Table of Contents
Week of 06/04/2002

Articles

Fest to focus on Euro pics

 

Lily Rebeka Tenzer

 

Chloe Rose Silverman

 

O 'Undercover Brother' here art thou

 

On the town after the Tonys

 

A night at the Opera

 

MTV Awards rocks 'Moulin Rouge'

 

TVNZ exec ousted

 

Col TriStar, Egmont renew pic deal

 

Six pix get Sweden coin

 

Zlin kids fest prizes pix

 

Prix Italia set to roll

 

Karlovy gets Cannes pix

 

WB Czechs hit vid debuts

 

Discovery enters Beijing

 

Fighting for Canuck biz

 

Oxygen net nabs WNBA

 

Baskets power Peacock

 

Gotham pubbery to shuffle two exex

 

HBO high on 'Wire'

 

Ahmanson adds 'Search,' '42nd St.'

 

'Success' a failure

 

WGA boots up registry

 

James Grant Benton

 

Robert L. Joseph Memorial Service

 

SonicBlue thrown off track

 

Hollywood Media harpoons Shark

 

R. Andrew Lee

 

Mary Garey

 

China seeing 'Star'

 

Belzer hosts DGA honors

 

N.Y. pols go to bat for Yanks vs. Dolan

 

Binzel exits as exec VP of cable org

 

Shackel exits U Worldwide TV

 

AOL TW stock drops on analyst's report

 

Warner tunes up Frank

 

Lee, Ray to get lifetime kudos at Gotham Awards

 

CAA lights lit for Donen

 

Boortz pours Concrete for film shingle

 

Denmark set to privatize pubcaster TV2/Danmark

 

KCAL news head adds duties at KCBS

 

Thompson Evans

 

McCullers is 'Curious' to pen U's all-CGI kidpic

 

Michael Weisman

 

Agnes Bruckner

 

David Strathairn, Paula Garces, Jon Seda, Nicole Ari Parker

 

Woody leaves ex-pal in tears

 

Pic draws Dunaway

 

Par sees Olympic gold in 'Clouds'

 

Norman Lesser

 

Charles Holmes

 

Florante Sabado

 

Brien Scott

 

Franchise gets heat from FBI, grand jury

 

Studios, techies forge piracy truce

 

Tyro scribe parks 'Emperor' with WB, Wells

 

Sighvatsson's in 'Heaven'

 

Agency beefs up via pacts with helmers

 

Madstone horning in on 'Rhinoceros' prod'n

 

Ireland to direct 'Jane' for Magic Time shingle

 

Goldwyn 'Loves' new Tautou pic

 

Ex-UA prexy on Radar

 

ABC to show marital problems in 'Resort'

 

Fox pic has Latina beat

 

D'Works pages 'Knights'

 

Walter Lord

 

Corrections

 

APG's 'Truth' for New Line

 

CBS orders Lane laffer 'Life'

 

Besson under investigation over 'Taxi' death

 

Gruber, Thames pact on 'Farmer'

 

CBC celebrates golden anni

 

Danish Film Institute offers coin

 

'Soldier' gets deserted

 

Toronto Fest ups trio

 

'Enemy' unites trio

 

Cup aud runneth over for match

 

Beyond adds 2 sales exex

 

U.K. VOD biz trims staff

 

China pic museum rolling

 

Indian censors ease rules

 

Endemol's in Chile

 

Discovery lifts exec

 

UPCtv reach grows

 

'Exile' finds home in Uganda

 

Stricklyn services

 

Mehlitz named Cinerenta COO

 

Channeling synergy

 

Pols push FCC on cross-ownership

 

New Oz look in cards for Hallmark

 

Springsteen born again

 

Eminem 'Show' time

 

BBC's funding to remain as is

 

Marvel heads for West

 

Crazy money train

 

AOL TW reassures stock OK

 

U banks on Sutman

 

Helmer Twohy swings on U, Radar's 'Pitch'

 

Rainbow hooks Ratner

 

10 films fight it out in Florida fest

 

Patricia Clarkson

 

Rachel Dratch

 

Solons to biz: Work on anti-piracy plank

 

In-Motion stays put

 

Viva shares rise

 

Fox News reups Colmes in deal

 

Australasian Acad bows

 

Bennett upped in SAG reorg

 

'Shield' finale nabs aud

 

PPV on the ropes as Tyson hype lags

 

E.T. comes home on DVD

 

Inside move: AMG chief moves out

 

'Potter' videos break records

 

Greenberg firm nabs duo

 

Miami fest taps Guillemet

 

Freshman Favorites: John C. McGinley

 

Artisan to craft 'Twisted' urban laffer

 

Inside move: Times ads a Tony victory

 

Intertainer pacts on Net VOD system

 

Gray Matter nabs 'Adaptation'

 

Streamwaves pacts with U Music Group

 

