Table of Contents
Week of 04/02/2001

Articles

Robinson gets Brainstorm

 

Mexico filmmakers cheer amendment

 

Italo webs Mediaset

 

Canucks pump pics

 

Shnorff's snuffed

 

Viacom to bring 'Wars' stateside

 

Austria's Rosenhugel site grows

 

Italy's FBC TV taps Morrison

 

India toons in 24 hrs.

 

'Music' tunes in coin

 

Pittard Sullivan shuts doors

 

DGA Kramer tribute held

 

NATPE floor loses Warner

 

'Cast' sails to vidstores

 

Power punching

 

Arbitron faces tuneout of Clear Channel deals

 

Reality hot, traditional docs cool at Mip mart

 

Stars shine at MIP

 

Rodionoff is Artisan's 'Man'

 

Coburn to shoot 'Gun'

 

Nat'l Geo hits Spain

 

Eye's sore 'Apple' falls from Thurs.

 

FCC wants Viacom cap to stick

 

Napster debate to D.C.

 

20th TV Distrib gets Reel with online tool

 

NeTune, IBM to upgrade ShowRunner

 

Mixed gets new CFO, product marketing VP

 

Teuton TV spotlight draws crowd

 

Travel coin angers SAG as outlay hits $700K

 

SAG to hold info hearings

 

Bullock's congenial as pic scores o'seas

 

'Van' in working order

 

'Blow' breezes in

 

'Clubland' hits the town

 

Dimension seeks 'Guest'

 

Williamstown sets summer fest sked

 

French-U.S. fest opens in April

 

'Spy' steals B.O. kitty

 

CBC tunes up 'Jeeves' for tube

 

Bird's 'Care' takes Celtic fest honor

 

Canuck kidvidder Cinar reveals 2000 figures

 

Liberty Media posts $1.49 bil net in '00

 

Rainbow shares rise on first trading day

 

CNBC puts Cramer in 'Box'

 

Par to quiet its troubled 'Dr. Laura'

 

Sandrew opens plex in Finland

 

Bad 'Apple' doesn't spoil Eye's Thurs. win

 

UPN taps Lowry

 

U, Nick pact for branded park rides

 

Von Ancken toes Propaganda's 'Line'

 

Bravo takes a bow

 

SAG top exec could see 300K payday

 

TW lobby in AOL hands

 

AFI fest seeks entries

 

'Tomcats' revs up

 

Scribe set to take wing on 'Superfly'

 

Bertinelli wings to CBS' 'Angel'

 

WB: Judd purr-fect as 'Cat'

 

SAG tries to calm strike fears

 

DirecTV deal off, says Hughes CEO

 

New Line takes 'Solace' in deal with duo

 

Rick Spalla

 

Michael Valle

 

Tom Carroll

 

Elena Del Rubio

 

Jackie Kahane

 

Oscar yawns o'seas

 

Mouse buys toons

 

Mini 'Napoleon' to roll

 

Peppermint taps rights

 

BBC, Pearson prolific in early dealmaking

 

FCC to mull easing weblet owner regs

 

EM.TV sells 24.5% SLEC stake to Kirch

 

3 music titans pact with RealNetworks

 

Cable exex crowing

 

Cathy Moriarty

 

Laura Prepon

 

George S. Clinton

 

Disney swoops on laffer

 

Crusader has Charles biopic on its mind

 

Corrections

 

Goldwyn in talks for 'Walk'

 

D'Works loads 'Shotgun'

 

Fandom logs off Web amid market slowdown

 

Napster parodied with Nofreelunchster site

 

Kudos center stage

 

'Ed' star aims for 'Bang'

 

'Rugrats' scribe on sequel

 

Revolution's pickup puts it 'In the Pink'

 

Senate passes reform bill slashing cost of pol ads

 

Thesps log on to ABC dot-com pilot

 

'Sun' rises in deal's dawn

 

Haber takes helm at Trio

 

Field day: New label, Web post

 

Lopez ditches Kahlo project for Scott pic

 

Carey flies over to Virgin

 

Searchlight goes 'Underground'

 

Arab satcaster sues over E! expansion

 

Woessner takes on pix

 

Dyke stake kicks storm

 

Media-Most morass

 

BBC sez Yes to Net based VOD channel

 

Star taps Wu sr. VP of Chinese development

 

