Table of Contents
Week of 02/26/2003
Articles
Comedy honors to 'Greek' & 'Boy'
Steve Carlin
Right talks talk
Don't nix the hicks
Endemol U.K. rehires sales chief
Premiere cuts 2002 losses by 52%
Fox takes Tuesday
Joe Connelly
R. Kelly disc bows at No. 1
SportsLine in CBS hoop
All-Stars shine for TNT
Bennett bags DGA honor
ShoWest honors Wedge
'Shepard' leads pair to scribe kudos
4 fit for costume kudos
Gauls gaga for U.S. homevid
IFP Awards picks Berry
Sony taps five distrib VPs
FCC flip steams GOP
Hallmark's heavy crown
Satellite bid doesn't fly
Fox twosome tops on Tuesday
MSNBC does battle with liberals
TF1 keeps ceiling on ProSieben offer
Lions Gate, Landmark swap exex
Matthew Frankel
Dan Kendall
Beth R. Nussbaum
Glenn Delgado
Dennis Garces
White House pokes CBS over Saddam sit-down
Student pix focus on AIDS
Off-net 'Angel' goes to TNT for a bargain
Peace, war camps trust in airpower
Script calls for 'Alias,' '24' renewal
Bray talks about 'Walking'
Ted sheds yet more AOL stock
Biz schools pirates
Oscar Watch: Jim Carrey
AFL-CIO touts SAG-AFTRA merger
'Ali G' breezes into NYC
Pleasure and Payne
L.A.'s red-letter day
'Adaptation' ace cuts up at Eddies
U.K. nets to back British pics
Warners warms to Sutter and his 'SIS'
Selleck's on deck for NBC
Pipski gets a VP title at Working
Pryor, Grundfest near Showtime deal
Miramax tunes 'Guys & Dolls'
Put a stake in 'Buffy'
D'Works nabs kitty kaboodle
The Visonary Award: Rita Wilson
The Stanley Kramer Award: Todd Black and Denzel Washington
Swank, spouse bank on new prod'n venture
The Vanguard Award: George Lucas
The David O. Selznick Lifetime Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures: Robert Evans
PGA makes progress with credits, compensation
Fox rocks demo derby
The Milestone Award: Jack Valenti
The David Susskind Lifetime Achievement Award in Television: Bud Yorkin
Tyler Michael Hogan
Eli Miller Katz and Joshua Miller Katz
Return of the mavericks
100 protest Canal + job cuts
Dutch Eyeworks acquires 45% of Stormy
Katzenberg, D'Works animated over projects
Mainframe taps Mischel
Kente's HIV disclosure opens eyes in S.A.
Collins' 'NTV-1' a festival favorite
Italo film in limbo
Animation exec duo bow Icon for toon prod'n
Five saves cash on license fee
Indian gov't to weigh caps
Galaxy loses star Boutaud
RTL wins Formula 1
Endemol exec back
WNYW to bring Sony's 'Queens' to New York
WGA East taps Schamus for service nod
Frog hops to Pepsi music
RAI's board looking bare
Manga enters Spanish pic production
Telefonica's media arm in the red
Hussein interview big for CBS
Henry Peter Tewksbury
Rogers death a sad day in 'Neighborhood'
Premiere's revenues, subscriptions up
Louis LaRusso II
Sam Anthony Angeloff
BBC taps Benson as overall factual head
ITV names Andrew new kidvid chief
'Bachelorette' lifts 'GMA'
Brad Oleshansky
Gary Skeen Hall
Eurimages doles out $3.7 mil to nine pix
WNBC takes 2 of 3 in local news sweep
BMG boss stays put
Comcast trims losses in 4Q
Goldman Sachs drops showbiz stock analyst
Vintage German moviehouse reborn
AOL spins tune service
Upbeat Imax no longer seeing red
ABC's Donaldson not defecting to MSNBC
Correction
Fremantle and Trib fuel 'Feud'
WGAW: Hiring lobbyists a capital idea
ShoWest future is hot for Cool J
FCC opposition tunes in
Scaggs joins Playboy jazz fest
Good ratings news for two
Foreign helmers differ in studio approach
