Table of Contents
Week of 02/26/2001

Articles

ABC News taps McGinty

 

Burns pulls double duty on 'Ash'

 

Corrections

 

Loews: $10 tix (soda extra)

 

Guild backs TV toon scribes

 

Eye, Peacock sweeping to victories in key demos

 

Today's writers still in awe of films of 1950

 

B'buster eye on Street with run at new tech

 

WGA Focus: Guild talks still in the limelight

 

WGA fights for writers in more than one arena

 

O'seas auds lick chops over Scott's 'Hannibal'

 

Babs grabs spotlight

 

DGA honors Poitier

 

Imax rock doc preem bigger than life

 

Seymour Kapetansky

 

Claudia Roberts

 

SAG will not extend pact by 4 months

 

Television takes over Pacific post

 

NBC's Hayes-hosted 'SNL' peaks in ratings

 

Oscar intrigue hitting the reality wall

 

A Look Ahead

 

Sogecable posts profit for first time since '97

 

Video Business Video Premiere Award winners

 

ABC vet Lewis joins CNN Greenfield show

 

DGA to honor vet Van Ry

 

On2.com reports 4th qtr. loss, revs up

 

Kirch drives EM.TV, Formula One deal

 

Ticket price rise pumps Poland B.O.

 

Zelezny woes rise

 

Canuck prod'n rises

 

Oscar Watch

 

FCC chair conducts class drill

 

Sites set at confab

 

Strike pessimism lifting as talks enter sixth week

 

Three toss hat in 'Cat' ring

 

Propaganda spies prix pic

 

Len Wayland

 

CAA's Whitesell eyes a new Endeavor

 

Comden, Green lauded

 

Tussling teenagers

 

Turtles gets Promark coin

 

Venture closes windows

 

'Hannibal' gets R in Oz

 

Stone Stanley to shop 'Girls'

 

WB pulls out of MIP

 

'Gladiator,' 'Famous' win Eddies

 

Oliviers on a 'Roll'

 

Lit properties are still hottest tickets

 

Haunted by spirits of '70s

 

Siegfried & Roy ink life pact

 

Femme oater Egged on

 

Dwight Whitney

 

Charles B. FitzSimons

 

Homevideo huzzahs

 

Napster injunction hearing set for Friday

 

Uproar gaming site reports loss

 

Sullivan unveils three-pic slate

 

Cannes adds int'l pavilions

 

Gallic Cesar Awards hail 'Harry,' 'Taste'

 

Thiessen climbs aboard Allen pic

 

Inside Move: New 'Apocalypse' at Cannes

 

Genre-bending is new game in town

 

The write stuff

 

Guild counts on character

 

Lumet illuminates snowy Israel film fest

 

Art Directors designate 'Gladiator,' 'Chocolat'

 

Beacon elects a helmer for politico pic

 

Rosemary De Camp

 

Arlene Stadd

 

Roger Caras

 

Letter to the Editor: Gerry Lewis

 

Timeline: Scribe strides

 

U Music turns to Fair to bolster A&M roster

 

Robert Weiskopf

 

Film Discovery Program gains firm footing

 

Bush league

 

Alliance Atlantis revs up money machine

 

Droll characters earn Willard his due

 

'Color' coordinated

 

Aspen breaks out the Crystal

 

Chi Crix laud 'Famous,' 'Tiger'

 

Miramax snags 'Tangled'

 

U, RightsLine pact for online library

 

Digital Media to open L.A. office

 

Terra Lycos taps Killeen U.S. prexy

 

Corrections

 

Pan-African fest focuses on tech

 

Movie attendance climbs in Blighty

 

Canada backs locals

 

Denmark producers ink deal

 

West's 'Tomb' raids Iceland tax breaks

 

Escape lands 'Bermuda'

 

Gringo stars

 

Nets eye innovations in sports coverage

 

KABC hires Vara to be co-anchor

 

Malibu toasts honorees

 

Golightly prod'n prexy

 

SAG nixes agents' demand

 

Barbara Hershey

 

Williams spins 3, ColdPlay 2 at Brit Awards

 

Prism Awards seek aud's votes

 

