Table of Contents
Week of 01/08/2004
Articles
'Splendor' tops L.A. crix's list
'Daybreak' Bugs Sweden
Trio launch kidvid power
Fox's 'Simple' rules Wednesday
ITV merger decks exec
Ingrid Thulin
Steven Dorfman
Brett Jay Fain
Hennessy Really Useful as CFO
Lagardere edits Editis
Fantasporto fan of U.S.
Lippin backs students
Jacko trial a media test
Tony confirms potential noms
Zelnick named OTX chairman
SAG names Frank CFO
DirectTV subs soar
EchoStar, Viacom to keep talking
Diverse pix mix for DGA telepic noms
PBS plans digital future
Fox's 'OC' surfs to ratings record
Jessica Weiner
Syndies sing holiday blues
Movie placement's not always productive
Lamos takes 'Cat'
Hallmark wheels into 'Mystery Movie' mode
Emerson Doran Coronel
Calli Jaye Blumenthal
New Line TV enters 'Twilight Zone'
Beacon shines on Devine
'Edwards' gets crossed off
Clark rings in boffo aud for 'Rockin' Eve'
Content in motion at CES
Weekend Box Office Preview
January 9, 2004
Nikolas Kurt Gerber and Jakob Russell Gerber
Inside Move: 'Bill 2' delayed until April
'Ilium,' 'Olympos' optioned for pic
Nasty nups at Miramax
Hypnotic wins big in Vegas
Eye trims its prod'n order on 'Handler'
Bloom in for Kutcher?
Facts and figures: History
Strand picks up 'Twist'
USA bucks promo trend with 'Traffic'
Sony taking foreign on 'Producers'
Chase: No encore for 'Sopranos'
New guests checking in
Man of the moment
Douglas gives local, global issues a hand
Douglas on Douglas
No laughing matter
Statue of limitations?
HBO's stand-up deal
Mandy, Par 'Pair' up
John Rando
A down day for Ray
Return to Telemundo
Branding on the brink
D'Works diskery reborn at UMG
Facts and figures: TV
Facts and figures: Film
Party plans
'Cordless' rings McDowell
Bag to grab
Recent Golden Globe winners
Charity at work
Upon furthur review
Helmer drives Showtime spin on 'Lilac'
Cecil B. DeMille Award - Michael Douglas
Big sounds
Please, no dancing
British airwaves
TeVe tunes into America
Spanish TV topper ankles
Burt Rosenburgh
John Poole
Riccardo Bertoni memorial
Charles Gold
Brett Jay Fain
Don Durgin
Riccardo Bertoni
Bob Monkhouse
Lauren Rachel Mittleman
Jackson Campbell Kizilbash
Claire Ellen Shelly
Stella Haven Walsh
Payton Malone Hodur
Jamie Daya Rosenthal
Travis Owen Warth and Trevan Conner Warth
Donniel Chaim Berenson
Grace Ann Burkin
Robert Clarence Irwin
Harry Jamison Berrisford
Matthew Hudson Venit
Luke Stephen Garrett
Exhibs fight short video windows
'Return' rings in New Year strongly
Universe Films features pop stars in bigger slate
Distribs reconsider H'wood tentpoles
Gallic paybox TV5 ramps up in India
Less is more for Greenblatt
Strange bedfellows a dime a dozen
Eye spies first-place demo prize
Dealmakers are glued to tube
Universe continues to expand into TV
Primetime is crime time at net
Procacci takes Civil action
Producers play for both teams
Can helmers go home again?
Inside Move: Bless this house
Inside Move: 'Power' to the people
Bad streaks... or just bad karma?
