Table of Contents
Week of 07/30/2003

Articles

Nordisk pumps up Swedish TV ops

 

BBC2 gets 'Real'

 

Changes reaps profits for net

 

RTV sees losses lowered

 

Pooped 'Pops' faces slide down to BBC3

 

DOJ questions fuel AOL TW stox dip

 

Cabler Cox locks up big 2Q gains

 

Kelly's funeral ushers in Beeb probe

 

'24' on a shop spree

 

Cosmo's in Mexico

 

Soccer's live on Fox

 

Nat'l Geo upgraded in Brazil

 

TV mini plays on plays

 

Short rides 'Whale'

 

'Bad' disc still atop chart

 

S. African pubcaster ups fees

 

BCE's Bell rings up gain

 

NBC O&Os shop with cable show

 

Epic Canuck studio

 

Inside Move: La. solons mull MPAA job

 

Paxson's picking up

 

Azteca belt-tightening shows

 

HFPA flashing cash

 

Reporter Leventhal reups Fox News pact

 

WCBS-TV joins with newspaper

 

PBS getting new 'Angle' on school

 

Warners toons up Keenan

 

Spike gets into U's 'House'

 

'Lucky' folds hand

 

Rainbow reshuffles after exec exodus

 

Gates owns 7% of Televisa

 

Harris' 'Heroes' enlists Hirsch

 

Sam Phillips

 

Ferrell gets 'Smart' pic

 

Fox thriller is 'Murder' for Hefner

 

Technicolor offers digital content storage

 

Creative (Emmy) solution?

 

'Amy,' 'Angel' will draw new blood

 

Cable nets facing reality on Tuesday

 

Starving actors blocked merger

 

Beacon, Disney in 'Love'

 

Clarence 'Skip' Scarborough

 

No Govern-ator

 

Sheldon funds UCLA writing scholarship

 

'Action Star' conquers world

 

Helmer 'Ames' to please

 

'Statement,' 'Divorce' to divide Gallic auds

 

Simon Cochrane

 

Section Eight musters deal with WBTV

 

Cabler FX takes a big 'Mac' tack

 

'Grand Theft' carjacks five game awards

 

Par wooing Tomei, Sarandon for 'Alfie'

 

Rosenberg updating 'Sentinel'

 

Odd Lot carrying 'Larry'

 

'OddParents' flies to 8 on Nick weeknights

 

Helmer Schepisi builds all-star 'Empire'

 

Newhouse has 'Nothing' going

 

Fox unleashes 'O.C.'

 

Modern 'Divorce' amicable for duo

 

Preemgoers open wide

 

Harold Schonberg

 

Av Inlender

 

New regs may open Five doors

 

Fire destroys film cache

 

European auteurs lead sked at Venice Fest

 

Bertelsmann closes online book

 

MTV Brasil's ad revs up

 

Chrysalis sells off TV sector

 

Fat 'Cast eyes acquisitions

 

Trims boost Charter's bottom line

 

Viv U Entertainment revenues off 15%

 

Comedians Attell, Black to hit the road

 

Turman to debut 'Man' in L.A.

 

Myriad, Peermusic to collaborate

 

N.Y. Women org names Danielides prez

 

'Farang' to preem on docu block

 

BSkyB kicks out Chelsea

 

Teutonic exhib org rips UIP pricing plan

 

Sony ups Schrager to exec VP

 

Toronto gala bow for 'In the Cut'

 

Montreal feeling independent

 

Cartoon Network named head of program prod'n

 

Goeres readies 'Heist'

 

Imax revs down $2 mil from Q2 2002

 

TV Globo to unspool original Aug. 31

 

Teuton TV opens up at Telemesse

 

'Wedding' taking on sequel-itis

 

LAPTV taps new p'gramming VP

 

Court sez paper libeled Kidman

 

Fine kettle of fish for Disney

 

Needed: 'Great' kid for pic

 

F/X explosives kill 7 in India

 

Correction

 

Root no longer in Granada USA script

 

TV channel with new faces

 

'Peacemakers' hit for USA

 

Benjamin Bratt

 

James Carpinello

 

Marcia Cross, Sarah Lancaster

 

Nicole Paggi, Jansen Panettiere

 

BMI pacts with radio stations on royalties

 

Disney, Dimension lift July B.O. over $1 billion

 

Noto hangs Maui shingle

 

Arnie will tell Leno his plan

 

Randy Rayburn

 

Gavin Paul Maloof Nassif

 

Cosette Brooke Prisand

 

Lea Beth Levine

 

Alphabet looks to Rome for inspiration

 

Cherry Road will deliver 'Eulogy'

 

Scout Wins Boxing Tale

 

GOP scrambles on veto strategy

 

Warner Bros. sued over pic accounting

 

Visa vise tightens

 

'Alias' agent nabs a raise

 

WB imports Tokyo toon 'Yu-Gi-Oh!'

