Table of Contents
Week of 04/23/2001

Articles

UPN sinks teeth into WB's 'Buffy'

 

WGA's contract talks still need steam

 

U picks up Gallic blockbuster 'Wolf'

 

Sony woos Z's Chey

 

Inside Move: Mediaset: Not for sale

 

Inside Move: 'Bowl's' 2-party system

 

Cannes hosts sky-eyed screening

 

Vegas taken by 'Storm'

 

'Mandolin' plays U.K.

 

B'way goes H'wood

 

German officials OK transmission

 

WOWOW catches coin

 

4th down and long for XFL

 

BAFTA/LA fetes Neame

 

Rohm ordered for 'Law'

 

Pacifica on 'Holy' roll

 

Vivendi U, RTL team eyes Cups

 

Murdoch, GM board set to meet

 

Eye a Thursday 'Scene' stealer

 

U.K. under Regency

 

Outback to out of control

 

The art of 'War'

 

Femme vehicles power foreign B.O.

 

USA, vet producer bring Robin Hood to reality

 

Biz braces for FTC update

 

UIS expands its game

 

Bonds bank on legends

 

Online licensing strength unproven

 

Ad biz tunes in to target audience

 

Cannes bows Vietnam pic

 

Pubcaster gets Net Eiffel!

 

Brit Film Council makes appointments

 

A Look Ahead

 

Three new Cannes pics announced

 

Zeta's Asensio dies

 

Miramax B.O. two-fer

 

History plans 'Brothers' doc

 

Manhattan home to 'Enigma'

 

Lucas unit taps Rieders

 

Riznikove, Troy join Absinthe

 

Creative Capers nabs Zimmerman

 

Sunny side up for San Sebastian

 

'Buffy' loss takes a bite out of WB

 

'Angel Exit' tapped for Karlovy fest

 

Beilby shingle goes full Circa

 

U.S. finds Sanctuary

 

It's the Bob & Terry Show: Second season

 

Intertainment sees suit setback

 

Brooks reaps praise in New York

 

AMC to reduce debt via stock sale

 

Correo float is postponed

 

Oaktree nabs Silver Cinemas

 

Pair 'Shoot' for $10 mil

 

Selling exposure

 

Royalties collection still the question

 

Freddy takes on Mann

 

Giving consumers what they want

 

Gov. picks news web

 

Fox News goes sat radio

 

ITV and ONdigital to get hitched

 

Roadshow sells off plexes

 

SLEC steers b'cast rights extension

 

Finding a Viva voice

 

Pay webs fuel Astral results

 

Christine Baranski

 

Thomas Haden Church

 

Producer org asks for Oz ABC probe

 

Jack Noseworthy

 

Lizzy Caplan

 

Ahmanson steers 'Car Man,' 'Aida'

 

'Mnemonic,' 'Proof' lauded

 

Swelling o'seas B.O.

 

Correction

 

Cannes prez pleads for Belgian archive

 

Breach between Big Four, affils

 

A&E to hand over camera

 

Sony taps Allibhoy for interactive TV

 

ET pacts with Be Here for 360 cameras

 

Settlement rumors circle talks

 

Dartigue to end long publicity run

 

Almas stop 'Traffic'

 

Coulter to direct 'Heartbeat'

 

Miramax, 'Three' in pic tryst

 

HBO casts 'Hysterical' net

 

Broadway B.O. unbound

 

Harry Fox taps Pedecine CFO

 

Cruise fits the role at Nick Kids kudos

 

Hindi pix on U agenda

 

FTC sez music biz off-key

 

A Look Ahead

 

'Friends' looks to top 'Seinfeld's' earnings

 

PT Bimantara Citra makes deal with Metro TV

 

U.S.-China tiff almost Shanghais U pic exex

 

NBC, Microsoft sign 10-year pact

 

Angela Bettis, Josh Lucas, Scott Wilson, William Forsythe

 

Telepiu, Stream prep to flow as one

 

U to conquer holidays with 'Grinch'

 

Carsey-Werner has int'l 'Missions'

 

Searchlight shines on 'Bow Wow'

 

Reynolds leaves 'Boomers'

 

Johnson lands 'Booster' shot at Intermedia

 

SAG board scolds 3 members

 

'Seinfeld' reruns tumble in ratings

 

Mouse hires Killeran to pen 'Men'

 

Ruling puts Franchise case on hold

 

Lucas plugs new Sony camera

 

Inside Move: Spacey on union flap

 

Inside Move: Execs fearful of The List

 

'Frasier' showrunners part ways

 

Sony ups Weil to top legal post

 

Olin finds a place in the 'Darkness'

 

AOL TW hires execs for L.A.

