Table of Contents
Week of 10/15/2002

Articles

Czech suit's latest bounce

 

Premiere inks deals with MGM, WB

 

CBS takes 4th Monday crown

 

C4 boosts program funds

 

French Oscar hopes riding on 'Women'

 

Danish tix numbers continue to rise

 

'Darkness' spooks Spain

 

E!'s 'Anna' fashions U.K. deal

 

WMA taps communications sr. VP

 

Par TV promotes Pinkney

 

B'way stages rally

 

Sundance 'Falls' for pix

 

Mifed eyes bigger mart

 

Robert J. Schlosser

 

AOL upgrades movie services

 

OpenTV to close regional offices

 

Viv U arm gets credit line extension

 

Univision names sales VP

 

Marketwide surge

 

James J. Goode

 

Mia Slavenska

 

Minogue ARIA darling

 

Baseball puts most Fox series in on-deck circle

 

Rewrite of history needs an edit

 

Kiddie TV vet joins TLC Ent.

 

Eden FX finds new gardens

 

FCC lauds media bill

 

H'w'd double for Premiere

 

Zvi Kolitz

 

Endangered species

 

Mind the gap

 

City of Hope to fete 6

 

Wilding Wildmon

 

Oz legit co. starts season strong

 

Key editor exits New Yorker

 

NL dials Ellis for 'Cellular' pic

 

West Coast prez ankles Miramax

 

Original 'E.T.' on U DVD

 

Inside move: Suitors circling Sony

 

Inside move: Fox puts 'Phone' on hold

 

Awardees locate solutions

 

Hoblit back on the beat

 

AOL uploads H'w'd glitz

 

'Blue' sees green for 11th season

 

Canucks book Yuk Yuks deal

 

Talent agents, SAG may start talks again

 

Michael Rosenbaum

 

Hoku

 

B'way previews delayed

 

Carl Lumbly, Jeff Pinkner

 

Samuel Bayer

 

Cablers plug in

 

Cain to join Lifetime's 'Division' as detective

 

Williamstown will fete 'Sweatbox'

 

Webster to pitch UTG

 

New firm to put its brand on product placement

 

Sales guru to Discovery

 

'Clones' case has suspect

 

Hallmark cashes up

 

Thriller's on Zodiac killer

 

Duo reteams for 'Cursed'

 

Hollywood hegemony for highbrow humor

 

Topliners goose 'Moose'

 

ITV taps BBC for program topper

 

C4 prepares for further lay-offs

 

Granada & Carlton tying the knot

 

B'casters back Fox curb

 

CTV worships 'Idol'

 

Williams troops in

 

German p'caster, RTL relink

 

ZDF chief chafes

 

South African promo orgs team up

 

Taiwan nixes 5 fest pics

 

Repeat performances now showing at home

 

Rogers loss grows in third quarter

 

Viv U gets bell rung

 

Imax to enter Chile, Ecuador

 

Premiere prunes losses

 

Wal-Mart mailing in DVD rentals

 

'Gypsy' Shubert bow set

 

Elvis still The King

 

SAG rally targets benefit changes

 

Comedy Central ratings feast on 'Chicken'

 

Sundazed, Babygrande march to Koch

 

Big surge for 'Smallville'

 

Granada looks to team up

 

Quick disc for 'La Boheme'

 

Warner Music, AT&T in tune

 

AFI Fest unveils preem-heavy lineup

 

Guild pegs Wyle as health rep

 

Village Roadshow nears bigger bankroll

 

TW Cable leads N.Y. VOD roll-out

 

Anita Alberts Cline

 

Mauro Bruno

 

Prexy has sound advice for Col

 

Pols get the hook on TV

 

Trio is sweet on 'Alabama'

 

First Look acquires Venice fave 'Angela'

 

ABC takes script to Hart

 

Bennett bent on Lampoon

 

Biz chief will stay at UPN

 

Syndie couch trip

 

'MacGyver' redux at WB

 

Inside move: EchoStar working on merger

 

'Frida' paints an L.A. preem

 

'Wallace & Gromit' shorts debut online

 

'Potter' tix conjured online

 

Buss fuss reminiscient of Einstein event

 

Sesame Workshop has thing for Ming

 

New Line lands 'Martian Child'

 

'Rabbit' framed for DVD

 

Buss stop halts Carousel

 

Partying with 'Abandon'

 

'Sonny' day for Goldwyn

 

Peacock is kept in suspense

 

TNT has new 'Bad' boy

 

Davis high on 'Earthbound'

 

Freundlich catching gig for 'Girl'

 

SI Women mag ends its race

 

No pretending at 'Porn' preem

 

A Channel (4) changer

 

NBC has 'Law' on its side

 

Angry head of Euro film body quits

 

Kudos resked raises ruckus in Oz

 

Silent fest trumpets era

 

S. Africa unzips for 2nd Quickies fest

 

G&J shutters Rosie, lays off 120

 

Paris funds 2nd pic fest

 

Zee pic airings irk exhibs, distribs

 

Das Werk latest to exit Neuer Markt

 

Radical changes

 

B'cast air raid siren

 

Katell Jerry rigged for TV, film

 

Rose Youlovsky

 

Sirius stays aloft with $1.2 bil plan

 

Lane named producer for Waxman, William

 

Maverick swings at pitch

 

Helmer busy promoting labor of love

 

Virginia skeds 'Sonny'

 

BVHE promotes Ho to sr. VP, marketing

 

Fox Intl. cracks $1 billion at B.O.

