Table of Contents
Week of 06/18/2002

Articles

Teuton TV trouble for RTV, H5B5

 

Initial bucks buoy 'Borgia'

 

'Guru' leads Edinburgh

 

Elizabeth Shanov

 

Jose Luis Dibildos

 

Murdoch on mission

 

Turner: Israelis are also terrorists

 

Berlusconi crony gets cinema post

 

'Matir' helmer urges ban end

 

Cosmo TV Latin America bows July 1

 

PGA uploads New Media Council

 

Lion in stock slump

 

NBC's new 'Dog' beats CBS' old tricks

 

U music in groove

 

ABC Family sends Nash on 'Life' hunt

 

Union projectionists undergo Mass. exodus

 

Peacock tees off

 

Stephanopoulos seals 'This Week' anchor

 

Cartoon Net tunes in to 'Scooby' mania

 

Stars illuminate U.N. causes

 

WMA raises Haas, Slavik and Googel

 

Winfrey to join Poitier tribute

 

Miami Film Fest shifts to Feb. run

 

Intertainer books U.S. libraries

 

New Line taps Pappas as promo VP

 

Regs move ahead, Love trial doesn't

 

Center for Film & TV Design started

 

Peggy Lee bio-tuner set

 

Disney sought vid rev-sharing model

 

Laura Elena Harring

 

Nathan Fillion

 

Mark Consuelos

 

Maria Menounos

 

Trish Bergin

 

Gilbert ankles ICM for WMA

 

Ventura's life before, after governor

 

Reign delay at FCC

 

Inside Move: Jacko v. Sony in war of words

 

Satyajit Mathur

 

Noah Elliot Weiss

 

Ron Cohen

 

Tim Hinsley

 

Jason Kleve

 

Gary Smith

 

Marc Jansen

 

Anne Murphy, Lisa Fischer

 

Horror redo 'Chainsaw' catches Biel, Balfour

 

'Gentleman's' lady cast

 

Bruckheimer ups Reed to VP

 

Cannell says action to selling TV series

 

Interpublic will play ball

 

Pooh hits the fan

 

Col invites King to luau

 

MTV raps to Ash's 'Bush'

 

Grisham's 'Jury' finally on docket

 

Woodstock tunes up pix

 

A new tune for authors: Strike up the brand

 

Lombardero exits Spain's Lola

 

Gallic thesps board Bertolucci's 'Dreamers'

 

Premier picks up MaxWorks for TV

 

Jack Buck

 

Vary fest gaining int'l flavor

 

Rupe woos in Milan

 

Teamworx looks to dig 'Tunnel'

 

Canucks' specialty, pay TV rake in bucks

 

Teze to head up M'max-TF1 unit

 

Theft at Disneyland Paris

 

Indian cable access rises

 

Bush delays FCC auction of b'cast spectrum

 

Escape gets 'Again' spec

 

'Life' triumphs at N.Y. fest

 

Kirch bids confirmed

 

Exhib's int'l expanse

 

USA gets 'Training Day'

 

Revelers 'Report' for duty

 

'Mann' about town

 

Zelnick in gear to get stake in bike-race firm

 

Globo changing company makeup

 

Shady side of chart

 

'Different' works for Nick

 

Friends in 'Deeds'

 

'Idol'-atry for Fox reality show

 

Credits on WGA card

 

U primes pump for Rock pic

 

Heath unsheathes plan for Blighty fund

 

Stone wading through Arafat material for docu

 

Jersey Films makes Levine prod'n exec VP

 

Vet UTA partner heading for CAA

 

Smooth Maui fest's a day at the beach

 

WMA's publicity chief exits

 

Oz digital services set to merge

 

Witherspoon names Simpson Type A prexy

 

Madison to integrate NBC's L.A. triopoly

 

L.A. City Atty. warns troubled Adelphia

 

Tough day for queen of hearths

 

Prexy flipped lid on vid bid

 

Pols push webs for free blurbs

 

Don Skeoch, Brian Pope, David Danon

 

Mercury rising

 

Rosy Regal results show the joy of plex

 

Thesp trio set to star in 'Witness' for Promark

 

Miramax, Lee cook up deal

 

Helmer has a hot 'Date'

 

'Scooby 2' unleashed; 'Diaries' duo gets 'Lucky'

 

Fox, Lizard see 'Dread'

 

Hot's in deep freeze

 

Ogilvy aims at both coasts

 

Augsberger TMG's U.S. rep

 

Variety Styleguide - M to R

 

Variety Styleguide - A to C

 

