Table of Contents
Week of 01/22/2003

Articles

'Potter 2' unlocks DVD bow

 

Berlin battle lines

 

'Idol' worship continues for Fox

 

BBC looking for a few good films

 

Astral earnings skyward

 

Zentropa cuts staff

 

EU to limit cabler 'Net hold

 

Miami to showcase 4 world preems

 

Tepuy pacts with Endemol

 

EU pushes new piracy plan

 

Workplace 'values'

 

Takaki to head UIP

 

Toronto honors best of Canuck cinema

 

Sposito to ankle Fininvest

 

'Chicago' slays sleepy CD sesh

 

Swan song for lobbyist at music org

 

'Chicago' tunes heard all over kudos season events

 

Austin Studios is deep in the heart of prod'n

 

Foreign newcomers try to learn campaign ropes

 

Armando Bonilla, Jr. (Don Armando)

 

NFL ratings Eye-opening

 

MoMA stacks full plate

 

Holiday B.O. boosts AMC's bottom line

 

Stockard Channing, Ron Silver, Anton Yelchin

 

'Raven' ratings take wing for Disney net

 

Tovah Feldshuh

 

Nora Zehetner

 

NL fielding Brooks as publicity VP

 

Euro Disney's theme: Growth in revs

 

Warner homevid names Sanders exec VP-G.M.

 

TiVo records an exit

 

Fox drops Di's guy from war plans

 

Lego spins off production arm

 

ShoWest to celebrate Grazer

 

IA urges early talks

 

Lions Gate regains vid rights

 

Oscar Watch: Alan Bergman

 

Hoop dreamers get reality trip to pros

 

Stylist noms announced

 

American films influence Almodovar

 

Bill Mauldin

 

'Girls' going to ABC Family

 

Styne, CAA finally style deal

 

Fox femme pair to pilot

 

NATPE's Johansen signs off

 

B.O. tracker Rentrak ups Giambra

 

Miramax is 'Station' master

 

'Idol' worship for Fox

 

Walker Joseph Uhls

 

Olivia Grace Weiner

 

D.C. center expanding

 

Sirius game for basketball satcasting

 

Inside Move: Tutor brings dark cloud

 

Inside Move: Rupe ripe to sell Dodgers

 

WB docus to Chronicle DTV

 

Cursor pointed at onwalkers, Bush

 

Studios 'Party' hearty

 

The Rock is 'Walking Tall'

 

The crowded 'Dance floor

 

Food for thought at the press tour

 

Yakkers yak it up at NATPE

 

Sunglasses at night

 

Solon eyes 'coarse' programs' ties to dereg

 

Irene Diamond

 

Polsat picks up six Granada formats

 

Berlin wraps New Cinema set

 

Bauer keen to finalize Kirch deal

 

BBC hires Murdoch's creative director

 

No stopping Fox's 'Idol'

 

Editors sharpen focus with ACE nom list

 

BMG rewrites its charts

 

Liberty builds birdhouse for DirecTV

 

Steen starts up with 'Children'

 

Francoise Giroud

 

'Ab Fab' sets BBC return

 

Gemstar to restate results for 3 yrs.

 

Dogs of digital war

 

Antena 3's sales op to bow at Mip TV

 

Kashmir assures safety for filming

 

'Idol' still a Fox icon: 'Bachelorette' beaten

 

BBC3 skeds for youth

 

Diller pickle at VUE

 

Senkevich bounds to top NTV slot

 

Doreen Mary Carwithen (aka Mary Alwyn)

 

John Peckos

 

'Clones' topped Oz B.O. for 2002

 

Hall, four newcomers nommed for ASC kudos

 

Nedra Volz

 

Drama Crix Circle taps Isherwood president

 

Weil turns at Animal Planet Int'l

 

Canuck b'caster carves up hefty coin

 

'Hours' duo get USC script win

 

Elisabeth Croft

 

Fox ups sound ops veep

 

Advanced disputes UFO lawsuit

 

Ashanti

 

Sarah Chalke

 

'Gimme' star Carter dies at 54

 

Carlos Carrera

 

Microsoft, Nokia fight EU c'right tax

 

Jacob Smith

 

Saylor hangs mag shingle

 

Nat'l Geo Asia bows all-Arabic service

 

Navarrete lifted at Discovery Latin America

 

Primary gets stage home

 

Org sez gov't influencing Serb TV

 

Oscar Watch: Moore joins presenters

 

Slamdance: Back to basics

 

Pearl Jam to tour in spring

 

Net Servicos chieftain exits

 

Spiritual show 'Retreat' goes abroad

 

'Odyssey' taken by Hong Kong crix

 

A kick in the teeth

 

Touchstone firmly lands 'Ashland'

 

Homegrown prod'ns nab Teuton coin

 

'Chi' ride should expand 'Mind' biz

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
January 24, 2003

 

Morgan may hit primetime with NBC

 

Acad Bonner nod to duo

 

Surf, skate culture in Sony sights

 