 

CNBC revamp reps market correction

 

'Wrong Turn' finds way to Fox

 

Kilmer back in CAA fold

 

Viv U stock spikes after bid by telco

 

UMG sings new tune online

 

Yule logjam grips 'Gangs'

 

Spidey pals pluck 'Petal'

 

'Rouge' and 'Potter' cast shadows at Artios kudos

 

ESPN/ABC sets hoop team

 

Manhattan sets '12 Hours'

 

Intertainer closes to save for suit

 

Klein signs up with Endeavor

 

Lampley reups at HBO Sports

 

Judges pop back to 'American Idol'

 

Four TV exex promoted at Touchstone

 

ABC chops its block

 

Col, Mark spark to spec on Civil War heist

 

Ovation stands for trio of projects on its slate

 

Nets plug in laffers

 

Greater 'Access' for Smith

 

Oxygen net ties the knot in reality wedding skein

 

WB to Rock with 'Bravo'

 

Alphabet affils OK footing football bill

 

Roseanne's back on ABC

 

Italian fest to spotlight Calopresti

 

Sidney Pink

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
October 18, 2002

 

Senator pacts with Kirch for pics

 

NBC wins Thursday; CBS closes in

 

Keene Curtis

 

Mickey's mixed message

 

Par parenting rowdy offspring

 

Showbox launches prod'n plans

 

'Pinocchio' noses ahead in B.O. race

 

Digital dance continues

 

Rio fest awards cash prize

 

Gangster comedies pay off for fall pix

 

Remakes remodel foreign pix

 

Pilowsky joins Myriad

 

Org paves way for smoother shoots

 

African mart expands scope

 

IAC Films sets sail with new pix

 

Power outage hits power lists

 

Inside Move: Tangled wires

 

Inside Move: Invasion Plan: Talk & Toons

 

Inside Move; Rupe shows eagle eye for bird biz

 

Inside Move: Group hug

 

Inside Move: Lion gets bite from fall films

 

Inside Move: Pas de deux

 

Inside Move: Lean in Paris

 

Inside Move: Waking 'The Dead'

 

Bunny bunch looks to reverse its tailspin

 

Rookies aim for TV's win column

 

Rally the nerd herd

 

After 2002, newsies will avoid another close call

 

Czechmate: CTV faces more legal woes

 

Auds game for sports broadcasts

 

Vet soccer star nets Kirch sport

 

Media rivals fight for aud

 

ITV rivals set to cozy up

 

Politico storms studio

 

Like Rupe, Chandra is Zee boss

 

Broadway spreads 'Jam' to new auds

 

Noises Off: In theater, it's the fashion (district)

 

Fest keeps focus

 

Kennedy Center sets funding forum

 

B.O. rises; 'Lion' $1.5 mil

 

'The Ring' goes ka-ching

 

Karen Griffith, Steve Schwartz

 

Monti Olson

 

Maarten Steinkamp

 

James Green, Keith Cutler, Mervyn Trappler, Lon Rosen

 

Dawn Jones

 

Robyn DeMarco

 

Kevin Reilly, Jordan Levin

 

Jeff Rowe

 

Bill Smee

 

Robert Talbot

 

Elaine Bauer-Brooks

 

Bobby G. Jenkins

 

Scott Pfeiffer, Steve Bulzoni

 

Harlan Milton

 

Dorrit Ragosine

 

Amy Christopher

 

Chris Abbott

 

More Dis-crediting

 

Sub slowdown puts crimp on Shaw year

 

ITV Digital puts assets on block

 

Televisa, CIE unit link up

 

Scorsese to produce 'Cloudsplitter'

 

Myriad taps Pilowsky

 

UCI CE holds screen lead in Czech

 

'Proteus' takes shape for duo

 

Telefilm ups Canuck pic, TV funding

 

Flanders 'Past' time

 

Think inks 'Heart' rights

 

Douglas raises bar on 'Law & Order: SVU'

 

Inside Move: Producer pulls 'Cheeky' move

 

Bertelsmann boost

 

Tennis net serves up VPs in 4 areas

 

Viv U must blitz to keep Cegetel control

 

Warner drafts 'Private'

