Table of Contents
Week of 12/17/2002

Articles

Steinberg to helm Fox Kids Europe

 

BSkyB cleared by competish regulator

 

The Eye has it on Monday

 

George Guest

 

UIP inks Ukraine distrib

 

'Choice' biopic wraps

 

Peron's bro to be profiled

 

John Crosby

 

Kathy Magiera

 

Mieke van Hoek

 

Correction

 

Richard Mason

 

Jack Lee

 

Correction

 

Sandrew snags 'Jade'

 

'Rings' fling is over

 

Greenlight takes over Peppermint

 

Comcast to sell up to $10 bil in securities

 

Monte-Carlo fest to fete Turner

 

NBC leads season-to-date

 

Christmas shopping

 

GE: Big NBC profits ahead

 

Turning toward Asia

 

Oz exhibs get greenlight

 

Kirch told to grease Axel

 

Hallmark slots 'Softly' in April

 

Lion TV roars in Gotham

 

Milwaukee brewers

 

Gibb catalog finds a home

 

MGM TV arm adds three

 

BET gets lift from Lott

 

'Towers' stands tall in Satellites

 

Stengel stays in M'max fold

 

Little Shubert tunes up bow

 

Library taps 'Spinal' for film registry

 

Jackson axin' exex

 

Argentina's Admira taps Bello

 

'Schmidt,' 'Adaptation' top BFCA noms

 

Siskind to o'see Fox research dept.

 

Rogue Regan still firing on all cylinders

 

GLAAD unveils Media Awards noms

 

Verdict is for Garbus to move on

 

Gandolfini wants pic deal for 'Christmas'

 

'Search' finds star

 

Kennedy exec veep at SPD

 

Finney eyes 'Cannibals' lead

 

Hip-Hop crossover

 

Keaton comes 'Through' with telepic

 

Ahmanson rolls a 'Seven' preem

 

Dolly Dawn

 

Blaze may put 'Mole' in the hole

 

Kirch reconsiders suitors

 

Liza, Gest sue over VH1 show

 

FX armed for 'Shootout'

 

An indie Cinderella tale

 

Sitcom kings go bigscreen

 

Virtually no limits for 'Sims'

 

Smoke no screen

 

Webhead aches

 

Runner robbed

 

Reality politik

 

WB takes 'Notice' to Gotham

 

C4 taps film chief

 

Wyman scripts plan for 'Warriors'

 

Johnston inks for ABC laffer

 

Sci Fi setting its sights high

 

Sequel in the cards for 'Deuce'

 

Showtime adds originals

 

Showbiz should tote these tomes

 

'Boys' score big for ESPN

 

Mouse House offers up toon troika

 

Acad rules remain flexible

 

Family fare doesn't come cheap

 

Critical takes on 2002's Oscar toons

 

Drawing on their strengths

 

PACT hires film chief

 

Fans goose the shows they love

 

Tuesday auds judge 'Amy' a winner

 

Mediaset raises Telecinco stake

 

Canal Plus staff sweating news

 

Jacob keeps Cannes post

 

'Infernal Affairs' hot in Hong Kong

 

10 injured at Oprah giveaway

 

Berlin to bestow Golden Bear on Aimee

 

Rai bolsters team 'Pride'

 

Gov't backs Mason's digital slate

 

John Chang

 

Mary Hansen

 

Marvin O. Herzog

 

A healthy handout from SAG, MPTV

 

Unions smack FCC

 

CineArts chain bulks up

 

Acquittal in copyright trial

 

Arts lobby granted $120 mil

 

New Year ushered in

 

S.F. crix hail 'Pianist'

 

Fat Rock tooning up toy-based pix

 

'Swimming' into Focus

 

'Adaptation' tops Toronto

 

Ruth Kobart

 

Thesp gets used to kudos campaign

 

Kay Rose

 

Zal Yanovsky

 

Viv U probe widens scope

 

Project Greenlight goes for 25

 

Some pix a long time comin'

 

Country in sales saddle

 

Pact will put cable in TVs

 

Spielberg gets the Oscar . . . from Sotheby's

 

Peet to heat up Meyers pic

 

Rhino exec Schorr exits

 

McCartney on feud with Yoko: Let it be

 

Jones to produce WGA nods

 

FKE channels rev gains

 

Femmes feted in Gotham

 

'25th Hour' clocks in with N.Y. bow

 

H'w'd plays 'Catch'

 

'Gangs' in L.A.

