Table of Contents
Week of 03/11/2004

Articles

'Dead' deal makes Impact

 

'Kingdom' crashes Wednesday

 

'Caroline' not coughing up the coin

 

Redekopp ankles as CBC mulls change

 

Mexico nails over-18 rating on 'Passion'

 

Atuned to tragedy

 

France's RTBF drops Euronews

 

Sour notes for 'Sex'

 

Kinepolis plexes on

 

Oz copyright ruling

 

Dueling princesses

 

RCA hits Blue note for A&R

 

Inkwell is a Gusher

 

Mouse chair roars

 

Dish is refilled

 

NFL net scores Insight carriage pact

 

Tribeca fest feasts on $3 million grant

 

Fast forward for indecency law

 

Meet pumps syndie feats

 

Krause's B'way bow set for 'Fall'

 

'Punisher' to open ShoWest

 

'Millionaire' answers all of BV's questions

 

Isabella Rossellini

 

Bruce Dern, Rory Culkin, David Morse

 

'Hospital' flatlines

 

Inside Move: 'Cinderella' ball delayed

 

Bowl filled to brim

 

U's 'Unchained' bid wins Charles biopic

 

'Kat,' 'Call' add thesps to pilots

 

Randi Ross and Chris Williams

 

'Ruby' opens Angels fest

 

Latin countries to exchange pix

 

Girard memorial services

 

ABC, NBC sweep day demo

 

Wellspring sets up U.S. 'Doctor' visit

 

Museum's set to fete Gere

 

Legal firm cooks name

 

Mouse homevid expands throw-away DVD testing

 

EA dials M for 'Godfather' vidgame

 

Babs back on bigscreen

 

'Wheel' rolls to Red Eagle for feature

 

Outdoor Life goes o'seas

 

WB's 'Class' in session with Theron

 

Par going it alone with 'Elizabethtown'

 

Discovery hunts top Americans

 

Boxing skeins go toe-to-toe

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
March 12, 2004

 

Gant Gaither

 

'Mame,' 'Wind' scribe Lawrence dies at 88

 

'Passion' clashin' fills Rooney's mailbag

 

Nathan A. Taylor

 

Samuel Matlovsky

 

Anthony John Lizzul

 

Abbie Neal

 

Cecily Adams

 

Thesp Poe plans new role as president

 

Interest heats up in Catholic Latin America

 

For Sony, it's a small world, after all

 

Stewart's heirs plot new designs

 

It's a queer eye for the straight thesp

 

Inside Move: Going once…Lescure bids adieu to Americana

 

The wonderful whirl of Disney

 

Inside Move: U.K. grocer rings up novel deal

 

Inside Move: Trump card

 

Biz even; 'Fiddler' 664g

 

L.A. 'Boheme' bows out big

 

Brits face taxing time

 

Broadway in the pink

 

'Passion' plots TV path

 

Inside Move: 'Bunny' money

 

Par swings for the fences

 

'Alma' biog graces L.A.

 

U's scene from a mall

 

NAACP projects positive image

 

Pic faces censorship in Asia

 

'Motivo!' heats up Spanish elections

 

Oscar bumps can't counteract B.O. slump

 

'Scent' of success

 

Hindu pols take a poke at 'Pokemon'

 

Pre-B'way breezes in Windy City

 

Al-Arabiya factors in 'Genocide' doc

 

Inside Move: Middle East exhibs hot for 'Passion'

 

Inside Move: Dream deffered for Cripps

 

Inside Move: Best-Koepp 'Secret'

 

Theron gets a monster welcome

 

'Passion' plays globally

 

Jesus Christ superstar

 

Helmers take commercial route

 

Inside Move: Echo's sound and fury

 

Inside Move: Studios take walk around the Block

 

The greatest story never told

 

Aspen gets last laugh

 

'Christ' still almighty

 

S. Africa has 'Monster' hit

 

Portugal's parsing B.O.

 

Booze ban in ads OK'd

 

Indian confab puts frame on vidgames

 

Gross engrossed in co-venture YG USA

 

Digital penalty kick

 

AFI film fest bows call for entries

 

Focus on films in Austin

 

Disney spike ignites market rally

 

Clear FCC policy: Big fines for firm

 

Deal's on the mark

 

Hughes awaits bids for bird PanAmSat

 

'Levity' enjoys Wood pic honor

 

Loews chain seeks buyer

 

Carolyn Stalins

 

Laura Tunberg

 

Susan Silverman Caesar

 

Rick Schwartz

 

FCC commish dishes dereg

 

Sony TV puts 'Hex' on Sky One

 

Critics 'Wonder,' auds don't

 

Lions Gate takes rap for 'State Property'

 

