Table of Contents
Week of 12/10/2002

Articles

Awards season's long shortlist

 

BBC1 nabs Universal's 'Monk'

 

Peacock pumps up Monday

 

New chief at Roma

 

Discovery takes over joint venture

 

Sydney suburb slates studio

 

'Cops' opens Swedish fest

 

Thesps ink for 'Staying'

 

Bombings batter Bangladesh B.O.

 

Edward Latimer 'Ned' Beach

 

Alan Tagg

 

Genies grant 'Ararat' wish

 

Jean-Pierre Perreault

 

BMG gets strategic

 

Teuton body to fund 22 pix

 

EMTV halts Kirch sale of Formula stake

 

EMI merger: try, try again?

 

WEA spinning to NYC

 

Dem FCC commish urges outreach

 

U.K. b'caster Five Int'l calling it quits

 

Peacock rings up Dec. win

 

'Dance card set for awards

 

Olivares takes action as Fox Sports Net VP

 

Is H'wood's biz model outdated?

 

Corus stays tooned in to Nelvana

 

Comcast earmarks $4.5 bil for upgrade

 

USC to conduct digital cinema tests

 

Auds drawn to 'Sopranos' finale

 

SAG's Pisano low-key over coming talks

 

Arvell Shaw

 

Stan Rice

 

Big authors don't sell? Them's Crichton words

 

Oz ruling expands libel law

 

TV weekly names editor

 

Ebay vendors sued for pitching pirated pix

 

Belinsky to head Macrovision arm

 

Fuqua returns to TV for U

 

Eye closes 'RHD' file

 

Top clients may follow agent Styne

 

Pirates' booty call

 

Tax shelter scheme ensnares pubcaster

 

Stars must quit on-screen ciggies

 

Inside Move: Twice nice for laffer

 

Inside Move: Net game for movie link

 

Touched by a legend

 

News merger put on 'pause'

 

Whither Winona?

 

FX joins latenight yak pack

 

U, Spyglass buddy up

 

Passing of TV titans speaks to today's biz

 

Liberty's hot to shop

 

Stevens exits Franchise Pix

 

Long-awaited 'Gangs' lands lavishly in N.Y.

 

Lachman named Altnet's chief scientist

 

Jewison feted with ASC governors nod

 

Butz turns 'Wicked' for witchy tuner

 

Glover back onstage in 'Harold'

 

'Sonny' lawsuit settled

 

Celebs scribe iPods

 

Elton helps out Royal Academy

 

Ultimate expo aims for youth

 

'Thornberrys' crowd goes wild at preem

 

Lopez belle of ball at 'Manhattan' bow

 

BBC2 unveils $157 mil winter sked

 

Brit firm buys into Prague Studios

 

Whizzer from Oz

 

Brits in 'Fastlane'

 

Alphabet rolls on Tuesday

 

Super Bowl shuffle skews ABC sked

 

Report gives directors c'right protection

 

Canal to sell Expand

 

Big 'Kaante' blocked again

 

Docu 'Etre' wins Delluc

 

Stanley Black

 

Arizona's film chief Warren ankling post

 

Endemol exec exits in rev struggle

 

Bavarians honor Polanski

 

'Lovely' leads Spirits

 

AOL users to vote for DVD kudos

 

Kirch seeking $115 mil Rewe refund

 

Gotham pirate sunk

 

Wietsma tuning out Wea

 

Jake Keever

 

T. Rusty Randolph

 

Glenn Quinn

 

Carey carrying on

 

Guns N' Roses suddenly axes U.S. tour

 

AOL pinkslips 300 as part of revamp

 

Prize kicks off France's awards season

 

Laura M. Del Greco

 

Abby Greensfelder

 

Isabelle Hen-Wollmarker

 

Tom Clendenin

 

Jonathon Aubry

 

Tony DiBari

 

Actors Equity seeks union leaders summit

 

Exhibs tire of free tix

 

Awards sites mushroom, but who reads them?

 

Beverly atop U TV as drama chief

 

DirecTV eye on ball

 

Ton of toons vie for Oscar

 

N.Y. Times, Trib foresee rosy 2003

 

Oz's AFF to take two toppers

 

CNBC's Friend tops biz news

 

Ready for 'Action'

 

Jerry Gross

 

BMI's Cannon up to sr. veep

 

Alliance Atlantis ringing in renewal

 

Sue Okabe

 

WIF elects Grossman prexy

 

4th dose of 'Medicine' set

 

The Three Towers

 

Wang will return to ICM

 

'Chicago' jazzes L.A.

