Table of Contents
Week of 02/19/2004

Articles

'Void' filling coffers

 

Fox wows 'em on Wednesday

 

Syndie strips tripped

 

Martin Jurow

 

Thesps honor their own

 

Reality Cent'l gets Insight into carriage

 

WGAW nod to Hayes

 

'Nicotine,' 'Trinity' lead Ariel mentions

 

Belgium adding AB 5 to TV lineup

 

Film Machine's in gear

 

Foot in feevee door

 

Warner Bros. top distrib yet again

 

Helmers don shorts

 

Chum exec ankling

 

Six shows to fill out B'Way/L.A. season

 

Fund fells Canuck shows

 

Online ad revs rebound to $2.2 bil

 

'Mythica' becomes legend

 

Tube transfer hookup

 

Alfred's happy face

 

Charter cuts losses; sales growth waits

 

B'way sets 'Ross' again

 

Sony rumor fuels Pixar stock spike

 

Foreign flame-out

 

Blockbuster to stop skid?

 

Madlyn Rhue memorial

 

ESPN plays ball with cablers

 

Anschutz aces S.F. Exam

 

Discovery plants Root

 

Prod'n vet Schwartz will ankle Miramax

 

Marvel's captain touts investment opportunity

 

Peacock primed in sweeps

 

FBI unveils its anti-piracy seal

 

Corrections

 

Moyers exit: 'Now's' time

 

Brown downer for CNBC

 

Par taps marketing vet Siskind

 

Jesus' well-traveled cinematic road

 

Madison Road: Where ads, shows converge

 

UPN humming new tune in adding three comedies

 

'Love Bug' franchise gets Disney tuneup

 

Peters to court young auds at Par shingle

 

Helmer falls for 'Dating' pic at Fox

 

ABC lets 'Mole' dig out to free agency

 

Reality gets richer

 

N.Y. investors group buying Culver Studios

 

Pic a plum project for IFC

 

McG takes leap for U's 'Evel'

 

Old 'Days' and new

 

'Tupperware!' parties

 

Col favors Favreau

 

New Line adds beef to 'Men'

 

'Bell' surfaces on U's fast track

 

Newmark will father 'Bachelor'

 

Teen pic 'Scared' struck by Lightning

 

ShoWest to fete toon helmer Stanton

 

'Shop' to close Ahmanson season

 

Renaissance pacts to sell Oz's 'Pobby'

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
February 20, 2004

 

Kirch library sale collapses

 

Almodovar teaches Cannes a lesson

 

Movie site tries different approach

 

Saban sees healthy numbers

 

NBC KO's foes, OKs reality

 

MPAA hires help in hunt for topper

 

321 counts down to copyright violation

 

SAG-AFTRA board OKs extension deal

 

Jose Ignacio Morales

 

Carole Eastman

 

Tom Girard

 

'Mystic,' 'Seabiscuit' nab Scripter nods

 

Caucus chats about diversity

 

Love and laughs rule in Bollywood

 

Ozzy onstage for 9th music fest

 

Scribes salute 'Splendor,' Sofia

 

Sudsers go for the kill

 

Sexy Japanese pix cause problems in South Korea

 

Moxie delivers for syndie vet Rosenblum

 

Gov't seeks to up feature shoots

 

'Cheaters' scores in latenight

 

Bollywood cinemas going digital

 

Cablers trudge through $1.25 bil debt deals

 

Upstart digital KykNet speaks to Afrikaans auds

 

Australia

 

Africa goes 'Wild' over telenovelas

 

Webs blow hot and cold over erotic shows

 

Inside Move: Slipped discs

 

Italy

 

France

 

Japan

 

Inside Move: This spring, it's a two-horse race for laughs

 

The $20 million anomaly

 

United Kingdom

 

Inside Move: Oscar's lingua fracas

 

Inside Move: Catching up with…Climan

 

Inside Move: 'Passion' woos devout o'seas

 

'Full Monty' goes south down under

 

Jacobsen, Utsick ink pact for Aussie tours

 

New birth downtown

 

Brit pix in tax fix

 

Berlin bow helps give 'Gotta' something

 

2 nom-boosted pix, 2 diverging plans

 

Pic biz's promo sapiens

 

Tyranny of the trailer

 

Disney builds castles to its pix

 

BAFTA bash bonanza

 

Brits ring in awards

 

First look

 

Power players

 

Panels / Seminars

 

Chasing fantasy

 

Prize fight

 

Nostalgic comedy gets Gallic auds moving

 

Yeoh actioner sets sights abroad after weak opening

 

Integration prompts the question 'Black like who?'

 

Hopkins takes on Hemingway

 

Caesars renders unto H'wood

 

Nets get real, but auds don't

 

Scandinavia

 

Benelux

 

Spain

 

Inside Move: Hung jury

 

Inside Move: 'Green' day

 

Inside Move: Comcast bid stirs the old Inc. well

 

Inside Move: Golden goose?

