Table of Contents
Week of 07/16/2001

Articles

'Brother' screening

 

NTL denies ITV Digital takeover plans

 

'Burnt By The Sun' sequel planned

 

Gilbert Kravette

 

Kevin Bartnof

 

CTIT ups Garcia to VP, sales and prod'n

 

Vivendi unit inks with rival Orange

 

Fox Family taps vet Schoen senior VP

 

Herman Brood

 

Althea Princi

 

Bruce Alan Solow

 

TMG eyes buy of Haffa's EM.TV stake

 

'Survivor' heads for African bush

 

UGC hikes tix prices

 

Gallic reality battles go on

 

RTL warns off rival

 

Babelsberg nabs French laffer 'Ma'

 

Music downloads up, GfK sez

 

Italian fest bites on 'Falafel'

 

Czech prod'n mints $97 mil

 

Liberty's modest movement

 

Hughes hits a hump

 

Lagardere leans toward fictive TV

 

M6 posts lofty earnings

 

Boston's Scout pacts with CineAtlantica

 

Sorenson soars at MSNBC

 

MSNBC's Williams ratings dip

 

Dobie a legit choice to top Trinity Rep

 

Downey gets 3 years probation

 

MusicMatch pact doesn't end net feud

 

B'way holds summer B.O. blues at bay

 

CineGroupe draws $9 mil in SGF funds

 

Pacific Digital plays coy on H.K. pay TV plans

 

Taylor to top CBC's board

 

'Goat' in B'way pen

 

Correction

 

Dwight Long

 

Tiger in PGA's tank brings big bucks

 

Barreto on base fo ESPN Int'l

 

AAC, Discovery partner on net

 

Diller, USA embark on new Travel Group

 

Tie win in o'seas B.O.

 

Love, H'wood mix at Davis shindig

 

UPN calls next game leap Frog

 

Sony, WB tune into digital TV

 

'Mists' mints major ratings

 

Distribs' summer bummer

 

FCC authority disputed

 

Bid fails to remove IATSE blacklist rules

 

HBO hits 'Sopranos' for 5th season deal

 

ICM names Redick for its int'l division

 

Jones changes roles at WBTV

 

MTV, L-Squared team for 'Enigma'

 

WMA's Cushing retires

 

Networks learn reality bites back

 

'Max, Hyperion in love with 'Cad'

 

Stipe goes 'Psychotic'; Diesel's motor running

 

IATSE eyes expanded reach o'seas

 

Revolution could be 'Going' with Zellweger

 

Peter Meisner

 

Martin von Ruden

 

Heather Courtney

 

Joel Klaiman

 

John King

 

Peter Johansen

 

Jeannie Rothman

 

David Quan

 

Scott Seviour

 

BBC nixes Worldwide sale

 

Juanes 'Bien' with Latin Grammy noms

 

At 80, Valenti rates an R for resilient

 

SAG: '70s TV icons square off

 

Redone pix in Miramax mix

 

Germany's Kinowelt in makeover mode

 

Labels may change SoundScan figures

 

VHS rentals down but DVDs soar

 

Binoche, Reno pact for Thompson pic

 

MTV's ad-vantage

 

Cablers sing synergy

 

Comcast dials bid for AT&T cable

 

Disney still king of the world

 

Gate swings to Gotham fest

 

De Mol is reality's real thing

 

UBC cuts crew as red ink flows

 

Prisa unit sets up Plural pacts

 

Net demos catch up with reality

 

Eastern Europe open for biz

 

Understudies on parade

 

Blair Westlake

 

Adam Berkowitz

 

Shirley Powell

 

Mark Saks

 

Mark Shapiro

 

Mitchell Chun

 

Wooten Lee

 

Wesley Mallette

 

Carolyn Bernstein, Mike Clements, Tracey Pakosta

 

Sonja Piper Dosti, Laura Lancaster

 

'A.I.'s' foreign flavor

 

B.O. takes a holiday

 

Biz up; 'Fosse' 407g

 

He's still Jack of all trades

 

Hallstrom can't catch DiCaprio

 

Tiny pic fashions B.O. brigadoon

 

Korean auds Seoul'd on local fare

 

Nicoll eyes post-Sogepaq challenges

 

Censors stifle Philippine prod'n

 

Planete orbits Canada

 

Emmy's sweet on Milk

 

$35 mil ruling hits Canal 40

 

Massaro to top Anica for 2002-03

 

Bertlesmann issues Kohl story apology

 

France to double culture spending

 

Fox Kids fights drugs in Brazil

 

Oz's 'Test' gets territories

 

Pay TV growth seen in India

 

U, Germany's PrimaCon unite

 

Bavaria bows TV arm

 

The cost of closure

 

Haffa nixes new EM.TV buyout talk

 

CNBC ups Asofsky to Sr. VP

 

Bocaccio gets key FX post

 

Inside Move: TW replaces USA with Court TV

 

Gannett profits drop 12% on soft ads

 