Variety Styleguide - Reviews

 

Variety Styleguide - S to Z

 

Variety Styleguide - People, Pics and More

 

Lion expects 2nd qtr. losses due to 'Wind'

 

EMI paid Berry $9 million

 

S. Africa hunts Foxx

 

Singh wings way to film Chopra tales

 

ARD picks up Cup game from Kirch

 

B'casters wooed by mediator org

 

Telemundo 'Todo' takes off

 

India cable access up

 

Geographic says Oui

 

Oz pics panel picks 3

 

Bad boy on prowl

 

Stations share kudos for 9/11 news

 

Signature sets 'Burn'

 

Expo to salute Brosnan

 

Murdoch confident in Italy

 

Dimension tries on 'Tux'

 

Cynthia Carpenter

 

RTL pays up for pic panel

 

Judge OK's AFTRA to act in fund suit

 

Adelphia defaults again

 

Warner Music pays $40 mil for Lava

 

Net rates vex exex

 

Elfman to do Lifetime pic

 

B'buster cited in closings

 

Liebling wings to Fox

 

Audrey Skirball-Kenis

 

Street retreat

 

Turner's gaffe gooses Fox

 

TV book battle a page-turner

 

Cat's out of the bag in 'Garfield' fraud

 

Sy'rai Smith

 

George Cooney

 

Dylan Matthew Braun

 

'Power' surge for Court

 

Conor Jack Gorry

 

Eleanor Wilson Memorial

 

Austin Stryder Neal

 

Jaxon Ace Blumenthal

 

Rock, 'Helldorado' trio stuck in hard place

 

Miramax animated about 'S.P.O.O.K.S'

 

Penn signs with CAA

 

'Report' strikes up the brand

 

Hynek in effect at Digital Domain

 

Chan's the man for 'Eighty Days'

 

Banderas is HBO hombre

 

Tann ready to plumb New Line pix for TV

 

Berry satisfying 'Need'

 

Reality bites CBS scribes on ride-along

 

Simon thinks 'Rose' may shake up auds

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
June 21, 2002

 

Spain's newest distrib targets niche

 

Gomez, Telefonica boost Lola's funding

 

Brit cinema admissions up 25%

 

Madsen seeking U.K. cash for 'Runners'

 

EMI sells Viva stake to AOL-TW

 

Comic capers captivate studios

 

Multiplexes eat up B.O.

 

Soccer, heatwave stifle European B.O.

 

'Clones' shows digital heft

 

Comedies poised for comeback

 

Effects houses challenge Yanks

 

'Fame' hits Malaysia

 

'Streetcar' named Glen(n)

 

Rockin' tuner spritzes Seattle

 

Dot-common ground

 

Singapore b'casters slug it out in the press

 

Ozzy's set to storm Oz

 

Gossip, not sales, fuels Teuton mart

 

'Will' will grace WGN's race into super season

 

Risk-averse syndies sinking

 

Inside Move: Love and war

 

Chung's queen to CNN's King, but is crown secure?

 

Restoring sense to cinema

 

Royals have Splendid time

 

Gotham says goodbye to Good Machine

 

Broadway grosses

 

Butterworth gets real

 

Kinepolis scales back to reduce debt load

 

Road grosses

 

Hungarian politicos tune in

 

Typhoon Eddie hits Asia with 'Millionaire'

 

Rivals link up to fight cable crisis

 

Court cleans up soap row

 

Double duty for topper

 

FCC congloms look at conglom ownership

 

Inside Move: Olivennes makes a new wrinkle

 

Inside Move: Disney's dog daze

 

Inside Move: Blockbuster Act

 

Inside Move: 'X'-patriate Kaye's back

 

TV traumas trouble the town

 

Lilo leis one on sci-fi guys

 

Black fest to unspool in Miami

 

Viv U's environmental hazard

 

Adelphia lands coin

 

Labels, AFTRA talks to restart

 

Vid dealers: VHS format not dead

 

Fares cops 2nd feature

 

Histories march on

 

Short shorts film fest standing tall

 

Ruling hits Gemstar

 

Riskin backs FCC review

 

First Run, Empire tastes 'Chocolat'

 

Myriad goes 'Riding'

 

LMNO's developing Green

 

Nike's 'Tag' grabs ad kudos

 

Shawn Ashmore

 

Majandra Delfino

 

Stone misrepresents Israeli plight

 

SAG OKs 25 candidates for election

 

Soccer scores record aud

 

Fox's Wyatt grilled on Disney documents

 

Scooby and Spidey snack on o'seas B.O.

