Table of Contents
Week of 05/14/2001

Articles

'CQ' raises curtain

 

Visual wizardry

 

Whomp 'There' it is

 

'Emeril' laffer rising on Pax?

 

Iceland seeks cold, hard cash

 

Russell takes 'Fall' with Poe amalgam

 

15 helmers to hit the Road with shorts

 

Myriad, Tapestry sign five-year deal

 

Querejeta inks 'February' pact, readies 2 features

 

Mirovision opens Korean niche

 

Jour de Fete acquires rights to 'Eden'

 

Col TriStar to 'Lockdown' worldwide rights

 

C&W picks up Digital Island

 

IFC surfs with Next Wave pic

 

Creative trio added to 'Pinocchio'

 

Pretty shingle inks first-look deal

 

Green RSVPs for 'Party'

 

New Line winds up 'Watch'

 

Donners shoot for Winchester

 

'Talk' stars will cross borders for Almodovar

 

$30 million 'Adventurer' venture

 

Sogecine ramps up co-production plans

 

Everybody gets up for 'Down'

 

New Line 'Rings' in pic campaign

 

Dick Clark Prods. profits dip

 

Iwerks stanches red ink

 

UA chain links coin

 

AT&T: FCC has wrong caps number

 

Japan's CSN1 to air Cannes kudos

 

'Flower' part of Taper's bouquet

 

ABC gets better with 'Practice'

 

Sun shrinks 'Mummy'

 

'Blue' in '20/20' slot as newsmags retreat

 

Telemundo adds ayem novelas

 

Point made by Roberts

 

Hallmark Ent. seeks Teuton coin for slate

 

Gabriel tuns up 'Rabbit'

 

O'Neal's leukemia, Boomtown and Shirley Temple

 

Murdoch plays down DirecTV tie

 

'Late Night' team digs 'Soul'

 

VH1 digital domain

 

Berlusconi elected

 

Murdoch's Shine glows with 3i coin

 

Pumped-up Italy invades Cannes with full slate

 

Silvio wins, Vittorio out

 

Pearson TV N.A. taps exec VP

 

SAG goes star-lite

 

Grisham pens comeback

 

'Link,' laffs in NBC sked

 

Greenlights start shining at Eye, Fox

 

ABC, PBS most creative at Emmys

 

Tony nominations give B'way B.O. lift

 

'Nocturne' shines at Norton Awards

 

Touring trophies for 'Ragtime,' 'Edna'

 

Inside Move: Wells glad to get back to work

 

Inside Move: WB wants to share with TNT

 

Arista marketing pair get VP stripes

 

Gemstar TV Guide thrown for loss

 

Galaxy sat prexy quits amid turbulence

 

Blackwatch to shutter after bankruptcy

 

Jones takes a First Look

 

Tokyo Films' 'Merdeka' trimmed

 

Digital boosts Adelphia's qtr.

 

Canal blocked on PPV

 

Teuton ZDF elevates Teubner

 

EU seeks players' audiovisual advice

 

Argos, Telmex pact for zoom.tv

 

Pakistani net blasted for doc

 

Sports confab hits home run

 

Hartford's 'Menagerie' to park at Harvard

 

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

 

America's Sweethearts

 

Sidewalks of New York

 

Planet of the Apes

 

The Deep End

 

Original Sin

 

The Princess Diaries

 

Rat Race

 

Rush Hour 2

 

Osmosis Jones

 

American Pie II

 

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion

 

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

 

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

 

American Outlaws

 

Rollerball

 

Ghosts of Mars

 

Soul Survivors

 

Summer Catch

 

Knockaround Guys

 

Jeepers Creepers

 

All That Glitters

 

The Bubble Boy

 

Adding adventure to Disney toon

 

Even Chan needs help sometimes

 

Swooping, scary shots for 'Park'

 

Bringing future, past looks to life

 

The Mummy Returns

 

About Adam

 

A Knight's Tale

 

Brother

 

Cannes buyer ire: pre-sales pre-sold

 

Moulin Rouge

 

Shrek

 

Angel Eyes

 

Pearl Harbor

 

The Animal

 

What's the Worst That Could Happen?

