Table of Contents
Week of 09/24/2002

Articles

SAG board results show Gilbert lean

 

Simon vs Simon for TV pop

 

C5's Airey exits early

 

'CSI: Miami' wins season opener for CBS

 

Kanzaman in on 'Bridge'

 

Bryant ankles Nylon

 

Lumieres get new spark

 

BBC shut out of soccer rights

 

'Canada' sweeps Geminis

 

Flanders gets 'Feathers'

 

Viva la video musica

 

Stage nabs Theater des Westens

 

Olesen, duo partners in 'Crimes'

 

NBC takes crown in net news ratings

 

'Georgie' garners top Fade In script nod

 

Azteca America adds 5 U.S. affils

 

VOD service Intertainer sues studios

 

Fine Living grows in NYC

 

ABC sked continues to deliver

 

Mouse adds 2 overseers

 

SAG-Canuck confab set on Global Rule One

 

Wow of a bow for Eye's 'Miami'

 

Distraction focused with Huang in L.A.

 

Senate committee meets on royalty issues

 

Bendavid joins Spelling

 

Guild acting on strategy

 

Originals on Court docket

 

News biz abuzz over ABC-CNN marriage

 

Oxygen, BET make 'Monie'

 

Fonda completes the cycle

 

Funds to save films

 

Mouse writes vid history in 'Inc.'

 

Don't clean flicks

 

Spirit of radio lives

 

Fatty Emmys need nips and tucks

 

Wild on Wildmon

 

Roughing up Ryder

 

'Fastlane' burns rubber to MTV for 2nd run

 

Sharing 'MIB2' not alien to ABC, Fox, Turner

 

Doc Oscar deadline near

 

Marion F. Kennedy

 

Chachere upped at indie fest

 

Yvette Schumer

 

Method Man, Redman pick up Par pic

 

Rescuers search for Russian actor, crew

 

New syndie 'Justice' served

 

Mamet, Peacock nest

 

'American' gets new date

 

Glazer will give 'Birth' for Regency

 

Patience pays for Rupe

 

Wilson joining 'Starsky' Stiller

 

Helmer will lead 'Warriors'

 

Focus is on 'Guys' rights

 

Oz pub firm Pollack closes

 

Meyjes is moving on to Morris

 

'N Sync heartthrob preps 'Outer Space' tuner

 

Fox 2000 a 'Conspirator'

 

Hanks aboard 'Express'

 

MusicMatch matches up Net service for Canada

 

'Frasier' wedding gets good reception

 

Jan de Hartog

 

Mark Bucci

 

Joan Littlewood

 

Stephanie Reinhart

 

'Navajo' kicks off Planet fest in Toronto

 

DMVB nabs 'Leyton'

 

'Feathers' will nest

 

UTA's Absolutely sure

 

Indian filmmakers give their side of story

 

Warner pix keep fans in Czech

 

ShowEast greets Grant

 

Rosanna Arquette

 

Jonathan Silverman

 

ESPN sporting high-def

 

Kirch wants to open books of publisher

 

Media execs: Focus on content, not Net piracy

 

Helmers' cut above?

 

Sony Pix TV's online site to click with biz

 

G4 signs with Electronics Boutique

 

Zilo pacts with Gravity Games

 

Williams dances Fandango

 

AFMA unspools board members

 

Disney settles Complex suit

 

'Fence' to kick off Hamptons

 

Fox b'cast nabs vet caster

 

NBC files for more 'Forensic'

 

Chicks get disturbed

 

SAG bumps '04 awards

 

Management units merge

 

'SWAT' team tags Martinez

 

WGAW panel nets Bass plus 7

 

Bumps in B'way road

 

9/11 inspires artistry

 

Bita Ahdoot and Rene Santaella

 

Joseph Anthony Fanaro

 

Ashley Sloan

 

Viv wants its bucks back

 

French leaning on U

 

Handprint's Guillod heads to UTA

 

'Mile' high in H'w'd

 

NYC 'Home' coming

 

Ex-Homestore exex to aid Net ad probe

 

ATAS hosts tube talk

 

Hannah Rifka Fitterman

 

McKenzie Westmore and Seven

 

Alan Brandt

 

Howard plans Imagine TV project with Fox

 

'Girl' tome blooms

 

Par plays 'The Bad Guy'

 

MGM won't give 'Barbershop' a trim

 

'Elysian's' Egyptian bow

 

Stubner made Immortal

 

Par, Valhalla load 'Gun'

 

Profits are NBC's best 'Friends'

 

Ratner steels for gig helming 'Superman'

 

'Frasier' and Frog fly high

 

Style is the thing

 

Marjorie Slaiman

 

Jennifer Alward

 

'Frida' paints preem

 

Tony Martinez

 

Kochhar fighting for formats

 

Vet literary shingle books sci-fi deals

 

