Table of Contents
Week of 08/06/2001

Articles

NTL hits 1 million digital subs

 

Rona Mink Smith

 

Christopher Hewett

 

Einar Schleef

 

Canal+, UPC near Poland pay merger

 

Surviving ratings

 

Pirate b'caster summoned to court

 

Quiero left lacking $ by Planeta

 

Village Roadshow vet Thai'd to GMT

 

Neill to get 'Dirty' in Oz

 

Sweden's Filmpool in on 'Trick'

 

York tunes up for Rodgers centennial

 

'Body'-building Lot 47 deal

 

'Proof' that a star boosts B'way B.O.

 

Itemus suspended from stock exchange

 

Cordero pacts with Sanchez for Pavement

 

Slow sales shut 2 Vegas shows

 

Laura Malin Arbeit

 

Noises Off: 'Jeeves' finally reaches B'way

 

Runaway prod'n hears brakes screech

 

Arbitron tunes into deal

 

'Moneyline' takes on CNBC's 'Business'

 

Static for music biz

 

MTG revs rise while profits slide

 

Best Buy to sell AT&T Broadband

 

Klasky Csupo, Sunwoo repact

 

N.Y. SAG exex seek an ouster

 

Woodstock hawks 'Walls' as fest opener

 

Ad agencies must pay

 

Indian pix at Locarno

 

NBC sales arm taps Wallach

 

Discovery Health tones up with Reid

 

SAG's Johnson may be Harper running mate

 

Larry Wilmore

 

Naomi Watts

 

Shane Taylor

 

Louis Mandylor

 

Shae D'Lyn

 

Rob Kirk, Rob Lihani

 

Colleen Dolan

 

Denise Faye

 

Silvia Gambardella, Terrance Sweeney

 

Adrienne Becker

 

Mark Houska

 

Amy Koster

 

Eve Ehrich

 

Tracy Mazuer, Barry Glazer, Kathy Giaconia, Jacquie Jordan

 

Re-enactors take to battlefield ahead of schedule

 

TNT preps 'Covert'

 

Drive to survive sparks EchoStar's bid

 

Glut-wrenching scads of reskeds

 

Bubba books $12 mil bundle

 

Unexpected upsets o'seas

 

Jack Maple

 

Hypnotic hires 3 exex

 

Inside Move: MGM rings up 'Bellboy'

 

Inside Move: D'Abo to join Fox 'Spin' stint

 

Lucas dubs Episode II

 

'Kung Fu' fever boils at D'Works

 

Haggis outside 'Law'

 

Kudos given at indies-only fest

 

'Real Life' Adventures in L.A.

 

'Brother' acts plan odyssey

 

Producer primes Col TriStar TV pact

 

Jackson Roberts Dudas

 

Daniel Jared Byrd

 

Is it clouds, or just smoke?

 

Inside Move: Regal rebuff

 

Hepburn: the once & future Queen

 

Inside Move: Skipping the beat

 

Inside Move: Clearer picture at UA

 

Oscar race 2001: Don't open 'til Xmas

 

Computers rule toon town

 

Studios see red over 'Rouge' ruling

 

Tradeoffs may cripple reforms

 

Southern Star rising

 

'Link' vs. 'Millionaire'

 

Reality fans go 'Bar' hopping

 

Myriad taps distrib sr. VP

 

Tyro set for bow in China

 

'Today' producer cautiously moves forward

 

Simon's 'Party' over in Sept.

 

Toronto fest to spotlight helmer Seidl

 

Ex-Serbian TV chief charged in bombing

 

'Blue' transfer set for Sept. 13

 

Fest 'Water' tainted

 

Scribe Specktor rides 'Transit' for U, @radical

 

Foxx set to host MTV's 18th Video Music Awards

 

Censors upload restrictive rating on 'A.I.'

 

TV payout may end Argentine soccer strike

 

Shot across the bow

 

Gaga grabs iFilm's shorts

 

'Fear' is a factor in NBC's win

 

SBS taps Finkelstein CEO

 

Denmark's 'Hiccup' breaks records

 

RTL nabs rights to 'Step'

 

German helmer to continue 'Heimat'

 

ABC Cable brands team

 

AFTRA signs up news ops

 

Clear Channel weds legit series in promo

 

Foley wants to educate Congress to help H'w'd

 

Lorenzo Music

 

Jorge Amado

 

Oscar calls for foreign pix

 

Anonymous nabs 5 scribes

 

Latin net taps exec

 

Larry Adler

 

Headline News redo ratings dip

 

Columbia releases 'Fantasy' vid Oct. 23

 

Trio heeds 'Signs'

 

Eye bags Woodcock

 

Tainted touters at Morgan Stanley

 

Echo bid gains resonance

 

Holiday table packed with pix

 

All the world's onstage in U.K.

