties
Dunaway, Hurt top Regent's 'Lake Run'
Prophecy sees pic deals
Renfro, Miner, starrer 'Buffy' gets Brit distrib
Village R'show, Nippon Herald get 'Traffic'
DiCaprio's 'Plum' hot o'seas
21 new companies bunk at Cannes' Riviera
World falls for 'Heartbreakers'
McCarthy's 'Heaven' to be Showcase-d
Myrad rings up 'Whammy,' 'Advice,' 'Tangled'
'Jalla' set to receive Trust distrib'n deal
Munch ado: $15M
Brit Acad toast togas and 'Tiger'
Reviews
Stanley Kubrick -- A Life in Pictures
The Producers
Nicholas Payton; the Roy Haynes Group
Matthew Shipp Trio
Coffin Joe: The Strange World of Jose Mojica Marins
Race
Bob Marley Day
Beijing Bicycle
Stereophonics
L.A. Philharmonic, Feb. 16, 2001
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Boy Gets Girl
Boycott
Bruce! A Month of Mondays
Cinefex
Venecia
BlankTV
iFilm's 'The Real Titanic'
43rd Annual Grammy Awards
Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
3000 Miles to Graceland
Haunted Castle
See Spot Run
Monkeybone
Jimmy Smith Quintet/Lou Donaldson Quartet
Nell Carter -- Something for Everyone
A Skull in Connemara
The Last Kiss
Ten Days Without Love
Fatal Decision
Faust, Love of the Damned
People in Swimsuits Aren't (Necessarily) Shallow
Great Idea
A Song For Martin
As White As In Snow
Ignorant Fairies
Little Senegal
Betelnut Beauty
Inugami
Darkness in the Light
Super 8 Stories
Weiser
Reconciled
Unfinished Symphony: Democracy and Dissent
Possible Loves
Scratch
Happy Campers
The Beaver Trilogy
Wave Twisters
The Doe Boy
Miss Wonton
Stranger Inside
Me And Ted Against The World, The Unauthorized Story of the Founding of CNN
Lillian Gish: Her Legend, Her Life
Stephen Malkmus
Rum and Coke
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