Table of Contents
Week of 07/09/2003

Articles

Bully for 'Bonnie'

 

Tube puts squeeze on middle men

 

Vet DiCosimo goes Digital

 

Volker Krieger

 

Mel Ferber

 

Court nixes Bertelsmann-RTL suit

 

Endemol's 'Decision' on Africa

 

Chorion taps vet

 

History repeats itself

 

Lesley Barricella and Cody Cerwin

 

Gina Cirrone and William Petersen

 

Jennifer Warr and Andrew Miano

 

Heather McComb and James Van Der Beek

 

CBC prematurely promos Olympics

 

EU bows push for digital TV

 

FCC lists merger hurdles

 

Aud at home with 'Bro'

 

Manchester kicks up deal with R'show

 

Ashanti's album No. 1

 

S&P report adds to Cablevision woes

 

Japanese arm hurts EMI

 

Lion nurturing cub

 

Lygo going to Channel 4

 

Digital duo delivers

 

Pumping docu slate with Landis' 'Slasher'

 

Oasis finds Blueprint for joint int'l plans

 

'Kinsey' eyes partners

 

Strikers shutter Avignon

 

LL Cool J: Def Jam refrain

 

Viv U sells game unit Flipside to Vendare

 

'Supersize' fits Disney, Mandeville

 

Saftler to push Movie Channel

 

Originals Showtime key

 

Par faces 'confrontation'

 

'Bruce' loose on TV

 

American fare is 'Cookbook'

 

AFI fest focus on disabilities

 

Payment boosts Adelphia

 

Shoe on other foot, CNN pundit eats crow

 

Oz thesps, employers still squabbling

 

Wolfe bites into theatrical

 

Chiefs at confab upbeat

 

Casey Affleck

 

Richard Coyle

 

Vanessa Carlton

 

Douglas Buck

 

Craig Piligian

 

David Farley

 

'Detroit' reunion KISS-off

 

Concert hall has bright stuff

 

Gotham acts 'Pretty'

 

Thesps' ad-vantage

 

Lorenzo & Par put bad-girl cops on beat

 

Funding ball in Par's Cort

 

First Look, Lakeshore elect 'Mayor'

 

Redford taxis to Nat'l Geo's 'Aloft'

 

Fiennes eyes South Central

 

Dancing the night away

 

Fox fuels Rocket

 

They'll be back: summer's tentpole cliches

 

Paris punches hole in Messier 'chute

 

Gallic B.O. dips 9.3% in 1st half

 

Psychological thriller to be shot in Tallinn

 

Germany's ZDF and Poland's TVP to cooperate

 

Teutonic B.O. tumbles

 

Pirate fleet grows

 

Norway B.O. bounces 15%

 

'Adam' begats fest

 

Tokyo fest lineup will play it safe

 

BBC, BSkyB kick up $490 mil soccer deal

 

Viv U sells its Sogepaq stake

 

New rules put Beeb's pension fund in red

 

'Cupid' misses mark

 

PBS road trip contest takes off

 

Koch Lorber lines up Bollywood DVD series

 

Stark to park at Peacock as 'Today' correspondent

 

New net set to tackle NFL

 

'Early' weather changes

 

PBS wool-gathers with Brooks-voiced toon

 

NAB topper defends org's dereg reversal

 

Avignon strikes out

 

Vidgame 'Half-Life' shoots for film

 

'Hunter,' 'Beah' to highlight IDA fest

 

Elizabeth sweet on the ''70s'

 

Branson full of hot air in 'Around the World' cameo

 

'Pirates' eye B.O. booty

 

Cajuns cook $50 mil prod'n fund

 

Hot 'Pursuit' run down by MGM, Smith

 

Fisher nets Humanitas

 

'Garfield' gets Messing to do voice

 

'Tree' grows on WB sked

 

Inside Move: More color for the Gray Lady?

 

CGI lights up Winston

 

TBS not stationary

 

WB Shanghai plex OK'd

 

Intermedia prexy heads to Warners

 

Gilbert seeks guidance on digital

 

Tara Reid

 

Gabriel Macht

 

Karlovy panel focuses on coin, distrib'n

 

AOL's rolling the retail dice

 

Williamson shifts focus to U shingle

 

Sony locks 'Boondocks' comic strip

 

Olga Barbato

 

Carlos Eduardo Dolabella

 

Gerald Richard Jensen

 

James Plunkett

 

Janet Collins

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
July 11, 2003

 

Loraine Sherwood

 

Mario Cassar

 

Cultural exception made for France

 

B.O. is blockbusted

 

Pic budgets: truth or dare

 

Sobering thoughts for Euro pic junkies

 

Marvel faces rivalry from Catwoman & co.

