Table of Contents
Week of 12/10/2003

Articles

U.K. plans new tax breaks

 

Kirch satisfaction

 

EU issues yellow card to BSkyB

 

Byford braces BBC

 

Sony pix pulls up chair

 

'Simple,' 'Rudolph' top Tuesday

 

Peggy Mortimer

 

Claude Trenier

 

Bollywood wants in to Pakistan market

 

Gaul to review pubcasters

 

LAPD captain's arrested for piracy

 

Keys' soph 'Diary' pages No. 1 debut

 

It's Miller time as CNBC skeds show

 

Syndies get rich ratings

 

New York mag's in mogul's bag

 

Toronto grooms Cowan

 

Premios kudos adding Ponce

 

H'w'd circles Globes

 

Goyas look to arthouse for honorees

 

Hamilton bids for studio biz

 

Alliance Atlantis will unplug TV, pic prod'n

 

Diller a snag for Viv U-GE

 

Mighty Mouse foreseen in 2004

 

Duo to host S'dance kudos

 

Hard ban on soft $

 

Corrections

 

Caine gets busy with Law on 'Sleuth' redo

 

A concerted effort to boost Iraqi arts

 

Stars to voice 'Misadventures'

 

Brazil b'cast bounces back

 

Slamdance sets slate for 10th competition

 

Giving thanks

 

Feting 'Oscar Fashions'

 

Bears have a ball

 

Inside Move: Gere on Mideast peace mission?

 

TV agent Seidel to Endeavor

 

'Chris Isaak' returns in Jan.

 

E! slice of reality

 

Soiree toasts 'Dangerous' lit

 

Pic's 'Gotta' have romance

 

Bridges built for the Dude

 

Down from the 'Mountain'

 

'Pan' flies into preem

 

Bow 'Stuck' on Cher

 

'Batman' bags a baddie

 

'Father' finds favor at New Line

 

Music & movie man Neil

 

SoapNet in lather over 'Days'

 

'Clandestine' noir for TNT, 'CSI' guy

 

WB's high on spy guys with 'Syriana'

 

Girding for a 'Smile'

 

Pic's title had to 'Give'

 

Film troika finale bows in Beijing

 

Vidgame sellers agree to ID young buyers

 

Showbiz jobs dip in 3Q

 

Fox Kids Europe posts profit

 

L.A. Oz fest to fete Cate

 

Redford in picture

 

Argentina drops plans to spur area radio, TV

 

Barbosa gets sr. veep stripes

 

Regs fine YTV over quotas, eye RTBF

 

Buenos Aires wild for 'Julia'

 

Ribeiro gives iG a screening pass

 

Casbaa reups Fenez as chair

 

Goldman joins Kassovitz

 

Kiwi locales woo prod'n

 

Cannes opens up to tyro project

 

Strikas tooning up

 

Nine sets up 'Bali'

 

Eurimages pays out

 

More hi-def in box

 

'Today' goes on apace

 

PGA seeks studio screeners

 

Cash-flush Trib looking to spend

 

No relief for Adelphia

 

Palm Springs fest lauds Sheridan

 

'Trista & Ryan' ring up ABC auds

 

Acad honors Edwards

 

Tobey fills Bernstein's slot at Par

 

Maltz tops Acad tech panel

 

Mad Ave. skeds salute to ad biz

 

Asia exec ankles Mouse for gamer

 

Miramax takes plunge into 'Deep'

 

ABC's not kicking

 

DGA: On-time script campaign working

 

Primetime progress

 

NBC sued by gurus of 'Grace'

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
December 12, 2003

 

The Weather Underground

 

My Flesh and Blood

 

My Architect

 

Lost Boys of Sudan

 

Inheritance: A Fisherman's Story

 

Heir to an Execution

 

Charlie: The Life & Art of Charles Chaplin

 

The Fog of War

 

Capturing the Friedmans

 

Bus 174

 

Balseros

 

The Agronomist

 

Nonfiction night out

 

To be, and not to have?

 

Docu dozen on deck

 

ABC spells weekend

 

Suit threat keeps Trio on DirectTV

 

'Plow' may speed back to B'way

 

WB feasts on Blake's 'Food'

 

HBO raises big top

 

E! lets celebs be heard

 

Thesps held for 'Hostage'

 

Inside Move: Fox, WBTV line up cop drama

 

Inside Move: Flu KOs Smart Set yule bash

 

New Line TV getting real

 

Peacock gets 'Short' notice

 

Helmer will light fuse on Fox's 'Canon'

 

Coast kudo for Jackson

 

B'cast critics will select 10

 

Euros to the rescue after Screener War

 

Kutcher yanks MTV hit 'Punk'd'

 

'Thieves' steals into spotlight

 

'Nemo' rules Nippon B.O.

