Table of Contents
Week of 11/12/2001

Articles

A TV breakthrough

 

Kayser ankles top Premiere World post

 

Austria eyes TV ad boom

 

3 Asian filmmakers ink for one ghostly project

 

Lenser fest honors Pollack

 

Compatriots fete slain journalists

 

Iceland's 'Laughter' honored

 

Docu org fetes vet

 

Oz pic prod'n falls, but spending rises

 

Inside Move: Much ado about nothing

 

B'way bounces back

 

Acad credits deadline looms

 

Spain goes 'Mad' for Oscar

 

Actual reality sets in for TV exec Balaban

 

Canal plus arms link

 

Topper will ankle ailing Alma

 

Group celebrating Strasberg's 100th

 

Par Digital ups Baron to veepee

 

Germany's VCL, Fame warn of rising losses

 

Bobby Bass

 

Wall recasts staffers

 

Digital rules as cable ops report rises

 

In-Motion sets new film fund

 

Kirch bows ad packs

 

Loews high on sale plan

 

Brits love 'Harry'

 

Recovered Urich to launch golf classic

 

'Lucy' and laffers lift CBS, Fox

 

Cassandra team tags Moloney

 

ABC benches 'America.01'

 

O'seas auds pump 'Potter'

 

Sylvia Minsky

 

Jesus 'Chucho' Salinas

 

Gene Wooten

 

Bill Wells

 

John R. Albright

 

Earl K. 'Dick' Moore

 

Stuart H. Fox

 

Bozo Knezevic

 

Laser-Pacific sees net loss

 

Sony, AOL TW ink digital deal

 

NYCLU fetes Lee, Hecht

 

Juarez tops Admira unit

 

Vivienne Marlena Pearlman

 

Claire Jacquelyn Annino

 

Org reps tackle industry ageism

 

Emanuel Inku Posnansky

 

Jonas Irvine Bass

 

Isabella Louise Arundale

 

FullAudio forges UMG, Clear ties

 

State offering free locations

 

Euro output pacts on Radar's screen

 

Vegas deejays score with bin Laden parody

 

Leder, Peckham eye Fox CDC project

 

'Battlestar' won't fly without Singer

 

Landmark moves into Westwood

 

KCOP steals Dodgers base

 

Inside Move: Helmers hunt prod'n topper

 

Jones steps to 'Drum'

 

Ballot boxing at SAG

 

'Smack' dab for son, dad

 

New Teuton film fund for local pics

 

Rodman Gregg

 

Sean Taylor

 

Danny Llewelyn

 

Susan Levison

 

Dan Philips, Ameake Owens

 

Scott Silverstein, David Safran, Robert Kaminsky

 

Ken Parks

 

Joseph Tucker

 

Michael Butler

 

Peter Soikkeli, Angela Bundrant

 

Philippe Cassereau

 

Fireworks adds Pasternak

 

Doc org lauds archive

 

Czech media mogul in police custody

 

A hot Sommers' day

 

France, Asia get 'Spirited'

 

Italy enters Moretti pic for foreign Oscar

 

Kiwi producers blast TV-quota delay

 

U.S. pix rule Europe

 

Media Czechs up on double tube trouble

 

Ill Fonda drops London fest sked

 

EC eyes pay to RTP

 

'Box' earns doc win

 

No license for hero web B-92

 

Doing the Macarena at Produce Plus

 

Eye gets special boost

 

Exex hunker down as recession continues

 

Newcomer Keys leads AMA noms

 

Wonder woman Tobing boosts pubcaster

 

'Big' fight continues in court

 

Fox overtakes CNN for primetime households

 

Cinemark profit climbs

 

Eye stares at meller competish

 

Local biz 'ads' up auds and incentives

 

Barrandov sale derailed by arrest

 

Auds eye CBS in big night for all six nets

 

Wong picks right spots to overcome bad start

 

Cablers woo femme novelists; U in 'Family' way

 

Inside Move: Whose night is it anyway?

 

'Sex' appeal spices Emmys

 

Euro Film Acad alters noms rules

 

Northern exposure?

 

Distrib taps into Tube pipeline

 

Sundance Channel adds 'Happy Hour' to its sked

 

Inside Move: Agent under fire

 

Tax scheme high on confab agenda

 

Inside Move: 'Focus' on Hizzoner

 

Liberty Livewire revamps post haste

 

SAG: Hail to the chief and pass the aspirin

 

Hollywood hangs 10 with surfer pix

 

Inside Move: Second wedding

 

Inside Move: Screen bac track

 

Inside Move: Trailers parry for 'Harry'

 

Kalmbach leads BBC H'w'd post

 

Vet exex construct pic House

 

Fast fade for helmer's haven

 

Synergy - that Lescure object of desire

 

CME's earnings grow in 3rd qtr.