 

Evolution

 

The Anniversary Party

 

Swordfish

 

Tomb Raider

 

Atlantis

 

The Fast and The Furious

 

Dr. Dolittle 2

 

Baby Boy

 

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

 

Scary Movie 2

 

Cats & Dogs

 

Kiss of the Dragon

 

The Score

 

Legally Blonde

 

Attack of the mummies, apes, robots and flyboys of summer

 

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

 

Made

 

Jurassic Park III

 

crazy/beautiful

 

Summer Movie Trivia

 

Lions Gate reps rights to 'Psycho' sequel

 

Cannes Market participants up

 

Berlin fest appoints special coordinator

 

Producer Magan launches Dolores Pictures

 

Starline to give pix an int'l spin

 

Brit fund flips film trio coin

 

Manifest, Sky find 'Purpose'

 

'Ginostra' makes o'seas sales

 

Crusader digs Pitt book rights

 

Duddy debut sees 'Daylight'

 

Lee takes 'Last Ride' with Gravity

 

Catch picks 'Runt' of the litter

 

MK2 sells Haneke's 'Piano'

 

Cameron Taylor Jackson

 

Bertelsmann downsizes online business

 

UPC posts $489 million quarterly loss

 

WMA indie unit lands coin for 'Crime'

 

Intermedia pulls Trigger

 

Korean toon 'Sky' draws Samsung coin

 

Banner day for Amin

 

Van Sant hunting 'Jerry'

 

Balanced Peacock tops week

 

Bertelsmann's capital plan

 

UPC stumbles despite sales

 

Rev boost narrows Cinemark loss

 

TV purchase puts Young at a loss

 

Curtis tuning up for 'Hot' tour

 

Sony consoles AOL

 

Good sports

 

To live longer, forget the gym, try Oscar

 

On equal ground

 

'Driven' to the finish

 

Busting down the door

 

Bigscreen sporting scenes

 

Golf, tennis, yachting complement awards

 

Big names do global good for Laureus

 

By land or sea, men make mark

 

Millennial wonder women

 

New talent unafraid, already accomplished

 

Old hands reach new heights

 

Clubs win repeat trips to the top

 

Shelton's sporting life

 

Sport for Good plays across the globe

 

Laureus World Sports Awards event agenda

 

Smith laces up for 'Ali'

 

Le Carre on an indie trip

 

Olbermann quits three Fox Sports gigs

 

Motion Picture Bond exec exits

 

Silvio likely to keep Mediaset

 

Play nice, Gaul's M6 tells 'Loft' contestants

 

Downey finale lifts 'Ally'

 

Brad Renfro

 

Nick Stahl

 

Brad Garrett

 

David Krumholtz

 

Castle Rock will protect 'Defend'

 

Dimension catches 'Popped' pitch

 

Disney told to stop trashing 'Pooh' papers

 

Kalvert to get 'Filthy'

 

Panelists tackle global showbiz

 

Who wants to be a producer?

 

Kevin Lygo

 

Juan Villalonga

 

Film Roman draws profit

 

Dewy Ip

 

MTV Animation clicks Web ideas

 

Rainer Siek, Patrick Elmendorff

 

Launch nabs funds amid cutbacks

 

Advocates urge review of AOL pact

 

Fox lifts lawyer Calfas

 

Terry Ryan

 

A Web-spun TV skein

 

Donald Anthony Reed

 

Peggy Bernier Wilson

 

James Myers

 

CBS SportsLine reboots MVP for e-commerce

 

Brilliant revs up 109%

 

Napster enlists volunteers for beta test

 

Softimage pacts with Microsoft for art tools

 

ABC News unseats NBC

 

Fox laffs in limbo

 

ABC, WB roll the dice with skeds

 

Mood upbeat on first day of SAG talks

 

Lily Pearl Black

 

Baily Rose Billet

 

Discussing co-production

 

VCL taps Hofmann for finance

 

TV-6 changing channels

 

Nippon viewers shun digital shows

 

Fox Kids France ups Lunven

 

So. Africa hosts fest

 

Japan to bow film commish

 

Financier bows sales co. in U.K.

 

S. Africa on 'Manhunt'

 

'Cannibal' banned in South Africa

 

'Wolves' sequel in Teuton fold

 

Checketts checks out of MSG

 

10 Top dog's feted at Cannes

 

Peacock keeps its top doc in scrubs

 

Sports & the media

 

Power surge for TV directors

 

Strike worries remain

 

Exhib execs slightly off

 

Miramax, Scorsese gang up

 

'Scooby' Web junket collars bad buzz

 

Smart start for StudioCanal-RAI's 01

 

Karlovy Vary opens with 'Rhapsody'

 

'Pavilion' in B.O. flap

 

Brooks books Tony record

 

Wolfe sings 'Song' at Harlem's Apollo revue

 

Biz keeps slipping

 

B.O. climbs; 'Aida' 897g

 

Goodbye to weakest links

 

Col TriStar Int'l eyes wider share of Asia

 

Cisneros takes ax to ad staffers

 

Hines to host Laureus Sports Awards

 

H'w'd job market may follow nat'l skid

 

U.K. pic exex race to revive biz

 

Corrections

 

CNN dusts off thrown for Dobbs

 

Cyber-tyros get their shot

 

Exhib niche players offer film-free choice

 

'Captain' can't right o'seas ship

 

Men in middle eye pix at top in Italy

 

Video Lab happy to be at end of rope

 

NBC to bow 'Latin Access'

 

Slipping 'GMA' needs ayem pick-me-up

 

'Millionaire' buys up another new aud

 

