Table of Contents
Week of 08/13/2001

Articles

Candidate Gilbert blasts SAG prexy

 

Termite checks into Fox 'Hotel'

 

U.K. digital push looms

 

'Minority' delays means Deauville sans Spielberg

 

Serb TV gets overhaul

 

Dimbleby enters race for BBC top spot

 

Harlin seeks Law for Finnish biopic

 

U.K.'s MTV extends on Web

 

Luk Film bags Felix

 

Kirch, ProSieben in Net pact

 

MacLellan goes global for E! Networks

 

Digitized HK classics goose new channel

 

Regal loss flat for qtr.

 

Street clicks down AOL TW on jobs

 

Copyright stream

 

Emmy voices its winners

 

Inside Move: CNN making an ideological Rush

 

B'way takes chill pill as heat wave hits B.O.

 

SAG data sees minorities make gains

 

New format, news head up Headline spur

 

U2 will see further 'Elevation' in U.S.

 

Bradys move into White House

 

Kravitz extends pact with Virgin

 

WB Records pulls trigger on Whalley

 

Marching orders for 'Borders'

 

'Daredevil' deal strikes at States

 

'Seagull' too wet to fly

 

Agent's angst

 

Berry guns for 'Gigli' gig

 

Par Int'l TV names Hurlock sr. veepee

 

Weston adds 2 showbiz lawyers

 

SAG nom panel OKs Harper's prexy bid

 

MTA's Okin opens book of Genesis

 

Rupe does a mambo in bird bid

 

Redo bleeds Film Roman

 

Bassine's 'Mama' tops Palm Springs

 

Animation's finest draw kudos at fest

 

File's done: Peacock uploads NBCi for $85 mil

 

Loudeye taps Weld COO

 

Condon upped at Intertainer

 

Narcisco hoisted to CEO at StarMedia

 

Unparallel universe

 

'Beauty' duo, ABC playing with 'Dolls'

 

'Fear' drives cabler

 

O'Donnell books jaunt to Miramax 'Heartlands'

 

'Music Man's' Bierko tunes up for TV series

 

Oz incentive clause

 

ABC readies 'Facts' reunion

 

Sony, Oregon ban bogus blurbs

 

'Harbor' hot o'seas

 

Lee Barden, Christopher Pergola

 

Euro cabler topper ankles

 

Brits bump 'Brothers'

 

Fest spices up Nordic mix

 

Lucas lands Presidio

 

Kirch kicks Brit joint bid for soccer rights

 

Playboy inks Philippines feevee deal

 

German N.e.U.e. writes too many I.O.U.s

 

Huntington mulling spring 'Blue/Orange'

 

Revs fall $18 mil for Constantin

 

Toronto's new 'Day'

 

Lion lifts Spenchian to exec VP

 

'Amelie' set to close Montreal

 

New deadlines highlight Oscar rules

 

Harper has 'Today'

 

New audience nabs 'Cymbeline'

 

Fox ups Earley to top publicity post

 

Knoxville turns tail on MTV's 'Jackass'

 

Imax posts bigger loss

 

Exhib seeks Fandango deal

 

ABC strong while NBC tops demos

 

Lemmon's life celebrated

 

Inside Move: Locarno hits critical mass

 

'Big Bro 2' finale to face 'Friends' season preem

 

Sci Fi resurrection

 

Fox 2000 tries to outrun rumors

 

Production hits wall in the U.K.

 

Topper renews Locarno

 

Letter to the Editor

 

Code flap drives confab

 

Peace talks bring ray of hope

 

Historic fave 'Empress' is co-prod'n landmark

 

Acad library eyes Asian submissions

 

Dramas heat up Wednesday-night wars

 

Cable cheerleaders

 

Stodgy CNN tries to get hip

 

U.K.'s RDF turns junk into jewels

 

Fall skeds turn into tidy affair

 

Digital downloads delay

 

Inside Move: Fairy-tale fight

 

Milchan in the middle...of everything

 

Studios wage war on vidtailers

 

Inside Move: ATG at half staff

 

Forging a new reality in Germany

 

'Laura' moves home

 

Music net tunes into changes

 

TV3 kicks out U.S. pics

 

Formats spin auds for webs

 

Inside Move: The leaves of October

 

Inside Move: Reels on wheels

 

Inside Move: Band stand

 

Mark Roberts, Lorena David

 

Pardue to follow 'Rules'

 

Abram Hatch, Wendy Steinhoff

 

'Iyanla' ratings uneven

 

Marc Grayson, Chris Gerondale, Beth Minehart

 

