Table of Contents
Week of 07/23/2002

Articles

Vet producer Dudgeon dies

 

New Archbishop of Canterbury blasts Disney

 

Rivera to speak at Edinburgh TV fest

 

Vet thesp McKern dies

 

Indie distrib whiz joining Newmarket

 

Callahan NRW files for insolvency

 

Indian thesps fly unfriendly skies

 

'Bollywood' laffer opens Toronto fest

 

H.K. grouses at Mouse

 

Louis 'Gigi' Delmaestro

 

EMI cues up Meyer as VP

 

'Idol' hits high note

 

NBC's reality 'Meet' greets healthy aud

 

'Schmidt,' 'Talk' bookend N.Y. fest

 

Golden Scene sues four exhibs

 

Asian Film Fest spotlights Taiwan

 

Warner Music pulls up to Curb for 6-year deal

 

Cinemark yanks IPO

 

Lego builds new exec structure

 

Clear Channel slides on Michaels' move

 

Minnelli takes on 'musical reality' show

 

Clarification

 

Women in Film taps 4 for Lucy Awards

 

Seymour Solomon

 

TV4 Sweden revs swell

 

AT&T rings up big loss

 

Viv U: French twist

 

'Aladdin' tuner to park

 

Ashanti tops Soul Train noms

 

Convict biopic tops Trilogy development plan

 

Movielink adds to exec ranks

 

Labels taking Senate heat

 

Ticketmaster orders up 2nd-quarter gains

 

Activision revs up, credits vidgames

 

Tickets.com names exex

 

nReach content kiosks to debut in L.A. airport

 

X Box launches into Mexico, Pacific Rim

 

'Warcraft III' sells 1 million units

 

Viv U Games nabs 'Medal' distrib rights

 

Brosnan signs onto EA's 'Nightfire'

 

Nellie Monk

 

Edmund Anderson

 

U gets parental rights to 'Dad'

 

Chaim Potok

 

'Sensitive' wins kudo

 

FCC restarts s'caster merger clock

 

G.M. ankles Telemundo 47

 

CBS Sports exec sets record

 

No if's: Burns 'Big' to pen Col pic

 

MGM banks on Bond after 2Q losses

 

Animation percentery erases AMG affiliation

 

'Mamma' touring Down Under

 

When 'Friends' ends

 

Sony promotes its Spidey squad

 

'Jeopardy,' 'Wheel' roll into 2007

 

WB pops in on celeb 'World'

 

Oscar shift sets off chain reaction

 

U, Fox out front in 'Great' race

 

Regency lights a 'Fire' with Scott

 

Lowe won't be back on 'West Wing'

 

Goodman to round out Roundabout's new plays

 

Spanish scribe takes 'Communion'

 

San Sabastian unveils Official Selection

 

Rigases raided for fraud

 

Indian cable conflict hits viewers at home

 

Gene Moss

 

Dutch pix rise above

 

Yeoh's Mythical 'Touch' soon to bow in Asia

 

'Shield' justice goes to U.K.

 

Family footage added to MTV Brasil fete

 

Telefe wants 'Quiero' for kids

 

Claxson launching digital channel

 

Corus posts mini net income

 

Vives, Cruz lead noms for Latin Grammys

 

Radio days dawning for Clear

 

Matthews' 'Stuff' right for No. 1 spot

 

Stewart's stock stews

 

Prisa profits, ad revs up

 

Goldwater plates d-cine consortium

 

Astral enjoys strong quarter

 

Rigas boys learning how to deal with mob

 

Banks stalking Premiere

 

U Home Vid fast-forwarding 3 exex

 

Harry Donald Gerstad

 

Soderbergh bares 'Full Frontal'

 

Viv U delays 2nd qtr. results due to audit

 

FX cabler files Spader for 'Pentagon Papers'

 

ATAS runs runaway campaign

 

Bobby Worth

 

Fox's 'Middle' class

 

'Gold' in H'w'd hills

 

SAG bracing for more election battles in fall

 

IATSE members file discrimination suit

 

USAI sheets are clean

 

No-frills 'Frontal' bow full of star power

 

NBC hungers for more 'Dog'

 

APA wins suit over 'Home'

 

Fox and kisses

 

Wright: GE books can withstand scrutiny

 

Lieberfarb's legacy: solid vid amid skid

 

Serving for MusiCares

 

SEC looking at TW books

 

B'buster aims to hoist sales

 

Helmer 'Fools' around

 

WB's 'Fountain' flowing

 

Kramer flies to Phoenix as exec VP

 

Inside Move: Miramax buys out Brown's pact

 

Inside move: 'Raymond' reaching end?

 

Showtime gets theatrical

 

VH1 rocking with revamp

 

U.K. gov taps Currie for watchdog

 

Norwegian B.O. headed for banner year

 

Carlton, WGBH co-prod 'Gorgeous'

 

EMI taps Manzinger for Austria

 

Artear ups Zanardi

 

Kirch feevee relief

 

Deauville to honor Burstyn, Evans

 

Endemol takes pulse

 

South Africa's bigger 'Brother' bows

 

German 'Story' will continue

 

Foreign pix fuel Norway's B.O.

