Table of Contents
Week of 10/15/2001

Articles

Showtime helps 'Girls' learn

 

'Monkey' swings in

 

EMI will apply Levy

 

Canal Plus kicks off sports web setup

 

Helkon, RTL II pact for pix

 

Prisa buys into Televisa radio arm

 

UPI branches vid distrib into 3 lands

 

MTVE parents Kinder

 

NFI's Dahle bows out

 

'Italian' knows Polish

 

'Bandits' breaking in

 

Locals boost fest

 

Gallic admissions rise on local fare

 

FilmFour Int'l taps Gold as unit topper

 

Pix vie for kids kudos

 

Femme org finds Muses

 

Dimension to get pix from Vertigo's Lee, Davison

 

Showeast to honor AMC's buyer

 

Economy tips Gannett drop

 

B'way momentum slows in B.O. uptick

 

Vets Klein, Messick make Mutual pact

 

Film trading boosts Kirch's bottom line

 

Luis Antonio Garcia Navarro

 

Judith Jordan

 

Carmen Rico-Godoy

 

Viva posts $9 mil loss

 

ArtistDirect taps Robinson

 

'Drum Song' appears B'way bound

 

Pair has sporting chance

 

Terrorists won't be allowed to hijack Oscar

 

DOJ subpoenas music labels

 

Arab airwave raid

 

Dr. Samuel E. Schwartz

 

Pat Ast

 

Laffers soothe B.O.

 

Four-of-a-kind pact

 

S&P puts Mouse in hole

 

May Ann or Ginger? CBS wins bet

 

Inside, Brill dissolve ops

 

Park vet Jensen upped to exec VP of U Japan

 

Risto Orko

 

Pic marketers face a grave new world

 

'Mole' moved to '02 hole

 

SAG gets tough on nonunion shoots

 

Rapper wraps 'Dead' deal

 

Deals shine on 'Dark' creator

 

Ragnar Qvale

 

UPN orders back nine on laffer 'One on One'

 

Castmaster hopping

 

Inside move: M'max falls out of autumn film marts

 

Intermedia's Golden touch

 

Canucks acting up

 

More acts added to benefit for NYC

 

Rath, Welker hang shingle

 

Kinowelt is knocked out of the 'Ring'

 

Hemecker reups for 'Witchblade'

 

Lola UK given notice

 

Jacqueline Babbin

 

Online word of mouth efforts are effective

 

Volume.com lowered for good

 

Pusan pushes Thai pics

 

Kirch sells World Cup soccer to Korea

 

Baby tests positive for anthrax after ABC visit

 

'Time' is right for Fox

 

Kudos quandary

 

U inks Japan TV distrib deal

 

Lion raids 'Genghis' pitch

 

Gaumont set to finance Goldman gangster thriller

 

Two sign on at Dimension

 

Dimension inks pact with Lee, Davison

 

Two aboard Twain

 

Studios USA TV inks Kunert-Manes team

 

Fox Oz closes Backlot complex

 

GC exex to benefit

 

Fox TV appoints duo

 

Senator elects Himel, Jack as VPs

 

Collins eyes FBI actioner with LL Cool J

 

Yelmo obtains new financing

 

CEO ankles as Sirius delays sat radio bow

 

Catalonia opens up pic fund

 

ATAS honors engineering efforts

 

Titan, Total do pix combo mambo

 

Pols war over state TV appointment

 

Dinard Festival draws solid biz presence

 

No longer TGIF for b'casters

 

Mini maven aims 'Mr. Cinderella' at silver screen

 

Exex make a hasty mip exit

 

Gov't aid freshens festival

 

In Pakistan, broadcasters toe the gov't line

 

Hyde Park at Mouse House

 

Challenge perks vet helmer

 

Politician is losing while business is booming

 

Afghanis depend on radio

 

Nets jostle for 'exclusive' rights

 

Hot 'Mamma' hits

 

U unifies vid strategy

 

'More lively' Mifed promised

 

Eye inks holding deal with ex-'Blue' thesp

 

China Star's 'Brassiere' straps on auds, coin

 

ShowEast sets Weintraub fete

 

Road rallies despite 'Full' stop

 

French kiss for SPC

 

All's peaceful on the Kennedy Center stage

 

Eye delays 'Agency' anthrax episode

 

Hard times breed rich deals

 

Bin Laden may answer questions

 

Inside Move: No, thank you

 

Author's work an acquired taste for H'wood

 

Inside Move: In the pink?

 

Inside Move: Game on

 

Inside Move: Music rights pose 'Royal' pain

 

Runaway train could derail DGA talks

 

Inside Move: 'Monkey' biz

 

Inside Move: 'Action' faction

 

Runaway legislation introduced in D.C.