Flap over Indian censorship

 

WMA's Zifkin committed to settling Holocaust case

 

Oxygen breathes easier

 

Richard Stone Memorial

 

Mentor Huebner

 

Gary Herman

 

Wayne Jay Shilkret

 

Lancelot Victor Pinard

 

Novela arrangement

 

Twentieth Intl. ups o'seas sales staff

 

Pair ink co-prod pact

 

U.S. contingent goes worldwide at Mip

 

Real estate trust comes under fire

 

Tasca says France will alter 49% rule

 

A Look Ahead

 

Turell goes to Atlanta

 

History web will mount 'Fire' docu

 

Julie Walters

 

Steve Marmel

 

Refocusing Cannes

 

Brill, Powerful Media unveil the Inside info

 

A weekend of back-slapping for ex-prexys

 

Ex-BET host Smiley eyes 'Primetime' gig

 

RTL set to enter U.S. indie pic market

 

New Line taps Alterman

 

CBS goes for Gantz verite 'Love Stories'

 

'Producers,' 'Sawyer' spark B'way B.O.

 

TF1 inks deal for Nick shows

 

Euro b'casters to fly with pigeon kidvid

 

Fest to fete Eastwood, Channing

 

Eichinger to ankle Constantin position

 

Twentieth TV's 'Justice' strong in regional rollout

 

French gov't privatizing SFP

 

French fest fetes femme films

 

A Look Ahead

 

Merger talk hits confab

 

Cable acquisitions still in Viacom plans

 

Powell airs FCC approach

 

U music filling in Web dance card

 

The ol' 'College' try; bidders take a 'Shot'

 

Hookey to head SAG Hollywood office

 

Silverman adopts Eye's 'Baby'

 

Pic-picking process revised in Cannes plan

 

Fox takes risk on the Riviera

 

'Potter' campaign hits home in U.K.

 

Leaky pipes

 

New U park shows yen for global mart

 

'Gladiator' marches to theaters

 

'Traffic' bumps best; Bullock bright

 

'Wog Boy' hopes sales banner helps pix travel

 

'Gladiator' reaps Oscar spoils

 

Online tix to debut in Oz

 

B.O. even; 'Civil War' 743g

 

Pirates wreck Star's license bid

 

Politicians back skein despite row

 

Reaping Golden Harvest

 

Lawrence M. Lansburgh

 

A quality Alliance

 

TF1 enters new area with 'Shannon' rights

 

Swiss TV fest bows writers workshop

 

Loonland, Mouse pact

 

Teuton TV market sets dates

 

Bavaria inks co-prod

 

Starline spins minis

 

Bank takes stake in BRB

 

Fox gives key demo the 'Boot'

 

Helkon, Splendid post gains

 

Advanced ups Red Cliff stake

 

R&C expands Tardio duties

 

Vivendi said to circle ISMM group for stake

 

Lifetime celebrates ratings win

 

SAG man wants H'wood presence, blasts delay

 

Walken is walkin' to 'Bears'

 

Tribune runs with 'Walk'

 

'Damnation' bound

 

Natasha Lyonne

 

Illeana Douglas

 

Katee Sackhoff

 

Valarie Rae Miller

 

Fear of strikes spikes L.A. prod'n

 

Miami to host second year of Latin Grammys

 

Pic clip does the talking

 

Levin maps out Dream deal

 

'Ryan' scribe inks a murderous deal

 

TNT conquers 'Julius Caesar'

 

Jones has a 'Ball' with musical

 

Kirch eyes Russian web

 

Blanchette, Miller rep Aussie film org

 

Slovenian fest's 'Sweet' rewards

 

Danish kidvid topper tapped

 

John Dunkel

 

Tambi Larsen

 

Utaemon Nakamura VI

 

Piotr Sobocinski

 

A Look Ahead

 

'Visiting' team steps up to bat

 

Spotlight's on spats in divided SAG

 

Say It Ain't So, Joe

 

Out of the dust bin

 

Unlucky 'Thirteen'?

