Table of Contents
Week of 04/23/2003

Articles

SARS, war won't derail Cannes plan

 

Eurimages backs 15 Euro pix

 

TF1 may buy stake in ProSiebenSat.1

 

Auds still worship 'Idol'

 

SARS could choke Toronto docu fest

 

Upcoming Movies covers first hype

 

Ava Elizabeth Snegaroff

 

Jack Wilson Quinn

 

Barrandov plans upgrade, not for sale

 

Rupe could score with soccer rights

 

Gilliam gets a 'Grimm' start date

 

Euro creatives want place in EU

 

Rai fiction taps ousted exec to top

 

BMG still retooling

 

EMI loads up tunes for Euro Net service

 

Film fest survives

 

Eli Zander Schwartz

 

Grace Evan Reason

 

David Gordon Rowling Murray

 

Quinn Robert Daly

 

'Idol's' Clarkson bows in top spot

 

Fritts critical of new FCC rules

 

USC hosts FCC ownership talk

 

New pet project for Martha Stewart Living

 

Kane raising PR shingle

 

Bard tour: sound, fury

 

Imax shares maxing out

 

TF1's entering Kirch sweepstakes

 

EM.TV sells Constantin stake to Swiss co.

 

Looking back on 50 memorable years in showbiz

 

Creatives take on runaway issue

 

ESPN kicks off PPV service

 

Syndies look to the law

 

WB TV duo stay put

 

'Banks 2' suffers helmer withdrawl

 

DIC takes 'Speed' to court

 

Jovovich in residence at 'Evil' sequel

 

Par gives the go to De Line laffer 'Paddle'

 

NBC touts Brokaw's Bush talk

 

KTTV reups news anchor

 

Fox News staffer charged

 

NATPE taps people prez

 

Many arms lift AOL TW

 

Cecile de Brunhoff

 

TV acad's night out with 'Girls'

 

'Ghosts' on scene for NY preem

 

Hosts crowd 'Guy'

 

'People' in the know go to preem

 

Docu crew spells P-A-R-T-Y

 

Peacock pulls trigger on laffer vet 'Shoot'

 

ABC Family kisses chef Roseanne

 

WMA shifts gears

 

Kirch deal gets antitrust nod

 

Critics' Week showcases 19 diverse pics

 

C4 commercial arm cuts losses by 53%

 

'Makeover' suits ABC

 

Peabodys get host Gibson

 

Par's bonding with scribes

 

'Grounded' at WB

 

'Played' finds a home

 

Roselyn Sanchez

 

Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo

 

Robert Schwentke

 

Armand Assante

 

Carmike chain joins exhibition org

 

MTV names Eng sr. veep

 

WB anchors Craig's sporty 'Charlie'

 

Malaysia bans Kurdish pic

 

Castaway gives lawsuit the heave-ho

 

Artificial Eye gets 'Happiness'

 

Finnish 'Idols' bows

 

Cecchi Gori's back

 

'Lion' prod'n roars

 

Canuck studio stall

 

Hearst, keen on teens, buys Seventeen

 

Ad slump hits MTG results

 

Corus sees Q2 earnings drop

 

End of the Rainbow DBS?

 

U's Gelt departs for art

 

BAM puts 15th anni of 'Durham' in lineup

 

Columbia sets bicoastal fest

 

RIAA raises a V sign

 

Correction

 

HBO Pix races to 'Brooklyn'

 

Warners shares 'Home'

 

AMAs groove to November

 

AFI sets workshops for enhanced TV programs

 

Constantin will fight hostile takeover

 

Inside Move: Pacino hints at missing perf

 

Lifetime seeking heroes

 

Ownership rules urged to fast track

 

Pentagon enlists reality TV producer

 

Not a 'Play' Tony decrees

 

Boyle named head of UCLA film dept.

 

Irving Foy

 

BBC director rips U.S. war coverage

 

Spy guys lead MGM to solid 1st qtr

 

Focus to canonize 'Saint'

 

'Fortune' calls on Foley

 

Gibbons all ready for 'Extra' exit

 

Regrouped VU Games bows

 

Marylou Bono, Andrea Kinloch

 

'Towers' takes fifth all-time

 

Tidy $pidey profit

 

'Big Fat' helmer signs with Immortal

 

Groban makes 'Chess' move

 

Trio warms to tyro Sternfeld's 'Winter'

 

Strand eyes right to 'Party'

 

Simon's 'Goodbye' guy

 

Re-up keeps 'JAG' flying

 

'Bachelor' strikes Gold

 

Players size up upfront

 

WB reloads 'Wild Bunch'

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
April 25, 2003

 

Sex on the side at Cannes

 

EC to probe German pubcasters

 

EMI hires Universal Music exec

 

NBC opens sweep with victory

 

Animators flock to Cartoon Masters

 

Peer-to-peer Netcos get reprieve

 

'Jesus' big in Beantown

 

Viacom takes laughs to the bank

 

Biz jumps; 'Millie' 722g

 

MTV Networks makes the grade with young auds

 

Kennedy Center's urban planning

 

Anchors away as cablers back from Iraq

 

Will 'Frog' have legs?