 

Warner's takes hot sesh

 

Cattelya's ambitious pic slate

 

B.O. starts to tire of non-stop action

 

A National renewal for Hytner

 

Shapira still in pickup game

 

'Hearts' at Working Title

 

Zeitgeist fetes box office breakthrough

 

Majors want a piece of Bollywood

 

Cinema upswing leads to big B.O. rise

 

Inside Move: 'Kate' skates under radar

 

Inside Move: Shifting sands for Lynch telepic

 

Inside Move: Long, hot summer for pix

 

Inside Move: SAG, AFTRA's dramatic pause

 

Inside Move: Media mix with moguls at retreat

 

Inside Move: Faux fest circuit

 

Inside Move: Thesps pull curtain on fests

 

Too many nags in summer derby

 

Inside Move: Teuton TV host talked out

 

'Copywood' pix pay unwanted hommage

 

Dutch serve up plate of chopsocky

 

Strict finance fund regs to be loosened for indies

 

Bangkok Fest gets new team from Palm Springs

 

Cologne shingle brings 'Clown' action to cine

 

Metal and melody in perfect harmony

 

NBC gets a second chance

 

Fox News wins Mad Ave. respect

 

Press tour turns toward nets

 

Nets vie for demo balance

 

Wealthy ARD, ZDF score auds

 

Will BBC 'sex' spat spark Blair witch hunt?

 

Pubcaster NHK strikes it lucky in dream MLB deal

 

Featured Player: Tom Warne

 

Food show on menu for ratings success

 

Teens just wanna have fun in front of the tube

 

Woe for naughty 'Big Bro' in Zambia

 

B'way hits on hot streaks

 

Biz fizzles; 'Nine' 770g

 

B.O. dives; '42nd' 936g

 

Public fetes counsel

 

NYCB unveils plans for Balanchine centennial

 

S. Africa arts festival looking lively

 

Film feats have clay feet

 

Bringing down der movie haus

 

Bruckheimer corrals his 'Boys'

 

'Angels' frolic thru Euro promo tour

 

Irish preem scene for 'Veronica'

 

Czech choice

 

Disney parlays ride stuff

 

Martha's reheated leftovers

 

A.S.K. no more of legit org

 

Judge holds up Washington vidgame law

 

Techie Samit ankles EMI

 

FX uncovers Sony's 'Identity' for $6 mil

 

Feather in GE's cap

 

Canuck arts revs on rise

 

QVC net joins Liberty's fraternity

 

Charter sets sail with refinancing

 

'Reloaded' locks in

 

Dafoe, Dillon set to gain 'Control'

 

Benefits the focus in contract talks

 

Correction

 

'Window' dresses up Karlovy Vary festival

 

Fortnight edits its director out

 

Lyons to Focus on gig as prod'n prexy

 

Pixar in toon with Latam festival

 

Discovery finds 'Nemo'

 

Sci Fi jetting to Germany

 

NEC hooks up cell for digital TV

 

Wajda plans on 3rd 'Man'

 

EU caves into Gaul, reinstates protection

 

Duo preps Pakistani-Indian prod'n

 

New chief for N.Y. Times

 

Time to adapt 'When' is now

 

Pricey 'Pauley' show draws in 3 Peacock O&Os

 

Thorn to prime NBC drama post

 

ABC, ESPN pitch Spanish

 

Viv U files to halt cash for Messier

 

Inside Move: 'Buffalo' stirs up controversy

 

Nets plan to fight solons on FCC regs

 

Trial to give devil his due

 

Sony's beauties, beast score o'seas

 

Henderson gets 'Wired'

 

Diaz sings 'Jane' refrain

 

Rachel Sherri Weissman

 

FCC rulings lift WB stations

 

Arnold tosses hat in ring for laffer 'Sir'

 

DVDs booming amid B.O. bobble

 

NBC gives Holmes a home for specials

 

Lakeshore soaks up $200 mil in credit

 

Lederman imprints marketing shingle

 

New round of offers for Artisan fielded

 

Weaver to enter 'Woods'

 

Drama vet to Touchstone

 

Mining the classics

 

Emerson Rose Cable and Olivia Ray Cable

 

Nerve plugs in 'Cordless'

 

Rawson Marshall Thurber

 

2003 10 to Watch Series: Comics

 

Exex look to replace Depres

 

Celeb passions on 'Record'

 

Madden madness

 

Most valuable pitchmeisters

 

Agents of change

 

The shift is on

 

Kudos strike up the brand

 

Fox juggles double-play ball

 

A pretty good racket

 

Queen bonds with Brosnan

 

TMG ups stake in CineMedia

 

Oz court halts vendor selling U.S. DVDs

 

Grade makes director at SMG

 

U.K. kidvidder to distrib 'Transformers'

 

EIB renews to French bank loans

 

Universum picks up 'Love,' 'In-Laws,' Confidence'

 

Collier collars AHL managing director

 

Montreal fest pays last year's winners

 

Arclight deal spotlights 'Duo'

 

PBS tops news noms

 

Fireworks arrive late at Broadway

 

Fox gamely bows 'Banzai' on Sunday

 

Sony's spreading out

 

Love inks with Virgin Records

 

'Hero' welcomed by Jerusalem

 

ESPN hands Rush the ball

 

PBS 'Family' extended 13 eps

 

'T3' terminates Asian B.O.

