Table of Contents
Week of 04/09/2001

Articles

Rumpus buys kids site

 

Seri wins suit over 'Yamakasi'

 

Expand net income jumps 31%

 

Civilian posts $2.3 mil loss

 

Regional bills spark SAG ire

 

Garcia to produce 2nd telepic

 

Studios USA lifts Dellin to senior VP

 

Lohman to bloom in 'Oleander'

 

Showtime pays for 'Sex' foreplay

 

Court stays FCC's ruling on Viacom

 

Fox reachs 'NYPD' deal

 

Holly Hunter

 

Zooey Deschanel

 

Jonathan Jackson

 

Angus MacFadyen

 

Expert Comedy Central feting

 

Stern warnings for foul mouths

 

Revolution ties up novel

 

McCall segues to CTTV, Brad Grey

 

Bush naming names in D.C.

 

Telco selloff ends July 1

 

Peacock buys up, unplugs Net portal

 

Kids reign as 'Spy' spanks 'Spider'

 

Manheim inks with Pandemonium

 

Consolidation drives StudioCanal profits

 

FCC wants info on News Corp. merger

 

WildTangent coin streaming in

 

Lowe jumps Macquarie ship

 

Red Heart collapses

 

Digital Domain bows ad, Net prod'n arm

 

'Neurotic,' 'Brooklyn' find stars

 

NBC reloads 'Shoot'

 

U eyes 'D'Artagnan' rights

 

Agents blast SAG

 

A visit with the other Prince Charles

 

Fox lifts Gray to ad, Web VP

 

U inks Brit video on demand pact

 

'Eco-Challenge' gives USA a rush

 

Al Thompson

 

Terence Stamp

 

Drescher book tag: $1 mil

 

AMPAS apologizes to sound group

 

'Traffic' blitzes competish

 

ABC serves docudrama 'Billie'

 

LL,Pinkett Smith, Braxton fete 'Kingdom'

 

UCLA taps lenser Cundey

 

B'way ponders market madness

 

'Dundee' down under

 

Bullock cops a little pageantry

 

London calls Willis, Rifkin

 

DVD copy safeguard needs backup

 

A Look Ahead

 

Garbo, screen siren, 84

 

Automakers to lap up stake in Formula One

 

'Copter' rises to NYU nod

 

DoubleTake fest set for May

 

Bertelsmann weds CDNow, music clubs

 

Eugene Price

 

Imax underground with billboard deal

 

Tooning out on deal

 

Sinclair expecting higher b'cast revs

 

Study set by Riordan on strikes

 

New chapter begins on Star Trek series

 

TVT award may be wrong

 

David Graf

 

WWF specs top first qtr. pay-per-view

 

SAG's tenpercenter solution: More time

 

Diller nabs first bonus in two years: $1.7 mil

 

Joseph Leon

 

Bush puts $200 mil price on analog TV spectrum

 

CBS sues Fox over 'Boot'

 

Col TriStar Italia revs up

 

Musicians union blue over 'Janis'

 

Sabrina Silverberg

 

David Massey, Kevin Ridgely

 

Jordan Sollitto

 

John C. Schwartz

 

Adeline Cassin

 

Icebox defrosted

 

Capshaw, Cecil, ABC on same 'Page'

 

AOL TW pushes pix tix via interactive TV ads

 

Schimmel returns to Fox

 

Jacobi leaves Sony for law firm

 

Larry Tucker

 

SAG prexy backs waivers

 

B'Way sees daylight dip

 

Sogecable teams with soccer club

 

Pax TV to get Post news

 

A Look Ahead

 

O'seas meal ticket

 

Fininvest's offshore shell game

 

Galaxy rethinking feevee biz

 

Local hit pix fuel rise in French B.O.

