Table of Contents
Week of 04/22/2004

Articles

Sarah Clarke

 

Olivia Williams

 

Susie Essman

 

Chance for France

 

Eurovision to embrace EU entries

 

Film London woos prod'n for capital

 

'Idol' worship continues at Fox

 

NBC's U turn leaves syndie stain

 

MTV cues up Blighty

 

Viacom HIV/AIDS efforts earn global honor

 

Sandler prexy of feevee org

 

'Sesame' pacts with Discovery, Televisa

 

Canadian Acad crowns 'Seraphin'

 

Diana photos draw U.K. ire

 

'Ashley' set for Gotham at Vineyard

 

BAFTA to honor Hanks with Kubrick award

 

Adelphia up for sale

 

Inside Move: 'Wing' flies in face of FCC

 

Corus hits high note with strong ad revs

 

Astral takes off

 

Liberal dose of cash

 

Cannes picks stir spat

 

Viacom vaulting

 

Shorts to focus on Argentine attack

 

Bush wrap buoys Koppel

 

Carl Samuelson

 

James Hawthorne Bey

 

Fest fetes 'Kings'

 

Harry Babbitt

 

Playboy chief exits as goals not met

 

Wall Street skeptical of Sony as Lion tamer

 

N.Y. reels off S. Africa pix

 

It's 'Man' vs. women in close B.O. race

 

Unions pack for D.C. trip

 

Jessica Pinto and Mitch Nedick

 

Creative Emmys reunited

 

Warner shingle shifts into overdrive

 

Regs chafe porn biz

 

Inside Move: Elvis to leave building

 

Norm Macdonald, David Dameshek

 

Gross probes Taylor death

 

Hurd, Allen to remake Bava thrills

 

WB holding 'Pattern'

 

Hartwick's Fox's fox in f/x henhouse

 

LMNO bets on 'Double or Nothing'

 

Bing writes big check for 'Polar'

 

Mikael Salomon

 

Christy Carlson Romano

 

Leelee Sobieski

 

Matt Williams

 

Jackson team bones up on 'Lovely'

 

Unions line up for talks

 

Real deals revealed

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
April 23, 2004

 

Tuckerman feted by Boys & Girls

 

Lincoln Centers showing 'Fantasticks' doc

 

MarketCast finds Radisich, Recio

 

B.O. holds well despite post-Easter blahs

 

Cinema Parisien takes Wise plan

 

Distrib proposes wider releases

 

Novelas feed off their reality rivals

 

Equinox hits winning streak

 

Minghella brings 'Mountain' to mainland

 

Digital helps bump pay TV Down Under

 

Feevees feel pain of commercial cut

 

Small's beautiful as big boys crash

 

Format king de Mol faces a new future

 

Bravery of battered TV host

 

Paybox M-NET is new kid on 'The Block'

 

Two workers of U.S.-backed Iraqi TV shot dead

 

Watchdog whips webs for sex, violence

 

Auds' viewing technology gets personal

 

Fall skeds for NBC, Fox find errant nights

 

Strathmore aims to expand aud

 

Strauss has 'Friends'

 

Biz up; 'Riverdance' 991g

 

B.O. off; 'Fiddler' 753g

 

Perils of playtime

 

Frears stages Dench's saucy show

 

Cannes welcomes Yanks

 

TV still at a loss for words for Latinos

 

Alphabet's cram course

 

Big stars, litle pictures

 

Inside Move: Warm front blows in to Cannes

 

Inside Move: Plugging away at viewers

 

Inside Move: Wait, come back

 

Inside Move: Divining Dyke

 

Inside Move: Bollywood ballyhoo

 

Inside Move: Tech biz losing to win

 

The Times: Mel's cross to bear

 

Sony, backers may punch Lion's library card

 

Inside Move: The road to Dubai

 

Can H'w'd afford its tube touts?

 

'Heart'-warming return

 

Oz rolls out the carpet

 

BAFTA bash

 

'Coffee' preem smokes

 

Rainforest draws Ruth

 

Heart Fund attempts Cedars injection

 

ASCAP chap awarded

 

'Holiday' hits stage

 

Old Vic on a Spacey odyssey

 

Denzel fired up

 

Poliak's 'Parapalos' picks up top prize

 

Make a federal case

 

Lawsuit: Maverick losses total $64 mil

 

Teuton pix get funding

 

Song sung blue for EA?

 

The battle of good vs. 'Evil'

 

Stern ratings rise amid content furor

 

ABC's 'Village' voice

 

WB recruits Harris as head of prod'n

 

One roof at Alliance

 

'Odd' group assists benefit

 

Countdown mode at WGA

 

French chain nixes 'Bad' trailer

 

Weak dollar gives lift to majors' int'l biz

 

Legendary casting director Selway dies

 

Inside Move: Topper for NBC syndie unit?

