Table of Contents
Week of 03/19/2003
Articles
H'wood's Alpha female
Animal magnanimity
H'w'd shops for IFP/LA
Telefonica gives shareholders 30% of Antena 3
BBC2 plans post-war doc on U.S.
U.K.'s TV Corp. to rep Shine fare
U.K. program exports up 6.6% in 2002
Barry bids adieu to U
'Identity' moody, immersive
Two-hour 'Idol' rocks
Playboy bunny gets a redo
50 Cent, Jones remain atop charts
Bersch bags position as Fox homevid COO
Australia gets territorial with trade
New Yorker nabs nine mag noms
Radio stox get poor Street reception
BV Music's Cavallo stays at Disney
Game net scores with 'Bucks' doc
SoundExchange inks satcast rates deal
Ripa's a pip for ABC laffer
Publicists' kudos to Spidey, 'Bachelor'
CEO Allen survives Granada meeting
'8 Mile' DVD speeds to $40 mil
College Television Award winners announced
Surging Nick makes child's play of upfront
'Bunny' hops to Palm
Panorama takes rights to 'Earth'
NAMIC Vision Awards announces noms
Martin suggests Bush, Saddam watch 'Rain'
Television Corp. to distrib Shine
EU: No politico pull
Prague bags Imax
Globo president upped
Arts feevee yanked
Pic exchange inked
EU fund boosts film
Canal 9 head quits
Lewinsky adds 'Personality' to Fox
War coverage may cost nets dearly
Tannenbaum, Ovitz settle
News nets mobilize
Regen gains a Revolution gig
Golden State job blues
Tomei plays UPN 'Game'
Snowstorm not the only Disney chill
Inside Move: NBC's Thurs. may move to Tues.
Mel reups at Viacom
CBS preps pass to ESPN
Inside Move: 'Sopranos' sing sweetly
Oscar scrambles to keep its stars
Bombs will hit box office, Broadway
Sebastien Japrisot
Press gains Innovative gig
CAA inks top toon helmer
AmfAR honors its Diamond Icon
Driving excitement
L.A.'s top cop goes H'wood
Scribe reflects on writer's life
Col Pix closes 'Shutter' deal
Ratner rushes out of 'Superman'
Moviguide fetes pics' spiritual gifts
'Henry VIII' gets miniseries treatment
EU takes heat off Canal Plus
Docu finds leaking nerve gas in U.S.
FilmRadar finds L.A.'s special screenings
War coverage begins
Creditors delayed Italo pix release
Americans, French together for fest
Kaurismaki eschews Oscars in protest
'Bottom' butts out of B'way
SAG skeds kids' chatfest
Sundance taps 'World' as leadoff
Si TV says yes to team for fall bow
Yale Rep to host Chekhov from Russia
Williamstown fest preps 'Opera' revival
Riviera ricochets with war jitters
DirecTV readies local bird of prey
SAG tells members to avoid non-Equity tours
Diller in a tiff with VivU
ABC sends mixed message to affils
Auds favoring Fox News
Short kicks off 'Matrix' mania
Cannes mart registrations soar online
TV duo 'Big' time scribes for New Line
'Astro' redo takes off
Imagen takes debt swap
Turner to remain on AOL TW board
India cap dims Star
Beeb bringing in McGhee
Singapore net reups deals
Spanish producers team for soccer doc
Pix in full retreat
Ravenello pilots twin gigs
Correction
U, Imagine call in 'Sick'
Groth returns for CineVegas post
Oscar is still a go, Acad sez
Nets take different paths in primetime
Sumner sells Mel on No. 2
Hello to 'Goodbye Girl'
TV on the frontline
Director troika set for bigger things
Indies reel off new reality
Spirits spread the wealth year round
Noms process a matter of committee debate
Cassavetes Contender: 'Ivansxtc'
Cassavetes contender: 'Dahmer'
Show promises Spirited speeches, surprises
Documakers hunt for truth and $20K prize
Cassavetes Contender: 'Personal Velocity'
Producer noms go to final round for kudo cash
Cassavetes contender: 'Charlotte Sometimes'
Hyde Park sold on Martin's 'Shopgirl'
Maverick welcomes 'Messiahs'
Broadway trekking down the 'Big River'
Rosner cops writing gig
'Night Before' party's hearty
Thora Hird
H'w'd house parties
Weekend Box Office Preview
March 21, 2003
Sharp eyes find film flaws
Auds do some laughing
Danielle Avery Pritikin
Julia Grace First
Acad asserts Oscar show will go on
Frank Delmar
'Heaven' tops Indie Spirit Awards
Ovitz is back?