Labor org backs prod'n bill

 

Jeff Clanagan

 

Mercedes Tondre, Jodie Rosenthal

 

Joya Dass

 

Dawn Hood

 

Dave Howe, Josh Greenberg

 

Archive program funded

 

John Hess

 

Joan Sittenfield

 

Alan Bursky

 

Lions Gate taps Friedman

 

Panoptic buzzes to 'Bee'

 

Jeremy Piven

 

John Ryan

 

Sascha Knopf

 

Clayton Watson

 

Douglas Orr

 

Gabrielle Krengel

 

Warren Littlefield

 

Andrea McKeown

 

Vickie Feeman

 

Carol Knorr

 

'Wrong' is right for duo

 

Gary Miller

 

David Poland

 

NATPE plans to focus on advertising

 

Brett Weitz

 

Clark Anderson, Francine McDougall, Lori Precious, Bil White

 

'SNL' sketches in Poehler

 

Fox pumps PipeLine with fresh pic product

 

Vivendi layoffs due to software slump

 

Starz Encore taps Hale exec VP

 

Jessica Pearl Miner

 

Lena Isabella Pepe

 

Violet Clarisse Dely

 

Pair goes Native

 

Vid biz in rewind

 

Mags sag as film material

 

Ovitz unplugs TV unit

 

USA Films drafts D'Works prod'n exec

 

Playboy pins up pix with broad comedies

 

Fox goes bowling for $$$

 

Artisan Block party ends

 

White knight rides to rescue

 

AOL TW stox off 8% amid forecast woes

 

Abbey skeds tribute to Murphy

 

Operatic overtures

 

Herbig's choice - 'Bully' or Indian

 

Miller to tartan up New Haven fest

 

Wellfleet up for $1 mil grant

 

'SNL' sketches in Poehler

 

Spears, Lopez join MTV kudos

 

Byran Smith

 

Miyazaki's 'Out' with new record

 

U.K. cabler taps Wagner

 

India's 'Loving' to B.O. top

 

Zee gets good Karma

 

India's industry group named

 

Incentives used to spur filming

 

Tropnest flies coop as Oz pic hatchery

 

Poised to make Grade

 

Pubs on Golden pond

 

Ad drop hits ProSieben

 

New regs boost AOL

 

First Look stems flow of 2nd-quarter red ink

 

Ad woes hit post-prod'n biz

 

SkyPerfect trims debt load by 62%

 

'Pearl's' double vision

 

Hiring report draws NAACP criticism

 

Firm backs down on Sillerman suit

 

SAG petition OK'd

 

NBC ups Gough, Ingold

 

Scher ankles Metropolitan

 

Inside Move: CNN's Bay watch on air in fall

 

'Corelli's' romance

 

U.S. teenage choice

 

'Hamlet' has Hallmark of hit

 

In the 'Soup'

 

Chekhov's 'Orchard' not ripe for B'way

 

Isleys spring 'Eternal'

 

Creative Planet lays off 26 more

 

Strike threat pushes pix

 

Vicellous Reon Shannon

 

Virginia Madison

 

Jon Hamm

 

Orla Brady

 

ATA will chat with SAG

 

Britta Erickson and Richard Turne

 

Pair of TV vets get Diplomatic

 

Sorvino recruited for war effort

 

Douglas takes a 'Ride' with APG and Canal

 

Par catches Kattan

 

WB's Toto recall

 

Norton ready to tame U's 'Dragon'

 

Dimension in the Hood with scribe deal

 

Lopez laffer lands at ABC

 

'Outlaws' horse around

 

Emmy Watch: Martin Sheen, Calista Flockhart and Jessica Alba

 

NAACP'S Mfume rakes nets

 

Deauville competish taps 'Deep,' 'Hedwig'

 

B.O. up; S.F. 'Aida' 496g

 

Biz off; 'Proof' 406g

 

Walter V. Kempley Jr.

