Table of Contents
Week of 03/25/2004

Articles

Mediaset posts profit for 2003

 

U.K. banner shows some character

 

Pirates face plank

 

Constantin feels B.O. pinch

 

Fox's Wednesday rock solid

 

Korean keeps 'Promise' pic

 

Gauls watching more TV

 

Ocesa Presents taps int'l talent VP

 

'Popstars' is ineligible for doc coin

 

Change of 'Heart' directors

 

Oz court sending DVD pirate to jail

 

Sundance fund allots $395,000 for 11 docus

 

Exex fear for tiers

 

Cablevision's credit clouded by Rainbow

 

Televisa restructures equity, adds dividend

 

Stars power ShoWest end

 

Tribeca flies British flag

 

Int'l biz bracing for reality

 

Mixed blessings

 

Robichaux tuning in to B&C mag

 

'Fox News,' 'Stephanopoulos' neck and neck

 

Lucien Benedek

 

Island prexy tunes new gig

 

Pols vault to major ad buys

 

Peacock sits pretty

 

Blockbuster eyeing big score on 'Monster' DVD

 

Comcast purchases Tech TV for $300 mil

 

Correction

 

B'Way tribute hails life of Uta Hagen

 

Comedy net tops Wednesday

 

Lawyer exits Disney

 

Durkin tapped agent by ICM

 

Cartoon pooling talents for grownup block

 

'Cracking' gets pulled

 

Peacock stokes 'Strokes'

 

Devane's part of 'Family'

 

'Dracula' bites into Apple

 

Maverick countersuing Warner

 

CBS on prowl for a great lady

 

ABC Family big on 'Smallville'

 

Management shingle's a Key gig for Greenblatt

 

Redgrave to speak Greek

 

Inside Move: Feds grab a pirate to go

 

Scribe warms to WB's 'Body'

 

Endgame's got Cajun persuasion

 

Reality guy Nash goes to war

 

Judge trims 'Samurai' scribe suit

 

'Princess' gets pic treatment

 

Producer paints new shingle

 

B'Way labor orgs to revisit stance on Jets stadium

 

Male bonding pic will pair up Par, Hogan

 

Scribe talks stalk H'wood

 

Hunter right for 'White'

 

IFFLA ready to unveil pix

 

Essential-ly researching aud habits

 

MLB loads bases with Microsoft

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
March 26, 2004

 

Filmmakers unite to look at Madrid bombings

 

Dubai to debut film fest

 

U.K. stymies studios

 

David Dillon Evans

 

Tony Meilandt

 

'Apprentice' means business for NBC

 

Steve Duboff

 

Arthur Lithgow

 

Global Price List 2004

 

Nets' male delivery problem

 

USA plugs in partners at the script stage

 

Inside Move: Three strikes for Eisner?

 

Instant discs: Just add concert

 

Pols spotlight RTVE

 

Nixed docs get a viewing

 

Biz's new credo: Gray matters

 

B.O. rises; 'Fox' 379g

 

Reveille wakes up to int'l reality

 

No press, please

 

'Bombay' doctored

 

Funding cuts put forum in jeopardy

 

DMX's 'Alone' makes Gotham scene

 

Inside Move: Will U have to wrestle with Rogue?

 

Saban mulls new Kirch empire

 

Perk parade hits a slump

 

RTS topper toppled over Kosovo crisis

 

Williams wears 'White' in black comedy; 'Stella' onscreen

 

Valenti valedictory view an eye-opener

 

Hoyts gets new topper

 

Natty 'Everyday' debut

 

Waking the'Dead'

 

Bermuda fest sets sail

 

Pix mourn fall of the mall

 

The scribe plot thickens

 

Inside Move: 'Spider' sense tingling

 

Inside Move: 'Size' matters as fast-food fight heats up

 

Sumner gets the China syndrome

 

Inside Move: Stars collide in Philippine prexy race

 

Toe-tapping times for Cilento

 

Paybox scores soccer as sports monopoly grows

 

Niche channels want to be counted, too

 

'Passion' hot in LatAm but Teutons yawn

 

Nielsen can count ... on constant criticism

 

Springing in with this and that

 

Can film biz curb squander-lust?