 

Germany

 

Inside Move: Dispossessed

 

Exit sparks public debate

 

B.O. jumps; 'Oz' 749g

 

B.O. off; 'Movin' Out' 935g

 

Mixed report: Biz good, coin tight

 

It takes talent to divvy up DVD

 

Burman shows Argentine feel

 

Fit to be black-tied

 

Mutual bonds

 

New order: shoot first, fund later

 

Size matters

 

Steady 'Dates' rules over 'Queen'

 

Foxtel Digital lines up majors' fare

 

U woos Blighty coin

 

Beyonce rides Soul Train

 

'Barbarian' raids Cesars

 

Jan Miner

 

'Christ' exhibs play it safe

 

Encore puts spotlight on film editors

 

Penn, Theron draw Satellites

 

Emmy slots reality

 

New Films nabs trio of pix

 

TV boosts Univision Q4

 

Quinn blooms at Magnolia Pictures

 

AMC draws $300 mil in refinancing effort

 

Singing a new tune

 

Foreman punches up reality boxing show

 

Chaplin honored at Malaga

 

Eck's in 'The Money'

 

ABC paints fresco pilot

 

Lauer's road show leads 'Today' to win

 

'Master' commands Cinema Audio award

 

Dublin fest doubles up

 

Warm reception o'seas for 'Mountain'

 

Thursday's hot for nets

 

No conflicts in Pisano's dual roles

 

Oscar ballots due

 

Pair wear costume kudos

 

'Barbarian' wreaks havoc at Jutra kudos

 

'Pillowman,' 'Springer' score top Olivier nods

 

Deena Amdurer and Andrew Lear

 

Anne de Wolfe and Barry M. Berkeley

 

Foxtel plugs into Jackman

 

Statuettes keep 'Sex' femmes from finale

 

'Rings' is SAG king

 

James looks for love in Smith's 'Kiss'

 

Hyde foresees thriller

 

IATSE prexy race unfolds

 

Vogels joins UIP Thailand as G.M.

 

U.S. market share declines in Spain

 

Fox stalks writers

 

Sachs takes 'Blue' to Memphis

 

Casting directors look for Teamster backing

 

Fortissimo fits 'Size'

 

Fox sports Kellerman

 

Wesoky takes Easy way

 

Strix adds vets to lineup

 

MGM forgets short attention spans

 

'Millionaire' strong in return

 

'Hating' will let Aussie thrush act out

 

TF1 terrestrial outlets caught in legal snafu

 

New dates for Oz confab

 

Fantastic fest to serve 'Fish'

 

Mary Bryant

 

Tartan sketches plans for 'Architect'

 

Cannes gets Saturday night fever

 

Flexplay muscles in on disposable-DVD

 

Philbin phenom worth a 'Mil'

 

Vijay 'Goldie' Anand

 

Oscar noms stoking o'seas B.O.

 

IFC to work with band on 'Metallica' distrib'n

 

Warm weather heats B.O. to $15 mil high

 

Whoopi picks up pen for kids

 

Gosling is ShoWest's male star of tomorrow

 

Rooney talking, not God

 

Corrections

 

Depp's 'Libertine' finds survival coin

 

Navigating change

 

Regal reels 'em in

 

Viv U facing wrath, suit of small investors

 

Jury selection begins in Adelphia execs trial

 

Documakers elect Propper prexy

 

Oscar Watch: Kudocast ups star count

 

MGM homevid ups events veepee

 

'Thugs' and 'Agnes' leading the pack with 5

 

NBC, Telemundo answer bell for more boxing

 

'Drowning' in faint praise

 

Variety bows Oscar guide

 

The nominees

 

Dick Cook, Disney chairman

 

'Big Bill' aces opener

 

Seeing the world, one set at a time

 

Crossing 'Bridge' for Streep

 

Gala weighs anchor for Brokaw

 

Bart Howard

 

Lauren Tobin and Jervonny Collier

 

Christy Lynn Druckhammer and Matthew Hart Cherniss

 

Dylan Jaye Small

 

Fox and UPN set late date on laffer trio

 

Biz boosts Dem spirits

 

Thesp revs vidgame

 

Si TV ups carriage deal

 

Music e-tailers agree to play SightSound's tune

 

Four to produce sci-fi 'Runelords' trilogy

 

Contestants butter up Cuban for $1 mil

 

Rewrite right for Miramax

 

Helfgot to market for Fox

 

Mandalay's Marmur at Original

 

'We Will Rock' Las Vegas

 

Eads dares to be 'Evel' for TNT pic

 

'Snow' showers preemgoers

 

'Hip-Hop' on radar

 

Watanabe becoming villainous in 'Batman'

 

Hawaii travels with Showcase

 

Inside Move: Disney battles persist despite kudos

 

Inside Move: Phillips skips 'School 2'

 

Lena Horne zaps Janet

 

'Poseidon' set for another adventure

 

Goldwyn on laugh track

 

Focus thaws 'Ice' in March

 

Owen Patrick Reilly

 

Shayden Ethan Schorr

 

Duo launch fund

 

UCI eyed by Green

 

'Fiance' finale fabulous for Fox

 

Verizon dials up couch potatoes

 

ITV taps Burt chairman

 

