Table of Contents
Week of 01/29/2002

Articles

U rolls into court, sez Lion loose with 'Fast'

 

SAG bids: Drama-o-rama

 

Spain's producers want more local pics in cinemas

 

Tighter quotas sought for Spain

 

BBC axes 40 commercial Internet staff

 

La7 to bow low-cost programs

 

'Snow' blankets Sweden's Bug nods

 

MTV raises two int'l exex

 

Jury's out in Berlin

 

Endemol taps exec

 

Teuton cablers out of tune

 

U's 13th spins myths

 

Kinowelt pulls stock

 

RTL sells off French unit

 

Pix-on-demand service signs on Ramos

 

USA reduces losses

 

Pigskin, rad preem fuel Fox

 

Exotic dance card

 

New NEA chief dies

 

Fox News Channel climbs to top of heap

 

Oscar Watch: ASC awarded

 

ESPY Awards sport new home: Kodak Theater

 

Watts lights up ShoWest kudos

 

AFM sets screenings for students, guilds

 

DreamWorks, HP toon up tech deal

 

NBC sees gold mine in Games

 

Michael P. Hammond

 

Corus touring Canada to promote Women

 

James C. Puffer

 

Inside Move: Rose and thorns

 

Inside Move: More 'P' for APG

 

Inside Move: Hollings brakes Bush push

 

Inside Move: Thrushing about

 

Above The Line: Playing the percentages

 

Inside Move: Still waiting for Steven

 

'Sex' legal as o'seas webs invade screens

 

Helmer Winterbottom hitting the 'Silk Road'

 

Gov't may lift TV prod'n out of tax break scheme

 

Filmmakers don't budge an iota on screen quotas

 

Disney, Admira team for Latin travel

 

Feevees give genre a reality check

 

Biz off; 'U-town' 324g

 

Inside Move: 'Hawk'-ish times

 

Inside Move: Welch soap 'Box'

 

Screen Trade: A 'Beautiful' slice of old H'wood

 

Inside Move: Pics, polls on bill

 

Tentpoles lift toy story

 

ABC seeks a marquee hit to play

 

Par picks TV prexys

 

Nattering nabobs of NATPE

 

Producer Goudreau heats up Canuck B.O. with hockey

 

Pix take slow road to B.O. success

 

Dark Star angers auds, industry

 

Starry spring looms for Tonys

 

Legit back in Kabul

 

Grandage on parade

 

B.O. rises; 'Fever' 840g

 

D.C. digital meet reset

 

Exhib AMC to buy Gulf States loop

 

Mobile tunes sole Midem highlight

 

Politicos hunting for illegal satellite receivers

 

No more film at 11 as stations cut back

 

Kremlin rules the tube again

 

Douglas helps create theater for youth

 

Lifetime pulls pair of No.1s

 

Queenie Leonard

 

ABC ad slots close to full for Oscarcast

 

Duncan takes on 'Daredevil'

 

Lituchy exits in UPN trim

 

WB votes for 'Kennedy'

 

Near North exec faces charges

 

Judge bowls over 'Rollerball' campaign

 

Inside move: Oscar's home weighs down balance sheet

 

Cablers on the ropes

 

Future not as rosy for 'Rhea' on ABC

 

Domingo will appear in L.A. Opera season

 

Farina drives NBC pilot

 

'Smoochy' to bow at Comedy Arts fest

 

Toon web lifts promo exec

 

20th TV flies a pair of pilots to NBC, Fox

 

Pair to wear Regal crowns

 

Kirch sets Rome Telepix

 

German-lingo webs draw toon deal

 

IFC 'Lost' in Americas

 

Dimension Films more than naughty

 

Coens redo 'Gambit'

 

Eye shifts finale of 'Survivor'

 

Atlantic spins pair of promo exex

 

Distrib, marketing exex bow Spanish shingle

 

The revenge of videotape

 

VH1 taps host for H'wood yakker

 

Oft-jilted H'wood still courting prize-winners

 

Warner makes entry in 'Diary'

 

U doesn't mind nom error

 

Tie Sandy Dong and Dimitri Villard

 

Jackson Gary Richard Garland

 

Jesse Zander Waldman

 

Braden Jacob Bursteen

 

Minnelli wows U.K. journos

 

Elsewhere at Midem ...

 

'Dr. Phil' makes house call

 

Spain B.O. grows in '01

 

Miramax stakes Signpost to U.S.