 

Sony fills room at the top

 

Weekends from hell

 

Lack of wizardry affects year's B.O. chemistry

 

Screeners trickle out

 

Pathe titles make breakthrough

 

Fund selects pic trio

 

Romania latest place for a cheap shoot

 

Private film fund plan stirs debate

 

Mandarin mines pop star talent

 

Ad vets take on 'Crying Ladies'

 

Fuji gives pic H'wood sound touch

 

News 24 reaches for the Sky

 

Copycats prowl the nets

 

How do you spell BCS? S-T-U-P-I-D

 

It's Miller time for cabler CNBC

 

Telefonica phones in shuffle to Endemol

 

Cable toons get kapowed by auds

 

Schedule shuffle pays off for Eye

 

B.O. up; 'Hairspray' 995g

 

Election watchdogs growl at pro-Putin bias

 

China bows first cable movie webs

 

Biz holds; 'Town' 590g

 

Delphi Predictions

 

Auds take shine to Gallic fare

 

Feevess tune into advertising gains

 

Rockette raids crack 'Nut'

 

Satcaster says YES to local content

 

Cablers turn tables

 

As ban stand collapses, studios scramble

 

Hemmings always recast himself

 

Tomes take aim at indie fest

 

Rafi Bukai

 

George Jay

 

'Rings' runtime prompts Euro intermissions

 

Old-school monster mash

 

Ex-Venice toppers rally for autonomy

 

Bac lands rescuer in Vendome mogul

 

Alliance Atlantis stuck in the middle

 

Attack ad angst

 

'Carter' shooting for reel thing with casting

 

DVDs spin new rep for consistency

 

CTV, Rogers take on hi-def

 

Mouse fight on the Web

 

Reorg plan for DirecTV

 

Congress delays FCC vote

 

So happy together

 

Old's gold at box office

 

A splash for 'Acquaria'?

 

Buena Vista in the swim with Finn net

 

Foxtel OK'd for digital launch in Oz

 

Rotterdam tames 7 pix for Tiger competish

 

Acad establishes Fred Rogers Memorial Scholarship

 

Council honors students

 

Ross Pollack, John Fukunaga

 

Gavin Harvey

 

Sunday with Saddam

 

Susan Banks

 

NBC deal fosters togetherness at U

 

Samantha Maltin

 

Steve Cipolla

 

Wim Stocks

 

Mark Fleischer

 

Kevin Mullican

 

Col taps Gellar for 'Grudge' remake

 

New Line's Witt zips to Ziskin as VP

 

Mouse roars to top spot in 25 countries

 

Wanted: Kudo mojo

 

Hill hits sour note on Vatican stage

 

'Sex' sells at Aspen comedy fest

 

Allen distrib changes title to Entertainment

 

King fling for Alphabet

 

Lifetime ACE awards for pair of ace editors

 

Laugh Factory taps a topper

 

Rival novelas lather up

 

Awards blowing back to Chi

 

Boston crix go misty over 'Mystic River'

 

Jewish fest set for Jan.

 

'Affairs' cops kudos

 

2 Wayne pix to be restored

 

Haid takes 'Class' helm

 

A 'Simple' DVD plan

 

NBC adds to 'Match' order

 

Schenkkan clears space for Revolution's 'Gentle'

 

Tadpole shifts sked

 

Oz distrib takeover takes Southern route

 

Mostow relies on Self

 

AFI picks pix, TV for '03

 

Mirage links with Miramax

 

Pitch 'Rescued!' by Mouse

 

Microsoft's Loud music

 

Dutch pubcasters settle for seconds

 

UPC out of harmony

 

Danish distrib buoys floating plex plan

 

'Survivor' finale rocks for CBS

 

Gotham crix crown 'King' as best film

 

Kirch seeks $7.4 bil

 

Debt relief for Argentine cabler OK'd

 

MGM classics India bound

 

Berlin focuses 'Thoughts'

 

Justin Chambers

 

Bonnie Somerville

 

Scott Metzger and Tim Sage

 

Thomas Klein

 

Gil Harari, Pattie Sueoka

 

MusicChoice bulks up

 

Yahoo's web catches 'Spider-Man 2'

 

'Conan' Canuck yuks in February

 

Caucus kudos to Levin

 

ReallyGoodFilms.com bows

 

Flemish pix boosting Belgian B.O.

 

Retro tributes for 2 helmers

 

VP Cohen City Lights' bright star

 

Cable battleground

 

Lions Gate ties knot with Artisan

 

Writers, producers start rattling sabres

 

'Survivor' thrives on Eye

 

B'way holding up well

 

O'seas theaters ready to 'Ring' up big B.O.

