Table of Contents
Week of 06/25/2002

Articles

Teuton arthouse distrib Pandora returns

 

Kidvidders HIT, Gullane agree to merger

 

Oliver named to NY commish post

 

Czechs check chief

 

Radio division strikes sour note for Emmis

 

Oz EMI exex play musical chairs

 

Doelp upped at Col diskery

 

Alliance Atlantis 'Rings' in record

 

Media bill debate on tap in Argentina

 

Attwell chosen as BAFTA topper

 

Brit tix sales climb

 

U.K.'s Film Council backs 'Bomber'

 

EU OKs ad firm buy

 

'Cat' tops Jove fest

 

Public to bear 'Baby' tuner

 

Trilogy taps Meyers as exec VP

 

Cable posts power perf

 

Discop TV mart clicks with digital

 

CBS, NBC log weekly victories

 

Chung not a factor for O'Reilly

 

Napster auction gets court OK & delay

 

Fox thaws 'Ice' vid plan

 

Teutons nab WB tentpoles

 

Fox's files show vid cutback

 

A slice of New York 'Love' in L.A.

 

Patrol for pirates

 

Mass film office shutters

 

'Sunset' on New Line horizon

 

Inside move: It's 'Brady' v. 'Rhea' for 'Rosie' vets

 

WMA says aloha to 'Lilo' co-creators

 

Correction

 

Sarah Clarke

 

Lourdes Benedicto

 

Annie Parisse

 

WGA OKs 17 candidates

 

Adelphia pulls the plug

 

Distrib jury still out on day-&-date releases

 

May sweeps making news

 

Messier ally jumps ship

 

Viv U settles suit

 

MGM, Henson collar 'Good Boy' for Hoffman

 

Intermedia does 'Shuffle'

 

SAG sees no conflict

 

Writestuff: Studios back in book nook

 

'Daddy' scribe conceives 2nd Col deal

 

Parker re-appointed Film Council chair

 

Teze confirmed as TFM Distribution topper

 

It surfs H'wood right

 

Indian org to tout toons

 

South Africa biz pins hopes on 'Stander'

 

'Devdas' prints up

 

Lego unit lifts Ross

 

Funder taps Frappier

 

Amanda likes 'Dina'

 

German lensers take kudos

 

'Shanghai' wraps

 

'Bend It' gets gong

 

Pay's headway in Oz

 

Conn. crix salute stage's standouts

 

Canada OKs TV ruling

 

IATSE set to rep Fox Sports techs

 

WWE smacked down

 

GE units buy into TV Tokyo network

 

60th Golden Globes set for Jan. 19

 

Pic nods reeled off

 

'Lawrence' leads PBS sked

 

Hanks trib hits for USA

 

Roach disc crawls into 2nd

 

Rock rolls Goluboff for Wilson biopic

 

U tuning up its 'Future' DVD plans

 

IAC enters administration

 

Toon net on 'Giant' roll

 

Martha's in a jam

 

Seven Hills mounts First investment

 

SAG checks in the mail

 

Lifetime leads cablers in holding aud

 

Kronos Quartet to pull UCLA's strings

 

Exhibs talk 'Clones,' conformity on digital

 

Chow kicks up 'Soccer' sequel

 

Myers, 7 Ponies at the 'Gate' for HBO

 

Dylan set to serenade 'Gods and Generals'

 

Messier cites bad timing

 

Preem does 'Without'

 

BET Awards a knockout

 

Nantucket film fun

 

MANAA celebrates 10th anniversary

 

Lujan rep: State's firm on agent/manager split

 

WGA's return key stuck

 

Humanitas honors past & future

 

Inside move: Coulter vs. Couric in 'Today' fray

 

Inside move: Eisners sue tax adviser

 

Montecito wins 'Ugly' in $3 mil deal

 

Blockbuster denies plan to bust indies

 

Panel backs non-fall bows

 

Aussie topper gives Fox TV an alternative

 

Alcon suit targets AMG

 

Miramax inks 'Baby' helmer

 

Warners puts hick pic in mix

 

B'way casts its net

 

'Rookie' star steps to the plate for Mouse, Fox

 

Lining up for 'Lions'

 

Toon turf tussle

 

