Table of Contents
Week of 02/05/2002

Articles

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Another sour note with EMI

 

Inside Move: Viacom rumors fly pell mel

 

Inside Move: Oy to the world

 

Inside Move: Fortnight fallout

 

Inside Move: MGM, U end co-prod'n pact

 

Inside Move: Oscar warfare

 

Vid biz needs measuring stick

 

KWA seeking dates for 'Day'

 

BBC's Segal adds West Coast duties

 

Thesp trio tapped for honorary Cesar Awards

 

Vertikal integration

 

Plural taps Fernandez

 

BBC opens Eye news archive

 

Kirch names Larass

 

Ng exits Star TV net

 

Hong Kong film database bows

 

English telepix set in Singapore

 

Hallmark ups reach in Romania

 

'League' is locating

 

Capital shortage hits media

 

Carmike heads out of bankruptcy

 

Tribune ups Inouye

 

MP3.com's Oien logs on

 

Oscar Watch: Benicio Del Toro

 

New 'Producers' pair

 

Neville grabbing the mic

 

VH1's Moll moves up from 'Behind'

 

Immortal taps Mendelsohn

 

Hallmark plans 'Adoption'

 

Christopher kudos fete 3 for values

 

Oz will pilot ABC comedy

 

New 'Jazz' print to screen

 

Coward's 'Lives' to open on B'way

 

Local stations org ALTV set to leave air

 

Target coin fills kudo for L.A. fest

 

SPC googly for 'Lagaan'

 

Levinson makes cut for film nod

 

Col TriStar unit taps PR veepee

 

H'wood's runaway train

 

Galotti talking again as new GQ publisher

 

Inside Move: Real horror-show filmmaking

 

Inside Move: Collateral damages

 

Erratum

 

Inside Move: Opinion maker

 

Par unit axes office

 

New format sparks split at studios

 

London Eye: Duo documents 'Don' disaster

 

Disribs unspool split screen

 

Lincoln Center sets int'l lineup for summer fest

 

Chan, Yeoh return to teach & preach

 

Noises Off

 

Dubs up profiles of H'wood pix

 

'Adobo' cooks plans for U.S. breakout

 

HBO is cable operators' fave in Asia

 

Cartel body nixes Liberty Teuton deal

 

BBC bets future on digi-tykes

 

No bother for 'Brother'

 

Blue skies ahead for in-flight biz

 

Working with tried and true

 

Exhibs dubious about new regs

 

Disney makes inroads in Oz

 

Rio Filme axes coin for Sundance lab

 

Hot local prod'n hit by fiscal woes

 

Above the Line: Margaret Nicoll

 

Newsies chase after younger audience

 

Lively Rotterdam fetes pix

 

NBC shoots for ratings gold

 

Trade shows mull joint confabs

 

'Rosie' replacement poses thorny question for syndies

 

'Wave' is washing over Asia

 

NTL looks to bail out its $17 bil debt

 

Prague-matic decision easy

 

Univision's accent on positive

 

Feature shoots down despite dev't upsurge

 

Opening ceremony hopes to avoid snow day

 

Fox scores a sweeps touchdown

 

New Line ups Brener

 

Rebate seals Oz appeal

 

Ontario prod'n on the rise

 

CBS acquires rights to graphic Sept. 11 footage

 

Road grosses

 

Broadway grosses

 

VH1, Grey set 'Zach' attack

 

'Guardian' crew rush to fight fire

 

Helmers like 'Sex'

 

RAW, West see 'Mysterious' pic

 

Fox Int'l ups trio of exex

 

'Dinotopia' series taps cast

 

Trio combine forces for Latin sports auds

 

Inside move: NBC restores Peacock logo

 

Inside move: SAG election in minor key

 

Inside move: Viacom exex playing nice

 

Duo to distrib 'Starhunter'

 

Alex Ward Etz

 

Joseph Raymond Culp

 

Alliance raises Mickie

 

Canton's 1st 'Dime'

 

ASCAP hits high note with 12% gain in 2001

 

Internet still drawing lots of new users

 

YES net won't take no

 

Warner Vid plans magic for 'Potter'

 

EchoStar ready to rumble

 

Oz feevee pioneer exits Premium Movie service

 

Artisan subscribes

 

Publishers playing with vidgame tie-ins

 

Classic pix in Cowboy herd

 

VU Net envisions MP4.com

 

Spelling looks Radiant

 

WGA writes off pics

 

Eye in slot to poke at Peacock

 

Whoopi's Oscar back home

 

Winchester head sold shares before profit warning

 

Summit buys worldwide rights to 'Stones'

 

Teutonic box office hits record high in '01

 

ProSiebenSat.1 profits halved

 

Studio on the Canuck waterfront

 

ESPN Radio in Latin growth

 

'Chico' wins for helmer at home

 

RTL topper upped

 

MTV, Asahi team

 

Olympics Webcast

 

South African film grants given

 