 

Bring your own money

 

Sked holes are trio's fall woes

 

'Film city' planned for Cape Town

 

Global B.O. blossoms for Easter sesh

 

Gauls are big pic spenders

 

Helmer dials up skein for cellphone screens

 

'Bayside 2' hopes to shake down B.O. record

 

Auds get all news, all the time

 

Brit pics get P&A coin

 

SARS scare takes toll on mainland

 

MTV nabs Mastiff formats

 

Tyro digital webs slay rival terrestrial giants

 

Exex back axed SPH boss

 

I want my TV4: Web woos auds with music

 

Seattle dodges a bullet

 

War and SARS keep auds glued to tube

 

SABC2 splashes out $4 mil on local shows

 

Euro orgs kickstart fledgling industry

 

Watchdogs growl at media links to politics

 

CASBAA scuppers pay TV pirates

 

Rough cuts on movie money

 

Attack of the killer crunchers

 

Inside Move: Is MIFED in AFM crosshairs?

 

Inside Move: 'X2' goes global with record bow

 

Inside Move: Studios herd new wave of Westerns

 

Inside Move: 'Cancun's' bare necessities

 

Inside Move: 'Durham' anni safe in Brooklyn

 

Inside Move: Combs' Bad Boy hits the road

 

Media muscles up but qtr. pinches pix

 

Inside Move: Saban scans Kirch for more assets

 

Need money? Agents are here to help

 

Less money for scribes and thesps

 

Elusive 'Identity' preem

 

Fest serves Indian stew

 

Mom reigns over Bollywood bash

 

Reality checked by 'Identity'

 

CanWest winning in Winnipeg

 

In Demand expands scope with HD push

 

Cinar posts loss as entertainment revs fall

 

TV Azteca profit drops

 

Philip Matagaras

 

Ron McCarrell

 

SARS bucks Canadians

 

EC probes Teuton TV subsidies

 

IATSE blesses SAG-AFTRA deal

 

Hedstrom cues EMI Euro biz

 

SAG talks kid stuff

 

Ex-ITV exex bid for Chrysalis TV

 

Tribeca nabs Jones, Roots

 

Vet exec Znaimer exits Chum

 

'ER' to Peacock's aid

 

NOW lobbies FCC on regs

 

Joel Zwick

 

Universe takes swing at 'Soccer'

 

'Valentin' to preem in Seattle

 

Comedy fest gets programming director

 

Greene gets rights to Potter pic

 

Arnold, Cleese take cameos in '80 Days'

 

Black Film Fest shows family pics

 

Focus gives Sussman a shot

 

Inside Move: Stones, Crow, Ma sales up

 

'Abominable' team on tap

 

Third week atop B.O. for 'Johnny English'

 

Union boss pleads guilty

 

Banfield: News biz failed in Iraq

 

Kennedy Center chair Johnson exits position

 

Disney Channel sez konnichiwa

 

Wild Bunch picks up Cannes pic 'Today'

 

CASBAA wins round in piracy war

 

Pay TV net caters to immigrant U.S. auds

 

Cartoon Masters draw up confab

 

English eyes 'First Man'

 

Mifed could be in AFM crosshairs

 

CBS finds love match for 'Cupid'

 

Nicholas Rex Palmer

 

Pearl Marie Boyette

 

Canuck 'Mambo' dances to U.S. beat

 

'All I want to do is direct'

 

Mentoring Spirit: Julian Myers

 

Diversity gains are in eye of the beholder

 

Mentoring Spirit: Susan Grode

 

For H'wood interns, a prize summer place

 

Mentoring Spirit: Robert Kraft

 

Mentoring Programs

 

Reality format sets in

 

Surreal feel to cable net

 

'Spider-Man' swings back into U.K.

 

'Angel,' 'House' score for CBS

 

SARS fears shutter Beijing theaters

 

BBC makes 'impact' plans

 

Hong Kong slates Cheung pic tribute

 

'Distant' thunder at fest

 

Cinematheque prexy Tacchella exits

 

Laurene 'Lolly' Stevenson

 

Mauro Rasi

 

Palm plants 'Springtime' for fall bow

 

Barney Oldfield, show biz journo, dead at 93

 

CBS combo conquers

 

News outlets rework alliance

 

B'way sees broad B.O. bump

 

MTV2 grooves to hard rock, hip-hop

 

Mel axes top radio guy to light Infinity's fire

 

BMG France taps director

 

Apple bites into tune biz

 

Beijing fears SARS epidemic at the movies

 

Regard sider 'Soldiers' on

 

Aimee Saiger-Russell, Michelle Jacobs

 

Laura Molen

 

Ellis, Vision TV join forces

 

Spring break at B.O.

