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Week of 04/23/2002

Articles

Reginald Rose

 

BBC closes commercial Internet division

 

BBC presenter Price dies

 

Antena 3's Villanueva defects to Telecinco

 

Messier offers top C-Plus job to Farrugia

 

Linda Lovelace

 

Betty Shapian

 

Villanueva jumps to rival

 

Mandela doc 'One Step' closer

 

'Transistor' on at Fortnight

 

'Rings' is king of MTV movie nods

 

Teetering premiere

 

ZDF votes Senator

 

Wolfert exits cabler

 

Schlondorff honored

 

Canucks fund 119

 

AfroFest launches

 

'Spider' moves fast

 

Cup rights to Ten

 

NBC, CBS sweep into victories

 

DVD rentals set record

 

Woes spill over to Splendid

 

Tonos names Lewis COO

 

ITV Digital drops PPV

 

USA loves U merger

 

Ticketmaster clicking more red, yet revs up

 

Octone fuels exec ranks with key trio

 

'Bachelor' wins aud's heart

 

Solons losing merger urges

 

Hallmark pacts for Par series

 

Kids pick Nick kudos

 

Game channel G4 bows with 7 days of Pong

 

Broadband use hits high

 

XM posts loss, but meets sub expectations

 

'Gun' aimed at Lightning

 

RealNet advance streams in

 

Damon Knight

 

Alan Dale

 

Linda K. Clark

 

Jay Chiat

 

Rocky album roster in the charts

 

Mark Ermler

 

Senator approves 'XX'

 

The Rock leads the way to sports figure fame

 

Bernal revs motor for Salles' Che 'Diaries'

 

'Bombshell' woos Evans

 

Distrib seeks DVD copying backup

 

FCC adds dishes to wireless cable menu

 

Seven Arts polishes int'l sales for Lamping

 

L.A. fest turns to Cuaron

 

Western tale 'Blueberry' corrals a trio of thesps

 

Col Home Ent. ups Reina

 

Mouse lensing 'Stallion' prequel

 

Fox rushes to Pop Warner pic

 

Inside Move: Ford puts 'Walk' on path

 

Inside Move: Leno's Blake verdict is in

 

Producers urge agents not to aid SAG on Rule 1

 

Cyber pirates roil moguls

 

Revolution unleashes 'Hellboy' for del Toro

 

Cabler gives YES static

 

The Lion ding

 

BBC options 'Bombmaker'

 

Getting into dodge

 

Reality champs eye Ultimate showdown

 

Inside Move: Zito to be 'CSI' showrunner

 

Croisette crowd craves its faves

 

Loach exits Parallax

 

ZDF buys 24 pics from Tele Muenchen

 

Karlovy Vary to honor Brodsky

 

Jennings gets a trim

 

Charles Rule

 

Shirley Scott

 

Al Lewis

 

William 'Bill' Berg

 

Albert E. Jeffcoat

 

Tom Panko

 

James Al Hendrix

 

Goesta Winbergh

 

Milton T. Raynor

 

Arthur Altschul

 

TVB seeks to foil suicide

 

'Bones' racks up record

 

BCE topper out as convergence stalls

 

Transylvania hosts film fest

 

DD to launch DTT

 

'Camila' soaps up

 

Deloreese Daniels Owens

 

Edward L. Morris

 

Rene Silvera

 

Gerard W. Purcell

 

Bill Hillier

 

Theresa E. Weissenberger

 

Femme org to fete designer trio

 

Onex annex of Loews chain OK'd

 

Ad slump afflicts Modern Times

 

Helkon feels Kirch pinch

 

CNET's Rosensweig in for Mallet at Yahoo

 

Calman upped at Warner vid

 

Vlastimil Brodsky

 

Broadband, cable lift AT&T

 

Blockbuster sales

 

Ashanti holds off Crow for No. 1

 

USA Nets post loss

 

CEA pushes digital

 

Originals fill Court docket

 

Noble stages RSC exit

 

Time change hurts syndies

 

Rock full throttle to top of the world

 

TV Land to raid vaults of 'ET,' '60 Minutes'

 

Fox likes earlier 'Mike'

 

'Morvern,' 'Midlands' pump Brits at Cannes

 

'Thunder' strikes 'Years' at Minetta

 

Leigh the toast of Society

 

Alliance cuts 35 staffers

 

SAG responds to suit

 

HBO praisers praised

 

Evans moves up at Spyglass

 

Imagen fare: 'Bread,' 'Soup' receive noms

 

Inside Move: Ovitz' AMG without Firm plans

 

SAG stands ground

 

Paradigm ups Phillips to top feature lit dept.