Nix for kicks mix

 

Extra innings for 'Hardball'

 

CBS brass touts new ad-vantage

 

Freshman Favorites: Kiefer Sutherland

 

Freshman Favorites: Bernie Mac

 

Freshman Favorites: Jennifer Garner

 

Freshman Favorites: Vincent D'Onofrio

 

MGM, Zombie may dig up 'Corpses'

 

Melean gleans 'Mad' gig

 

Documeister books $3 mil

 

B'way on a quixotic quest for fall coin

 

'Def Poetry' jams onstage

 

Storyline picks Brit for its Dino

 

Safra: Woody's claim lame

 

Judys set high bar for minis, telepics

 

Freshman Favorites: Michael Chiklis

 

For guests, performance and PR key

 

Critics warm to name guests

 

Same-Show Showdowns

 

Freshman Favorites: Simon Baker

 

Clearing up the category conundrum

 

Comics never seriously considered

 

News good ... and bad for Emmy winless

 

Digging deep for talent

 

John 'Doc' Wilkinson

 

'Secrets' revealed

 

'Ivansxtc' preem all in the family

 

Adler acts out awards

 

Silent film fans vocal on pic preservation

 

Bart de Graaff

 

Canal Plus begins Italian card swap

 

Craig wins over license

 

'Devdas' sets Indian release record

 

Spain to honor Allen

 

Ghana gets film school boost

 

Nick Toons makes U.K. bow

 

Pramer cooks Elgourmet pact

 

Distrib takes action

 

Fox Latam lifting Lopez

 

Univision's Cup 'casts gain ground

 

'Oz' to pause; Jackman's cast

 

Gaylord to work 'Blue Collar' into film

 

Leifer over laffers

 

Rock singer-painter Ramone dead at 50

 

U ups Hannegan to PR VP

 

Ratings don't get much bounce from NBA

 

Fresh Produce offers film, TV fare

 

Kartun will helm 'Conan'

 

New AOL TW chief meets D.C. solons

 

Free speech ruling may end 'Killers' case

 

Denisot back in loop

 

L.A. pic prod'n recovery slow

 

ReplayTV customers sue studios, nets

 

Cable org wires Krone

 

Grokster offers marketing tool

 

YES chief cries no

 

Dobbs bows weekly column

 

China distrib progress on fest sked

 

ESPN Classics founders plan college sports net

 

More moves to Morris

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
June 07, 2002

 

Neufeld finds 'Virtue' in Turner suspenser

 

Lauding BMG labels

 

Kino nabs rights to Lang's 'Metropolis'

 

Three to pen Disney film

 

Zeitgeist going 'Nowhere'

 

TV drops overalls

 

Buyer, seller team for skein

 

Disney taps Epstein sr. VP, Buena Vista

 

Magic sets low-budget slate of pix

 

SAG still lags on residuals

 

The dealing is Mutual

 

Laughs and raps cap D'Works slate

 

Derwin subs for Kerwin

 

'Squares' writes in Boone

 

Elizabeth Shelton

 

Jude Semple Herwitz

 

Caleb Allen Winig

 

Willa Emarie Polstein

 

Pathe, FilmFour buy 'Monk' for U.K.

 

New Regency tosses coins into 'Fountain'

 

Film femmes walk razor's edge

 

'Slash' hits global sales nerve

 

Arthouse distribs partner for urban theater circuit

 

Upfront up but not over

 

Backend salivating for upfront coin

 

Playoffs power Peacock

 

Exex reckon Cologne confab smells sweet

 

Tought times get Beyond a joke

 

Soap bubbles up to its 1,000th episode

 

Feevee pulls drama out of cash crisis

 

'Cold Feet' warms up Granada

 

'Millie' thrills to top Tonys

 

Chi's little 'Lady'

 

September sees more 'Savings'

 

Mack takes Tonys in stride

 

Inside Move: Agents banking on change

 

To the end, Wasserman held to code of silence

 

Inside Move: Dick still beaming

 

Inside Move: Knotted cabler

 

Star dims o'seas on 'Clones'

 

TV seeks new 'Spin'

 

Hollywood takes art to hearth

 

'Altar' states of consciousness

 

Top firms get new key players

 

H'wood snaps up remake rights to top Korean pix

 

Arthouse distrib enters crowded arena

 

TLC learns lesson from other cablers

 

Techies, H'wood raise joint flag

 

Telefonica's in another fine mess

 

Heads roll after TV2 ratings slump

 

Euro pubcasters battle U.S. drama blitz

 

TVAfrica kicks off in high-tech studios

 

BBC World gets hot for docs

 

Broadway grosses

 

Road grosses

 

So how does the dream work?