 

CNBC moves 'America' to fill 'Rivera Live' slot

 

Inside Move: World beaters

 

Berlusconi's Mediaset sees slump

 

Liberty Media turns in $215 million loss

 

Cablevision loss up amid Knicks writeoffs

 

Reiner, friends battle the bank

 

Ovations crown 'King' seven times

 

Murdoch cables concern

 

'Star Wars' shifts debut date

 

New Line TV ups group of execs

 

Eye network yellin' for season of 'Ellen'

 

Euro rights of way

 

ArtistDirect stacks Swindel, Benesch

 

Liquid Audio loss lowered

 

Sony Music heads to Digital Island

 

AFTRA talks down to wire

 

Viridian feels its oats

 

Interlight sees light at end of Chapter 11 reorg tunnel

 

Ontario board bans 'Fat'

 

'Sorority' scores sequel

 

Mouse 'Faithful' to Smiths' ghost story

 

Lions Gate ups Jaffe to veep

 

UPN picks up 'Special'

 

Stone rolls back to CAA

 

ABC in lather over laffers

 

Green returns to 'Powers'

 

SAG staffer rips appeals

 

Whole Hogwarts

 

Perfecting 'Stranger'

 

'Monty' strips down to go back on road

 

Fox 2000 loads Cannon for 'Drumline'

 

'Ali' helmer will punch up prod'n

 

Married to the job

 

For femme rockers, it's not business, it's personal

 

For France's bevy of femme directors, bold is beautiful

 

Breakthrough women

 

Christiane Amanpour

 

Cate Blanchett

 

Michele Burke

 

Michelle Byrd

 

Dawn Hudson

 

Risa Gertner

 

Elizabeth Gabler

 

Charna Halpern

 

Bonnie Hammer

 

Tina Hirsch

 

Tracey Jacobs

 

Sue Naegle

 

Vicky Jenson

 

Laura Karpman

 

Alicia Keys

 

Mary Parent

 

Arianne Phillips

 

Ruth Scovill

 

Saira Shah

 

Jennifer & Suzanne Todd

 

Beth Williams

 

Gina Wendkos

 

Dana Walden

 

Mary Hart: 20 years on 'Entertainment Tonight'

 

Taking children's causes to Hart

 

Profits rise for Carmike

 

Ad slump chisels loss for Granite B'casting

 

Italy's stream blames sports for flow of red

 

UPC drops deeper into the red

 

BBC 'liberates' Kabul

 

Spain's Admira taps De Muns

 

Pathe buys 'Soldiers' for U.K.

 

ABC pins VP stripes to law duo

 

TV Azteca reups Mouse pic pact

 

ARP may sink 'Titanic' plan

 

Double duty for Berlusconi

 

Kim wins honors at Pusan sidebar

 

Kidvidder hits N.Y.

 

'Sound' takes kudos

 

Cinecitta aids drive

 

Banff eyes Africa

 

King World's 'Stern' tuning out

 

Prodigious 'Potter'

 

UA's Hall is ShoWester

 

AFI takes pix to heart with 'Passions' spec

 

Restructuring hurts Imax 3rd qtr.

 

Pic org will honor Altman

 

'Will' power lures Palladino

 

New blood on B'way

 

Peyronel, bounder bags Palahniuk's 'Monsters'

 

Studios USA veeps Beverly for drama

 

AOL TW join Replay suit

 

Acad to fete Walt Disney

 

Spears does it again

 

Jaromil Jires

 

Lenos consider future of Afghanistan

 

Peggy Mount

 

Upside in Downtown

 

Content key in war effort

 

'Backbone' helmer holds out for control

 

'45 Seconds' ticking

 

Still a thriller

 

Tribune enacts cost cuts

 

Sheen to TV museum

 

Sony Pix does a double take with Pimental

 

Dimension in 'Kids' game

 

Yahoo!, SBC ink deal

 

Banding for Bogart Backstage

 

Time for Geographic

 

Post-attack B'way has a local flavor

 

Lions Gate profits fall 96% on marketing costs

 

'Pass' gets NBC gas

 

Bronson buys into praisery

 

Liberty nabs share in TeleColumbus

 

Industry vet urges Oz unity

 

Viv U streamlines games

 

Baer returns to host Cesars

 

Inside Move: Bergman no longer wedded to Fox laffer

 

Inside Move: SAG to fill Hookey's post

 

UPN orders more 'As If'

 

Non-legends of the fall

 

AOL looking at $8 bil bill

 

Coming to her 'Aida'

 

AFI's 'Monster' closing

 

Org rallies for tariffs

 

Dragon resurrects Lee

 

Gill docu 'Porn Star' rolls into 50 cities

 

RAI moves to reverse decision on sale

 

Luxembourg-based satcaster goes Global

 

BBC1 beats ITV in ratings war

 

Telewest shares soar on positive results

 

Taylor leaving Discovery Europe

 

Winchester boosted by 'Heartbreakers' sales

 