 

Inside Move: Touting power of b'cast TV

 

Taryn Manning

 

Nadine Velazquez

 

Wanda Sykes

 

Heather Locklear

 

Stage salute for Stevenson

 

Cabler takes on pirates

 

Helmers focus on bombing

 

'Bill' kills o'seas; Japan is 'Haunted'

 

Noeltner in Cannes 'Hood'

 

Michael Moore

 

Mark B. Crowley

 

Vince Klaseus

 

Macie Huwiler

 

Ned Sands

 

Carolyn Cassidy

 

Scott Perlmutter

 

Shannon Hebert

 

Catherine Moran

 

Gregg H. Liebman

 

Bill Margol

 

Bob Kaplan

 

Patti Cohen

 

Lisa J. Haines

 

Americo Silva

 

Mary Mitchell

 

Craig Coffman

 

Lion at poker table

 

A signed 'Contract'

 

'Over' gets fresh start in L.A.

 

Anti-runaway stance boosts Dunham

 

Next tour of duty taking Mendes to Persian Gulf

 

'Show' gun is getting big bucks

 

CBS revisits the 'Dead'

 

Inside Move: NBC closing in on U

 

Kerry gets his close-up

 

Cannes fest, Critics sidebar team for pic

 

Foote's 'Emily' set for Primary Stages season

 

SAG targets bigger war chest

 

CNET breathes new life into MP3.com

 

Spain mulls cultural exception

 

Biggs is Metztein's 'Guy' in the Arctic

 

Intermedia adds losses

 

Revs soar at Tele Munchen

 

Auds listen to 'Plainsong'

 

London coin gets Creative

 

'Big Bro' no 'Survivor' clone

 

Debut pic tops Istanbul film fest

 

Short film fest opens Wednesday

 

BBC pushes free-to-air digital sat option

 

Polish co-producer of 'Pianist' convicted

 

Parky parks at ITV

 

Two for Polanski's 'Twist'

 

April turning cruel for Broadway shows

 

Lion's share to Kirk

 

Cablevision shuffle

 

Tune pirates on run

 

D'Works rising sun

 

Myriad consolidates sales ops in L.A.

 

Costume kudos to Wolsky

 

Legislative play bill

 

'Kill' finds its mark

 

Food warms fresh prexy

 

Booksellers salivating over Clinton's 'Life'

 

Serial killer interview brings uproar

 

Frances Rafferty

 

Correction

 

Dudas joins Revolution as pub topper

 

'Tree' grows on the WB for another season

 

Inside Move: Journos in a lather over Emmys

 

'Moonlight' to call it a night

 

WGA plays it tough

 

Prince will reign at MTV

 

'Boy' to open SCR season

 

ABC taps O&O chief Nesbitt

 

Acad member didn't feed 'Fish' to pirate

 

'Mexican' billboard causes quejas

 

NL connects Ferrer, Sandbox

 

Alba eyes plunge into 'Sin'

 

Branagh on 'Mission'

 

'Search' is on for Heston

 

Hilton mom holds class at Peacock

 

Brook, biz affair vets get to the Point

 

Reese rocking 'Baby'

 

Gala rewards risky behavior

 

Tuner knocks 'em dead

 

'Attraction' action

 

De Niro played himself

 

Dualstar files suit vs. Acclaim

 

Producer pair, NL extend handshake

 

'Cinderella' seeks homevid slipper

 

Dream wakes Roberts

 

'Tomorrow' has its day on Fox

 

Global output deal to dawn at Daybreak

 

Trio sets summer triple play

 

Jumping to explanations

 

Jose Giovanni

 

Albert Paulsen

 

Fortnight has indie spirit

 

Cannes Classics adds retro feel to sidebars

 

Danish Film Studio to be sold

 

U.K. clamps down on minority coprods

 

'Fear' scares competish

 

Annaud to be feted with film award

 

Immigant pic is 'Heaven' to buyers

 

CFO Wiest ankles Constantin Film

 

M-Net bestows filmmaker awards

 

Groups mentor young pic mavens

 

Hubert Selby Jr.

 

Houllebecq set to helm

 

11 goes 24/7 in U.S.

 

Regal's royal flush

 

Sony boosted by a quick fix

 

Mel's just swell with Viacom

 

Kadokawa grows with DreamWorks

 

Melinda McLaughlin and Mike Peretz

 

Gurney housing book for 'Mirth' musical

 

Two top Air America execs ankle

 

Syndie ratings spike

 

MSNBC talker tops CNN

 

Mediaset's set for bump in ad sales during 2004

 

Julie Ballard-Lebe and Alan Clack

 

NBC still must-see

 

Inside Move: 'Nightline' becomes 'The Fallen'

 

Europe's In-fusio opens L.A. office, targets H'w'd

 

H'wood plots a political thriller

 

'Friends' finale rushes to DVD

 

Clarification

 

Lorre's contract carried out by hit 'Men'

 

A fervor for mergers

 

NewFest breaks in digs with 'D.E.B.S.'

