'Old women' takes top prize at Kinotavr

Maurice Rosenthal

'Dance' steps to top

Gabfest nabs pair

NTA re-elects Povich prexy

Humanitas taps 41 scribes

Watering WB's 'Tree'

Indian writer sues author

Liberty sights remain fixed on Viv U

Kiwis mull tax break for 'Lion'

Nielsen beefing up aud service in China

Backin' down Hatch

Velvet Revolver debuts

Gemstar unplugs e-book biz

U expanding reality

Fox casts Huber sr. VP

DirecTV questioning

Banks boost Charter stox

Hudson goes wiggy over 'Emma' roles

SEC probes Penthouse

Viacom Spike spat turns costly

U homevid taps finance chief

Carlos Rivas

Infighting imperils TVS

Adrien Brody

Sega, ESPN teaming on vidgames

Castle Rock awaits the 'Second Coming'

Anna Kendrick

Fox charges Tambor with 'Arrested' role

Death due to Venice

Scribes hit tiles at Mosaic

Visionfest to begin June 29

It's sunrise for feevee Sky Italia

Stony Brook fest to preem 32 pix

Canal Plus ready to cut Sogecable link

H'wood's 'Golden Year' returns on TCM

Rowling sues early news

Duchovny's in the 'House'

Brits brace media ownership

No vote may mean no office

Fox orders 'Studio D'

Claire Forlani, Barry Pepper

Jake Thomas, Fred Willard, Ed Asner

Douglas eyes damages in OD case

Mamet's 'Spartan' maid

Ross navigating 'Aviator'

Col lassoes oater 'Yuma'

'Virgin' takes maiden voyage

'Mulligan' pigskin spec boots to Fox 2000

'Normal Heart' back on Public beat in '04

Harris' line of pix

Inside Move: '24' thesp off the clock

Rockwell will pocket 'Piccadilly'

20th TV's go-to guy Appel gets busier

ABC shuffle strives for promo mojo

Helmer on U's 'Case' with Hanks

Cablevision's cooked books

Tamara Mello

Lane boards 'Butley'

'Gracie' bids adieu

AMMI gettin' 'Dirty' in Frears pic series

Foxx jumps over to ESPYs gig

'Hulk' bursts out at bow

Rodney doc rocks the fest

'Sinbad' sets sail

Lucy Saroyan

Jeremy Sandford

Paul Fraser

Karlovy Vary touts Euros

Kidran signs up for Bridget sequel

Celebs & films Czech in to Karlovy Vary

The play's the thing

Babelsberg confab to assess Scandi biz

Brit TV org: Fox News plays fair

U.K. resists Rupert

India OKs Star's DTH TV service

'Sandokan' revived

'Wave' rolls up coin

Channel draws bids

Malkovich coloring Ship's 'Kubrick'

Argentines cap foreign ownership

Spike battle heading to trial

Privacy paramount

Name switch at USAI

'Masada' tuner team eyes Chi, B'way bow

BMG lifts 2 finance exex

U's Bissi joins EMI's Latin arm

SEC sues ex-Gemstar brass

B'casters in uproar

DVD takeover bid

Bulky 'Hulk' set to flex

AMC exex get the ax

Comdex operator gets new name, topper, HQ

Over 6,000 vie for Nicholls

Judge sets Stewart trial for Jan. 12

Rosen to assume RIAA consulting role

Cinematography fest to celebrate Fraker

Warner Gallic prod'n gels

Fox 'Paradise' blooms

Lifetime likes 'Sex' telepic

Tauzin touts talks

Friends join at NBC

De-reg roadblock

Par thinking tentpole with sci-fi 'Tomorrow'

Columbia gets creative with new ad prexy

William Sadler

Thomas Archer Brackey

Leo Koufax Berenson

Ethan Neal Sartory

Noah Jack Spiegel

Mostow makes most of 'T3' opportunity

Kalcheim to lead Atlas' L.A. office

Rudd, Applegate join 'Anchorman' Ferrell

Reality rewrite for Luster pic

Inside Move: Gandolfini whacks W&A

New Line rings up thriller 'Cellular'

Casting of Joplin jumpstarts 'Heart'

Searchlight finds Woody

It's great being in 'Love'