 

Babcock to run 'Sabrina'

 

'Osbournes' rock MTV, roll to top

 

Col's Parker lifted to VP, global ops

 

Intermedia tunes into EMI

 

AOL-TW: You've got nailed

 

Comedy has him in mood for romance

 

Stiles tunes up Viola for fest

 

Viv U chief keeps cool amid le fracas francais

 

Stage hands

 

'Sea' faring fete

 

Boston pub looks to Brit

 

Chinese action 'Hero' adopts Orphanage f/x

 

Back on 'Dragnet' beat

 

'Jumanji' redo back on board

 

Institute fills 'Dance card

 

Beginning for 'Ending'

 

'Glory' days

 

Cannes Critics Week line-up announced

 

MediaPro shifts into film gear

 

ITV Digital calls it quits

 

Court delays Czech Republic, CME hearing

 

Kirch kicked again by soccer

 

Canal+ chair taken

 

Moe Keale

 

Robert Chazal

 

Carla Fry

 

Gap tries on big directors

 

L.A. cues up Latin Grammys

 

Lake Placid fest fetes Sedgwick, Sayles

 

Miami gay fest skeds many bows

 

Televisa revs sputter

 

Intermedia parent sees rosy future

 

EMI: musical chairs

 

Deston Songs stake destined for WMG

 

Piracy prevention takes priority

 

Noah Matthew Barkan

 

Jack John Christopher Depp III

 

Spanish digital TV paybox to go dark

 

Games, pix help Sony

 

Good Morning: A 50-year tradition

 

'Abby' laffer on deck at UPN

 

Digital resolution

 

Winkler will take center 'Square' behind scenes

 

Corus of praise comes for strong numbers

 

BAFTA fetes Schlesinger

 

Astral's projection

 

Inhouse TV prod'n can prove pricey for nets

 

Alphabet spells out sales shift

 

OpenTV narrows loss

 

Ubi Soft to play on 'Fears'

 

Infogrames buys 'Matrix' gamemaker

 

WGA East and ABC ink deal

 

RKO, Judgement team for song, screen synergy

 

Method Fest taps winners

 

SAG memo puts agents on notice

 

Oz net drags CanWest down

 

VH1's 'Late' meets fate

 

Marleah Leslie and Joshua Goldstein

 

Nadine Watt and Andrew Jameson

 

Fox's Cohen ankles after 3 months

 

Revolution gets 'Lucky'

 

Inside Move: No sex this summer

 

David Chudnow

 

Par suits up for 'Hardball'

 

Exhibs talk merger

 

Col gets 'Static' charge

 

Dis back in black

 

Viacom posts $1 bil loss but sees ad rev rebound

 

Rick Hawkins

 

Will J. Wright

 

Ken Faier

 

SAG panel nixes rerun challenge

 

HBO will let auds step up to plate

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
April 26, 2002

 

TLC's 'Left Eye' Lopes killed in car crash

 

Kirch rescue talks said still on

 

'Sex' to open Directors Fortnight

 

Cablers take it easy at Big Easy

 

Tyro webs bank on Yank pacts

 

H'w'd fights newly OK'd tax

 

Fishing for funds in Germany

 

Messier 'sinks' Stream merger

 

Going out with a 'Bang'

 

Prod'n hopes features offshore pix

 

H'w'd's hot to trot with tots

 

'Ice'y hot hit helped by hype

 

Inside Move: 'Road' or 'Reign'?

 

Inside Move: Coin conundrum

 

Inside Move: Deal's on wheels

 

Mags mix crix betwixt pic profiles

 

'Assumption' rises

 

Right-wing loss deflates patriotic pix

 

'Scorpion' solid as a rock in Asia and Oz

 

'Dateline' timeline reaches 10th year

 

Naughty but nice C5 grows up

 

Telco dials up auds for its Internet programs

 

Star shines out on Sky again

 

Fox focuses on fix for fall

 

Pix play waiting game o'seas

 

Inside Move: A firm handshake

 

Inside Move: Shareholders' spirited debate

 

Teflon titan stays above fray

 

Inside Move: Radio retrenching

 

Inside Move: Paybox plummet

 

Inside Move: Owning up

 

Inside Move: Creative cargo

 

In storm, arthouse biz needs rainmakers

 

The A List: Boutique barons play to the fans

 

New player places major wagers

 

Targeting those tricky teenagers

 

B'way flapper vs. tough Times

 

Road grosses

 

Broadway grosses

 

B.O. keeps Rockin'

 

Murdoch, Berlusconi mull Kirch assistance

 

Ruling cheers Canuck TV

 

Shareholders OK Lescure's ouster

 

Disney lowers Dow

 

'Samurai' re-release set

 

'Boston' set as hub of Fox's Mon. sked

 

Gazecki takes docs to the Edge

 

Poitier aboard UPN pilot

 

N.Y. fest spotlights Cosby, Reiner

 

Bryce Zabel

 

Michael Jeter

 

Trevor Penick

 

David Carradine

 

Geoff Rodkey

 

Viv U to hold revote

 

Inside Move: Journos irritate Weinstein

 

SAG exec Dayton to retire

 

ABC 'Bachelor' ball

 

'Goat,' 'Urinetown' land Outer Critics kudos

 

SAG's firm on enforcement

 

Inside Move: Digital delay is official

 

'King' hot, 'Panic' hits o'seas B.O.

