Table of Contents
Week of 07/16/2002

Articles

Mason ankles Universal Pictures

 

Checkup finds Oz biz healthy

 

U strikes four-pic deal with 'Elling' producer

 

Toronto gets 'Between' Loren, Ponti

 

Exex floating up Stream

 

ProSiebenSat.1 buys 16 Splendid pix

 

Meirelles in M'max pix mix

 

Dutch spat nears end

 

Lion expands its vid lair

 

Latin American marketing meet set

 

Gallic channel cued

 

USA taps exec to push cable nets

 

Philips sneezing from Viv U's illness

 

Inner Peace TV for just $67

 

Lifetime partners with QVC

 

NAB tabs Net royalty decision as unfair

 

FCC nominee sails on

 

Fireworks Ent. taps Weisbarth

 

Showtime to build 'Fences'

 

McCartney back in U.S.

 

PBS clarifies Muppet issue

 

Healthier Stone heading back to work

 

Study: TV shows key to health care views

 

B.O. grosses up 4.8%; shows see 5-figure hike

 

Homilies to homevid at confab

 

Mouse spins TV trio to DVD

 

SAG stalls 'trade' vote

 

ABC pulls hue turn for fall

 

Shannon Elizabeth and Joseph Reitman

 

Abbe Murray and Glenn Cote

 

Suspansa Pompakdee and Doug Banker

 

Cablevision empire may need a breakup

 

Yousuf Karsh

 

Oz blurb producer branches out

 

Fox, NBC reality fare heat up summer race

 

Stone warms to 'Cold'

 

CAA's Lovett sued over Giacchetto payment

 

Theme parks get video jolt after arrests

 

Donahue debut darts past Chung on CNN

 

WBTV inks 'Angels' helmer

 

Mayhem inks with Mouse

 

Diva Collins does daytime

 

Inside move: Wrestlers, MTV land new digs

 

Mercer chosen for Valhalla

 

Bay's firm to produce Indonesian horror pic

 

Locarno fest locks preem

 

EMI ups Collen to marketing VP

 

Brits stick to U.S. ownership plan

 

BBC flush with coin, high ratings

 

4 killed in kidnap plot

 

Film Graphics adds fiction

 

Village Roadshow challenges arbitration

 

M6, Mandarin pact

 

M-Net set to roll on

 

Sundance deadlines announced

 

Wendel walks the Fine Line

 

Callahan looks to exit Teuton cable

 

Alliance Emerging for old theaters

 

Intertainment widens case against Franchise

 

Dunn's well at NBC O&Os

 

'Idol' unbridled winner for Fox in timeslot

 

Report stings Sony

 

Acad branches name governors

 

Studios fire off letter to tech toppers on piracy

 

Par TV centralizing sales

 

Combs on MTV 'Band' stand

 

Still in 'Nellyville'

 

IFP taps thesp for breakthrough gong

 

Chris Lango

 

SAG shuffles legal eagles

 

Cosmo's Plagemann to publish Lifetime's mag

 

Megan Elizabeth Ballou

 

Grace Judith-Claire Kaufman

 

Daly named as Col TriStar VP

 

Adelphia not addled

 

Stephen Dorff

 

Eileen Atkins

 

Taryn Manning

 

U TV taps Holzman as research VP

 

Student back in 'Boston' class; 'Med' calls doctor

 

Promoter hits Staples Center owners back

 

Fox passage to India

 

Crane biopic causes chaos

 

Dolores Gray Memorial

 

Artisan 'Comes' to deal with Goldsman

 

Fourtou taps new Viv U CFO

 

Fox recasts 'A.U.S.A.' pilot

 

Arnold tells Morris agency hasta la vista

 

Imax is off the hook

 

Oscar's on the move

 

'Tadpole' swims into view

 

Wilson leaps to 'Bounce'

 

Alphabet spells out recovery plan

 

Union due as lead for Col's 'Boys 2'

 

'K-19' sets sail

 

HBO's 'Brothers' wins first interactive Emmy

 

Efman, Farrell to load 'Cannon'

 

E! taps Nugent VP talent

 

Kismet ramps up pic slate

 

M'max clasps 'Clips' to bolster doc slate

 

2002 Emmy nominees - Part III

 

2002 Emmy nominees - Part II

 

China fest hits one million mark

 

Puchon focuses on exports

 

Cinefondation hails duo

 

BAFTA shifts 2004 fete

 

Liberty drops Telewest bid

 

Rogers cables $124 mil loss

 

TW cable adds DVR tech

 

No advance on actors' ads pay

 

Fox wins with 'Fame' game

 

Time machine gears up with Pittman out

 

Denis Leverson

 

Bo Banks

 

Jeri Ryan

 

David McLinn

 

Diego Ruiz

 

Thomas C. Etter

 

Lisa Westfield-Avent

 

Luis Fernandez-Rocha

 

Miramax plays 'Cricket' in N.Y.

