Table of Contents
Week of 01/15/2002

Articles

Sale talks won't stall Lion's gait

 

Switching channels

 

Granada sets sports plan

 

Aragon's 'Javier' bow scores big on 5

 

Uncertainty grows over B.C. commish

 

'Idol' pops up in S. Africa

 

DirecTV Latin prexy ankles

 

APM to Taylor music ops

 

Uncle Tupelo back

 

Listen.com lands rights to Sony songs

 

Golden Globes adds presenters

 

UPN panel: TV diversity still a dream

 

Senator sells pic pack to pubcaster ARD

 

Mike Marmer

 

NBC's vets pluck key demo win

 

Paul Bartlett

 

Stewart's back for Grammys

 

Leslie Eberhard

 

It's time for 'Gal' on Sundance net

 

Madstone taps film buying VP, plans to bow cinemas

 

Oscar Watch: Horvitz to direct 74th Awards

 

Artisan gets 'Jealousy'

 

Silver, Wiseman anchor p'gramming arm

 

'Cats' scratches out last perf in West End

 

Hughes has a plan B

 

Back to the 'Edge'

 

U Pix lifts Horowitz to co-prod chieftain

 

Sanctuary finds profits in music

 

Colombia spins new prexy

 

PBS tops WGA list

 

Young femmes kiss Frog

 

Franklin joining Gersh legit dep't

 

Inside Move: Franco files

 

Inside Move: Reality check for Gallic crix

 

Inside Move: Carter dons 'Kid' gloves for doc

 

F/x houses springing back to life

 

Tech wizards eye new directions

 

Oneida tribe aims for showbiz glory

 

SAG's elective surgery stuns Hollywood

 

Gov't slowly opens door to foreign $

 

Above the Line: Christian Valsamidis

 

Peacock plumage peels off

 

EchoStar merger plan raises media congloms' hackles

 

Katz Media puts 'Dr. Phil' at head of NATPE class

 

Making programs adds up for advertisers

 

Pesos down tube

 

Met opera, UCONN join hands

 

Broadway grosses

 

Acad loves pop, knocks rock

 

Inside Move: 'Band' wagon hits a bump

 

Inside Move: On second thought…

 

Finally, the rap on reps

 

Inside Move: Dogged effort by Animal Planet

 

A winter's pale

 

Fest learns new 'Dance steps

 

Bargain prices help to push DVD market

 

To helmer Arau, it's 'Viva Zapata!'

 

Reading wins round in exhib fight

 

Disney re-learns its ABC's

 

Alliance Atlantis shifts gears from prod'n success to b'cast

 

Bertelsmann's set for shopping spree

 

Revamp ignites Royal rumpus

 

'Game' touch to preem

 

Peacock stars preen at 75th anni

 

'Iyanla' will talk no more

 

Kids' WB, Cartoon share new 'Scooby'

 

FCC: DirecTV must carry Pax TV

 

CNN ponies up to keep King primed

 

'Writers' back on C-SPAN

 

Olympic torch visits L.A.

 

ShoWest honors Spielberg's career

 

Court restores Fox claim in 'Mutant X' suit

 

APA percentery winding down its Gotham office

 

Art Directors org taps B.O. winners for kudos

 

Pilot pair hits CBS runway

 

Feds OK Viv U's bid for stake in EchoStar

 

Inside move: :SAG candidates meet, disagree

 

'Once' yanked once more

 

NATPE sets Koppel laurel

 

Williams prez of Technicolor Digital

 

'X' marks new spot

 

Vid biz a sizzler

 

Sundance dealing snowballs

 

D'Works rolls with Rock pic

 

U, Kennedy/Marshall book Hindenburg trip

 

Aniela Mlynarski Rubinstein

 

Euro quizzer flops

 

Liberty drops Premiere World bid

 

Kirch gets extension on loan

 

Presenter de Caunes to helm Napoleon pic

 

Mouse manuevers

 

EU urged to cut imports of U.S. pix

 

Endemol U.K. ups exec Bazalgette

 

Indian satcaster launches

 

A rosy view of German funds? Darn Teuton!

 

Christian duo ready

 

Ecast, labels ink deal to offer 10,000 albums

 

RightsLine taps execs

 

Activision nabs Gray Matter

 

Author Jenkins bows football pic

 

Skating takes the bronze

 

Schickel, TCM pact for 'Men'

 

Lone Scherfig

 

Shelley Jensen

 

Miramax draws Wells for 'Sun'

 

Creed stays atop chart for eighth straight week

 

'Thief' producer wins Silverman grant

 

Road grosses

 

Lowering high wire

 

Mallet to ankle Yahoo!

 

Online sales jump in '01

 

Sony's Wiesenthal adds to duties

 

Gene Wyckoff

 

Lillian Green Caran

 

Mari Kajiwara

 

Frank Shuster

 

Benjamin Lum

 

Stanley Unwin

 

Nacio Herb Brown Jr.

