Table of Contents
Week of 10/01/2001

Articles

Music sales slide 5%

 

Ellender to head Fremantle distrib

 

Berlusconi cleared on fraud charges

 

'Dolphin' surfaces

 

Italo fest to keep U.S. itinerary

 

Pathe does 'Max' for Meyjes

 

Pixar toons to Blighty

 

'Farm' auds bountiful

 

Cairo fest to unspool

 

'Unplugged' Webcast

 

Rogers bows Enhanced TV

 

MPA in Mexico's picture

 

Hollywood supreme

 

Univision scores big in upfront sales

 

Russell the last for 'Mademoiselle'

 

DGA puts honors event on hold

 

Mitchell, Bean share nod

 

White Way roaring back

 

Hamptons 'Edges' in

 

'I Love N.Y.' reborn

 

Jerry Geehan

 

Walter Avancini

 

Stuart A. Sherman

 

Lani O'Grady

 

'Pie 2' warms U

 

DeVoe named CFO at Fox Ent.

 

Carmike reorg would ax sites, alter stakes

 

CEO's off & running

 

EM.TV to sell off Formula One stake to Kirch

 

Imperial dubbed Comerica Group

 

Granite seeks sale of Detroit WB affil

 

Sci Fi secures 2-year 'Farscape' deal

 

CNN vet in Afghanistan shifts to Fox

 

Cablers make case

 

'Judging' thesp sues Fox

 

'Beast' meets deadline

 

Warner Pix ups int'l exex

 

KNBC taps Godwin veep

 

Picture, WB ink deal for 2 'Matrix' sequels

 

Flat Earth founder forms new company

 

Chapman ups heat for Cinar sale via stake

 

Artists record benefit

 

Walter Avancini

 

Archie Herzoff

 

Stephen Paul James

 

Euro marts: a bad trip?

 

Pub biz staying home

 

Prlain nabs true 'Story'

 

Dream job for old pal

 

ABC's 'Alias' packs Sunday punch

 

'Others' keeps on haunting

 

CBS builds on dossier with 'Agency' head

 

'Greek' piques interest at Eye

 

Indie engine revs up

 

Everett's 'Ambassador' lands at Peacock

 

'Cardiff' lands cast for Herman

 

'Floral' pitch blossoms at ABC

 

Inside move: Nets taking on terrorism

 

Fox sets trip for 'Hollidays'

 

Exec a match for Fireworks

 

Tommy Hollis

 

Dan Cushman

 

Victor Wong

 

Franklin H. Mills

 

Rudolph Frank

 

Rapture to go dark in two weeks

 

Vivendi, French gov't in standoff over fees

 

MTV arms cue up 'Unplugged' on Net

 

Peru gov't hails b'caster

 

XYZ acting globally

 

Germany's Pepper' shakes Merkl

 

Euronews makes surprise Russia bow

 

Argentina broadband plan unveiled

 

Globo sudser shifts focus

 

Tax shelter leaking in Canada

 

U.S. majors to press China distrib

 

'Nynke' named top Dutch pic

 

Light touch delivers pic that travels

 

Kinoshok hosts cultural glasnost

 

Mideast fests press ahead as skedded

 

Black comedy tops somber San Sebastian

 

Newsies in old battle for access

 

FX hopes for big effect of new buys

 

Fall shows still draw in viewers

 

ABTA confab mulls crisis for economy

 

NBC takes early lead in demos

 

1+1 echoes world pain with local show

 

O'Neil lands a Myriad of new tasks

 

Soviet Switchoff

 

'Wheel' rolls along

 

Webs in a spin as tyros prep bow

 

Mouse aims to nibble a piece of Azul

 

Scandis top Prix Italia fest, Brits fade

 

ITV to renew provider pact

 

Arabian knight woos west

 

SAG to redraw toon pact

 

Music biz on new track, post attack

 

Kovacs to receive ASC lifetime nod

 

MGM pacts with lottery marketing firm

 

Canal critics flush demure Lescure

 

Cooper and a time for heroes

 

McBain's beat to cover pilot for Global TV

 

New plays the thing

 

Burns to address next chapter in Gotham story

 

Par enters theme park territory

 

Joining the chorus

 

Tower rises on cash access

 

DTS sounds out two for top posts

 

Justices vault pole case back to FCC

 

Alphabet nets 'Blonde' buy

 

Biz meets to discuss grounded helicopters

 

Pix cut to the chaste

 

Inside Move: For Your Security Consideration

 

Inside Move: Tackling the taboo

 

Hytner hits National heights

 

Inside Move: High-kickin' DVD

 

Diff'rent strokes for NATPE folks

 

Inside Move: Format Odyssey

 

Inside Move: Studio watch

 

Inside Move: New homebodies

 

Hollywood Entertainment increases earnings estimate

 

Dentsu goes public

 

RTL shopping around

 

Sobini will date 'Sister'

 

Consultancy picks up trio

 

IATSE vote set at Times TV

 

