Table of Contents
Week of 06/18/2003

Articles

'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

 

Reviews

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