Kiwi channel changing

 

Tony lineup has American accent -- for a change

 

Fiennes, Hopkins prep for assault on 'Moscow'

 

Miramax's Gatineau upped to VP

 

Hopeful SAG won't call in labor allies

 

USA Films announces 'Wedding' plans

 

Overt files for breach of contract

 

South Korea nabs 'Sex'

 

Mar de Plata to honor Nilsson

 

A 'Well'-made plan

 

Trio of pix top In Film slate

 

SPC succeeds on 'Quitting,' 'Pauline'

 

'Succo' socko for overseas distribs

 

Bardem spends time in 'Sun'

 

Intermedia's 'Rock' rolls to Malick

 

Lucky Red nabs 'Tanguy'

 

'Night' star Bardem gets moment in 'Sun'

 

Catch a rising star

 

Microsoft's Xbox set for holiday bow

 

BSkyB completes buyout of Open

 

Cablers spin digital to pols

 

Zomba shows Ingenuity

 

Fox, ABC laugh all the way to top with comedy, game

 

Biz stocks join rate cut celebration

 

Liberty at a loss

 

O'seas 'Inspirations'

 

Manhattan fundraising project

 

Grey goes big, Douglas goes 'Cuckoo'

 

Clark to power 'Attorney'

 

Dimension has Nerve to go 'Buck Wild'

 

Lounsberry rides to sr. VP for U Rec Group

 

'Swordfish' hooks crowd at skate-party

 

Univision gigantes

 

Vet anchor Russell ankles CNN

 

WMA hosts webheads

 

Destiny's Child fends off McCartney release

 

All 'Eyes' on J. Lo

 

44 Col pix head to London's Channel 5

 

'Seussical' throughsical

 

'X-Files' to return in fall

 

'Crossing' to Pax

 

UJA honor hits sour note

 

Malick 'Rocks' on

 

Haystack stacks projects

 

Dead birds crash 'Party'

 

Brazil brings samba beat to Cannes

 

Celebs love their shades

 

American Directors panel takes shots

 

Cecchi Gori back in ring with 'Ali'

 

Miramax, Par spar over 'Dunces' rights

 

An Eye for youth

 

UPN deals for 'Roswell,' benches vet 'Moesha'

 

Vidgames more than just a game

 

Fox's ape-athy

 

Talent scouts

 

License to game

 

Online arcades

 

Media orgs rally around Randall's 'Wind'

 

Nair's 'Monsoon' engulfs USA

 

Haystack stacks projects

 

Genii's out of the bottle

 

BMI fetes songwriters, publishers with awards

 

Highlight posts higher revenue

 

Hartford sked opens with 'Children'

 

FTC nominee ready to take on Hollywood

 

Hopeful SAG won't call in labor allies

 

'Succo' socko for overseas distribs

 

Col marches on Viet pic

 

SPC succeeds on 'Quitting,' 'Pauline'

 

Flush Disney working on shopping list

 

Hopes rise for early SAG deal

 

Clooney to 'Collinwood,' Bologna to the Cort

 

SAG faces 3rd minority suit

 

Dauman feted

 

Nu Image hits 'Boiling Point'

 

'Early' gains sans 'Survivor'

 

NBC wins best Wednesday in nine years

 

VH1 taps Kantor sr. veep

 

Inside Move: Syndie 'Million' primed

 

Peacock shuffles news exex

 

Premiere tries to win 'Wars'

 

Foreign Press Assn. taps four

 

'Shrek' on deck for B.O. bonanza

 

H'w'd fest expands docu category

 

'Bully' for Method Fest

 

UPN's sked picks up

 

D.C. tunes in on web music fray

 

20th outfoxes rivals

 

Las Vegas bets big on Celine

 

AOL TW swallows merger moolah

 

Dimension inks 'Doom' creator

 

'Island' shift will test NBC

 

Jodi Zuckerman

 

Paul Sewell

 

Kim Hatamiya

 

Hillary Bibicoff and Stephen Smith

 

Bob Salazar

 

Douglas Roberts

 

'Urinetown' takes toilet humor to B'way

 

'Hogan' turns to Revolution

 

MVS cuts back jobs, programs

 

Hartley Merrill prize to Deery

 

Pols praise Powell at confirmation meet

 

SKY will link with rival Star

 

Vidgames giving B.O. a run for its money

 

Digital campaign on

 

An ambitious lot

 

Latin American TV market slated

 

Prod'n companies Invest in Iceland

 

German biz marked for tepid times

 

Arquette doc fetes femmes

 

Life in the 'Last Lane'

 

New Yorker plays Andersson's 'Songs'

 

United Artists plows 'Land'

 

Romanian helmer's pic made of tough 'Stuff'

 

IFP to restructure co-prod'n market

 

Helmer blasts Berlusconi win

 

White Rock gets 'Naked' at ICM

 

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