Table of Contents
Week of 09/03/2003

Articles

Spyglass, Telecino seeing eye-to-eye

 

Nick expands web in Russia

 

Rating wars hit Russia

 

Bertelsmann sees net profits drop

 

Cells dial up cels

 

Three make 'Embarrassing' pickup

 

Herbert Senn

 

Anant Balani

 

Eulalia 'Lolly' Borrell

 

GreeneStreet set to play 'Mozart'

 

Acad voters catch a code

 

U on the Wright track

 

Toronto relieved as fest bows 'Barbarian'

 

Gauls somber, bitter over media defeat

 

Scribe tribe plot twist

 

Fox News shows improve from '02

 

Gotham displays Declaration, film

 

NBC, CBS end summer on high note

 

UMG to lower CD retail prices Oct. 1

 

FCC regs on hold

 

VH1 to remain retro while wooing younger audience

 

'Cruelty' thesps tolerate press

 

Col, Wonderland throttle up 3 more years

 

Fox brings on more of 'Joe'

 

Biography mag slows to quarterly

 

Vito Pascucci

 

Juanes big winner at Latin Grammys

 

'Collateral' gets its girl

 

Breaux denies desire for MPAA post

 

Rifkin, Willis fast-tracking a pair of pics

 

Kudos get real for ABC

 

USA, Gray gang up in mini

 

'Thing' looks familiar

 

Big baddie hits 'Alias'

 

Thesp wander in 'Woods'

 

VMAs hosts kiss and tell

 

King of the world?

 

News Emmy for Williams

 

Jennings looks back

 

H'w'd fest honors its own

 

Blige, Duff ride VMAs to sales; Zevon bows at 16

 

McNamara goes Hollywood

 

M'max names sr. acquisitions/biz VP

 

Charter sells some cablers

 

Producers to honor 5 at Diversity dinner

 

Cinema Guild rolls with 'Laughter'

 

U.K. gov takes hit after testimony

 

Seinfeld captures hit docu

 

MTV Mastiff keeps eye on formats

 

'Girls' dress up

 

American Theater Wing taps temp chief

 

'Pretty' development picture at Celador

 

Amram Ducovny

 

Eulalio Gonzalez Ramirez

 

Robert Steven Taylor

 

Action star gets a break in court

 

Showtime picks up 'Green' skein, minis

 

Thai 'Universe' orbits to Oscars

 

Misstep in Montreal

 

Euro acad offers Choice

 

San Sebastian cues 'Suite,' rides 'Range'

 

Vancouver fest keen on Canuck pix

 

Italo admissions, B.O. on the rise

 

Leipzig accents digital, arthouse fare

 

Lake swims last lap atop Sydney fest

 

'Man Thing' docks at Serenity Cove

 

Bank plants stake in TV Record

 

Brazil, Argentina open up film fund

 

Inside Move: Eye's 'Sight' puts focus ABC skein

 

AFTRA opposes California race initiative

 

'Gone With the Wind' thesp dies at 84

 

Reports bolster b'casters

 

Scripps boosts board by adding Sagansky

 

'Shakedown' boosts Toho

 

Grant BAFTA/L.A.'s pick for Kubrick nod

 

Latin Grammys gain and 'Paradise' perks

 

Lido locks in on local fave

 

NBC exec at Telemundo

 

Canuck pix plucked

 

Exec director ankles Oz helmer org

 

ShowEast to fete Working Title duo

 

Salem Partners banks on new media-unit trio

 

Antidote taps Louiso, Shainberg

 

FX takes more 'Tuck'

 

Senate panel adds voice against FCC regs

 

Lansbury, Wiest board CBS' 'Lightship'

 

Sony plans online tune service

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
Sept. 4, 2003

 

Searchlight to shine for British DNA

 

Lion taps journo Bloom VP

 

Air H'wood flying rival

 

VH1 shares 'Mile' run

 

Cristina crosses over

 

Eye's high on femmes behind 'CSI'

 

Warners falls for 'Niagara'

 

Hot & bothered

 

Cruise conjures 'War Magician'

 

Hyde Park taking a run at TV 'Ronin'

 

William Paterson

 

Steve Hearns

 

Glenn C. Stetson

 

Marshall Jamison

 

Michael Bayan

 

Margaret Hill Ritter

 

C.E. 'Pep' Cooney

 

Susan Chilcott

 

Rejected pic is Lion-ized

 

Peacock enhances cable stable

 

Can new dramas make Sunday sizzle?

 

Plan hatched for Arnold ascendancy

 

Sci Fi boldy goes Teutonic

 

Pay TV war hots up

 

Channel gets down to business

 

Pay TV change leaves tube blank, auds angry

 

NBC says: I believe in U

 

Telerating launches ratings battle

 

Kiddie web Nick expands into new territory

 

Inside Move: Miramax does the twist again

 

Sony sets its sights on foreign content

 

Are filmgoers nodding off?