MSNBC tunes in big gains amid tragedy

 

Clear repercussions

 

SAG gets back to biz

 

DGA hires lawyer Hollander in East

 

Thesps blaze new star trails

 

Simon Baker

 

Timely projects to fill post-attack pic void

 

Ryan Gosling

 

Execs: Beat up but upbeat

 

Krystof Hadek

 

'Beast,' B.O. get good news

 

Ron Livingston

 

WGA tuner balloting today

 

Newsies dig in as fight looms

 

Alison Lohman

 

Yolonda Ross

 

Audrey Tautou

 

Linda Lavin, Samantha Mathis

 

Jonathan Tucker

 

Brad Rowe

 

Dane Cook

 

Hollywood Records taps Konowitch

 

Discovery shuffles exex in Latin America reorg

 

Yanic Truesdale

 

Laurie Holden

 

Antonioni back to work

 

Taking on USA Nets

 

Jennifer Garner

 

Maisel shifts to Endeavor

 

Lifetime, CNN buck trend

 

Dimension scares up pitch 'Alone'

 

Sasso lassoes TV holding deal

 

WB, Televisa pic amigos

 

Col waits til Christmas to unwrap its 'Ali' bio

 

'ET' deal is Hart warming

 

Frog net pools pilots for 2002

 

Inside Move: Gilbert sez she broke Rule One when young

 

Inside Move: Limp's Durst dithers on pix

 

Simone Alexandra Johnson

 

Kaya Jordan Gerber

 

E! rolls up red carpet on Rivers

 

New rules get Down Under distribs' skin

 

Lillian "Lillie" Maren Grouws

 

Ava Kramer Lazarov

 

'Fen-Phen' deal lures Showtime

 

Love sues UMG over Nirvana music

 

George Gately

 

Edward Joseph Rollins

 

Uslan ushers in Branded consultancy

 

Hall leads to sr. VP post

 

NBC Sports nabs three

 

Dempsey finds 'Sweet Home'

 

Navarre to spread ARD 'Christianity'

 

Col picks mktg. chief

 

Smart 24-hr. channel

 

Bank likes cinemas

 

Nikkei draws eyeballs

 

Argentina 'Bride' boom seen

 

Parillaud signs on for Breillat's 'Scenes'

 

Garland ankles U Nets

 

'Final' pic just that for Square

 

Mexico marriage

 

TVNZ shuffles exex, chops mktg.

 

Burger King bites into promo pacts

 

Catch 23, Comerica team

 

September slump

 

Trimmer Kinowelt stays pic course

 

Mitey bites on Imax debt

 

Jay-Z architect of No. 1 spot

 

Music, film industries sue file-sharing nets

 

Stagebill combining magazines

 

Shick ankles SAG exec post

 

IFP's Parks awards celebrate 'Life,' 'Other'

 

Affleck homes in on 'Daredevil' role

 

Pols back plan to monitor phone, Net use

 

Univision sweeps July primetimes

 

Suzanne Santry and Jon Crowley

 

WGA gets thumbs up

 

B'way looks to ease cuts

 

Gilbert sets 'Respect' roster for SAG election

 

IFP stands up in N.Y.

 

H'w'd tide turns toward benefits

 

Cinegrill done for now

 

Spacey plays 'Mind Games' at Lennon tribute

 

Selma Blair

 

Moving Pictures, Di Novi see beauty in 'Ugly' story

 

Daniels takes reins of 'King'

 

'Buffy's' boffo in UPN preem

 

Plot gets thicker at Storyline

 

Disney not taking call from AT&T

 

Helmers the reel deal

 

Artisan's 'Impact' vid flies into issue of sensitivity

 

Twentieth TV trades NATPE floor for hotel

 

AFMA: trying to keep pace

 

Talker taps NBC veterans Friedman, Leingang

 

Studios rate the reps

 

TF1 is 'Heaven' sent

 

Inside Move: 'Pie' sliced for b'cast version may lose flavor

 

'Evelyn' beckons Margulies

 

'Gangs' looks to 2002

 

Court TV moves forward with first telepic

 

FX gives 'Test' failing grade

 

AOC woos Clinton, ex-prez wows crowd

 

Vidgamer Activision takes over Treyarch

 

Creative Planet pinkslips 20 staffers

 

Sun inks deal with News Corp.

 

Teutons order 'Pie'

 

RTL, AOL Time Warner nix news channel deal

 

Tiger taps BBC's Perkins for comedy

 

Channel 4 may seek indie prodco stakes

 

Cobalt mines coin for Chin's 'Place

 

Berlusconi request OK'd

 

Lions Gate inks Teuton pact

 

'Shine' duo polishing up 'Love's' pic

 

Peru orders arrest of channel owner

 

IFP/West sets producer panel

 

ProCon venture expires

 

Warner Pix cues up VP

 

Par TV putting Fox on its 'Dance' card

 

'Super' scribe wins IFP laurel

 

RTL loses out in bid for piece of news net

 

Ash boards 'Surfing' for Japan's Gilla Co.