Digitenne, Canal Plus go Dutch on digital TV

 

'VeggieTales' hit the stage

 

Lions Gate teams with Kournikova

 

Emmy Watch

 

Two fall under Gravity force

 

Delegates assail IATSE topper Short

 

'Fear' dear to Peacock win streak

 

Long Wharf skeds 'Arms'

 

Corrections

 

Washington Post exec Graham dies

 

Summer pix boost AMC quarter

 

Exec's heirs win $1.5 mil from Disney

 

Asian org protests slur

 

Disney inks with OnStar for Internet radio access

 

Wary Dems blast nets' ownership bid

 

'Child' bests 'Avalon'

 

Reality rocks, but Fox won't tear up scripts

 

Producer tops Col laff squad

 

R&B org celebrates Green

 

Inside Move: Exex wait on pols

 

BAFTA/LA to fete HBO originals

 

Real quarter disappoints

 

Riot pacts for wireless 'Rings'

 

AOL TW, Samsung team TiVo boxes

 

Napster's time is running out

 

KROQ tops L.A. radio spring ratings

 

ATAS names tech Emmy winners

 

'Mage' draws in Gray

 

Darla Eddy and Mark van den Bergh

 

'Wanna-Be' awaits Walker

 

Michaela Karina Naomi Lazarou

 

Samuel Jonah Swartz

 

'Judy' raises Regler higher

 

'One Mo' Time' may get B'way berth

 

Large-screen biz group eyes woes, remedies

 

Channel 4 gets shot at Atwood

 

IFC nabs 'Gangster' rights

 

'Shoot'-ers score

 

The Write Stuff: Miramax eyes McNab novels

 

Coppola prepping 'Megalopolis'

 

'Jones' a toon body tour

 

RTL irked by fee row

 

BSkyB readies new TV service

 

A3 picks 'Betty' to fuel rate race

 

Tykwer the talker

 

'Lucinda' drives pact for Troche, TF1 Intl.

 

MK2 topper tapped Gallic distrib org chief

 

'Raider' boosts UIP Finland

 

C5 head ankles post

 

Film Council pays out

 

Burmese gov't releases comics

 

RAI, ZDF partner up

 

Teutonic duo goes digital

 

India's Zee maps mythic fare

 

'Tajmahal' will roll

 

GV has Tiger for tale

 

Asianet adds news

 

Cabler HTVN joins bouquet

 

AMC's Brown: 'We are in the game'

 

Roberts biz sr. VP of NBC

 

M6 makes SND acquisition official

 

Powell fights FCC rules revamp

 

'Gershwin' takes final bow Sunday

 

Lions Gate taps Butan exec VP

 

Lunt, Fontanne exhib unveiled

 

Appeals court rules in Napster's favor

 

Keys locks up No. 1

 

IATSE votes down tariff

 

'Jurassic' dinos, stars go legit

 

Roth's 'Sweetheart' deal

 

ABC splits cable group by brands

 

Troubles rise for SG, Itemus

 

Myriad buys stake in Broadcast Standard

 

Marine Corps Navajo Code Talkers get their due

 

Thesps detail contract gains

 

Industry fundraisers joust for supporters

 

'Pearl' profitable, but for whom?

 

Dish: Chopsocky kings join forces

 

AT&T nixes Comcast plan

 

AOL TW takes a tumble

 

Bignardi brings light touch to Locarno

 

Subscriptions are key to revenue growth

 

'Curse' to close H'w'd Fest

 

Imax racing to reality

 

Dreyfuss neutral on SAG prexy

 

Below-the-liners suffer, star salaries still on rise

 

The bottom line

 

Congloms glom on

 

The most expensive

 

Pax jilts 'Jordan'

 

HFPA shares the wealth

 

Diggs sweet on 'Sugar'

 

WBTV keeps current with Hage

 

Buena Vista offers 'Resort'

 

Style maven Tracy exits E! Networks

 

Escape Artists makes off with 'Diary'

 

Inside Move: Janssen out of 'MIB:2'

 

Inside Move: De Laurentiis: Scott 'Great'

 

Salles 'High' on Kurosawa

 

State top court cuts 'Pinocchio' loose

 

NBC: Slur a 'mistake'

 

USA scores 'Fast' for 5-year window

 

Kelly to kick up UCB media loans

 

'Thunder' rolls to Gotham

 

New Line, Turner plan block party

 

Warner Homevid doctors 'Zhivago'

 

Warner TV dials direct

 

Jack Elliott Hartt Sussman

 

Miles Way Dean

 

Angelina Maria Martirano

 

How industry's wealth is spread

 

January-June B.O. picture about playing percentages

 

ITV Digital passes 1.1 million sub mark

 

EuroNews to launch in Russia

 

BBC sees Someone Else in Teuton prod'n

 

Gaul censors review 'Moi'

 

Pressplay logs MP3 to power Net service

 

Exec director exits Oz producer lobby org

 

Portugese trio leads in DTT bid

 

Disney Intl ups Rose

 

New coin stirs Ster

 

NTL battles debt burden

 

Pleskow exits Euro pic prod'n shingle

 

EchoStar refocuses

 

Tribune income drops in soft ad market

 

Warner Music exec retires

 

Opera covered in Web accord

 

IATSE retains Short as prexy

 

MGM names Pesci sr. marketing VP

 

Omar Epps and Dana Delany

 

Busy Philipps

 

Bree Turner

 

Ralph Macchio

 

PBS, CBS tops in noms for news, docu Emmys

 

Bennett ankles, 5 laid off at Maverick

 

John Petrafesa Sr.

