Table of Contents
Week of 04/30/2002

Articles

'X-Files' finally closed

 

Woody explained

 

GenArt Fest opens right on 'Time'

 

Beau Bache Ernest Goodman

 

Chase Todd Van Amburg

 

Channel 4 drops into the red

 

Col TriStar picks up rights to 'Vampires'

 

ITV Digital shutters

 

Ousted founders' pal ousts Cinar board

 

Shalit upped at New Line

 

Karlovy Vary fest turns to world

 

'Millie' tops Desk noms

 

Cinecitta set for leader expulsions

 

NBC, CBS leaders in key demos

 

Elena Vassar

 

Peacock crossover pushes 'Third' to first

 

'Notorious' Cho pic kicks off N.Y. gay fest

 

MSNBC taps Nachman

 

Early exit at Alphabet

 

Spyglass nabs Altiere bros.' 'First Time'

 

Acad taps student finalists

 

ABC to dedicate day to 9/11

 

SkyForum: Satcasters must fine-tune content

 

Panorama Int'l expands vision

 

Delays in Digital TV

 

Tapestry, Miramax weave first-look deal

 

EchoStar topper calls bird deal a slam-dunk

 

'Eagle' flies with American

 

Trio build shingle to take shot at 'Glory'

 

Brit's a fit for 'Stage'

 

Norville reups with King

 

Blue-ribbon panels light up Tribeca

 

Welzer tops SMI Latin

 

HBO paroles 'Oz' for its syndie run

 

PBS 'Family' grows; 9 episodes ordered

 

MPAA takes its time on piracy bill

 

Hunter to host 'Journal'

 

Who will fill Frank Sinatra's shoes?

 

BMI will honor Elfman

 

Lightning strikes on 'Motown' doc

 

USA's Ross to Fox sr. VP

 

Bakley buddy up Creek

 

Hallmark of cooperation

 

Castle Rock cuts 16 as WB clamps down on coin

 

Inside Move: Diller got no bonus

 

D'Works remakes deals for two remakes

 

Sony gets more Real

 

India Ann Sushil Sood

 

Cabler revisits credits plan

 

Originals behind spike in viewership

 

Inside Move: SAG crix blast appointment

 

'Foxy' femme for MGM

 

2 firms value 'Family' pieces

 

BBC bows arty record label

 

Pic bulls way to win

 

Cheung in Celestial orbit

 

Buckland in for Edgar atop ACTF

 

KWA selling Latin pix

 

Newsie nabs Antena 3 top

 

Pic park piques Disney's interest

 

EMI tunes Belgium

 

Sony TV inks for pix

 

MGM feevee bows

 

Interactive 'Beasts'

 

Latin TBS ups Koch

 

CNN back on the air

 

Teutons to press bid

 

MGM/NBC sold on Kager

 

Tivo, AOL Time Warner chat up deal

 

Comcast sees loss, but revs surge 20%

 

Omega gets taste of Apple, United

 

Lucas makes digital moves

 

MTV moves up VMA nods

 

Chesney big cheese

 

SAG's foreign exchange

 

Mini 'Dead' on for CBS

 

Atlantic, N. Yorker top Ellies

 

Regis loves his day job

 

Guila Bustabo

 

Crane Jackson

 

Thomas 'Glen' Robinson

 

John Francis 'Jack' Cullen

 

Janet Fox

 

Angus Duncan

 

Lou Thesz

 

Dale Solly

 

Hot weather cools yakkers

 

'Graduate' plucks Radnor

 

Fox lifts Levine, Sella to marketing co-prexys

 

It's a 'Hard Knocks' life for HBO

 

Viv U stock woes could enrich Alpert

 

Davidson joins Hurd

 

'Masked' cast amassed

 

'Angel' in, 'Max' out at CBS

 

Mini 'War' coming to Sci Fi

 

Diving into digital

 

Firm Films shells out for 'Truth'

 

JP times three tapped to run NBC's 'Shoot Me'

 

Inside move: NBC slights Ohlmeyer

 

Global warming sci-fier has H'wood overheated

 

Original inks its first client

 

Spidey's wide web

 

Off B'way season ends on whimper

 

Toppers Cook up salute

 

'SNL's' Morgan bags gig

 

AMG alums forge new prod'n team

 

Ratner collecting his 'Paycheck'

 

Lipsky bows out of Lot 47

 

Along came 'Spider'

 

Virtual child porn ban revived in Ashcroft bill

 

Short noms featured

 

Del Sharbutt

 

Cannes doubles up on Turkish helmer

 

ITV topper Prebble ankles

 

U.K. cabler Telewest cuts 1,500 jobs

 

Donald Barton

 

Lab to test 'Light'

 

Toronto fest fetes King

 

SBS goes Dutch for pix

 

No place like home for EU fare

 