 

Return of the native

 

Revere gallops into H'wood

 

What's being stolen by hackers:

 

Nets draw fall battle lines

 

'Becker' cast latest infected by pay bug

 

17th counts on Fox

 

2nd place isn't that bad

 

FilmFour gets the 'Blues'

 

War is helm for Crowe

 

Lion flyin' on TV slate

 

Pumped 'Spy Kids' are double agents

 

Mel's swell, Redstone sez

 

Mega-byte fright

 

Moxie Roxie gives 'Chi' try

 

Hagen to run marketing for Global Animation

 

Tickets.com posts second-quarter losses

 

Light on a-listers

 

On2 to release open-source version of software

 

WB powers up super team

 

Sci Fi taps 'Rings' leader

 

Inside move: 'Schwartz' tenpercenter familiar

 

'Curse' of promophobia

 

'Rhapsody' in H'wood

 

'Rhapsody,' 'Rio' rock in H'wood fest

 

Wilt S. Melnick

 

Pipedream realized at FilmFour

 

BBC puts 'Horses' back in saddle

 

Carlton America broadens reach

 

Thesp Belmondo falls ill in Corsica

 

India's Discovery bows 2 webs

 

Germany's Ambient nets toon coin

 

Japanese, Koreans join for 'KT'

 

Italy's digital date

 

Telco PCCW opens Chinese portal

 

Fox is 'Sweet' on Spellman pitch

 

'Payne' picked up

 

New Line goes for Moore

 

'Kane,' 'Lift' nab top Urbanworld kudos

 

IATSE to rep 'Cats' crew

 

AAC offering nets $85 mil

 

Emmys nominees: Dramatic Battle

 

Emmys nominees: Tapes may shape races for series' familiar faces

 

2 dropped from Boerse

 

'Brother' wins hour in all key measures

 

Emmys nominees: Top 10 biggest Emmy upsets

 

Kelley Prods. taps pub vet Luchs

 

Emmys nominees: Top 10 biggest Emmy snubs

 

Emmys nominees: Telecast freshens up with new net, host

 

B.O. numbers game

 

Kinowelt touts health

 

Emmys nominees: DeGeneres' Emmys solo prelude to laffer bow

 

Fox, Viacom shuffle pack of TV stations

 

Hitting mute button on Napster

 

BTN raises curtain on Sondheim show

 

Emmys nominees: Bigger celebrations in same locations

 

Alan Rafkin

 

Emmys nominees: First-time nom - Laura Innes

 

Emmys nominees: First-time nom - Tim Van Patten

 

'Now 7' now ahead of 'N Sync's 'Celebrity'

 

WGAE lists candidates

 

Pierson to focus on Oscars in new Kodak theater

 

Separate tables

 

Emmys nominees: DVD screeners make 'Raymond' early adopter

 

'Jones' toons up fest

 

IDA honors Pennebaker

 

Cooper brushes up his TV landscape

 

Fox hooks 'Fisher' lead

 

Prod'n panel pegs Clinton

 

Emmys nominees: Acad recognizes young actors

 

Toon biz needs TLC

 

Emmys nominees: First-time nom - Frankie Muniz

 

NARM calls for pricing regs

 

Emmys nominees: Classic music noms are PBS' time to shine

 

Emmys nominees: First-time nom - Maura Tierney

 

Emmys nominees: Acad honors Showtime, CNN

 

Emmys nominees: Sci-fiers impress with innovative effects

 

Montecito, helmer set 'Criminal' plan

 

Emmys nominees: Emmy tidbits

 

Yorn pays to settle lawsuit

 

Correction

 

Chloe Nell Berrisford

 

Kodak Theater comes into focus for Acad

 

Christopher Walken

 

Ken Marino

 

ABC, Disney Channel pocket 'Princess'

 

Acad on write track

 

Flextech, Icebox sign pact

 

Gregory greets 'Neighbor'

 

SAG downsize goes to a vote

 

Bigger, longer, uncut 'Shrek'

 

Stunts to fuel TV preem machine

 

Revolution, Shepherd tackle 'Sex Drink' story

 

Christina Souza

 

Marieh Delfino

 

Adam Rodriguez

 

ATAS elects scribe Zabel

 

Arnie jumps for Lion's laffer 'Ump'

 

ATG trims 18, chases a deal

 

Another helping of 'Pie'

 

Inside move: Bush photos buzzing D.C.

 

U.K. cablers extend operational alliance

 

UIP rocks with doc on pop star Williams

 

Cameron, Walden dive for underwater 'Abyss'

 

Emmy Watch: Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, James Gandolfini

 

'Brady' bunches viewers

 

CNN gets down to earth in Gotham

 

Sky high squabble

 

Mann may get competish

 

Blurry Cablevision

 

Kelley Prods. taps pub vet Luchs

 

Young posts 2nd qtr. loss; revs up 34%

 

Lagardere sales rise

 

Milchan banking on 'Malcolm'

 

Exhib UA unspools narrowed losses

 

Daniels urges panel vote

 

Pixar draws profit picture

 

Boone soldiers on, brings music to the big screen

 

Fox veteran Lundberg gets exec stripes

 

