Table of Contents
Week of 02/19/2002

Articles

Stone shooting Castro doc

 

Kirch merger delayed

 

EMI ups Ritto in Denmark

 

Howard K. Smith

 

'Soft Shell' sweeps Jutras

 

TV Azteca boots Televisa

 

'Daredevil' has partner in Favreau

 

Teutonic media pays tribute to Giuliani

 

Italo in-theater ad rev up

 

Hispanic group honors 'Marta'

 

D'Works circles 'Girl'

 

Eric Eason

 

Cynthia Watros

 

Peter Facinelli

 

Trevor Morgan

 

David Boxerbaum

 

Studio memorabilia up in smoke

 

Clea DuVall, Jake Busey

 

Andrew Keegan, Matthew Lawrence

 

Karel Roden

 

August has 'Motive'

 

Colom ankles Via

 

Publicists shout kudo finalists

 

Gruber shingle rehung with new partners, coin

 

Fox taps strategic planning VP

 

DGA has right Mann for kudos

 

McGrath has Enterprises

 

Peggy Taylor

 

Imax features deal for 6 Regal theaters

 

Pariah on pix for Col, Screen Gems

 

Canadian complex stirs runaway debate

 

'Rouge' DVD sales swell

 

'Flower Drum' to rebloom on Broadway

 

Oscar Watch: John Williams

 

Presidential payoff

 

MDP Worldwide posts record profits

 

Beloved books leap to screen in '02

 

SAG ups contracts exec

 

Showest taps Hartnett

 

Zoetrope deals o'seas rights

 

Inside Move: Mouse's new chef

 

Inside Move: Endeavor's big movie move

 

Ex-Fox Family prez Dekel joins CAA TV

 

Inside Move: Supe's on ..... Again

 

Inside Move: Total recall

 

Us still looking for support

 

Inside Move: Cross to bear

 

Inside Move: Quest for coin

 

Inside Move: Clubbing the crix, competish

 

Inside Move: Brake ahead

 

'Rings' rocks as 'Monsters' scares up B.O.

 

Ready for 'Attack'

 

Locals get big boost at Berlin

 

Art triumphs over politics at popular fest

 

Lifetime achievement for Brit helmer

 

Becker follows 'Rabbit' into niche success

 

Cole marks 'Calendar'

 

TV's mags-to-riches story

 

Soft money bill could hit TV hard

 

'Heads' up for Argos

 

Two players set to bid for TV-6 license

 

VTR betting $500 mil on service bundling

 

3's a wow for Ono

 

Cronica faces storm over 'suicide' TV

 

Powerhouse trio rules road

 

B.O. up; 'Whorehouse' hot

 

Post-'Modern Millie'?

 

Inside Move: Golden impressions

 

EMI duo looks to turn up volume

 

Inside Move: 'Park' bench

 

Career Move

 

Will nation embrace retro alien?

 

Lau returns with new 'Odyssey'

 

Nets mostly lie fallow on Jan. bows

 

KCAL buy could enliven syndie scene

 

Plural, Cabrera set 'Escobar' doc

 

Over the hill? Not this gang

 

Televisa, TV Azteca kick in for soccer

 

Biz rises; 'Beast' 504g

 

SAG hopefuls take to radio in campaign

 

Friedin directs himself to BKWU

 

Weaver digging 'Holes'

 

'Ghost,' 'Lord' avoid predictable paths

 

'Rings' ' Jackson regrets Baz snub

 

Fusing fact and fiction for art's sake

 

Brilliant careers

 

Creative rights high on guild's agenda

 

Frosh scribe basks in the 'Gosford' glow

 

Separate scenarios

 

LaBute follows a 'Vapor' trail

 

Bedingfield ascends to top editor at CNN

 

High court eyes c'right

 

Remapping caps

 

Eisner hypes Dis biz for shareholders

 

FSN goes for more 'Glory'

 

Lion pix with a mouse click

 

H'w'd returns to 'Roots' with slavery projects

 

Angelic Imageworks

 

Alphabet targets battlefront reality

 

Unity buys beefed-up Axium

 

College 'Try' enrolls trio

 

Morrissey inks deal with MDP

 

Myriad anoints 'Borgia'

 

TV shows face the big squeeze

 

IFG fights for 'Warriors' rights

 

LaPaglia reappears in CBS' 'Vanished'

 

Network ad exex see rosy upfront sales

 

Satellite row stops digital switchover

 

Steve Kesten

 

Girls rule at Brits Awards

 

SBT gets room for 'Casa'

 

'Amelie': Montmarte sans blight

 

Nine pacts with bank to finance pix

 

Behind the veil

 

Banff TV fest fetes Cleese

 

Crystal ball blues

 

Signpost unveils Canuck film distrib

 

Paxson narrows loss

 

Restaurant writedown hits Clark

 

Modern Times revs up 18%

 

Button nets Viv U unit

 

Funding showdown

 

Sony buoys Clark to sr. exec veep

 

'Drive' back in first gear

 

Bert Conway

 

Suleman exits Infinity for investment banking

 

Discovery going for 'Gut'

 

Harvey Kirck

 

Mick Tucker

 

Promark ups credit limit

 

Phillips steps in as AEG Live CEO

 

YES surveys Dolan subs

 

Olympic Games golden for Peacock

 

New Line taps Brewington

 

Costume org honors Rose

 

Crusader on a roll

 

CNBC taps Murray for 'Capital' job

 

Panel sets Webcast royalty

 

Singer stokes 'Fires' for Pathe Pix

 

Politicos descend on L.A.

