Table of Contents
Week of 09/24/2001

Articles

Geffen goes ahead

 

Offering light relief

 

Teuton TV rips scribe pay rule

 

Dutch revise tax scheme

 

Scandis top Prix Italia TV fest

 

Euro Disney to add second theme park

 

ITV Digital criticized

 

Canal Fox in 'Love'

 

DTH bows in Uruguay

 

Cartoon confab draws

 

Smile sets its slate

 

Film grads win funds

 

Fest in 'Idle' hands

 

San Francisco fest taps exex, guest programmer

 

Bax, Velkes depart Fox Filmed Ent.

 

Virginia fest will fete Pollack, Rowlands

 

Amiel drives to 'Core'

 

ABC mulls another 'Mole'

 

Proposed tax law change may cost Alliance $3.8 mil

 

Unions slow pace of B'way concessions

 

Music to their ears

 

BMG's Bernardez strategizes

 

Oz gets 'Furious'

 

Gotham events should shine

 

Kent ankles Charter in Allen argument

 

Edwards reorg plan confirmed

 

Two SAG leaders plan health plan referendum

 

Zomba taps gospel exec

 

Road to recovery

 

Gerald Mayer

 

Two exex sub for Grann as Penguin CEO, prexy

 

CNN anchor Waters exits

 

Carlin utters HBO spec

 

Producers try to make Equity deals quickly

 

Brady alums cast vote for White House TV pic

 

Inside move: Nets rallying round the flag

 

Inside move: Auds cool to 'Pearl' return

 

Laff leader ankles UPN

 

Terror trackers fan privacy paranoia

 

D'Works home for Team Todd

 

Mipcom topper upbeat

 

Out of the ashes

 

MTV Films, Immortal pair for 'bare!' in N.Y.

 

Beijing backing off pic pledge

 

Pisano pushing productions

 

Docus on terrorists hot at Gaul's TV Rendez-Vous

 

Miles set to pen 'Porn' pic

 

Harper suggests showbiz summit

 

20th TV takes stake in Rake

 

Preems pass the test

 

CineGroupe going live on 'Galidor'

 

Telethon draws $150 mil

 

Kerri Kenney

 

Rebecca Gayheart

 

Letter to the Editor: Claudette Didul Man

 

Slamdance unveils script winners

 

Berkley to visit 'Titus'

 

Disney eyes Argentine net

 

David Alan Basche

 

Fred Savage

 

Patricia Kalember

 

Arab channel launch

 

Fox, WB meld Swiss distrib ops

 

Gorillaz top MTV Euro noms

 

Sogepaq collects 'Bullets' at San Sebastian

 

ITV, BBC pick up BVI pic packages

 

BAFTA unveils interactive noms

 

Raindance sets lineup

 

New studio's greenlit in Hong Kong

 

Web RTP taps Rangel

 

Jeunet leads confab

 

'Damage' postponed in France

 

German digital TV is delayed

 

French fest opening

 

Argentina programmer named

 

Teuton exchanges boot Kinowelt, VCL

 

Charter dips more

 

Heights for Hytner

 

U ups Rubin at home ent. Arm

 

XM Radio on the air

 

Pair to rep SAG at agent hearing

 

Blockbuster Video raises Travis

 

NBA dribbles toward dicey TV contracts

 

Gallen hard at work with 'America,' 'Zoolander,' 'Teen'

 

Clouzot to run Critics Week

 

Big 3 share solid start

 

N.Y. comedians 'Up' for relief

 

Without union deal, 'Music Man' to close

 

CME's $500 mil damages shakes up republic

 

BBC boss upbeat despite channel nix

 

Clouds hover over yakker host's Sun

 

Cabler topper's new ABTA prexy

 

Plural-Argos pact targets new markets

 

New book fair with int'l flavor comes to N.Y.

 

Ex-Clinton aide is in AOL lobby

 

HBO finds pushing U.S. fare in Asia can be tricky

 

Boxed set, side projects lead resurgence

 

Zomba/Jive gets some Mojo

 

EMI's off-key perf

 

Williams wooed to 'Woods'

 

Auds not set to play ball

 

Telemundo polishes gems

 

Gilbert hits Harper's runaway plan

 

Music veteran to run new booking arm

 

Froglet takes a leap

 

Benderspink inks Franklyn

 

Inside Move: ABC, Hallmark exploring 'Dinotopia' series deal

 

Inside Move: Par set to pull NATPE plug

 

Viv U banks BSkyB stake in Germany

 

France telecom tops NTL bidders

 

Excite@Home axes 500 jobs, eyes bankruptcy

 

GoldPocket interacts with 'Ben Stein's Money'

 

Gordon looking to jumpstart OnNet

 

'Raymond' bow offers hope to off-net comedy

 

Encore sets chopsocky doc

 

Tony "the Goose" Siragusa

 

A somber Emmycast gets a go

 

Kirk Wise

 

Laurie Holden, Karl Bury

 