Butler does it for USA

 

Big guns vs. piracy

 

NBC tops with 'West Wing'

 

Spanish film industry facing cuts

 

Television Corp. pacts with Ludus

 

U's Espana commits to 'Amor'

 

Canuck court conundrum

 

Carter confirmed for kudoscast

 

Funds to save films

 

News Corp. to wing in for bird

 

2Q losses sock Gemstar stock

 

Deutsche Telekom's bid price skids

 

No music harmony on 'Safe Harbor'

 

Bill offers Net royalty relief

 

Blighty group nabs stake in Target Distrib'n

 

TNT takes Barkley yakker to hoop

 

May's 'Adult' rated for late fall Off B'way

 

ABC's trophy 'Wife'

 

Heritage, Vibe try 'Weekend'

 

ShowEast to tout Thomas

 

Rights of 'Spring' to First Look

 

'Rugrats' grows up

 

ICM to rep 'Magdalene's' director

 

Scribes get ticket to Miami

 

Viv U yanks Messier's perks

 

Civilian cuts losses

 

Beyond sues MBP over option

 

Magimel to travel 'Crimson Rivers 2'

 

Castaway suing ITV

 

Zeal seals U.S. deals for reality

 

MTV2's 'Wrap' on tap Sat.

 

Inside Move: Dolans set yacht sale

 

Indie distrib Premiere in need of cash

 

Neuer skewered

 

Julie Passin and Marc Fein

 

Mara Mikialian and Robert Yowell

 

Jesyca Durchin and David Schnepp

 

Holly Forssell and Dean Noble

 

Kimberly Norton and Aaron Shuster

 

Susie Yee and Tom Kageff

 

Lloyd shifts into first for 'Rider' redux

 

'Hulk' star going Greek

 

Comcast's AT&T deal gets an SEC greenlight

 

'Grubbs' gets smaller meal

 

Fuqua will wear 'Jacket'

 

Park topper exits Disney for Gap gig

 

Jane Seymour

 

Jonathan Silverman

 

Alex Breckenridge, Katherine Heigl, Kelly Brook

 

Maipo starts 'Elling' prequel

 

In interactive move, OpenTV to buy rivals

 

Love, U nearing deal on contract lawsuit

 

'Surreal's' appeal

 

Cooper canters to 'Seabiscuit' gig

 

U makes 'Killer' strike

 

Venghaus tracks beast

 

'Nanny' duo nabs $3 mil, 2-book deal

 

Ban on 'attack ads' a blow to b'casters

 

NBC, ABC ayem shows toast growth

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
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Fremantle creates co-pro outfit

 

'CSI' hits show high, but 'Friends' still kills

 

Ocean Films nabs rights to 'Historias'

 

Vivendi is keeping an eye on U

 

Holiday weekends shape up with hellish skeds

 

Fewer local pix means rough year for event

 

Mifed lines up premieres

 

Prod'n benefits from subsidies despite strife

 

Can karate kick out wrestling?

 

FX burnishes 'Shield'

 

Kid skeds tread on joint strategy

 

Familiarity breeds an audience

 

Cablers push politicos for deregulation

 

Two Fuji skeins go over the China's wall

 

Tuners turning back to reality

 

Westport's in the money

 

How does Dubya rub ya?

 

. . . As H'wood tells Prez: Iraq-a bye, baby

 

Sign of the Times: Biz gets fresh face

 

Inside Move: Artisan takes 'Jonah' to the B.O. masses

 

The A List: Euro reps -- the personal touch

 

'Candidate' offers competish

 

B.O. boffo; local distribs encouraged

 

'Greek Wedding' wows London, 'Signs' shines

 

Singapore to be rights hub

 

San Sebastian sees pickup activity

 

Gov't backs digital screens

 

Mira Nair: Create the world you know

 

LevyMann bows shows on music

 

BSkyB's new Dawn with new managing director

 

Deals continue to shrink ownership in Spain

 

Pubcaster SBS eyes foreign sales

 

Chinese welcome a new Star

 

Toon house goes live in Oz

 

B.O. up; 'Millie' 781g

 

Biz up; 'Producers' $1.1 mil

 

Hartford calls Murray 'Mine' for Uhry preem

 

Theater Row taps Bloch G.M.