 

Harmony Gold nabs 'Rain'

 

Eclipse launches new division

 

Kohn upped in Atmosphere

 

Creative Union nabs rights to 'Debra Winger'

 

Myriad announces 'Van Wilder' pacts

 

Lions Gate peddles 'Inacto,' 'May'

 

Employing of H'w'd

 

In matters of color, power is all green

 

Chairman's Award

 

Org uses media to shape opinion

 

Distinguished careers

 

President's Award

 

Hall of Fame Inductee: Little Richard

 

Barry Levinson: Golden Eddie Filmmaker Of The Year honoree

 

Nets promote black experience

 

TV editors: post variables matter most

 

Tucker returns to podium

 

Cool cuts, hot careers

 

Nominee profile: Maria Shriver

 

Nominee profile: Jamie Foxx

 

New U locale amps up wattage

 

NAACP perplexed at DGA findings

 

Black gold

 

Duchovny in 'X' finale

 

ThinkFilm busses N. American 'Kiss'

 

Bewitching 'Woods'

 

Thesps pay tribute to Strasberg

 

Spiritual sendoff for 'Dragonfly'

 

Kudos shine on Star and HBO

 

Scanlon to lead film for Tollin/Robbins

 

Ridley Scott

 

ABC Family plans off-net Friday block

 

MTV2 names program exec

 

'League' champions Connery

 

Maverick, Morton sell 'Bear' to Splendid

 

Spears at 'Crossroads'

 

Fox finds 2 to go 'Fast'

 

Signpost signatures

 

TV agent Sealey to start at Genesis

 

Inside Move: New Line sweeps 'Shag' rumor

 

Cutler brings battle to VH1

 

WB ups Nelson to sr. veep, marketing

 

Thesp proves metal as 'T3' terminatrix

 

Stray 'Benji' back to play

 

Stone pulls ahead in 'Alex' pic derby

 

'Diverse' field battles for gold

 

Harmony at summit

 

Battery charges 'Purple' for B'way

 

Gunn loading Sanderlin

 

Par makes 'Foon' appear

 

'Express' on track

 

Sony shedding staff

 

Flamberg's set to pen 'Gambit'

 

Miramax buddies up on pix

 

'Centre Street' taken off A&E's docket

 

Buyout boogie for congloms

 

Non-violence move

 

24 Christophers to fete impact

 

Zahn a 'People' person

 

Niu post for Fine Line praiser

 

Acad calls for Nicholl entries

 

NetRatings calls off acquisition of Jupiter

 

Autonomy taps Rider

 

U Interactive announces vidgames

 

Miramax opens 'Door'

 

Eurochannel taps Behrens

 

Malaga fest to fete late producers

 

Bigger bite of bonds

 

Rupe backs off on Kirch

 

Game Show Net boosts add staff

 

Cox stox rocks on bullish analysis

 

Beeb boffo o'seas

 

La'Bassiere tops Gen Art film fest

 

Modern-day version of 'Dracula' bows

 

Inside Move: 'Training' re-release

 

Showest l'aime Jeunet

 

First Look to map Loach's 'Navigators'

 

Oscar Watch: Charlize Theron

 

Premier PR taps 2 veeps

 

UPN in 'Race' with CBS

 

Corrections

 

Doubleheader: YES, CNN/FN on TW Cable

 

Nat picks up pace

 

Goldberg sees Oscars as 'horse race'

 

Redford preps 'Mystery' skein

 

Byrne Piven

 

James B. McKenzie

 

Lions Gate dances 'Monster's Ball'

 

PorchLight nabs 'Month of Sundays'

 

Leading Pictures announces prod'n slate

 

Vortex bows thriller

 

Alkemi pacts with Intl. Film Group for pic

 

Showcase nabs rights to 'Behind'

 

Fusion goes to 'Harvard'

 

Asylum pacts with Hen, Hecht for 'Ants'

 

Myriad nabs 'Hildegarde'

 

Peppermint adds to lineup

 

'Sabretooth' sequel planned

 

SEC puts kibosh on pic scam

 

Cashed-up Canucks enter global game

 

Europe's soft coin aiding hard biz

 

Indie film finance quotables

 

New Mexico passes major prod'n incentives

 

New track for rights management outfits

 

Sexton wins Selvin Award

 

Atwood: From 'Planet' Hollywood to 'Chicago'

 

Grande dame: Theadora Van Runkle

 

Ken Adam: designer behind 'Bond' movies

 