 

Sundance preps festival

 

CBS keeping Sullivan busy

 

Intermedia's 'Translator' transaction

 

Leiner orders up 'White Castle' gig

 

TNN game for kudos

 

Canuck documakers lose Emmys ... Twice

 

Alliance to distrib Remstar pix in Canada

 

Blockbusted by DVDs

 

U bucks bulwark EchoStar

 

Acad taking Emmys downtown

 

Showtime revs series, slims telepix

 

No lack of producers on 'Narc'

 

Miramax & 'Chi' fly high

 

Fox Kids head honcho joins Saban

 

'Race' wins, but not whammo, for CBS

 

James Hazeldine

 

'Towers' powers to $26 mil bow

 

'Bowling' will vie for London crix kudos

 

Ordesky's double dose of delight

 

Argentine Telefe taps top exec

 

Gaga gets 'Onimusha'

 

Argentine indie sells reality rights

 

Entera enters Medusa deal

 

Peres temporary Reed TV topper

 

Germany's Eichinger on board

 

Emmett picks 'Skin'

 

Muppet for Mouse?

 

'Shortcake' rises again

 

Star expands in China

 

U bringing BBC laffer to 'Office'

 

Viv U's power play

 

HIT's brand focus leads to job cuts

 

Harnessing lawsuit

 

Plexifilm, Cowboy retune for doc

 

Charles Isaacs

 

'Race' reaches finish line first

 

Gannett plans nat'l cable net

 

Golden oldies rule

 

SAG, AFTRA converging

 

Latin spattin' for TV Acads

 

Phil signs for more therapy

 

Palm Springs festival reels off foreign slate

 

Annies set for Feb. 1

 

Cablevision sales a boon

 

TV group rips FCC diversity study

 

Lieberman wants vidgame hearings

 

'Willard' sparks change in remake rat race

 

'Over' easy at NBC O&Os

 

Lion takes pride in personnel moves

 

ABC casts Lee as sr. VP

 

Leslie will go Gotham

 

Fox vid's Wyatt exits to start toon house

 

'Alexander' enlists WB

 

'Paradise' docu found

 

Pair Hughes to plan

 

Wilson hitched to 'Alamo' Army post

 

WMA signs O'Dell, Richter

 

'Opposite' attracts musical

 

Frodo basks in 'Sunshine'

 

Power of 'Towers' flowers

 

NARAS fetes its Heroes

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
December 20, 2002

 

U goes back in time for 'Future' DVD

 

Eye dominates Thursday with 'Survivor'

 

NBC still 'Friends' for $10 mil per seg

 

BBC vet Attenborough still living wildlife after 50 years

 

Discovery puts more local docs on the box

 

Court bars Hollywood, Bollywood pix

 

Feevee sees improvement in ad revs

 

Oscar campaigning takes dash of ingenuity

 

O'seas waits: Calm before 'Towers'

 

Miramax pix are gold for Globes

 

Brit prod'n firm tosses hat in ring with Prague Studios

 

Oz's AFI award show struggle

 

Nets show zeal for the real

 

TNT rides herd on westerns

 

'Chicago' jazzed by pic preem

 

Hollywood's legal eagles fly into turbulence

 

Humility to hubris: Euros did it all in '02

 

For H'wood Dems, it's cash & Kerry

 

Inside move: Happy TV returns

 

Inside move: The great race

 

Inside move: Whack a 'Mole'

 

Inside move: It's buyout beware for biz

 

FilmFour: back to the future

 

In Japan, Ozu year begins

 

B'cast nets retain lead over cable

 

Berlusconi tunes in Spanish TV

 

SPH MediaWorks aces awards

 

Politicos dam streaming

 

Discovery tops Pan-Asia viewing poll

 

Early entries can be awards curse

 

Scribe tribe: Les Miserable$

 

Early-bird specials

 

Gov't OKs $6.4 mil revolving coin

 

Brazil duo Telescopes in on all-in-one shingle

 

O'seas reality recycling madly

 