Jacqueline Obradors

 

Gotham pic prod'n ready to roll

 

Inside move: Backlots batten hatches

 

Inside Move: Banner days

 

Update: 'Friends' misses 'Sein' post

 

Inside Move: Int'l accent

 

Inside Move: Heavy hitters

 

Biz shows strength across the board

 

Biz blues may run deeper than per-plexing answer

 

Bow of new season a struggle for nets

 

Biz steady; 'Blast' $1.3 mil

 

'XXX' marks spot for Jackson

 

Duo form digital, vid shingle

 

'Monty' detours from road

 

Jordan return skews skeds

 

Inside Move: Crystal ball looks cloudy

 

Inside Move: Output outcry

 

Stampede of indie players coaxes profit from margins

 

Talk Miramax shows agile indie move

 

Film's constancy: analytic dreamers

 

New director needs time to revive Tokyo festival

 

'Rouge' investors aren't done yet

 

'Suriyothai' adds heat to brisk biz

 

B.O. bottoms out

 

High anxiety

 

Updates/Late news: XM Satellite Radio

 

Diesel to drive 'Riddick'

 

TF1 targets 'Net worth

 

Hallmark's Loesch bids adieu; Corbi new chief

 

Newsies weigh costs of war

 

Mack fights back

 

Newsmags do well in aftermath

 

B'way faces perilous fight

 

BSkyB switches off analog signal

 

Kaza enters Hospital

 

Good news for ITN

 

Mildred Rickman

 

John Strauss

 

Kathleen Freeman memorial service

 

Robert Abel

 

Toon duo raise 'Ghost' pic

 

Rio to kick off with 'Baker Street'

 

Producers line up Valenti for confab

 

Unrest sinks film fest

 

ZDF boosts Discovery

 

H5B5 up for Porat bio

 

Artear taps manager

 

'Cool' sequel will roll

 

DirecTV interacting

 

Montreal pic fest serves 'Soft Shell'

 

Auds flock to speech, telethon

 

Sub revs strong at Canal+

 

Emmis posts loss, fears further drop

 

MGM names 2 VPs in worldwide TV distrib'n

 

Fox Kids Europe profits, revs make hefty gains

 

'Cotton' to open HBO docu series

 

Rapper Jay-Z holds No.1

 

Stamford hosts tryout of 'new' Turgenev play

 

Inside Move: Giuliani in third-term mode

 

Argentine net hires thesp

 

Doubleday to publish Dobbs' story

 

MusicNet cues up tests of digital tune service

 

AFMA re-elects Morgan board chairman

 

'Dreamgirls' twirl for Actors' benefit

 

Mercedes Tondre, Jodie Rosenthal

 

Joya Dass

 

New Line hot on 'Burning'

 

H'wood keeps on donating

 

Heroes zero in on Gotham

 

'Moss' rolls out in N.Y.

 

Court rules for NMPA in copyright battle with U

 

'SNL' preps new season, host sked

 

'Music Man' stays alive on Broadway

 

Oscar docu deadline near

 

Viv U, Interplay ink vidgame distrib deal

 

Electronic Arts to release CD version of 'Majestic'

 

Sega uses Qualcomm 'BREW' in wireless games

 

Gotham's law of perpetual motion

 

Gotham's players find strength in tragedy

 

Crime and punishment

 

Rosenthal's many hats

 

AAC trims its board

 

'Guardian' bow, 'JAG' put sparkle in the Eye

 

20th TV programs prez

 

B.O. litmus test

 

Working Title recruits Burns

 

Laemmle buys Fairfax

 

Webs tinker with more season bows

 

Beth Blinderman and Ted Cofsky

 

Fleischer chastises Maher

 

Letter to the Editor: Maria Cooper Janis

 

H'w'd makes a Pas

 

'Goldwyn' back on screen

 

Benefit beat goes on

 

Clock strike funnybone as Bush gifts Koizumi

 

P.I. character gets patriotic

 

The party's over at Par

 

Monitoring progress

 

The Mouse mantra: Hands on, spirits up

 

Sony takes 'Last Orders'

 

Carmike heads for Ch. 11

 

'Diva' sings to Film Four

 

Preem and party go 'Extreme'

 

Mediator joins SAG, reps talks

 

Prince Edward's crew stalks Prince William

 

Soviet TV silenced

 

M.J. 'Bud' Rifkin

 

'Beast,' 'Nine,' 'Jump' tops in Brit indie noms

 

Helmers, novelists will attend Monaco confab

 

Coalition of orgs boost Bangkok fest

 

Warner's Nobs retires

 

Indian anti-terrorism ads set

 

Japan exchange inked

 

Canal Web goes under

 

Teutons ride it out

 

Stock buyback spurs Disney debt downgrade

 

French exhibs prep for shift to euros

 

Chi fest to honor Dunaway

 

'Enterprise' a star player for UPN

 

VH1, N.Y. media players team for concert

 