 

Inside Move: Moore or less

 

Inside Move: 'Borgia' in flux

 

Inside Move: Scarlet letter

 

With billions at stake, toy biz is no longer child's play

 

Promo blitz fuels booming biz

 

Music wing is humming along

 

Gotham welcomes 'Company'

 

'Sum' nukes Ya-Ya

 

Cinecitta mixing biz, pleasure

 

Pirates rock Casbaa; feevee org sets suit

 

Barrandov moves pay

 

Kirch Media may shift focus to licensing biz

 

Carmike plans offering

 

Diller puts stake in Hot shop web into his cart

 

Gold Circle tune label shutters

 

Turner drops millions in AOL TW shares

 

AFI to fete helmer Field

 

Acute 'Hamtaro' biz

 

Trio of nets pay $16 mil for 'King's' sting

 

Hispanic film fest circuit hits the road

 

Outfest will fete 20th anni

 

H'w'd tale 'Ivansxtc' solid in Gotham, L.A.

 

Warner TV casts Buck as topper

 

Endeavor harmonizes with Nashville agency

 

Ware exits UPN with job done

 

Playbill corners legit market

 

Clarification

 

Writers wronged?

 

CBS greenlights mini on Hitler's early years

 

New worldwide web

 

Mouse motion nixed in Finke suit

 

BMW to hire helmers for more Web shorts

 

Abandon raises two exex

 

Adelphia lies down

 

Ailing Telepiu goes to Rupe

 

Fox greenlights 'Wanda'

 

Consortium steps in

 

Prexy tops Fox net ops

 

You are surrounded by Obscura

 

New life for Death Row

 

Spidey sequel spins scribes

 

Digital cinema group goes with Goldwater

 

WB net buys '40 Days,' 'Crossroads' for b'cast

 

Hispanic pols attack sat merger

 

SAG will read stories to kids

 

'Elling' makes laughs at Peniscola fest

 

Bergman beefs up foundation holdings

 

Bollywood shows nixed on war threat

 

Bertelsmann board adds 4 members

 

Michelson to get Sylbert kudos

 

Exex smiling at Imax meeting

 

Listen lifts Rhapsody with Terra distrib deal

 

Helkon swopping stock exchanges

 

Mayor sets union confab

 

H'w'd Records' Savage wins sr. VP stripes

 

WGA's indie streak

 

MTV unveils Latin musicvid kudocast

 

Acad singles out student awards

 

Woodruff will anchor ABC Sat. news

 

Modern drives Playboy world

 

Globe org reups prexy Dunlevy

 

'Sam,' 'Iris,' 'Mind' vie for Humanitas pic nod

 

Adelphia activists exit board on news

 

Thanks a mil to Tony

 

RKO's 1947 thriller 'Born' born again

 

Slinging worldwide web

 

Courts in play, yakkers muted during May sweep

 

Us Weekly's Baker heads West

 

Liza ends Beacon stint with recording

 

Roadshow slowing down

 

Herman Cohen

 

Robbin Crosby

 

Vicente Nebrada

 

Hal Grossman

 

Signe Hasso

 

Org's creative demands

 

Steve Slane

 

HIV/AIDS org fetes Roedy

 

Holodnik back to roots

 

'Wheel' stops for Stiles

 

Morales, Cruz nab nods

 

Golenberg to run Gersh TV packaging

 

Hair recedes to Viacom news post

 

'Othello' nabs top Banff TV fest honors

 

Nankin adopts Fox skein

 

Col claims 'Clowns' spec

 

Sony promotes Lomis to sr. VP, financing

 

Holden's dealt a role in New Line-Radar pic

 

Premiere primes new veepee duo

 

New Line elevates foursome

 

WB re-tunes 'Looney'

 

Cinematheque topper downplays staff friction

 

SAG facing a thrift kick

 

Cable kickstart

 

'Rex' appeal tests U.S.

 

Exhib stock zooms while B.O. booms

 

Brandy doc to roll

 

New Line taps two as VPs

 

Hardin content to run AOL's high-speed unit

 

'Witchblade' back in action

 

Inside move: June 27, final answer

 

Inside move: Ridge thanks b'casters

 

Raising money is a picnic

 

Reviews

Spoon River Anthology

Golda's Balcony

The Importance of Being Earnest

Occident

The Third Wheel

White Stripes

Sister Wife

Andrew W.K.

The Shape of Things

Britney Spears

Proof

Carnival

Women in the Mirror

From the Other Side

I Remember Me

Cheval

The Distance From Here

The Pizzarelli Family

Mary Cleere Haran: Falling in Love With Love

Seascape

Bug

Pentecost

Bobbie's Girl

A Skin Too Few: The Days of Nick Drake

The Bourne Identity

Scooby-Doo

The World Goes 'Round

Carousel in Concert

Our Town

Liza Minnelli -- Liza's Back

TV's Most … Censored Moments

Pet Shop Boys

Meshell Ndegeocello

Doves