Table of Contents
Week of 08/13/2002

Articles

U expands its vidgame biz

 

Endemol UK lost $2 mil in 2001

 

Brit music sales slump in Q2

 

Holland's HMG hires new chief buyer

 

Fourtou may replace Viv U heavy Licoys

 

Telewest's SMG stake up for sale

 

RTL channels pact

 

Police review 'Devdas'

 

'La Scala!' out of Edinburgh

 

Bandeirantes inks deal for CNN news

 

Petterson upped at WPIX

 

Satcaster stock fall looks Sirius

 

Cinemedia revs drop 53%

 

Vivendi U stock hit again

 

Real world runs wild in ratings

 

Showtime goes for more 'Isaak'

 

H'wood fest adds Foster as honoree

 

Live from New York, it's awards central

 

Demos counter 'Anna' dip

 

Re-discovered NYT

 

Eye reworks plans for Sept. 11 coverage

 

Indican upbeat on 'Down'

 

Mosaic into Aerosmith

 

Toronto sets De Palma pic

 

MacPherson hits high note with Chrysalis

 

Salon new story source for HBO

 

Rules shift whacks Pax

 

Improv anni taps comedy grads

 

Joe Gutierrez

 

D'Works ponies up for 'Spirit'

 

Next 'Tomb' digs Butler

 

Mouse's Internet Group names new veep

 

Report grooves on digital music's future

 

'Wayne's' new world

 

'Okay' lands distribs at Locarno

 

It's 'Game Time' for EA division

 

Thunder down under

 

Cornerstone of production

 

Microsoft ready to take Xbox 'Live'

 

Hollister looks to CAA for tie-ins

 

Sasson buys into Fandango

 

Activision digs up rights to 'Worms' sequels

 

Calif. funds biz job training

 

CBS, comic ink for laffs

 

Ryan Anthony Fioravanti (Ryan Fury)

 

Daniel Kelly

 

Roberto Cobo

 

Joe Allison

 

Dani Asher Talley

 

Michael Houser

 

Pirates draw scribe fire

 

Biz caught short

 

'Apollo' changes name, address

 

Allen sued over buyback

 

B'casters divided by mucho dinero

 

Felons and fallen CEOs try writing their wrongs

 

Documeister Moore tooning up

 

TNT blitzes b'casters with features

 

Miramax stirring 'Straw' once more

 

ChickFlicks taps Heller

 

Venice unveils latest jury presidents

 

Mediaset commissions Pope TV bio

 

UPC posts revenue rise in 2Q

 

Germany's FAME proves fleeting

 

Constantin slips out of pact with Escape

 

'Gangs' back on the streets

 

Latin film workshop set

 

Gretchen Davidson Adamson

 

Two papers abstain from 'Sex' ads

 

Mel mulls 'Producers' cameo

 

Quartararo's back to EMI

 

'Monster's' success helps Lions Gate roar

 

Cinemark back in black on boisterous B.O. in 2Q

 

Teen 'Idol' worship

 

The Boss still rules

 

AOL TW ups Viva net stake to 31%

 

Org honors Carsey-Werner-Mandabach

 

Davidson, Farr suiting up for Fox's 'NFL Show' team

 

'Boys' won't bridge Fla.

 

Locklear locks up 'Looney'

 

WB's syndie 'ElimiDate' a hotttie

 

Acad foundation reups Bergman

 

FX net to clock '24' marathon on Sept. 1

 

ABC Family yanks 'Grace'

 

Spanish-lingo b'cast pays less

 

'Martha' merriment tempts L.A. palates

 

Lorenzo Julian Jemison

 

Nicholas Jackson Hammond

 

Jack Issac Morhaim

 

T. Kathryn Tucker and John Michael Sloss

 

Jacklyn Easlick and David Vogler

 

NL's virtual revelry

 

Sony takes H'wood to school

 

TV Acad looks to have COO in place soon

 

Fox spins ABC tale

 

FX pic drafts Giamatti, Arkin

 

Bel-Air leads 'Cheer' for helmer Herek

 

PBS skeds 'Rebuilds' for Sept. 10 slot

 

Metcalf steps into 'Charlie'

 

Leo may be great for Alexander epic

 

'Rappaport' end eyed

 

Viv U sets sale on sea of red ink

 

Warner radios in 'Life'

 

Gem dents News Corp.

 

H'wood pledge drive

 

Gotham becomes an Urbanworld

 

DreamWorks high on Wain

 

Alcon sings 'Love' re-do

 

Ten pics to preem at Europa

 

Viv U shares hit all-time low

 

Artisan acquires VP Chuo

 

DIC, Toys R Us back 'Liberty'

 

'El Crimen' fills screen in Mexico

 

Rootin' Teuton B.O.