 

Valenti war cry

 

Mouse nabs scribe to fix 'Man' script

 

Warners drafts 'Someone'

 

Vivendi U sinks teeth into gains

 

New Line nixes 'Town' meeting

 

Thrush Minogue sets Oz record

 

'Best' rated best in show at laff nods

 

Peacock taking on 'Zero'

 

Close, Whoopi looking at Crystal

 

Peabodys tap director, host

 

Polo-Columbia U fest hands out honors

 

Taormina fest founder Biraghi dies

 

Hallmark ups profile

 

TV2 reups b'cast plan

 

ViaSat to launch soccer PPV

 

SMI comes to Two Way's rescue

 

B.O. up; 'Rent' $1.5 mil

 

Revolution opens Carter's 'Book'

 

Defending their nets

 

France TV arms merge

 

'Weakest' leads to NBC strength

 

NEA's Ivey makes an early exit

 

Amortization kicks Bac

 

Headliner tops news

 

Magic's theaters to promo U discs

 

Disney conjures scribe for 'Witch'

 

History Channel unveils slate

 

Junger 'Fire' set to spark Mechanic

 

Ticketmaster notches narrow loss

 

Firing at Fiorentino

 

MSG Net, Yankees settle

 

Working Title on 'Edge' of 'Jones' sequel

 

Reed takes on Fox's 'Fantastic' project

 

Gordy: Stop! with lawsuits

 

Minimum $ hikes get SAG's maximum effort

 

USA an original player

 

WGA answers force majeure worries

 

Busey, Kirkland say 'Thank You'

 

Stage door politics for Shubert

 

O'seas fare spices up New Haven

 

Scrappy scribes of U.K.

 

Redstone marshals empire for memoir

 

Folk revival

 

Niche nets nibble at Nielsens

 

TV biz smarting

 

SBS changes name of the game

 

Creative content in need of nurture

 

Biz notches big boost

 

'Proof' is in the Pulitzer

 

Nets race for ratings to the wire

 

Noises Off: Thou shalt do it

 

Myriad taps Shiffman

 

Gusinsky faces new charges

 

Strikes, delays leash von Trier

 

Powell expects owner reg to be booted

 

Azteca sales drop

 

BMG, EMI: No rift in merger lute

 

Ed McMahon heads for Times Square

 

IFC moves into 'Chateau'

 

Ailing Brando can't do 'Scary'

 

NBC sez hello to more 'Link'

 

Inside Move: 'Survivor' sweeps spec

 

Wind Dancer maps 'Day' trip

 

Banderas, Miramax high on 'Infidel'

 

'Kairo' a Distant pickup

 

NAB attendance down

 

Downey arrested yet again

 

Italo feevee units merge

 

Shyamalan 'Signs' big Disney deal

 

TBS takes D'Works slate

 

Mouse spinning gold

 

Churning earnings for Viacom

 

'Big' gag order OK'd in Holland

 

Weather net ups exec

 

H'wood's high-priced 'suits'

 

Co-prod'ns aiding rivals

 

CNN, Bandeirantes in deal dispute

 

Fox finds a sleeper hit

 

In on the Asian TV action

 

Catching cable cheats in the Philippines

 

U.S. films trickle into China

 

Peacock strengthens 'Weakest Link'

 

Helkon inks for 51% of Redbus

 

A Look Ahead

 

'Heart' beats for Gotham

 

Silver gets 'Fat' on Thompson pitch

 

Slaviero to ankle Fox distrib in Oz

 

Germany's FME topper resigns

 

Egypt pic biz on rise

 

Zee TV eyes shuffle

 

India TV lands in U.S.

 

UPN is listening to Leykis

 

'Bowl' fills up charity coffers

 

'Shrek' shleps in

 

'Garden' in bloom

 

Cruise fits role at Kids kudos

 

Return to 'Golden Pond'

 

Clock starts for TNN on 'Counting'

 

Gene Thompson

 

Sean Dever

 

Dean K. Craig

 

Sophia Wood Steinberg

 

Newmarket winds up in the 'Poe' house

 

Correction

 

Team players eye library

 

Jimmy Logan

 

UMG to get all of GetMusic netco

 

Fox News, Forbes pact

 

ITV giants target Sky with digital linkup

 

Mark Brokaw

 

Davis' 'Gardener' growing Good

 

VH1 trots out original 'Music'

 

Former exec files suit against SAG

 

Sci Fi blasts off to 'Mars'

 

Senator gets rights to 'Experiment'

 

New rules cut Lion's profit perf

 

Coens find an old friend

 

Diller down on ad arena

 

Comics hear 'Dinner' bell

 

BMI honors well-played Latin tunes

 

Indie pix cash pool drying up

 

Paxson pares down

 

Sonamo pacts for Web

 

'Stripes' and solids

 

'Kristin' busts out in June for NBC

 

Regency TV lifts Levine to sr. VP

 