 

Dylan whistling 'Dixie' for new pic

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
July 19, 2002

 

New boss has HBO's pulse

 

Sundance Brazil lab names advisors

 

Summer squash at the B.O.

 

David Sutphen

 

Pilar Zulueta

 

Tsvi Gal

 

Megan Wilde

 

Paula McClure

 

Kuhn bows Polygram pageturner

 

Lorenzo Robert Aldisert and Giana Julia Aldisert

 

Kaitlin Angela Mary Shomer

 

Zoey Kapinos

 

Shift draws high marks at Warners

 

Helmer Frakes treks to 'Thunderbirds' kidpic

 

Brooks, Stones rock 'Simpsons'

 

'Dotcom' dialed in to fest

 

Fox wants 2nd 'Idol'

 

AFI's enhanced TV workshop opens Wed.

 

Moore ready for TNT, J&J pic 'Lettie'

 

Inside Move: Fox on latenight hunt

 

Inside Move: Nielsen spanks Peacock

 

Imageworks shuffles exex

 

54th annual Emmy nominees breakdown

 

Rookies invade drama den

 

Emmy's full of tiny tidbits

 

54th annual Emmy nominee breakdown

 

Basic cablers connect to Emmys

 

An animated response to pitch pair

 

Dash takes on 'Dynasty'

 

Specials on Sept. 11 resonate

 

Morning glory for nominated thesps

 

'Six Feet' has Emmy day to die for

 

TFM distrib debuts with 'Full Frontal' Gallic bow

 

Viv U shareholders sue

 

Sanchez named DG of Spanish pubcaster RTVE

 

Telemundo taps Morales

 

Re-inventing the kudo calendar

 

Will H'w'd freak at endless tweaks?

 

Box office rise doesn't tell whole tale of exhib'n health

 

Warners in early B.O. lead

 

Shooting slows in major cities

 

Rookies' turn at the Emmys

 

Survey probes SABC commissioning policy

 

Nets lose battle to cut kids drama quota

 

Mickey Mouse setting up new house

 

Taxis drive off with commuter auds

 

Italo watchdogs urge TV legislation

 

Arab shows take Camar kudos

 

Summer's icing most net reruns

 

Biz up; 'Noises' 256g

 

B.O. up; 'Lion' moves

 

Cirque turns Lepage

 

Inside Move: All's quiet on H'wood front

 

Inside Move: Leave 'em wanting more 'Sex'

 

Titan or outcast? It's all in the timing

 

Inside Move: Mob scene with Mafia t-shirts

 

Inside Move: Glass half-Phil?

 

Down Under and 'Dirty'

 

'K-19' surfaces

 

Jedis stand up to competish from 'MiB II'

 

Online battle of wills, bills

 

New muscle for money mavens

 

CBS eyes ad innovations

 

HIV Muppet yanks solon's chain

 

Will Levy go down well down under?

 

Women get SET to be wooed

 

Just can't kick it

 

Bialystocks in bloom worldwide

 

Days of our 'Youth'

 

TW power shift: AOL goes AWOL

 

Troubled times for clubs and kudos

 

Inside Move: Emmys, AFI spotlight interactive TV growth

 

Will SAG greenlight sequel to town's 2000 nail-biter?

 

Inside Move: Cell hell for Chinese auds

 

Winterbottom goes sci-fi

 

Preservationists make gains

 

Shorter calendar may lengthen odds

 

The A List: H'wood's cluster of certified kudos pros

 

Funny faces

 

'Little' to cheer at B.O.

 

'Drew' will draw from roots

 

EMI Motown-bound

 

D'Works falls for 'Descent'

 

SAG bans 187 strikebreakers

 

Cuse will wear 'Black Sash'

 

Telemundo TV Stations taps Morales

 

Giannopoulos a global 'Wannabes'

 

SBS6 draws ire in news controversy

 

Interactive TV unit set to shutter

 

S'dance lab taps script advisers

 

Mexican fest cut to biennial

 

Prague plex preems

 

'Dune' sequel wraps in Prague

 

Banker accused of fraud

 

'News' not good for Bravo

 

Viv U online topper Richards logging off

 

CanWest 3Q results even with 2001

 

Shareholders lose appeal in EM.TV suit

 

Adelphia rebates sought for L.A.