Madacy Ent. Will serve up 'Chicken Soup' pix on DVD

 

Castle-Hughes rides to CAA

 

Connolly's in paradise doing 'Eden'

 

Inside Move: Janet returns to boob tube

 

'Polly' cracks $11 mil amid slow B.O. o'seas

 

Oxygen, Banyan have designs for 'Package'

 

Touchstone seduced by 'Casanova'

 

'Hawaii' hangs loose

 

Punching up 'Contender'

 

Dream kicks in for martial arts spoof

 

Brit pic to let 'er 'Rip'

 

NBC, Bravo share 'Mountain'

 

Comedy Central salutes standups

 

Elusive Tucker sets sequels

 

'Ellen' producer to run 'Larry Elder' skein

 

Inside Move: TV vet off air after racial slur

 

'Smash' music showcase returns

 

McGuigan finds 'Fortune'

 

'Godfrey' tuner a go

 

Socialist win snubs media manipulation

 

Margo Fancher

 

RTL sells services firm to Liberty

 

Subsidy rules stand

 

Cablers settle Dutch dispute

 

NBC, CBS rule Sunday

 

Hal Brown

 

Renata Vanni

 

Leonard F. Brown

 

Michael Mindlin

 

Israeli cablers initiate triple play

 

Sydney Nicolle Culpepper

 

India Isabella Cortese

 

Nicole Simone Henton

 

Leah Cecilia Rosenthal

 

Common interests

 

Six Flags sells parks in Europe

 

Brit soccer rights go to TPS for $30 mil

 

Gov't coin to Italo indies

 

Oz net strike disrupts broadcasting

 

Spidey 2 spins a Tokyo preview

 

Court: Share cricket

 

Theron fights abuse

 

Tom Kennedy

 

Cinar's sale closes; animator set for MIP

 

Martha makes an exit

 

Roxio's guiding light

 

Liberty bell rings for investors

 

De Luca trading places

 

Humdrum o'seas biz

 

WGN carriage pumped via Comcast deal

 

De Mol deepens stake in FKE

 

20th, DirecTV link sales

 

WB recruits exec veep for shingle

 

Inside Move: Eye dismisses hoops delay

 

'Fight' in the ring for museum's TV doc fest

 

Globe gets 'Scoundrels' bow

 

Nash cuts teeth on Lions Gate's 'Youth'

 

B'way buds with life

 

Big lump sum looms for Lion

 

Angrisani joins M'max as VP, int'l publicity

 

Wellspring taps vet as exec veepee

 

Sesame taps Lombardi CFO

 

IATSE eye for 'Queer' staff

 

MGM ups Markoe to exec VP, feature post

 

Reversal of fortune

 

EchoStar to expand sat reach via SES

 

Doss ankles 'Primetime' gig

 

Redman, Waters go to 'Seed'

 

Schwartz feted at Paley TV Fest

 

Canuck 'Vinyl' finds groove with Eye net

 

WB moves one veepee, gets another

 

USA's 'Evil' in touch with auds: 3.4 mil watch bow

 

DreamWorks pushes back 'Envy' bow

 

'Tru Blu' has liftoff at Imagine

 

Maverick, NBC tuned to the '80s

 

City Lights Media shuffles TV arm staff

 

UPN's coming 'Alive'

 

Inside Move: Screener debate rewinds

 

Inside Move: Muppets ready to take Oz

 

'Ladykillers' seduces Cannes for fest berth

 

Fox opts for 'Elegance'

 

Arthur Kempel

 

Inside Move: Romano loves 'Raymond'

 

Tanyatorn 'Ying' Ahantharik

 

Film crew takes in 'Tragedy'

 

Press gather to honor colleagues

 

Knocking 'em dead

 

'Embedded' in politics

 

'What a Pair' carries tune of cooperation

 

'Jim' heading to 8 Tribune outlets

 

Lagardere boosts profit, taps Cottet

 

UnitedGlobalCom to buy France's Noos

 

McDermott's ready to light 'Edison'

 

Peacock rules Monday

 

SportsYa inks with Yahoo!