 

Spanish pic preems at Miami gay fest

 

Tribeca buddies up to 'Friends'

 

U gets graphic with bounty hunter tale

 

Fox strikes talent deals

 

DVD issue looms as WGA pact nears end

 

MPAA ups admin veepee

 

Security blankets hot doc

 

Hevey exec VP with TW Cable

 

UMG: Firm will reach higher note this year

 

Allen Reisner

 

Wong takes 'Social' reins

 

Focus dives into 'Creek'

 

Warrior queen fuels passion

 

Barnett breathes Atmoshere

 

Evans hitched to Par's 'Wedding'

 

Mouse board backs Eisner

 

Mia in WB's pix mix

 

Will political heat fuel boffo B.O. for 'Day'?

 

Par plans 'Holiday' redo

 

Mouse, Bruck plan ring-ding

 

Par finds 'Lost' starlet

 

MusicNet goes back to school for new subs

 

Webwide Sony is music for users

 

Heavy mettle

 

Media bias

 

Brooks goes Bollywood with next pic

 

Forum fetes Forman

 

Comcast cools

 

Open letter to save Swedish film

 

Fox unstoppable on Tuesday

 

Forecast met as subs added, income grows

 

Prince strong but not No. 1

 

PrimaCom bites on digital

 

Swipe picks 'Bone' for int'l

 

Almodovar's prod'n house finds 'Words'

 

Jugnot, Depardieu plan 'Boudu' redo

 

Anchor Bay shores up pix

 

Bugs, Daffy head to China

 

Hayet to top Pathe sales

 

Premiere posts $177 mil Games bid

 

DSF stays on German soccer kick

 

Peter A. Runfolo

 

Somayajulu

 

H'wood signs on Lido

 

SAG, ad biz ramp up residuals overhaul

 

House dishes defeat to EchoStar

 

RIAA's school of rock law

 

Tom Sizemore

 

Isabella Rossellini

 

Dominic Chianese, Gary Cole, Sherilyn Fenn

 

Gabrielle Reece

 

Super RTL an overachiever

 

Flush TW itching to reel in deals?

 

Azteca Q1 earnings soar

 

Muppets, Bear move into Mouse's house

 

Academy's Wilson dies at 46

 

Moguls mull a world chock full of mega-pix

 

Redstone to buy vidgame publisher

 

Yakker 'Ali & Jack' to wrap

 

Fox sorry for crash footage

 

Disney Int'l taps exec veep

 

Sayles on Thorpe's track

 

Taurus World Stunt Award fetes Reeves

 

Boston fest unspools with preems, celebs

 

Malibu festival calls for entries

 

Shakespeare & Co. receive grant

 

Rowlands takes time from 'Key' to heal

 

Night raises Caine

 

Blockbuster dives into subs

 

Jack Thomas Jewell

 

Charles Andrew Lundberg

 

Griffin Miles Thorn

 

Ian Alexander IsHak

 

'Super' bash steps up to plate

 

'Summer' plans for the WB

 

KCAL gets familiar face

 

Oprah grabs some 'Sun'

 

CNN plugs holes at 'Cooper,' 'Brown'

 

'Cavalia' horses around

 

Gaga for the 'Girls'

 

Global firm gets Creative

 

McKinnon makes an Eye-popping move

 

B'Way books 'Lennon'

 

'Lovewrecked' finds coin

 

Reynolds skeds more 'Yard' work

 

'Gentleman' killer

 

Hollywood's taking London's Picture

 

Inside Move: Cutler reteaming with FX

 

Hanks dives into 'Pool'

 

CBS is hitting its mark

 

Tunes take On Stage spotlight

 

Moore, Peters roasted

 

Bennett bestills his beating heart

 

Reviews

Clifford's Really Big Movie

Beyonce; Alicia Keys; Missy Elliott

Plainsong

Singing in the Rainforest

It Will Stay Between Us

Bolero

Champions

Brass Tacks

Gate of Heaven

Raghu Romeo

Someone Else's Shinjuku East

Smart Philip

King of Thieves

Lucky Kid

Choking Hazard

Assassins

Strange Bedfellows

Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius

Mean Girls

The Producers

One From The Heart

Jailhouse Rock

Celebrity-In-Chief

Free Culture

J.C. Chasez

Morrissey

David Bowie

Jockey

Kid Rock

Jumpers

Roar

The Days When Cocaine Was King

A Raisin in the Sun

Enchanted April