Inside Move: The devil's in the details
Medicinal movies? Here's the tonic
The crossover class
B'way rings heady holiday bell
Spotlight on 'Dark'
Showbiz dealings, down-home style
Cinebabies go gaga
Local 'Bad Boys' tops wickets
Puppet master of martial arts thrills locals
It's one 'L' of a party for creator Chaiken
Sarft sanitizes peak commercials
Web backs Reel Talent
Inside Move: Speaking in tongues
Inside Move: U.K.'s Slipped discs
H'w'd spoof cashing Czechs
Inside Move: Ill-suited turn for Ray
Slick hicks try new trix
Inside Move: Dramatic break
B.O. hits a year high
B.O. leaps; 'Chi' at $1 mil
'Fish' fries Frodo
Digital bottleneck
U.S. deems S. Korea a 'priority' pirate
Latin DirecTV gains court approval
Marty Muller
There's no place like home for HP
India brews up co-prod'n treaty with Canada
EU regulators reveal new subsidy plan
Hey ya!: Outkast nabs six NAACP noms
Elyse Eisenberg
Cary Clew
Lehel Reeves
Justin Herz
Stephen Macias
Robert 'Sandy' Gunn
NBC's 'Apprentice' gets off to fast start
B'cast Crix crown 'Rings,' Jackson
BAFTA narrows its best pic contenders
'Today II' ratings rally
Handicapping NATPE
Showtime broadens scope
New look for P.S. Fest
Spanish-lingo tunes into Connecticut
ASC restores its tribute
GSN gets makeover
Eye, 'Reagans' team in gear
'Singer' is B'way bound
Nichols, Brokaw get PGA Visionary Award
Showbiz legal giant raises 3 to partners
Euros buy 'Samurai' but 'King' won't talk
Scorsese guest of honor in Lake Placid
Tom Stern
John Seale
Andrew Lesnie
Lance Acord
Robert Richardson
Declan Quinn
Elliot Davis
Roger Deakins
Salvatore Totino
Hallmarks of a master
Harris Savides
Not just pretty pictures
Donald McAlpine
Chris Menges
John Schwartzman
Philippe Rousselot
Rodrigo Prieto
James Muro
Jean-Yves Escoffier
Russell Boyd
Rays of light
Eduardo Serra
John Toll
Fest fetes Lane, Theron
'Raymond' thesp to host kudosfest
Winfrey to be honored at NAB2004
WIFF seeks subs
Sci-fi scribe gives Cinematheque donation
'Sabrina' toon sold worldwide
Green, Cooper to receive OBEs
Selig teams with Granada Kids
GFI confirms grant winners
Power brings Improv to airwaves
Philly Fest accepting subs
Young to distrib 'ToddWorld'
First Look lines up three pics
'Saw' comes, conquers
'Frasier' to end this season
'Dynasty' redux at ABC
The Majors: Disney
The Majors: Dreamworks
The Majors: Fox
The Majors: Paramount
The Majors: Warner Bros.
The Majors: Universal
The Mini-Majors: Miramax
The indies
Cable TV: ESPN
Cable TV: HBO
'Alien,' 'Indiana Jones' best of the bunch
Broadcast TV: ABC
Broadcast TV: CBS
Broadcast TV: NBC
Movie sequels click with consumers
Broadcast TV: The WB
The year in film
Par adopts 'Con' laffer
Doc 'Riding' promo push into festival
Hartnett, Weisz hook 'Whale'
Par does 'Swan' dive
Inside Move: 'Apprentice,' 'CSI' swap shifts
Inside Move: Duo hit road for Dean
Mutual chief takes Cruise
The Majors: MGM
The Majors: Sony
The Mini-Majors: New Line
Cable TV: FX
Tube series boost bottom lines
'Code' breaks market's sluggishness
Broadcast TV: Fox
In memoriam
'Avenue Q,' 'Oz' set the pace
Retreads tread Broadway boards
Diskeries maneuver around mergers
Broadcast TV: UPN
Upstarts garner universal acceptance
Broadcast television
The Congloms
Pic biz booming in Blighty
Mouse re-tooning animation strategy
Short circuit in Spain
Pigskin powers Fox Sunday
Peacock preens at GE powwow