Number of D-VHS titles fast-forwarding in '03

 

Microsoft releases piracy-fighting digital kit

 

Avid supports Panasonic's mini-DV camera

 

UA picks up 'Pieces' for $4 mil+

 

Sally Lefkowitz

 

Books off AOL TW shelf

 

H'wood plans Super blurb blitz

 

Pramer names new sales, distrib manager

 

'Chappelle's' hot start

 

Cable thesps flout guild rules

 

SAG, AFTRA exex fight congloms

 

Crowded 'Dance' floor

 

McCain calls for radio biz hearing

 

'Spin' scribe plots 'Affairs'

 

Fest fave the latest in long line of shorts

 

'Idol' guru sees stars for specs

 

'Horse' play for Disney

 

Nets' pilots tackle terror

 

Norman Panama

 

BBC's 'Ground Force' gets U.S. makeover

 

English-lingo pics parlay place in Cesar noms

 

Brussels to launch CNN rival?

 

'CSI' uncovers big repeat number

 

Berlin's Panorama wraps line-up

 

Optimum nabs 'Igby,' 'Spirited Away'

 

Ster Century sells more multiplexes

 

Chum TV's Znaimer steps down

 

'Alias' gets new identity

 

Fox wants reality to rejuvenate rest of schedule

 

The chicks stay in the picture Down Under

 

'Popstars' bandana hit bigscreen

 

H'wood gaga over gossip

 

Rumor mill bounces off Teflon toppers

 

Inside Move: Vidgames blast expectations

 

Inside Move: Rosen changing tracks

 

Inside Move: Kasem still counting

 

Variety ups exec duo

 

U.K. shooting stirs rap flap

 

Gold doesn't gleam for all Oscar winners

 

Sundance keeps it all in the family

 

Truth in marketing at Sundance

 

Eminem raps the language of Berlin auds

 

'8 Mile' journeys to stellar debuts o'seas

 

Rendezvous finds lots to tout

 

A booster shot for biz from Gaul gov't

 

Auds up at Bangkok event

 

Biz even; 'Miz' 655g

 

B.O. up; Boston 'Hot' 717g

 

Hytner revamps NT

 

Movin' out?

 

'Pianist' show must go on despite Polanski's absence

 

H'wood pet set unleashed

 

NATPE downshifts, but deals percolate

 

Gov't preps newsies for war effort

 

Stay tuned to Kirch drama

 

What's at stake in the Kirch drama

 

Politicos relax cable regs, plan to end cartel

 

Music channels and bands battle it out

 

Ofcom gets Carter

 

Auds win fight to ax viewing tax

 

At odds over sound of music

 

Tony gets categorical

 

Inside Move: Merger maven re-emerges

 

Glitz on fritz as syndie biz constricts

 

Inside Move: Gauls hope Leconte has cure

 

Inside Move: Celebs check in at MTV's Vegas pad

 

Inside Move: Sky chief woos execs

 

Inside Move: Fox tosses 'Pulse' in with the competish

 

Erratum

 

Stars, logos converge on Main St.

 

B.O. goes from zero to 'Hero'

 

Global Initiative will promote film in developing countries

 

Scorpio rising with Evans

 

Globes set stage for Oscar melee

 

Showbiz docs look for a little respect from voters

 

'Chicago' glows in 'Darkness'

 

Messier out at NYSE

 

TV tips Post to 4Q gain

 

Analysts up News Corp. reviews

 

Cinar exec suit expands

 

Ster Century sells plexes

 

John C. "Jack" McBride Jr.

 

Astrid Bettles

 

June Czerwinski

 

Salaam Coleman Smith

 

Steve Jones

 

Dorothy Sourlis

 

Crime-heavy CBS goes back to well

 

'Pyramid' set for season 2

 

Roadshow beats majors

 

U rounds out roster

 

Chum TV's Znaimer stepping down

 

Dracula park idea bites dust

 

Brussels biz nix copyright tax

 

Saban eyes suit vs. Kirch exex

 

Ricci, Ribisi find 'Work'

 

SAG, AFTRA converge

 

Inside Move: Acad casting doubt on campaigns

 

Inside Move: VU Games to M'soft?

 

Valenti poses digital dare

 

O'Toole will receive Honorary Oscar

 

Correction

 

Costumers tap Tosi

 

Vet pollsters win vote of VNS backers

 

Lifetime set to throw 'Screwball' with laffer

 

Lane's on ShoWest route

 

'Bourne' bears B.O. fruit in Japan bow

 

New prexy at Par

 

'Pianist' adds final note to Febio

 

Depp and Koepp take wing with King

 

Two indie distribs forge int'l alliance

 

Trade group to rally 'round recordable DVD

 

G4 goes National

 

Eleanor Katherine Horst

 

Tovah Alyza Zafrin

 

Samantha Marie McLoughlin

 

TM Systems opens L.A. branch

 

Avid takes bite out of Apple

 

Ex-NBC telepic titan pilots series

 

DreamWorks pushing 'Baby' buggy to B'way

 