 

Finale falls for 'Autumn'

 

DR-TV follows 'Chronicle'

 

Korthirakul ends run at UIP Thailand

 

Finnish helmer to compose biopic

 

Grammy prez ankles

 

Duo to channel 'TV'

 

Salt seeks Southern-fried pix

 

Kmart's CAA special

 

Just for Army

 

Coens court 'Ladykillers'

 

Tribeca, Bickford ready 'Kaosu' for U

 

Diesel makes 'Fast' exit

 

Pic vets linking to break 'Waterhorse' for Miramax

 

Miramax buys 'Tale' for toon

 

Richardson 'Maid' for pic

 

Cheah finds Arenaplex niche

 

Storyline Jerry-rigs 'Martin & Lewis' pic

 

Malone eyeing KirchMedia, KirchPayTV

 

Signpost taps Bloye for sales

 

EMI taps Goegebeur for Belgium

 

Directors' Fortnight big on comedy, satire

 

'Nova' and ABC team

 

Doris Hoffmann

 

Globo TV losses force asset sale

 

Herman rejoins Miramax

 

Sutton exec VP, MGM int'l TV

 

Peacock's hoops sees rebound

 

WGA, Alphabet reach deal

 

Acad arm eyes fests

 

B'way ups and downs

 

Brits dominate Rose d'Or

 

Labels tune up online

 

EM.TV stems red ink

 

Charter shrinks losses

 

Tonos, AOL in music duet

 

HBO digs 'Six Feet,' plots 3rd season

 

McGowan to run Oz Lightscape

 

U.K. org plugs in 'virtual circuit'

 

Lab to test 'Light'

 

Viv U revenue rises, but red ink swells

 

Ebert highlights IFP Cannes lineup

 

Latins love 'King'

 

Downgraded Mouse shares slip again

 

Batty for Beatty

 

Astaire nominees tapped

 

Winslet eyes 'Neverland'

 

'King' commands B.O. past forecast

 

Full house lined up for IFC's 'Casa'

 

Actors get job training

 

Rich Voll

 

Steve Braun, Lizzy Caplan, Bret Harrison, Brooke D'Orsay

 

Brian Cox

 

Patrick Stewart and Glenn Close

 

Bravo 'News' break

 

Music Center prez exits

 

Intertainment wants Franchise coin back

 

Expired agreement doesn't apply, ATA sez

 

'Great' move for Garrett

 

Crash alters Creed sked

 

Helmer reels in 'Big Fish' for Columbia

 

Grammer loses agency appeal

 

Mergers go manic

 

'Dead' gives new life to Eye's demo ratings

 

YES plays hardball against Cablevision

 

Oz distrib topper ankles

 

Film Roman gets f/x hook up

 

Crest buyer eyes firstruns

 

Celluloid deal animates Vinton in new dimension

 

Par TV a VOD player with sale to Starz!

 

'Price' is right for Sony

 

Rifkin and Willis book comic king

 

DC in 'League' with Warner Bros.

 

Chinese may redo splits

 

Dark 'Angel' takes wing

 

Picking on Dickens

 

Muppets pull strings with NASCAR

 

'Lives' goes public

 

Reviews

Living With the Dead

Small Town Ecstasy

Southern Fried Chickie

Dave Frishberg -- Quality Time

Broadway by the Year: 1940

A Brilliant Madness

The Exonerated

Aankhen

Broadway Artists Sing the Songs of Billie Holiday

Eyes Adrift

Space Station

The Message Is in the Music

The Council Of Egypt

Hollywood Ending

Life or Something Like It

The Mystery of Charles Dickens

Jason X

The Gathering Storm

Night at the Golden Eagle

Blink-182; Green Day

The Full Monty

Masters of Groove

The Other Brother

Obon: Tales of Rain and Moonlight

Polk County

The Night Heron

Shooting Stars

No Regrets

The Mars Cannon

Motion

Yank Tanks

Me & Mrs. Jones

The Rule Of The Game

12 Past Midnight

The Princess Blade

Presumed Guilty

Glissando

The White Sound

Man's Gentle Love

Senso '45

Petty Crimes

Warriors

Frasier

Private Lives

Women or Children First

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