Table of Contents
Week of 05/28/2002

Articles

Carlton narrows losses

 

1939 Palme to 'Pacific'

 

Channel 4 in line for 'Osbournes'

 

Stars join Cape lineup

 

Toei year-end profits down 89.9%

 

Mei Ah becomes China Star distrib

 

Twist on Cinderella

 

Pic-vid lobby forms

 

Almeria fest topped

 

Germany's Telemesse ready

 

DGA Honors selects Rangel for award

 

Union vets beef up SAGIndie operation

 

'Marty' sings in Boston

 

Joe Cobb

 

John Joyce

 

Sharon Sheeley

 

SAG promotes two legal eagles

 

Sidney Fine

 

Viv U Entertainment names sr. VP-CFO

 

SAG cuts N.Y. space

 

Draining water biz

 

Rallies rate well for NBA

 

Music pirates plundered

 

Cinar stanches red ink in 1Q

 

New 'Freedom' series enlists stars, Bush

 

DGA scratches 5 cities from list

 

Warner TV taps sr. VP

 

California targets 'pay-to-audition' events

 

Lalaine

 

Keitel's vital Kaufman role

 

Lynn Whitfield

 

Jeff Margolis

 

Tammy Blanchard

 

Martin Landau

 

L.A. Press Club fetes KTLA journo Wilson

 

Comedy Central taps research VP

 

Kanin, Spielberg await graduation

 

NBA signs up Hispanic radio b'caster

 

MGM 'Banks' on Harmon

 

Memorable holiday on B'Way

 

Nick licks Saturday ayem rivals in 5th straight year

 

Bellows ankles 'Agency'

 

E! busts out with bio series

 

WBTV gets makeover

 

Inside Move: Terror goes to movies

 

FX preps 'Taliban' tale

 

NBC anchor's away after next election

 

Seers slip gears with Adelphia

 

B'way B.O. boom busts

 

'Sexy' helmer finds 'Chaos'

 

Gunman storms CBS

 

'Jury' freed on weekends

 

Clear Channel ups exex

 

Andrews hosts Rogers tribute

 

Oz's ABC picks topper

 

TV-6 returns to air as TVS

 

Cowboy preps 'Ziggy' re-release

 

Tax credit bill OK'd

 

Heldmann exits Helkon

 

Oz agency stalwarts bow out of biz

 

Nothing but net for NBC

 

'Potter' DVD sets Japanese record

 

Duo most wanted for 'Walsh' talker

 

Orgs take on new shape at DGA

 

Jakob Park Adler

 

Eye on security at CBS

 

Early Eminem nabs lead

 

Woods gets 'Rudy!' vote

 

Acad sends out sci-tech requests

 

CanWest up to Par

 

Lifetime, Nick, FX, FNC gain from '01

 

John Stamos

 

Jeff Goldblum, Anthony LaPaglia and Liev Schreiber

 

'Dogs' to bark at Bava series

 

Revolution nurses 'Anna' story for Alphabet

 

MTV plugs into more Ozzy for fall

 

Central Park jazzed for AOL/TW home

 

Showtime makes 'Last Call'

 

Regency TV inks Kwapis

 

Inside move: Lieberman clicks on techies

 

Jersey moves top exec pair up firm ladder

 

Tadjedin peeks at 'Voyeur'

 

ACLU honors trio

 

Theron eyes 'Italian Job'

 

'X-Men' lures Cumming to role of Nightcrawler

 

Helmer on 'Fast' track

 

Columbia replants McMurtry's 'Rose'

 

Yoke's on Messier

 

'Early' remains black eye

 

Revamped iCrave returns

 

WBITV hosts L.A. Screenings gala

 

ABC cracks 'Nut' case

 

007's 'Day' set for royal preem

 

Leguizamo will co-helm TV pic

 

Miramax buys 'Naqoyqatsi'

 

Recast 'Rain' is under Fine Line's umbrella

 

Nets do summer shuffle

 

Caring about H'wood Underground Fest

 

Hamptons hobnobbing

 

McDowell on mayhem

 

Granada deeper in the red

 

EMI to rep BMG prod in Greece

 

Murdoch wooing Telepiu

 

Maher, Morgan to yuk it up in Montreal

 

Telefonica subsid Admira taps topper

 

Chum TV pacts in Oz, U.K.