 

Inside Move: New dynamic for WB duo

 

New ideas: Psychiatric drama 'Sun' bows

 

Inside Move: Plucky 'Thirteen'

 

Inside Move: French pols nix visit to reality

 

Inside Move: Plath path detours

 

Nets plot a new way to segue

 

Diller dallying as deal tally mounts

 

Inside Move: Fox hunting for channels

 

Inside Move: The Oscar loser is.

 

Inside Move: Grateful Dead see touch of green

 

Lots of libido on the Lido

 

Inside Move: New day for 'Sunrise'

 

Will fest be a Stateside bust?

 

Inside Move: The Beeb's 'Babe'

 

Mouse atop summer b.o.

 

Sequels stronger in overseas heatwave

 

Gov't ramps up funding fast

 

Healthy B.O. should fuel multiplex

 

Swashbuckler sees success overseas

 

DNA ramps up production with Searchlight deal

 

'Passing By' takes honors

 

'Shakedown 2' shakes up biz, buffs exec producer

 

Telespan's edgy pix click with Telecinco

 

Hadrian pic backers seek U.S. input

 

Off B'way trio revisits history

 

Biz even; 'Man' 763g

 

B.O. dips; 'Millie' 926g

 

Returning intrigues

 

Venice soirees bubble over

 

Pros kickstart gala

 

French revolution: Canal Plus profits

 

'Party Monster' loose in NYC

 

Student fest takes flight

 

Dining on 'Thirteen'

 

News kudos

 

'Dickie' tops feeble B.O.

 

SAG debate nixed amid squabbling

 

Ferrell fired up, Allen film affixed to Fox

 

B'caster expansion on hold

 

Toronto Star feeds new Craig station

 

Argentine cabler sets debt buyout

 

Take Two tallies up TDK

 

Backwoods calling Burt

 

Teuton funder picks pix for coin

 

Valenti urges piracy cooperation

 

BBC news service getting overhaul

 

Lifetime adds frosh eps

 

Par Classics eyes 'Dare'

 

Wenders winds his way to IFC

 

New York mag sale saga rolls on

 

'Pirates' DVD due to ship out Dec. 2

 

KCAL, Fox Sports Net lead L.A. Emmy pack

 

Rodeo fashions Armani

 

Special delivery ends Polanski's Oscar wait

 

Mad Ave. Marriage

 

E! to televise Creative Arts Emmy Awards

 

'Cordon' nets top prize at Montreal fest

 

ABC blitzes rivals

 

Desert fest back to roots

 

Oliver Platt

 

Shia LaBeouf

 

Colm Meaney, Mercedes Ruehl, Robert Patrick, Elliott Gould and Dagmara Dominczyk

 

Tracie Thoms

 

SAG probes eBay auctions

 

DNA finds its 'Way'

 

Slamdance adds Gallery award

 

Sony yakker gets a 'Life'

 

SAG asking members to fight dereg

 

Buena Vista sailing to o'seas B.O. bounty

 

Teutonic broadside cripples pirate server

 

Brits field 'All Stars' remake

 

De Posch eyes move to ProSieben Sat

 

Toonami drawn to 'Clone'

 

No Restrictions, Storm raise 'Boy'

 

Oz's golden age

 

NBC opens 'Black Book'

 

Lifetime 'rocks' event

 

Ad icon Plato reps new TV philosophy

 

Warner Indie Pix near a cold-blooded deal

 

Hey, big contender! 15 shows to watch

 

Extreme makeovers for B'way imports

 

The art of second chances

 

'Shipmates' to dock at Spike TV in 2004

 

Lights, wig, action!

 

Clear Channel tuning into renovations

 

'Bar Car' on track

 

Amityville's house horror repictured

 

U.K. road: Who waits for the West End?

 

Actors' Equity hits a crossroads on contract

 

Melbourne Theater marking a milestone

 

Gritty final stanzas for rock's satirical genius

 

Feud for thought

 

Fox scrubs up for U mystery

 

Biz and buzz heat Toronto Fest

 

The Reproducers

 

Testing the system

 

Mideast big on 'Brother'

 

Blaine feeling boxed in?