 

Bill McCutcheon

 

Anne Wineberg Hammond

 

AFI preps online DV class

 

IMDbPro offers tracking data

 

B'buster CEO in loop

 

Fox trots off with trio of noms for lenser kudos

 

'Gray' stories

 

Oscar Watch: Feeney to receive medal

 

Emerging partners

 

ABC reels in Lurie to helm pol pilot

 

Buena Vista pacts with Morton for series pair

 

Tiara projects crowned

 

'ET,' syndies savor new year cheer

 

Izzicupo ankles CBS

 

AARP joins TV age bias suit

 

Harrington joins crew of Dark Castle's 'Ship'

 

ABC pow-wowed by $30 mil Halmi mini

 

Deal flurry hits Park City

 

'Ali' gala affair jolly

 

10 to Watch worth a peek

 

Amped up for 'Voltage'

 

'Omaha' stakes distrib finally

 

Flea bites for charity

 

Fox will close 'Files' in May

 

Test 'Drive' planned for Boss rock opera

 

Inside Move: Stanford U. unplugs Gnutella server

 

'Hotel' reservations

 

Percentage players

 

Legal eagles make masthead

 

Crowe in Fox 'Master' plan

 

Pandemonium bathes in 'Water' horror fantasy

 

CNN sticks to its mandates

 

Union seeks equity

 

Auds tune in for 'Chair,' 'Monday' preems

 

Demme services, Los Angeles

 

Staten Island naval site to become prod'n complex

 

'Mostly' theater in Gotham

 

TF1 buys world rights to 'Bullets'

 

Granada taps Jackson for entertainment

 

De Clermont-Tonnerre to head Gallic film org BLIC

 

Documaker Leconte takes Stock of fiction

 

Hopefuls line up for ZDF

 

Italo B.O. rises despite end of year doldrums

 

Oscar Watch: Cecchetto to coordinate Governors Ball

 

Twentieth TV ups MacDonald

 

Verve to focus on artists

 

'Today' anni pulls big auds

 

No 'Glory' for WB bow

 

Camilo Jose Cela

 

Movieola, Slamdance pact for TV

 

Holiday momentum

 

Elzer joins Col TriStar as sr. VP

 

Longtime BMI topper reups deal

 

Jeremy Piven, Juliette Lewis

 

Coppola, 'Acts' head for Coast

 

NBC ups 'Grace' producer

 

Fred Savage

 

Sharif Atkins, Jamie Denton

 

'01 profits plucked

 

Steven Roy

 

DLP signs on at ShoWest

 

AFTRA locks in code for three-year term

 

U Interactive nabs Hulk

 

Actors take center stage in Sundance pix

 

'Mind' duo wins Scripter

 

20th, U pix make hair, makeup cut

 

Hold the press corps

 

Universal calls off Carrey/Kidman laffer

 

Pfeiffer taps CAA

 

'Imagine' there's no aud

 

Pay TV tax blasted

 

Disney Theatrical bows in Oz

 

FTC Bush-whacked

 

Buying blizzard socks Sundance

 

NATPE in a crap shoot

 

Soph focus at Revolution

 

Dramatic NBC developments

 

Local publishers get edited out of posts

 

Colorist Nakamura brings 'Panic' to Technique

 

WMA lit agent Contardi exits

 

Canton talks prod'n deal with the Lion

 

SAG overture doesn't play

 

Oliviers reward revivals

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
January 18, 2002

 

'Mean Men' produce ordered to return funds

 

Demme services, New York

 

Martin H. Feller

 

4Kids buys 4 hours from Fox Kids

 

Choppers fill B.O. hoppers

 

Benjamin Lum services

 

John-Edward Hill

 

Ernest Pintoff

 

Jonas Frick

 

Jane Montant

 

Viva board adds exec

 

Admira pins G.M. stripes on Hermosilla

 

ZDF delays vote on prexy

 

Tele Munchen, Eye reup sales pact

 

Pakistan OKs private TV

 

Chum: MTV Canada off key on musicvids

 

Levy jockeying exex

 

Clear Channel files to sell securities

 

Kazaa suspends software downloads

 

Four helmers receive Sundance/NHK nods

 

Pic partners emerge

 

Stars and cars go through tight night

 

Yank hits boost o'seas B.O.

 

Techie shifts gears

 

'Andromeda' sets 2 more

 

Comedy Central makes 'Crank' call

 

Praisers set to laud Weintraub

 

Disney shops French toon studio for sale

 

Harrington boards 'Ship'

 

MTV toons 'Freshman,' 'Spider-Man'

 

CBS' 'First Monday' wins auds on Friday

 

Digital pics win big at Sundance

 

A repeat repertoire

 

Britney, Branson add flash to Midem

 

Gersh raises four to veep

 

Agents' new name: Mud

 

'Real' debut reels in auds

 

HBFF adds extra day to fit growing pic bill

 

NBC O&Os have 'Moments'

 

New jazz imprint Savoy shuffles in ex-BMG exex

 

Pennington to 'Phil' up

 

Can the Lion king manage one more surprise?

