Table of Contents
Week of 09/03/2001

Articles

Amandas go 'Crazy' at Nordic film fest

 

Egmont exec revamps ops

 

Scandi distrib buys InDigEnt film package

 

'Jeepers' bow a keeper

 

Blucas, Thomas storm Brit 'Castle'

 

Sports cabler ESS ailing

 

'Others' to close Dutch film fest

 

Building a shelter for film

 

Stone cancels trip to Deauville fest

 

Street mauls media

 

Senator has strong half, boosts forecast

 

Cablers eye Excite exit

 

France goes 'Apes'

 

Indie Spirit renamed for Cassavetes

 

'Cops,' 'Wanted' preems score

 

Indie firm Offline shutters operations

 

All quiet on WGA prexy front

 

Silver's golden age

 

WWF reskeds for Viacom

 

Matinee idol, screen icon Donahue dies

 

Telluride spreads broad tents

 

Jury out on Venice's new-look competish

 

Showtime earns diversity kudos

 

Kinowelt losses grow as reports indicate buyout

 

Becker exec will handle int'l at Hoyts distribbery

 

Writers on board

 

Apes, dinos go wild at o'seas box office

 

FX cops first drama

 

Moore tops united Fox Int'l unit

 

'Becker' five back to work

 

Rugged duo stake book, pic territory

 

Rival satcasters in merger talks

 

Majidi's hat trick

 

HBO's 'Band' plays on

 

A little bit of country in H'wood

 

SAG agrees to biz rep mediator

 

Rushdie guides Telluride

 

Ezekiel Borns Shapiro

 

Julia Rebecca Coburn

 

A papal audience for Polish 'Quo Vadis'

 

Northern limelight

 

Coin-tight distribs bid adieu to bidding wars

 

Toronto: The Agenda

 

Toronto Tip Sheet

 

Lefebvre homage captures Montreal master's vision

 

Not your usual Canuck talents

 

Euro blitz hits with 110+ pix

 

New tack on Oz tax

 

New Yorker's Kael dies

 

'Mickey' men team again

 

U doing summer-saults

 

Inside Move: Lewis dabbles in 'Dharma'

 

Wright braces for 'Bad News'

 

IFP opens with 'Bedroom'

 

Inside Move: WBTV stirs scribe duo for Heche

 

Inside Move: U is in play for 'Gray'

 

Lee, Hewitt feted with DGA honors

 

Top Cow falls for Zide's sci-fi pitch

 

Alphabet slick for 'Grease'

 

CBS, AFI hope kudos spin Globes

 

Liberty seals deal for Teuton cablers

 

Gina Smith

 

Eric Forman

 

Douglas Kratz

 

NEA's Ivey has last request

 

Station alterations

 

USA polishes pact with Diamond

 

Anthony Dodd

 

DVD disc jockeying

 

Is H'wood hindering o'seas biz?

 

DVD releases: A pack o' pix redux

 

Blockbuster veni, video, vici

 

DVD magic: Be still my beating art

 

Iceland ups tax breaks

 

SF Norge grows prod'n arm

 

Inside Move: Gloves are off

 

'Hidden' helmer Milani out on bail

 

Levring abroad with 'Innocence'

 

Disney Channel tramples rivals

 

ATG deals picked up, shared

 

Inside Move: A soothing voice

 

France to sequels: moi aussi

 

Sequels more than equal

 

AFTRA pickets over KFWB negotiations

 

Inside Move: Download divide

 

Lawrence B. Marcus

 

Romance woes Venice; 'Dust' busts

 

Italy to join Canada as Russian partner

 

Soft ad market slows Telefonica Media

 

Arthouse crowd in cautious mood

 

Low-key Montreal nixes bells, whistles

 

Int'l chefs serve up 'Heaven'

 

Day in court to cap lobbying over ownership

 

No-name summer still sets mark

 

No London fog at this Brit party

 

John Chambers

 

Gloria Lamere

 

Bud Robinson

 

Directors seeking final cut in writing

 

New wave helmers surf digital technology

 

Biz battles increase in withholding taxes

 

Flop fear hanging over cable rollout

 

CNBC CEO takes reins in hard times

 

Maurice 'Obie' Oberstein

 

Summer's Eclipse

 

Eye alone addresses Saturdays

 

Euro skeds fall into place

 

Union official fights for tariffs.