Eye buys 'Ray' stay

 

Mouse snares 'Bears' scribe for 2 more

 

Ratings over the rainbow

 

WB buoys Euro pic plan

 

Clark returns to court with 20th's 'Power'

 

Televisa quiets talkers

 

S. Africans hit H'w'd

 

Film cartoonists' union to organize Bohbot

 

Messier takes tech seriously

 

U.K. pic censors OK 'Rape Me' after edit

 

Messier eyes red

 

Kevin Bray

 

Smiley furthers the USCAF brand

 

GoodTimes taking leap on faith pix

 

Inside Move: Frog croaks at 20th's price

 

Regent reels in 'Fish' rights

 

Whitesell exits CAA

 

Mouse lays off 135

 

Most TV PR group leaders return

 

Even Stevens?

 

Sitcom train goes off its laff track

 

'Jackass' star takes his act to bigscreen

 

Broadway B.O. posts a hike over holiday

 

Biz receives mixed signals

 

Friendly ankles King World

 

Murdoch making headway in sat platform plans

 

True story: Lot 47 nabs 'L.I.E.' rights

 

Critical mass

 

Brockovich, Lagasse shopping for TV shows

 

Bush pal Racicot joining RIAA legal team

 

AT&T to AOL: Pay or we'll sell TWE stake

 

Comcast fast lane

 

Specter of Lecter

 

Fest to unbutton Newhart's mind in tribute

 

Scribes likely to say today if talks will go on

 

2 pact for Latin lit pix

 

Waiting for green

 

Lifetime lifts PR topper

 

KPE taps trio for Gotham headquarters

 

BET to bow musicvid program

 

IFilm to allow databases to operate independently

 

Artisan grabs Barbie vid

 

Fox, Cosby set to bring 'Fat Albert' to bigscreen

 

'Maelstrom' storms Quebec pic kudos

 

A Look Ahead

 

Kennedy Center spotlights Blighty

 

Goodspeed goes Gershwin

 

EM.TV-Kirch pact slides off autopilot

 

Zentropa, DRTV addicted to Dogma

 

Indie reaches final Destination

 

'Folks' finds audiences, but not a lot of hype

 

Gallic sat service up

 

Argentinean Patagonik pix picked

 

Tropfest showcases shorts

 

Telemundo to open office with Pramer

 

'Gothicto' nabs 7 drama noms

 

RIAA waging copyright campaign

 

Online distribution in tune with reality

 

Yahoo! nixes confab counterpart to festival

 

Digital Media looks for big break in H'w'd

 

'Traffic' vid speeds up

 

Craven a classic

 

King World to be a little less Friendly

 

HBO Films, Team Todd team

 

Congloms converge

 

Music vet to exit as WB trims

 

Harris links with Donmar

 

Turner waking up 'Early' for Eye web

 

Richardson to play 'Melville' Off B'w'y

 

'Monty' money

 

'Hannibal,' 'Women' wow o'seas auds

 

Stage in shrink cycle

 

Oz pubcaster thaws prod'n freeze

 

Televisa mulls upping share in Univision

 

Censors chew on 'Hannibal'

 

Sci Fi show 'Crossing' over syndie barrier

 

Oscar-nommed trio opens o'seas sails

 

Dutch pic biz ready for its screen test

 

U homevid Hitches up 'Window'

 

Inside Move: Malone plugged in

 

Lola tunes 'Off Key,' 'Dancer' for Italy

 

Andrew L. Sarra

 

Gail Fisher

 

Irving Lande

 

Michael Bacall

 

Venice sets Bard card

 

Grupo Novo, Apex boost Brazil pix o'seas

 

Gov't sez play ball

 

Casting a 'Shadow'

 

Disney takes stake in US Weekly mag

 

Clinton urges ratings code

 

D'Works decks out 'Shrek' at ShoWest

 

Showtime slates 7

 

$25 mil for Myers in 'Powers 3' play

 

Teuton auds tire of reality shows

 

The full Monte

 

NBC seeks sporting chance

 

Above the Line: Peter Scarlet

 

Hanks a lot: Oscar handicap?