 

Telefe wedded to 'Gran' gamer

 

'Idol' aud bigger than 'Bro'

 

Pay TV confab set

 

Liberty avoids gloom through diversity

 

BVP taps Quenqua

 

Real taps Brown to top its entertainment unit

 

'Topdog' has its day

 

'Caroline' stocks up on staff

 

PlayStation 2 goes online on Aug. 27

 

Warner prexy gets DVD kudos

 

X Box vidgame console bows in fall

 

WXTV tops WCBS in news

 

Music bill doesn't play

 

Kudrow willing to make more 'Friends'

 

Fest pause for 9/11

 

Emmys for tech unveiled

 

2nd-qtr. loss for First Look

 

EchoStar's shining

 

Goldman joins Movielink as biz development veep

 

Touchstone wed to 'Wife'

 

Foster hopes for Riefenstahl biopic

 

B'way cast follows 'Seven' to Ahmanson

 

MPA ups coin to fight Oz vid piracy

 

Mouse stock swoop a score for big cheese

 

Surf, Murphy on deck

 

Shozo Watanabe

 

Andy Schuon

 

John Carrozza

 

Shelly Sumpter

 

Ellen M. Cooper

 

Tracy Barrett, Andie Kallinger

 

Daniel Tibbets

 

Elizabeth Pritchard

 

Marisol Oller

 

Joseph Sparacio

 

Jonathan Elks

 

Julio Marenghi

 

Bonnie Solomon

 

Tom Remiszewski

 

EA tuning up game deal

 

Kai Campbell

 

James Carey

 

Emma Lynn DuFine

 

Sega goes wireless with 'Monkey'

 

No SAG gauntlet

 

'11:14' clocks greenlight

 

Loews has the ticket for web site relaunch

 

Dalton will go 'Looney'

 

Bollywood, H'w'd bloom via Carroll's 'Marigold'

 

Runaway prod'n bill is still alive

 

PBS sets 'Teletubbies' bow

 

'Deep' pair jump on 'Slab Rat'

 

Alcon eyes 'Hindsight' pitch

 

F/x-heavy tentpoles are coming to Light

 

Bochco, Fox cop a look at NYPD 2069

 

Byron Belt

 

Isamu Nakajima

 

Patricia Hart Bracer

 

Neal Travis

 

Marjorie Wyler

 

Al Sampson

 

Gerald Perreau-Saissine (Peter Miles/Richard Miles)

 

Spain takes reins on telenovelas

 

Media sector shows signs of recovery

 

Auds lose in primetime battle

 

ABC makes grab for gabber lead

 

Pay nets play waiting game

 

Nets see more women on top

 

Semel gives Yahoo! The business

 

Ratings revamp welcome

 

Chahine has biopic plans

 

Melbourne studio plan hits snags

 

Locarno wraps amid juror controversy

 

Big fat Greek profits go to several sources

 

First-half B.O. makes locals smile

 

Rejtman dons 'Magic Gloves'

 

Sony cooks up lab for instruction on digital

 

Comedy Brigade storms Gotham

 

Bringin' back 'da noise

 

B.O. rises; 'Aida' $1 mil

 

Joop rallies troops for expansion

 

Inside Move: U hits bumps at Osaka theme park

 

The 'Powers' that be: Ratings serve parents

 

Inside Move: AOL, you've got nailed

 

Inside Move: H'wood blows secret-agent cover

 

Inside Move: Celeb loans eclipse eatery's fiscal vision

 

Inside Move: Quelle direction, M. Fourtou?

 

H'w'd's old spool ties

 

No news is bad news

 

Producers cry foul at pubcasters' play

 

Biz picks up pieces in Germany

 

SBS labors through rebirth

 

Kashmir film avoids turmoil

 

Dog days of summer result in varied B.O.

 

Art pic shoots in old Manila

 

Eskilsson boosts prod'n profile of Sweden's west coast

 

HBO lends B'way B.O. a helping hand

 

'Bombay' bucks

 

Biz up; 'Topdog' 404g

 

Inside Move: VU Games on block

 

Inside Move: Arnold talks politics

 

Biz buoyant, but sinking feeling persists

 

Haim Saban -- Sprechen sie deal?

 

Confab says DVD pirates tied to drugs

 

Pluto 'XXX'-ed out

 

Rupe flips switch at ailing Gemstar

 

Nordisk Film restructures

 

EC waves through Spain pay TV deal

 

Brit B.O. up in July

 

Japan firm eyes U.S. test

 

Charter detoured

 

SAG board stumps on Gotham move

 

Brazil sat, cable ops struggle

 

Univision taps two news exex

 

India's Nick opts to fly solo

 

Brazil's Pramer exec ankles

 

Egypt's Nilesat floats PPV

 

Robotic tomb raider

 

NYFF fills 'Punch' bowl

 

Script software bows interactive elements

 

Filmmakers on display at Perrier site

 

Tech event to visit Santa Barbara

 

MGM, In Demand deal in place

 

Latin music wave goes south of border

 

Replay reinforced

 

Benestad pic nabs Amanda award

 

TV ad sales fuel Alma Media

 

Pix hall of fame eyes '03

 

Lipsky leaves Lot 47 slot unoccupied

 