 

Top promoters push for more clubs

 

Inside Move: Tell-alls sitr old Times tension

 

Biz slides; 'Hairspray' $1.3 m

 

'Lifestyle centers' on a laff track

 

TVNZ drops projects

 

Pic promos face perplexing plight

 

Helmers bring savoir-faire

 

French femmes have new looks

 

Bashes bowl for bucks

 

'Scooby' dough

 

Namic names nominee names

 

A weak bird in hand

 

Christmas in March: Gamers still scoring

 

U.S., Brazil pols parley over antipiracy efforts

 

Roy Disney to uncork Mouse House info

 

Report tabs Asia ad revs

 

Cinar turns into Cookie Jar

 

MTV Asia ups strategy exec

 

'Duck' feathers nest of helmer Eimbcke

 

Root grows on Discovery

 

McCarthy, Lachey take flight in key pilot roles

 

Heyman's looking at 'Giant' pic

 

Chris Kentis and Laura Lau

 

Patrick Sheane Duncan

 

Michael McConnell

 

Marshall Todd

 

Matt Leutwyler

 

Frankie Muniz

 

Serena Williams

 

Nets upfront about year-round bows

 

ABC seeks probe of death

 

Delroy Lindo

 

Kathryn Hahn

 

Jane Seymour

 

An upbeat beginning

 

Wellspring gushing with 'Nathalie' pickup

 

San Fran fest fetes three

 

Latin America flocks to 'Passion'

 

Deutsch to expand slate

 

Mip trips over coin

 

Andie Locke Aviv

 

Elijah Alexander

 

Miles Sebastian Conte

 

Isabella Jane Titus

 

Italy

 

Holland

 

Poland

 

Canada

 

Hands-on approach

 

China

 

South Korea

 

Brazil

 

Spain: 'The Serranos'

 

South Korea: 'Daejanggum'

 

On the right course

 

Australia: 'Strictly Dancing'

 

Spain

 

Nordic territories

 

Belgium

 

Austria

 

Czech Republic

 

Mexico

 

France: 'L'Affaire Dominici'

 

China: 'Pink Ladies'

 

Argentina: 'Los Roldan'

 

Hallmark's Halmi takes hard line on reality boom

 

Brazil: 'Celebrity'

 

Israel: 'On the Level'

 

Program potpourri

 

Global Price List

 

France

 

Switzerland

 

Japan

 

Australia

 

Israel

 

Argentina

 

Germany: 'The Elephant'

 

United Kingdom: 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here'

 

Poland: 'L Like Love'

 

Japan: 'Toriba no izumi'

 

Up with people

 

United Kingdom

 

Germany

 

Hungary

 

Milia, Mip join forces in mobile marketplace

 

Holland: 'Kopspijkers'

 

Nordic territories: 'Better Times'

 

Reality wears thin

 

Mexico: 'La Escuelita VIP'

 

'Makeover' takeover; 'Hospital' comatose

 

Reality guru maps road to 'Recovery'

 

'Shadow' into light

 

Rhythm's mane f/x studio for 'Lion'

 

Frog promo uploads 'Everwood' to AOL

 

Union sets up game pix fund

 

USA monster in Shiban's laboratory

 

Wilson meets Maverick

 

Napoleonic projects girding for combat

 

Animus moves to prod'n

 

Meet the 'Defiant' Moore

 

Frog leaping into 'Lagoon'

 

Cantat sentenced to eight years

 

Herrmann ankles MTM

 

Institute funding row endangers Swede pix

 

Sir Peter Ustinov dies at 82

 

Egmont yearly profits up 50%

 

NBC's 'Jordan' crosses up rivals

 

Pooh case gets flushed

 

Peacock pitching Diana tapes

 

Weta, Nelvana ink for 'Dragon'

 

S. Africa series on 'Menu'

 

Root's transplanted to Discovery in D.C.

 

Gibson galls Gauls

 

Nordic Film Fest goes 'Sky' high

 

No parallel imports

 

Promo push for pix

 

Sat 1 chief stands pat as Doetz exits board

 

Kloiber nabs Directorate Award

 

Globo races ahead with Senna doc

 

Robert Bennett

 

Sponsorship spending reaching high note

 

New Time mag targets frugal femmes

 

Cablevision posting bonds to cut interest

 

Hollywood buyout

 

EM.TV gets rights to RTV

 

Jan Berry

 

Reed Midem channels Shanghai TV Festival

 

Mip rouses Mouse

 

Mip's slow recovery

 

Familiar face buys a Kirch library card

 

Study: File sharing doesn't hurt sales

 

NATPE gets 2 years by the Bay

 

Par taps Japhet senior vp

 

Black joins Watts for 'King Kong'

 

Hassler to get key original '60' slot

 

Brits going biblical at B.O.