 

Gotham adding prod'n studio

 

WPIX to add ayem news

 

Barkley to court CNN aud

 

World Cup kicks 2Q rev for Televisa

 

Zahn, Garlin join Murphy in 'Daycare'

 

Thompson books return, gets Innovative

 

'Brother' real deal of reality fare

 

Telluride deputizes Barbera

 

AOL TW in probe pit

 

UPS parcels comix for TV

 

MTV ups Kedas to senior VP

 

H&B enroll in 'College' pic

 

Comcast names post-merger toppers

 

Praisery Wolf-Kasteler ups duo

 

Tracy Pollan

 

'Safe harbor' bill takes aim at pirates

 

Wendell Pierce

 

Melora Walters

 

EPG ordered to pay extras

 

James Carpinello

 

Admira cries in Argentina

 

Alvin Sapinsley

 

Acad's shorts-sighted

 

Inside Move: VH1 cooks up munchies with Minnelli

 

Toon team, 19 believers in 'Monkees'

 

Correction

 

Reid, Pardue pad over to Davis' 'Pond'

 

Carlston exits UPN

 

Bergman gets his 'Chance'

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
July 26, 2002

 

Can 'Austin' power B.O.?

 

Aero Theater to walk like an Egyptian

 

'Dust' draws Mueller-Stahl

 

Peacock pegged to pen 'Lion'

 

Surging Viacom gloats

 

Spidey spins Sony profits

 

Crichton nabs a Foxy $5 mil

 

De Niro 'On Fire' for kidnapper pic

 

Gladstein packs up

 

'Box Office' laffer to appear on Radar

 

'Midlands' settles at SPC

 

'Muse' finds asylum with 'Smoke' duo

 

Beckner game for Fox gig

 

McCain set to host 'SNL'

 

'Rappaport' kicks off flurry of B'way activity

 

Cannes Director's Fortnight topper Macia fired

 

U.K. cinema admissions up 30% in June

 

Boosting arts participation

 

Featured player: Patrick Le Lay

 

Sun Fang sinks teeth into TV

 

Reborn in the USA

 

Brisbane fest wraps up

 

'Gold' glitters in Gotham mini-preem

 

Auds in lather over sexy sudsers

 

Puttin on the Ritz

 

'SNL' back on right laff track

 

Fortune Star winnows new slate

 

Sony shifts tower of power

 

Publisher to acquire art pic distribber

 

Dog, mouse, aliens pull in Euro auds

 

Studios water overseas markets

 

Curtis taps more stars

 

Prague shooting sked fills up

 

Arrests chill cable biz

 

'Dog' days of summer

 

Granada cuts staff in on action

 

Beyond the fringe

 

B.O. up; 'Woods' sings

 

Biz off; road likes 'Hot'

 

Cable operators call off strike

 

Filmmakers capture crisis for small screen

 

Shanghai radio tunes into English lingo

 

Paybox unspools local film competish

 

Noises Off: Hamburger preps live 'Aladdin'

 

H'w'd burns as Feds fiddle

 

Inside Move: Doc team animating Evans

 

Are all films created sequel?

 

Inside Move: Schnabel bedeviled by BBC docu dispute

 

Inside Move: Eye net circling 'Early' birds

 

Inside Move: Syndie's 'Middle' ground

 

Solid quarter may not save the game

 

Inside Move: Hacker hawks Roberts bio

 

'Men' of the hour

 

'Austin's' shagadelic B.O., baby

 

Jury is out on Venice

 

Cablevision's positive cash flow

 

DVD sales will dominate vid

 

Fired Cannes sidebar topper fights for job

 

MGM lionizes stock as buy opportunity

 

Azteca sales up 25% in 2Q

 

Spiegel joins alliance in Kirch buy bid

 

More big-name thesps in 'Love' with Curtis

 

Teuton pic subsidies up

 

Col playing 'Roulette' in Brazil

 

Vega exits Claxson Interactive

 

'Seducao' to tempt Brazilian viewers

 

Nick numero uno with Mexican youth

 

Random ups Applebaum

 

Kodak kudo Cannes ticket

 

Lohman lights 'Matchstick'

 

Kemp to head WGA board

 

Landscape sinks teeth into vampire laffer

 

ABC Family slate boy crazy

 

Van Lier in Summit tier

 

Bush eyes 9/11 anni

 

Gold adds cable clients

 

'Embun' falls on national holiday

 

Inside move: T Bone Burnett returns

 

Mass. Film Office shut amid vendetta charges

 

Preservation guides will assist on pix

 

PBS offers Nottage's 'Poof!'