Palm has 'Demon' in hand for U.S. run
B'Way faces music
Dodgers feel good vibrations on musical
'Clair De Lune' to close
Oscar Watch: Michael Douglas
Comedy pitch copped
Roseanne-Ozzy meeting has lots of real appeal
Del Toro bullish on Disney 'Wind'
Firm Films, Fox in final talks for first-look deal
DOJ envisions no Univision roadblocks
Sony Pics taps exec VP
Calif. film fund tapped out
Weekend Box Office Preview
February 28, 2003
Trio targets West Coast
WB inks Indonesia pact
Random fills top spot
Exec VP exits Arista
Interpublic rings Bell as CEO
Knoxville Johnny on the spot for comedy role
Downey in 'Eros' for Soderbergh
Getty climbs Disney's 'Ladder' with Travolta
Walter Scharf
D'Works monkeys around
Facing war, NBC delays its 'World'
Lisa Gibson and Jason VanBorssum
Saddam spurs CBS sweep
Si TV listo for the small screen
Matrix Awards ready celebration
Fox gooses 'Moose' with Petrie
Instituting change at British film org
MGM theater trailer will push Bond DVD
D'Works 'Frames' scribes for pic
Cinema's elder statesman gets his due
Reality seeks direction
Honorary Life Member John Rich
Guild girds for anti-piracy battle
Coolidge stays busy at guild and on lot
Scorsese scorecard
Iraq divides Peacock pals
'24' creator extends his 20th TV deal
Threat of war stalling 'Max'
Salon sings praise of America
AFM parties with 'Confidence'
WGAE honors Scorsese
HBO's 'Angels' will land on C4
Action raring to go in India
'Devdas' triumphs at Filmfare Awards
EU coin for Film I Vast
Decoder doubles up in Africa
Zeiler to head RTL Group?
CBS rolls on Thursday
Endemol whets Middle East appetite
Carlyle boosts to Davis' bid for U
DGA brings Polanski virtually to Hollywood
Directors dance over 'Chicago'
Biz rises; 'Full Monty' 971g
B.O. off; 'Flower' 276g
Reality changes the rules
Reality makes cablers rerun-away
Reality sweeps away competish
Canadian TV faces fiscal woes
Premiere bows revitalization
Disney to launch 'Wiggles' on the world
Solons block reform law
Unrest leads to Panamericana takeover
AXN in action as revenue machine
B'cast border crossing gets tested
Celestial seasons sat TV with Chinese-lingo movies
Film biz pleads with EU to resolve Telepiu stink
Sony toons in for kiddies
Rodgers fete fails to forge B'way hit
The screening of Indonesia
Germans shun 'Gangs'; 'Chicago' in tune
Livingstone's serve
Czech it out: WB wows, homevid hums in '02
Euro changeover aids B.O.
Viewers get a kick out of local Thai pix
Japanese TV nets tune in to film producing
Total tix follow lead of local pix
Grammy has Jones for simpler sound
Can blurb biz go showbiz?
Big dreams create ad-versity
Honchos hope for big bounce
Inside Move: Will Dean bag H'wood green?
Inside Move: Glasser a double 'Agent'?
It's still Yanks for the memories
Inside Move: Tale of the 'Ring' tape
The studios' plethora of presidents
Inside Move: Brit bill boosts pic support
Inside Move: Director Richard alive and well
Inside Move: Gauls offer tribute to U.S. cowboys
Inside Move: Shoemaker makes porn ties
Is mags' lad fad winding down?
Clarification
Making sense of Spyglass move
'Pianist' win causes BAFTA bafflement
Kudoscape shifts
SAG ensembles spread wealth
Acad trailer sparkles for 75th anni
Eerie parallels to '72 race
Author's got 'Mail'
BAFTAs ratchet up the glam
Noises Off: The world according to.
ACT faces final curtain
'Cradle' rocks at the B.O.
