Table of Contents
Week of 04/16/2002

Articles

'Triumph' trump card

 

Thesp Urich dies of cancer at 55

 

Kathleen Ankers

 

Pierre's French kiss-off

 

E! sells to Oz's XYZ Ent.

 

Avalon's 'Baddiel' travels to Spain

 

RTL bags next Bond film

 

Granada inks with France's Glem TV

 

Saunders, French receive Golden Rose

 

Harold Pruett

 

Robin Anderson

 

Marc Moreland

 

Dorothy Love Coates

 

Beverly Bower

 

Helen Noga

 

Nobu McCarthy Memorial

 

Mythical Canadian monster gets makeover

 

Reality's real deal

 

'Dangerous' time: Deneuve's at Mip

 

EM.TV titles find takers

 

Fox Kids Europe nabs 'Roboroach'

 

U, Star pact for library

 

Rai Trade Screenings moves to Taormina

 

ZDF, Ch. 4 join for docus

 

John Jay Carsey

 

Eye, Peacock battle on

 

NFPF approves $200,000 for DVDs of rare pics

 

Peacock plugs pooches

 

Sun rises again in Gotham

 

Eagles tour takes flight

 

TNN gets in toon with adult auds

 

Bass in 'Early' exec seat

 

Sony lifts Bunge to exec veepee

 

Pay for Play boosts RealNet

 

NTL rescued from brink

 

DGA praises court ruling

 

'Osbournes' hits No. 1 in cable rates

 

U.K. sales pack 'em in

 

Adelphia's still counting

 

IA revokes charter

 

Sour note for sales

 

Sky Mexico CEO passes

 

Radio union bargaining again

 

Gannett media delivers 40% increase in profit

 

Video director a shoo-in for D'Works' 'Topsiders'

 

Classics staging a comeback at ART

 

Almas tap pix, series

 

BSkyB eyes studio deals of feevee

 

Dirty Harry finishes 'Blood Work'

 

'Shield' shines in ratings

 

Scribe Jefferies sets 'Sun' at Disney

 

Ex-CTTV prexy reactivates Baseline

 

Col Pix ups O'Connor to prod'n veep

 

CBS' Zaks becomes UPN's sr. VP, current

 

Discovery creates net for digital high-def

 

Anderson pic 'Punch-Drunk'

 

John C. Reilly

 

Mazar living 'Large'

 

Ildy Modrovich, Laurence Walsh

 

Showrunner of 'Reba' may run off

 

'Survivor' tourney in works

 

Saira Shah, James Miller

 

Henderson/Hogan/McCabe

 

Nussbaum gets taste of 'Kandee' at MGM

 

Disney's Web group catches sr. VP Aledort

 

Paris is burning over Lescure exit

 

Chrysler picks top 10 for Cannes

 

New Emmy category accepting interactive competitors

 

Viacom considers 'Eve' spinoffs

 

Canucks buck SAG on Rule 1

 

'Mission' control calls to Fincher

 

M'max pic deal in short order

 

Giving Artisan credit

 

Par takes sweet '16'

 

'Confidential' helmer returns to life of crime

 

Private affair

 

Gonski picked as Oz arts funder chair

 

Gallic watchdog to review Lescure's firing

 

Cannes jury line-up announced

 

Messier counters Lescure complaint

 

'Lost' Oz tax break back

 

Mandred Koehnlechner, Mandred Fischer

 

Gary McCarthy

 

Berlusconi caps control of RAI

 

Yates ankles Oz org

 

TV cameras back at Al Qaeda trial

 

Kudos to 'Tereska'

 

RTL II draws anime

 

Japanese WB distrib honored

 

Bigger, better at Mip

 

Home Shopping Net names COO

 

Constantin, Indigo ink for Rat pact

 

U.K. to cut small screen from tax scheme

 

Inside Move: Bill gets silent treatment

 

FullAudio's making noise

 

Ashanti duets again

 

Syndies hit by spring break hangover

 

ABC Family adopts toon

 

Madstone, femme org present pix

 

Canada's acting up

 

Glass upped to sr. VP at Buena Vista

 

Mouse nets' ads all in family

 

H'w'd film fest bows council

 

'Good Day' for Twentieth as clearances continue

 

Williams submerged in 'Aquaria'

 

WB Pix lifts Sood to VP

 

Alexander sez SAG attacks should stop

 

Fox thinning ranks

 

Studios' summer sked strategizing heats up

 

Tim Blake Nelson

 

Jeremy Northam

 

Video vexes cablers

 

Lelouch 'Ladies' to end Cannes

 

Kincaid heads SAG safety

 

Revolution plot cops music biz

 

Dimension bags 'Santa'

 

Star dials up 'Call Girl' pic

 

SEC's Adelphia probe now focusing on loans

 

Cross complaints roil Vivendi

 

Warner lights 'Match'

 

Inside Move: 'Wicker' pair scotches notion of pic as remake

 

Fox pilot taps Clayburgh

 

Bruckheimer plucks pitch

 

Inside Move: Graden in line to help VH1

 

'Narc' rights in the bag for Par, Lions Gate Films

 

Eye ready to roll on 'Great One'

 

'Walls' of sound

 

Demonstrators take to Paris streets

 

Hobel goes to Infinity

 

'World' view

 

'Wedding' reception

 

'Storm' revelers gather

 

Corrections

 

3 banks extend credit line to Kirch

 

Al-Jazeera links with pubcaster

 

Chinese net for U.S.