Cable still on table

 

Digital 'Clones' fly by satellite

 

Euro nods go Rome

 

Loon CFO toons out

 

Film gong to Guerin

 

Oz post-prod'n house riding 'Tiger'

 

B'buster trial a bust

 

Panorama nabs Shockiku's library

 

True soccer pic's rootin' Teuton

 

EC: Pubcasters must publish financials

 

Applause hands another 'Eye'

 

300 shorts to unspool in desert

 

Cable stock shock

 

Film fund spreads risk

 

MacLachlan, Harrelson go legit

 

Trio shares honors at Avignon

 

Viva to buy out Swiss subsid

 

Balkind spins off L.A. unit led by CEO Bemis

 

Pic office gets one-month reprieve

 

Myriad breaks 'Ice' for film adaptation

 

Int'l producers line up for IFP's No Borders

 

The Who's Entwistle dead at 57

 

Center Theater Group's Davidson to step down

 

Hallmark marks ad-free July 4

 

Springer set for S. Africa

 

Baer extends 'SVU' patrol

 

N.Y. Prod'n Alliance taps Kinard

 

Reynolds taking vows for 'In-Laws' remake

 

Billboard's editor White dies at 50

 

French court tosses Viv U investor request

 

Col house of 'Lord'

 

Par picks up 'Girls'

 

Preem in the 'Black'

 

Promax stays in L.A. for '03

 

New Line reshuffles marketeers

 

Craven on 'Waiting' list

 

Amelia Kiva Levin

 

Max Zimmer and Annabel Zimmer

 

Jack Richard Zanuck

 

Inside Move: Grammer halts wrestling prod'n

 

Fox doubles up in Chicago

 

Par moves on 'Norfolk'

 

Lifetime joins in biz mag jag

 

Remember the 'Alamo' rewrite

 

Bill would rock radio, concert biz

 

Euro exhibs feel contradictions

 

H'wood whispers 'O' word

 

Chopsocky's TV bound

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
June 28, 2002

 

Knapp to stay at NTL helm

 

Featured Player: Chesler/Perlmutter

 

Foreign pix won't revive B.O., study says

 

Orgs protest funds agency

 

'Scooby' starts to perk up quiet B.O.

 

Cinexpo wraps with hot titles

 

Blurbsters map their way around ad zappers

 

HBO ready to help l'il buddy Cinemax

 

Numbers pin down wrestling

 

Europe's digital challenge

 

Kirch cries foul on Springer widow

 

SABC silences yakker

 

Breaking into China

 

Phones ring changes in S'pore

 

Soccer set to score as next reality show

 

RTM to switch on 2 channels

 

B.O. even; 'Millie' SRO

 

Biz steady; L.A. 'Tale,' 274g

 

Yankee, go home!

 

A change of scenery for Williamstown

 

Searchlight: low, steady beam

 

Cruise missile hits U.K.

 

AOL TW crowd feels shorted on options

 

Will U's Focus prove blurry?

 

Inside Move: Street plugged in with AOL TW

 

Inside Move: Buzz-Smith

 

Rupe dons white hat on Italo range

 

Inside Move: 'War' machine

 

Inside Move: Dissonant notes in music TV market

 

Munich fest shows growth at 20

 

WB: fewer pix, more punch

 

British filmmakers waking up to reality

 

Hidden heroes of primetime?

 

Censors chase Ozzy into latenight slot

 

London sez salaam 'Bombay'

 

Public taps Manus executive director

 

'Door' opens for TV org

 

Inside Move: SEC bites blurbmeisters

 

Inside Move: Clocking ticking for Messier

 

Inside Move: 'Conversation' piece

 

Eurotrack: Someone's packing, even if Cinematheque stays put

 

'Mr. Deeds' up & Adam

 

Who to follow summer sked

 

Christians blast bird merger

 

China chemistry is right for Imax

 

Songstress Clooney dead at 74

 

XM gets rival with switch-on

 

Rebounding Viv U to sell piece of Vinci

 

Duo tapped for RTL Group

 

Fox net drags out 'Rocky Horror' pic

 

Acad docu arm grows

 

Gould pitch entices Intermedia

 