 

Nelvana sells shows o'seas

 

TVB needs time to partner

 

Sports scores over May weekend syndies

 

Grammy hunts a prexy

 

Mildred 'Millie' Wirt Benson (Carolyn Keene)

 

WB Records prexy ankles

 

Howard Merrill

 

Alfred Fleishman

 

Tatiana Kunyevskaya

 

Fernando Pavarotti

 

Fumiko Emily Takei

 

Carol Rosenzweig

 

Josephine Abady

 

'Sex' object of IFC desire

 

Help Group to honor Grazer

 

PDI relocates in S.F.

 

Henson ankles post as head of family firm

 

KTTV makes local Emmy nom trifecta

 

Delisted Adelphia ready to set sale

 

Le flop Francais for Vivendi

 

Phoenix makes big push for thriller 'Hardcourt'

 

WMA shopping Saks

 

Gemstar to swallow Diva

 

IBM 'Rings' up Weta sale

 

Comcast, AOL lead VOD providers

 

Illegal pic downloads over the Net pick up

 

'Contact' to end run

 

Affils press CBS brass for 'Early' answers

 

Farrellys joining judges at Nantucket Film Fest

 

Crimes & misdemeanors for Allen, Doumanian

 

IATSE covers NY Times

 

Moore, Sandler make French connection

 

'Indiana' ignites

 

Warners TV casting guru calls it quits

 

Mel out front on upfront

 

Gaylord cops narc tale

 

Inside Move: 'Friends' cast decides on top Emmy billing

 

Trigger pulls on 'Elling'

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
May 31, 2002

 

Runaway costs U.S. $4 bil

 

Gramercy not legit

 

Teuton pubcasters pull digital World Cup transmission

 

Charles Holmes, Steve Liesman

 

Suzanne Bussart

 

Chris Smith

 

Neil Dick

 

Jomarie Ward

 

Westhoven segues to Headline

 

Peter Caparis

 

Bridget Yvonne Carney

 

Ethan Ever Gold

 

Jackson Everett Hunter Granat

 

Rivals gang up on new kid Craig

 

BBC programming takes dramatic turn

 

Gorgeous Cyan's virtually a star

 

MTV tunes in to kudocast in Japan

 

Dispatch: Afrikaans talks its way back on to the box

 

Dispatch: 'Maak n Las' show curse claims 8 lives

 

Dispatch: National Geographic plans to go native

 

Road B.O. takes a tumble

 

Upbeat finale at B.O.

 

Noises Off: Summer sharings

 

Dodger expanding Off B'Way

 

Cable can't sustain big April ratings

 

Sked moves fit web grooves

 

Nick's toon hits its target

 

H'wood plots to parry pic pirates

 

'Clones,' 'Spidey' keep bumpy B.O afloat

 

Raid snags Malaysian DVD pirates

 

Studios at risk in new VOD model

 

Duo pacts for tracks in Spain

 

G-men's H'wood glow is untouchable

 

Inside move: Doing hard time for 'Scala'

 

Amdur anchors Variety's N.Y. ops

 

Inside move: Radio daze

 

Inside move: PSAs on the home front

 

Inside move: Messier feels Bronfman bite

 

Inside move: Logos and the inner circle

 

Inside move: Brokaw's heir apparent

 

Inside move: ACT eyes Dutch treat

 

B'Way battles the blues

 

Ads nix race data

 

H'w'd majors lobby for Oz tax cut

 

Dispatch: Turmoil at Czech TV as topper refuses to go

 

'Fears' factor

 

Divas duke it out in West End

 

Eye gets high marks for affils meeting

 

Omega makes comeback with Chinese fest plans

 

Paltrow plans on 'Proof'

 

Italo pix rack up Croisette sales

 

Nets see little green in adding color to skeins

 

Inside move: New g'day dawns for Oz

 

Inside move: Messier giving to the arts

 

Inside move: Films' foreign flight risk

 

'Clones' kicking at Spidey's legs

 

Cutback in femme credits

 

Tivo subs buoyant

 

Viv U stocks gain after midweek drop

 