 

Head for Oz arts funder

 

'Bear' claws into Cannes

 

Danish budget cuts to hit domestic pics

 

H'wood tax burden

 

Israeli fest features gain

 

Rogers revs up in 1st qtr.

 

Ramo: Full speed ahead for VOD

 

Fonovisa, Univision united

 

Solons blocking the auction

 

Viacom bonds yield $700 mil

 

SAG, Christy reach terms on benefits

 

U Pix ups Fogelson to exec VP

 

Fast Carrier hits 'Panic' button

 

Producers Moffitt, Lee not game for 'Squares'

 

SAG to reveal results of referendum today

 

Rock rolls in his 'SNL' gig

 

L.A. to host Essence nods

 

Mitchell's the man for B'way 'La Mancha'

 

WB consumes Choper sr. VP

 

'Girls Club' admits 2

 

Imagemovers stands its ground

 

ATAS runs against trend of cutting credits

 

Favreau will be head 'Elf'

 

Milton Stewart

 

MTV marketeer tapped to pump VH1

 

Ready to Rock

 

Producers blast SAG plan

 

Messier: Commitments honored

 

Howard to address USC Film-TV grads

 

Herbert Wernicke

 

Class act for CinemaNow

 

'People' on Lifetime Sunday night docket

 

Tribeca takes N.Y.

 

Seacrest lands on Fox's 'Idol'

 

Duo grabs Fitzduane

 

'Dog' to have its day at Col

 

Ryan takes game to 'Max'

 

'Last Waltz' still has power to move

 

AFTRA comments to FCC on equal opportunity

 

Talk shop picks up Tarantino's 1st book

 

HBO's 'Feet' to trigger 'Wire'

 

Looks like Barry's made it to CBS

 

Albert, hurt in crash, to skip NBC hoops

 

Carson signing off

 

Corrections

 

Actor Robert Blake arrested

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
April 19, 2002

 

Kirch creditors poised to take Formula One stake

 

Panel mulls U.K.-Czech pic partnerships

 

Thesps blow off agents

 

Spirit-award winner 'Dogtown' preems

 

Singapore film finds its niche

 

Hannibal rides to new Victory

 

Foxtel urges H'w'd to cut license fees

 

Satcaster ABN spreads its wings

 

'Osbournes' hits No. 1 in cable rates

 

'Topdog' skyrockets

 

Road grosses

 

'Producers' producers, protecting purses, fire Goodman

 

Memo from Messier

 

Inside Move: Will Tribeca trip fellow fests?

 

Inside Move: Zemeckis shingle gets new run

 

Inside Move: TV's color line blurs

 

Inside Move: ATAS musters might vs. vanishing crawls

 

Inside Move: Presley estate dons Nikes

 

Inside Move: 'Windtalkers' cracks code in sleuth circles

 

Film fest still on despite municipal funding slash

 

Korean femme-directed pic impresses filmgoers

 

Pols to OK Gallic cultural exception

 

Disc doldrums spin new ideas

 

Vintage rockers roll out new tours

 

Alphabet hopes for family reunion

 

U puts new spin on summer sked

 

Mip manages sales blip -- just

 

Politicos poised to shutter two webs

 

New look for Argentinian news net

 

Oz's tax break's back

 

ZBC nabs more eyeballs

 

Yank makes grade in London

 

Noises Off: Talking Pictures

 

Canal caught in parent trap

 

Inside Move: SAG Rule ruffled by producers, Canucks

 

Inside Move: Hannity follows Fox News star to spotlight

 

Showbizzers get new grip on reality thanks to Ozzie

 

H'wood moves tentpole stakes

 

U.K. distribs reconsider after 'Gosford' success

 

Noyce returns to Oz for 'Fence'

 

'Panic' joins local pix for hot overseas sesh

 

What's in a name? Tribe gets pic title, site changed

 

Applause unites Asian feature producers

 

Star paychecks unchecked

 

Some talent get the cut

 

Cable channels struggle for attention

 

Auds catch sting fever

 

Church damns 'Religion' entry in Cannes

 

Race for cash place

 

Berlusconi moves to silence RAI critics

 

U.K., Czech mates discuss film relations

 

'Soccer' score kicks off lawsuit

 

TVB overhauls brass

 

Method may move act

 

Ron Livingston

 

Robert Wisdom

 

Carla Gugino

 

A Canal Plus probe

 

FX extends 'Shield' despite ad dropouts

 

AMC, Stone hook 'Trailer'

 

Stiles partners up for film prod'n shingle

 