 

Marketeer Klain to top Taormina

 

Nordisk has tale by 'Tiger'

 

Victoria pic fest builds

 

Dreams sings 'Song' at Rotterdam festival

 

Bastien adds Spanish project

 

DGA: Nets still fail to meet diversity vows

 

2 make cut for ASC Heritage kudos

 

New Line ups post marketing exec

 

'Xmas' to open N.Y. indie fest

 

Square USA morphs Honolulu studio shut

 

Regal reorg earns court's thumbs-up

 

EM.TV still streamlining

 

TF1, M6 lead stock drop

 

Bush speech a big draw

 

Kirch: Not an option

 

Jackson's 'Drive' stays on top

 

Oscar Watch: Russell Crowe

 

Photog Morath dies at age 77

 

Lion eyes new stage

 

WPIX hits with Mets b'cast renewal deal

 

Canal+ Rumors nixed

 

Gov't anti-drug org buys Super Bowl ads

 

'Harry' conjures up EA cash

 

Jaglom's 'Cannes' will open Santa Barbara fest

 

NBC'S Vaughan a special VP

 

Cineville wakes up to 'Alphawave'

 

Kelly Rowland

 

Tim Daly

 

Richard Harris, Chris Noth, Valeria Golino and Christopher Walken

 

Tim Dekay

 

Will Yun Lee

 

Madchen Amick

 

Julia Stiles

 

Jonathan Silverman, Seth Meyers

 

Bradley Cooper

 

J. Mills Goodloe

 

Renee dancing over recognition

 

Carroll dons robe for 6 'Court' segs

 

NBC factors in more 'Fear'

 

BV nabs Spanish 'Intacto' remake rights

 

Sony, Overbrook ink

 

Germany stalls Liberty deal

 

Eliza Claire Noxon

 

Matthew Ringel

 

Jon Chalon

 

Andrew Jenkins

 

Martin Magner

 

Ronnie Johnson

 

'Pie' army on the march

 

Jake Aaron Kovinsky

 

Rylan Jacob Daniels

 

Joseph Raymond Culp and Katherine Bradford Culp

 

Ken Suddleson

 

Peter Morgan

 

Joey Plager

 

Legit duo take center stage

 

Arlene Manos

 

Jason T. Barron

 

Alyssa A. Hochheiser

 

Jay McNamara

 

Art mart aids kids

 

Spotlight on kudos for media

 

Alphabet soups up skeins

 

Film gains but red ink flows at AOL

 

Stone Stanley promotes two

 

'Jeannie' wish is B'way; Paltrow plays London

 

SAG chief silent over fate of 3

 

Shapiro, Grodner pair under new shingle

 

McGregor falls in 'Love' with Fox 2000 comedy

 

TNN orders 20 episodes of 'What'

 

Radar revs 'Chainsaw'

 

Cruise, Par high on sci-fi

 

A new 'Slackers' tack

 

Edelstein docks ship at Long Wharf as a.d.

 

U.K.'s NTL confirms debt restructuring

 

Argentine helmers slam gov't over pic production

 

Leno to provide laughter at broadcaster's confab

 

Oscar Watch: Harden to name noms

 

'GMA' gaining in key demos

 

Czech b'casting org gets reprieve

 

Blessed by the web

 

'Asterix' marks big bow

 

Roxie digs 'Tunnel' for Stateside

 

Lion ups Bader to exec VP

 

Fox Sports deal could shutter PSN

 

Lion, Best Buy will Bond over DVD anni

 

Guadalajara fest director ankles

 

Prague fit for 'King'

 

Russia B.O. booms in 2001

 

Myriad taps sr. VP

 

Cablevision plugs in Lhota

 

Fests link to feed market

 

'01 results splendid for Splendid Medien

 

Progress: It ain't what it used to be

 

Super Bowl to hit box office

 

Joelle Sellner and Ira Goldklang

 

ABC News staffers OK strike

 

WGA East taps trey for kudos

 

Tonys make a date with CBS

 

CNN, Al-Jazeera sever ties

 

Producers Guild selects 'Sam' for Kramer kudos

 

'Today' still top ayemer; 'GMA' gains in key demos

 

'Justice,' 'Crossing' ride high in ratings

 

Show, party continues for Martin

 

Virgin prexys out; EMI eyes producer

 

Lifetime taking 'Medicine'

 

WGA gives Laurel to Charles bros.

 

DGA honors nat'l VP

 

'E.T.' flies to Shrine

 

UTA adds 2 partners

 

Moog, Apple earn Tech Grammy

 

Inside move: Bush and the boob tube

 

Broadway rolls 'Out' rock

 

Inside move: Lewine hits Mann deal snag

 

Avram sues Jackson over concert tour

 

Book CEO exits at Viacom

 

APG's prexy Schulman makes plans to ankle

 

Tight belt buoys Mouse

 

Board bolts Venice fest

 

Par hears 'Human Voices'

 

Teamster local backs tariff effort with cash

 

Shuman joins KCOP team

 

'Lord' a-leaping to Frog

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
Feb. 1, 2002

 

Working Title project 'Wired' to Sapochnik

 

Miramax, Hart Sharp to provide 'Proof'

 

Ferrari pic gearing up

 

NL keeps 'Q' date but loses 'Member'

 

Mudslinging at SAG

 

Arlene Manos

 

Bella Zahra Murphy

 

Jake Aaron Kovinsky

 

Rylan Jacob Daniels

 

Stella Gregg

 

ATV to be Austria's first private terrestrial

 

Till taps Spinks

 

Max Ophuls Film Fest finds 'Utopia'

 

'Hawk' hovers atop Bowl-bashed B.O.