Oz vows biz protection

 

Nova topper Czechs out of police custody

 

B'cast fair bows at fest

 

Kirch denies graft

 

Nelvana says all's well amid exec departures

 

Nigerian TV cuts adult content pix

 

Regal stanches red

 

Plexes raise curtain

 

Studios USA cages Wolf through 2006

 

Sirius ready for Feb. bow of pay-radio

 

'Last' pic for Castle Hill

 

DeGeneres enjoys the limelight again

 

Arizona, Sonora link up in historic pic pact

 

Navy gets 'Behind' Fox bow

 

Clarification

 

Correction

 

Globes to honor Ford

 

Fest fetes short films

 

DGA, Studios meet on early talks

 

Of Hollywood-style patriotism and Brit wits

 

AFTRA net code talks go on

 

U home with E.T. branding

 

New producing team signs on for 'Years'

 

'Mac' attacks ups Fox ratings pack

 

'Rings' to benefit WTC fund

 

Janet back for HBO live concert

 

Daschle fills FCC position

 

'GMA,' ABC on hot streak

 

Mouse beams up 'Aliens'

 

Turner nets get Lazarus as sales prez

 

Zoo provides home for 'Bogey'

 

Yahoo! reorganizes; 400 cut

 

Par, Hudson get their 'Guy' in helmer Petrie

 

SAG bows 'members only' Web site area

 

Good Machine gears hybrid pic 'Splendor'

 

Strong syndie start

 

Sony to shutter HD Center

 

Disney cracks Wheeler 'Code' pitch

 

Sandler's shingle lands pilot deal

 

Stern, CBS pact for sitcom 'Kane'

 

'Cruelty' kind to Zeta-Jones

 

Artisan may buy out Kushner-Locke library

 

Badish ankles DEJ, won't be replaced by B'buster

 

W&A vet Stein ankles for Innovative Artists

 

Col game for sequel

 

Carrey does double duty for 'Dust Bowl'

 

Another movie for 'Teen' scribe team

 

McG back for 'Angels 2'

 

Ballot bombshell

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
November 16, 2001

 

'Lantana' dominates Oz awards

 

Albert Hague

 

AFTRA reaches tentative agreement

 

Suzanne Salter

 

Ralston Memorial

 

Dave Kaufman

 

'Potter' hotter than heck

 

$93,500,000

 

Admira results boosted by Endemol

 

'Irish Peace Tour' bound for Oz

 

Hank Lebed

 

Tom Dardis

 

Freyda Rothstein

 

Corrections

 

CME predicts growth as earnings increase

 

Euro cabler UPC in red, but sales rise

 

Tech TV cuts staff

 

CanWest posts a $23 mil loss

 

Boffo pic boosts Constantin

 

Claxson posts $34.9 mil loss

 

Wagner tees up for ESPN

 

Miramax picks up 'Name'

 

Medusa gets Gori pic

 

Working Title Oz arm sets up 'Kelly'

 

Thesp gets hitched to ICM

 

Dauer wins rep battle in court

 

'Harry' works magic in U.K.

 

Tavernier docu takes aim at prison policy

 

Brit music biz off-key

 

Kaiser's Rx for Viva Plus

 

Televisa plans laughs for 18-44

 

TV market skedded in Colombia

 

Corus acquires WTN

 

UTD taps Mason VP

 

Global goes London

 

Warner pacts with Pipeline

 

Warners Bros. Online ups Genthert

 

Noises Off: Lion's share of tuners

 

Can MTV help win Arab hearts over?

 

SAG's PR chief Krizman exits

 

Rouch to get docu award

 

SAG hornets' nest

 

AFTRA reaches network code deal

 

Optican gets Fox VP stripes

 

New pics fix: grin & share it

 

Original approach

 

Emmett, Artisan craft pic pact

 

Kurian exits Fox for Simonds Co.

 

Femme take on the biz

 

'Space Odyssey' author honored in 2001

 

Grammys go for art

 

'Beekin' of Klieglight

 

'Bedroom' takes bow

 

ABC perks up in sweeps

 

'Knight' charges into Westwood

 

Truth is elusive in world of squishy showbiz stats

 

'Harry' works magic overseas

 

MTV tunes in war role

 

Malone backs off Kirch stake play

 

Nick picks up 'Stargirl'

 

Yahoo! exec to ankle

 

TW boosts Oxygen to basic

 

Lisa Fairchild Jones and Jarone Johnson

 

Fox Sports Net 2 scores in San Diego

 

Dustin, Dis pack Punch

 

Cooney's 'ID' in Col wallet

 

UPN jump-starts drama production

 

Sci Fi Channel makes 'Invisible' disappear

 

Reviews

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Joe Louis Blues

A Sounds Eclectic Evening

The Bernie Mac Show

Mississippi Hill Country: A Musical Celebration

Monster's Ball

Owl-Stretching Time

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