 

Consultancy picks up trio

 

Yahoo! shares rise after Semel's talk

 

Sponsor signing on

 

Vet animator Smith toons out Nelvana

 

FCC OKs non-video fees for cablers' customers

 

AFTRA boosts initiation fee

 

SAG candidate declines Gilbert's endorsement

 

Belgian fest to fete Corman

 

Unspooling unity

 

Televisa boosts news

 

Yale taps new dean of drama

 

Ferro set for Promax

 

Attitude of TV cooperation still shines

 

Mainframe taps prexy

 

Miramax aboard Scorsese 'Voyage'

 

AFI fest opening to go 'Dark'

 

EU may add AV boost

 

Teuton Viva web gets tuneup

 

Disney digs 'Stuntman' pitch, drafts Sheridan

 

'LiLi' offers hip quips

 

'Pop' ups phone fun

 

New rules irk Oz distribs

 

'Date' bow tops among new syndies

 

Gray will play host on NBC syndie 'Link'

 

Casting org fetes Brillstein, Nicita

 

USA taps Lang VP, comedy

 

'Wing' sings for Peacock

 

Frog net hops to reality beat

 

U changes 'Mind' on release plan

 

Pic biz expects good FTC report card

 

Cuaron raises 'Children'

 

Caution for semi-Emmy

 

USA pulls plug on merger

 

Techs unspool digital pic push

 

'Bandits' gets gala spot at London fest

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
October 5, 2001

 

Telefonica cutting costs

 

London's Lux shutters

 

REM, Kylie to perform at MTV Europe awards

 

Titan and Total ink coproduction accord

 

'Training' cops top spot

 

Emmy Awards canceled

 

Writers Guild East re-elects Sargent

 

Priority folded into Capitol

 

SAG vote full of drama

 

Orgs seek end to copter ban

 

Red Wagon ups Shane

 

Kinowelt deal vetoed by WB

 

Cablevision cloudy

 

No NATPE booth for USA

 

EM.TV sells Networx unit

 

Showbiz stox end week on up note

 

Down Under thunder

 

Lions Gate inks Teuton pact

 

IFP/West sets producer panel

 

Playboy will bow Greek web

 

Mipcom Junior closes on a subdued note

 

NBC fingers Forbes script

 

Strictly TV business

 

B'way locals band together

 

Pic pact likely awaits 'London' in Frankfurt

 

Bill Keene

 

Intertainment raises Brown

 

African web taps Maziya chief exec

 

Sat homes rise 29%

 

Carradine in 'Falcons'

 

Brazil pay TV uncertainty

 

Sequels shine o'seas

 

Hypnotic mesmerizes AFI

 

U traps pitch for Rat, Taylor

 

Harvey aboard E! as senior veepee

 

Fleischer takes legacy to Mainframe as U.S. prexy

 

Auds in NBC laffer's favor; 'Survivor' in wings

 

Joy tapped by Rezn8

 

Kazanjian takes on Project

 

Inside Move: Miramax unsure where 'Gangs' will land

 

Inside Move: Peacock returns to kitchen

 

Int'l Emmy noms unveiled

 

Mouse skates for Kattan

 

Contract exex to depart SAG

 

Trio to bring 'Dracula' to TV

 

Euros swap stories

 

Venetian bets on museums

 

Rockstone backs 'Holla'

 

New York's salute to a good fella

 

'Mister' preem is for the ages

 

Variety names its 10 Actors to Watch

 

'Bandits' steals light

 

The music man

 

Freston on: Synergy

 

Asian operation built on local rhythms

 

'Kitchen' connection

 

Crossing Euro borders changes content

 

Programming an extension of persona

 

Gallic auds go gaga over 'Moulin Rouge'

 

'Hedda' star grows up

 

Terrorist attacks prompt scene cut in 'Wasabi'

 

'Visit' looks in on Goodman

 

Fork in road for Ted, AOL/TW

 

Cimino, Pollack attend Euro forum

 

Kirch to keep focus on German markets

 

Square keeping 'Spirits' up

 

Lakers' O'Neal drops his agent

 

Mischa Barton

 

Jami Gertz

 

Amber Benson

 

Milo Ventimiglia

 

All dressed up, no place to go

 

Newsies fight over bin Laden interview

 

TNN treks up cable tier with 'Star'

 

Digital off runway

 

Donen to helm helmers' outfit

 

E! changes gears in Emmy coverage

 

Feds seek H'wood's help

 

Airstrikes K.O. kudos

 

N.Y. revels in love story

 

Canuck adaptations will take a Triptych

 

Lynch has 'Fever' for Roth pic

 

Miramax prescribes 'Prozac Nation' rights

 

De Niro's the hero as film vets rule B.O.

 

Emmycast a casualty yet again

 

Freston on: Expansion

 

Kit Foster

 

Katelyn Rachel Youssefyeh

 

Jennifer Lopez and Cris Judd

 

Dee-Dee Marcelli and Rolland Sones