U.K. vets taking a reality trip

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
August 11 2001

 

Hovering over Gaul

 

Laser-Pacific marks record 2nd qtr. Profits

 

It's no dice at the Carlton in Cannes

 

Charlie Rogers-Ciaffa

 

'Damaro' on African TV beat

 

Caden Kelly Draper

 

Ava Lauren Grayson

 

Heather Nicole Fragen

 

Gene Appleton Gallagher

 

Jonah Joseph Goldman

 

Kyle James McClintock

 

Nordisk, pubcaster TV2 join for low-budget pix

 

CBS Int'l appoints Anderson biz veep

 

MTV gets fave femmes for Euro Awards

 

Brit 'Pongwiffy' adds duo

 

To Russia with 'Link'

 

Thompkins ankles Imageworks, joins Cinesite

 

Campbell to advise Ministry of Sound

 

Exhibs strike in India

 

Larry Adler

 

Pair team on Vijay TV

 

Jack Maple

 

Robert Wolfe Gilbert

 

Kathleen Marie Glynn

 

Salon Media receives $2.5 mil

 

'Mutant X' avoids name change

 

New 'Matrix' eyes 2003

 

WB vet Greenblatt to retire

 

Grand illusionists

 

KCMG now jammin' to a new name

 

Motion pictures

 

Petersen files suit in L.A. against Advanced Medien

 

The thin Web line

 

Small screen goes small shop

 

New digital hurdles

 

Michael Hirschorn

 

Cinesite gains respect

 

LifeFX lives on online

 

Lorena Lopes

 

Tamara Gould

 

John Cucci

 

Gary Marsh, Andrea Taylor, Jill Casagrande

 

Rising stars

 

Changes are Larger Than Life at banner

 

Roach will be coming up for 'Air'

 

Graham bios race to cable

 

Markus, Par link for laffs

 

Yule logjam

 

Dobkin to helm 'Shanghai' sequel

 

Levin's new battle

 

U seeks 'Jurassic' joust for pay rights

 

Lola McNalley

 

Carlton abandons Taste

 

Polish satcasters merge

 

Journo Dimbleby up for BBC chair

 

Thesp unions OK deal

 

Horny hijinks heat up B.O.

 

'Apes' top B.O. tree

 

Warners inks pacts in Belgium, Finland

 

'Tar Angel' to open Montreal fest

 

India hosts Emmy judging

 

MTG in ring with Tyson

 

Lagardere, Pathe pact

 

Palomar makes 'Indelible' mark

 

Judges set for screenplay competition

 

Sony's Calley dallies as Roth's role grows

 

U buys pitch of female CIA candidate

 

GM, EchoStar to begin talks

 

U Music exec structure goes bi-coastal

 

Liberty's freedom

 

Loeb & Loeb lures Gotham legal eagles

 

Gallic pix drive up StudioCanal revs

 

WNET Gotham taps Frank VP

 

Late Locarno Row

 

Dues to rise, Daniels warns

 

Williams sets Moreland to adapt Grimm parody

 

Bergman tops Acad Foundation

 

'Shanghai' gets the Boot

 

B.O. 'Fantasy' is over

 

Londoners getting out on 'Parole'

 

Summer movies 2001: Gone in 60 seconds

 

Lightstorm's Maes ankles to join Regency

 

Stephen K. Nenno

 

John Walters

 

Bert Kramer

 

Igor Barrere

 

Pie Town dishes up new projects

 

Jack Maple

 

Christopher Skase

 

The National news

 

'Apes' takes Oz; lizards leap high in Hong Kong

 

Lorena Lopes

 

Tamara Gould

 

Matthew Breen

 

Sara Viard

 

Stacie Seifrit

 

Fox's on deck circle

 

'Pie' flies in face of 'R' rating

 

Par, Nick take 'Kid' for ride

 

Spyglass taps 'Farm' hands

 

'Mama' mia at Miramax

 

Fox, Ramis break on 'Rule'

 

Emmett/Furla take 'Shottas'

 

Cable getting kicked in ads

 

Gotham set to get 'Puppetry' glance

 

Classic takes 'Underpants'

 

Maxim Morin

 

Megan Lou Gendelman

 

Owen Gibson Cornick

 

Bill Carroll

 

Reviews

If You Ever Leave Me ... I'm Going With You!

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion

The Others

The Colossus of Rhodes

Street Scene

Area:One

Daryl Sherman Swinging With Strings

Session 9

The Wayne Brady Show

Afro Celt Sound System

Roxy Music, Rufus Wainwright

Going to California

Dinner With Friends

The Word

The Triangle

Women Docs

Stockpile

American Pie 2

Down South

The Parole Officer

Pat Martino

Doors of Glory

The Wooden Gun

Born Under Libra

My Sweetheart

Happy Men

Eva & Adam: Four Birthdays And A Fiasco

Won't Anybody Listen

In Search of Peace -- Part One: 1948-1967

Living the Life

Almost Elvis

It Happened In Havana

Spirits of Havana