 

Nervous eyes on the prize

 

WB vet to take advisory role

 

Raoul Kraushaar

 

Albert Nalpas

 

Good morning, Kabul

 

Zellweger in 'Love' with Fox 2000 pic

 

Miramax married to Korean 'Gangster'

 

Bonnier gains turn red

 

Clinic workers strike vote set

 

Altman: Violent action pix are training for terrorists

 

Stem, Weiss get a 'Shrek' of a deal

 

Alliance lifts O'Connor, signs Kerew

 

Euro cuts hit home

 

NATPE smooths way

 

Bergen 'Sweet' on Gotham

 

Myriad recruits Fuqua to direct spy thriller

 

'Megalopolis' plans shifted

 

Searchlight blazes in N.Y.

 

AMG's Berger shifts to CAA

 

Third time's the charm?

 

Wracked by 'thrax

 

Silver Prods. plans 'Party'

 

WB catches Hudson pitch

 

NYC film biz to come a courtin' in Hollywood

 

A 'Fool' for B'way

 

Cash Money branching into film

 

Heavyweights enter ring for fight pic

 

Yakker to do time warp

 

'Friends,' 'Law' trio boost NBC

 

WGA caucus to fete tooner scribe Burnett

 

Intertainer, MS pact for VOD

 

Miramax names Aussie distrib'n director

 

Frederic Ziv

 

Alton Wood

 

John Collins

 

Zoltan Szekely

 

Mamie Davis

 

George P. Brockway

 

Viv U backs Besson

 

TriPix, New Line ink wide output deal

 

TV6 owner on the defensive

 

BSkyB, Ladbrokes won't gamble on joint venture

 

Planeta 2010 goes for 'Firespill' in big way

 

No guarantee for German b'casters

 

Pearson warns of lower profits

 

Raphael reups at Studios USA

 

Dakota is on the 'Run'

 

For 'Pain,' no gain

 

HBO's Sunday shift fails to boost 'Enthusiasm'

 

ESPN to shift the ESPY kudos to July

 

Studios sue Shaw units

 

RealNetworks revs drop as sales, ads are hit hard

 

Watts back in WB's international fold

 

Sat auds slammed

 

Benefit 'Concert' picks up short pix

 

Hughes red ink flows on DirecTV expenses

 

Sogecine at 10: Executive Roundtable

 

AMPAS taps Nicholl finalists

 

Grammys choose L.A.

 

Sogecine at 10: Helmer's diverse voices

 

Sogecine at 10: Timeline

 

Schwarzeneggers busy in Gotham, L.A.

 

Conglom synergy works for produce

 

High spirits

 

Sogecine Vital Stats

 

DGA Honors reskedded as members focus on relief

 

Emmys slim down

 

Terror bill worries comic

 

'Lucy' 'splains long-running popularity

 

Wary nets test staffers

 

Fest ends with praise

 

Animated 'Waking'

 

Jeremy Irons

 

John Hannah

 

Robert Gant

 

Grant Show

 

Gaul reacts to Anthrax

 

ABC to b'cast edited D.C. 'United' concert

 

CNN PR exec VP ankles

 

Online orgs back Net bill

 

'Amelie' casts spell

 

Acad sues Luft over Oscar

 

Intermedia 'Happily' laffs at reality in spec pick-up

 

L.A. stations unite for spec

 

Hoofers fete Mackie with Governor's nod

 

'Phantom' may break DVD record

 

Fox shuts down TV movie division

 

'Provocative' script entices DreamWorks

 

Warners hooked on 'Speed'

 

HBO 'Travels' with Wolper, Steinbeck fils

 

Losses grow, pics up at TW

 

Frosh series pass

 

It's real time for Louis-Dreyfus at NBC

 

'Smallville' bow super for the WB

 

'Ruff' start for finance, distrib firm

 

Drew plays 'Mind' games

 

Working Title and U light 'Fire' under Berg

 

Sony Classics grabs Almodovar's 'Hable'

 

King World fills in 'Phil' cities

 

De Niro thinks shrink

 

Sweden's MTG posts 219% profit jump

 

'Drum'-ming hope

 

'Sick & Twisted' & caring

 

H'wood enlists in war

 

CBS hit by anthrax as FBI links attacks

 

Japan's 'Spirited' levitates $200 mil

 

Court rejects EM.TV suit

 

Liberty sees Net gain in upgrade

 

Brits get their kicks

 

C'right legislation irks Teuton pols, producers

 

Peppermint twist on pix

 

Nat'l Film Board taps Perlmutter

 

Argentina net seeks protection

 

Denmark's Von Trier skeds 'Ring'

 

Afghan access for Aaj

 

Willam Farr Christensen

 

Canada's CTV cuts 150 jobs

 

Jay Livingston

 

Fox 2000 will dip into 'Aqua'

 

WB raises Wakshlag

 