Play it again, Wladyslaw

 

Former Zomba head plans next step

 

Americans abroad

 

Inside move: Globes trotting

 

Inside move: Polished 'Rings'

 

Inside move: Single-minded guilds

 

Inside move: Le Lay of le land

 

Inside move: Smart card moves

 

Consultant casts net for Globes

 

Force of hobbit: $101 mil

 

B.O. even; 'Hot' 418g

 

Biz off; 'Boheme' 766g

 

'Mack and Mabel' back

 

IFC set to revive theater

 

FX, Esquire will see what 'It Feels Like'

 

Seattle raises 'Heaven'

 

S'dance taps 12 for writer workshop

 

Reel laffs spotlighted

 

In-Motion troubles persist

 

Liquid dries up dividend

 

PrideVision pinkslips half of staff

 

Earnings down 3% for Actors Equity

 

Final sale on books

 

Gauls gain global B.O.

 

Cinebox unspools in Brazil

 

Canucks rack focus

 

Bauer bid lands ProSieben

 

Permira channeling Premiere reorg

 

Trial in Intertainment case postponed

 

NBC high on 'Kingpin'

 

'Survivor' still thrives for CBS

 

Fox net taps Dempsey VP

 

Inside Move: MSNBC out in cold

 

Inside Move: UPN will dip into bloopers

 

B'way 'Gypsy' cast revealed

 

Added-content DVDs well-timed for kudos

 

New year filled with Prague prod'ns

 

Sogecable backs case against NDS

 

Columbia U. sets hearing on FCC's owner regs plan

 

Costume Designers Guild adds kudos

 

IFP fest calls for entries

 

Two for tea at BAFTA-LA

 

Towering B.O. o'seas

 

Karen Levy

 

Charest exits Just for Laughs

 

Maya Savin Miller

 

Luke Michael Severino

 

Tess Rose Ashford-Lavy

 

Syd Schwartz

 

Jonathan Lawhead

 

Corey Silverman

 

Lawrence J. Burian

 

Alejandro Garcia, Mauricio Gerson

 

Digital study pushes openness

 

Limited runs do trick for arthouse pix

 

WB axes 'Godfather of DVD'

 

Davis set to renew U woo

 

Who's behind door #1? Bush

 

A smooch for good luck

 

Berlin chooses 15 for Panorama

 

Venice fest needs new nest

 

Spain off track at B.O.

 

EC will sue soccer league

 

Feevee firm on local pix

 

Journo's body sent home

 

E.tv to go into black by 2004

 

EM.TV given loan extension

 

XM gets $450 mil boost

 

Bank to keep Telecinco stake

 

Vidtailer launches stock buyback

 

CBS Prods. ups duo

 

Rolling Stones warm up for benefit

 

Disney suffers plane drain

 

Clash's Strummer dies

 

Legit orgs try on fashion district for size

 

Diller to keynote NAB

 

'Hero' breaks records in China

 

B'way's tiny ups, big downs

 

Clarification

 

Warners, Diler deal in local lingo for pix

 

Film agency snuffs Cluff

 

Trinity toons up 'Ben Hur'

 

'Bounce' suspends prod'n

 

HBO, Comedy Arts fest launch honors

 

Weaver, Schreiber show 'Mercy'

 

Russert rustles $3 mil from Miramax

 

Charter chops two top exex

 

'Rings' towers above o'seas B.O.

 

Witt, Grant, Bullock give 'Two Weeks Notice'

 

Inside Move: Fans keep cards, emails coming

 

Green meanie piques geeks

 

'Pinocchio' noses in

 

Globes on Miramax's 'Mind'

 

Seldes accepts late invitation to 'Dinner'

 

Reviews

The Music of Benny Goodman

Nicholas Nickleby

Whatever You Say

Vengeance for Sale

The Wind Game

Run2U

Tori Amos

Tommy Tune: White Tie and Tails

Benjamin and His Brother

My Life As McDull

Sophie's Choice

Crazyblackmuthafuckin'self

The Last Snow

To Catch a Thief

Glengarry Glen Ross

Solaris

The Mercy Seat

Dinner at Eight

Jingle Ball 2002

Kaante

Dead Kennedys

Shirleymania

Lyricists Lounge Tour


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