Table of Contents
Week of 10/08/2001

Articles

Kazakh helmer a battle-tested vet

 

Danish regional film fund bows

 

Bollore, Euromedia buy Gaul-owned producer

 

S. Africa feels attack effects

 

EU adds 9 nations to film finance fund

 

Nordisk taps Vedel financial director

 

India's Anand to top film org

 

Dixit weds new skein

 

'Warrior' hitched

 

'Amelie' conquers Brit B.O.

 

Clear Channels deal

 

BMG adds 5 exex in reorg

 

'Link' inks with WGA

 

Arte, BBC pact for 10 projects a year

 

Rai Trade inks with Liberty Intl.

 

A security blanket

 

EM.TV, inks pact with First Asia

 

MTV inks 14 deals for Nick's 'Neutron'

 

Mojto to ankle Kirch

 

Toon gets Greenlight

 

Encore pacts for pix

 

Mipcom panel extols broadband

 

RIAA touts success in CD-R crackdown

 

Virgin promotes vet Alder up marketing tree

 

SAG to assess board trim

 

Campbell will raise AFI funds

 

ArtistDirect taps Swindel

 

Bombing blasts B.O.

 

Two will succeed Greenblatt at WB units

 

Van Allen upped at Fox

 

Corman eyes Plateau atop Flanders fest

 

Mouse bats 'Stunt' pitch

 

Scorsese docu to kick off NYU Fest

 

Viewers give nets bad news

 

Dolores Michaels Wolfe

 

Amy Chandler

 

MPTF anni spawns gifts, tributes & laughs

 

Compaq packs pix for iPaq

 

80th birthday bash

 

Autodesk takes plunge into streaming media

 

Global B.O. jumble

 

Music sales to go online

 

ImagineAsia gets new helmer

 

An unscripted event

 

'Uplister' is latest dot-bomb

 

TF! pirates 'Maltese'

 

Victory, Neptuno animating 'Cat,' 'Ambi'

 

Limbaugh loses hearing

 

Off B'way battles back

 

CNN will share access to Afghan news stories

 

Doris M. Corvo

 

Manny Albam

 

SAG pacts unit shuffled

 

Cecil Kenneth DuMain

 

Three to laugh on

 

Jordan's got games on TV

 

'Band' boffo in Blighty

 

Letter to the Editor: Michael Harrah

 

Letter to the Editor: Harriet Rose

 

Benderspink elevates McElroy to manager

 

KFWB newsies ink contract

 

Rock stars set D.C. benefit

 

Yanks do Palais ballet

 

McTeam in action for Fox

 

'Danny' first fall casualty

 

'Day' duo docks deal at Studios USA TV

 

Snoop in loop at USA

 

Gotham unites ad biz

 

Bickel aglow over Aura

 

Marton Csokas

 

Lori Heuring

 

Matt Battaglia, Michael McGrady

 

Mouse cuts to Chase in prod'n deal

 

Inside Move: CBS, Acad ponder right move for Emmys

 

Fox 2000 takes its 'Time'

 

Kevin Costner

 

Dennis Feldman

 

Samaire Armstrong

 

Eva Gardos, Jason Horwitch

 

Mitch Rouse

 

Stephen Crawford

 

Simon shines new 'Apple'

 

Exec exits Public Theater

 

Yale Rep taps Bundy

 

Inside Move: Tube turnabout

 

Inside Move: Sale's unfurled

 

Inside Move: 'Wind' chill factor

 

Inside Move: Direct approach

 

Holiday pix falling off tree

 

Bizzers show pride at subdued Gotham events

 

Scorsese lauds healing power of pix

 

Helmer's passion is pix

 

Pusan plans top Asia helmers

 

Battle for distrib rights simmer

 

EM.TV tooning in with Planeta 2010

 

AOL targets Europe for convergence

 

Cablers, Satco forge ties

 

Homeward bound

 

Docu partners making 'Space' for HD

 

Matthew Kerrigan Frierson

 

Aubrianna Wilson

 

Benjamin Dov Callahan-Gold

 

Charles Sinatra Kogen

 

Cindy Goldberg and Theo Gluck

 

Jenny Rush and Robert Morton

 

Robin Anderson and Frank Beuthin

 

Pamela Revel and dan Eisenstein

 

Allison Smith and Randall Grimmett

 

Cromosoma, RTV makes 'Jones' pact

 

Granada nabs docu rights

 

AAC pacts with Nat'l Geographic, Discovery

 

Denton upped at Hallmark

 

Fiction volume declines

 

Nat'l Geographic pacts with Telcast

 

Clark gets adaptations

 

Gellu Naum

 

Kirch, ITV and BBC refill Cup talks

 

Swedish fest is breathless over Godard

 

Venevision Intl., Nostromo venturing forth on formats

 

AFTRA low-key on eve of contract talks

 

Music players back digital license deal

 

Liberty Media vet Vogel tapped as Charter CEO

 

Sony circles Square

 

Senator adds 2 in L.A.