 

Lion's Peacock throne

 

Gateley moves to MTV

 

Fox deals exec deck

 

Lakeshore Phils in slate with 'Pastoral'

 

'Fired Up' scribes stoke interest at NBC, D'Works

 

Hershey sweet on series

 

LaMure wedding Weisz to 'Winters'

 

Star is porn on reality TV

 

CNN assigns Wallace to N.Y.

 

Harry Streep Jr.

 

Tex McCrary

 

Rob Sunde

 

Norma McClure

 

Weekend Box Office
August 1, 2003

 

Dutch net snares top exec

 

Not easy being green

 

'Bibi' works more magic

 

Channel 4 goes abroad

 

Letuli Olo Misilagi

 

Luther Henderson

 

Jacobus "Jake" Rose

 

Pam Warner

 

Jorge Olguin

 

Karen Hall

 

Ryan Daly

 

Jeremy Davies

 

Bradley Stokes

 

Vince Lloyd

 

Sorrells Pickard

 

Marshall Lon Freeman

 

Jack French

 

Fusayo Koike

 

Chester M. 'Chet' Murphy

 

Eileen Rodgers

 

Aaron Bell

 

Summer summary: A fish tale

 

Par, D'Works team for 7 pix

 

Inside Move: Deals cooking as French fry

 

Inside Move: U sticks fork in 'Pie'

 

Hollywood hindsight

 

Inside Move: 'Battle' is rejoined, but only by Peacock

 

Inside Move: Showbiz, game biz make B.O. grade

 

Inside Move: Malaysian cleric looks to smite 'Almighty'

 

Inside Move: Calif. coin crunch strangles film fund

 

Inside Move: 'Marriage' offers summer sizzle

 

H'wood vet opens London bridges

 

Inside Move: Visa vexation

 

Mall mogul makes movie moves

 

Hollywood's outsider coin

 

First winter break week warms biz

 

'Fat Slags' gets Green light; Aardman toons up

 

Local fare pushes out H'wood pix

 

Sydney studios adding space

 

Featured Player: Colin Nutley

 

European B.O. sizzles as heatwave abates

 

Action director turns spiritual for latest pic

 

Bollywood bonkers for Taj Mahal titles

 

War can't stop tragicomic project

 

Femme helmers try their hands in Thailand

 

Minis go for the long haul

 

Featured Player: Richard Stratton

 

'K Street Project' proves elusive

 

Nets hope crime pays off this fall

 

Foxtel fears threatens digital plans

 

And for Blighty's next TV trick

 

Bertelsmann builds on past

 

It's not HBO, it's Canal +

 

Players slug it out over news

 

'Sesame St.' moves to new 'hood

 

Watchdog opens sports to all viewers

 

Cablers get set to slug it out for auds

 

TV Globo lassoes prime sporting event

 

Territory gears up for digital rollout

 

Legit's energizer bunny Ayckbourn

 

B.O. even; 'Aida' 764g

 

Biz steady; 'Phantom' hot

 

Noises Off: 'Pajama' party

 

Back in black in Oz

 

Showbiz class acts

 

Polo rides high with U.K. showbiz crowd

 

Sars-stock rocks gently in Toronto

 

Saban still in play for Teuton b'caster

 

Wright feathering GE nest

 

'Matrix' game powers Atari quarter

 

Radio player Citadel tunes in $418 mil IPO

 

Sony sounds off on Sonic

 

'Pie' pals humble Jen & Ben

 

Arclight adds Spice to Aussie movie fund

 

Fogwill rolls helm debut 'Suenos'

 

'Infernal Affairs' pix cop back-to-back bows

 

Euro Disney mulling financial future

 

Trintignant dies after head trauma

 

Deauville to toast Scott, Ivory, HBO

 

MPA will join battle against pirates in Oz

 

Correction

 

'Naked' wears out welcome

 

Org denies Cinar duo's appointee

 

Meisel tapped for MTN duty

 

RTL TV shifts to riverfront locale

 

Vid, DVD revs pass up B.O. in Germany

 

Kodak makes a future focus fix

 

Industrial looks to churn out pix

 

Taplin rides Roosevelt bio rights

 

Powers Boothe

 

Marcy Harriell

 

Turner sells AOL TW stock

 

TechTV, Peachpit press together

 

Int'l student film fest to honor thesp Coburn

 

Wallace national for CNN

 

Arnold, 'Pirates' rule the seven seas

 

Kimberly Peirce

 

J.T. Petty

 

'Voyage' tix for Schwentke

 

AFTRA props pension plan

 

Shingle at U for 'Pie' guy

 

Kobe's the man at Teen Choice Awards

 

Costner, Pfeiffer lining up love on links

 

'Skulls' in session for Paramount

 

In Demand bumps PPV for high-def

 

Warun to run Beantown's promo ops

 

Statham's the static man in 'Cellular' pic

 

'Embers' pic doused as Connery exits

 

Laff fest boosts Burr

 

NBC books another run for Bravo's 'Queer Eye'

 

U.S. 'Crash' course

 

Fox sweet on 'Temptation' Thurs.