Berlusconi backing off on RAI board
Belgrade film fest opens
Imax projects big gains
Vid boycott Blockbusted
Oprah in, Diller out of Forbes' richest
Alliance dips into red ink
Viv U cashes in $36 mil
Santa Barbara fest is on a mission
Comics stand up vs. war
Acad's Sci of relief
'Jackass' outpaces 'Recruit' in Australia
Corrections
Disney rides 3 pix to lead in February
Working Title finds 'Answer'
Kazan saucers land at MGM
Rooney joins Variety's N.Y. staff
Vet Wagner, Arkin to star in TV pilots
ABC spells out comedy trio
Pariah warms to Nieman pic
Firm boots majority stake in Pony shoes
Actors set for Coraci's '80 Days'
Kid video co. Cinar lures trio of suitors
B'way holding strike note
Asia runs out of room to build in multiplex mania
Auds flock to theaters despite area's recession
German exhibitors follow Yankee missteps
Fithian, Syufy eye fewer screens, better slate
Indie showcase
Kent Mason InterSociety Award: J. Wayne Anderson
Katelyn Sophia Kunitz
Bert Nathan Memorial Award: John Evans
Screen surge submerged by saturation in global market
ShoWester of the Year: Phil Harris
Reversal of fortune
Writers fuel fantasy for D'works
Producers join 'Chicago' chorus
'God' director fights against formula films
Ikushima makes convenience a priority
REIT takes advantage of plex transition
Wedge leads animators across 'Ice'
ShoWest Schedule
Oscar screeners become bootleg booty
EU squabbles over copyright proposal
Newer piracy methods scramble legal picture
Windows leave open too many opportunities
Spotlight shifts away from stars
B.O. battle cry
'Greek' strong in Sunday bow
Rosen's returning to Oz to top film funding org
'Monde' tome explores paper's relation with Messier
Brazil sees increase in Internet users
Fred Freiberger
'Raman' finds home on Cartoon Network
Headline hoping to rebound after '02 fiscal flop
Diegues pic 'God' big in Brazil
SBT loses ads, eliminates jobs
Toren Chase Thompson
Theodore Kiva Fernandez
Justin Edward Mitchell Collier
Serbian radio station RTS eliminating 800 jobs
Horst Buchholz
India's entertainment industry snubbed by gov budget
Monte Carlo fit for formats focus
Globo plans feevee
Canal toons in Disney pix
'Hearts' beats prize competish
Bollywood Producer arrested
'Intacto' wins Oporto fest
Indian b'casters may be banned
Czech Lions fetes 'Devil' with kudos
Rashtriya to spread spiritual Message
Edwards gets Wasserman's vote
Liberty forces Comcast's hand on QVC
Gaumont exhibits losses
Par in action with Ritter, LaManna
Televisa revs up while profits plunge in 2002
MTV cooks up celeb vehicles, spinoffs
AFI to bow Maryland plex
'Greek' comedy lifts CBS
Par bumps Burrows up to domestic vid president
Directors' clear view
B'way's whole new ballgame
PGA honors its own
Madstone slows digital spree, plans plexes
'Chi' kicks up heels; 'Gangs' gets going in Spain
Hughes' DirecTV, AOL pact dissolved
Co-prod a new Dimension
Paramount shakes its 'Booty'
UPN's grooming 'Mullet'
Oscar watch: Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck
Inside Move: SAG backs protesters' rights
Santa Barbara fetes Bridges
Cage, Scott heat up 'Matchstick'
Drama jitters help shape Lohman
'Fish' tale brings Burton to fantasyland
Coens, Clooney join forces for U's 'Cruelty'
Milkwood production slate
Talent more than skin deep
'Again' on tap with Willis
Mom role requires minimal preparation
Lane faithful to Lyne's erotic mantra
Plasma screens are ad-vantageous
Digital delivery of Regal preshow
Kosminksy will walk with 'Giants'
Class-action suit claims deceptive starting times
A tough sell
Mating game series for NBC
Double play: ABC drafting ESPN's head
Back to actor Black for HBO
CAA strolling to legit Lane
Pic piracy in focus at ShoWest
CD shipments drop sharply
Angels suitor out at 1st
Wayne Brady, LeAnn Rimes
Richard Portnow
Miracle's Daly, Filmstar ink
Franchise Pix bites on bikes
Cheryl Hines
Sharon Stone, John Lehr
Bryan Callen
Faizon Love
Melissa Lang
Top videogame players emerge
TW exec tapped AOL finance chief
Sega slashing 90 jobs in North America redo
Internet voters predict 'Chicago' will win best picture Oscar
Netflix customer count tops one million
Eagles, others fly into summer tours
John Lanchbery
Frankie Hewitt
Howie Epstein
EU interaction brings cable upgrade closer
Hank Ballard
Big wince for prince's prod'n co.
Writeoffs sink Admira in '02
CIE cuts 4Q loss, posts 2002 profit
D'Works cleared on 'Antz'
Fox, Marvel settle on 'Mutant X'
GOP examines broadcasting funds
Murdoch rips Oz on feevees
Beers quits post at State Dept.