 

Syndies sunk during sweeps; 'Oprah' up

 

'Vampires' takes bite of Broadway

 

Soaring ambitions for cabler

 

AFM to add screenings of indie pix

 

Lion: 'Die' will live to see $400 mil

 

Scholastic books 'Shrek 2'

 

Praise peppers Chile pact

 

Rappers will waltz to 'Tango'

 

Par beams up latest Enterprise

 

Gilbert P. Wyland

 

Magic Lamp distrib to produce 'War' doc

 

Clooney remembered in tribute

 

Showtime buoys 'Boys' doc

 

Statt, Rock tag team at UTA

 

Deal mavens on the prowl

 

Paramount, Rudin prep 'Clay'

 

'Mondays,' 'Talk' in Goya showdown

 

German fund touts for investors

 

Kirch inks second Paramount deal

 

Bill Miller

 

Police seize Viv U documents

 

Santacana to top Prodigius

 

Yaletown Czechs on pic prod'n

 

EM.TV to sport Kirch's DSF net

 

MTV tunes to Berlin

 

BVI on 'Motorcycle'

 

Thesp Lee honored

 

Banff names brass

 

Rabinsky upped to No. 2 at Pramer

 

Canuck porn raid nets four

 

CosMedia set to distrib China shows

 

ABC 'Makeover' proves cut above

 

Moore top doc jock

 

Belushi, Idle to toy with 'Pinocchio'

 

USAI flags a shuffle

 

Moore room on B'way?

 

Beta finds new beat with Latam sales

 

Blighty advertisers nix Carlton-Granada

 

Primedia pumps mag fare to Comcast

 

Legit 'Vampires' fearless

 

Globes: 204 pix elegible

 

Transit strike could take toll on legiters

 

You lookin' at me? De Niro revs up 'SNL'

 

Stein to host DVD Premiere Awards

 

Pacific Theaters buys Grove in 11th hr. deal

 

Acad OKs stricter rules for Oscar docs

 

'Snicket' in thicket

 

Double Burger feeds Lobell, Warner Bros.

 

Pearlman, Austin Tag team for pix

 

Alphabet pulls plug on 'MDs'

 

Hirsch will be ABC 'Regular'

 

'Great's' fresh phalanx

 

Beacon guides Mouse in deal

 

'Sonny' day for bow

 

Par loves VP Libowitz

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
December 13, 2002

 

George Gaffney

 

Lo Lieh

 

Berlin is 'Chi' town

 

'Slut' slinks to Peacock

 

Advance in tech parts curtains

 

Short subjects go beyond brief encounters

 

Imports make inroads into domestic market

 

Acad tries to level field

 

Majors sue over 'clean' vids

 

UCLA offers Scorsese series

 

Docs 'plex muscle

 

Eyes on the prize

 

Distrib'n funds demand a plan

 

Gang flies again

 

Showtime skein to bare Butts

 

Malina will 'Wing' regular gig

 

Touchstone taps trio as senior VPs

 

Micro mini movie reviews

 

Tame Thursday for network biggies

 

Amigo to manage WB's Spanish pic prod

 

VH1 hosts Big kudocast

 

Baz's Tony tussle

 

L.A. crix pick 'Schmidt'

 

Docu bad-boy earns respect

 

'Rings' wizard weaves Web of magic

 

Inside Move: Tucker puckers

 

Inside Move: Tenacious Ted

 

Inside Move: Fox gets case of epic anxiety

 

Inside Move: Watch 'Towers'

 

Inside Move: Rupe bird-dogging

 

Inside Move: Runaway relief?

 

U gets new numbers guru

 

Aurelio bids Italy adieu

 

Finally, a Kashmiri film

 

Fall shows put nets in limbo

 

Actors prep game plan on blurb pact

 

Techies plan pricey H'w'd offensive

 

Screentime 'Pops' to Aussie top

 

Digital romance on the rocks

 

Politicos move to protect teens from porn

 

Reality takes a break on 'The Beach'

 

Star launches price war to woo auds

 

Astro blasts into terrestrials' turf

 

Tyros on parade

 

Candians seek Thai ties

 

Inside Move: Spyglass changes view

 

Hollywood's legends of the lost

 

Euros' night of glory a bit hoary as stars twinkle out

 

The Hollywood FREE way

 

'Potter' & Bond o'seas booster shot

 

Splendid new day for Cutting Edge exec

 

UA buddies up with Cloud 9

 

Mead leads way to digital $$

 

Nieto's back with Palmera capital

 

China hangs with 'Bad Company'

 

Publishers jumping for joysticks

 

Nets brawl over soccer

 

Payback time for int'l networks

 

Reality show races to end of world

 

Changes loom for Brit Bard biz

 

B.O. off; 'Millie' 939g

 

Biz rises; Chi '42nd' 942g

 

Fever for 'Phoenix'

 

'Maid' cleans up

 

DirecTV sheds unit

 

Tougher criteria set for Canuck pic funds

 

Church groups to put Faith in digital cable

 

HDNet channels Par fare

 

Canuck watchdog urges easing of restrictions

 

Globo to launch Spanish-lingo channel

 

Serdy nabs interest in Canal Evasion

 