 

Vivendi U, News talk merger

 

AT&T to trim shares in Cablevision

 

EU's digital antipiracy bill clears

 

Arthur Cantor

 

'Law' loses another

 

New Line sparks to Sparling novel

 

Alissa Alban

 

Laff net sets 'Ab Fab' return

 

Napster sez it's in tune with court

 

AOL TW taps Marcus sr. VP

 

Turner expects answer on NTV stake

 

Jeff Hargleroad

 

J. William Reardin

 

John R. Kelly

 

James Hohman

 

Inside Move: Varney subs for Dobbs

 

Cannes picks InternetStudio.com

 

Panasonic to collaborate with studios

 

WB ups Carson to sr. veep

 

Lifetime spins sitcom

 

WGA restarts talks

 

Zaillian has 'Endurance' to rewrite Petersen pic

 

Bonding with 'Defiance'

 

Miramax inks 'Pinero' rights

 

Urbanworld fest accepting submissions

 

Guilds play 'beat the clock'

 

Inside Move: Czech talent pull

 

AOL TW shakes up cable jukebox

 

Inside Move: New wind in sale

 

Inside Move: Child's play

 

U.S. auds embrace Iranian pic wave

 

Biz catty around Roth's dog

 

Noises Off: 'Pilgrims' progress

 

Hoops get assist from 'Survivor'

 

German indies band together on pic sales

 

Older auds, women grow 'Tulips'

 

New world order at Mip

 

Sino of the times

 

EchoStar beams in on tyro satcaster

 

Smackdown family style

 

'Producers' hits 975g

 

TV writers sound off

 

Pax hits Nielsen high note

 

'Room' rules rome

 

Strategic cutback for ONdigital

 

Disney Channel serves local flavor in Brazil

 

MTV pacts on Web games

 

Miami tunes up Latin music confab, kudos

 

Swiss Cablecom bows digital feevee biz

 

Cablevision hooks pirates for $29 mil

 

Miramax's most costly film wraps in Rome

 

AOL TW to sell $3 bil in bonds

 

Advanced Medien revenues drop

 

Bornstein migrates to Alphabet

 

Helmer Levy counts tyro scripter's 'Cash'

 

Ralf Moeller

 

Sascha Knopf

 

NBC to boycott NAB meet

 

Fox books 'Mad TV' through 2003

 

'Darkness' shines light on Paquin

 

Patrick Fitzgerald

 

Inside Move: 'Link' bow times three

 

Shoshana Abrass

 

Eileen O'Neill

 

Actors mark May 10 for contract talks

 

French pix flavor Palm Beach fest

 

Easy payday for Brando

 

McNaughton to helm 'Night' for Mandalay

 

U makes Weisz choice as 'Boy's' love interest

 

Letter to the Editor: Cameron Crowe

 

Fox hoots at 'Boot' suit

 

Sophia Eva Pietra Meloni

 

'Visit' to visit Chi, B'Way may follow

 

A Look Ahead

 

N.Y. biz upbeat about strikes

 

'Blow' a go during hoops

 

Humana plays tackle art, Elian

 

Biz slides; 'Aida' 667g

 

Church swings door at top censor post

 

Swedish distrib Svensk snubs new AMC multiplex

 

Politics molds Diagonale

 

ATA, SAG soap opera continues

 

'Congeniality' stars in soft sesh

 

Rivals pact in new world

 

'Outback' leads CBS' triple play

 

Corrections

 

ABC sandwiches promo

 

Fortissimo sets global 'Time' sales

 

Viv U's Messier sees diversity as goal

 

U.S. remake mulled by Norwegian helmer

 

Logging on for tix

 

TVN snares Action PPV amid expansion plans

 

Cabler Charter, Univision ink pact

 

Dobbs back on CNN's 'Moneyline'

 

Warners ups Corbett to promo veep

 

U Music puts Hack in Paris

 

Ralph Fiennes

 

Brendan Gleeson

 

Sasha Alexander

 

Kerry Washington

 

Jacinda Barrett

 

'Fight Club' author books pair of deals

 

Lifetime sets digital net, ups program spending

 

Product placement huddle to include TV

 

Disney rolls on 'Wheels'

 

'Shinobi' a Miracle worker

 

2 reap parenting roles

 

Timothy A. Yokote

 

Gary Holland

 

Dan Renaldo

 

WGAW sets up strike fund

 

Viv U's overhaul in Gaul

 

Lions Gate buys dicey 'O'-thello'

 

Judge sez Napster's moving too slowly

 

'Lord' runs rings 'round Web

 

Ward will lawyer up for Henson's 'Sun'

 

Max Joseph Gaynes

 

Interscope sets release of 'Rouge' soundtrack

 

ABC taps Renaldo finance VP

 

John loses tour suit

 