 

Media sparks Lagardere

 

Euro helmers slam U.S. pic domination

 

First no-frills deal

 

RAI storms off Lido after 'Night' slight

 

'Gallic CNN' takes shape

 

Spanish blockbuster

 

RIAA suits take piracy fight to file-swappers

 

Tabloider planning cable net

 

Comcast pulls reins on program costs

 

B'way B.O. laboring after end of holiday

 

TF1 group revs, net profit up in 1st half

 

Miramax promotes five exex in casting, dev't

 

NFL racks up points

 

BVI challenges WB o'seas

 

Baron secures coin to produce 'Capote' pic

 

NBC ups programming pair

 

Mudge wins $1 mil U Pix deal

 

ShowEast to fete helmer

 

Zambian wins 'Big Brother Africa'

 

'Towers' download deal approved

 

2 post shingles pact with 'Max

 

Bechini slated for post at Canal 7

 

India, Italy set to ink agreement

 

Thompson runs ACTRA publicity

 

Stations ask High Court to reverse attack-ad ban

 

Helmer leads 'Mexico' jam

 

Ex-child stars roll into bow

 

Toronto starstruck

 

TV stars boost record theme park traffic

 

Macaulay Culkin

 

Marc Warren

 

Joey Curtis

 

Hollywood does Bangkok

 

Skyline motivates Soref

 

Mag stakes out gossip scene

 

Disney suit dismissed

 

'Hot' thesp gets 'Mean'

 

NBC calls in 'S.W.A.T.'

 

Hiller takes reins at Studio Systems

 

Lawless swings back into action on WB's 'Tarzan'

 

Isley, Bararach in tune on disc

 

Popeye still floats King Features boat

 

Nightclub redubbed

 

J.Lo debutante bow

 

Inside Move: Screening capacity key for Disney Hall

 

Kilmer's off to Morocco for 'Alex'

 

'Elvis' has 'Lucky' star

 

Polanski gives Dickens a 'Twist'

 

The rights stuff

 

Helmer lands 'Monster' gig

 

Gisele MacKenzie

 

Al Bernie

 

David B. Fein

 

Brad Nelson Winters

 

Euro reps seek TV content revision

 

Shaw buys Monarch cable systems

 

'SoccaStars' to kick it in Ireland

 

Marguerite 'Peggy' Bolton-Burrowes

 

Another bump in road

 

E! thinks locally

 

Teutonic titan Riefenstahl dies

 

Viv U sells Nordic Canal Plus TV

 

Jules Engel

 

Pirates of the PC

 

Village Roadshow profit halved despite 'Matrix'

 

Mediaset pre-tax profit up

 

Verizon hits RIAA campaign

 

Insomnia at home in Vegas

 

RIAA beats preteen

 

'DeGeneres' posts solid syndie bow

 

Silverman tapped as Family Channel G.M.

 

Correction

 

'Pirates' captain honored

 

Gauls galled by weak TV exports

 

K/M taps Taylor sr. veep

 

Berger joins E! as sr. VP

 

Inside Move: Bronfman takes break from Viv U board

 

'Alias' pair spy ABC pact

 

Studios shop in Toronto

 

Acad taps market mentor

 

Bing claims bounced

 

Sci Fi taps Optican development veep

 

Knightley fits 'Jacket'

 

NBC's 'Love' conquers all but ABC's football

 

Grid halts ABC skid

 

IFP Gotham gala taps kudos host

 

German filmmakers form own acad

 

IFC goes back to 'School'

 

Griffin tests bedside manner in 'Baker'

 

Cruz circling 'Sahara'

 

Berg leaves W&A for Neverland post

 

Kidd writes in leads for romancer 'P.S.'

 

Alba plunges 'Into the Blue'

 

Starz!, IFC ink feevee deal for pix

 

Rich getting richer

 

Lolafilms, Segura aboard 3 laffers

 

CBS synergy energy

 

New flight plan for Cruise

 

Film scribe scrubs for Eye drama

 

Ousted journo 'Burning' to tell story

 

'The OC' surfs into fall

 

Czar of marketing ankles Par

 

Advanced spins off UFO

 

SPE to expand action net AXN

 

Endeavor division pacts to rep EW

 

Unknown gets 'Venice' tix

 

Sky Italia adds 200,000 subs

 

NBC goes bilingual with 'Leno,' Telemundo titles

 

Muscled out

 

State ups film coin

 

Premiere preps mag

 

TV to spruce up pix

 

Don't heed wolf

 

Film biz hits and flops add up

 

Smoking a crutch

 

Inside Move: Showrunner shuffle at 'Mac'

 

Rate tobacco use

 

Reviews

Europe 99 Euros - Films 2

Intolerable Cruelty

Showgirls: Glitz & Angst

The Cruelest Day

Touching The Void

Code 46

Rosenstrasse

A Talking Picture

Monsieur Ibrahim And The Flowers Of The Koran

Shattered Glass

The Cordon

Finding Home

Stacey Kent

311

Madea's Class Reunion

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself

Trumbo

All The Fine Promises

The Silence Between Two Thoughts

Kurt Elling

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

Blackball

Good Morning, Night

The Order

The Return

Variete Francaise

Home Room

The Road To Memphis

Feel Like Going Home

Red, White And Blues

Happy Family

Whoopi

The Mullets

21 Grams

Junior Senior

Where's the Party Yaar?

Berkshire Village Idiot

Out of Time

Kurt Rosenwinkel

Underworld

The Company