 

Bedeviled WB settles 'Exorcist'

 

Upcoming services

 

Strike talks skedded

 

Scripps a cable pip

 

Boss ouster buzz in Brit merger denied

 

Intertainment puts blame for losses on Franchise

 

WGA East's Sargent seeks another term

 

Austin spies 3-D preem for 'Kids'

 

Lead Yahoo! buys Overture amid Google rivalry

 

20th taps Kantor

 

PGA taps Hurst for new media

 

Sony Music ups Seklir to sr. VP

 

20-pic Lions Gate deal puts IFC in the 'Zone'

 

Twentieth syndie pair off to slow start on Fox

 

Santos keeping shares, and health

 

Inside Move: 'Pauley' rivals dispute deal

 

Eliot Wald

 

Fox cops 'Velouria' spec

 

Actors' Equity fund ill

 

Compay Segundo

 

Canadian venture exiting L.A.

 

WMA buffs TV arm

 

Elliott Marks

 

D'Works calls a cabbie

 

Mega-culpa greets new Times topper

 

'Seabiscuit' team on track for 'Mile'

 

Inside Move: Dale regaled with '24' role

 

ABC's escaping reality

 

MGM will bump its bid for look at Viv U

 

Inside Move: 'Cody' DVD a sensitive effort

 

Hippie flashback scene

 

Gossip scribe chats up novel party

 

'Carnival' bash

 

Bow accents nuance

 

'King' Carter ruled arranging, sax

 

Edwin Perlstein

 

Pols prodding probe of costly CME payout

 

Institutional changes

 

Good news for UPC

 

Critic Walker dies at 73

 

Gotham's gaudy Gawker

 

Beeb report ripped

 

Danish film org taps consultant

 

SBS, Bonnier team their radio ops

 

Japan TV launches

 

'Love' many-splendored for NBC

 

Leela Chitnis

 

Warners ramping up 'Mucha' pic, tie-ins

 

AFTRA slams SAG plan

 

Plan has Indian gov't Star-gazing

 

'Boxer' puts trio in corner

 

Former Gaga COO turns to PR house

 

Market encloses pix by 'Sexy' duo

 

Infinity tunes in new exex

 

Winston Graham

 

Thomas P. Sheils

 

Mixed earnings for publishers

 

'Abra' pic does trick for Nick in auds, demo

 

History helps rebuild docu collection

 

Viv U has Lion at bay

 

Robin Patrice Riordan

 

Robert (Bob) Klosterman

 

Cookson new WB tech prexy

 

Sundance calls for entries

 

Brian Dennehy

 

Danny Glover

 

D'Works enlists scribes

 

Inside Move: Kelley battles bathroom fare

 

Strathairn keeps Showtime's faith

 

'Dead' aim at an IPO

 

Franchise-Intertainment trial postponed to '04

 

Spade to emcee Teen Choice Awards

 

ABC taps Tapper as D.C. correspondent

 

Taylor joins USC as chair of prod'n division

 

Hollywood Film Festival taps craft kudos winners

 

Alexander Walker

 

Phifer, Diggs add fuel to 'Burn'

 

Citron online as VP for Movielink.com

 

Inside Move: Disney wakes 'Bear' for Sat. bow

 

Arquette puts life on ABC

 

Inside Move: Opting out of 'Monkey' biz

 

ABC reups Sherman

 

Rags to riches to film for Smith

 

B.O. battles seldom mano a mano

 

Double 'Kill' bill

 

Ex-Peacock prez wings way to 20th

 

Planting tent-pols

 

Helmer gives 'Park' sparks

 

Will Magic's venture slam dunk urban pics?

 

Pols' bid to block dereg gaining steam

 

Tune in Gene TV

 

Debt reckoning for AOL TW

 

Pariah skein a slam dunk

 

Gotti to keep Ensign stripes

 

Thanks a bunch

 

Tainted tomes or neglected nuggets?

 

Whine list

 

Reviews

The Glass Menagerie

My Life With Count Dracula

Gallant Girls

Caucasian Roulette

Paradise is Somewhere Else

The Cost of Living

The Elephant Vanishes

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Beyond the Sea

Babusya

The Stewardess

A.A.A.Achille

Ravioli

Gotan Project

Prince Charming

Carol Welsman

Pacific Overtures

Federico Fellini -- Through the Eyes of Others

Magnifico

American Cousins

Stuey

The Key for Determining Dwarfs or the Last Travel of Lemuel Gulliver

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

This Girl's Life

Free for All

Eddie's Million Dollar Cook Off

Present Laughter

A Cold Summer

Kenny Burrell

Lost Love

Main prem ki diwani hoon

42nd Street

Bad Boys II

How to Deal

Alien Ant Farm

Blues Night at the Bowl