JW+A loses Furstberger

 

Fox ups DeLang to sr. VP

 

CTV rebrands 2 subsids

 

EM.TV cuts qtr. losses

 

Chancy Clancy still nukes Yoda

 

Weber upped at Par Parks

 

Studios back D-VHS format

 

Crackdown on clones

 

Argentina auction has cow on TV

 

ElGourmet joins DirecTV's menu

 

Helmer's 'Eyes' on scandal

 

Witness wades in on Allen court case

 

Sharp gives edge to Fox

 

'Alias' will lean on Olin as spy mom

 

SAG rules pro projects

 

Meserole segues to CAA

 

Stollman set to Endeavor

 

May coffers bursting with B.O. coin

 

CAA inks 3 Wayans brothers in shuffle

 

Liza returns with fanfare

 

MGM prod'n prez to ankle

 

Allen deal for Adelphia stymied

 

Mac stakes up pic roles

 

NBC hoops it up with NBA

 

Upfront sales pump nets

 

Spidey, 'Clones' still slugging it out o'seas

 

Endeavor Woos pic pair

 

Brads mad for WB pact

 

Backstage Tony notes

 

It's 'Millie' time at the Tonys

 

Halloran adds SubZero

 

'Dunces' resurfaces

 

'Ghosts' haunts Disney

 

Spidey spins TV gold

 

MLB allows access for 'Rookie'

 

Stepping onto Tony's stage

 

Cowboy lassos 'Toy' rights

 

Napster files for Chapter 11

 

SBS exits Polish web TVN

 

Biz bulge predicted

 

Duo ink Argentina soccer deal

 

Das Werk's CFO ankles in redo

 

BMG focuses lyric warnings

 

FCC extending access rules

 

Pre-Tony lull hits B'way B.O.

 

Freshmen lead class for TCA noms

 

H'wood mourns last of its moguls

 

Tony's cast coin to shows

 

IA avoids gamble

 

Robert 'Bob' Barron

 

Canal Plus turmoil ripples thru Gallic biz

 

Wasserman's like will never be seen again

 

USA wants subsids in fold

 

Emmy Calendar

 

ITV worthy of Emmy cred

 

West Coast viewers lose in delay debate

 

Anschutz maps out strategy for permanent home

 

DeGeneres' comic touch set standard

 

Screeners aplenty but are voters watching?

 

Acad seeks pay hike as nets spin wheel

 

Exex recollect Emmy's struggle to find its place

 

Marketers manage to cut through clutter

 

'Sopranos' won't gun down competish

 

TV's old dogs, new tricks

 

AFI set to fete quartet

 

Fox 'Keen' on actioner, eyes laffer starring Sykes

 

Woody schticks it to the courtroom

 

Farkas books BKWU gig

 

'Queer' goes straight... to 2-year renewal

 

Ensemble warming to 'Cold'

 

SAG, agents aren't talking

 

HBO sets date for 'Sex' bow

 

George Margo

 

Peacock plucks record upfront

 

Shaq attack dunks Tonys

 

Brosnan ruled by 'Attraction'

 

Col sends J. Lo to 'Shrink'

 

'Clones' slows down

 

CTV unveils season slate

 

Reviews

Room

Oscar D'Leon

Boys and Girls

MsTrial

Phil Lesh and Friends

Welcome to Collinwood

Chihwaseon

King of Texas

Igby Goes Down

Long Way Home

The Hives

Undercover Brother

The Adversary

The Hard Word

The Wire

The Hamptons

Trey Anastasio

This Thing of Darkness

Family

Where Do We Live

Radical Hollywood: The Untold Story Behind America's Favorite Movies

Street With No Name: A History Of The Classic American Film Noir

Nothing More

Scars

Bad Company

Six String Sessions -- Russell Malone -- Ron Affif

Elvis Costello and the Imposters

Boston 24/7

One Shot, One Kill

Jason Moran's Black Stars

Ojai Festival

Jethro Tull

12

Windtalkers

Junior Brown/Jim Lauderdale

Duke Bluebeard's Castle/Gianni Schicchi Duke Bluebeard's Castle/ Gianni Schicchi

The Daddy of Rock N' Roll

The Backyard

Red Bear

Owned


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