Table of Contents
Week of 12/03/2001

Articles

U.K.'s Compere eyes German cable

 

Secret Harrison album reported

 

'Days,' 'Baran' top Gijon fest

 

BBC first at Bafta kidvid awards

 

Amigo ankles Spain's Star Line

 

Plea on 'Ring' strings

 

'Amelie' snubbed by French film award jury

 

'Pinocchio' crew mourn designer

 

S'dance will fete Del Toro

 

ABC, CBS telepix strong on Sunday

 

CBC strike reprieve

 

Media Capitol-izing

 

MTV taps veepee

 

Web researcher Webnoize muted

 

Stadium seats get court nod

 

Thanksgiving leftovers thin B.O. on B'way

 

Venice set, brass uncertain

 

Viacom exex paint rosy pic

 

Non-union work hit

 

Sonicblue patents TV-to-computer tech

 

Waters redux as Spirit host

 

MTV, USO set holiday concert

 

UPN taps Lituchy sked, aquisitions veep

 

Disney plans April 'Trouble'

 

John Mitchum

 

Tom Tannenbaum

 

MGM marketing exex move

 

Big Idea taps Botwick prexy

 

Col TriStar nabs rights to Chan pic

 

Siegal, Weintraub form Gotham praisery

 

Correction

 

Thesps join 'Autofocus'

 

Frederick Lee Engel

 

'Harry' vanishes ship

 

Danilo Donati

 

Canuck co. Corus cutting jobs

 

Nets rally stars 'round flag

 

USA Films has Carrey in 'Mind'

 

Yule niche hitch

 

Regency will see Green in pic deal

 

Palen to market LG pics

 

UGC tackles 'Blueberry,' 'Fantomas'

 

Col TriStar taps Pizzolante

 

Scribe lassoes 'Rodeo'

 

Vivendi U cuts staff in Net revamp

 

Catch 23 hooks up Dollard

 

'T3' rights sale to morph $30 mil for Arnold

 

Union to salute royalty

 

Gleason bio no Mirage

 

Rosen takes issue with the FTC

 

Scribe lassoes 'Rodeo'

 

Spacey, Barrymore get Apples

 

Don Nygren

 

Byron Sanders

 

Paul Hume

 

Albert 'Don' Buday

 

Vaughn McBride

 

Splendid triples domestic pic sales

 

Carlton drops deeper into the red

 

Spanish producer Perello to take the helm

 

Studio Theater reaches 'Kit Marlowe' agreement

 

New team at NBC News feels the heat

 

Brazil's new 'Brother'

 

A class over 'Glass'

 

'Hedwig' bows Berlin leg of gay film fest

 

'Les Boys III' scores B.O. hat trick

 

Scorsese lands NBR kudos

 

Cinar reports improved financial results

 

Inside Move: Anschutz mulls exhib future

 

Shutting out Gates

 

RealOne sub service bows online

 

TV scribe Kaufman epitomized another era

 

CBS & NBC share rate race kudos

 

'Millionaire' ups payout to $4 mil

 

AOL TW, Zee talking

 

Sat HDTV struggling

 

Czech TV3 ordered off air

 

FTC vet rips sat merger

 

Can oldies save slipped discs?

 

Is 'Millionaire' mine played out?

 

Inside Move: Heavy-duty duel over runaway production

 

Inside Move: Second 'Happening'

 

Local hitmakers eye global breakouts

 

GMM Pix launches with kicky project

 

Hana banks on film fund

 

NAPTE queasy on Big Easy

 

Time ripe for sweeping changes

 

Showbiz rivals cooperate on war effort

 

Series help clean up at Nov. sweep

 

'King'-sized sales

 

...but the hills aren't alive

 

Inside Move: Liberty belle

 

Inside Move: In Random order

 

Inside Move: Two right angles

 

Inside Move: 'Sweet' recovery

 

Inside Move: Rydge crest

 

New Wave girl still has 'It'

 

Argentina preps B.O. promo plan

 

Brazil theaters cook up plan for short stack

 

Hollywood Czechs into local studios

 

Wheels come off the deals

 

B'way B.O. fights tough times

 

Brit Top Girls: 'Medea,' 'Kate'

 

Fans' fervor stayin' alive

 

Despite all, confab will see biz

 

Players to hop on platform

 

Once mighty ITV feels pinch

 

Tradeshows slug it out for local exex

 

Weblet chases Fox

 

Station licenses up for grabs

 

TF1's mega-bucks soccer bet

 

Talent show 'Triunfo' is a triumph

 

$10 mil gift to Kennedy Center

 

Maurice D. Taylor

 

Joel Mondeaux

 

ABC wins evening news race

 

Frank Messer

 

Dan Mulloney

 

Hair cuts to post at KCBS

 

Technicolor Digital to roll 'Eleven'

 

Upping the odds

 