Minghella to host Berlin Talent Campus
Teutonic pubcasters seek license hike
All roads point to fest
Int'l thesps diving into 'Backwaters'
Koelmel charged
Controversial rape pic wins Thai prize
Patrick Dempsey
Mary Stuart Masterson, Gabrielle Union, Kyra Sedgwick, Charles S. Dutton
Hirsh-led group closes in on Cinar
Campion thriller gets biggest 'Cut' in Italy
Sony's squishy 'Fish' is kvetch of the day
NFL ratings go long
EMI Music Marketing tunes in to 3 VPs
ThinkFilm hops aboard 'Express'
Tea with Elaine, 'An Original Woman'
Griffiths bolting for bunny biz
The Darkness tops Brit Award noms
Viv U game revamp
WGA looks ahead
NATPE noms Davis, Weiser as co-chairs
7 pix make up Oscar mix
Creditors OK reworking of EM.TV's debt
Acad lab conjures sci-tech honorees
Mouse wipes cel dry: will shut Fla. toon unit
John Guerin
Corrections
Bertolucci uncut
Sidney Miller
'Return' of the auds
Duda due for added duty in Showtime distribution
IFC nabs 21-pack of Lions Gate pix
UPN: More big names
Pilot pace picking up
Focus features exec reconfig
Peacock sues E! over SNL sketches
Inside Move: Kelsey quibbles with NBC's taste
U shifting to Brit base
Frog will take telepic plunge with TBS alum
Ballot boo-boo
Frumkes' feeling Mutual
Kudos cavalcade
The Good, the Drab and the Ugly
'Monster' of a make-over
Blotching the detective
Way-out West
Two if by sea
Flights of fantasy
Dickson's double header
CinemaNow's lasting downloads
Designing Nemo
MSN Video bows at CES
Napster establishes retail presence with Target
The Matrix sequels
Kill Bill Vol. 1
Seabiscuit
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Cold Mountain
Down With Love
Florida fest skeds 'Only'
The Cat in the Hat
Designed to win
Cliché-weary crix create 'Bingo'
A hit on 'Date' night
Film Movement's buying pix
Erle Jolson Krasna
Studios to feel heat over pay TV platforms
Reiner, Sheen to aid Dean campaign
'Man Made' pic circled
Peter Donen
BAM to fete Murray with series
B'way B.O. reports post-holiday hangover
Dems 'Dance at fund-raiser
CBS, NBC dominate Monday
Oscar screener copy found online
Shanghai opens film school
Gaza press protest media intimidation
Fox goes Latin with 'Mujeres'
Al-Jazeera plans Arabic kids net
Humes is tapped g.m., Fox Canada
MTV gets 'Friend'-ly
Reid loses his groove with Arista
Kabel picks up Pace as tech partner
Global spin on 'Matrix' DVD
Miramax adds to DVD-premiere list
Syndie 'Feud' gets renewed
Publicists tap Grushow as Showman
U.S. films inch up in Gallic B.O.
French web TV5 to intro new award
Finland's Digita gets pay channels
Star's Oz kids series to air in Asia
H. Martin Haag Jr.
Warner Bros. sets up shop in China
Shareholders endorse ITV merger
Fox, CBS play grid aces, NBC a trump
'Taboo' to close Feb. 8
'Smile' quick to DVD
It's Landmark for vet
Top exec exits Microsoft vidgames unit
Bowl spot ad rates look super for Eye
Going for the gold
Critic's crystal ball can get a bit fuzzy
ACE race takes shape
Rookie pair hit heights
HBO's 'Sex,' 'Six' tops at DGA TV noms
Coors Light shining on Kimmel
Cinematographers fete spectacles
Oscar ballots due Sat.
WB demo demolition
Inside Move: Grammer Bialy-bound?
'Miracle' reading claims its cast
WB reups prod'n prez for 3 years
God and plenty
Povich boosts TV Academy
Seacrest rides ratings tide to impressive bow
Alexander W. Dannenbaum Jr.