SBS revenues a Dutch treat
IFILM.com touts 'Chicago'
Audiences hibernate as B'way takes a dip
'Club' finds an opening
Ted Perry
Fisher speaks against SAG, AFTRA merger
Isaacson to sell house in Bronxville for D.C.
Gotham guilds gloomy
Walter Gidaly
Ruth Ruddy Hertz
Verne Carlson
BBC doc heads for big screen
Tame start for Fox's 'Married'
'Spider-Man' led the way in Spain
Paris fest to honor U.K. pics
Fox reigns with reality
Pi sells piece of 'bulgaros' to TLA
Morricone to score 'Sportsman'
Italian Parliament looks for new RAI directors
Echostar revs dishy
MusicNet to distribute Maverick's tracks
USA pumps Yahoo promos
Legal woes batter shares of Stewart's Omnimedia
'Spider'-spiked '02 for Marvel
Bauer curtails plans for Kirch
Wedded blitz wanes
Restyled 'Hair' do for national tour
'ET,' 'Practice' gain during Feb. sweeps
Dunn heads Fox vid unit
Vidgame euphoria at convention
'Slamball' scores Faratzis
Online syndicator launches offerings
Activision game turns players into 'players'
Telewest keeping Flextech
Viv U Games to distribute 'Law & Order' sequel
Red Herring out of the water
Searchlight beaming in breakout luncheon
U.K. school fetes Valenti
Hollywood asks again: Where's Poppa?
EIDC sez local pic prod'n steady
Pen 'Mighty' for Chauvet, Vail
Kaminow bestowed with post at CTMPG
Yemenidjian touts pride in MGM price
Inside Move: Emmet, Furla make grade
Riker preps 'Salt of the Earth' remake
Shannon 'Cracking Up'
Huston toasts film school
Chill sets in as UPN, Fox prep for talks
Coke & Bourbon St.
New Line lands 'Wingman'
An easier Amazon experience
Rod B. Wilson
Williams fest rising
Miami film fest wraps, recoups
'P.I.' on Comedy docket
Wenders gives a whirl to follow-up 'Sons'
Canuck scribes slam gov't
Arab fest unspools
Movies score Moore for their money
Ovation wins bid for 'Road'
Davis to U: Talk or we walk
Nets prep to bolt Baghdad
'Six Feet,' 'Anna' bows fail to wow in Nielsens
Disney signs TPS pic pact
TI chips raise digital ante
Phoenix reels in 'Trout' deal
Myriad to shop 'Murders' beyond Oz
Discovery in docu pact
Times turns 'Page' over to journo
'Scary' inks thesp duo
Biz ticks with pricey pix
'Wrong' spec is right for MGM
Mouse finds 'Bride' pitch
'De-Lovely' role strikes right chord with Judd
Manufacturers wait for a market worth 'billions'
Global proliferation
Sandler's hits defy critics
The rollout's Sino surprise
Walken is again in the kudos race
Filmmakers mull a business without film
Multi-hyphenate LL Cool J builds acting rap
Studios group close to setting tech standards
'70s' pair in Carsey corner
'Hair'-raising benefit
Loss in the 'hood
Liberal voices
Don't give chase
Keeping a balance
Napster just the start of rights fight
Pregnant pause at 'Wholey' preem
Reviews
A Perfect Match
Pickpocket
Karamuk
Swing!
Stuart Little
Profiles From the Front Line
Moneyshot
Salem Witch Trials
The Trip to Bountiful
Disastrodrome!: Mirror Man
Take Me Out
Cala, My Dog
Arsenic and Old Lace
My Brilliant Divorce
Six Feet Under
Cradle 2 the Grave
Paradise
Tears of the Sun
Southern Writers Festival Of New Plays
110 In The Shade
Barbara Cook in Mostly Sondheim
Agent Cody Banks
Radiant Baby
Pretenders
Kathleen Edwards
Two Gentlemen From Verona
The Family
The Roots/Cody ChestnuTT
Khushi
Over the Rainbow
Yesterday
Zhou Yu's Train
Dischord
Welcome to the Neighborhood
Bruno S. -- Estrangement is Death
The Movie Hero
This Very Moment
Intentions
My Voyage in Winter
Temptation
Identity Kills
You Can't Stop the Murders
Want
The Legend of Dolemite: Bigger and Badder
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
The Directors: Neil Jordan
The Tempest
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