Duo sparks to 'Evil' at TBS

 

'Splendor' top drama in Park City

 

BBC axes 60 staffers

 

Pinnnacle reaches high mark

 

'Gangs' & 'Chi' fit Brits

 

Football ratings super for ABC

 

Kirch drama goes on

 

Dutch film success reaps rewards

 

Cabler SET pays $2.4 mil for pic

 

TV2 oversubsidized

 

Paradis joins 'Circus'

 

Producer Brauner receives threats

 

Zelezny faces prosecution

 

Edith Lefel

 

Prior given reins at CBBC

 

'Cuckoo' clocks tops nods

 

U Music elevates Ciongoli

 

Robert Rockwell

 

O'seas B.O. bounce

 

Viv U stockholders await results

 

EIDC names Parsons interim prexy

 

Pub exec Godoff lands at Penguin

 

BBC to bow sporting talent search

 

Packer topper tapped

 

Kids' WB exec goes Geo

 

Palisades' $5 mil to finance indies

 

Walken snares ShoWest spotlight

 

CNBC taps Brown for talker

 

Slamdance jury rules on winners

 

ABC scores a super Sunday

 

A bowlful of blurbs

 

'Minutes' man is movin' on

 

Lansing meets idol, keeps post

 

WPIX news adds accent

 

Bleak weather hits B'way B.O.

 

Goodspeed revives 'Eddie'

 

Woolly inks new plays

 

Free paper flap settled

 

Inside Move: M'max flips lid over beer

 

Mouse board walk

 

Good 'Going' for Ruffalo, Revolution

 

LaSalle is lord for 'M'Lady'

 

'Queens' and 'Med' dead

 

Kuno Becker

 

Sienna Miller

 

'Batman' captures director Nolan

 

NBC keeps Lowe in 'Den'

 

Nat'l Registry sets the records

 

Craig Gartner

 

Georgia Franklin

 

Col's Ammer going global

 

James Maiella Jr.

 

Luca Bentivoglio

 

Changing world via 'Monologues'

 

Liebesman to 'Watch' out

 

'Dance Fever' at ABC Family

 

Nets behind sitcom shift

 

Lion less towering

 

Spice Factory plays 'Games'

 

Houlihan seeks entertainment chief

 

Oscars come home to Acad for exhibit

 

Stars' super soirees

 

Book shoots ahead of pic bow

 

'DA' on ABC docket; Fox is male-bonding

 

Laura Allen

 

SAG joins 'Chi' chorus

 

Doris Fisher

 

'Joe' hits new high as ABC sags

 

AOL TW kicks off earnings season

 

Evans feted at King gala

 

Ichannel appeals license decision

 

Channel survival techniques

 

Steve Woods

 

Fox enjoys 'Idol' worship

 

EU tightens piracy restrictions

 

German cable coup

 

'Seraphin' tops list at Jutra noms

 

Italo's renaissance

 

Spain's cable merger still on

 

Mouse bullish on '03 prospects

 

IA streamlines ad work with new deal

 

Taiwan pirates have last laugh

 

Both sides now: FCC urged not to relax regs

 

Lavigne tops MTV Asia

 

Mais takes on Col TriStar/BVI deal

 

Honoring Huston

 

Top distribs link up

 

TNT ropes a ratings win

 

PGA eyes Gotham boost

 

Puenzo back in biz

 

Kay turns attention to TNN

 

Game Show cooks up 2 pilots

 

Telewest/NTL union far off

 

DIC offers kidvid blocks

 

HBO raises Kessler

 

Springsteen, Jones goose Grammys

 

Viv U licking wounds

 

Canucks: No foreign domination

 

Brazil's Globo merges feevee

 

Ritter to host TV Land kudocast

 

Russ David

 

Arnold feted at pub kudos

 

Kazaa counters labels' suit

 

Prexy Marciano moves out of House

 

'Mix It Up' moving in on WE's fall schedule

 

Magnolia gets Bukowski doc

 

New Line lifts events planner

 

MSNBC dickering with Donaldson

 

UPC to delist from Amsterdam roster

 

Mal-'Practice' charges at ABC

 

Harden switches to ICM

 

Finalist destination

 

Correction

 

Empire strikes back

 

WB boosts the laugh track for fall season

 

Bloom zooms to CBS daytime

 

Jeanne Sorel Cohen

 

Regency savors 'Bite' pact

 

Searchlight has 'Daughter'

 

Lingo mambo

 

Pic smoke chokes

 

Oscar noms ballots due

 

Commemorative Oscar poster revealed

 

Voices stilled by radio Rush crush

 

'Prada' fits Hedges, Fox

 

Peter teeters on salute

 

The only alternative

 

Joseph Frank Champa

 

Screener scheme

 

BBC Films on 'Edge' with Campbell, Bovell

 

Mouse taps top legal eagle

 

'Informer' to talk for Marconi

 

Saddling up for 'Missing'

 

Regency new home for 'Pi' guy

 

'Informant' pair wired at Warners