Latin America's Discovery inks deal

 

Hoffman is made man

 

Beatty nabs S.F. lifetime kudo

 

Martin reinvests in AOL TW

 

New Line ups Imhoff to senior exec VP

 

'Net catches Comcast

 

Kirch-Rupe rift grows

 

Revised Blige fuels 'Drama' disc

 

FilmFour, Number 9 get 'Together'

 

Oscar Watch: Stiller to present kudos

 

Publicists pick pix for Weinberg honor

 

Miramax trims unit

 

Lot 47 stirs the pot

 

Gersh Gotham ups 2 to VP

 

Celebrating synergy

 

'Ally' celebrates 100

 

In-Motion finds fund coin

 

Kahn hanging up cape at DC Comics, Mad

 

Moviola acquires Video Tape Distrib

 

Sony Music growing Wiser with info maven

 

'Frazier' hefts NBC

 

'Texas' tornado a hit

 

Mostow to hit the 'Street' after 'T3' wraps

 

Colin Egglesfield

 

'Sin Eater' lead replaced

 

Anna Faris

 

Cast of UPN's 'As If ...'

 

Stritch: Almost a 'Golden' girl

 

Leder leads Fox pilot; Affleck, Hunt do duty

 

Pix pair attracted to small screen

 

Viv U topper rides waves

 

Canton soph APG deal spells 'Truth'

 

Di Novi duo gets creative

 

'Brown' still foxy to Lion

 

FX, Artisan taking stock in Enron pic

 

Inside Move: Web surfers find wrong write stuff

 

Soderbergh's telling 'Story'

 

Berlin is 'Heaven'-sent

 

Schreiber tackling 'Everything' at Industry

 

'Wind' blows well for tyros

 

Inside Move: SAG endorsement battleground

 

Miramax on 'Paper' trail

 

Live from New York!

 

Conan cash: $8 mil per

 

Cusack checks in to 'I.D.'

 

Homevid lifts Lion ledger

 

Healthy B'way delivers

 

The 'Damage' done

 

Jake Aaron Kovinsky

 

Amorette Jaybee Marcu

 

BBC director general outlines pubcaster's 'vision'

 

EMI Records rebranded Capitol

 

WGA touts tyros

 

Rouse exits MPA for EC

 

Planeta delivers dox

 

Mar del Plata fest coin cut

 

'Fast' paces Genies

 

M-Net to fund African shorts

 

Canal Plus not in black until '04

 

Byrne boards 'Ship'

 

NetMed suing rival

 

Laff cabler ups Maddocks

 

Vidgames' sales top score

 

Economy batters Gannett

 

Online services Baseline, FilmTracker set to merge

 

Correction

 

RKO serves up pic deal for 'Grill'

 

Davids back as WIF prez

 

'GMA' energetic in ayem

 

Oscar Watch: Harden tapped as presenter

 

Radio's Hendrie inks NBC accord

 

Showtime sails 'Pirate'

 

Pixar does 'Monsters' mash

 

PGA sees Visionary in Gallen

 

Lear runs with Olympics, Declaration

 

NBC skiing toward Olympic triumph

 

ShoWest to fete Kidman

 

Stewart ankles at ABC; Marin off '60'

 

DGA taps blurb helmers

 

'Sunday' wows fest

 

Half of Canuck prod'n revs come from abroad

 

Jacqueline Ticknor Hancock

 

Lilly Shaye Gaven

 

Ava Valentine Schwartz

 

Stroke of Genius for Warner Home Video

 

Hudson, Watts saying 'I do' to 'Le Divorce'

 

Valhalla serving 't'

 

BSkyB writes off Kirch stake

 

Inside Move: Cause celeb

 

'Felicity' to end 4-year WB stint

 

Christian book series a revelation for Bantam

 

Guardian, Mainline duo forge Lightning banner

 

Jack sees runaway thaw

 

ABC ends Yahoo! Newsfeed

 

Keys shows her Soul

 

SonicBlue reports losses

 

USA buys up stake in Expedia

 

Par, Cruise lift 'Bridge'

 

New Regency snags pitch for 'Brad Pitt'

 

Disney nets raise Ross

 

The WB leaps ahead in 5-year series plan

 

Rake, Fox take D.C.; Fleder in rush for Eye

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
Feb. 8, 2002

 

Till taps Winterstern

 

BSkyB posts $1.8 bil loss after Kirch write-off

 

B.O. 'Damage' control

 

Jonathan Dennis

 

Reggie Montgomery

 

Abie Ames

 

Harvey Elkin

 

Carolyn Frasher Miller

 

Baxter Ward

 

Irish McCalla

 

Sony has new spin

 

Subscribers, losses mount for ONO

 

Case buys 1 million AOL shares

 

CTIT taps Brown as finance VP

 

Western heads East

 

Irish up as 'Sunday'

 

SMG licenses U.K. 'Taggart'

 

Signpost taps Winterstern as chariman

 