 

Inside Move: Besson beset

 

Inside Move: Stock searchers hang tough

 

Actors union bloc under strain

 

Radie Harris

 

Patricia Berlly

 

Warner LeRoy

 

Bohbot sees cartoonists elect union

 

Colombian pols view 'Traffic,' 'Mrs. Lincoln'

 

Mainframe revs rise

 

HSX bows market research program

 

Vartan spies ABC 'Alias'

 

Icon puckers up for 'Kiss'

 

Studios USA pilots 2 more shows

 

Isabella Lorenza Lamas

 

Clinton chides media, nixes career in H'w'd

 

Injury leads 'Producers' to drop Orbach

 

Striking a chord

 

XFL sacks Peacock's hopes of household victory

 

Pop vets sound best to Grammys

 

Japan, Korea find common ground

 

Strapped exhibs lose co-op spirit

 

Top exex widen reign in Spain

 

Fox in the groove with ''70s'

 

Richard P. Hazard

 

Robert Enrico

 

Lee Davis

 

Sam Wiesenthal

 

Canuck web CTV to preem Documart at Banff

 

'Pianist' keys into coin

 

BVI heats up Italo summer with June bow for 'Pearl'

 

Eye rides high with Grammys

 

WGA opts to continue talks

 

Agents rip SAG on tactics

 

Marco upped to veep, Sony Digital group

 

USA, TBS tie for 1st basically in Feb.

 

Showtime raises Rauch

 

Shandling signs with Endeavor, Gold-Miller

 

Words finds West Coast

 

Hayes-hosted 'SNL' boosts NBC sweeps

 

Escape lands 'Bermuda'

 

Oscar Watch

 

'Matrix' orders Italian

 

NBC, Eye sweep to wins

 

Fox puts lock on Lightstorm in 5-year reup

 

Reminiscing about Robards

 

Richards Woods

 

Douglas Rask

 

EM.TV, Kirch up stake in Formula 1

 

Koliba ruled free of debt to gov't

 

Bravo nabs Salter Street satirical series 'Industry'

 

French cablers, theme channels vie over fee

 

A fresh face

 

Image-in that: B.O. gets drawn into the black

 

Nominee Closeup: "The Visit"

 

Nominee Closeup: "A House Divided"

 

Heavy hits $3 mil in financing

 

'Mole' not enough to boost ABC

 

AT&T moves ahead on 2 fronts

 

Cook, O'Donnell set to climb '29 Palms'

 

Farina goes to 'Stanford'

 

Big-ticket pix link Brit rivals

 

CNN lineup bows young gabfest, profiler

 

Telefonica financial bow

 

'Spot' has its day

 

Disney characters take a sip of Minute Maid

 

Writers blocked

 

Barrington baffled by mystery scribe

 

Gameshow survivors

 

Lehman's words etched in celluloid

 

Oscar fun facts

 

His own L.A. story

 

Analyzing voters is a Herculean chore

 

Clarke M. Schumacher (Clark Evans)

 

'Hannibal's' big meal in Finland

 

New MTV Central top

 

Stone Stanley boosts Friedman

 

Shakin' in Seattle, live Crowe, 'Gershwin' at Hayes

 

Harvey's honor far from common

 

Amazon joins ranks of online tune distributors

 

WB Online, AmericanGreetings.com pact

 

Warner Music names Murphy exec VP-CFO

 

Vet Zelnick will join Echo board

 

Shaggy holds No. 1

 

Star-bucks books

 

Chrysalis bonding, big-time

 

Titans give digital the ol' college try

 

Global Crossing taps Rios prexy

 

The real '70s show

 

U opens its heart to Addario, Syracuse spec

 

'Courage' leads Steppenwolf

 

Film Society honors Fonda

 

Partygoers revel in sumptuous soirees

 

After a yearoff, Cates in charge

 

Rose Freedman

 

Martin de Maat

 

Norway auds love 'Brother'

 

Moore tapped as Disney's U.K. VP

 

SFX allies with Teuton promo firm

 

Paxson paints brighter outlook amid red ink

 

Garb guild will dress up, honor Beatty

 

WGA inks 4 presenters

 