 

'Hedley' ahead

 

Inside Move: Vivendi U kicking assets

 

Inside Move: Gilbert allies gain in SAG

 

Inside Move: Press, investigators still on Stewart

 

Inside Move: Labadie in cash crisis

 

Inside Move: Remaking 1949's Oscar-winner 'King'

 

Summit sees peaks as others fall

 

Inside Move: Gaming universe to expand

 

Inside Move: Par anchors '03 slate ahead of pack

 

'Funny' business tickles Broadway

 

Boffo bow for 'Bama'

 

Celtics green: $360 mil

 

Yahoo! spins up DVD destination

 

Buyer to upload Napster

 

Babelsberg back on keeper list

 

A big buy at San Seb

 

Countries add to E! int'l success story

 

Indian gov't nixes Disney net bow

 

Tokyo fest rolls out film lineup

 

Argentina prison drama lenses

 

Canadian sat provider sues

 

Fox 2000 a 'Conspirator'

 

Clapton joins in Wilson benefit

 

Showtime books 'Jasper'

 

Spanish-lingo features top San Seb

 

Blighty action channel to bow

 

U.K.'s ECM pacts with 12 Yard

 

NBC must see Eye rivalry

 

Mipcom aims to fix int'l TV's funk

 

Indie fever hits Gotham

 

DGA joins health care coalition

 

Street's looking for reassurance

 

Brillstein's back after West exits

 

End of Bender deal

 

Par flips for French 'Lips'

 

Broderick, Disney rely on 'Providence'

 

Lion grabs gridiron tale

 

Koch leaves pic org post

 

'Real' MTV synergy at TNN

 

'Signs' points way; 'Tuxedo' wears well

 

MTV lifts Lazin to news sr. VP

 

'Miami' connection supplies int'l markets

 

'Manito' cops top nod at Gotham Awards

 

'Frankie' finds its way to the winners' circle

 

UTA is sued by managers

 

Florence Lessing

 

Topliner De Niro is a 'Godsend'

 

Disney looks to Paris for parks spark

 

Scorsese 'Gangs' up at fest

 

CAA puts its mind to it

 

Dutch film biz seeks continued tax break

 

Battle for cel block

 

Independents day declared

 

Hot cels at Mipcom Jr.

 

Frank Dietz

 

Drawing up coin

 

Finn Arneson

 

Benoit Runel

 

Dominique Poussier

 

Els Kuiper

 

Petrone pulls plug at Philips

 

Peacock reaches for Star

 

NBC wins opening week

 

Benigni's fairy tale opening

 

Endemol really in Russia

 

Gazprom will sell off media stake

 

'Suxxess' pic set for digital preem

 

Brits to fete Weinsteins

 

Combs to host MTV Euro nods

 

Teutons cheer digital vote

 

IATSE settles 'Dog' dispute

 

Toronto confab a giant screen scream

 

Discovery Euro taps Begert

 

Khan in car crash probe

 

'Secretary' is in

 

Diskeries settle suit

 

UPC, Telewest swap till they drop

 

News Corp. unit sued over Dish access card

 

MDR to nab stake in Bavaria Film

 

SME's Connolly gets world

 

Bertelsmann's sued over Napster

 

Robert P. Lieb

 

AFTRA takes Clear action

 

Private group to replace film org

 

Grammys get Portnow

 

Barbra sings White House blues

 

'Graduate' seduces more B.O. on B'way

 

'Dreams,' 'Boom' lift NBC

 

Love's lost at U Music

 

'Apollo' soars in Imax

 

Lloyd Webber dreams up B'way 'Bombay'

 

N.Y. pix crix set vote date

 

EIDC slush hushed

 

Disney digs Walden

 

Musician wraps deal with UTA

 

Showtime inks deal with SAG

 

MTV revs Dodge for 'Fast' spec

 

L.A. journos return from station break

 

Inside move: Kaurismaki's solidarity

 

CBS: 'Celebrity' a 'Survivor' ripoff

 

Fox News riding high after 9/11

 

Herzog up for Peacock PR

 

'Liza' party planner

 

Stars hold court for charity

 

Gotham fetes film

 

WB rings in fall's TV

 

Taylor tome fete sparkles

 

A Gotham 'Welcome'

 

Bow sealed with a 'Kiss'

 

Pfeiffer returns to ICM

 

Inside move: 'Mortara's' in purgatory

 

Lions Gate is porn again with Kilmer

 

Hyde Park reups, taps new prexy

 

Congloms may punt on sports franchises

 

French rogue in vogue for bigscreen bio

 

Inside Move: 'Jordan' rerun deal on table

 

'Signs' strong o'seas

 

Reviews

Sweet Home Alabama

Good Morning, Miami

Loot

A Trumpet in the Wadi

Inochi

Life Show

Three Nights on a Saturday

Six Out of Six

Spinning Into Butter

Flower & Garnet

Copycat Killer

The Deserted Valley

25 Kids & One Dad

Box 507

My Camera and Me

The Wackos

Evelyn

The Sweatbox

Pure

The Guys

Stevie

Hack

The Creation

The Dark Kalamazoo

The Power of the Past

Rosa Funzeca

On the Margins

Blue Plague

Old Women

Luparella

Exxxorcisms

Reno: Rebel Without a Pause

Small Voices

Wretched Lives

The Baroness and the Pig

Red Dragon

The Tuxedo

Rush

Robbery Homicide Division