 

PBS skeds 'Endgame,' 'Gin' for fall

 

'Minority,' 'Austin,' 'Stuart' shine o'seas

 

Big slate in SAG election

 

Big 6 usher in return of preem week

 

Duo to take 'Wrong Turn'

 

Support for Macia builds

 

Luke Ryan Wimer

 

Naomi Esther Weiss

 

Marsha Todd and Karl Austen

 

Twinkle Kang and Steven Stewart

 

Binkow sues Osbournes over idea

 

2002 indie sector at a glance: A-F

 

2002 indie sector at a glance: I-O

 

2002 indie sector at a glance: P-Z

 

Cash-strapped micros channel alternative rev streams

 

Femme helmers strive for level playing field

 

'Snow' finds distribber

 

Broder ankles Arrow to bow shingle

 

R&B FM readies 3 film projects

 

Fox to stage real 'Coach'

 

'Sex' scribe inks with U

 

'Solaris' gets early launch

 

ABC on dev't march with Sherman

 

Artisan Entertainment

 

Fine Line

 

Focus

 

Fox Searchlight

 

IDP

 

Hall set for WB Kennedy pic

 

Televisa suing DirecTV

 

IFC Films

 

Boca bolsters exec ranks

 

Lions Gate

 

Miramax

 

Paramount Classics

 

Sony Pictures Classics

 

Screen Gems

 

United Artists

 

Allison Anders

 

Bio bow not kidding around at B.O.

 

Miguel Arteta

 

New Line will line up kidpix

 

Michelle Byrd

 

Howard Cohen

 

Alfonso Cuaron

 

Kathy Dore

 

Arenas spices up Myriad pic

 

Atom Egoyan

 

Kasi Lemmons

 

Mira Nair

 

Bertelsmann gives CEO das boot

 

Michelle Satter

 

John Sayles

 

Kevin Smith

 

Steven Soderbergh

 

Michael Stipe

 

Nia Vardalos

 

Woo, Lion on 'Blind' date

 

John Waters

 

AFTRA rejects SAG plan

 

Distribs usher in new Spanish wave

 

Correction

 

Stars shift gears via niche projects

 

Rock 'em-sock 'em docus try to break out

 

ITVS' Shadows add new depth to docus

 

'P.O.V.': windows with perspective

 

Indie lensers zero in on 24P

 

InDigEnt stays true to its roots

 

Low-budget world sees high-end f/x

 

DVDs open revenue menu

 

Financing hideouts

 

AFMA's services assist 'the little guys'

 

Digital auteurs forge new distrib'n ground

 

WGA pens new low-budget indie primer

 

Hidden treasure

 

Case study: 'The Musketeer'

 

Thrifty niches often lead to musical riches

 

Alt scenesters tune year's hot indie pix

 

Union shifts rates to retain local music work

 

Music supervisors keep soundtracks on track

 

Technology turns composers into one-stop music shops

 

Sci-fi series: a musical odyssey

 

Music sites wait for Net-savvy filmmakers

 

Specialty snapshots: A midyear report

 

16 conversations about one thing

 

Independent B.O.

 

Deutsche cuts list

 

Pol's plan for RAI may tax Italians

 

Macia vows to remain in Cannes

 

Premiere may lose Olympics rights

 

Scholastic books Olshansky

 

Viv U mulls trims

 

'GMA' nabs Cambert for L.A.

 

Alliance denies it's splitting pic, TV biz

 

Economy doubles loss for feevee Sogecable

 

Blockbusters drive up U.K. pic tix

 

Endemol float a reality?

 

Falcon wings to Telefutura

 

BBC has 2 U.S. TV hits

 

Danish org pumps coin to local pix

 

'Dance' is done in Las Vegas

 

Brits calling for screenplays

 

Zanzibar kudos for pic pair

 

Cape Town puts new film school up

 

Showbiz stox rebound

 

Cougar, Signpost 'Click' for pic pact

 

B'way on titles run

 

ShowEast will fete Viane

 

Brooks books end at M'max

 

Virgin Mobile set for Viacom hard cell

 

Mobile going extreme with Activision

 

Corrections

 

Irene Dean

 

Allison Gollust

 

Pete 'Volcano' Farmer

 

Gordon Peppars

 

Mark Eisenberg

 

Jean-Paul Colaco

 

Lisa Failla

 

Dan Fantz

 

Stephanie Groves

 

Mark O'Connor

 

Redline names 5 to leadership team

 

Max Gousse

 

Jonathan Kehl

 

Trish Bergen

 

'Powers' towers o'seas

 

Dale Lanier

 

'Gone' not forgotten

 

Scorsese touching up 'Gangs'

 

'Spy' bow a family affair, H'wood-style

 

William J. Saracino

 

Eleanor Wilson

 

Robert 'Bob' Wernet

 

Brockovich 'Justice' on Lifetime

 

AMC's Brown sees green through pay

 

'House' party preem

 

Latino fest fetes scribes

 

Study: Exhib profits to soar

 

Oscar-, Grammy-nommed composer Baker dies

 

Disney gives 'Rookie' ace 'Alamo' reins

 

'40' team's comedy speaks to NL

 

A&E reprograms itself with Sabinson