SAG, AFTRA prep talks on contract

 

Paxson has a problema

 

Discovery set to kid around with Peacock

 

Sharing a dramatic vision

 

Security to be tight but not obtrusive

 

Coming-of-age pics are lessons in life

 

Nielsen-hungry skeins battle for nom bump

 

Dunlevy drives org to new level

 

Gunning for Globes glory

 

UPN development VP Greene adds laffers

 

Pol questions FTC's focus on hip-hop

 

Golden Globes 2002 trivia

 

Fox gets 'Goosebumps'

 

'Friends' duo rise to execs

 

Magellan plays to 'Win'

 

SAG puts Weaver in contracts job

 

Bay sues stockbroker, alleges $5 million fraud

 

NBC winks 'Link' for 'Fear'

 

Leading the pack

 

Runaway renegades open fire on Canada

 

Miramax hops to it, buys 'Cricket' rights

 

'XXX' marks Domain

 

Diaz to don pricey halo

 

'Sin' top priority for Kuhn

 

ABC skeds 'Practice' run

 

A twist for spy ring

 

Spanish biz creates Anti-Piracy Board

 

Dillon gets 'Tough' for GreeneStreet

 

Think books a 'Masseur'

 

8 staffers too many at 'Extra'

 

Jenkins tapped to helm Arbus pic

 

Rules of the (Oscar) game

 

People make the darndest choices

 

Kudocasts don't get the joke

 

What's up docs?

 

Wooing the votes on a full belly

 

A big job with low profile

 

'Bedroom' bags Ray Award

 

Pathe, FilmFour pick up 'Evil'

 

German pay web backs new Berlin award

 

Sell-off of Russia's NTV one step closer

 

From Russia with $

 

Levin ankles AOL

 

Hartford revises sked

 

'Young & Restless' ups producer Shaughnessy

 

Comedy fest fetes free speech

 

Fireworks Entertainment

 

Michael C. Ayers

 

Randy Bernstein

 

Chris Renner

 

Allison Bodenmann

 

Todd Slater

 

David Shall

 

Bill Garcia

 

Cecchi Gori back in biz

 

Anne Gatoff

 

Chetwynd tapped to Prexy arts panel

 

Kirch bounces ZDF World Cup carriage

 

TV vet honored by Gallic peers

 

Mouse, CCTV team

 

La7 names director

 

Nat'l Board sees 'Rouge'

 

PGA sets lifetime kudos

 

Discs down in pre-holiday run

 

'Billboard' puts up solid figures

 

Lion roars over idea of adding Paxson

 

Burton, Pine laureled for 'Classic' perfs

 

'Iris' eyes have Miramax smiling

 

Telekom vows to find buyer if Liberty deal fails

 

Austar trims jobs, services

 

Grady Martin

 

Viv U Trial Balloon

 

'Park' perks

 

Prod'n exodus targeted

 

Konwisers plan pix

 

'Sexaholix' on top

 

Screen Gems picks a prez

 

FTC: Exhibs must boost enforcement

 

SAG loses another HR honcho

 

Buena Vista eyes Brady

 

AOL becomes a parsonage

 

New CEO's rise reflects strength of TW's content

 

Tribeca Film Fest to roll

 

Kal Mann

 

Michael Karoli

 

Morris moves on Marshall

 

Carter joins Art Directors board

 

'Sam' shows strength

 

Just the facts on Webb Awards

 

'Harbor' full of vid sales

 

Cantillon, Paquette at Lion prod'n, Clark to U

 

Piven exits FX's 'Bad' skein

 

NBC promotes PR group

 

MGM traps Irwin for 'Croc Hunter' feature

 

DreamWorks logs Logan as Lincoln scribe

 

Farrell targets 'Daredevil'

 

Fox sketches Cedric sitcom

 

K-1 kicks into U.S.

 

Gumbel gets going on early renewal talks

 

CDP's capital idea

 

Inside Move: Brazil, Apatow spew venom

 

'Impostor' real deal

 

Hollywood's labor of love

 

A&E and Teuton pubcaster pact on Nazi docs

 

Thomas, Grosvenor settle legal battle

 

Pearce ankles Branson's V2

 

Bronfman to quit Vivendi Universal next March

 

Johnny Stearns

 

Post Logic, DeLuxe ink

 

Technique beefs up ranks

 

Techs walk off job at CBC

 

Hindi pic targets Afghan screens

 

'Bones' rolls 'Harry'

 

Stations under gun

 

Ownership mulled for Brazil media

 

Novel deal sees WB, Doubleday buy rights

 

Christopher Till

 

Ron Murphy, Connie Pettit

 

Vicky Miller

 

Stuart Evans, Tim Ermish

 

Tracey Wise

 

Scott Koondel

 

Steve Domier

 

Roger Workman

 

Drea Gillogly

 

Ken Krasner

 