'Hedwig' emerges from thrift-store trenches

 

Pretty in pink and Rat Pack chic

 

For 'Tenenbaums' design team, it's all in details

 

Beavan takes a walk in the 'Park'

 

Versatile Martin trips the light fantastic

 

Picking up the pieces

 

Acad vs. guilds: apples and oranges

 

Fantasy grounded in reality

 

Bond companies get tough post consolidation, 9/11

 

Amini enlists for 'Raid' pic

 

Mattie Baker

 

Salonen reups with L.A. Phil

 

Trio join NBC 'Fire' brigade

 

Mann's man for Eye

 

DGA has right Mann for kudos

 

Singers band for charity event

 

Pilots' pizzazz

 

Salles revs up Guevara biopic

 

Pix sock MGM stock

 

Runaway confab skedded

 

Carl stays anchored at 'ET'

 

One thesp for 'All'

 

U inks 'Fast' scribe for Hawk pic

 

Hawn leaves ICM

 

Game for Franchise

 

Col training 'Basic' thriller on U.S.

 

'Shrek' scribes aid f/x pro's pic push

 

McElwaine to captain Morgan Creek's ship

 

Life of killer's 'Party'

 

M'max exec hangs out film shingle

 

Skein chop shop for Burnett

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
Feb. 22, 2002

 

Jesse Hannah Orkin

 

Kirch clock ticking

 

NTL sells Aussie broadcast biz

 

Asian presence strong at AFM despite of economic crisis

 

Asian company on move to finance H'wood pics

 

Miramax shows Wisdom in cast of DeVito's 'Duplex'

 

Gallic pic pair eyes mainstream sales

 

Outlook dismal for pic financing

 

New RAI board named

 

Clarkson cast in pair of pix

 

'Voltage' may be on the fritz

 

Han comes to market with global ambition

 

Correction

 

Martin seed yields Plant

 

'Cherish' describes StudioCanal's feeling

 

RightsLine service lands Cinamour as client

 

Kiwi commish tubthumps local assets

 

Hearst draws 'Rendering'

 

AFMA raves over Shaye

 

Boorman to storm 'Castle' for 1st Look

 

Premier PR names veeps

 

South by Southwest to screen 180 pix

 

High drama at AFM

 

Chuck Jones, 89, dies

 

Hearst offers telepic trio

 

'Xuxa' dwarfs B.O.

 

Ross becomes Marathon manager

 

Gold Circle rounds up coin

 

Iron smooths out deal for 'Tyrone'

 

Top exec exits Spain's digital Quiero

 

Filling the niche

 

Huston to 'Work' for Eastwood, Warner

 

Fortissimo nets 'Early Years'

 

Giustino Durano

 

Art Franklin

 

Kevin Smith

 

Spanish biz sweats over exec ankling

 

AFM buyer numbers drop for 2002

 

French like the sound of Leigh's 'Talk'

 

Thesps on hold

 

H'wood's runway prod'n

 

Good Machine navigates 'Laurel Canyon'

 

Gold Circle honors Cage

 

'Try'ing time for Millennium

 

Japan rides in Limosin's 'Novo'

 

World sales close 'Monday'

 

Stiles pacts for untitled drama

 

Hip-hop vamp has B.O. bite

 

UGC takes it 'All'

 

Foxtel chief rips studios

 

Argentina b'casters team on Cup rights

 

WB leader in Slovakia

 

Court jams Joj TV over licensing tiff

 

Best 'Friends' in syndie

 

Merger review discord

 

Listen gets earful

 

Technicolor print deal helps Imax cut costs

 

Rogers posts loss

 

Arts fest a haven for diversity

 

Overseas rolls '11'

 

Brits praise 'The Lord' with five BAFTA wins

 

Napster raises antitrust issues in case

 

Splendid, Maverick ink

 

Zoetrope, Myriad plan 3 pics

 

Music biz in a funk

 

Big Olympic boost for NBC

 

U's Loper gains Aspect

 

Col resails 'Shipmates'

 

Tollin is on 'Radio' dial

 

ShoWest honors Tucker

 

Cold-reading events illegal, state warns

 

Berenger, Chandler, Metcalf join pilots

 

Glick upped to VP at WBTV

 

CBS Ent. ups Bajaria to VP

 

GSN bets on 'Whammy!'

 

Oscar Watch: Cirque du Soleil

 

'Eleven' again holds winning hand o'seas

 

NAACP fetes Washington

 

Red-letter day: Martin wins at ADG for 'Rouge'

 

Schooled in Moliere

 

First day of '40 Nights'

 

Cultural exchange

 

Modus operandi: Determining the honorees

 

Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson

 

Akiva Goldsman

 

Robert Festinger and Todd Field

 

Ted Elliott, Ted Rossio, Joe Stillman, Roger S.H. Schulman

 

Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff

 

Christopher Nolan

 

Julian Fellowes

 

Guillaume Laurant, Jean-Pierre Jeunet

 

Peter Jackson

 

'Insomniac' stirs renewal

 

Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson

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