Duo makes it 'Final'

 

Pressplay cues up indie licensing deals

 

SAG expels strikebreakers

 

Sony side of street

 

Correction

 

Explosion debris hits CNN office

 

Restructuring turns Trib's quarter red

 

Yankees net names TV vet

 

Lewald creative for DIC

 

TNT 'Charmed' by demos

 

Schapiro to don new Artisan hats

 

Paramount gives in to 'Extremists'

 

Laffers light it up

 

Oscar in time of war

 

'Fifth Wheel' rolls in syndie bow

 

Lions Gate sets slate for marts

 

Producers to return coin as B'way bounces back

 

Inside Move: Flush H'wood types high on high-tech

 

Mill Valley shines

 

Par Pay TV ups Manville to exec veep

 

Scribes take wheel on Par's 'Drive'

 

Satcaster XM secures $66 mil from Boeing

 

Tyro gets major pay for 'Stay'

 

Enticed by 'Perfume'

 

Working Title to take Wing with 'Flying'

 

Grammys, Eye in 5-year deal

 

Kerry Grace Neil

 

Emma Isabella Shapiro

 

Digital's Emerging

 

Sony sours on TV biz

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
October 19, 2001

 

3rd quarter mixed bag for Rogers

 

Ripper still raising 'Hell'

 

BBC gets on the ball with NBA opener deal

 

Vin Di Bona shuffles exex

 

Yahoo! duo joins iFilm as exec veepees

 

USA Net promotes pic synergy

 

Lion-sized hangover

 

D-No to rep Latinos, produce pix and TV

 

CIE's stars, stripes

 

Polish helmers bow school

 

Gauls galled over doc coin for 'Popstars'

 

Brazil taps local vet to run film agency

 

Multimedia sales team to toot Claxson's horn

 

Duo's new banner primed for prod'n

 

'Martians' lands at U

 

'Shrek' vies for kudos

 

MTV nabs kidvid web

 

Gaffney pops at Cork

 

Delhi plex conversion set

 

Sun rises on new Indian net

 

Bombay fest eyes 'Bandits'

 

Teutonic tax roll

 

Planet H'wood orbits into bankruptcy

 

Viselman toys with shingle

 

Comerica banks on Harvey

 

Kirch plans to sell stake in Telecinco

 

B'way's dancing queens

 

Major Hollywood, reporting for duty

 

'Friends' fends off 'Survivor'

 

TNT's casting chief returns to role at ICM

 

'Saint' is blessed at Hamptons fest

 

Castle adds tenant

 

Powell lauds H'w'd effort

 

Canton fires staff, Senator backing out

 

ABC 'Runner' won't enter heat

 

Hotels

 

Par Classics dons FilmFour's 'Clothes'

 

N.Y. film crix widen Circle

 

Laughter reigning

 

Moving with all due Goodspeed

 

Blockbuster revamps revenue-sharing

 

Anthrax story infects normally calm news anchor

 

AFTRA's code contract talks over until Nov. 6

 

Girls strum for good cause

 

York/Maverick prod'n up

 

NBC, A&E share 'Watch' spec

 

USC prefers blonde

 

SAG vote turns e-nasty

 

Emily Couric

 

Etta Jones

 

Japan distrib'n update

 

Pacific rim distrib'n

 

Hot trend

 

Eateries

 

While you're there

 

New sales shingles take different approach

 

Night spots

 

Milan on their minds

 

U.S. sellers specialize to keep footing in market

 

Post anthrax alert

 

'SNL' shines bright in latenight

 

Carey set to tally thesping gig on 'Ally'

 

Panel ponders Italo pix repair

 

Indie distribs face daunting challenges

 

United Kingdom

 

France

 

Spain

 

Germany

 

Italy

 

Teutons seeing red

 

Bohemian rhapsody

 

Event fetes 'Endurance'

 

Moving Image fetes a few folk

 

Par heads West for series

 

Miramax peels 'Banana'

 

Lakeshore, Benton team for 'Human Stain'

 

Rockers raise spirits, funds across nation

 

Lions Gate puts stamp on 'Queens'

 

Reviews

Neil Diamond

Carl Wilson Foundation Benefit

The Seagull

John Mayer

Save It for the Stage: The Life of Reilly

The Philadelphia Story

Norma

Ben Folds

Orbital

An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein

Ann Hampton Callaway

Mamma Mia!

The Last Castle

One Week

The Waterboys

Monty Alexander Trio

Charlie Haden's Nocturne

The Fourth Angel

Smokers Only

Chaos

The Shop on Main Street

On the Line

Maximum Penalty

Those Facing Us

Madness of Love

The Escape

Work in Progress

The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra

Ghislain Lambert's Bicycle

Fifi Martingale

Bella Ciao

Walk Backwards