 

Clooney to support dad in congressional run

 

'King' global goal $1 bil

 

Zucker punch for NBC

 

CWM puts development under Busby

 

Dummer upped by ABC Ent.

 

Pope peeks at private 'Passion' preview

 

Debra Kay and Phil Gurin

 

'Mona Lisa' stars share smiles at Gotham preem

 

'Girl' pretty as a picture

 

Kudofest fetes U.K. women

 

Euros bite on 'Vampires'

 

Bicoastal bashes toast 'Dangerous' lit debut

 

Foxx flies 'Stealth'

 

Gains for AFTRA are SAG's loss

 

'Cheaper' flies against 'Pan'

 

Sundance scribe lab tabs 12 projects

 

Word from S.F. crix: 'Translation' best

 

'Pan' finds believers

 

Destinies reunited

 

Women take Muse Awards

 

Kennedy Center fetes Burnett

 

Kiwis fete 'Whale' of a year

 

Producers fly at Paramount

 

NBC probes Shriver's role as Calif. 1st lady

 

Warners cues Bingenheimer bio

 

'Frasier' scribe Daily on Par

 

TV Land, Nick ramp up

 

Rinse cycle for CBS soaps as exex ankle

 

'Adam,' 'Sisters' top London crix picks

 

Pigskin picks up Alphabet

 

Costumers to honor 8

 

'Oliver' with a twist: Polanski directing

 

Berlusconi blocked

 

Lewis M. Allen

 

'Invasion' on Canuck list

 

Sky News fined over phony story

 

Coiffier doubles up

 

Showtime taps Wong

 

Nelvana sells trio

 

'Mystic,' 'In America' top B'cast Crix list

 

MGM, NL aboard Rentrak's B.O. tracking

 

Spanish Yahoo! spins tunes

 

TW board drafts law prof Clark

 

Eye sizzles in key demos

 

Newsies celebrate Saddam's capture

 

Syndie auds down 2 mil

 

NFL is Sirius on sat radio

 

Wasserstein nabs New York for $55 mil

 

Vertical integration's incestuous dealmaking

 

NBC's Cordes retires; Samuel waits in wings

 

CNBC slots Seigenthaler

 

'Sundance' joins Congress

 

FilmFour playing 'God'

 

NATPE skeds pitch seshes

 

Think has Fry's 'Things' cooking

 

Ebersol's got games

 

Corrections

 

WPIX's weekend pick: Lewis

 

3-'Ring' screening sold out

 

Cablers to take the First

 

Amin to rev up 'Quattro'

 

UPN's holding on to Knowles' sis

 

M101 tunes in hi-def

 

Ferrara has a 'Go' at screwball comedy

 

'Grown' grows on Nick

 

Producer Zide plans zig to Sony

 

USA falling for 'Affairs'

 

O'seas kingfish

 

Fox pilots 'Sketch'

 

Fox pledges Kutcher for frat 'House' skein

 

Amity for MGM and Dimension

 

Law firm merger raises the bar

 

'Shaggy Dog' unleashed

 

Miami reels off 63

 

Music director Kaplan killed in crash

 

Showtime inks Titus to headline spec

 

'Six Feet' signs up Suvari

 

Metallica: Doc & rock

 

Christenson ankles Myriad Pictures

 

Neeson set to enter 'Heaven'

 

Too-quiet Mouse

 

Remebering Kazan

 

How Thalberg tied up Loos ends

 

Reviews

Mona Lisa Smile

The End of the Animal Kingdom

Before Things Change

The Box

Boys in the Sky

Bro'

Mamay

David Sanborn

Warriors of Heaven and Earth

The Story

Kal Ho Naa Ho

Sleeping Luck

The Legend of Leigh Bowery

Blind Flight

One Life

My Failing Eyesight

Mail Order Bride

Moving

The Friend

Don't Even Think!

Love Don't Cost a Thing

Landscape

Success...

Don't Call Me Tonto!

Magnetic Storms

Secret Santa

Frame 312

How Bush Won the Election (In Ecuador)

Infernal Affairs II

The Sand Raft

Peter Pan

After Miss Julie

The Secret Rapture

Gimme Shelter

Betty Buckley

Blind Boys of Alabama

Carmen

Cosmopolitan

The Tyde

Bimmer

2003 Almost Acoustic Christmas

La Juive

All's Well That Ends Well

The Regard Evening

Stars 'N Stripes Lifestyle

Trade-Offs

Xavier

She Got Game

Genius

David Bowie

Juvenilia

Birdy

Dinner With Demons

Running On Karma

Opopomoz

The Car Keys

Suddenly, Paradise