 

JP Kids takes new name

 

Saban, Kloiber keen on piece of Kirch

 

Murdoch makes Italo play

 

Oz cablers fight to push deal through

 

Hardwick's loading up for 'Blanks'

 

Euro exhibs' hopes high

 

Margaret 'Maggie' Claire Haas

 

Judah Miro Tapert

 

Evan Joseph Asher

 

Paige Elizabeth Cooper

 

Jaiden Alexandra Kaplan

 

D'Works spots spy laffer

 

Broder ups 2 to agent

 

Scribe Bell will toil on 2 pix

 

NL playing spy games with 'Nevermore' spec

 

Duo hearing 'Voices'

 

News bueno for hot KVEA

 

Fox 2000 right on 'Time'

 

Eye fits Lowe, Williams for 'Shoes'

 

Peacock plucks pageants

 

Dev't trio raised at NBC

 

Nathan back to Wolf pack

 

Teen exodus bodyslams WWE

 

Toonful weekend

 

Artie Lange

 

Kevin Dillon

 

Malinda Williams

 

Frederick Ponzlov

 

Music Box serenades MDP with $17.8 mil

 

Panel takes spirited look at war coverage

 

'Arnold' says hey to H'w'd

 

'Amazing' graces L.A. fest

 

Viv U nets $1.7 bil from share sell-off

 

U.K.'s Film Consortium taps Peplow

 

Euros keep pix to selves

 

Highlight will buy back stox

 

Loan saves RTV from bankruptcy

 

Premiere soccer deal would ease debt load

 

Mission in Moscow

 

Nevins at Paris docu mart

 

Film financier defends Stone

 

Foxtel seeks Optus OK despite veto

 

'Blueprint' follows distrib deal

 

RAI axes 2 Silvio crix

 

Wink sales gets nod

 

Koch duets with Wright

 

Furlong, Lyonne ready to say 'Grace'

 

Gemstar patently troubling

 

Nantucket ends with 'Bang'

 

B'way B.O. sweet despite losing 'Smell'

 

Fox slots Rivera for newsmag

 

WIF weds film, TV kudofests

 

Armenian fest bows this weekend

 

'Report' squelches Stitch bitch

 

Martha not home free: Stox sink to new low

 

Rodgers fans miss out on 'Centennial' taping

 

'Bruce' loose on TV

 

THX strikes empire

 

Dog days boost B.O.

 

Viv U kicked in assets

 

Scribe fathoms fantasy

 

Screen Gems chipping in on salsa pic

 

Dugan's Echo reaches veep

 

Vidgames get more play

 

Media.net spies Lion's 'Agent'

 

Kodak, IBM prep for system launch

 

TW Cable restructures its Advance deal

 

Duo winging 'Moth' over to U

 

Frog pair keep pad

 

Helmer is Russian back to thoughtful roots

 

Ferland to helm 'Havana' this fall

 

U joins 'Pan' partners

 

Reviews

The Mysteries

Making Venus

The Inside Story

A Wedding in Ramallah

Just a Kiss

The Impatient Alchemist

King Lear

American Gun

Borders

Funny Movie

In the Mirror of Maya Deren

Death in Venice

Dimetos

Razing Appalachia

Smoking Room

Everything in Place

To End All Wars

Venus Boyz

Turning Gate

The War in Paris

Lulu

Impulses

Cinemania

Gigantic, A Tale of Two Johns

The Trouble With Merle

Off

You Shouldn't Be Here

Draftedodging

The Trip

Group

The Cuban Game

Caitlin Cary; Mark Eitzel

Worse Than Murder: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg

Bellaria -- As Long As We Live!

Big Shot

Julia Fordham

Antigua, My Life

Raaz

Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai

Macbeth

Juwanna Mann

Odyssey 5

Thunder Knocking on the Door

Street Time

Bernadette Peters

Oscar and Felix: A New Look at The Odd Couple

MinorityReport.com

Sweeney Todd

Rancour

My Father's Son

Before You Go

Bombay Dreams

Michael Feinstein

Men in Black II

Sugar Sweet

I Am Trying To Break Your Heart

The Big O

Absolut Warhola

Back Against The Wall

AKA

The Politics of Fur

Girl King

Elvira's Haunted Hills

Days

Charlotte Sometimes

Collect Call

Winning Girls Through Psychic Mind Control

In The Realm Of The Hackers

West of Here

The Trials of Henry Kissinger

The M.O. of M.I. (The Modus Operandi of Male Intimacy)

Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie

Queens Don't Lie

Ordinary Sinner

Sister Smile