 

Art Seid

 

Stanislav Rostotsky

 

'Lantana' wins at Melbourne

 

Danish pix expand B.O. cut

 

'Ab Fab' costumes to benefit charity

 

Sweden's SF, Carlstrom in pact

 

India's Urdu-lingo net bows

 

Arm-twisting in Oz

 

Boffo Thailand B.O. for pricey local pic

 

TV4 vet Mendes exits

 

German admissions rising

 

Lions Gate vets Think big with new shingle

 

Thompson parks in Lot 47 VP spot

 

'Glass' producers nix B'way move

 

Cablers fire salvo in ongoing digital war

 

Prisa subsid gets franchise OK

 

Interactive play

 

Val Morgan nabs Clearview rights

 

Familiar pix in Spain

 

Industry Standard closed down

 

Inside Move: NOW, FAIR blast CNN

 

Inside Move: Stewart skewers Headline

 

Off B'Way orgs endorse five-year deal

 

'West Wing' script too close to home

 

Rupe's dish wish

 

NBC strikes 'Fear' into CBS' 'Amazing' debut

 

Mixed B.O. bag eyes 'Pie'

 

Studios download Internet pic deal

 

Scriptapalooza winners in

 

Robert Rimmer

 

More ATG clean-up

 

Luber partners up with Nine Yards

 

SAG's ruling body delays size vote

 

Douglas Orr

 

Carol Knorr

 

David Poland

 

Brett Weitz

 

Clark Anderson

 

John Henderson

 

Missy Galanida

 

Erin Lacey, Patty Reed

 

Bob Reid

 

Shiva Baum, Mike Sikkas

 

D'Works, Touchstone catch trio's pitch

 

Correction

 

War of words as Scrabble pix heat up

 

Connor Jackson Preblick

 

Emily May Stone

 

Casey Madison Nuss

 

'Blonde' transition

 

Linney in talks for 'Gale' with Spacey

 

Hall scrubs for 'ER' role

 

Novelist booked for TV

 

CNN taps anchor Hays

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
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Fest tries 'Seafood'

 

Discovery resurrects BBC quizzer

 

Ed Weinberg

 

'Pie'-eyed again

 

EC ends probe of CD pricing policies

 

Sony Music lays off 50

 

Mouse files to raise cash

 

Berlow takes reins of AOL TW marketing

 

The big Eye blinks

 

Navarrete exits prez post

 

Aussie exhibs, distribs get news on imports

 

Thesp Beart leads Montreal fest jury

 

Arthaus gets absorbed

 

Denmark's Sandrew preems plex

 

Chile channels swap shows

 

Disney learning lingos

 

Bangalore eyes indies

 

Stagebill spree

 

Wexler speaks out at Edinburgh fest

 

Bart on leave of absence

 

Inside Move: L.A. loses TV households

 

Corrections

 

Hurd's Valhalla adds TV arm

 

Winstar takes its 'Time'

 

'Harbor's' high seas

 

WWF sat squabble

 

Gould runs for national SAG office

 

'Famous' first words

 

'Sun' shines at preem

 

Sounds of 'Silent'

 

Music man Jack Elliott dies

 

Brit crit in snit over U.K. pic subsidies

 

Noises Off: Meadow looks to fresh pastures

 

Wanted: new kind of trade org

 

Latin Grammys in controversy

 

Lee returns to UIP Asia

 

Col Tristar TV ups five

 

Mark Hoffman

 

John Henderson, David Elkins

 

Heidi Pinchal

 

Lien leans on Norway fund

 

Monkeys, 'Mexican' spice up B.O. o'seas

 

Fox sets 'Baywatch' telepic

 

Jeau Bennett Labyorteaux

 

Adam Isaac Schiller

 

Alexander Henry Schiff and Benjamin Parker Schiff

 

Inside Move: 2 NASCAR skeins rev up

 

U, Team Todd taking their 'Time' with pitch

 

Par seduced by 'Venus'

 

'Trek' voyages to special DVD

 

Simmons aboard Brilliant Digital

 

Heaton stays wed to Eye's 'Raymond'

 

Immortal will 'Soldier' forth with NL

 

Reviews

CNN Headline News

Kenny Barron, Regina Carter; Claudia Acuna

Return to Cabin by the Lake

Another American: Asking and Telling

Baaba Maal; Angelique Kidjo; Ex-Centric Sound System

Alicia Keys

Ciao!

Heaven Can Wait

Lucky Break

Hamlet

Tool

Reel Big Fish

Gilligan's Island: The Musical

Jumping Ship

Depeche Mode; Poe

Journey

Be Aggressive

The Laramie Project

Carol Sloane

American Outlaws

The Emperor's New Clothes

Delbaran

Oswald

Lemonade

McCoy Tyner Trio

Mary Chapin Carpenter; Steve Earle

The Way I Killed My Father

Arachnid

Sullivan's Travels

Treading Water

Rennie's Landing

Exploding Oedipus

Dirt Boy

The Lawless Heart

Hotoke

The Attic Expeditions

Second Coming

That Girl from Rio

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

The Carpetbagger's Children

Pound of Flesh

All My Sons

John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars

Eric Clapton

The Tempest


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