 

EU nations keep tight rules on film aid

 

A big plug for Dyke

 

'Che' leads Donatellos

 

Laffer seduces Genies

 

Sat.1, ORF join 'Julie' telepic

 

Shore plays Brussels

 

'Prymate' swings to B'Way

 

F/X house toons up

 

10K filings reveal TW, Viacom woes

 

MGM vid unit boosts Sufrin

 

Hughes' new directive

 

TV's top 2 maintain strength in key demos

 

Talkers build while laffers dip in sweeps

 

Young to provide Rx for WGA health, pension funds

 

Sundance makes Milestone distrib'n pact

 

Back for more laffs at Comedy Central

 

Pricey pics cloud Starz

 

Oxygen airs original ideas

 

ShoWest taps Meyers for helmer kudos

 

Drake Sather

 

New Line ups Kalish

 

Karmazin stands by Stern

 

Nick has way with words at upfront

 

The 'all about me' school of broadcasting

 

Politics, H'wood style

 

C4 swears by ad site

 

Inside Move: Trimming USA's Fleiss pic

 

A 'Passion' for promotion

 

WB ups Goodman to sr. VP

 

ICM fills 'ER' doctor's Rx

 

Thesps ready for take-off

 

TBS sez 'Yes' to early run

 

Cirque co-creator's horseplay at Glendale

 

Tribune ups exec pair to group VPs

 

Seldes sold on 'Royal' role

 

Take-Two chair out of top spot amid probe

 

Microsoft to pen 'Saga'

 

Exec marries 'Wife' duo

 

Showtime ups exec trio

 

DLT deals BBC skein

 

'CSI' loads Cannon for triple duty

 

'War' meets its maker

 

Nielsen harvests 'Ice' role

 

Riding a youthquake

 

Comedy Central has good tidings for 'Santa'

 

Feature pix not alien to Humanoids

 

Col climbs Gore's 'Hill'

 

Fox counts on new 'Dozen'

 

More pounds for pix

 

Two-hour 'Idol' boffo for Fox

 

Gauls tout big U-turn

 

Scorsese's 'Christ' at last

 

Sesh to regale 'Whale's' Caro

 

Tax shelter will cover telepics

 

Fest lineup sprouts

 

RTL adds youth net

 

Jones at 'Home' for 5th week at No.1

 

'Idol' dispatches 'Century' in little time

 

Pair to work jointly in Showtime 'Reefer'

 

Fest offers tyros legit opening

 

Rigas perks kept percolating

 

Diller dickering heats up

 

ShoWest fetes Van Peebles

 

Quinlan 'Perfect' for Lifetime

 

Dino's bio isn't the last chapter

 

B'casters to talk standards

 

Pax touts NBC's aid

 

New Yorker tops Ellies

 

EM.TV CEO sells stake

 

Pol has stern Karmazin reply

 

Street pleased by Alliance cutbacks

 

Katz topper of BMG distrib'n

 

Sony in Euro music mix

 

Polone's 'People' travels with Lane

 

Prime Universe inks deal with Devil

 

'World' leaving Philly

 

Corrections

 

CBS catches 6 thesps on most 'Wanted' list

 

Larter blooms as lead in Indian 'Marigold'

 

WB aims for Pitt with 'James'

 

Sinise signs for the Eye's Gotham 'CSI'

 

HBO casts for 'Rome' series

 

Nat'l Geo turns to Think to partner on 'Camel' pic

 

'Mac' Monday track

 

Craft guilds jousting over pension payouts

 

Pirates walk plank at Fox

 

Harvey's booked up at HarperCollins

 

Bravo's latest flap

 

ABC, Disney net in kiddie synergy

 

LeRoi joins Par's 'Club'

 

PayPal exec tries pic biz

 

RTL's back in the black for 2003

 

Hall ceremony hands purple reins to Prince

 

Car nets $1.1 mil in Laureus auction

 

Jolie good time at 'Lives' fete

 

Assembling a select 'Company'

 

HBO's 'Life' doc beneficial

 

Reviews

Shaun of the Dead

Agent Cody Banks: Destination London

Family Sins

Endgame

Lost in Time

Think German!

The Stratosphere Girl

Chinese Restaurants: Song of the Exile

Ham & Cheese

Malachance

First Morning

Blueprint

Berlin Blues

Levee James

The Stones

The D.A.

Century City

Deadwood

Small Tragedy

Maestro

Nascar 3D: The Imax Experience

Games People Play: New York

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Don't Move

We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay!

The Skin of Our Teeth

O.A.R.

World Series of Blackjack

Deconstructing the Torah

Taking Lives

Jackie Paris

Embedded

Jersey Girl

Vanilla and Chocolate

The Jokes

Old 97's

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Dirt for Dinner

Women's Love

8 Wheels and Some Soul Brotha Music

Empress of Carnival

Steve Winwood

Foreign Exchange

Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra

Salome

Intimate Exchanges

Two Sisters and a Piano

Byways

Astronauts

Fourth Annual Jammy Awards

Going to the Mat

Fes Festival

Claudia Acuna

Straight-Jacket

The Cookie Project

Hip Hop Immortals: We Got Your Kids

Imelda

Hip-Hop Resurrection: From NY to NZ

Then I'll Be Free to Travel Home

The Birthday Party



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