 

Palm Springs fetes 'Go'

 

BAMcinematek sets Feb. tribs to Kael, Houseman

 

Talk's last words

 

No deal for SAG, agents

 

Sundance 'Kid' celebrates in high spirits

 

Gabriella Rose Palminteri

 

Jordan Caroline Leaf

 

Emma Yasuko Fukunaga

 

Olivia Rose Landa

 

August Jesse 'AJ' Cohen

 

Sarah Torgen Flannery

 

Sophia Frances Greenberg

 

Jake Martin Morer

 

FCC head Powell to face NATPE Q&A

 

Golden Globe winners

 

Time for fest fun

 

Bold and 'Beautiful'

 

Enough Talk for Miramax

 

Winners rise and shine

 

Carrie Hamilton

 

Oz B.O. hits record highs

 

Murdoch to remain with Premiere

 

Liberty in talks for EM.TV stake

 

Berlin, Rotterdam pact

 

Mattes to open Berlin

 

'Asterix and Obelix' in feud

 

'River' floods Finnish Jussis

 

Battle of Britain

 

TV-6 closes in Russia

 

EU sets May for TV update

 

Wajda's 'Revenge' pulls in Polanski

 

Mogul meeting draws speculation

 

U.K.'s IAC aids 'Mammoth Hunters'

 

Fantasporto to offer Jackson retro

 

Teuton's Handelsblatt ups stake in N-TV

 

A software switch

 

MP3.com suing own copyright lawyers

 

TV PR exex elect chair

 

Arista taps Shimmel

 

AFM screenings, preems up

 

'Amelie' sets B.O. record

 

'Stone' carves Slamdance kudos

 

Stephanie De Ruyter and Patrick Murphy

 

Danielle Gelber

 

Stephanie Black, Shirley Rohn-Saito, Kerry Hirschberg, Claude Howard

 

Alexa Ort

 

Debra Schlossberg and Conrad Riggs

 

Melissa Boag

 

Carol Gettko

 

Pamela Jensen, Patrick Dodd

 

Diane Masciale, Don Nash

 

Alex D'Andrea

 

Andy Darrow, Britta von Schoeler

 

Jim Kelly

 

Amy Teter

 

Johanna Samuel

 

Bette Einbinder and Ralph Nelson

 

Melinda Hovee and Jeff Harlan

 

Rachel Peller and Scott Heffron

 

Ron Taylor

 

Barry Lawrence

 

Slamdunk for 'Sinner'

 

Ball tops blues noms with 5

 

ABC skein takes Holbrook to 'Court'

 

Deejay tops Stimmung

 

Fellowes gets busy

 

UA scares up 'Creepers 2'

 

DreamWorks in 'Business'

 

Oscar Watch: Cheryl Cecchetto

 

Skein in 'Over' time

 

Tribune, Fireworks to launch 'Adventure'

 

UWT goes on fourth 'Date'

 

Johnston rides to oater

 

Carlton bus will stop here

 

Studios USA ups four sales execs

 

MGM unleashes 'Bandits'

 

E! pacts with Disney for Latin America

 

Kid wiz tops dinosaurs in ride to No. 2

 

Tribune-Fireworks leads action hours

 

SAG candidates OK rerun

 

Format fizzle a nonreality

 

Tighter belts, lighter fare

 

Japanese master their own domain

 

Amid recession, Latino survivors look to formats

 

Imagination wears thin on Blighty tube

 

Gauls are game for drama, reality fare

 

Still a pact house

 

Tough times?

 

Local skeins heat up Down Under

 

Inside move: 'Geisha' gets Spielberg

 

Canucks get cozy with familiar favorites

 

Dino doc raises bar for nonfiction fare

 

Inside move: WB looks at 'Life' in South

 

Sports perks go beyond revs

 

Partnerships propel dramas

 

Product updates

 

War worries keep auds on alert

 

'Hawk' flies, 'Dogs' romp

 

Par Classics closes fest on 'Sunday'

 

Globes spin auds to NBC

 

TV suits on mute

 

'Amy's' on TNT bench for 6 yrs.

 

Epic cuts staff by 5% in domestic retooling

 

Lonergan's 'Youth' movement finds a stage

 

Hitler mini shows Eye has Reich stuff

 

Luhrmann's 'Boheme' sets Dec. B'way bow

 

Scholastic hands 'Spy' over to HBO Family

 

'Actors Studio' notes lineup

 

Basking in the Golden glow

 

'Dame' team tunes up take on Cinderella

 

Reviews

Glory Days

Soft for Digging

Combat Missions

Aerosmith

Blue Car

On_Line

Wisegirls

Our America

May

Better Luck Tomorrow

Narc

The Chair

Bark!

One Hour Photo

Dead in a Heartbeat

The President's Man: A Line in the Sand

Two Towns of Jasper

Cabaret

Biggie and Tupac

Mission of Burma

Cherish

Design