 

Media sucked into selloff

 

New HBO chief wields branding iron

 

Fox and cablers top TCA Awards

 

Montreal laff fest raises profile

 

Improv bubbles on 40th anni

 

Alan Lomax

 

Vera Dunn O'Connor

 

Sitges to embrace 'Darkness'

 

Marcia Gardner

 

Phil Roth

 

Revolution picks 'Violet'

 

'Stu 2' shows teeth, 'Men' manly o'seas

 

Pay TV window is no phantom for 'Clones'

 

NBC-Col TV's 'Rerun' runs on cable, too

 

Grant Beglarian

 

Charles Richard Grills

 

Sara Gilbert

 

Rhona Mitra

 

Lacey Chabert

 

Jamie Luner

 

Allison Gollust

 

Upcoming CG/Animation-Heavy Films

 

Barry Reed

 

Robert A. Voltaggio

 

Jerry Melton

 

Dennis Swanson

 

Betsy Friday

 

LaBute books N.Y. 'Seat'

 

'Dead Zone' alive on USA

 

Silver shoots for small screen

 

Katy Jurado

 

Richard W. De Haan

 

AOL's not ready for prime Time

 

Y tu 'Potter' tambien, Cuaron

 

Fox revs Ford for blurb-free '24' preem

 

Research puts AFTRA talks on hold

 

Robbins leaps in 'River'

 

Cost-effective creativity

 

Heavyweights smooth sequel's feathers

 

'Night' moves for WB, Di Novi

 

Film f/x artists sharpen latest vidgame releases

 

Making faces

 

'Buffy' star to study 'Abroad'

 

Milano is 'Dickie' cookie

 

MTV gig goes to Fallon

 

Artists flaunt character development at confab

 

H'wood wrangling new ideas, talent in Texas

 

Skin deep

 

Digital dress codes

 

U eyes big guy for 'Spy'

 

Hope to star in Lifetime pic

 

Brit gov't eyes BBC World revamp

 

Canal Plus biz units not on block

 

Belgium approves film tax shelter

 

DIC ups 2 to head world sales

 

ShowEast to fete Reid

 

Morley earns license at Endemol Int'l

 

Lion, Nova plan Greek movie net

 

'Stander' gets seats

 

Magic's int'l wand

 

Kirch net has $400 mil secret debt

 

Int'l Emmy widens in Asia

 

Krensky heads South for SAG

 

Kadokawa nabs rival's distrib

 

PBS tops Emmy news noms with 41

 

Correction

 

B'way beats Wall St.

 

'Men' shows muscle

 

'Y&R' star takes cause to court

 

Sun to shine on Bertelsmann arm

 

MTV noms the vids

 

'Bear' necessities at preem

 

Riverhead wraps deal with Knight

 

Sundance sets deadlines

 

'AKA' tops kudos as Outfest wraps up

 

Monty Berman

 

Fete for Evans docu the 'Picture' of fun

 

Jill Hennessy

 

Diane Farr

 

Net 'Faces' Sept. 11

 

Mike Damus

 

Monica Breen, Alison Schapker

 

Coleman Hough

 

Axium opens DX rights via Windows

 

FTC: Nix to Malone

 

Kirch to pare buyers list

 

'Nights' jazzes Trio marathon

 

'Sex' ready to please in season 5

 

DGA honors Columbia, NYU student helmers

 

Cable giant's recovery keys payments, porn

 

Pols push FCC for safe sets

 

Marion Montgomery

 

Showbiz women mix, match

 

WNBC-TV bags vet Forman

 

'Perdition' takes road to top perch

 

'Monk' sanctuary for gains

 

Wink has eyes for McGuirk

 

Sony throws toon arm's creative biz into Hopper

 

'Monkees' redo in view

 

Scribe scrubbing up for U's 'Zits' pic

 

RealNetworks streams into Microsoft's waters

 

Cassandra snares celebs

 

'Twelfth' romps through Central Park

 

Rosco Gordon

 

Radio CEO Clears out

 

AMC atones for its loans

 

Vegas will receive visit from 'Mamma'

 

Inside move: 'Idol' winner to record quickly

 

NBC rewrites summer

 

Coens croon feature tune for Turturro

 

Reviews

Wanee & Junah

Dave Koz and Friends

The Chieftains; Los Angeles Philharmonic

The Seagull's Laughter

By the Hand of the Father

For the People

Vida Blue

B-52's

The Seeds; the Warlocks; Davie Allan and the Arrows

Romeo and Juliet

Global Divas III

Indigo Girls; K's Choice

Silence

Machin: A Full Life

The Wrong Side of the Bed

Bestiary

Humraaz

Daughter From Yan'an

Power and Beauty

Dirty Deeds

Sarah, Plain and Tall

She Spies

Broadway and Hollywood Salute Billie Holiday

Beach Café

The Diaries

Betty

Benefactors

Lincoln Center Festival

Rancor

Being Claudine

The Abduction Club

Flaming Lips

Who is Cletis Tout?

Bronx to Broadway: A Life in Show Business

Working Musicians

Austin Powers in Goldmember

Meet My Folks

Movin' Out

Twelfth Night

Smokin' Grooves

Sergio Mendes and Brasil 2002, Pink Martini

Divas: Love Me Forever

The Star

Cravate Club

Irene

Leaving By The Way