Table of Contents
Week of 08/27/2002

Articles

Industry glass ceiling intact

 

Mill Film taps Mooney for MD

 

Mediaset eyes ProSiebenSat 1

 

AOL TW eyes piece of Italo TV pie

 

Globo TV inks U fare for Brazil's screens

 

Midnight Madness is 'Alive' in Toronto

 

Tandil fest unveils sked

 

Coin aids in floods

 

$10 mil bail ordered

 

'Silent' telepic makes start

 

Canadian fund gets topper

 

Core biz strong at AAC

 

Auds worship 'Idol,' 'Bro'

 

Viva Media goes to Nemax

 

Miami festival sets deadlines

 

AFTRA gets a note of support

 

Regal ups credit by $45M

 

TV Azteca plans spinoff of Unefon

 

Latin AOL off Nasdaq list

 

Pen pal seeks 'Sonny' money

 

CNN's hot August might

 

'RFK' loses voters

 

Phung rung for laffs as VP at Fox B'casting

 

Miami NBC O&O takes splash with Dolphins

 

Cabler WE extends 'Girl' order

 

City of Hope hails 6 in showbiz

 

Jonas pod pads over

 

Oz gov't delays HDTV due to viewer apathy

 

B.O. 'Photo' finish

 

League, 8 tourneys part of Tennis Channel racket

 

DIC revs 'Speed Racer'

 

NBC taps Sony's Kiel

 

Cablers make 9/11 plans

 

RCN sells N.J. system for $245 mil

 

Inside Move: 'Nevada' soap cleaned for NBC, Pariah

 

Alley to talk for Disney

 

Rachel Ann Peters and Ronald J. Levin

 

Meggan Kimberley and Keith Samples

 

Inside Move: Hawaii says aloha to nets

 

F/x kudofest visualized

 

Sweet on 'Sixteen'

 

Hewitt hosts Lifetime 'Women Rock!' event

 

Wall St. puts bet on debt

 

Willam Morris trolls for toon titans

 

Colonialism 'Fair' game

 

'ER' honcho ups dosage at WBTV

 

CBS hoping hicks click

 

Vinterberg to direct von Trier's 'Wendy'

 

'Red Light' running, skips U.K. scheme

 

Senator Film will attend 'Reunion'

 

Vancouver fest prizes local pix

 

Life beautiful as RAI lands Benigni

 

'Wondrous' sees Lindo go to bat

 

TV Azteca lifts Hesles to CFO

 

Hispanic dials N.M. radio

 

Fitch: Turnaround not near for Disney

 

Lorber delivers deal with 3DD

 

Eminem's eminence

 

Nielsen sees demos alter

 

Fox's 'Idol' still in overdrive

 

WWE puts chokehold on payouts to top exex

 

NY U names VP, creative ads

 

Savannah fetes Pollack

 

Popick is WB's promo pick

 

Humphrey to o'see Liberty tech unit

 

Gen Art generates coin

 

Carlton send facts

 

Barbs fly at Biennale

 

Bloomberg, Tagliabue calm B'way down

 

SAG puts checks in mail

 

'Corpses' lives at Lions Gate

 

NATAS singles out 9/11 news efforts

 

'Dog' days

 

Kelly Preston

 

Richard Schiff

 

Clarification

 

Jean-Pierre Henraux

 

Patrick Dempsey

 

Ludacris

 

Michael Nouri

 

Nick Swardson

 

Joe Menendez

 

Inside Move: Signpost signals need for fresh equity

 

U expands Kirch suit

 

Modlin's Sci Fi VP

 

Field back to bipolar role on 'ER'

 

Brady Andrew Kates

 

NYC swept into 'Sea'

 

'Barbershop' cuts in

 

Studio secrets of the video brotherhood

 

Singer Crystal clear at Friars Club gig

 

'Star Search' to ride retro wave at CBS

 

Classic money move

 

Sands, Towne roll 'Six' in Vegas for Iovenko

 

A&E to rerun Springsteen

 

Granada chief Morrison ankles

 

Sogepaq picks up 'Mondays' for world

 

C5 commissions Ritchie TV show

 

TF1 stock still falling on Kirch concerns

 

Stanley Greenberg

 

Board's abating child pic rating

 

Stagnaro's 'Archangel' rising

 

Telemundo in mix

 

Ruling takes ETV off airwaves

 

Sogecable, Via tie gets OK

 

Videotron's told to pay

 

'Tinseltown' hits Bollywood

 

James N. Kitchens

 

Edith Lutyens Bel Geddes

 

EM.TV sees hazy horizon

 

Viv U stems bleeding

 

Awards hail blacks in pix

 

Showtime, Bravo to remember 9/11

 

Pix labor to better B.O.

 

SAG deadline delay urged

 

Carlin pegged as prexy of HBO program distrib

 

Baseball's late-inning labor daze

 

'Frida' fans fire up fest

 

'Idol' hands Fox a big win

 

CleanFlicks vid chain sues helmers

 

Hizzoner must sell stox

 

Scribe team jake for 'Drake'

 

'Silence' sounds good to U

 

P. Scottye Hedstrom

 

Cecily Jean Bartsch

 

Larry Rivers

 

Miller Mouse's TV man in Asia

 

Web site allows auds to vote on Miss America

 

Evelyn Maria Corcos

 

Jackson stacks up noms

 

FoxSports.com to offer untelevised games

 

PR firm BWR raises Green

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
August 30, 2002

 

U preps pic pair from McGruther

 

Telluride fest rains pix

 

Roxio invests in YesVideo conversion service

 

TBS pic lands its 'Prince'

 

Sony, Microsoft cut prices on consoles

 

Suit charges AMC with discrimination

 

Pitt splits 'Fountain'

 