 

'Carey' helmer donates salary to PETA

 

Prowling for Lion payout

 

MPAA, indie org OK screener compromise

 

Clarification

 

'Straight' down the drain

 

Rispoli, Kind set for pilots

 

Jay's flame burns for 'Tonight'

 

Mexico feels the beat with VH1 Latin America

 

Study sez DVD sales dim hunger for CDs

 

Youth served with $75 mil MTV-Motorola pact

 

H'wood trio in league for Ivy Film Festival

 

Shout! to ride 'Bulls' DVD

 

Slicing an American pie

 

Claire Tavernier

 

Mark Selby

 

Mitch Lazar

 

Carmel Landy

 

$200 mil in originals on Court TV's docket

 

Jolting 'Jordan' gets early pickup

 

Gov't vet named EIDC topper

 

CNBC serves McEnroe yak

 

Brandt, Haas 'Wanted' at U

 

Keanu drawn to 'Darkly'

 

Initial hopping aboard 'Shepherd'

 

Legal eagle Kelley looks for laffs

 

N.Y. Emmys favor WPIX

 

Newmarket buys Kidd fable

 

'Montana' maintains a very sharp Focus

 

A 'Wild' Landscape for New Line

 

Doug Dyer

 

02 uses phones to send tune toters their tracks

 

Anssi Vanjoki

 

Mike Short

 

Neil Montefiore

 

Guy Laurence

 

Steve Largent

 

Ringing in new rev

 

Content alliances key at Cannes conference

 

Optimistic Televisa plans $300 mil spend

 

B'way B.O. springs ahead

 

Kids WB plays early pranks

 

Biz waiting on deal of fortune

 

DRM-scape

 

Market's call later than expected

 

Cellphone media making noise

 

Jabs only cut skin-deep

 

Designs on Ford

 

Happiest guy on Earth

 

D.C. press spanks prez

 

Ellen recalls courting gay coverage

 

Remember 'The Alamo'?

 

'Prince'-ly bash minus royalty

 

Venerable journo Cooke dies

 

No port for pirates

 

Probe of 3 Viv U exex starts

 

Snubbed movies remembered

 

Eye, Peacock top Monday

 

'PTU' arrests six Bauhinias

 

Pietro Sciortino

 

Gov probes Televisa, Azteca

 

Capri flexes distrib arm

 

Comic breaks S. Africa record

 

Canal 22 winds way into U.S. markets

 

Hot Docs fest to march in with 'Boys' preem

 

Reading taps Oz vet

 

Hathaway, Quaid cast in 'Mountain'

 

Czech Finale bows with 'Champions'

 

Mun2 preps 'Perfecta'

 

BBC's 'Spooks' inspires games

 

Nets to get V-Chip PSAs

 

Frosh series minting mojo

 

Tube tune-in rises 15 mins

 

Latin America distribber extends deal with D'Works

 

Corrections

 

Canal Plus buying spree esprit

 

Clint steps in ring for girl fight

 

Western reupped

 

Hip Mip buyers seek next big reality show

 

Warners' Teuton pic pact

 

Couch potatoes can now go mobile

 

WGA taps 'Jaws' scribe

 

'Blazing,' 'River' to DVD

 

Mexico a priority for Viacom

 

Feevee Telecine taps Mesquita

 

Aragao laffer sets lensing date

 

Padmalaya pacts Italo toon shop

 

Piracy protest shutters pic prod'n

 

RTP restructuring dries up red ink

 

2003 DVD sales exceed projections

 

Teuton QVC taps Kendig for sales

 

Viasat nets English soccer rights

 

TBS Latam taps vet Colon as sr. VP

 

Pax pains Peacock

 

Bertelsmann boosted 2003 profits

 

Carmike is back in black

 

New owner relights Boeing assets

 

Film schools

 

Internships

 

Mentorships

 

Tech is ticket to work

 

Lessons from a life in showbiz

 

Solidarity on screeners

 

'Passion' rations

 

Payoff for 'Passion people?

