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

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