2 Staffers fired in porn faux pas

 

Zimbabwe project primes pix

 

Hawaii considers prod'n inventives

 

Col high on 'Spider' guy

 

Viv U's election dysfunction

 

Nine goes on money hunt

 

Olympics boost Hearst

 

EchoStar falls on Street

 

Gellar, Black will host MTV kudocast

 

Kudos to composers

 

Osbournes offer surprise to Austin Powers

 

Jack Kruschen

 

Ron Soble

 

Sony genes may blend into DNA

 

KW ups DiSalvo domestic TV sales prexy

 

WGA ratifies CBS pact

 

Pearl nod for Press Club

 

Pols move to stop FCC airwave auction

 

Michael Bryant

 

WGA's writing standards

 

Smith's Overbrook makes syndie 'News'

 

Grand comix tie-in

 

NYCB taps Burns for PR

 

'Fool' feels fortunes rise with Tony ruling

 

NBC's dramatic flourish

 

'Alex' & 'Angel' for Wilson

 

Inside move: A Partridge returns

 

Inside move: Clinton drawn to talker

 

Lions Gate reups guru trio

 

Beleagured biz does soft-shoe for the Street

 

Good Machine buy alters Focus at U

 

MTV family values

 

Guild, producer exex Rule sesh

 

Extra innings for 'Baseball'

 

ABC Day's DiMartino is in a Family way

 

Joyce exits Revolution

 

Pic pair 'Sleep' together

 

$300 mil infusion for MGM

 

Linklater quarterbacks Texas tale

 

Lauren Prods. books Bukiet's 'After'

 

Arden Blake Scher

 

Theo Goldstine

 

First Look tees up rights to 'Gentleman's Game'

 

Pilsworth ankles Chrysalis

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
May 3, 2002

 

Biz takes baby steps to digital

 

French adapting to comix environment

 

CCTV stumps up $500,000 for ad

 

Telefe weighs pros, cons of crisis

 

April fills cablers with ratings thrills

 

Kill violent content

 

Yoda yodels a new tune

 

Inside Move: Swept away by sweeps

 

Inside Move: New tune at NARAS' top

 

Inside Move: Peeking at Lynch

 

Screen Trade: Nix the crix, safeguard the tricks

 

World cinema won't skimp on summer

 

Rifts mar strong year for features in Thailand

 

Road Grosses

 

Broadway Grosses

 

Seattle's sher thing

 

NBC's a 'Factor' once more on Mondays

 

Biz's growth in talent prompts agents of change

 

Cabler gets into movie fest mood

 

GMA-7 lays siege for the top spot

 

Ten overtakes Seven in battle for auds

 

Tyro cabler TEN wins World Cup

 

Serials losing pop at webs

 

Inside Move: Parachutes popping at AMG

 

Inside Move: 'Unfaithful's' ambiguous ending

 

B.O. is Boffo -- so why is H'wood worried?

 

Paydirt a little muddier in '01

 

Inside Move: Touching a Nerve

 

Inside Move: 'Henry' novel gets 'Spider' sense

 

Lion ready to roar after bumpy year

 

Indies scout frugal locales

 

'Boy' shows promise; 'Ice,' 'Panic' legs

 

First four months paint pretty B.O. picture

 

Indian coin chases Chadha

 

Capital idea for biz investing

 

Italo cinema flourishes at Cannes

 

Off B'way B.O. a big bust

 

Hartford fetes 'Bountiful' 50th anni

 

Noises Off: 'Doctor' makes a call

 

Spider's in outer space

 

Viv U's sinking feeling

 

Publisher plans suit against Kirch

 

Vazquez in at Innova

 

SonicBlue will challenge court order

 

TF1 sat stake buy OK'd by EC

 

Shooting spurs TV talks

 

Goteborg taps Ahlund fest topper

 

Finnish film org seeks to double gov't coin

 

'Wild' time for BSkyB in E! pact

 

Guirgis upped at Wellspring

 

Fox pix In Demand for PPV distrib

 

Tiangco fits into Paradigm

 

Harmon reprises ICM role

 

Barker right for Daytime Emmys

 

Matthau estate sues Col

 

Majors try salvaging Teutonic territory

 

Beresford in 'Villa' saddle

 

Weekend widens NBC sweeps lead

 

Rodman takes USC writing assignment

 

Allen dumps USA stock

 

Cable execs gather

 

Spidey's webbed feat rewrites record books

 

Inside Move: Exhibs ready for 'Clones'

 

Matthews in Premium company

 

Falcom to pull 'Pinocchio' strings

 

Cinar settles with subsids

 

'Spider' spins worldwide B.O. web

 

Tromatized Faction

 

Shhh! Locals are sleeping!