 

Drug dealer drama is helmer's Initial pic

 

Screentime Expands

 

Saban, Kirch talking again

 

NTL topper to sell shares

 

Whistleblowing costs BBC trust

 

Lifetime restates RDF vows

 

German home vid revs outpace B.O.

 

Higuchi joins Constantin

 

HK gov't funds SARS short pics

 

UPC Belgium to air soccer championship

 

Oz pubcaster to make cuts

 

Novelist's case dismissed in India

 

Montreal fest cooks with 'Gaz'

 

AFMA forms foundation

 

Cinemark revs dip as ticket sales slow

 

2 team for blood, 'Gore'

 

Showtime steps up 'Dancing'

 

B'cast gain or pain?

 

Schwartz fills Cablevision legal bill

 

Fox nabs Brit 'Blunders'

 

IFP keeping up Spirits alongside Oscar move

 

Thrushes tackle NFL

 

C4 funnels nonfiction to three U.S. cablers

 

Leno's hair apparent of 'Queer Eye' redo

 

Magno has sound plan

 

Schwarzenegger blasts Euro B.O.

 

Sue Roberts

 

Bernice O. Feldstein

 

Manager Robert A. Marcucci dies

 

Howard 'Louie Bluie' Armstrong

 

Frederick Coffin

 

True Boardman

 

Thomas J. McCarthy

 

World preems get into ACT in S.F.

 

B'way revue on PBS

 

NTL chief to sell shares

 

Affleck, J-Lo to escape 'Gigli' misfire unscathed

 

WB options 'Awful End' adventure

 

Haddad in charge of MSNBC's 'Buchanan'

 

Noah Wyle, Illeana Douglas, Kate Mara

 

Charisma Carpenter

 

'Gem' soiree sparkles

 

'Avenue Q' lends B'way its hands

 

'Harmony' retunes for Philly tryout

 

B'way B.O. snoozes as August begins

 

Preem takes 'Step' into surf

 

Tactical Maneuver

 

'Wife' gets dressed up for a B'way makeover

 

Lee, Tollin-Robbins lacing up for ESPN

 

Lohan eyes 'Mean' for 'Freaky' helmer

 

Nest for Italo 'Best'

 

New Regency listens to Cappello's 'Voices'

 

NBC in the 'Money'

 

Revolution, Bay launch space shot

 

'Hill' honcho fits Brit hit

 

Permut will fly 'Blind'

 

U develops tale of student slain in South African riots

 

Helmer, star set for big fat Elvis project

 

Canal Plus Benelux sale closed

 

Bavaria moves to 'City'

 

Mondo toons up Teuton partner

 

Haim primed this time

 

Cablers up on strong originals

 

Cloudy Cablevision

 

Viv U closes pay TV sale

 

Westwood One profits tumble on soft ad sales

 

Oprah's O mag tests waters

 

NATPE lands some big fish

 

Court bans cameras from Kelly inquiry

 

RAI reshapes Canuck turf

 

Oz study bucks Canucks for pic play

 

Best foot forward for pic

 

Interactive clicks for big quarterly results

 

Kennedy Center honorees unveiled sans Sir Paul

 

Big week for cable series

 

50 Cent to perform at VMAs

 

Par TV taps biz veepee

 

ABC taps talent winners

 

Hallmark to greet TV unit with $400 mil

 

'Intruders' casts spell over Focus

 

Soapnet lathers up one-minute bubbles

 

Simon helps charity by telling who's 'Vain'

 

Tabloid king boosts books

 

Chevy Chase

 

Peyton Reed

 

Marcus Nispel

 

Cop pix wear badge

 

Wong tops kudos org

 

Neo, USA ink deal

 

Woodard flies to B'way in 'Crow'

 

Inside Move: Fox dating 'Personality' pair

 

Margot Katherine Hayes

 

Addison Kennedy Reid

 

Gotti nabs urban kudos

 

Sequels not too 'Scary'

 

Kathryn Rose McLaughlin

 

Fernandez exits KTLA 'Morning'

 

'Survivor' guru in WBTV script

 

Robert F. Blumofe

 

Bet on 'Biscuit'

 

An F/X affront

 

Showbiz bulls to trample bears?

 

Marv Sugarman

 

Edna Cantor McHugh

 

'Hellboy' moved up

 

DreamWorks plucks 'Schmucks' for Ali G

 

'Potter' producer dogs duo to bag 'Babel' rights

 

Nicole gives the word

 

Ankling topliners give casting carousel a spin

 

USC taps ABC's Muller for prof

 

The bitch is back in chick-lit frenzy

 

Reviews

Veronica Guerin

Danny Deckchair

Dekada 70

John Mellencamp

Guster; Clem Snide

Wild Card

1-800-Missing

Norah Jones

The Movie Music of Spike Lee and Terence Blanchard

Warm Winter

Voodoo Girls

Tribute And Remembrance: Asian Americans After 9/11

Gem of the Ocean

Perfect Strangers

Avenue Q

After Mrs. Rochester

Edmond

Richard II

Darna Mana Hai

Martha's New Coat

Gigli

Porcupine Tree; Opeth