Mosaic, CDP get some ZZs

 

USA Films walks with McHenry

 

Col TriStar bows new Destination

 

Niche pix In Demand

 

The Firm to bow London office

 

U, Misher set hip-hop biopic

 

SAG re-run balloting begins amid confusion

 

Landes to land in 'Final' sequel

 

Inside Move: UTA's Lesher endeavoring for change

 

Apatow on 'Parole' for Fox

 

Alphabet to add laffs on Mondays

 

Oscar Watch: Bruce Vilanch

 

Meg Wyllie

 

Fong upped to veep of Fox diversity

 

Dresen takes Freedom Prize

 

Gaul radio listeners back Cannes picks

 

Hoffmann will CUE new gig

 

Ruth Fraser

 

Sound editors tap noms for Golden Reel Awards

 

'Monsters,' 'Ocean's' draw big auds o'seas

 

M'max finds 'Hero' in Zhang

 

'John Q' goes public

 

'Crazy' start to fest

 

Bringing order to org rules

 

Where to eat in Santa Monica

 

Pics with buzz on tap for eager distribs

 

Loews mart rides high tide

 

Vegas gambit

 

Does Academy tilt toward the titled?

 

Diplomats set aside politics for parties

 

Scripts in guild-ed cage

 

Pollstar honors Staples

 

Chambers to 'Bloom' with Shue, Fiennes

 

Fraser 'Scrubs' in for May

 

Acad exhibits 'Great Women of Film'

 

Showtime celebrates the Black Experience

 

Indie trade org AFMA buoys Prewitt to CEO

 

Is H'wood action losing its traction?

 

Terrorist pic piques N.Y.

 

UA clicking with Dickens

 

Too many toppers vying at Venice Fest

 

Torch and go for Games

 

Altman bearing up for Berlin

 

Kids' WB! leaps to renew 5

 

Inside Move: Fox readies new 'Simpsons' stuff

 

Storyline gets Rich's 'Ghost'

 

Duo spins 'Alice' for Craven, Dimension

 

Editors tap 2 for Lifetime prize

 

AFM seminar schedule

 

AFM seminar schedule

 

AFM seminar schedule

 

AFM seminar schedule

 

Brit music market up 5.3% in '01

 

Sanctuary taps Asher

 

Wannek in Berlin spotlight

 

Gauls offer new coin for shorts

 

Short pix tunnel way to awards

 

PBS got the blues

 

X Filme x 2 to Bavaria

 

Museum to fete Gibson

 

Dee, Davis join SAG Foundation

 

Charter map mixed

 

Dongo to boost Union pic lending

 

Abraham, Thomas play with 'Doll' on B'way

 

Fox gets NBA stars to like 'Mike'

 

Content will nail 'Hammer

 

DGA members ratify contract

 

Kudos to Opening Ceremonies

 

B'way wears a B.O. smile

 

Nick shows 'Genius' in marketing campaign

 

Daschle aide tapped for post at FCC

 

Sony sets up Digital Networks unit

 

Oscar Watch: Dunst added to presenter lineup

 

TV Acad taps Price president

 

NBC staying with 'Friends'

 

'Jordan' spec rights score mid-six pay from Pressman

 

Satcasters, states spin over Echostar union

 

Dynamic duo in o'seas B.O.

 

Viv U revs up image

 

SAG settles suit filed by minority exec Baiz

 

Black Film Fest takes 'All'

 

Isabella Maria Godsick

 

Ethan David Howard

 

Par, Cruise/Wagner set to beat the 'Devil'

 

Sullivan's 'Rapid' spec rapid at Col

 

Lions Gate promotes Shainberg's 'Secretary'

 

Hoyts having a 'Ball'

 

D.C.'s soft focus

 

Games, primetime fuel Peacock's ratings rout

 

'Razor' makes cut in Oz

 

'Daly' double for E!

 

New election, new SAG snag

 

Spotnitz jumps from 'X' to 'The Ether'

 

Studios chasing tales of Sept. 11 heroism

 

Cobalt deals cracks open RKO library

 

WB opening umbrella in London reign

 

Annalee Whitmore Fadiman

 

H'wood to Bollywood

 

Reviews

B-52's

Mike Melvoin

8 Women

Frontline: American Porn

Further Than the Furthest Thing

I'm Not Rappaport

Heaven

Hart's War

Cloud Above the River Ganges

Forward!

Everyday God Kisses Us on the Mouth

Face Down

May Day Mayhem

Face

Daddy & Papa

An Island Of Their Own

Collateral Damage

Steve Tyrell

Guilty Hearts

An Almost Holy Picture

Pleasant Days

My Brother the Vampire

Light Falls on Your Face

John Q.

Song of The Miraculous Hind

Temptations

Rollerball

Japan

Black Box Germany

A Neapolitan Spell

The Wound

Rue des Plaisirs

Humble Boy

Lammbock

The Shuberts Present 100 Years of American Theater