Table of Contents
Week of 10/22/2001

Articles

Australia

 

Flanders succumbs to EU summit

 

Prince Edward nixes royal docs

 

Shoreline, 2000 AD lock Dredd deal for two pics

 

Liberty rings cable

 

Music nets McGlade

 

AMC back in black

 

Blurbmeisters, AFM reach jingle deal

 

Auds get a second look at 'Rouge'

 

Gotham stations prep for gamer changes

 

'Urinetown' splash

 

Ryan Merriman

 

James DeMonaco

 

Milo Addica

 

Lensers envision museum

 

Meet mulls fests' future

 

Glitz gives London a lift

 

Hansen, Jacobson ups legal twosome

 

Belgian 'Pauline' tops a subdued Cairo festival

 

Otis Young

 

Ralph Levy

 

Myriad acts on 'Hepburn'

 

Gala to honor O'Neill Theater, founder

 

Furlong, Spiteri make '3'

 

'September' skedded for Olympic SWAT team

 

Jerry Beck

 

'E.T.' kisses Hershey's Pieces again

 

Cabler Goodlife taps prexy

 

Rather won't test for anthrax

 

'Sun' rising for Pandora

 

Mediaset profit in doubt

 

TW AOL orders Mandarin

 

'Blonde' can't keep Lion out of red

 

SAG stands behind British Equity plan

 

IEG enlists in Great war

 

SGI shrugs off losses

 

DreamWorks ups Leonard

 

NeTune nabs 'Potter' sequel

 

Canton, Senator call it a wrap

 

More log off at ABC.com

 

Sun sets on Sunshine's CineAsia try for Dec.

 

Study: News weak on kids' coverage

 

First Draft will add war info

 

Fox's 'Undeclared' enrolled for season

 

'Swift' justice set

 

Swank centers on 'Core'

 

Regency to spin kids yarn 'Braque'

 

Parks winner red-faced

 

No wind in sales for indies o'seas

 

Lucre for Lucas

 

Disney falls for 'Glam'

 

'Gangs' gone from Miramax's Oscar run

 

'Pie 2' tempts Gaul

 

Pols, exex meet on security

 

Bergholm exits Scandinavia's SF

 

Czechs put 'World' forward for Oscar nom

 

Inside Move: Timely tomes

 

Can new Levy turn back tide at EMI?

 

Inside Move: Afghan appetite

 

Inside Move: 'Jet' on runway

 

Corrections

 

Trailers tow more weight

 

New Line int'l arm ups three

 

BBC Films changes to soft focus

 

TriPix bolsters slate with New Line fare

 

Fox finally fences off Backlot park

 

Key Pol absent as H'wood asks for distrib answer

 

Granada grooms a higher pic profile

 

Top Oz stars back on the boards

 

Top helmers join new Renaissance era

 

Payback time for six tuners

 

'Martians' land on U

 

Miramax bolsters its ties to Oz market

 

'Odd Couple' benefits Conn. Org

 

Sony is off primetime pony

 

Sitcoms stutter in syndie synergy

 

It's real time for Louis-Dreyfus at NBC

 

Story infects normally calm newsies

 

1-month checkup: 2-net race

 

Road Grosses

 

It's Murphy to the max in Dublin

 

Harsh climate for Globo

 

TV3 trims staff

 

Digital distribution discussed

 

Filmax on the brink of 'Oblivion'

 

Mostra fest retitled, celebrates

 

Hungary downsizes Bertelsmann

 

Flanders fest finishes early

 

Azteca takes bite of Hispanic market

 

Czech channel to choose new head

 

CRTC approves CKVU sale

 

Henson goes to Salsa

 

Cottbus Fest opens doors to Central Asia

 

Russian TV feud grows stronger

 

Taja doing double time in Catch 23 Ent. Posts

 

Powell preps regs review

 

Astral earnings soar 156% on sub revs

 

'Schuh' seizes German B.O. title

 

EC review of sports deal will head into overtime

 

Bertelsmann subsid duets with Napster

 

Savannah fest visits 'Bedroom'

 

Brits buying pix tix at a record pace

 

Jennings set to speak

 

Femme focus for pics

 

France's TV5 taps Adda topper

 

Sony gamer yanked

 

Indian kids TV channel bows

 

Exec sends message

 

IFC secures 'Safety' rights

 

EchoStar qtr. Rosy

 

Lions Gate 'Framed' for foreign rights

 

Nets in pick-up mode as dramas, laffers ordered

 

West Point enlists Mouse

 

'Car Man' brakes

 

Robert Nador

 

Rene Holtzman

 

'Life' sets TV rating record

 

Speaking in tongues

 

'Friends,' 'ER' boost Peacock

 

DiDia, Jacobson set to spin EMI day-to-day

 