L.A. Emmys fete Lakers' Hearn

 

New topper for Gallic pubcaster

 

Honcho hauls out

 

Aimee in Auschwitz

 

Fox, ESPN high on 'Velocity'

 

The Firm, AMG to combine units

 

Hong Kong's film biz seeks China rapport

 

Knives out for Kirch

 

Canal Plus board taps Orsenna

 

Revising the Hong Kong script

 

'Drumline,' 'Barbershop' top Urbanworld

 

Macquarie Nine film, TV fund falls short of target

 

Intl. Documentary Market honors HBO's Nevins

 

Long-legged Spidey, 'Lilo' lead way o'seas

 

Cassavetes signs with WMA

 

Akerlund leans 'Westward'

 

IATSE local backs probe

 

Limping Lion loses Levin

 

Intermedia alums will rock 'n' roll

 

FTC rates movie biz improved

 

Manpearl in Wonderland

 

Reeve specs to ABC

 

Immortal preparing to plug into Power

 

AOL TW's 'Ocean' dip

 

Artisan finds 'Lost' spec

 

'Kung' pow for D'Works

 

Pressure's on for Showtime

 

Fox will catch 'Catch' redo

 

Art Fest gives Keys to 'Truly', 'Pulse'

 

U deal fills out Listen label list

 

Spain's Prisa buys film prodco Tesela

 

ITV buys rights to U's 2001-3 pics

 

Peckinpah's 'Dogs' gets U.K. vid release

 

Moscow fetes 'Cuckoo,' 'Resurrection'

 

RTL Group to buy piece of N-TV

 

SPE taps 2 for gov't, corporate affairs

 

Rising losses plague Helkon

 

Boost to Bollywood

 

Cuidad studio sees light

 

New Line's 'Guy' finally gets a break

 

Court orders more Dunne

 

Mulgrew pours 'Tea' on road

 

Stone in pilot's seat for Space Holding

 

B'way's bucking up

 

Silver takes shine to Chick comedy pic

 

Forney exclu to Wolf Co.

 

BAFTA/LA's garden delights

 

TV Record bumps up bishop

 

Germany's Stage expands its holdings

 

SAG jobs down 9.3%

 

Powell begins 2nd FCC term

 

Costs rise for runaway bill

 

Fox reups 'World' host

 

Duke's 'Alamo' in decay

 

Correction

 

Drug whiz may be tonic for Viv U

 

Ad Council presses patriotic themes

 

2 gain Thomas scribe nods

 

'Lake' takes L.A. fest

 

B.O. takes a header

 

Hunt, Robbins to be one of 'The Guys'

 

Full satellite press

 

Nick goes 'Wild' with gamer

 

Fishburne swimming WB's 'River'

 

Inside move: Oscars in Feb. 2004?

 

Bow Wow's on the ball

 

Meirson takes big step

 

'Good' end to fest

 

'Croc Hunter's' wild, wild preem

 

The crashing of the French Revolution

 

Ovitz bites back at H'w'd

 

Imagine taps Nevins TV chief

 

Shift puts U back in play

 

Artisan crafts moves up for finance exex

 

Dreyfuss, Davis pair for Showtime 'Coast'

 

Viv topper is French toast

 

Comedy Central cranks up 'Yankers'

 

2 exex out of Focus

 

Reviews

Ball In The House

Luster

Philanthropy

Monkey Love

Poolhall Junkies

David Lee Roth & Sammy Hagar

Cecil Taylor Sound and Vision Orchestra

Where's Charley?

Endpapers

Keeping It Real: The Adventures Of Greg Walloch

Chris Robinson

Spun

Alive From Palestine (Stories Under Occupation)

Bubba Ho-Tep

Searching for Paradise

Eye of the Day

Beginner's Luck

The Tale of the Allergist's Wife

Oyster

The Legend of Bhagat Singh / 23rd March 1931: Shaheed

The Ballad of Bering Strait

Galileo Galilei

My Fair Lady

The Bitter End: Hanging Out at America's Nightclub

Contemporary Black Cinema / Literary Adaptations in Black Cinema from Micheaux to Morrison

Road to Perdition

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Opening Night Gala

The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest

Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey

The Voice of the Turtle


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