 

Buenos Aires Fest grows despite cuts

 

Belgium directors befuddled by tax

 

Docu fest pitches pics via Internet

 

Viv U to face angry lot

 

Sony Pictures TV Intl. taps new sales VP

 

Stone frustrated with 'Persona Non Grata'

 

Roberts flying solo as she leaves ICM

 

Terrence Monk

 

Griffiths, Quinn gain 'Plain' Hallmark gigs

 

WB, Pandora find homes for 'World'

 

Court TV orders more Dunne 'Justice'

 

Vampire telepic stakes Sutherland

 

Brill to 'Paddle' for Par

 

Lifetime of drama

 

Denton Initials distrib prez

 

Powell touts dereg

 

Scribes join Fox's 'Chan' clan

 

W&A books new agent

 

Acad putting Oscar race on fast-track

 

Demos try to derail dereg

 

Fox hoping 'Underdogs' is gym dandy

 

Can film biz face reality?

 

'Soldier' of misfortune decommissioned

 

Song-and-dance team tune TV

 

'Lizzie' looms large

 

'Cancun's' tequila sunrise

 

Stars gather under big top

 

Remainders rock book fest

 

Showbizzers book it to L.A. tome festival

 

Leonard comes out to 'Play'

 

Lyric Benson

 

Lion leaps toward CinemaNow

 

Saban sorts team to buy Kirch

 

CBS holds off NBC on Monday

 

Channel 4 returns to profit

 

Pini joins Spike TV as PR honcho

 

EM.TV postpones final bank payment

 

Politicos crack down

 

EU guns for pirates

 

Content snares rights to Brit caper

 

Bollywood loosening up

 

Arab net woos Iraq info minister

 

De Mol buys more Man Utd.

 

Short Story sets stars

 

Imax adds 3 India venues

 

RIAA sends message to Web file swappers

 

Sherman ankles AOL TW

 

'Dopamine' buzz rolls on

 

Iran punishes actress for kissing director

 

DGA revises pact for commercials

 

'Idol' gives Fox thrice the power

 

Slumping TV biz faces ad-versity

 

Istituto Luce announces new slate

 

Docu Market stresses creativity

 

Fox dominates cable for 2nd month

 

Pie Town cooks up posts

 

TV Acad establishes charity

 

Showtime to play 'Boys'

 

KCTS cuts staff by 25%

 

Stacey Lane

 

Carmike strikes a NATO accord

 

Cartoon punches 'Powerpuff's' ticket

 

Sony taps McPherson for new hip-hop shop

 

Scripters transition from screen to page

 

SARS cuts into Chinese B.O. biz

 

AMPAS Foundation spreads grant wealth

 

Satellite gaining on cable

 

Helen Honig Meyer

 

John Morris

 

Caroline Newhouse

 

Fred Facey

 

Elaine Steinbeck

 

Journo buys out Canal 9 b'caster

 

WB Int'l ups trio of exex in marketing

 

M&M producer becomes GM of Nordisk

 

'Ab Fab' a breath of fresh air for Oxygen

 

Managing director to retire from Sandrew

 

Oscar-winning producer honored

 

ABC rings 'Wedding' bells

 

Steve Young

 

SABC3 localizes 'Weakest Link'

 

Greg Neal

 

Shawn Amos

 

Jodi Roth

 

Roizman to reside at UCLA

 

Latin Billboard Awards set acts

 

Cliff Lachman

 

Tom Keaveny

 

ABC sends 'Girl' to Family

 

Hamptons hunts for submissions

 

Bedard's 'Black' takes Tisch nod

 

Edward Gaylord

 

Vivendi French fried over H'w'd

 

Jury's in at Tribeca

 

Benito to bow helming 'Silver'

 

K-W's Stornello shifts to p'gramming

 

Garcia part of 'Queen's' Mouse court

 

Viva Morocco

 

Summer bears raising the B.O. bar

 

Ungaro show draws celebs to benefit

 

Exit stage right

 

TBS deal keeps sights on 'Seinfeld'

 

Oscar date debate

 

Sweeps feel heat of 'Miami'

 

Kids make choices

 

Bac Majestic on road to recovery

 

Ciccio Ingrassia

 

Benjamin James Robison and Abigail Esme Robison

 

Madeline Margaret Kathryn Freeman

 

Kylie Chryss Connell

 

Emery Elizabeth Genga

 

Kids' WB lands 'Astro Boy'

 

'Compleat' package set to film

 

Sibs' dibs on 'Rapunzel'

 

Inside Move: Maxim eyes 'Hotties' competish

 

'Monk' movie site tracks its talent

 

Reviews

Women at the Turn of the Millennium -- Nurses

Easter

Beach Resorts

Eloise at the Plaza

Dream a Little Dream: The Mamas & the Papas Musical

Between Land and Sky

A Painted House

Funk Brothers

Elvin Jones Jazz Machine

Mac Awards 2003

Under The Whaleback

Kissing Metal

Memories of Murder

The Game of Their Lives

Jersey Guy

Tell Me on a Sunday

Mamma Mia!

Things Being What They Are

Confidence

Born to Diva

Greater Tuna

Joan Rivers: Broke and Alone ... in L.A.

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