Blockbuster posts loss but sees rise in revs

 

Madness hits mailrooms

 

2nd Berry plucked

 

Peacock's war Games are at risk

 

Avnet's 'Uprising' tale timely

 

'Snow White' & Barbie win vid awards

 

Tribune will handle distrib for Fremantle

 

Encore for Lion pix

 

N. American 'Reckoning' comes to Par Classics

 

Sony sings to Tyrrell, Weiss

 

Cor Shim Roe Zanda

 

Elias Reitzfeld

 

Caleb Daniel Hall

 

Holden Davis Mandell

 

Jenifer Marae and Brian F. Relyea

 

Rocio Cordoba and Robert J. King

 

Sesame cooks up Cartoon Pizza pact

 

Benioff is man of the 'Hour' for spec market

 

A wrinkle for SAG

 

Inside Move: SAG's Pisano to tap CFO

 

Zweibel at bat for Fox

 

Sundance to serve 'Scotch and Milk'

 

Intermedia, Helkon ax pact

 

Fine Line taps Rossi VP of European acquisitions

 

Smiling on 'Mona Lisa'

 

Mouse, Fox Family deal draws near

 

Inside Move: U's security team in the doghouse

 

FTC tries to cork sale of Seagram liquor biz

 

Maura Hoy and Antony Ford

 

Col TV plays waiting game

 

Disney can't keep Secret

 

Philippe Agostini

 

Gauls push 'Amelie' for Oscar glory

 

'Elliot's' Bell to ring up supernatural

 

Bergman hitches up for 'Marriage' sequel

 

C5 yanks Springer's 'Greed'

 

Euros flock to pix

 

'Beast' dominates blighty indie kudos

 

NAACP erred in not endorsing, Boggs sez

 

Cabler still strong

 

De Laurentiis named UNPF prexy

 

Beta nabs German blockbuster

 

K.D. Aubert

 

Jacqueline Obradors

 

David Krumholtz

 

Willie Garson

 

Katherine Towne

 

Shopping channels register on-air success

 

Electronic Arts to cut 250 at its online gaming unit

 

RealNetworks pacts for p'gramming

 

French helmer Thompson sets U.S. bow for Mirage

 

Split picture for Mexico's Televisa, CIE

 

Fox Family costs Mouse less cheese in final deal

 

Raaij spins to Warner Music

 

'Summer' days at Variety Arts

 

NAB bows alert system for missing kids

 

Nets set retrench

 

Latin Grammys set for Tuesday

 

Ads, profits down at BCE

 

Acad deadline looms for four categories

 

ProSiebenSat.1 Media profits tumble by 47%

 

Labor org planning post-attack event

 

Hamptons hurricane

 

'Bones' crushing bow

 

'Donnie Darko' lights up Hollywood

 

Arab states look to channel their side

 

Justice prevails for CBS Tuesdays

 

UTA taps Gradinger

 

Napster cuts 16 jobs, sets for relaunch

 

Martin Garner

 

USA, B'way Video plan comedy series

 

David P. Harmon

 

Polly Rowles

 

William Coleman

 

Rocco 'Rocky' Longo

 

Comedy Central's preem 'Absolutely Fabulous'

 

Janet Shaw (Ellen Martha Clancy Stuart)

 

Guests go on safari for Singita

 

After posting loss, USA won't forecast

 

Reynolds displays patriotism

 

Backpedaling now an Olympic sport

 

Premiere honors women in H'wood

 

'X' marks debut with 2nd place in syndies

 

'Smallville' gets super order

 

All 'There' in B&W

 

Latifah heads to 'Chicago'

 

Langer hired for NBC HR

 

Org sets free concerts

 

'Potter' bags Bard guy

 

Portman wed to 'Bride' role

 

Warner, Telefonica team

 

Red, white & blue means green for music retailers

 

Viacom's profits aren't adding up

 

Rivers back on Emmys

 

Slashed bashes

 

Jumping off the ban wagon

 

Warner TV taking off its overalls

 

Disney, Bourne talk tuner; Buscemi double play

 

Zero Gravity management division bows

 

B'way bonus blitz

 

Par, MTV buy 'Foreign' pitch

 

'Fame' not fleeting

 

Treves to continue as C4 chair

 

Gilbert delivers SAG blast

 

Sub count bubbles up at ITV Digital

 

Sony unplugs TV

 

Subs, pic fuel Sogecable

 

French impressing

 

Zone Vision to ramp up Latin pay TV presence

 

Willis ankles post at Granada Media

 

'Asoka' pic goes wide

 

Bender grows new arms

 

Cox profits slide

 

Corus revs, cash flow rise

 

Peacock integration of Telemundo begins

 

ILM's Plumer upped to tech chief

 