Berlin's boxing day

 

'Startup' to launch doc fest

 

Telepiu eyes prisoners as subs

 

Encore reups with Shanghai

 

Gallic TV producers seek higher quotas

 

Cash-strapped Nordic pic fest off

 

Kleveland in new post

 

'Bicycle' rides Cairo

 

AT&T's disconnect

 

Turner working deal for 30% stake in NTV

 

Televisa cuts budget due to U.S. economy

 

McGuirk sports new Turner title

 

Medienfonds sets pic coin

 

Archer aims for 'Road'

 

Brady takes Malone on 'Lifer's Picnic'

 

Exex reach new stage at Disney Theatrical

 

Fortune: Mouse biggest cheese in biz

 

'Music' rocks to chart top

 

Tierney, Donovan develop 'Insomnia'

 

'Princesa' crowned

 

Wyle catches 'Oleander' scent

 

Landscape fills with pics

 

Marks is Marathon man

 

Lumet, Vidal's 'Court' gets A&E thumbs up

 

'Italy' tops deal

 

'Lucy' woos two thesps

 

Vanzant talker finds a home

 

CNN exec Evans to retire

 

ABC shifts 'Guys' to Wed.

 

'Mills Lane' knocked out

 

Sanchez anchors at MSNBC

 

DNA bonds with Diplomatic Web

 

'Beauty' gets big makeover

 

Lions Gate's 'Psycho II' a go

 

Zekeil Jarek Parkes

 

Anderson gets Wired

 

Nicole Powers and Lee Gorman

 

Boyle turns back hands of 'Tock' clock

 

'Boot' kicks 'Joan'

 

'Bush' protects Heston, & vice versa

 

Exhibs sweat as pols turn up the heat

 

WB picks up the 'Check'

 

Epic taps Ganbarg senior veep, A&R

 

News gets OK on Chris-Craft purchase

 

Blockbuster awards night

 

Angels Fest comes out with 'Closet'

 

Gallic giant feels Le Squeeze

 

USA revs up reality specs

 

Correction

 

WB taps McGuire senior VP

 

H'w'd's pens hope for a deal

 

April 8 Nielsen results delayed

 

SAG doubts AFTRA's pledge of strike coin

 

Strike fears prompt agency budget cuts

 

Roar in 'Pussycats' preem

 

'MNF' won't get flexible sked

 

Fox, Marvel file 'X' suits

 

CBS, TNT want, get 'Women'

 

CBS' space cowgirls

 

Japan spurs union of TV, 'Net

 

Rogers' revs up

 

Kermit Smith

 

Oscars, hoops boost syndie mags

 

Paramount to back WFP

 

Inside Move: Ads too much sizzle

 

Canadian TV Fund taps Toth

 

Peacock slowdown

 

Comerica knew nothing about Mary

 

Little strike relief seen in ancillary coin

 

Theater's 'J' link

 

Paul Corley

 

Fabian Vazquez, Adela Pinzon, Karina Castellano

 

Paul Stuart

 

Crown buys 700 Hallmark titles

 

Reviews

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones

Olu Dara

Guided by Voices

The Gambler

Animals and Plants

Joe Dirt

Kingdom Come

Beat for Sparrows

The Good Thief

St. Matthew Passion

Crocodile Dundee In Los Angeles

Dodo

When Billie Beat Bobby

John Pizzarelli Trio; Bucky Pizzarelli; Jessica Molaskey

Bells Are Ringing

Don Pasquale

Monster Magnet

De L'Amour

Honolulu Baby

Day Off

Holiday

All You Need

Blindguys

Abandoned

Anarchists

I Love Budapest

Last Supper at the Arabian Grey Horse

Passport

Daydream Believer

The Miraculous Mandarin

House of Angels

Nexxt: Frau Plastic Chicken Show

Fairy Hill

Moscow Square

Letter to America

The Glass Tiger

Shocking Truth

Up Syndrome

Tell Me A Story, Fifty Years and '60 Minutes' in Television

In The Name of Justice, The Television Reporting of John Pilger

The Perfect Pie

Boston Marriage

The Servant

Dream Car

A Bizarre Romance: Rural Decameron

Close To Home

Looking for Normal

Freddy Got Fingered

Weakest Link

Cahoots

Troilus and Cressida


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