 

Correction

 

Foreign exchange flattens H'wood

 

No pop in zit pix

 

Cecchi-mate: Alatan to buy pix for Medusa

 

'Monty' feat proves tough to bottle

 

Spring planting for fall harvest

 

Oscarcast gets meek aud marks

 

Fresh delay for DirecTV getting Globo

 

Big boys back cable ad plea

 

Biz keeps climbing

 

Dish: Lion woos scribes for actioner

 

Kathleen Shepherd

 

Junior hits Russia

 

Kirch Group's Mojto gets in licks at Beta Brunch

 

Senator sees rise in revs

 

NCAA hoops telecast on the rebound

 

'O'Reilly' boosts Fox news

 

'Beyondo' bonding

 

'Sisters' team, NBC ink three-year pact

 

Peacock finishes 'First'

 

Gazprom-Media ousts Gusinsky from NTV

 

Theater's Epstein grows celluloid arm

 

Showtime takes short step

 

Phoenix books scribe for a 'Vacation' adaptation

 

Correction

 

Scott Glenn, Tom Berenger

 

Brendan Fehr

 

Brad Rowe

 

Warners' 'Mexican' tops March B.O. siesta

 

D.C. song & dance

 

Online olive branch

 

Miramax tuning 'Chicago'

 

Reality shows global impact

 

'Proof,' 'Jitney,' 'Man' lead Lortel noms

 

'Torrente 2' unleashes at Spain's B.O.

 

Granada, JP Kids play together in tube pact

 

Babelsberg on fund hunt to up pic prod'n

 

Maggie Crum

 

'Rent' duo bringing 'Boheme' to B'way

 

Le big top hits jersey

 

Seattle reels in Brook's 'Hamlet'

 

'Monty' trio survives trauma of success

 

Sponsors' message is medium

 

Joe sixpack

 

Pinter to hit boards in retro

 

MediaCorp makes more millionaires

 

Reality checks in

 

Wall to Wall builds 'Egyptian' series

 

Granada on the Fence

 

Nat'l Geo, BBC travel

 

Gauls up TV spending

 

EchoStar circles stake in S. Korea sat

 

Depardieus to star in 'Honor'

 

MGM roars in New Zealand with digital movie channel

 

'Wave' duo pilot cable; Wang's 'Pretty' deal

 

Turner bids to buy Gusinsky's NTV stock

 

A public offering

 

ABC's 'Joan' arcs upward

 

HBO throws out first pitch to White House

 

Arnold nabs 'Night Stalker'

 

Miller on the move at Hyperion

 

Litvack re-inks with WB

 

Pic pair packs Union label

 

AMG takes Ruff ride with label

 

Meyer's pic 'Spoils' on track with Corsan

 

'Mole' uncovered

 

Par serves up tennis comedy

 

Fox ties down 'Titus' for 2nd season

 

New caucus offers support to pubcasters

 

MTVi, RioPort, big 5 pact for downloads

 

Inside Move: Telepiu, Stream eye merger

 

Inside Move: 'Bush' posts dueling ads

 

Walter cooking up Emeril role

 

B'way's 'Music' gets a new man

 

U.K.'s Channel 4 earns its Wings

 

Soap bubbling up for Disney

 

New WNBC numbers

 

Messier brings defamation suit

 

Italo TV auds ride on 'Titanic' wave

 

GMTV picks Corley

 

CanWest gets delay

 

Ott ankles Teuton's Senator

 

Mouse sells soap 'Sister' To Televisa, Azul

 

Rampling tapped to launch Cannes

 

Fund-raiser courts showbiz exex

 

'Spider' spins H'w'd

 

Constantin ups Innovum stake

 

A Look Ahead

 

ABC staying put at NAB

 

Duo delivers docus deal

 

WWF pins pact in Oz

 

France 2 sees 'STARS'

 

Disney int'l buys U.K. series

 

Lions Gate super sale

 

Bertelsmann mulls IPO after EMI merger closes

 

Endemol gets Brighter

 

Reed Midem topper readies replacement

 

Specter hectors cablers

 

Vets to market digital cable nets

 

Resurrected Shakur tops album charts with 'Until'

 

Scribe tickles Mouse

 

Warners puts 'Trust' in Zeta-Jones, scribe George

 

'Firespill' ignites a $70 mil thriller plan

 

Latin Grammys pack bags for Miami trek

 

Inside Move: Hanson does 'Bunny' hop

 

Inside Move: Spidey caught without suits

 

Eye packs bags, exits b'cast org

 

Hagen, Pierce 'Dance' at Geffen

 

Economy could be strike exit strategy

 

'Josie's' cats pluck 'Flowers'

 

Apollo lands new leadership

 

A big development

 

Merger is likely for Vivendi spinoff

 

Imax pic goes global

 

India eyes digital TV

 

'Jones's' N.Y. date

 

Joey! Lance! Justin! Sigh!