TV journos seek end to copter ban

 

Warn promoted at DGA

 

AFI's set to fete Hanks

 

Clarification

 

Italo channel will unleash holy 'Deluge'

 

Anthrax confusion

 

AMPAS donates to 14 film fests

 

SAG, ABC teaming up for minority showcase

 

U security in dog house

 

Fox Filmed Entertainment taps Hallett finance chief

 

IA files charges against arena

 

Sony mulling future of remaining TV ops

 

Legislative counsel backs SAG on agents

 

High-octane NASCAR

 

Sony's rosy pix returns zapped by electronics

 

Intermedia ready to Initial takeover

 

Red carpet pulled out from under pix

 

NetRatings and Jupiter merging in traffic biz

 

DuPuis buys a Dream

 

Silver flows to Streaming21 CEO/Prexy post

 

Kleiser's the 'Magic' man

 

Yaffe will Endeavor to top marketing arm

 

Crown Media to trim staff, restructure

 

Hayter on 'Watch'

 

Inside move: Par ends screenings

 

Inside move: 'Max' showrunners on sidelines

 

Inside move: 'Emeril' is toast at Peacock

 

'Lantana' tops noms for Aussie film honors

 

Par Classics to take Teuton laffer 'Martha'

 

Dimension nabs 'They'

 

Bosworth catches laffer wave

 

Friars fete Spelling at gala

 

Fraser Roger Dawtrey

 

Eliana Sophia Slater

 

Par takes over Spanish park

 

SBS sets Warner pix for its Scandi nets

 

Italy nixes RAI sell-off

 

Bavaria ups stake in Odeon

 

In-Motion moves into music web

 

Paul B. Radin

 

U.K. music companies strike Ingenious deal

 

Fox in B'buster deal

 

'Monsters' could scare up Pixar gains

 

'K' leads the pack

 

Silver tapped to top Streaming 21

 

Dream Theater nabbed by DuPuis Group

 

'Phantom' sets Teuton return

 

A touch of 'Grass'

 

Italo minister aims to stop RAI unit sale

 

Lagardere finds Match

 

U Music France tunes up online prototype

 

Moodysson begins lensing on 'Lilja'

 

Hamer sings 'Hymns'

 

Peppermint's jazzed

 

Pagani exits HBO Ole

 

Interactive bows set

 

Claxson acquires controlling stake in StarTV

 

Eclipse begins trading, plans to create studio

 

AOL growth guru seeks to maintain integrity

 

Correction

 

Speedy & 'Stable'

 

Helmer a 'Godsend' for APG, Studio Canal

 

Universal Worldwide plans to stay the syndie course

 

NBA angling to drive fictional series

 

WB eliminates 'Elimidate'

 

Nielsen joins 'Pulp' pair for 'Basic'

 

Agents, thesps spin rulings, prep talks

 

Intermedia in motion

 

Clooney's position irks some at SAG

 

B'way's lady in red

 

L.A. 'House' warming

 

A Capitol year at marts

 

Drumming up support

 

Inside Move: Survey sees terror toll

 

London's AIN taps Mayson as topper

 

Miramax on FilmFour pair

 

Euro biz fuels Beaune forum

 

'Giovanni' takes 4 Gemini awards

 

Sweetening the pot

 

Preem parties go H'wood

 

Mifed thin but deals expected

 

No zip for 'Zoolander'

 

Turner will bankroll Frog net prod'n pad

 

Iron takes Mifed bow

 

Fox's 'Eighties' sets cast

 

'News' good for Piven

 

DGA taps top students

 

Exec sues CTTV over marriage row

 

GM hears an Echo

 

Duo select 'Jury' strip

 

All 'There' in New York

 

DreamWorks prexy joining scribe tribe

 

Freeman flies to Kasdan pic

 

Reviews

Lifehouse

The Suicide Machines

The One

Cake

A Little Night Music

Directions in Music

Bones

Jimmy Heath

Bjork; Matmos

Dragapella!

Travis

Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros

Maids of Honor

The Djinn

The Man From Elysian Fields

Scheme C6

Tenacious D; Naked Trucker & T-Bone

Thou Shalt Not

K-PAX

Thir13en Ghosts

Actors Anonymous

Bill's Gun Shop

The Godfather Collection

Deadline

Let's Get Skase

Love on a Diet

Rudyland

Christmas in the Clouds

e-dreams

The Inner Tour

Oporto of My Childhood

Warrior of Light

Tirana Year Zero

Days if Nietzsche in Turin

Deep Breath

Modern Tribalism

Silence, We're Rolling

Brother

Land of Truth, Love & Freedom

Seafood

Pursuit of Happiness

Treed Murray

The Rhino Brothers

Blind Spot

Harmful Insect

Westray

Imperfect Love

Proof