Inside Move: A 'Dudes' feud at Details

 

Tiffany Nicole Collins and Paul Andrew Weitzman

 

Tamra Koehler and Steven Whitney

 

Kary McHoul and Terry Gatens

 

Susan Salkow Shapiro amd Michael Howard Moss

 

Rachel Ann Peters and Ronald J. Levin

 

Meggan Kimberley and Keith Samples

 

Ember lights fire under 4 projects

 

Elizabeth Anne Shull

 

Aman Miles Johnson

 

Liliana Sage Chomsky

 

Amelia Baldwin Willcox Ross

 

Gemma Ileena Sherman

 

McCartney to miss kudos

 

Winchester hits 'Eighth'

 

Favorable verdict for 'A.U.S.A.'

 

City lights up TV arm

 

Sony breaks annual B.O. record in Aug.

 

Docs set for IFP mart

 

Gibson sees 'Signs' o'seas

 

Title of J.Lo pic 'Maid' to order

 

Cult tuner pitches camp on Broadway

 

Baseball draws a walk

 

It's all about U as Viv mulls IPO

 

John Calley

 

Sony basks in summer hit parade

 

H'wood femme toppers club defies stereotypes

 

Douglas Wick

 

Lucy Fisher

 

Executive Taste

 

Marketing force spins perfect web

 

Adam Sandler

 

Drew Barrymore

 

Nora Ephron

 

Development players make personal choices

 

Capturing more 'Angels' and 'Bad Boys'

 

James L. Brooks

 

Will Smith

 

Unconventional choices big part of Pascal colors

 

Brit Owen signs with CAA

 

RKO, Kaminski fired up about 'Fields' feature

 

Revolution sets 'Human' pic evolution

 

Women who run with the wolves

 

Boeing backing NBC's 9/11 spec

 

Jodie Foster

 

David Geffen

 

Sony toppers give thumbs up to studio team player

 

Brian Grazer

 

Studio's boffo B.O. leaves Wall Street unfazed

 

Sherry Lansing

 

Cameron Diaz

 

Philanthropic force

 

A league of her own

 

Graham's rolling to UTA

 

20th TV ready to stand Firm

 

TV producer inks duo for Hispanic projects

 

ITV companies forge closer ties

 

Euro B.O. up a quarter by 2006

 

Freeview freed to launch in fall

 

Venice names jury

 

Pic classes featured in Rome

 

'E! News Live' in Oz

 

Mumbai court dismisses bomb theory

 

Controversial pic breaks B.O. record

 

ATV gains hold in China

 

Inspace says hola to feevee

 

Pay web packs pacts

 

B'way B.O. bumps up

 

'Nothing' for Ziemba

 

Simon steps up to kudos at Kennedy

 

'Malcolm' racks up sales

 

NBA dunks its first Spanish-lingo pact

 

Tuning in radio exex

 

'Jesus' vid spreads gospel via direct mail

 

Doctor set for Eye operation

 

Love pauses court battle

 

Duvall, Breillat to yak at Toronto fest

 

Rat says 'Phooey' ready for bigscreen

 

D'Works fields 'Farraday'

 

Winstead signs on at Oxygen

 

SAG settles 4th bias lawsuit

 

'Signs' shines o'seas

 

'Samsara,' Scorsese win Melbourne

 

N.Y. fest has 'Focus,' 'Love'

 

HFPA proves golden to orgs

 

Eyre to screen 'Skins'

 

David Wayne Williams

 

B'way preps for kickoff

 

'Mercy' comes to Weaver

 

'Velocity' revs up Woodstock film fest

 

CBS wins courtship for Attanasio legal drama

 

Permut and Site 85 on the 'Money'

 

'Brother 3' draws crowds to Internet feed

 

CNN airs graphic gas vid

 

ABC digs in with 'Mole'

 

Lion keystones Kops as sr. VP

 

Inside move: Thesp proves he's a survivor

 

Toronto trials

 

Everybody Loves Raymond

 

Law & Order

 

Six Feet Under

 

Peter Krause

 

Kiefer Sutherland

 

Amy Brenneman

 

Jennifer Garner

 

Matt LeBlanc

 

Matthew Perry

 

Ray Romano

 

Jennifer Aniston

 

Debra Messing

 

Sarah Jessica Parker

 

Sex and the City

 

Will & Grace

 

Friends

 

Curb Your Enthusiasm

 

24

 

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

 

The West Wing

 

Michael Chiklis

 

Michael C. Hall

 

Martin Sheen

 

Frances Conroy

 

Rachel Griffiths

 

Allison Janney

 

Kelsey Grammer

 

Bernie Mac

 

Patricia Heaton

 

Jane Kaczmarek

 

'Six,' 'Sex' and spies enliven race

 

The Boss calls meeting in Vegas

 

Nets catch next wave in Hawaii

 

Ovitz emigre hangs his literary shingle

 

Angels awarded

 

Vivendi denies U turn

 

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