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

 

HBO's stand-up deal

 

Mandy, Par 'Pair' up

 

John Rando

 

A down day for Ray

 

Return to Telemundo

 

Branding on the brink

 

Inside Move: 'Bill 2' delayed until April

 

'Ilium,' 'Olympos' optioned for pic

 

D'Works diskery reborn at UMG

 

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

 

Facts and figures: TV

 

Facts and figures: Film

 

Party plans

 

'Cordless' rings McDowell

 

Strand picks up 'Twist'

 

USA bucks promo trend with 'Traffic'

 

Sony taking foreign on 'Producers'

 

Chase: No encore for 'Sopranos'

 

Bag to grab

 

New guests checking in

 

Recent Golden Globe winners

 

Charity at work

 

Upon furthur review

 

Helmer drives Showtime spin on 'Lilac'

 

Man of the moment

 

Douglas gives local, global issues a hand

 

Cecil B. DeMille Award - Michael Douglas

 

Douglas on Douglas

 

Big sounds

 

Please, no dancing

 

British airwaves

 

No laughing matter

 

Statue of limitations?

 

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

 

Local 'Bad Boys' tops wickets

 

Exhibs fight short video windows

 

'Return' rings in New Year strongly

 

Universe Films features pop stars in bigger slate

 

Distribs reconsider H'wood tentpoles

 

Puppet master of martial arts thrills locals

 

Gallic paybox TV5 ramps up in India

 

Less is more for Greenblatt

 

Strange bedfellows a dime a dozen

 

It's one 'L' of a party for creator Chaiken

 

Eye spies first-place demo prize

 

Sarft sanitizes peak commercials

 

Dealmakers are glued to tube

 

Web backs Reel Talent

 

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: Speaking in tongues

 

Inside Move: U.K.'s Slipped discs

 

Inside Move: 'Power' to the people

 

H'w'd spoof cashing Czechs

 

Inside Move: Ill-suited turn for Ray

 

Bad streaks... or just bad karma?

 

Slick hicks try new trix

 

Inside Move: The devil's in the details

 

Inside Move: Dramatic break

 

Medicinal movies? Here's the tonic

 

The crossover class

 

B'way rings heady holiday bell

 

Spotlight on 'Dark'

 

B.O. hits a year high

 

B.O. leaps; 'Chi' at $1 mil

 

Showbiz dealings, down-home style

 

Cinebabies go gaga

 

'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

 

Donald McAlpine

 

Chris Menges

 

Andrew Lesnie

 

Lance Acord

 

John Schwartzman

 

Philippe Rousselot

 

Rodrigo Prieto

 

Robert Richardson

 

Declan Quinn

 

James Muro

 

Elliot Davis

 

Jean-Yves Escoffier

 

Russell Boyd

 

Roger Deakins

 

Salvatore Totino

 

Hallmarks of a master

 

Rays of light

 

Eduardo Serra

 

John Toll

 

Harris Savides

 

Not just pretty pictures

 

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

 

Par adopts 'Con' laffer

 

Doc 'Riding' promo push into festival

 

Hartnett, Weisz hook 'Whale'

 

Par does 'Swan' dive

 

'Frasier' to end this season

 

Inside Move: 'Apprentice,' 'CSI' swap shifts

 

Inside Move: Duo hit road for Dean

 

Mutual chief takes Cruise

 

'Dynasty' redux at ABC

 

The Majors: Disney

 

The Majors: Dreamworks

 

The Majors: Fox

 

The Majors: MGM

 

The Majors: Paramount

 

The Majors: Sony

 

The Majors: Warner Bros.

 

The Majors: Universal

 

The Mini-Majors: Miramax

 

The Mini-Majors: New Line

 

The indies

 

Cable TV: ESPN

 

Cable TV: HBO

 

Cable TV: FX

 

Tube series boost bottom lines

 

'Alien,' 'Indiana Jones' best of the bunch

 

Broadcast TV: ABC

 

Broadcast TV: CBS

 

'Code' breaks market's sluggishness

 

Broadcast TV: NBC

 

Broadcast TV: Fox

 

Movie sequels click with consumers

 

In memoriam

 

'Avenue Q,' 'Oz' set the pace

 

Broadcast TV: The WB

 

Retreads tread Broadway boards

 

Diskeries maneuver around mergers

 

Broadcast TV: UPN

 

Upstarts garner universal acceptance

 

Broadcast television

 

The year in film

 

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

 

Kudos cavalcade

 

The Good, the Drab and the Ugly

 

U shifting to Brit base

 

Frog will take telepic plunge with TBS alum

 

Ballot boo-boo

 

Frumkes' feeling Mutual

 

'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

 

Clichι-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