 

Kidnap drama for SBT boss and daughter

 

Teutons go traditional in tube wars

 

Kiwi drama 'Legal' unlocks Oz market

 

Creating problems

 

Webs look back for content in new season

 

Samuel Kane Roskin

 

Auds like Headline News

 

Dara Ilana Baren

 

Benjamin Ethan Gross

 

Lange takes Wing(field)

 

Fox Health falters

 

New Chi venue bows

 

Foxworth has 'Proof'

 

Goodspeed taps Rhys

 

New pop crop eyes Broadway

 

Skase pic revamped after fugitive dies

 

Manne ankles Sundance Channel

 

Alix Williamson

 

Geena Davis and Reza Jarrahy

 

Anne Heche and Coleman Laffoon

 

SAG members to review NY lease

 

Philbin to play 'Millionaire' at Disneyland

 

B'way's 'Kate' will kiss off as of Dec. 30

 

IFP opens with 'Bedroom'

 

Par TV elevates Dvornik

 

Greek Theater dilemma over

 

Travel finds NBC's 'Lost'

 

Frosh trio floundering in murky waters

 

Par Classics gets a 'Kiss' from Stevens

 

Good news amid bad

 

Outlook good for tax shelter

 

'Q.T.' to start Greenwich fest

 

Tribune's 'X' stays for now

 

Corrections

 

AOL TW, China Talking TV

 

Oz tax plan sets stage for runaway

 

Lit lions roaring at Good Machine

 

Peacock tangled in tape

 

Webs wilt in heat

 

Shyamalan sees 'Signs' point to thesp Phoenix

 

Bythewood guns 'Biker' at Fox

 

Worldwide B.O. crown for 'Pearl'

 

Inside Move: Endeavor on 'Willard' rat patrol

 

Price is right for Landmark

 

D'Works spins 'Planet' into new orbit

 

Storyline, ABC to tap 'Footloose'

 

Lightstorm shores up live-action 'Fathom'

 

'Game' for gender war

 

'Train' on the rails

 

Thos joins financial services co. Fintage

 

Kennedy Center Honors recipients named

 

Disney milks Mickey for Kellogg's deal

 

CNBC biz arm taps Meyers general mgr.

 

Merger rumors swirling around Kirch subsids

 

NBC Connect on its own

 

Lion lofts Lomis

 

Offbeat pix pack Toronto

 

Fans push 'Aaliyah' to No. 1

 

ABC, NBC Labor to win holiday sesh

 

Nick's cartoon stars boost children's rights

 

Vertical vertigo

 

Clarification

 

Gilbert sounds off on tariff

 

FCC tells satcasters it's all for one

 

Court TV in familiar suit case

 

AmFAR is victorious at Venice

 

CME's topper loses suit against Czech Republic

 

Metal heads 'Rock'

 

Org overhauls Oz kudocast

 

Canuck net nabs station

 

Black List to tap Spain for talent

 

White House meeting a first for Kennedy Center honorees

 

Gov't to bow media regulation commish

 

Fest applies 'Rouge'

 

Kodak backs Bangkok seminar

 

Berlusconi on leash

 

Eye's 'Amazing' graces Sunday

 

Miramax ups exec Slutzky

 

'The Fantastiks' to end epic run

 

Michael Green

 

Audrey Gomez

 

Richter set for Creative Emmys

 

Pre-game pep talk

 

Cuban sports HDTV promos on DirecTV

 

Fox pilots sci-fi tale from Grammer, PAR

 

Stiles beguiles MGM's 'Guy'

 

UPN's 'One' adds on ratings points

 

Pegasus punts a pair of Fox affils to the WB

 

Eye scores most news Emmys

 

Gooding leaves CAA for Endeavor

 

News Corp., Disney team on VOD

 

Flight from floor

 

Morris guides PBS travel

 

Cross-country bid

 

Dish: Myers goes for the 'Gold'

 

Inside Move: 'X' marks slot for '02 shot

 

Oscar's new producer is first femme to solo

 

Song sung blue

 

Special has ABC psyched

 

Infighting takes toll on SAG prez Daniels

 

Pollack inks with UTA for helming gigs

 

Fox News flips when Zahn zips

 

Fox's globetrotters

 

The royal treatment

 

Winslet's Ultra survives break-up

 

Chorion buys rights to French gumshoe

 

Richard Jay Shorr

 

Lion vet gets veep stripes

 

Pioneers tip cap to Rehme

 

EMI taps 2 for Manhattan

 

APG, Canal bank on spec

 

Canadian exhib tries price cut

 

Mart heads to Jordan

 

Svensk names Sterky

 

Stone visits 'Bhopal'

 

Fans to fuel VH1 kudocast

 

Mifed reels in pix

 

Kirch will wed media holdings

 

'Brass Eye' spoof gives C4 black eye

 

Almeida's artistic directors to bolt

 

Helmer Friedkin to take on Hack's Hughes

 

Fox sues Bienstock

 

Correction

 

Coffino takes 'Extra' duties

 

Miramax captures 'Warrior' rights

 

Pols to mull agency regs

 

'Marmalade' jams at VMAs

 

Lions Gate pix perform as firm narrows its loss

 

Endemol, Televisa to pact in Mexico

 

U.S. won't split Microsoft

 

Sony names Seligman top legal eagle

 

IFP delays fest, taps director

 

Rude welcome for U

 

Laugh track a fast track for Frog flack

 

Rhona Mitra

 

Christopher Gorham

 