 

Hanks rallies the green

 

Mel's slap on the wrist

 

Y'know their names: Thesps pact for pilots

 

Ex-veep near deal for Viv U's Newsworld Intl.

 

News audiences fall without war coverage

 

USA squeaks past TNT for quarter

 

Solon tries to bring back fairness

 

Design firms get hitched

 

TV Cabo inks with Discovery

 

House taking aim with camcorder crackdown

 

Oxygen greets Oz soap 'Neighbours'

 

Moondoggie! Gidget's back

 

2929 takes chance on 'Infidelity'

 

Gugino pacts pair

 

Scribe fight heats up

 

Brody goes ape for 'Kong'

 

Fox reality skein courts auds

 

Sarandon to be queen of 'Elizabeth'

 

Diversity directive

 

'King' aims at new Emmy

 

Inside Move: Experts eye 'Castro'

 

Bookstaver turns to features with 'Tiny'

 

O2, BMG join forces

 

EMI facing the music

 

SBS Holland inks Warner TV deal

 

Mobile users get jump on Nike ad

 

Viv U probe widens

 

Lopez doc suit dismissed

 

Fox rocks on Tuesday

 

ITV ties up latest Apted doc

 

Saban runs with pay TV Ball

 

Ariels split differences

 

BBC again looking for a new topper

 

Germans buy Wine by the case

 

Fox puts on 'FT'

 

Sci Fi gets remade

 

Patience a must in China

 

Granada scores with 4 new 'Poirot' telepix

 

Usher CD sees boffo bow

 

Off 'Streetcar,' thesp is warming to 'Frozen'

 

Oscar to keep same sked

 

Franken hits Air pocket

 

Content's still king

 

Duo turning 'Page'

 

Hallmark goes for originals

 

Stewart seeking new trial

 

'Voluntary' code floats

 

Flom flows to Atlantic post

 

Eye ups Ender to sr. veep publicity

 

Showbiz-Kerry supporters exert 'stronger image'

 

Debt-laden Charter to refinance loans

 

The winning ticket

 

Latin music antipiracy efforts pay off

 

Devilishly fun bow

 

Nathaniel Sean Manis and Ryan Hanna Manis

 

Masha Yershov

 

Noah Harris Sheinbaum

 

Antipiracy bill passed in House

 

'Troy' planning to invade Cannes fest on 2nd day

 

Par fancies a pair of Clancy projects

 

Fox hits Virgin territory

 

Oh no, here they d'oh! Again

 

Bash bubbles over

 

Producing troika finds true 'Calling'

 

Laff label goes to Col

 

Equity anni tilts toward left

 

Lion pulling 'Con' job

 

New bounty for ABC pilot

 

Rock rolls with big stick

 

Fox awed by occult pic pitch

 

Lion studies school spec

 

Spacey tugs Trigger hand

 

Gay and proud

 

Newmarket tops March

 

IFC focus on 'Z Channel' doc

 

Profession session for Spike

 

Platinum bond for Focus

 

Cohen joins Revolution's Gotham ops

 

Wrecking ball

 

PBS picks up 9 Peabodys

 

It's Morissette Day on Oxygen

 

Wedding bells ring

 

Opera bows mobile phone, DVR hookup

 

Hello Carol Burnett, goodbye 'Century'

 

EA sets up Def Jam Vendetta follow-up

 

MusicNet now available a la carte

 

U sweet on Schickler's 'Vicious'

 

Reviews

Mekons

Modest Mouse

Michael Feinstein & Jimmy Webb

The Trip to Bountiful

Twentieth Century

The Journals of Mihail Sebastian

The Prince & Me

Ruben Studdard

N.E.R.D.; Black Eyed Peas

Pardon My English

Carmen Consoli

Ann Hampton Callaway and Liz Callaway

Well

Barbara Cook's Broadway

Hellboy

Walking Tall

SFJAZZ Collective

Paul Kelly

Sarah, Sarah

Prince

The Pension Grillparzer

The Von Bondies

What Will Happen to Us

Love Returns

Turn Right at the Yellow Dog

Fado Blues

In Rwanda We Say... The Family That Does Not Speak Dies

Dutch Light

Control Room

Cash Truck

Nellie McKay

The Big House

Keri Noble

Cold/Tender



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