 

Studios USA paying Dues for skeins

 

Machine boards 'Train'

 

B'way back on track

 

'Living' lives on for '02 season

 

Atlantic sets 'Famine' feast

 

Rubin flags two patriotic pix

 

Downtown TKTS booth set to reopen

 

Hallmark preps pix for Nov.

 

Giant Screen ropes rights to 'Horses'

 

Coupland serves 'Cookies' to Disney

 

'Band' on the run from ABC to MTV

 

Big day for DVD debuts

 

Lampoon of Lipton tops spec

 

Civil War story speaks of call to defend freedom

 

Viewers play favorites; UPN, WB boost

 

Gloria Foster

 

Correction

 

Schultz goes to hoop with 'Mike'

 

Fox inks thesp McClintock

 

Reversal of fortunes

 

'Good Day' for U.S.

 

Kirch dashes 'Crusaders' bash

 

Inside Move: Still tinkering under the hood

 

Inside Move: 'Oceans' of art

 

Corgan smashes way onto Web with 'Glass'

 

Bam! to do 'Reign' dance for PS2

 

Auds favor comfort food

 

'Tomb Raider' tops in Japan

 

Media.net speeds up prod'n for 8 Canuck companies

 

Warners on pic's 'Point'

 

Distribs seeing red over code review

 

Journos battle gov'ts, costs for vantage point

 

'Star' player helping TNN in trek up

 

Stragglers should get a reprieve

 

'Darkness' looms for Eagle Cove, Panoptic

 

Yanks still rank on the Teutonic tube

 

Emmy noms look further afield

 

Inside move: Herek sketches Fox 2000

 

Canal Plus calls in the CIA

 

New arrests shocks biz

 

The tube's going local in Indonesia

 

Inside move: Emmy kudocast's fate on Acad's agenda

 

Vegas stars shine in benefit

 

Catherine Wittick and Joseph Lucas

 

Debbie Deuble and Tim Hill

 

High-profile move

 

Frog's 'Girl' gone despite many efforts

 

Aussies seek Asian auds

 

Revival tests 'Flower' power

 

Getting even more real

 

B.O. in recovery

 

Vet Shaw swims to S. Pacific

 

Sports net airs after fees row

 

Distrib biz schizo in wake of TM hang-up

 

ILM will make magic for 'Hulk,' next 'Potter'

 

Pyramid power

 

Col TriStar joins NATPE floor flight

 

Teuton topper on move

 

Gordon does a Fox trot

 

Arab, terror docus heat up the market

 

Big the ticket for Keaton TV

 

Primed for 'Crime'

 

William Solomon Golden

 

Molly Rose Mancina

 

Kelsy Cameron Fogerty

 

Laserna named Canal Caracol prez

 

Trio of Canuck film vets maps out 49th Parallel

 

4 Ventures names Kawash to top post

 

SMG looks to cut staff

 

SET in midst of reorg

 

PSN yanks cable signal

 

BAFTA fetes helmer-lenser Green

 

Taking a gamble

 

Boland exits MTV for E4

 

Broadband biz catches BBC's eye

 

Right-To-Work is OK in Okla.

 

Rubin to host video awards

 

Scripps profit falls; ads slide after attacks

 

Digital mind-bender

 

Melendez moves to Sony Discos

 

Helkon revs to fall short

 

Report: Net file-swapping goes on

 

Set-top initiative launches

 

'Corrections' made

 

Ja Rule lifted on fans' 'Love'

 

CHUM elevates Cooper to veep

 

Air strike coverage lifts CNN

 

Mood unexpectedly bright post Mipcom

 

Milan arrests muddy prospects for Mifed

 

SAG wars waged on Web

 

Reiner, Ridge look to lift kids

 

'Reefer' lights up

 

Fest goes on 'Drive'

 

Stars rally around the flag

 

Caught in the middle

 

'Amelie' smiles on L.A.

 

Dayton upped in SAG reorg

 

Honoree Freston lauds TV's informational reach

 

Loonland teams for 'Rock'

 

'Snow White' dwarfs past Disney DVD sales

 

Big miniseries blow hot in Europe mart

 

'Sanders' set for TV repeats

 

Yahoo! posts net qtr. Loss

 

Coens eye 'Intolerable' pic

 

Sheridan sees 'Action!' as Summit ups pic profile

 

Director Herb Ross Dead at 76

 

Pix pump profits

 

TV acad sets exec committee

 

Nets give quick OK to live news muzzle

 

Alphabet sked shuffles loom

 

'Lucky Man' hopes time is opportune

 

Exhibiting contrast

 

Sony aids Westside Children's Center

 

Fox salutes request by Bush for 'Wanted' spec

 

APG, StudioCanal on path of 'Vigilante'

 

Fox swings at 'Pitch'; Kismet scares up rights

 

'Lily' blooms for Cowboy

 

'Mulholland's' Watts makes way to 'Plots'

 