Weekend Box Office Preview
June 20, 2003

Sesto Bruscantini

Malonga Casquelourd

Making fun on fan sites

Drucker joins WMA

Variety Styleguide - D to G

Variety Styleguide - H to L

'Apartment' cleans up at Sydney Fest

B'casters diving in to summer

Sogecable's big scores

Foreign fury as SARFT bans brands

Industry urges tax break for foreign TV skeins

Terrestrial spat rolls onto cable

Beleaguered net ups vet

Cablers, satcasters ramp up

Firm plans U.S. Touchdown

Glam grans heat up TV 'dignity' debate

Biz slides; 'Wicked' 718g

B.O. up; 'Gypsy' 853g

Teutonic 'Titanic' kaput

Viacom fights urban sprawl

Auds love reality

Cablers hammer the point home

Will TLC open up a syndie 'Trading' post?

Chi legit has spring in its step

Tale of dueling markets

'Shine' team glows with 'Brother'

Direct-to-vid titles flood marketplace

'Bruce' shows juice; '2 Fast' wins race

Raid targets pirates

Movie kiosk gives auds sneak peek

Holmes, Fogelman rev up mystery 'Murder Creek'

Kiwi fest goes global for pics

Noises Off: 'Light' in Seattle

H'w'd tightens its belt

Clouds over screen scene

Inside Move: Percentery pandemonium

Inside Move: Exex switching channels

Is 'brainy' a box office turnoff?

Inside Move: Viv U sizes up suitors

Inside Move: 'Hulk' leaps off the page

Inside Move: Ghoul pix to hit plexes

Inside Move: Viacom vexed over current events

Inside Move: Teuton tumult over yak host

Theme parks a bumpy ride for congloms

Errata

Coaches on Euro role

Inside Move: Reading the sides of guild merger

Inside Move: Book biz hails Oprah's return

Romance sweeps Gaul

H'w'd bash shimmies

Viv U's towering real deal

Vangelos bows film music venture

Green meanie's no weenie

Imax swapping debt for equity

Atlantis awash on earnings rewrite

Redbus drives profit

Middelhoff takes job in U.K. at Investcorp

Out of the Blue swims in U.K. 'Creek'

IFCRant mag's relaunching

Capsizing Net piracy

Forbes ranks celebs

Moscow takes 'Stroll'

Gov't turns off TVs

Montenegro joins daughter in 'Casa'

India's CAS hits fees snag

All-femme film co.

U's Japanese Shrek attraction

Cable subs soaring in Japan

Televisa bows soap o'seas

'Hulk' smashes Asian box office

Fox & director hit 'Road'

Egypt's 'Matrix' ban sparking backlash

Mosaic, HBO team for 6 urban pix

French, Germans celebrate TV pacts

'Elina' tops Cinema Jove fest

'Phoenix' sales rising fast

Alan Helfand

Patricia Kollappallil

Telstra to unload assets

Richard Marks

Dan Kempa

Andy Verderame

Peter van Roden

L.A. Film Fest targets 'Crude'

AOL TW chief Parson pledges coin to ABFF

Acad relaunches database

'Seven Year Itch' scribe Axelrod dies

Dendy takes rights to 'Friedmans'

Cartoon Network skeds 'Zodiac'

'Broadway' to unspool

American Cinematheque to release 'Bubba'

Student Video, Film Production winners named

Cavu nabs rights to 'West Bank'

MTV Latin American awards returns

Myriad, Peermusic pact

Gotham backs law aiding child actors

Sabans pledge $100 million

'Sex' hot for TiVo

European exhibs face trying times

Nantucket Fest wraps up

Gordon tells SAG to cool it

Festgoers revel in party circuits

Brownstein wins arbitration

Colonel gets call to develop

MTV gets 'Punk'd' for two more years

'Ghost' back to chat it up on Cartoon

'Mayor' elects Calandra

Doc vet Cogan slates pix

Hello 'Dali' for helmer

Tuner bash rocks on

Corrections

MoPix, AOL pact to list special access venues

Bash revs 'Full Throttle'

Mifed joins with Italo partner

Sound down on Singingfish searches

Film firms urge tougher Euro quotas

Janine Bazin

Oz pubcaster brings arms together

Local investors drawn to Star India

Teutonic TV toppers testy at confab

'Sex' play to defy arrest threat

'Big Brother' burden

Marcia Savage

TVS license holder to challenge closure

It's raining receipts for B'way shows

Cruz looks to 'Move' on drama

Scholastic loses suit

Helmer Hackford inks with CAA

A stage of 'Dunces'