Mayday for summer pix
Arclight sets prod'n slate
Pickup action targets small pix
Auds look for light fare to counter war fears
Sequels and franchise jam o'seas summer skeds
Production doldrums may be lifting in region
DVD biz quadruples for 2002
Don't change (hardly) a thing
Kiwis launch prod'n outfit
Hallmark's mini mania
Distribs threaten BAFTA revolt
UPN, WB comedies uplift sked
Digitenne is good to go after 5 years
Mighty morphin Saban powers into Teuton TV
'Big Brother' reaches out across Africa
China opens up pay TV to premium tier
Exports bring ducats to Blighty
Arabs brave war fears to haggle at Mip mart
Inside Move: Diller charts separate course
Inside Move: Disney's hot for Henson
Memo to Frank Pierson: Time to get real?
Inside Move: Pic predicted Saddam scenario
Inside Move: Tube titan funnels funds to edgy indies
Inside Move: Viv U puts ailing TV group's HQ up for sale
Inside Move: Lewis doppelganger scores call to Gaul
Arts and minds are the next front
Inside Move: Hero pics see hurdles
Inside Move: War shells pic commissions
Inside Move: Verdict squeezes Republic for $354m
Inside Move: Helmer Lyne opens tap on tyro talent
Cabler welcomes rival
Gambling game's up in Philippines
Don't Panic won't panic over porn row
SBS station denies it's floundering
Macedonia cracks down on phone sex ads
Two's a crowd in Singapore's pay TV market
A spring awakening Off Broadway
B.O. bounces back
B.O. even; '42nd' 944g
Prepping 'Poppins'
B'way's new anxiety
Pic classic treads boards
Capitol Brits vie for top honors
Restaurateur cooks up H'wood clientele
'House' hold word at the B.O.
China uplinking CNN
Jackson, Kiwis settle
Videotron back in Family way
U.S. pix up Euro share
Assassins hunt coverage banned
Third plex planned in Slovenia
Taiwan shops toon
Giveaway gooses GameCube sales
Disney 'Extreme' with skate game
'Star Wars Galaxies' game bow set back
Internet creator Gore joins Apple board
Online ads gaining popularity
Sonic singing blues
Viv U refinancing plan set to ensure liquidity
Frosh CFO at Adelphia
Travel hits the jackpot
'Head's' up for Theron
Analyst sez Bollywood's on track to bounce back
Angst inflames bash-ful week
Pic trims grim 9/11 shot
War's grim realities
Liberty turns stake in AOL TW into bonds
NABET, ABC delay talks
War blips nip at Mip but biz marches on
Musicals set to roll in L.A.
Berger bags gig at Basic
Grey set for charity fete
Little war effect seen as Euro B.O. drops
In Demand adds kids, shorts to virtual lineup
Shiri Appleby
David Hornsby
Dan Byrd
Laurel Whitcomb
Beth Laski
Manuel Martinez-Llorian
Michele Megan Dix
Oscar dances to 'Chicago's' tune
Oz biz spanks Yanks
'Skin' rubs Moffett; 'Eddie' ready
Backstage notes
Madonna pic walks 'Away' with 5 Razzies
Scream play goes to protests
Gotham's night out
'Chicago' likely to reap all that B.O.
Oscar honors O'Toole for his trade
Sony set-top shuffle's set
Will they find another 'Idol'?
Global players
Auds prefer local flavor over U.S. fare
Canal Plus programming on the chopping block
Pay TV monopolies have majors reeling
Despite massive losses, optimism abounds
BBC1grow auds as competish falters
Czech mate for CME in Nova case
Pubcaster TVP reigns supreme
Ladya van Eeden, Germany's Vox
Hungary looks to real world for choices
Guido Barbieri, Italy's Mediaset
ATV prepares for private encounter
Yank series succumb to local spell
Mercedes Gamero, Spain's TeleMadrid
Jeff Ford, Britain's Channel Five
Digital upgrade proves billion-$ endeavor
Terrestrial stations on equal footing
Dysfunction at Canal Plus creates wait-and-see game
Consolidation key to future growth
RAI feeling pressure from Berlusconi-led gov't
With ad recession over, Spain's ready for recovery
Canucks look south to sate reality appetite
Nonfiction continues to reinvent itself
Stephens rolling Seven in Oz rivalry
Currency devaluation proves troublesome
Gloriously promoted
Russia revs up
Real King stands up
Indian TV sees Star rise on horizon
C4 touts event docs
Alcatel dials up Milia
Globo sails in on soaps
Carlton caters to East bloc
TechTV sexes up series
Beyond inside Cuba
'Nature' in Harmony
Knockout newcomers
'Star Search' goes global
Chrysalis hops on historic 'Highway'
Thesp Affleck skeds 'Tomorrow' sci-fier
Lara Croft will drive custom Jeep promo
Goldman, New Line marvel for 'Shazam!'
TNN, 007 try male bonding
Silence before the Oscars
Something to cheer about at the Oscars
Wins cap wild ride for Miramax
High notes for 'Pianist' & Polanski
'Night Before' party hearty after all
'Chicago' shimmies to best pic
War's echoes resonate at Kodak
Lost Remote covers war coverage
Oscars take a tumble
Paul Moran
Peggy Cobb Walsh
Parker on BAFTA board
Zigler adds Bravo duties
DVD drives Euro vid surge
Springer out of 3 TV firms
Credit due at Viv U
TF1 invites Saban to sit on board
EM.TV settles suit over stock swap
War fears hit Mip Doc
Finale adds documentary competition
Mip rips into sales
Nets stocking up on promo power
Dyke, HBO to receive int'l TV awards
TPS adding channels to kids' menu
Oscar pix eye o'seas
40 S. Korean toon companies hit Mip
Mip TV speakers back back-to-basics strategy
Food Net cooks up 4 series
DirecTV offers due this week
All the non-news that's fit to b'cast...