 

Viva sees Teuton tune-up

 

Is anybody left?

 

France 3 acquires TV rights to U pix

 

Fox Kids nabs series

 

Carrey takes Darabont's breath away

 

DeAngelis adds mini 'Renzo'

 

Italo pubcaster RAI taps Leone

 

TiVo cuts expenses, axes staff

 

Real estate of affairs for dot-coms

 

Nippon homes in on Mona

 

Dylan Michael Edmonds

 

Samantha Pastel Hagar

 

Murdoch restates strength of Sky without U.S. sat

 

EMusic spins deal

 

Ardant trills Callas role

 

TNN skeds 'Baywatch'

 

U Music/Sony sing online with Yahoo!

 

Mouse House driving Karz to 2-yr deal

 

Launch Media tuning a profit

 

Stoltz, LaPaglia in mix at 'Happy Hour'

 

Inside Move: 'Freddie' got stolen

 

'Angel' flies to Spyglass

 

WGA denies deal rumors

 

SAG waivers still pending

 

Verizon dialing studios to deal for VOD

 

Big Canuck bucks for Bedford Falls

 

Strouse enters Castle to pen 'Macabre'

 

Automakers repeat Formula One threat

 

NBC cooks up Walter role

 

Kudlow nabs regular CNBC gigs

 

'Today' leads ayem derby

 

U, Videonet ink on U.K. VOD

 

Fox clicks Gray to VP

 

'Bush!' bow parks on top

 

S. African Film fest goes digital

 

QVC back on the air in Japan

 

Slovakian fest deadline Monday

 

Peacock reignites 'Just Shoot Me'

 

Saban, SIC reup pact

 

RAI Trade adds 'Gina'

 

'Sherwood' expands

 

Euros rule at Mip TV

 

Holland sets first Polish projects in 20 years

 

'Temptation' attracts Channel 4

 

Overseas online exchange

 

How to win a film deal, online

 

Planeta sets kiddie bow

 

Arianna Manuelle Reid

 

Telepiu, Stream mull merger, costs

 

Tele Munchen revs hit $194 mil on record sales

 

Pflug upped at Artisan

 

False advertising & fan site trickery

 

Pittard to replenish overdue 401(k) plans

 

USA scores 'Blow'

 

NBC drops '3rd Rock' from orbit

 

Studios USA inks Corbin

 

Michele catches 'Plague'

 

Thesp's Fisher pic hooks greenlight at Searchlight

 

Script departure

 

Channing gets into 'Life'

 

'Kids,' 'Camp' play well

 

IEG banks on 'Trust'

 

Fugit planted in 'Oleander'

 

Hidden Oaks inks Big deal

 

Indies want piece of digital action

 

Acad Nicholl Fellowship calls for entries by May 1

 

CTV opts out of license renewal

 

Italo Cinecitta Digital taps new director

 

Macleod's for U.K. b'band

 

Reviews

No Niggers, No Jews, No Dogs

MAC Awards 2001

Question Mark and the Mysterians

A Tale of Two Cities

Matchbox Twenty; Everclear

Up Against the Wind

'N Sync: Bigger Than Live

Naked States

The Oresteia

Belphegor: Phantom of the Louvre

Der Rosenkavalier

Passion Play

What's Your 20

Intel's Pocket Concert

Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix

Follies

Basic Training

All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live! Presented by Certs

Just Visiting

Brigham City

Moreno + 2

Oxygen

Pokemon 3 the Movie: Spell of the Unown

Spirit

Time After Time: The Chet Baker Project

The 3hree Musketeers

My First Movie: Twenty Celebrated Directors Talk About Their First Film

The Walls

Lulu

Stoned

Fading Light

From The Queen To The Chief Executive

Chop Suey

Edge of Night

Bunjee Jumping of Their Own

The Salesman

All The Knowledge In The World

Morning

The Tunnel

Facing the Forest

The Towering Montparnasse Inferno

Coffee & Language

Secrets of Silicon Valley

Rocky

Josie and the Pussycats

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Brooklyn North Homicide Squad

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Ani DiFranco


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