 

Ted Berman

 

Harry Davies

 

B. Karen Lamm

 

Henry Thomas

 

Correction

 

'Last' is first at Toronto

 

Napster neutered but music sales skip beat

 

Peacock ponders primetime prices

 

Boffosaurus bow

 

Bargaining will be held at AFTRA's HQ

 

MTV gets more of 'Andy Dick'

 

CanWest earnings dip, cash flow up

 

Gold Circle talking money for 'Nailed'

 

Screen Gems ups Kolker to sr. VP

 

'Shipmates' sails in L.A.

 

CAA to rep Michaels in film, TV

 

Sheri Brownrigg and Bruce Carter

 

Karen Lansberry and Christian Kubsch

 

William Cowan Evans

 

Polly Jean Eaton Joyce

 

Maude Maser Lechner

 

Sebastian Luke Gatta

 

Luke Steinfeld

 

Lucas Elijah Gelfond

 

Rachel Jacobs

 

Ellie Samantha Burns

 

Wenders shores up DVDs at Anchor Bay

 

Zackheim rockets to 'Martian' debut

 

Davis' Oscar Acad-bound

 

Inside move: Thesp, WB kept off 'Center'

 

Reptiles, Roberts run it up

 

EMI tunes up discs

 

Content services music to AOL's ears

 

TV Azteca in black despite 6% sales drop

 

TF1 gets good marks from gov't

 

Sogecable profits, sub count on rise

 

Desmond gets coin

 

Multicanal scraps bond buyback

 

DEAG sees growth

 

'Brother' tops ten

 

Cabler UPC slashes staff in Hungary

 

Supercable accuses DLA of denying service

 

Mipcom to fete Freston

 

German pubcasters eye stake in rival

 

Riot handed 'Rings' game rights

 

Kinowelt Intl. taps Koch as chief exec

 

Fox Kids in Italo pact

 

Nick's Latin subs up

 

BBC boosts presence in India

 

VOD does a U turn

 

Scribe Miller game for Intermedia pic

 

Studios seek digital protection for b'cast

 

Ratings hearing looms

 

IFP sets screenings

 

Stephen Moyer

 

Kevin Kerslake

 

Edward Furlong

 

Hallie Kate Eisenberg

 

Christopher Rice

 

Mimi Farina

 

Gunther Gebel-Williams

 

Jules Buck

 

King checks into ABC's 'Kingdom'

 

R gross-out laffers not as easy as 'Pie'

 

Rupe all set to get Chris-Craft

 

Reliving 'Apocalypse'

 

Paean to Western ways

 

SAG urged to enforce rule on non-union work

 

Synergy will fizzle without some star sizzle

 

Comics show calls H'w'd

 

'JP III' shows teeth in o'seas debuts

 

Warner renews with Lazar

 

Vet Shapiro tapped for Beacon role

 

Mouse House adopts Fox Family

 

'Gilmore' top rookie at TCA

 

Favreau pens 'Porn' for Imagine

 

No Lack of options for NBC, vet anchors

 

Inside Move: Regis may host syndie 'Million'

 

Inside Move: 'Will' pair, Peacock patch up

 

Nokia backs ad-free 'Alias'

 

DVD players in 20% of TV households

 

Merrill Lynch's Web settlement no bull

 

ABC reups made-for guru

 

Kirshner joins pack at Eye's 'Wolf Lake'

 

EC antitrust probe targets U.K.'s BSkyB

 

Trio to take 'Wing'

 

Reviews

Nina Simone; Los Hombres Calientes

The Day on Which a Man Dies

Ibrahim Ferrer; Chucho Valdes Quartet

Ivy

Awake and Sing!

L'Avventura

The Second Wind

Visible Secret

HS

Yes, but ...

Fortune Tellers and Misfortune

Luna's Game

Ring 0: The Birthday

The Book of Stars

Fast Sofa

Rustin

Exiles in Paradise

John John in the Sky

My Mother's Early Lovers

Way Off Broadway

Mission

Treasure Island

A Lie of the Mind

The American in Me

Lovers and Friends

Selected Letters of Dashiell Hammett

Digital Hustlers; Living Large and Falling Hard in Silicon Alley

Jurassic Park III

Blue Surge

Do I Hear A Waltz?

Fred Hersch Trio