Table of Contents
Week of 05/21/2002

Articles

Focus on 'Laurel'

 

DOJ, FTC share media merger oversight

 

Bronson honored

 

AFI fest taps German pix

 

Cine-Sud goes postal on 'Rachida'

 

Indies' green piece

 

Bavaria inks Italian sales for 'Past'

 

Woessner moves to CoproMedia

 

For First Look, 'No News' is good news

 

Modern inks Playboy pacts

 

Designer Ferretti to be honored

 

Vortex, Cage forge 'Chain' link

 

Jessel, Brown bear watching

 

Vid artist Julien returns to film

 

Moonstone preps slate of updates

 

SPC nabs Babenco prison pic

 

Bardem policing Four's 'Edgardo'

 

Rival biopics top of the pops

 

Menemsha 'Springs' for pic

 

Patagonik eyes funds

 

Linda 'Flash' Francis

 

Sheldon Friedman

 

Howard Pays

 

Digital deadline grows

 

DVD impact to fuel panel of filmmakers

 

John Gorton

 

Masterfood on SBS menu

 

SAG honors O'Neil for service

 

Hummel hums at MGM TV

 

Middlehoff key speaker at fest

 

Scandinavia's Modern sells stake

 

CNBC Asia Pacific taps Brown

 

Rose goes Premium in Oz

 

'Amelie' triumphs in South Africa

 

Peacock struts its stuff

 

Richard Sylbert Memorial Service

 

MTV moves Exarhos up to exec VP

 

Comics line up for Montreal

 

Guber keynotes vid biz confab

 

MSNBC hires Effron as VP

 

Inside Move: 'Sweet' producers plead for success

 

EMI sings the blues

 

Playhouse picks Busch's 'Flowers'

 

Librarian of Congress to set Web tune fee

 

Segmented SAG preps for board vote

 

CBS delivers with laughs

 

A 'Picture' perfect arrival for Evans

 

Vidgame console firms show off new offerings

 

Sony gallops to rein in all 'Rider' rights

 

Showtime enlists in 'Soldier'

 

Viv U stock up after reports about spinoffs

 

Hopper, Warhol and the artist's retrospective

 

Hopper to be honored at Warhol retro

 

An NBA assist to TNT, TBS

 

Runaway bill looks costly

 

Carter catches on at 'NFL'

 

Cain, Lathan in on 'Out'

 

Playwright to helm pic

 

Viv U Web unit tunes pact

 

FX revamps program dept. with new hires

 

CineVegas fest will dawn with 'Sunshine' pic

 

WMA's Gramm gets Original

 

Peacock preens

 

Intertainment gets RICO case greenlight

 

TV buyers go for 'Fastlane'

 

WGAE ratifies ABC news pact

 

Ruffalo inks with WMA

 

Jack M. Sattinger

 

John Sharnik

 

Pix at a Crossroads

 

Bakley pic in the works

 

Digital pix panel sharpens focus

 

Muppet sale looms

 

Forrester toons in pic

 

WB vet key Mosaic piece

 

Warners on sci-fi flier

 

Household diva's TV bio simmering

 

UPN socks away 5 pix from Miramax

 

Ferrell gets some 'Action' at Regency

 

Quiz wiz will expand role

 

Neil Patrick Harris

 

Freddy Rodriguez

 

Michael Jeter

 

January Jones

 

Susanne Gervay

 

Shirley Zak Hayes

 

Darwood Smith

 

Roy to exit Reed Midem

 

BVI-TV, Belgium's RTL TV1 seal p'gramming deal

 

A 'Cheeky' deal

 

Telepool ropes in Costner

 

Carion 'Swallow' returns

 

Eagle Pix cracks 'Code' at WB

 

'Dodger' gets a hit

 

Leaud joins 'World' of Cabrera

 

Admira taps Martin Marin for prez post

 

Miramax, Ealing ink pact

 

'The Kid' moves into territories

 

Sony docks on Italo-French 'Island'

 

Palm picks up a 'Killer' project

 

Weinstein talks up 'Gangs'

 

Recoing adopts an 'Animal' role

 

'Confidence' boosted by Lions Gate's sales

 

Snapper, 2 Drivers unite

 

Pandora 'Tempting' sales for thriller

 

'Motorcycle' sales rev up

 

Euro vision 'Song'

 

No perch for Kirch

 

Nat'l Geo ups exex

 

Edlund effects Asia biz

 

2 oppose TV license

 

Lagardere denies report of buy plans

 

8 to join EU pic program

 

Hip-hop charts top

 

Union vets beef up SAGIndie effort

 

Weekly syndies hit double-digit gains

 

Logan clocks 'Minutes' gig

 

Rux wins arts prize

 

No standouts in fall pilot crop

 

MGM, IFC sign deal

 

Peacock to sell plumage

 

Miramax, cartoonists reach deal

 

Vidgame org chief optimistic at trade show

 

It's Dion's empire at Caesars

 

Clarification

 

BMI fetes songwriters

 

KCOP moves main newscast to 11

 

No breakthrough, but '24' beats rivals

 

Laser-Pacific slides in 1Q

 

Rich enriched by Col TriStar

 

Bettis has 'Carrie' in mind

 

SAG brass reviews regs with pols

 

Finerman tries on 'Prada' for feature

 

Fox TV vet hangs shingle

 

EMI spins Lundvall up to Blue Note CEO

 

Radio-Canada strike ends

 

SAG N.Y. offices reduced

 

Kodak changes picture for Hanks fete

 

Nets to pols: Let's party!