Dave O'Hayre

 

James B. Frownfelter

 

Michael Donovan

 

Jason Chappelle

 

Joey Carson

 

Jon Bergen, Bob Tyldsley

 

Debra Lucarello

 

Brad Bessey, Sharlette Hambrick

 

Daniel Yankelevits

 

Silvio Clementelli

 

'Music Man' tuned off

 

Edge of 'Endurance'

 

Playwrights Howe, Mee lead Humana lineup

 

SAG adds legal aid

 

SAG board member resigns

 

Discovery takes flight on NBC Sat. ayem sked

 

Italo regulators oppose pay TV union

 

Duo will take 'Five' in new Brown tuner

 

IATSE will rep Times TV staff

 

Eye sees healthy latenight sweeps

 

'Ocean's' glitzy spray

 

Media scholars dispute youth violence study

 

Cleese in Touchstone's 'Web'

 

White House sez H'w'd true blue

 

Sony seeks 'Evil' fan posters

 

Bush wins in House on trade

 

Beatles songs power 'Sam' soundtrack

 

L.A. off-lot shoots way down in November

 

Telefilm Canada nabs Stursberg

 

Holly, Dunaway hunt for 'Colored Eggs' with Guigui

 

Monsoon attends to Ricci's 'Queen'

 

New Line buys Stevens spec

 

'X' marks top of syndie frosh

 

Anschutz's fantasy

 

AMC reels in General Cinemas via auction

 

Amid high turnover, MGM prod'n prez sets Jan. 1 exit

 

'ER' producers scrub up for CBS medical drama

 

Fox 2000 fixes on 'Four'

 

Par catches Wolf's 'Star'

 

Disney's Bruckaneers

 

Four score for BBC exec

 

Next Eye spec to salute Ali

 

Trio laying down 'Law' for Eye deals

 

Newman roamin' 'Empire'

 

Edgar's last call

 

Richard Wherrett

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
Dec. 07, 2001

 

Perabo, Swayze board 'Dragon'

 

BBC3 proposals get serious

 

EU clears French music TV merger

 

New Line ups 3 prod'n exex

 

Can Bruckheimer's 'Hawk' find place among Euro doves?

 

Indie pics crave kudo glory

 

A peek inside critic org votes

 

High visibility

 

Worth considering

 

Little movies that might

 

Rat Pack blackjack

 

Faith Hubley

 

Pauline Moore

 

Ankling ZDF topper will walk to print job

 

Eurochannel expands in Latin market

 

Spain extends box office boom

 

Gates meets 'Max,' touts free Net access

 

Adjani will top Paris film fest

 

Chinich goes indie

 

O'seas spellbound for 'Harry'

 

David Krumholtz

 

SAG nat'l board stalled

 

The 10% dissolution

 

CNN cancels shows, trains focus on stars

 

Patricia Velazquez

 

'Jules' rules E! ratings

 

Court oks local access

 

Aisha Tyler

 

Bush urges 'Star' salute

 

TNT pinkslips 23 in revamp of Originals

 

'Card' shuffled off syndication

 

Benderspink taps Weiner

 

Strike or lockout: CBC, union carp over status

 

Canuck subsidy challengers revise filing

 

SAG keeps lid on hearings

 

AMC spools up purchase of exhib GC

 

Revolution's in the 'Know'

 

Gazprom gets sales consultants

 

Wiz at overseas B.O.

 

Ad markets make RTL revise predictions

 

Goldberg whoops it up

 

'Othello' resurrected

 

Plenty of adults at 'Teen' preem

 

Dimension finds 'Prince'

 

Altman and the women

 

Setting 'Royal' tone

 

Spencer Rice

 

Rich Rogers

 

Shelley Jensen

 

Jan Adams

 

Kathleen Marshall

 

New Line perks 'Parker'

 

Sony finds Rx for its f/x

 

AOL, Seven, telco click AOL Oz

 

Miramax: maverick of the Mouse House

 

Daly dons Dodger red in D.C. plea

 

Magic Lamp, Palm Pix join forces on 'Scratch'

 

'Frasier' bro in the dough

 

2 Canadians bakin'

 

Alphabet net queueing up Hunt, Lopez laffers

 

Crossing generations

 

Inside Move: 'Harry,' 'Rings' squeeze future skeds

 

Inside Move: Par's 'Proud' for Rudin

 

Dates of wrath for agencies

 

Golin options 'Dot.bomb'

 

Gov't vet blasts satcaster merger

 

Swinging London

 

Reviews

That Love

Incubus

Michael Feinstein and Maude Maggart: A Holiday in New York

Women for Hip Hop & Soul

The Merry Widow

Marc Salem's Mind Games, Too!

Eels

The Dictators

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Glenn Tilbrook

Names

'Twas the Night

Chris Botti

The Day Reagan Was Shot

Iris

The Voice of the Turtle