Baranski, Mitchell top 'Todd'

 

Hollywood, and our nation, will meet this test

 

Hope and Glory

 

Market bullish on new works

 

H'wood nightmares and American dreams

 

Lifetime Achievement Award: Robert De Niro

 

Hotels

 

De Niro's dramatic impact as producer

 

Nightspots

 

Documentary Achievement Award: Edet Belzberg

 

Hot trend

 

Eateries

 

IFP Actor Award: Uma Thurman

 

Independent Vision Award: Bill Nisselson

 

Breakthrough Actor: Yolonda Ross

 

Web of support for docus

 

Living for the City: Thierry Klemeniuk

 

Networking in the City

 

Community supports lensers in the city

 

Showbiz rolls up its sleeves

 

What price glory?

 

Times Square as public theater

 

Film fest's aim is true despite competition

 

Living for the City: Patrick Stettner

 

In the pipeline: Tribeca

 

AOL TW sets Brophy as lobbyist

 

At 200, Post as feisty as ever

 

New York State of Mind

 

N.Y. Friars seeks blood transfusion

 

Living for the City: Doug Liman

 

Money man Henry sentenced

 

Union Square transformed into legit haven

 

Variations on the N.Y. cop show

 

Living for the City: Cary Granat

 

Unmasking the Hamptons

 

For Burwell, there's no place like home

 

Gotham gets going

 

Lincoln Center burns jazz torch

 

Off-Broadway goes upscale

 

For legit thesps, few rules apply

 

United to run Creative Web sites

 

Webcasting of 'Big Bro 2' shows Net can be profitable

 

Peacock pacts for series with Martin

 

Halperin rubs Magic Lamp

 

'Basic' pairs 'Pulp' pals

 

The show must go on, even at ... Ground Zero

 

Agencies, SAG clash at hearing

 

Max Favreau

 

Ericksen tops b'caster org

 

New Cannon taps topper

 

Arrow buys Kessler's 'Independent'

 

ABC taps Adilman

 

WB still crazy for Section 8

 

'Beast' needs boost

 

Sundance takes 'Off' for TV

 

U.S. majors to press China

 

Peacock will take 'Effect'

 

Lily Elisabeth Melvina Telegdy

 

Ryan Jack Halperin

 

Inside Move: Alphabet affil punting

 

Eja Lange

 

Jordan Pembroke Orloff

 

Irony appears to be victim of attacks, too

 

Publishing world contributes

 

Berlusconi's remarks under fire

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
September 28, 2001

 

Civilian shows Holmes the door

 

Agents push looser financial-interest regs

 

'Word' perfect

 

Coppola cops pic nod

 

Correction

 

Street turns corner

 

Madstone taps Sheehan

 

Oz tax breaks end for H'w'd

 

Adelphia taps TVN Ent. for VOD services

 

ProSiebenSat 1 cuts outlook

 

Rap music gets good spin

 

'Spirit' hits record

 

Berlin fest taps into Teutonic pix

 

'Warrior,' 'Room' to bookend Filmex

 

'Laura,' 'Cristina' back to yakking

 

Canadian theaters, distribs aid relief efforts

 

Argentina's Discovery raises exec

 

'Jones' goes Univision

 

Japan in Chan 'Rush'

 

C'righters call on pols

 

Comcast, AT&T kickstart talks

 

IFP Market starts off 'In the Bedroom'

 

White House keeps heat on ABC's Maher

 

Davis ankles Lincoln Center

 

Digney co-tops Solters PR firm

 

MGM quiets 'Windtalkers'

 

Agents, SAG move forward

 

Ledger to engage in 'Sin'

 

Col tastes 'Candy' pitch

 

Eckhart heads to Earth's 'Core'

 

Emmy Awards add Gotham element

 

WB sues Ovitz's ATG over 'Lost' $1 million

 

Brill closes Contentville

 

Jack Lease

 

Frenzy for 'Friends'

 

TV mart gets smart

 

Tight security for Cannes 'bunker'

 

New market topper

 

Blurb biz re-evaluates ad climate in wake of attacks

 

Smart TV impact limited

 

Market panels

 

Scripted series take a run at reality

 

Reality check

 

SAG taps vet McGuire sr. adviser

 

Nice niche

 

Int'l biz polarizes

 

More cablers to skip floor

 

Schedule set for SAG nods

 

Endemol to 'Master' reality

 

Chile's 'Cab' taxis to top at San Sebastian

 

Pied pipers in a pinch

 

Territory report: Latin America

 

Territory report: U.K.

 

Territory report: Australia

 

Territory report: France

 

Territory report: Canada

 

Territory report: Germany

 

Territory report: Spain

 

Territory report: Italy

 

Territory report: Japan

 

Territory report: Spain

 

Territory report: Belgium

 

Territory report: Italy

 

Territory report: Nordic Territories

 

Net's Excite@Home files for bankruptcy

 

Sony slashes forecast

 

Territory report: Germany