Miramax shift is 'Heaven' for Berlin

 

Direct approach for Fox, Leder

 

Scribe ready to ride range for Alphabet

 

WB goes for 'Gideon' with Grazer producing

 

Donner party to Par's pitch

 

Corrections

 

WB Online names veep

 

Ross makes Cameo

 

Afghanistan conflict sours Beirut film fest

 

Soft focus on mart

 

Serbian conflict touches TV

 

Granada sets Wolf for sales

 

China opens up to others

 

TV insiders present dim future for digital

 

Tele-Images ups stake in GTV

 

TV Loonland pacts with Nick, Nelvana

 

Mipcom panel explores cost cutting

 

De Winter promotes Peace

 

Bankrupt iBeam inks pact with Williams

 

Loews high on plan

 

Litmus test for SAG

 

Mackintosh's 'Witches' to close in London

 

'Ed' helps NBC bowl strikes

 

Bacon takes 'Almost Holy' lead role

 

Some films are worth a second look

 

Crown crowns FitzPatrick

 

SAG will honor Asner

 

Playboy's job cuts hit online unit hard

 

Murdoch touts News Corp.'s fitness

 

Imus' ayem show reups with MSNBC

 

Film biz meets rental biz in reel estate world

 

Duo add musical Dimension to banner

 

ThinkFilm eyes 'World' rights

 

Lucy Lawless

 

CheeK

 

Jacqueline Obradors

 

Kara Lindstrom

 

Joseph Triebwasser

 

Morgan Ward

 

Mischer bows out of Emmys

 

Michael Sloane

 

Isabel Ellsen

 

Will Rokos and Milo Addica

 

Julian Fellowes

 

Monique Matthews

 

Heather Morgan

 

Michael Petroni

 

New scribes spin stunning scenarios

 

Halmi splits time between air, ground for pix

 

New Azteca topper

 

Barbara Eden

 

Ethan Embry

 

Robinne Lee

 

Daveigh Chase

 

Walker signs with ICM

 

'Ananda' producers exit syndie yakker

 

Exec changes in The Works

 

U lines 'Cloud' with coin

 

'Dharma's' Lorre to pen romantic laffer for CBS

 

Braeden Cooper Sorbo

 

Piper Celia Smith

 

Wells, Flint may preside over 'Court'

 

'CSI' exec producers reup for 3 years

 

ABC inks Al-Jazeera deal

 

Revolution wields Glass 'Club'

 

Pix out for count

 

Century joins exhib trade group NATO

 

Hyde parking trio at Disney

 

NBC habla Telemundo

 

ABC, Fox seeking light at end of 'Time Tunnel'

 

Rap pair in 'Past'

 

Screen Gems will take slice of 'Cut'

 

Sci-fi short grows up 'Human' for Miramax

 

B'way boards stay full

 

WB digs 'Burial' helmer

 

Erin rarin' to go on yakker

 

FCC gives Big Bird OK on selling ads

 

Life in wartime

 

Code 'Blue' at ABC

 

Kristin Peace

 

Mercedes Tondre

 

Joya Das

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
October 12, 2001

 

A taxing exercise for Euro pic biz

 

NBC employee tests positive for anthrax

 

MGM 'Bandits' can't escape cops

 

Dick Winters

 

Seymour Heller

 

Fox Cable Nets lifts Liguori creatively

 

Blazing new Pathe

 

Natali squared away for 'Nothing' gig

 

Mann mans 'Life' role

 

Warners, Gaylord head for 'Danger'

 

Obst sets scribe for 'B' pic

 

Trio of thesps sign for 'Sin'

 

SAG ballots due by Oct. 31

 

Film Consortium plays 'Dirty' for Frears pic

 

Kirch says Murdoch in

 

BBC, Film Council fund tyro helmers

 

Nick's Grieder out in MTV nets reorg

 

Pentagon calls for rewrites on war script

 

Corrections

 

Universal celebrates Hope and music

 

'Dance' living it up

 

Jitters bug pic mart

 

'Shape' sizes stage

 

Nets opt not to air latest Al Qaeda tape

 

The A-List

 

Market Matters

 

Variety at London fests

 

Indie fest, awards liven London pitstop

 

British Independent Film Award nominees

 

London sales scene rocked by exits to U.S.

 

Fast facts

 

Upscale dining

 

SAG board on a diet

 

Mogul's new crown

 

Relaxing

 

Distrib Col TriStar taps Basil Jones sr. veepee

 

Nightspots

 

Screening venues

 

DGA launches prep program

 

Romantic laffer 'Lose' loses Jersey Films

 

'Buffy' slays competish in off-net syndie debut

 

JumpTV backs off Webcast hearing

 

Strong bow for 'Survivor'

 

EM.TV eyes distrib stake

 

Disney, Blockbuster end revenue sharing

 

IATSE inks crew from road 'Man'

 

Bing Crosby estate sues UMG for $16 mil

 

House passes peek measure

 

Battle lines drawn in propaganda war

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