MM Media changes handle

 

Duo board 'Santa' sleigh

 

Katrina Bronson, Alexandra Dickson

 

Wayne Knight

 

USA's Silver lining

 

Joe raises rating ruckus

 

Big sweeps stakes

 

First time's the charm for Fortnight

 

Deadline may slide for WGA

 

'King's' B'way bow delayed

 

Wise heads Brit Film Commission

 

Brooklyn gala to fete Lynne

 

ASCAP honors Jewison

 

Bland ankles BBC chair

 

'61*' sluggers home in Gotham

 

MultiMedia taps Kananack for sales

 

Intertainment profits down, sales up

 

'Band' now boys of summer

 

'Today' above fray

 

'Seinfeld's' run hurt by sun, switch

 

Irons set loose on 'Ladies' pic

 

Bellflower, W&A founder hang shingle

 

Fox Kids revs 'Medabot' toon

 

Goldcrest Cannes do

 

Slow ad sales compound Sinclair loss

 

Upgrades drain Cox 1st-qtr. purse by 36%

 

Japan b'casters rethink IPOs

 

Cannes sets tribute to Dauman

 

Feevee nets, radio fuel Corus qtr.

 

Music hackers won't publish

 

Russell takes reins at CTHE

 

Redgrave eyes 'Orchard' on B'way

 

Alexandra Koch, Sara Spring

 

All in the family in 'Smoke and Mirrors'

 

Corrections

 

Lorraine B. Good-Samsom

 

Dolf DiBiasio

 

Rachel Karzen, Paul Hecht

 

JoAnne Adams Griffith

 

Martin Leamy

 

Stacey Wechsler, Lauryn Flynn

 

Dave Barrington, Jim Gronfein, Jodi Chisarick

 

2001's glum pic output a sign of the times

 

American Indian fest formed

 

Losses mount for Clear

 

Bensimon tapped in Canada

 

MK2 nabs Chaplin silent catalog

 

Viv U, RTL may nab Cup rights owner ISMM

 

Gary Busey, Sally Kirkland, Christian Campbell, Nicole Eggert

 

Tim Matheson

 

Al Sapienza

 

Nora Zehetner

 

Russell Richardson

 

Alison Pill

 

FCC Dem commish Ness resigns

 

H'w'd's big strike hurt

 

A death blow to the rating system?

 

NBC, cablers pony up for 'Heartbreakers'

 

'Blue' walks beat with Court TV, Turner

 

A Look Ahead

 

Bakula takes a 'Late' shift

 

Mouse laffs with scribe Schneider

 

Kirch Group taking run at NTV

 

Dutch probe exec on insider trading

 

Hit pix cash out Gaul fund

 

Inside Move: 'Roses' won't bloom for Eye

 

Gothamites 'Love, Janis'

 

Epartners scales down

 

Gaumont stung by 'Just Visiting'

 

U.S. pics boost Euro cinema auds

 

Kelly ankles Par co-prexy post

 

Son by Four in tune with Billboard Latin

 

'Driven' laps field; 'Town' drowns

 

Cash Stephen R Becky

 

Romy Lola Caton-Jones

 

Skye Alexandra Wilson

 

Connor David Kaminsky

 

Gianna Rose Pressman

 

Emma Grace Redford

 

Sherman Brooks Sneed

 

Blast for the past

 

'3hree' a thrill for Prince

 

Film school thanks supporters

 

'Tom Sawyer' floats raft into B'way

 

She's just 'Loverly'

 

George Slavin

 

The Peters principal

 

'Lion' restored in time for spring

 

Rivals give watermark a stamp of approval

 

Film fronds at Palm Beach Film Fest

 

Reviews

The Dead Eye Boy

Uncle Bob

Brigadoon

The Glass Menagerie

Selena, A Musical Celebration of Life

Minibar

Toadies

Evan Dando/Jon Brion

Arturo Sandoval; David Sanchez

Crane, Mississippi

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

The Radiators

Anne Phillips

The Gathering

The Old Settler

Amelie

Kimberly Akimbo

U2

Fame: The Musical

61*

Hal Willner's Harry Smith Project

3hree

Town & Country

The Tragedy of Hamlet

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

John Mayall's Bluesbreakers

The Forsaken

Ever Since The World Ended

Who Is Bernard Tapie?

The Pages of My Diary I'd Rather Not Read

Revolution #9

In the Garden

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Jerusalem

A Silent Siren Song: The Aitken Brothers' Hollywood Odyssey, 1905-1926

Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan

My Little Devil

Face to Face

Blue Diner

The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein

Ed Gein

Real Mccoy

The Uncles

Cookers

Queen Of The Whole Wide World

The Hotel Upstairs

Karaoke Fever

A House on a Hill

90 Miles

The Devil's Backbone

In the Bathtub of the World