Helmer Tykwer nosing around 'Perfume'
Minghella sprig spies 'Bee'
2 Warners workers held in drug probe
'Friends' cast mulls skein finale feelings
'Report' support
Labs foster fresh helmers and scribes
'Seabiscuit' gallops into DVD record book
Oster to write SAG lines
Dance-O-Rama
What goes 'Around' again is Family
Two film fiefdoms drifting apart
Picking nits with year's prize pix
Oscar ballots made (sorta) easy
The hot list
Inside Move: High-level apology follows Dave's rave
The real deal
Inside Move: No way Ray won't stay
Event sked - Friday, Jan. 16
Anti-smut crusade rises
Jim Dodson
Par makes 'Honeymoon' plans
The gatekeepers
Foreign affairs
Cable cash
Strange truths
Lee lassoes duo for gay oater
Andrew Jarecki
'Whale' helmer Caro goes to 'Class'
Bob Odenkirk
David LaChapelle
Sherman Alexie
Beggars banquet
Warners to raise 'Dead'
Par, Star share 'Secret'
Cinemark is on the block
Event sked - Thursday, Jan. 15
Event sked - Saturday, Jan. 17
Event sked - Sunday, Jan. 18
Event sked - Monday, Jan. 19,
Kenneth McEldowney
Event sked - Tuesday, Jan. 20
Event sked - Wednesday, Jan. 21
Event sked - Thursday, Jan. 22
Event sked - Friday, Jan. 23
Event sked - Saturday, Jan. 24
Local motion
Gorky looks for bidders
Spanish TV tunes to film
'Simple,' 'SVU' strong Tuesday
Kinepolis touts on-target tix sales
Groban's sales climb
Babelsberg suitor
Belgium gets 'Makeover'
U.K. DVD seizures quintuple
FX's 'Nip' firms up Sky's flabby ratings
Dutch kudos for Verhoeven
'Inheritance' takes 9 Robert noms
China Central TV hits ad rev high
Gulf States' chair is ShoWester of Year
Film investors get Belgian break
Big names set for L.A. Opera sked
Pixar vet saluted by art directors
Producers and Intel plug into joint deal
Foes: SABC biased toward prez speech
Web link delivers scientific data
TV2 arm bulks up with Internet deal
Fox stock shakes slump
Law & order Academy-style
NBC's gold medal gambit
Luhrmann talks about Kidman, Chanel
The wrath pack
'Schindler's' to hit DVD amid salute to Shoah
Yahoo!'s revs up as profits double
WB aims to plug in profits
Billy Morrissette
French Stewart
John Curran
Merrin Dungey
Sylvain Chomet
FCC: You say it, you pay
Showtime's indie push
'Andromeda' Sci Fi-bound
Cho inks with ABC, Touchstone
Tribeca plots pic expo
Dems rev political ad spend
UPN's 'Model' sashays way to young fans
Exec duo to lead Granada America
Cabler works Asian angle
IFC taps Shapiro senior veep for marketing
Mystery of 'Pyramid': Sony TV yanks gamer
Fox News joins ABC to sponsor debate
Vincent Christian Gonzales
Lelia Rose Marie Durate
Inside Move: ABC may keep in 'Practice'
k.d. lang & her big band
The right people can perk up the party
Dino De Laurentiis
The big picture
Mel Smith, Bill Forsyth
IPA to honor Milchan
Inside Move: Redford 'Dances past media
Berlin fest looks to west
Kominos gets Creative
'King' rings up VES noms
'Pet' catches showbiz bug
Alphabet back in the quiz biz
Lorne Michaels
Warren Beatty
James Cameron
Chris Erskine
Ford's Theater hands reins to Houston vet
Scribes pull for O'Neill
'Polly' prods laughs
Ballsy Busch & broads
Minute's over for 'Hooper'
Inside Move: Les isn't more, Trump sez
Inside Move: Odds go long on de Hadeln
MGM grooms Latifah, 'Honey' helmer
MTV jets with Diaz
Inside Move: Miller's monkey business
Scribe loves his 'Liberty'
Reviews
The Legend of the Evil Lake
The Three Wise Men
Skellig
The L Word
The Goodbye Girl
My Baby's Daddy
Chicago
Triptych
GlobalFest
Fleetwood Macbeth
The Brown Bunny
The Rage
A Touch of Spice
The Architecture of Loss
Oxygen
Talley's Folly
Just an American Boy
North Korea: Beyond the DMZ
Neighbors of the Kremlin
Allegro
Ute Lemper - Voyage
2004 Nightlife Awards
Disney's Teacher's Pet
Atlas (All the Weight of the World)
Beyond Honor
Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi
Learning to Lie
Lumpia
Noon at Ngayon
7 Brothers
One About Zombies
A Thief of Time
Jamie Cullum
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