 

Harold Russell

 

Hildegard Knef

 

EMI's Levy pushes reset

 

Pressplay spears a Zomba Music deal

 

Disney results buoy stock

 

Rogers tugs at price caps

 

IDP taps Millard veep

 

Seeking Kirch cure

 

Austria TV tunes in terrestrial license

 

MTV Canada defends itself

 

Fiennes suits up for German 'Luther' bio

 

'Harry' friends reteaming

 

India knights Merchant

 

Magyr fest boosted by tyro helmers

 

Oscar Watch: Julia Roberts

 

Showtime ups PR pair

 

Par engages McDermott's 'Adventurers'

 

Inside Move: Viacom rumors still surge

 

Sondheim, Rudin resolve tuner suit

 

No syndie Gotham story

 

Sizzling fantasy pix o'seas

 

NBC nabs early lead

 

Huddle on runaway

 

'Others' spirit Goyas away

 

Duo find Windows to unspool 'Wendigo'

 

'Rough' reaps at Rotterdam

 

ABC News retracts its report on Pearl death

 

Lion: New Line suggested 'Q' tradeoff

 

Eco Forum gets funky

 

Sassa is chosen one

 

Razzies: For your consideration

 

Epps answers bell for 'Ropes' with Ryan

 

O'seas sports strong B.O. on super bows

 

Traces of cocaine in Demme

 

Star culture shines in new directions

 

Canal Plus toppers out

 

Is Scott hot to trot?

 

Clarification

 

Memorabilia blaze probed

 

Inside move: 'Friends' chat for more

 

Fox taps Young veep

 

A 'Tricky fete for Silva

 

New Line gets 'Smart' from scribes

 

Sparks will fly at new Shingle

 

Spelling snags Di Novi

 

Grammys books perfs

 

SAG rocking the vote

 

Reading, Hoyts face off in Oz court

 

Depth helps Disney take the lead in market share

 

Cabler preems funny 'Heroes'

 

Once a year, Academy pulls an all-nighter

 

There's mudslinging & backbiting behind kudo glitz

 

In kudos, is it money that matters?

 

Oscar's talliers lips are sealed

 

'Amelie' up for 13 of France's Cesars

 

'Touch' wins five of Denmark's Roberts

 

Endeavor rep will manage

 

Random Harvest sows youth-skewing stable

 

MTV Asia Awards bows

 

Swiss watch more cinema

 

Neal William O'Connor

 

Matthew Pomerans

 

SAG taps new group to tabulate election

 

Oxygen to air four-part docu 'Sixteen'

 

Benson feted with fellowship

 

George Nader

 

James Blackwood

 

Back in digital pinch

 

Kinowelt gets reprieve

 

Powell set to chat up globe via MTV

 

Univision taps marketing exec

 

Effects of Enron scandal hits media stox

 

Laughs fest windfall probed

 

Colin Egglesfield

 

Robin Dunne, Emily Corrie, Chris Engen, Adrienne Wilkinson, Derek Hughs, Tracie Thoms

 

Bowl empties B'way

 

MuchMusic goes 'Live'

 

Oscar Watch: Marty Pasetta Jr., Pamela Oas Williams

 

Theatrical darlings of PPV

 

Satcaster merger under fire

 

Peter Krause

 

David James Elliott

 

Ian Ziering

 

Mark Bomback

 

ShoWest will fete Howard

 

Microsoft 'Nets 'Tonight,' 'Access' sites

 

TBS goes long for U. Games

 

Landry dons 'Spy TV' gear

 

Actors, agents maintain truce

 

TLC's Bennett tapped to lead BBC Television

 

Rookies garner DGA TV noms

 

Nader's death another sad finale to a glamorous H'w'd life

 

Correction

 

Par boards Schneider 'Insurance' pic

 

Another Super upset: Ratings are no thriller

 

China wild about 'Ha-li'

 

WMA signs Brazilian pic star

 

Mechanic, Southpaw team

 

Spacey doc will receive Berlin special screening

 

Reinhart to arrive Here!

 

Lundberg returns to Miramax as PR chief

 

USA to make 'Contact'

 

De Bont's on his way to deliver 'Courier'

 

Fantasy 'Dark' sparks New Line

 

Frog pilots take flight

 

'Monsters,' 'Ocean's,' 'Lord' tear it up o'seas

 

A dramatic conflict puts Simmens out

 

Reviews

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra

Celebrating Cy Coleman

Coastlines

Secretary

The York Realist

A Man With Five Children

The Island

Australian Rules

XX/XY

Making It

Judith Owen

One Night the Moon

Lava

The Reception

ZT Hollandia: Voices

American Adobo

Derrida

Killing Time

Blue Vinyl

Ralph Ellison: An American Journey

Sister Helen

Noon Blue Apples

Big Fat Liar

La Brassiere

Life and Debt

Horror Hotline … Big Head Monster

Decasia

Miss 501 (A Portrait of Luck)