 

Inside Move: Eye says 'Enough'

 

Inside Move: NBC opts for 'Law' over 'ER'

 

World Series starts slowly

 

Ovitz returns fire in APG battle

 

AFTRA set to ease SAG turf issues

 

Mediaset on move

 

'Fence' corners AFIA noms

 

Mouse inks SIC pact

 

News Corp. defends style

 

Myriad taps Pilowsky

 

'Hairspray' star to ABC

 

D'Works club-hopping with Peirce

 

Blurb giant Dentsu pacts with H'w'd

 

Auds scratch niche itches

 

Judge winnows Winnie

 

Gotham crix beat new 'Drum'

 

Digital devices dial up dollop of gains in fall

 

Webby Awards branch out to biz

 

New media technology launched

 

Promo campaign surrounds 'Mythology'

 

TDK Impulse bows

 

THQ unit pacts with Hutchinson 3Q

 

Auds materializing for 'Signs' o'seas

 

Ashley tribute held on WB lot

 

Cablers Shine at TV awards

 

DIC intern program helps youths

 

Bye-bye Blighty

 

Winds of change dry up TV funds for films

 

Lakeshore thrives in global indie shakeout

 

Bankers see upside in financial doldrums

 

Hope & Glory

 

New York stories

 

Book smart

 

Tribeca: the sequel

 

Indie holdout

 

The Commish

 

On the tube

 

Local Color

 

'Daily' dose of Gotham edge

 

Seasoned Susan

 

Activist leanings

 

Top Cop

 

Paper Trail

 

Gen Art cashes in on hip image

 

Temples of Fashion

 

Barney Oldfield

 

Baz on Broadway

 

Angelina Fiordellisi

 

Carolines: Cadillac of comedy clubs

 

NYC at a Glance

 

Laurence Kardish

 

Vanity Fair's Carter bridges left, right coasts

 

Playwright's passion for pinstripes

 

Films Shot in the Big Apple in 2002

 

'Hitman' reloading in English

 

Ward gets her 'Day' for Fox

 

Kosberg at Par's Bungalow

 

Inside Move: Will 'MDs' take a rest?

 

UIP's Oneile set to ankle

 

Norbert Schultze

 

StudioCanal to co-pro 'SuperTex'

 

World Series a winner for Fox

 

Euro flavor highlights AFI Fest's lineup

 

'Bird,' 'Spirited' nab kid kudos

 

Germany's 'SuperTex' to roll

 

Germany's HR names topper

 

UCI CE bows salle

 

Foreign-lingo titles line up for Oscar bid

 

Canuck piracy salvo

 

Food Network fills plate with reality

 

Inside Move: 'Amour' love lost

 

'Bride' best pic at Hamptons fest

 

Mehli Mehta

 

Imax big on 'Baseball'

 

SAG, Canuck cousins hug Rule One

 

Oz exhibs buy TMS subsid

 

Regal profit boost

 

'Dance' steps lively as B'way receipts up

 

Series no hit, at least in East

 

'Irreversible' OK for 18s and over

 

SEC prepping civil case against Stewart

 

AFTRA won't close any U.S. offices

 

Oz vet anchor to retire

 

Newhart to play politics, receive Mark Twain Prize

 

O'Donnell countersues in mag war

 

Inside Move: 'Kids' play for Cronkite, Buffett

 

'XXX' star Czechs in

 

'Women' on the verge

 

'Godfather' resurrected

 

'XXX' accelerating o'seas

 

Roman Tam

 

Abe Most

 

Walden P. Boyle

 

Sony Pictures ups troika to vice chairs

 

SEC probes Gemstar practices

 

Show & tell for cable industry

 

Sidney G. Deneau

 

'Pulse' shows rhythmic bow

 

'Amour,' 'Flower' bloom on Broadway

 

Sony and Feltheimer settle

 

'Heaven' opens up in BevHills

 

'Fast' scribe Thompson twins deals

 

'Ring' scribe turns 'Skeleton Key' at U

 

Inside move: Mouse mogul mulls merger

 

Peacock plucks 'Providence'

 

Women honored in H'wood

 

VUE views refinance

 

Horwitz firm is nearing sale

 

Raven wings to A&E

 

Election protection

 

Roadshow hits $30 mil bump

 

Woo eyes Par 'Paycheck'

 

'Harry' books last voyage

 

BFI fetes Weinsteins

 

French New Wave spawns a 'Truth'

 

Reviews

Darkness

Love and Diane

Next Wave of Song

The Winter Song

A New Life

You'll Be Back

El Leyton: Until Death Do Us Part

Dalkeith

Runaway Mummy

Life Kills Me

Betty Rules

Neopolitan Heart

Jack Johnson

Gomez

The Big Voice: God or Merman?

The Grapes of Wrath

Hot Property

La Boheme

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers