Table of Contents
Week of 06/03/2004

Articles

Sassa trades H'wood for Silicon Valley gig

 

Regulator reprimands Sogecable

 

Fox has Wong number

 

2 charged in Indian bizzer's death

 

UIP, U will kick off 'Pele' in Brazil

 

Dutch seek new coin

 

Imax investors air large-sized gripes

 

Prod'n withdrawal spurs Alliance loss

 

Pegasus bucking bird

 

Justice Dept. ends probe of Movielink

 

U bolsters partner unit

 

Disney sell-off in store

 

Chum slots U.S. fare while avoiding laffers

 

Barrandov on show

 

Finance exec lands at ApolloMedia

 

B.O., auds welcome back 'Potter'

 

Fest will chuck Canuck program

 

Palm to sing 'Song'

 

Davidson to wrap up Taper gig with bows

 

Magnolia backs 'Thai Warrior'

 

IFC Films goes for 'Glory'

 

Rosenthal's back from Beyond

 

CBS eyes growth on digital channels

 

Par, Kerner weave Winick into 'Web'

 

Sarah Michelle Gellar

 

Jan De Bont

 

Dan Finnerty

 

Burnt Orange raises colors for pix

 

WB TV ups Paul to exec VP

 

Hope, Plowman to speak in Oz

 

Brisbane man first in Oz jailed for piracy

 

Jack cuts to the chase

 

Laffs end for Comedy exec

 

John Peter Chakos

 

Kian William Jarrahy and Kaiis Steven Jarrahy

 

Elliot Emerson Lyons

 

Corrections

 

Nets fret as ads fall back

 

SAG wins 3 court cases

 

Stem cell bonds bag biz backing

 

Moore pic officially unspools

 

'Arrested,' 'OC' cop most TV crix noms

 

Spyglass elevates Evans

 

Di Bonaventura, Wells game for U's 'Doom'

 

Panel drops two-dish rule

 

'Legally' mandated

 

Par's promise: Pic 'Pledged' in place

 

Potent 'Potter' will duel the scissors of Oz

 

Short shift on B'way

 

Brodesser on the air

 

Bernstein's side of 'Street' wends way over to Strand

 

Helmers board 'L'

 

Middle East thriller is a coup for WB

 

Ruffalo graduates to WB pic

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
June 3, 2004

 

Col, Peirce take aim at Israeli spy

 

Duo's sought for 'Jury' duty

 

Sports web TSN crowns King prez

 

New Line raises DVD duo

 

Media see big ad gains

 

Content snaps up First Look

 

John Wylie

 

Nino Manfredi

 

The Great Communicator Reagan dies at 93

 

Moore doc faces plex hex

 

'Maqbool,' acad's bow top festival

 

'Old Boy' helmer returns with 'Lady Vengeance'

 

Dubrovnik prizes named

 

'Tomorrow' tears through 108 territories

 

Fuji aims to be toon feature titan with Gonzo animation investment

 

Day-and-date pays off across Continent

 

Local prods count dips despite foreign coin boost

 

A not-so-beautiful morning for newsies

 

Sumner's big showdown

 

Inside Move: Ring around the rating

 

As heads roll, moguls covet crowns

 

Inside Move: Brand-new 'Day'?

 

Inside Move: Align in the sand for scribes

 

Inside Move: Balkan balking

 

Inside Move: D-Day dilemmas

 

Inside Move: Malick, Texas ranger

 

Sumner-saults unsettle suite life

 

The Big Lie confounds Big Media

 

Inside Move: Just push 'Play'

 

Inside Move: Hyper Czech media

 

Insdie Move: 'Winter' of discontent

 

China's kids stay in the picture

 

It's Showtime for Dubai Media City

 

Brits hit on digital and broadband

 

Web thinks big to fill primetime sked

 

Pirates scupper UBC's bid for subs

 

Gaul's TV5 declares: C'est la guerre

 

Stateside webs could learn from HK skeds

 

B.O. off; 'Gypsy' 497g

 

Biz up; dual 'Lions' roar

 

Top-tier tuners fuel road revival

 

New Ford's topper skeds classics

 

B.O. heights, B'way blahs

 

Short Subject

 

Whiddon moves out of House

 

NEA to nurture critics in the arts

 

WB conjures boffo wiz biz

 

Sony projects a rival digital future

 

No action on Adelphia auction

 

WMG finance chief exits

 

Airline VOD signs up WB

 

TiVo may be boxed in as DirecTV exec exits board

 

Spanish shorts kicks off Huesca film fest

 

New GM for Spanish distrib Aurum

 

Machine's gearing up

 

I want my celeb-TV

 

ContentFilm set to take First Look

 

'Day After' withstands wizards' attack o'seas

 

Michael Curry

 

Spence Bovee

 

Donna Ebbs

 

Kate O'Brian, Don Dunphy

 

Brooke Bowman

 

Actors' Fund sets up Coogan trust accounts

 

Rene M. Garcia

 

Paul Garnes

 

Mark J. Halacy

 

Dick Ross

 

Lynne Yancy Christia

 

Bill Osborn

 

Scott Matthews

 

Adam Holzer

 

Elizabeth Donius

 

Richard Myerson

 

Katie Miles-Ley

 

Roads open for Film Society

 

Oprah and Elmo together again

 

'Under' bash no funeral

 

Screenings soiree

 

Power party shorts out

 

Debbie does dancing

 

Royal dinner for the arts

 

John Cleese

 

Paul Rudd

 

Alicia Silverstone

 

Alexis Bledel

 

Conn. gets legit bounty

 

Smarty party for NBC

 

Peacock gets 'Skunked'

 

Backstage thoughts on killer night

 

Tony lives on 'Avenue Q'

 

Munich fetes helmers

 

2 to speak at Oz confab

 

WB reads up on 'Rule'

 

Finnell flies to NBC U arm

 

Inside Move: New suitors stalk Lion

 

Tartan taps video topper

 

'King's' the thing at MTV Movie Awards

 

Col flies to 'Nights' for funny man Ferrell

 

Disney net taps Palmer

 

Inside Move: Trump: No smile for spoof

 

Falling for 'Venus'

 

Okun, Ardustry team for 'Lensman'

 

Friesen on HBO laffer beat

 

Carter series enters Fox's DVD 'Realm'

 

TV's Farquhar sets pic bow

 

Legit crowd pours on the glitz

 

Emmys get Chinese outlet

 

Fox Kids gambles on Sonic boom

 

Von Trier pulls out of 'Ring' project

 

Zlin kudos for Europe, Canada

 

Sanctuary bucks industry trend

 

Acad on display

 

Woody Shelp

 

Figgis rings up short fest

 

CTV fills up on U.S. fare

 

Golden Harvest exec reaps new job

 

Barreto bros. to do pics for parents' biz

 

'Monster' of an honor

 

UCLA Film School lauds Cruise/Wagner

 

Liquor in the locker

 

Viv U probe's expanding

 

'Jungle' beat for Vanguard

 

NBA Finals bounce Tonycast to new low

 

Block next stop for Odeon loop

 

Loews on the move

 

Bob Wright

 

Robert Quine

 

Exhib Reading nabs Anderson screens

 

B.O. boffo overseas

 

Cinema Expo will salute Zentropa producer

 

Report: Demand for VOD on rise

 

Strand will cook up 'Formula' Stateside

 

Virgin cues Mestel

 

EchoStar takes 'East' to ppv

 

Mouse House banks on a 'Deja' view

 

Cablevision adds ESPN HD

 

Goodbye Mr. President

 

Inside Move: Bradbury burned by 'Fahrenheit'

 

Inside Move: Martha sentencing delayed

 

Out like Flint: Oz regulator ankles

 

'Ghost' will haunt eight nations

 

Fremantle acquires Blue Circle

 

Teve, Goddard to build Town House

 

Shanghai fest unspools local work

 

Seattle fest draws big aud

 

Selick peachy for Vinton

 

CBS star a 'Barnyard' animal

 

Hamer hums Sony's music marketing

 

HBO, Brad Grey get 'Suburban' timeshare

 

Miramax toy story

 

Upfronts on even keel

 

U feels Austen powers

 

Burnett looking for a real rock star

 

Vet casting maven VP for Nash

 

McDormand enlists for Par's 'Flux'

 

Attack of the network clones

 

Genre looks for a third act

 

Reality highlights (and lowlights)

 

Keeping it real

 

Recipe for reality

 

Unscripted skeins get own Emmy

 

NBC dominates in fringe

 

Jones is tops at Tonys fete

 

G-Phoria boots up

 

Tonys take a bow…

 

In step with 'Wives'

 

MTV moves in for 'Kill'

 

Diesel revs up 'Riddick' red carpet

 

Silents make joyful noise

 

D is for devious…

 

VSDA fetes Blake Edwards

 

Stars spill plans backstage at Tonys

 

B'way hits record even as biz slips

 

'Jailbait' scores at Placid fest

 

Ad buy subtraction

 

'White Village' takes Golden Beggar

 

Moscow fest thinks local

 

Viasat plexes, renames channels

 

Shochiku raises vet exex

 

Teutons eye U.S. wickets

 

Oz board waves wand over 'Potter' rating

 

Filmart boots up for confab

 

It's a mad, mad, mad media world lately

 

Shaq whacks Tony in Sunday night shootout

 

Direct hit tips over TiVo stock

 

Icon sez Regal pulled double-cross

 

Redstone game for Midway ownership

 

Liberty bows flat

 

Hallmark ponies up $30 mil for 'Walker'

 

LAFF wades into 'Creek'

 

Artemis buys Tone-Cool

 

Inside Move; 'Stepford' promos poke fun

 

Inside Move: Allen sets up in London

 

WB moves 'Mountain' from 'OC' hood

 

UCLA Live slates ECM fest

 

Ed DiGiulio

 

Music biz cues Euro suits

 

Lieberfarb flays Blu-ray

 

When Dutch did Vegas

 

TF1 revs, profits up

 

The high cost of convention

 

The wrong PR

 

Testimony finishes in Franchise fraud lawsuit

 

WB to serve McDonald's DVDs

 

Lee to be part of N's 'Miracle'

 

Performers, exex sing royalty accountability

 

NBC U shuffles 4 syndie execs

 

Carla Pereira and Michael Colton

 

Molly Shannon and Fritz Chestnut

 

Alexandra Raines and Adam Lewinson

 

G.I. Joe drafted by Par

 

FCC, Clear reach settlement

 

'Wheel' comes off as fourth season's nixed

 

Canuck 'Fahrenheit' rights to Alliance

 

U fidgets with 'Bridget' sequel

 

'Furry' flies to New Line

 

A new 'Destination'

 

Latin Grammys love Lopez

 

'Bartlett' lures Fox, Everyman

 

Inside Move: Cirque homes in on NYC

 

Climax taps chief for L.A. studio

 

Was 'Plane' hijacked?

 

Promos pushing it

 

Inside Move: Burnett finds a new sensation

 

New Line sets return of king Mortensen

 

'Joey' replaces gal pal

 

Endemol opens Chile office

 

ZDF strikes deals with China, Korea

 

Monaco shingle plans pix

 

Multipark inks 'Replacement' deal

 

Bad press for Spain's pirates

 

Brian Linehan

 

'Barbie' becomes latest 'American Idol'

 

Berney to keynote AFMA Production Conference

 

Packer takes title in shake-up at PBL

 

Slovak distrib to bow three-plex

 

Teve tackles prod'n

 

'Confessions' Usher-ed back to No. 1

 

NBC ups Olympics' daily dose

 

Regency taps topper for physical prod'n

 

EuroDisney debt will be restructured

 

CalPERS raps Mouse perf

 

Discs driving pix-toy tie-in

 

Exit deals defended for Canal Plus exex

 

Beating the Bushes in H'w'd

 

Kerry jets to L.A. for Reagan, daughter

 

Early verdict grim

 

Cannell shows go to DVD

 

New Line boosts DVD duo

 

Montel's hat in ring

 

'Pee-Wee' gets to play on DVD

 

Terrorists raising money in piracy, study says

 

Archive guy gets Oz gig

 

'Clone' toon back on air

 

Jury to judge budget fudge

 

'Tarnation' on a sales tear

 

'Wheel,' 'Oprah' sweep up

 

Morrill tops DisneyToon

 

Shiny does D'Trick for Dior

 

Taxman hits Canuck creatives

 

BSkyB to offer free digital sat service

 

CanWest slots diverse skeds

 

Fine & dandy at FCC

 

Jasper Innes Davi

 

Eila Tzipora Rubenstein

 

Orange you glad to see 'Garfield'?

 

Hedging media bets

 

Warner Bros. lands a new 'Boy' friend

 

The ABC alternative

 

'Lottery' is Fox's ticket

 

Fox is heavily into 'Sports'

 

'Geeks' duo bonds with Touchstone

 

Romance in Eddie's future

 

WGA's new script: Election reforms

 

Inside Move: 'Shark' has local angle

 

Zachary tapped at Columbia House

 

B'way primps 'Blonde'

 

Moore does H'wood

 

Grammys show soul

 

Reviews

Aftermath

John Pizzarelli

Flops 101: Lessons From the Biz

Meltdown

Small Step

Sima Vaknin Witch

Meenaxi: Tale of 3 Cities

No Pain, No Gain

The Mummy an' the Armadillo

Chemical Hunger - The Munchies

On the Down Low

Henry's Dream

Cell Phone

Cafι Tales

Alone Across Australia

The Affair

Abadan

The Jury

Henry IV

Five Days to Midnight

Blow Out

Little

Angela McCluskey

A Perfect Circle

Keane/Minibar

Tortoise

Passages

Columbia: The Tragic Loss

Cross Bronx

Audra McDonald

Arisan!

Boricua

She's Not 17

Formula 17

Army of One

The Winter's Tale

Valldemosa

Tales from the Crapper

The Door to the Sun

Hum Tum

Juvies

Marja's Love

City Limits