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