U.K. indie Tartan enters U.S. distrib'n

 

BBC revamp stalls

 

Pennsylvania sues Time Warner

 

Julius Schwartz

 

Aronovich on jury duty at Mar del Plata

 

DVD distrib E-M-S opens L.A. office

 

FF Bayem funds pix

 

Bollywood on SABC

 

MTV taps Torres VP

 

U.K. journo kudos to Jacko doc

 

Sizing up kids ads

 

WB leaving 'Okavango' to Leavitt

 

Winslet checks into Ullman 'House' party

 

WhiteLight shines on Ranes

 

Zenpix falls into 'Affair'

 

Netflix's growing gamble

 

Sony dials musicvids for cell phones

 

Indecency fight draws Clear lines

 

Touchstone TV boosts dealmaker

 

Stocked market

 

Mifed moves to October slot

 

Ruhl's 'House' cleans up for Blackburn prize

 

Six pivotal months changed life at Disney

 

Clarification

 

Disney trashes Pooh suit

 

Univision's Messinger off to help brand CNN

 

Jeff Foxworthy

 

John Riggi

 

Jones upped to prexy at MTV, Nickelodeon

 

ThinkFilm studies up on Carruth's 'Primer'

 

Doo-wop road stop

 

A nod to the chief Mouseketeer

 

Radio static

 

Prince sets 1st tour in 6 years

 

WHV, Woods spoof 'Caddyshack'

 

What the puck?

 

'Sex' goes out with a bang in ratings

 

Fat 'Fiance' finale

 

Jackson Wythe Nicholas Warren

 

Finn William Leeves Coben

 

Peacock sweeps in

 

'Woman' woos thesp

 

Soap vet Wheeler at 'Guiding Light' wheel

 

Dominion over new 'Swing' era

 

Miramax, Manga cross swords on 'Bill'

 

Thesps say fang again

 

McIntire a sr. VP at VH1

 

Inside Move: Turner twins TBS as laff sib

 

Sly may step in 'Contenders' ring

 

In the pilots seat

 

Mel passionate about pic's positive message

 

Sitcom vet: Reality bites

 

Inside Move: NBC 'Will'ing to countersue

 

USA, WB set 'First Dates' on Sandler hit

 

Four joining forces for Malick's take on 'Che'

 

New Line tentpole dips into 'Inkheart'

 

TNT's boosts head count with Rickles

 

Echo Bridge draws Tannehill to sales

 

Gold circles U for distrib'n

 

'Banzai's' charging to Comedy net

 

Pepper to drive 'Dale'

 

Silver and Black plant 'Kiss' at WB

 

'Cat' purring with Masterson

 

Joe Viterelli

 

Drama boards Redbus

 

New reality for India

 

'Meters' rises to Russian B.O. record

 

'Idol,' 'Model,' 'SVU' shine on Tuesday

 

Latin DirecTV ends Chap. 11

 

Norah's at home in first

 

TF1 profits up but stock falls

 

Court OKs Cinar's sale

 

ORT seeks piece of Israel Plus

 

Glick taking law to Edge

 

Jean Rouch

 

Jack Loeks

 

Mouseketeer loses key investor votes

 

Adelphia reorg scheme runs into hitch

 

TV Azteca earnings down 20%

 

Top Televisa brass set for Miami move

 

Stern judgment for DJ

 

'Passion' ka-ching

 

'Model,' 'Idol' scorch competish on Tuesday

 

Comcast bid panned

 

New fest a big deal

 

Toon Net tunes sked with Kids WB

 

Syndie suffers pre-holiday setbacks

 

MarVista touts 'Heaven,' 'Months' at confab

 

Oscar Watch: Sofia Coppola, Naomi Watts

 

Zhang's 'Sunflower' in principal photography

 

Ardustry hawks 6 pix at market

 

Pic's 'Prime' pairing

 

Woman dies during 'Passion' screening

 

'Passion' bow doesn't incite reax in Oz

 

Lifetime bets on 'Card'

 

L.A. may ax creatives' tax

 

Oprah takes on Oscar; ICM disinvites Army

 

Par hones 'Machinist'

 

Sony delays U.S. launch of PSP game gizmo to '05

 

AOL, Cartoon net set for competish

 

'Passion' interview online

 

Pilots cast up at Fox, ABC

 

Christina Twaddell and Andrew Thau

 

Shannon Rednour and Brian Herrin

 

Sasha Katherine Ann Demyanenko and Donovan Che Serge Demyanenko

 

Charlotte Ainslie Andrews and Cooper Alexander Andrews

 

FCC adviser lands Hughes gig

 

Justice vet will join MPA's piracy battle

 

Showtime a theatrical Bridge

 

On trail of gumshoe tale

 

Non-league members in talks

 

Lions Gate taps prez

 

New Line to see 'Upside'

 

Rudin's on an 'Ark' lark

 

'Family' guy at the helm

 

Thesps join 'Christmas' party

 

'Sin' tempts Dimension

 

Outlaw banking on Ianno

 

'Year' on Scott's calendar

 

'Deuce' wild in Sony sequel