'Land' lands SAGE awards

 

Argentina stiffens b'casting fines

 

Kloos to ankle Odeon Film board

 

Venevision pacts for placements

 

Stan Lee embarks on Endeavor

 

ABC Family makes 'Match'

 

MGM hires Jones for 'Nanny' duty

 

Fox cancels rookie 'Firefly'

 

Feature duo psyched for Fox pilot

 

Feinstein, friends to wrap P.S. filmfest

 

Banner pair make 'Killing'

 

'Monsoon' forecast

 

Kendall on 'Island'

 

Method Man

 

Anne Archer

 

Gabriel Macht

 

Clooney gets around town at frantic pace

 

'Harry,' Bond rule for now

 

Boston crix key up 'Pianist'

 

Irvin, producing pair warm up 'Winter'

 

Ono angry over credit shift

 

H'w'd burning clean vids

 

Acad tracker gauges biz vote

 

Coin and Kudos: Do they mix?

 

Seismic Shift

 

Signs of the Times

 

Acad committees and preselectors

 

Fox's riskier fare is all about execution

 

'Rouge' Deluge

 

Categorical Denial

 

Kodak Moment

 

2004 kudocast date shifts

 

'Moulin Rouge's' campaign trail

 

Hypnotic tries TV dip with 'CHiPs'

 

NBC stokes more 'Folks'

 

D'Works ramping up prod'n deals

 

Carnahan to control Hypnotic TV drama

 

WB's in key with 'Schubert'

 

Fox jumping for TV DVDs

 

WB welcomes trio for 'Reunion'

 

CAA adds 3 agents for TV

 

Two discs slip atop noms

 

L.A. tones down tax letter

 

Lane's faithfuls show for honor

 

Viacom, Saban still in Kirch picture

 

Pix seeing double

 

It's all about TV

 

Fox, NBC bring home Sunday laffs

 

Avita tapped prexy of Cinecitta

 

Starry laffer for Resnais

 

Five adds Frank to shortlist

 

Valenti will open forum

 

UIP Japan prez Inomata will exit

 

Russian sports TV launches

 

Weather drops duo

 

Minac doc screened

 

Indie producer tapped for Nine

 

Bruce Vidal

 

Jack Speirs

 

Col's Sands upped to senior VP

 

CNN topper urges caution with Iraq

 

David Weiss

 

'La Boheme,' 'Mancha' leap

 

Weinberg will raise the Bar

 

PGA will add TV gamer/reality kudos

 

AOL TW ads pair of exex

 

GMT joins fray, to distrib 'Wars'

 

HBO ups Condon to original sr. VP

 

Viacom's ultimatum

 

FCC mulls cabler caps

 

Crystal takes TV Guide reins

 

Harry and James roll on

 

Gore scores with 'SNL'

 

Spitfire, To to fight WWI

 

Polanski's 'Pianist' closes Havana fest

 

Robert H. Kornfeld

 

Bruno Wintzell

 

Brad Dexter

 

Method Man

 

SAG, AFTRA talk joint action

 

Chernoff ascends to top of Ascent Media

 

AFI unveils 2002's top 10

 

New safari warden

 

Sperry's in Focus with prod'n deal

 

ABC kills off 'Dinotopia'

 

Holly on 'Montana' trail

 

Bruckheimer broaches sitcom biz

 

BVI seeks 'Treasure' rescue

 

Inside move: Powell shows spoof chops

 

'Schmidt' drive into Hollywood

 

Shirley O'Hara Krims

 

Jack Pitman

 

Gotham, H'w'd mix in circle of 'Friends'

 

Literati, glitterati

 

'Net use climbs, with more via broadband

 

George Howell Guest

 

Decoder to help wireless tunes fly

 

Sorrent eyes 'X-Files' games

 

Army's 'Operations' enlists 1 mil players

 

Shakeup for legal eagles

 

Lorenzo lands at Paramount

 

It's Pax out for Sagansky

 

Endeavor staffer Wittmann dies

 

Shankman's shining

 

'Waiting' in MVP lineup

 

Morales, Alphabet will develop drama project

 

New Line takes a 'Break'

 

'Heaven' latest pic to gain kudos clout

 

Reviews

If I Were a Rich Man

The Hours

Chicago

The Oldest Man in Show Business

Medea

What Didn't Happen

The Inheritance

Sergeant Shakespeare

Drumline

Love at 7-11

The Bridgeman

Canyon

Deathwatch

Nancy Drew

Adult Entertainment

Class Mothers '68

The Blessing Bell

Marilyn

New York Rocker, My Life With The Blank Generation With Blondie, Iggy Pop and Others, 1974-1981

The Junction Boys

Imaginary Friends

Morning's at Seven

Peter Gabriel

25th Hour

Catch Me If You Can

What's With Love

The Life and Times of Count Luchino Visconti

Tom & Thomas

Strokes and Silhouettes