Eye priming 'Price' for a summer run

 

SAG standing by Rule One despite producer pressure

 

B'buster vid prod'n up

 

SAG signs Platinum for lobbying efforts

 

New guest joins 'Party'

 

IFP unspools nat'l push with reorg, new entity

 

Miramax trips for Dixon spec

 

Tribune speaks up for 'Jenny'

 

Winchester loaded

 

Stallone's VSDA action guy

 

'Scorpion' bows reign overseas

 

Corrections

 

Agency makes Wise choice

 

BAFTA nods turn into bash for ITV

 

Cowboy Pix, Plexifilm rope Jones' Wilco doc

 

Exec: VOD to be In Demand

 

AMPAS kicks off 75th anni

 

Muppets game for TDK

 

Zeitgeist will don Tunisian 'Satin' in U.S.

 

Xbox slashes prices o'seas

 

Warner Bros. TV ups Turner

 

Sega Mobile ready to ring up games

 

WB Online topper clicks with Yahoo!

 

Cumming set for 'Nickleby'

 

Home Shopping cart lighter

 

'Nowhere' locates four Lola noms

 

Cabler plug tugged

 

Buena Vista homevid prexy to head DVD org

 

Tribune tunes into Sinclair radio stations

 

Ufa Theater creditor cancels loans

 

Michelle Trachtenberg

 

Fashionistas on parade

 

An All-American bash

 

'King' gets in ring

 

Wych 'Kaos' Kaosayananda

 

Craig Grella, Jason Priluck, Dina Shapiro, Chris Till

 

Tennis anyone?

 

The Rock: New king of action?

 

Street sweet on H'wood heat

 

FCC appeals media ruling

 

Disney, Pixar toon up

 

Senator sells pic package to ZDF

 

Till taps prez for L.A. post

 

Viva takes over Dutch Box channel

 

'Soccer' scores Hong Kong Film Awards

 

Harold Adler

 

Rollouts rev up Cox revs, but cabler's profits drop

 

Paul Ringe

 

Co-owners try to unload ITV Digital

 

Rusty Burrell

 

Col exec his own Manne

 

Staking claims: No biz like showbiz

 

Michel Francois Amestoy

 

WNBC tops N.Y. Emmy race with 9 victories

 

'Stritch,' 'Graduate' light up B'way B.O.

 

'Savoir' addition a big plus

 

Gorlin gains Avignon prize

 

Searchlight lofts Lima

 

Hartford Stage hands the reins to Ireland

 

Truman Gaige

 

Wellspring's cup of Cho

 

Cautionary Gallic pic fails to erase Le Pen

 

O'Donnell to host 'Survivor' reunion

 

MediaPro turns to film pro

 

Eye clears Fla. channel

 

'King' rules o'seas

 

Russia's Kirov Orchestra responds to accusation

 

WGA blasts AT&T merger

 

UCLA to land DGA nod

 

Labor czar mum on SAG standoff

 

McCain booked for bigscreen

 

Lortels give nod toward B'way fare

 

Charleen "Chuck" McCrory and Dusty Hill

 

Talisa Soto and Benjamin Bratt

 

Univision plugs newsy firstruns into Galavision

 

Burt Reynolds Sr.

 

Juno Lewis

 

Layne Staley

 

Bell's irate over rates

 

Blake pleads not guilty to murder of his wife

 

TNT upfront on originals

 

D'Amico exits In-motion board

 

Banff TV fest to fete 'Spin' doctor

 

Xbox's Blackley exits

 

Book 'em again, Danno

 

Alphabet soups up

 

Caviezel set for 'Rebels'

 

Blighty Cannes do

 

Zelnick firms up planning with Siegler

 

D'Works targets Net crowd with 'Ring'

 

E! nets huge online Oscar crowd

 

Madstone plays arty library card

 

Artisan, Marvel pump hero 'Punisher'

 

Franchise frenzy keeps scribes busy

 

Inside Move: Egoyan won't compete at Cannes

 

Inside Move: For KABC, old is news

 

Judge: Bias suit vs. NBC stands

 

Oxygen slow to pump auds

 

'Seven's' sibling revelry

 

H'w'd roll models

 

Ahmanson dresses for 'Monty'

 

Nick turns slime tricks

 

Family night at 'Millie'

 

A pep rally for Calley

 

Reviews

Ansel Adams: A Documentary Film

Disappearance

Girls Can Get Away With Anything

Lillias White: From Shubert Alley to Jazz Alley

Warning: Parental Advisory

Ferocious

Dead Man Walking

The Shanghai Spell

The Beach of the Greyhounds

Every Stewardess Goes to Heaven

Revelation

The Repentant

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Two Against Time

Echobrain

The Scorpion King

Il Barbiere di Siviglia

The Last Waltz

The Religion Hour (My Mother's Smile)

He Hunts

Guys and Dolls

Lake Street Extension

Thoroughly Modern Millie

Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story

Spider-Man

The Boy Genius and the Mogul: The Untold Story of Television