HBO plots 'Sex' and the syndie

 

Fox will farm reality 'Acres'

 

Eminem's hardware

 

Internationalmedia issues sales warning

 

Baseball strike averted

 

Made-for kidvids become global goldmines for Disney's coffers

 

Feevees take int'l route

 

Inside Move: RX for 'Donahue' yakker

 

The race is on for niche riches

 

Male star power helps boost new openers

 

Glazer gives 'Birth'

 

Celebs more willing to pitch in

 

Kabul nixes Indian pix

 

B.O. slips; Chi 'Aida' 585g

 

'Divas' does it up right at Donmar

 

Over (and over and over) here

 

Fall harvest of films cop an angry attitude

 

Networks do summer-saults

 

Peacock keeps Fri. Plumage

 

Malone eyes cable sale. . .again

 

The color of showbiz

 

H'w'd's new toga party

 

Inside Move: 'Hillybilly' heaven for retro TV

 

Will agents 'get real'?

 

Inside Move: Jerry verdict

 

Inside Move: Secret son stirs storm over Stenbeck stash

 

Inside Move: Stars in SAG's eyes

 

Congloms looking rumpled as shareholders press suits

 

Inside Move: Bye-bye, Beta

 

Locations feature sea, desert areas

 

Lions Gate goes on lean diet

 

Yuen visualizes future of actioners, angels

 

Pay TV phoenix Premiere rises from Kirch's ashes

 

Argentina sees new competish among b'casters

 

Football fete has B'way in funk

 

Biz off; 'Hairspray' up

 

Brits squire Esquire's 50

 

Shirting the issue

 

Prestige pix jockey for positions up north

 

Studios eye fest as first Oscar screening

 

Latest from Euro auteurs seek U.S. exposure

 

Look back in reverence

 

Canuck helmers shoot for broader appeal

 

Few projects migrate to the north

 

S. Korean cinematic 'Harvest' offers rich rewards

 

Sony taps Camara for Spain

 

EMI bows indie distrib for U.K.

 

Sony buys 'Mother' for North America

 

'Signs' tops hot 'Greek'

 

Viv U offloads Vizzavi stake

 

Rialto's Wendlandt dies at 80

 

Liberty bids Callahan NRW

 

Azteca lands Globo's 'Clone'

 

Flanders to bow with digital 'Hop'

 

Soccer kicks rates for Italo stations

 

'K-19' torpedoes year for Intermedia parent

 

Gemstar's chipped

 

Mainframe ups Lawton

 

Nasdaq to delist AOL Latin subsid

 

Ad dearth for 9/11 anni

 

Rich hitches deal at ABC

 

Lieber lands Pridevision adviser role

 

Sony Music cues up Estabrook

 

Cable upgrade paying off

 

California film casualty

 

WGA board races more cordial

 

Court considers Nova award

 

In Demand inks news, kid deals

 

In-Motion reshapes arm

 

Loonland sales drop more than 50%

 

Inside Move: CBS, Masius doctor drama

 

Pix upstage deals at Telluride

 

Lido goes starboard

 

Crowd loves 'Lucy' at Deauville fest

 

'Men' socks Spain

 

Gov't OKs BBC coin boost

 

Bertelsmann planning to log off

 

Downtown inks first-look deal with RAI

 

Joss Whedon

 

Never can say goodbye

 

Dallas

 

Franchise foundations

 

Sci-fi moving beyond final frontier

 

Laughter, tears merge in dramedy

 

ER

 

Cable's comfy taking risks

 

Melodic memories

 

Dark horses win Montreal fest honors

 

Deftly drawn Rockies fest hits its peak

 

The Sopranos

 

Show shopping

 

All-time drama winners

 

Sony sizzles but B.O. fizzles

 

Jazz icon Hampton dead at 94

 

L.A. Law

 

Olyphant set for 'Dead'

 

Subtraction at Viva Plus

 

Dalton pegged to top Oz film org

 

Nothing Splendid about $9.4 mil net loss

 

Evildoers on parade

 

Femmes fatales

 

The critics speak

 

Aaron Sorkin

 

Charlie's Angels

 

NYPD Blue

 

Amy Sherman-Palladino

 

David Mills

 

J.J. Abrams

 

NBC casting Steinberg

 

Alan Ball

 

Shawn Ryan

 

Pilot decisions propel genre

 

Small-screen masterpieces

 

Drama's New Wave

 

'Cape Fear' helmer Thompson dies

 

Max Lorenzo Barbieri

 

Caitlyn Nicole Vasquez

 

Hindu org throws hiss-y fit

 

Gebbia boards Benson bio

 

Viacom on a TV technicality

 

'Theory' works for Par

 

Dan's the man for McG's TV

 

Gothamites rock on

 

'French' kiss for Premiere

 

Mounting a festival

 

Reviews

Carol's Journey

The Mistress of the Inn (La Posadera)

*Corpus Callosum

I'm The Father

To Dance With the White Dog

Christopher Parkening; Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

Detained

Chick Corea and Friends

In Search of America: Call of the Wild

Frida

Out of Control

The Little Bird Freak

Mr. Bones

Victory Square

Three and a Half

Freestyle

Salome

FeardotCom

The Magdalene Sisters

See How They Run

My Voice

Aiki

Chilean Rhapsody

Rosa La China

The Man From Snowy River

The Virgin Mim

Play Without Words: The Housewarming

Volcano High

The Last Great Wilderness

A Tree Without Roots

Various Positions

Vampire Clan

5 Card Stud

Claude Jutra, An Unfinished Story

Random Shooting in L.A.

Heartlands

King Lear

More Than Famous

Once Upon An Angel

The Demolition Man

The Nature of Nicholas

Auto Focus

Frontline: Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero

Far From Heaven