NBC Enterprises ups O'Boyle to sr. veep
Court lays out brief on original programs
Panavision zooms in on Noonan
Oscars a war casualty
'8 Mile' DVD's going far
Spain's Cromosoma ups three
Schuendler tops Bavaria's list
No slack from Iraq on B'way
Farr better thing: 'Girl'
Jury favors TVT in rap suit
B'way will fall in 'Love' with Elvis
Muchmusic kicks up 'Kung Faux'
Wellspring scratches itch to distrib 'Skin'
Polanski, others in Oscar's afterglow
'Will & Grace' creator settles lawsuit
Startup cabler taps Rodgers
FX takes original 'Tuck'
Bob Leonard
Joseph S. (Joe) Maggio
Auburn has flair for 'Mare'
Inside move: NBC ad ruffles feathers
High-risk TV coverage
Correction
ABC's war cry jostles primetime
Court TV preps DNA docs
Kennedy/Marshall taps Sy VP, prod'n, dev't
Artisan hires Allen to assess suitors
Fox believes in animated 'Afterlife'
Miramax lands 2 MGM exiles
Integrated weds adbiz, showbiz
NBC, Bravo high on 'Chicago'
Price right for 'Ikiru'
Frog preps six-pack for pickup
Making Oscar music
The music you really, really like
'Fear,' 'Raymond' pace Monday
Digital delayed Down Under
War prompts sked change
U.K. faces set builder flap
Taut Teuton titan
Study sez f/x smoke harmful
Film Center taps director
Distribs in Egypt ease off on U.S. product
Egmont ups profit to $42 mil
Prisms pact for FX airing
Carmike stanches flow of red ink in '02
ABC Family, cablers split up ad sales arm
Artisan downloads Movielink
BMI lands int'l chief
Reim takes reins at bowing RBB
Public TV triumphs
Pic quotas rising
Paybox in planning
ED sets up channel
Condor eyes facility
Tribeca gaze grows global
Nick ups Bittler in shuffle
The greatest preshow on earth
Slamdance, Xeolux partner for new competish
Winds of war whip Mip attendance
AOL moviegoers vote for 'Rings'
Humanitas deadline April 1
Vien tops U int'l cable nets
AFI fest calls for entries
Tribeca slate takes on political hot spots
Nelson in as GQ's editor
Arnett takes his shots at CNN
Is N.Y. too full of fests?
Pitch puts scribe duo aboard Dimension bus
Arlyne Grazer
Mario Perillo
Revolution bets on 'Sumo'
Shakespeare & Co.'s slate slots Bard, bow
WGA to lobby FCC on regs
Disovery net doubles its slate of originals
Films matter
Inside Move: NYSE yanks Al-Jazeera
'Macho!,' Tigres top Arenas deals
What Barbra wanted to say on Sunday
Fox circles 'Circuit' pilot
Joseph Aslan Gott
Why did Oscar's ratings rattle?
Kudos to the Academy
Firm's TV topper Wolken out the door
Nets hedge bets on Iraqi coverage
Chung ankles CNN
Fox tops news from Baghdad
Seagrams' art is going, going, gone
Harold Stanford 'Hal' Herzon
Emilio Estefan Sr.
WB gives four titles the special treatment
Weller/Grossman, Quirk having 'Baby'
Fox won't sit 'Idol'
'Cosmonaut' on Neufeld's pad
Super writers, WBTV staying in 'Smallville'
'Chi' guys open 'Door'
Liberty drops but still shops
Reviews
Avenue Q
Chouchou
The Blue Room
The Stranger Beside Me
2 Lives
Jane Monheit Sings Harold Arlen
She Loves Me
Common; Talib Kweli
Accidental Death of an Anarchist
8 Bob Off
Continental Divide
Soul of a Whore
Piglet's Big Movie
Boat Trip
View from the Top
Book of Rules
Copacabana
The Great Dance: A Hunter's Story
The Quality of Light
The Core
Head of State
Basic
The Flying Dutchman
Joe Jackson Band
Turtle Island String Quartet
Mango Souffle
Refugee
Don Juan
75th Annual Academy Awards
Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie
Ministry
The Used
Marian McPartland -- 85th Birthday Tribute
The Thorns
Elegies
Too Jewish, Too!
Dogs Barking
Relatively Speaking
My Architect
Caballe, Beyond Music
Household Accounts
My Lucky Star
Knots
Salamina Soldiers
Inspector Gadget 2
Love For All Seasons
Mayhem
Wanda at Large
A New War
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