Disney back in comic biz

Cinema Expo upbeat on digital's progress

Local biz key to Euro exhibs

Jose Manuel Lara

WB Int'l taps Eliasoph for China

Spike judge offers plan

'Hulk,' '2 Fast' hit

Large-screen focus

Imax inks with EuroPalaces

Alliance holds firm

American Media goes into Latin World

Cooper, Zahn prime CNN

Sony takes money unit worldwide

Harold Ashby

Spanish-lingo 'Ley' series a first

Michael Morris

'Monk' tops cable bows

Alphabet puts faith in McGinley for 'Hope'

Par to close Big Ticket

Scene Awards pushes back dates

Food Net goes to Market

Latin feevee on bird to U.S.

'Architect,' 'Game' top Silverdocs

Distaff player sets up classy TV date

Duo mature with Col pic 'Grown Ups'

Taylor Hackford

Ken Olin

Scott Winant

Willis, Sly help Aladdin morph Planet H'w'd

Peter MacLean

M'max steps to plate on 'Damn' redo

Tommy Perkins

Patrick Campbell

Caan's 'Dallas' nabs CineVegas nod

New exec VP helps Fox get with program

Hudson's pregnancy may unlock 'Key'

Bidders jockey for pole in Viv U derby

Hood signs with Summit to adapt 'Watcher'

Not so jolly green giant?

Plucking a 'Tulip' lead

Boston Pops to light up July 4

'Sex' proves popular

Scribes quip at the soiree

Music crowd riffs at fete

L.A. Film Fest ready for 'Camp'

Forman feted by Israel in Gotham

Peacock fetes writers

Audio Science Clayton

Ruth Holmen Taylor

Jones ankles Mission Pictures

Dresdner to sell Telecinco stake

'Splendor' site solid, soft on sizzle

William Blezard

Lords not on board

Brits embrace digital

Spike judge orders Lee to post $2 mil bond

Germans formatting TV landscape

Repeats top unscripted programs

Melbourne opening with 'Japanese Story'

Dresdner shopping Telecinco stake

Ad spend on rebound

Funders tout indie ways

RAI in soccer rights wrangle

Netflix imprimatur

Curtis charms Euro exhibs with 'Love'

Cologne confab sinks 'Teeth' into mini

Leguizamo's 'Undefeated' at Latino fest

Highlight of Hartford season: Albee's 'Home'

Crix salute Conn. theater

Taylor joins 'Landscape'

U collects Fat Rock for kids

Patric in on 'Cat' act

'Fame' casts sliding scale

Confab panel looks at piracy and exhibs

'Forever' gets Stratus cash

Clooney affirms Roman 'Twelve'

Napoli lauds 'Rana'

Marianna Elliott

Phoenix espies U.S.

Animal Planet takes bite of 'Bev Hills Vet'

Laplace digs 'Mina'

No laughing matter for Comedy Central

Viewers turn out for 'Sex'

Loan helps Viv U cross bridge

No verticle limit for Lynch synergy

Fox rolls with IMS

UCLA honors student scribes

Upstairs downstairs

Cojocaru pacts with Par TV, 'ET'

Femme frontal

Fest putting spotlight on visual f/x makers

Culkin into 'Creek' for Whitewater

Inside Move: WB may put arm around Gill

Inside Move: JAG spinoff makes its name

Disney accepts 'Offer'

Pubs hope Harry heat is catching

Shrinking paydays for writers

'Team' knocks on wood at Par

It's another 'Rush' job for Tucker

Toronto girds for 'Invasions'

Viv auction is breaking all the rules

Simon sez: Time to re-up with Viacom

S. Frederick Gronich

Mort Viner

The 13th House

Aragami

Sole Sisters

Mosku - The Last of His Kind

Andaaz

I'll Be There

Bl,.m

At the End of the Night

Fools

Names in Marble

Eels/MC Honky

Hay Fever

Chicago

The Long Christmas Ride Home

Second Nature

Fraulein Else

Bullit and Riper

Mike Brant: Laisse-moi t'aimer

Sex and the City

Franny's Way

Breaking Up

Me and My Girl

Eight Days (Backwards)

The Barbecue People

Breakfast with Hunter