Peacock, Tribune in pact for 2 shows

 

Nominee Closeup: Rachelle Farrell

 

Storybay bows LiteraryLibrary for scribes

 

Wilson is Col's 'Spy' guy

 

'Hannibal' goes maxi for a mini

 

Fox, Fields fire 'Canon'

 

Tyro filmmakers project gets Greenlight

 

'Hell' revisited; Eminem gets $4 mil offer

 

Oscar Night America lets others join in on fun

 

Cardiff's voluminous work sees the light

 

Virginia Mansfield

 

Charles Trenet

 

'Pinocchio' plans

 

Brothers in arms

 

Scribes share their struggles

 

Hiring picture fuzzy with new FCC chair

 

Dual tapings double party opportunity

 

EBay acts to protect c'right

 

Oscar Watch

 

Col TriStar raises distrib vet Zucker

 

Wolf at bay to direct 'Pete'

 

Love writes Epitaph as court OKs suit

 

Quake jolts sweeps

 

WNBC sweeping to win in 2 key Gotham newscasts

 

Studios USA dethrones 'Cleopatra'

 

CBS cheering as laff pilots lock hangars

 

Evan sues over Hughes pic

 

Contract talks halted

 

Oscar's permanent home ready for debut next year

 

Christopher's sets set his work apart

 

De Laurentiis not foreign to success

 

Host controls show's tempo

 

Voted on the island

 

Scribe's approach: real, collaborative

 

Oscar Watch

 

Mull to host ShoWest fete

 

CNBC, TF1 in talks on money web

 

Stars sign on to Declaration reading

 

Big haul for Gaul

 

Laemmle skeds Oscar shorts

 

Trustee after Yorn in Giacchetto bankruptcy

 

Rupe, DirecTV slip gears

 

'Regis' rises year to year

 

Digital-delay fray

 

IFP/West unveils lab roster

 

GOP: C'right a priority

 

Kinowelt on march

 

Scott Foley

 

Ronny Cox

 

Charlotte Ayanna

 

Timothy Bottoms, Carrie Quinn Dolin, Kurt Fuller, Marcia Wallace, Kristen Miller, John D'Aquino

 

Gold Reel kudos fete $100 mil grossers

 

Young, Dish signals crossed

 

Coppola back in court

 

Daniels plays it close to the vest

 

Endemol taps Teuton unit prez

 

Classified material

 

U.K.'s ITV2 inks for H'wood content

 

Reeve Films takes option on 'Extras'

 

Katzenberg has mixed hopes for Internet

 

Maresca rockets out of Pittard

 

Prisa profits up amid new investments

 

HBO targets Spears for concert spesh

 

David Hunt

 

Beatty to give SAG prize

 

Frog leaps in demo derby

 

Miramax inks Good pic pact

 

Theater nods name co-hosts

 

Austria sets b'cast overseer

 

Geocast Network Systems shuttering

 

Damon, Affleck pick 'Summer'

 

Mob's northbound

 

Vet managers make new Career moves

 

Warners ups Nelson

 

Intermedia is 'Number One'

 

Bridges turns 'Normal'

 

'Mole' finale lifts ABC out of darkness

 

Doug Hutchinson

 

Peacock pilots Louis-Dreyfus deal

 

Collette has closer look at U's 'Boy'

 

Nexo, New Line ink

 

Kennedy slates Sondheim

 

In-Motion buys global rights to 'Wheels'

 

'Mex' numero uno

 

Reviews

Paul Is Dead

Now or Never

Ryan Adams

Stravinsky Festival

Copacabana

Entertaining Mr. Sloane

Saved

Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure

Luna

Strike Up the Band

Giulio Cesare

Jeff Beck

Nora Roberts' Sanctuary

Dave Frishberg

Some of My Best Friends

Stacey Kent

Bells Are Ringing

High Dive

The Mexican

Mamma Mia!

Unfair Competition

Big Apple

NOFX

Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot

Urban Zulu Mambo

Oprah Winfrey Presents: Amy and Isabelle

The Lone Gunmen

Driving While Black in Beverly Hills

The Sopranos

15 Minutes

The Swamp

Bobbi Boland



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