 

Tony finishing touch

 

Journalism study: Nets soft on news

 

Peacock feathers its prexy's nest

 

Infosys fetes Lieberfarb

 

Echevarria to doctor 'Meds'

 

U, Misher play with streetball pic

 

Leder signs up with UTA

 

Mate ships out of WBTV veep post to be producer

 

Biz Blockbusted?

 

Bonus onus on toppers

 

More than 'Enough'

 

Remembering '9/11/01'

 

AIN packs agency punch

 

ASCAP pops awards

 

La vie en Cannes

 

Nets arrest 'Report'

 

Franco marches to 'Raid'

 

Post, interactive vet enlists at Technicolor

 

Scott Free, Fox saddle up for Western pic

 

HBO's 'Baghdad' café

 

Roma bows pic push with De Palma prod'n

 

Aznavour, Camera d'Or feted at bash

 

Columbia goes 'Mentale'

 

Cannes 2002 a fest feast

 

Bits and byte-backing

 

Fiji offers tax incentives

 

Grupo hits on 'Trespasser'

 

UGC Intl. topper Binet to ankle

 

Paramount wants 'Good Girl'

 

MediaPro takes stake in Ovideo

 

Cineclick Asia nabs European sales

 

Out of South Africa

 

There's 'Curves' ahead in U.K.

 

Kinetique backs 'Brown Bunny'

 

DeAPlaneta eyes Asian fantasy pics

 

Cannes contributors aid historic theater

 

Producers ask for end to frontier spirit

 

Canal Plus, Cannes renew pact

 

Sogepaq heads to Far East

 

Peppermint slate features 'Impotent Man'

 

Optimum nabs 'Lawless Heart'

 

Roissy cages 'Red Bear'

 

Trio heads to 'Beautiful Country'

 

Oz 'Murders' at Miramax

 

Speaking in tongues

 

MK2 wants Chaplin deported

 

BIM booming with fest buys

 

TV woes put squeeze on Spanish distribs

 

Sony takes to flight

 

AFTRA rejects deal

 

Ready for romance

 

RTL head to top TV interest org

 

Kirch to ankle web

 

Canuck 'Luck' rolls

 

Fest flaunts shorts

 

Albert Bert

 

EC OKs digital coin

 

Adelphia meltdown rocks stock, board

 

Helmer's Cliff hanger

 

Hlinomaz going 'Stateside'

 

'Bride' set to open Munich fest

 

NBC ends season on strong note

 

Liberty's stock rises with apology

 

Rangel wangles DGA nod

 

Par's Grossman upped to sr. VP

 

EC delays TV tech overhaul

 

'Elephant' packs trunks for upcoming closure

 

Oz comic has crowning moment

 

Mouse House, Home Depot spruce up branding, ad biz

 

Inside move: ABC docus ready for summer

 

French foes seek action to address Viv U's woes

 

Katherine Arielle Konvitz

 

Au revoir Cannes; Hope turns 99

 

Par Classics buys 'Home'

 

Rees goes Wilde for musicalized 'Man'

 

Syndie 'Jury' to have weekend deliberations

 

Lachlan stands Post as Chandler resigns

 

Fete for 'Schmidt'

 

'Ark' lenser shines at fete

 

Dog days ahead for canine star

 

Ramsay cruises on love boat

 

NBC skeds summer 'Rerun'

 

Nick licks Saturday ayem rivals in 5th straight year

 

Fox stations to switch

 

WNBC, WABC share N.Y. news sweeps title

 

Artisan COO wins case vs. Morgan Creek

 

KABC news worthy

 

FCC asked to fight payola in radio biz

 

Canucks pluck TV series

 

'Rosie' end is big perf

 

'Bus' makes cable drive

 

Cannes fave Lelouch says 'prizes matter'

 

Col TriStar TV ups Paris to veep, music licensing

 

Grey testifies as hostile witness in 'Scary' suit

 

Fox shifts Marvel's 'Devil'

 

Katherine Arielle Konvitz

 

Caitlin Mary Osborne

 

'Fatal' pic in 'Works

 

Milo Jack Roban

 

Elijah Richard Jones

 

'Witchblade's' on hold as Butler enters rehab

 

Testing the titans

 

TV topper imagines exit

 

Exhib Mann looking for its man

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
May 24, 2002

 