Hector Elizondo, Rita Moreno, Esai Morales, Elpidia Carillo, Henry Darrow, Lauren Velez

 

Schumacher a 'Sleepwalker'

 

Noah Marley Lahman

 

Par triumphs in bidding war for 'Love' in Venice

 

Alliance rolls into 'Dogtown'

 

Inside Move: SAG meeting to resolve key issues

 

Distant Corners takes 'Peek'

 

Hickenlooper loops 2-pic deal

 

MTV's 'Band' stand

 

Garner, Parker on Harper's team

 

Exhib king looks Regal

 

Reality vets top rookies in rate race

 

UPN topper's suit a bonus onus

 

'Final' duo fill a double bill

 

She's what Sony wants

 

Crane biopic finds a distrib

 

Inside Move: 'Rock Star' misses MTV

 

Inside move: SAG faces imposing agenda

 

Fox makes choice to nix 'Nathan'

 

Intermedia aces 'Crackerjack'

 

Sony appeals death on set

 

'Blonde Bombshell' tuner to West End

 

RTL, Constantin seal film distrib'n deal

 

Chabrol tops San Sebastian fest jury

 

Justin Wilson

 

Seymour Kaplan

 

Heywood Hale 'Woody' Broun

 

Julie Bishop

 

Jay Migliori

 

Sil Austin

 

To be or not to be: A full slate of maybes

 

'Hedwig's' Mitchell wins 3 prizes

 

Nair roars at Venice fest

 

Bank on 'Scorched'

 

Mayoral candidates fuzzy on prod'n policies

 

A monster B.O. season

 

Sony, Strand dealing in Toronto

 

Myriad falls for 'Rain'

 

Troche sets 'Changed' pic

 

Malone makes waves

 

Bad news bears down on biz stox

 

Omnicom buys Davie

 

Embattled Euro cabler UPC ups Riordan

 

France Telecom pulls out of Satcaster

 

A first look at docu 'First Year'

 

New Brazil regime

 

Russian state distrib RKP inks private plex deals

 

Brazil's Globo Cabo names Viana CEO

 

CBS drops suit over Fox's 'Boot Camp'

 

Star TV to pump up three key channels

 

Exhibs bow confab

 

CIE fuels CART races

 

Showtime keeps faith with 'Believer'

 

Teutons unveil first int'l TV prod'n fund

 

Fox Kids net adopted by Fox TV Ent.

 

Endeavor to get Melrose

 

Inside Move: 'Simpsons' thinks inside cereal box

 

Inside Move: ATG scribe nests at NBC

 

Fest rings 'Wedding'

 

'Survivor' thrives

 

Eye, Alphabet opt for hi-def skeins

 

Spacey speaks out to SAG

 

Sony's online 'Room' bows

 

Revolution remembers 'Forgotten'

 

Underwood to reserve 'Hotel' gig

 

Editor Silbersack turns agent

 

Lupus Research Institute benefits

 

M'Max adopts 'Bastard'

 

Fox wraps 'Apes' DVD in Christmas ribbons

 

'Haiku' unspools

 

Seventeen mag's club One Seven hits H'wood

 

Kidman to 'Confess' for Clooney, Miramax

 

Sci Fi 'Dream' state may conjure series

 

Joshua Maxwell Moskow

 

Emma Rose Marie Gilliland and Sadie Anna Marie Gilliland

 

It's Turner times two at Intermedia

 

Coens' plans for 'Sea' sink

 

Feds bottle caps

 

ABC pilots 'Astronauts'

 

Flashy 'Musketeer' skewers 'Rock Star'

 

Horizon 'Thunder'-struck

 

Lantos set to make his 'Statement'

 

Pricier movies, minis in works at Showtime

 

MTV awards bag second-largest aud ever

 

Agents' B.O. secrets

 

Reviews

Heist

Rollins Band

Ringo Starr and His New All-Starr Band

Peggy Sue Got Married

Gloriana

Sad Hotel

Aliwa

Hollywood, Hong Kong

Happy Now

The Warrior

Runaway

Here To Where

Sonic Boom, Napster, MP3 and the New Pioneers of Music

Theater of the Avant-Garde, 1890-1950, A Critical Anthology

Temporary Help

Monsoon Wedding

Betty Fisher and Other Stories

Contemporary North American Directors

The Visual Story: Seeing the Structure of Film, TV, and New Media

Ramon Novarro: The Life and Films of the First Latino Hollywood Superstar

Arthur Godfrey: The Adventures of an American Broadcaster

Lost

13 Conversations About One Thing

Metropolis

Grant-Lee Phillips

Lovely & Amazing

Pinero

The Queen of Spades

The Musketeer

Cookin'

Sheba

Kiss Me, Kate

The Triumph of Love

Down From the Mountain

The Navigators

Behind The Sun

Last Wedding

The Mind of the Married Man

1776

Hearts in Atlantis

Sex And Lucia

Joy Ride

Life as a House

Conjugation

Love The Hard Way

Guardians of the Earth