 

Palme d'Or: golden touch for niche pix

 

Col uses muscle to dig rev streams locally

 

Cannes Preview: Let the battles begin

 

Firm handshake seals AMG deal

 

Machine's recharged by U move

 

Musicals director George Sidney dies

 

Malaga Spanish fest pick's 'Cama'

 

Rhino Records' kind of town

 

CBS booking JFK Jr. biopic

 

Till, Estevez will be marching for 'Bobby'

 

'View' shifts

 

'Magician' set to show tricks

 

Frog leaps upfront

 

Danes dons role in 'T3'

 

Lopez charmin' 'Carmen'

 

It's a big 'Day' at Fox

 

'Thoroughly' Tony

 

Aranda crowned marketer

 

Murdoch pushes India to lift DTH rules

 

'Father' tops HotDocs fest

 

ITV Sport web shuttering Sat.

 

Star to distrib Tech

 

Karpe exits DGA post

 

Shubert rides with Cadillac

 

Lion's still hunting

 

Viv U, News Corp. shares take beating

 

Alliance ups praisers

 

High-def deals click

 

SAG, TNT keep kudocast pact 'til 2005

 

Lenser orgs oppose end to end credits

 

West in 'League' with Connery

 

Fest puts best 'Face' forward

 

Ida Engel

 

Russell Charles Stoneham

 

DGA Honors presenters set

 

Mayson heads digital movie group at Kodak

 

Lum to Hopscotch with Cox

 

'Star' thesp Portman shifts to CAA

 

Pre-Tony trough

 

Todd Louiso

 

Bryce Zabel

 

Michael Jeter

 

An heroic o'seas bow

 

Trevor Penick

 

David Carradine

 

Geoff Rodkey

 

Slamdunk screenings set for Cannes

 

Dangers of the dating game

 

As 'Luck' would have it

 

'Hedwig' thesps are Outfest Idols

 

Exodus foots 'Bunyan'

 

Cowboy's co-chiefs redefine duties

 

'That' reteams 'Bull' stars

 

Heritage looks 'Large' for bow

 

Diaz pulls up KNBC anchor

 

Natashia Williams, Kristen Miller, Carlos Jacott

 

Jeremy Irons, Forest Whitaker, Jason Priestley

 

Neil Patrick Harris, Lisa Loeb, Ian Ziering

 

A Martinez

 

Penelope Ann Miller, Reed Diamond, Andrew Jackson

 

H'w'd remembers Wilder

 

The 'Right' stuff

 

'Dark' bow sheds light on aviators

 

Gathering puts spotlight on violence

 

Herschlag exclu to NBC

 

Inside move: Spidey, Shakespeare & Stringer

 

Redo from Big Blue

 

'Turn' twist picked up on Radar scope

 

A. Smith sells cable pilots

 

Par reincarnates 'Peter Proud'

 

Peacock backslap lands Sunday punch

 

'Clones' ducats click as Net pix tix in mix

 

ITV Alliance looks to lift awareness

 

Intertainer broadens reach

 

With AOL socking stock, Parsons bullish on cable

 

June bloom for IFP fest

 

Muniz moves to UTA

 

U strums 'Django' tango

 

De Line's shingle plants 'Tulip' at Par

 

Pink slips fly at CWM

 

MTV to sked sketch laffer 'Bomb-itty'

 

Reviews

Joshua

Into the Woods

Smack

Rivers and Tides

The Invisible

Tattoo

The Water Game

Hollywood Arms

All About My Father

A Hospital Remembers

Ravi Shankar: Between Two Worlds

Nights of Constantinople

Spooky House

A House With A View Of The Sea

Dragonflies

The City Of No Limits

Pistol Opera

Pipe Dream

The Bricklayer

On the Edge of Time: Male Domains in the Caucasus

Hua-Hua: A Flying Rooster

Made in Iceland

Me and Morrison

Offending Angels

Alexandria

All Hell Let Loose

The Sound of Brazil

The Reunion

Curtis Stigers

Truly, Truly, Truly Garland

Hold My Heart

Leila

Low-Flying Aircraft

Deuces Wild

The Man Who Had All the Luck

Little John

Dennis Quaid and the Sharks

Woody Allen: A Life in Film

Ricky Jay on the Stem

The Producers

Unfaithful

Van Van, Let's Party

Somewhere On Earth

After Freedom

Hejar

Sundance To Sarajevo: Film Festivals And The World They Made

The Bad And The Beautiful: Hollywood In The Fifties

Soulmates

The Lucky Ones

Mourning Becomes Electra

Kept

Paris Combo

Karen Akers -- When Love Speaks to You

Alanis Morissette

Final Stage

This Is How Far We've Come

Stolen Tangos

Constant Star

Shoot Out: Surviving Fame and (Mis)Fortune in Hollywood

Astaire and Rogers

Paul McCartney

Dish: Gossip in Hollywood

Lola, Come Here

Nine Good Teeth