Italy's 'Respiro' Cannes crix winner

 

Lakeshore boards RAI's 'Singing'

 

L.A. Screenings brings the world to Hollywood

 

Road grosses

 

Sondheim sells out

 

Rupe back in loop

 

Dispatch: Televisa tunes up formats for young auds

 

Scandi helmers opt for English

 

Piracy fight hits crucial point for gov't

 

Pirated blockbusters flood region

 

H'wood game to cash in on licenses

 

'Clones' racks up top overseas sesh

 

'Big Shot' doesn't win over locals

 

'Rings' winners are stingy fest spenders

 

Inside Move: Stewart sets up Artist Network

 

Inside Move: Friedkin makes a legit connection

 

Amid hot streak, WMG's Ames is right on target

 

Inside Move: Brit lit snit with Booker prize

 

H'wood opens vaults for The Voice

 

Inside Move: Pitchs before pix making producer twitch

 

Inside Move: 'Potter' searching for new helmer

 

Quieter, gentler Cannes soirees

 

Cooks stir it up in H'wood kitchens

 

Harris stars at Boston's Norton Awards

 

Honor roles

 

Broadway grosses

 

Road biz survives trying year

 

Hallmark adds H.K.

 

Muslims ban MTV and V

 

Despite slump, buyers go for drama

 

Dispatches: Paybox subs move front analog to digital

 

Endemol's Cape 'Fear'

 

Dispatches: Producers have enough of ad agencies

 

Rival webs link up for campaign

 

Delany to power up Foxtel's digital push

 

TV season springs surprises

 

And now for the hard part of TV skeds

 

Sci Fi zeroes in on exclusive aud

 

Webs reduce pix in sked mix

 

African projects win grants

 

Cannes game proves heady intoxicant

 

Inside Move: Vidgame biz faces tough sell to Net set

 

Inside Move: Vet yakkers exit, hopefuls circle slots

 

Inside Move: Kazaa hit by 'Rambo' attacks

 

Inside Move: Adelphia woes are porn's gain

 

Bruckheimer sends messages from front lines

 

Pix shine but mart's a whine

 

'Pianist' tickles Cannes

 

Almodovars, Banderas, Cruz mull 'Tarantula'

 

HIT targets Gullane for $230 mil

 

Discovery Europe taps Paxton for MD

 

Yoda's coda: Bustout B.O.

 

Focus snags Palme winner

 

Solons sound alarm on consolidation

 

Clear Channel set to bow theater mag

 

WB, 'Matrix' log onto Net gaming

 

Barrandov will rep Artebox

 

Fininvest feels Kirch pain

 

2 team on China ad sales

 

L.A. Times vet joins Fleishman

 

'Bourne' may be eyed via 'Spy' PPV

 

Taurus teeters as loans called in

 

NTL will target ITV Digital subs

 

FCC gives in, delays auction of airwaves

 

EU salutes 'Land'

 

Viv U utilizes new strategy

 

AOL TW head Parsons uploads exec shuffle

 

Pariah, Peacock partner

 

Maui to honor Eastwood

 

SAG nods to agents

 

Inside move: Nielsen spat bakes Beantown

 

Dodger plans Off B'way complex, new theaters

 

Lions Gate closes mass 'Glass' deals

 

Celebs cut up, raise funds at AmFAR gala

 

Tribute to King celebrates joy of 'Sex'

 

Pop culture club at MOCA

 

Revelers wide-eyed at 'Insomnia' bow

 

Lakeshore's RAI tie

 

Tell-all findings on Adelphia unfold

 

BIM buys Cannes pics on acquisition hunt

 

Judge throws out Zenga's 'Scary' suit

 

Game Show cabler to try 'Lingo' on aud

 

Pols' country concerns

 

Julie du Page

 

Ivana Milicevic and Melissa George

 

Stark Sands

 

Radha Mitchell

 

Jill Clayburgh

 

TNN pulls string up 'Puppet'

 

Logan clocks 'Minutes' gig

 

Clones, Spidey toned

 

Evans to star on Walk of Fame

 

Reviews

Double Vision

Our Father

Sweet Sixteen

Insomnia

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet

Carlo Giuliani, Boy

The Cuckoo

Spider

The Specimen

The Devil In The Holy Water

Russian Ark

Spring Is Here: Rodgers & Hart and the 1920s

In Memoriam: New York City

American Standoff

Claudia Acuna

House/Garden

Mon-Rak Transistor

The Escapist

Rachida

El Bonaerense

The Man Without A Past

About Schmidt

Blue Gate Crossing

The Last Letter

Kabala

Last Call

Comin' Home to Harlem

Surfacing

The Impossible Elephant

Children on Their Birthdays

Musiq/Cee-Lo

Going Independent

Damaged Care

All's Kool That End's Kool

Apartment 5C

All The Love You Cannes!

Istvan Bibo's Fragments

Sacrifices

Unknown Pleasures