Table of Contents
Week of 06/17/2004

Articles

Karlovy Vary unveils competition docus

 

Senator to cut shares

 

Woody making moves for project

 

PrimaCom execs get chop

 

Mexican romances DOA at B.O.

 

Bollywood plans road trip

 

Televisa eyes Brazil net stake

 

H.K. groups revive Forum

 

Imagen lists kudos

 

Sony-BMG to get EU's nod

 

Hatch: Make a deal

 

Ad glut rocks radio

 

Fox's 'Simple' girls rule

 

Nielsen berates crix of People Meters

 

Pols' spending sets new mark

 

Gotham gets '9/11' early

 

Max J. Rosenberg

 

A dodgy outlook

 

'Happy Days' for Fonzie, Par on DVD

 

'Brother' at Wolfe's door

 

Semels gift $25 mil to UCLA

 

Distrib wants 'Nine' sex scenes kept in

 

Dubai lands WB pix, TV

 

Clinton blows his own horn

 

Urban bow for Cruise

 

Indie wind blowin'

 

Eye taps current VP

 

Jason Moore

 

Greg McKnight

 

Will Vinton

 

B'way duos head to library

 

'Kumars' comedy comes to BBC America

 

Dream ordering up 'Continental' fare

 

Gordon jazzes up center

 

Bicoastal plan rejected for TV Acad switcheroo

 

Reagan mourning aids 'Morning'

 

Par honoring duo

 

Vet bites into 'Vamped'

 

Dimension sez 'Come Closer'

 

Inside Move: Disney tensions fuel Miramax layoff rumors

 

Alexander Robert Robins and Harrison Aaron Robins

 

Inside Move: 'Passion' puts Mel atop Forbes list

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
June 18, 2004

 

Sorkin goes from White House to front line

 

TV funny man is laughing solo

 

Reynolds doubles up on pic leads

 

Kosar pens Par's 'Crazies'

 

Michael Colton O'Grady

 

Harmony Lane Jaret

 

Roman Walker Zelman

 

Kylie Lyn Rodriguez

 

'Raisin' runneth over, recouping in 9 weeks

 

Roundabout touts sked

 

RTVE in stage two rollout

 

Samaha to pay punitive damages

 

Mexico sets national TV awards

 

Advertisers' 'Days' of glory

 

More than Spidey in Sony's web

 

We're in it for the long haul! (We hope.)

 

U.S. pix bigger o'seas

 

Featured Player: Fons Van Westerloo

 

Easy pickings for Shrek 2

 

Auds get cold feet

 

Media Asia going public

 

Miller's light shines at Mouse House

 

CBS, UPN show gains as upfronts fall flat

 

Soccer matches sock B.O. in U.K., Spain

 

Canal Plus sets sail for de Lestrade doc

 

Rupe's free offer

 

Korean hits proving to be spicy

 

A kiss is not just a kiss on SABC1

 

Leaner, quieter Banff wraps, vows to continue

 

Lesbian pic stirs protests

 

Pols argue over TV ownership regs

 

'Jesus' blesses Central Park sales

 

'Ego' set to land in Pakistan, Middle East

 

Wannabes worship their own 'Idol'

 

MiTV takes a lower-tech route to pay TV

 

Welcome to reel world

 

Vet quartet set to take 'Leap'

 

Oz fest shrugs off opener

 

MTV crowd gets on the bus

 

Madge & me

 

Pics try their luck at Nantucket

 

Tony bounce buoys B.O.

 

B.O. up; 'River' rolls out

 

Films buried alive

 

H'w'd collusion confusion

 

Inside Move: Franchise cleaned out?

 

'Stepford' proves Rudin awakening

 

Inside Move: Coppola reconnects with Italo heritage

 

Inside Move: Schroder takes alt route to pair of pics

 

Inside Move: Scribes pencil in election drama

 

Media Cash cows mull new pastures

 

Inside Move: MIT prof proffers new B.O. predictor

 

Inside Move: '9/11' hype steamrolls Gallic doc on Bush

 

Inside Move: NFL, Oscar put Globes in the middle

 

Noises Off: Candor and Ebb

 

Inside Move: Pseudo-celebs pull up a seat in EU chamber

 

A real 'Ball' breaker

 

Teamsters on break

 

Intertainment's attempt to collect

 

Viacom offloads vidtailer

 

Adelphia trial goes to jury this week

 

U sells Port Aventura stake

 

Lolas reward hit 'Head-On'

 

Fox TV gets laff master

 

On Toronto's turf

 

Pol sued for TV game appearance

 

Profits Hit as Barney loses Wal-Mart favor

 

U.K.'s All3 buys Lion TV for Stateside expansion

 

Barron's bylines fade

 

Another fine time in D.C.

 

Paramount lighting up with 'Smoker' romance

 

First Run pacts with GFI

 

Leibman going back to school

 

Geneon to plant 'Appleseed' worldwide

 

Hamptons winners eligible for Oscar

 

Student pic fest accepting entries

 

Seminar will star SAG topper Gilbert

 

Malibu fest ready to pick pix

 

Comcast makes Discovery

 

N.Y. Times scoops Eye on Clinton

 

And the gold medal goes to. . .

 

Sundance to tell 'Whole Truth' on Iraq

 

Asian fest blesses 'Goddess'

 

Ogre late but great

 

AFTRA's Kaplan re-elected

 

Quattro adds Tokyo office

 

Inside Move: Netizens hot on trail of '9/11'

 

Fremantle seeking reality producers

 

Bening ready to play 'Diva'

 

Cartoon puts kids in Ouweleen's hands

 

Indie trio feels 'Unbeatable'

 

Helmer gets pilot license

 

Sophia Myles

 

Amy Davidson

 

'Days' turns into 'Weeks'

 

Spidey weaves global CD web

 

FX launches pic epidemic

 

Intel chips in on home networks

 

Int'l TV acad gets Spanish sponsor

 

EMI stock rises as merger talk heats up

 

Moland readies 'Teacher'

 

Messier legal mess

 

New indie award at Karlovy Vary

 

UIP keeps eyes on soccer, B.O.

 

Aussie trade pact in line of fire

 

All eyes on '60 Minutes'

 

Buyers high on Loews

 

Sachs ankles NCTA

 

Viv U Games sheds one-third of staff

 

Mipcom to salute RTL chief

 

'Season' kicks off in Mexico this fall

 

Circuit City now has music prexy

 

Hytner ankles ITV for banking gig

 

Cablevision price cuts irk market

 

Oz actors, producers nearing deal

 

Jerry Frank

 

Docu's 'R' stands for resist

 

Pic release roulette

 

Dilenschneider Group hires trio

 

Foxtel falls in 'Love' with Oz series

 

Sven Rye

 

German film seeks PR boost in U.S.

 

Nantz, Gumbel swap jobs

 

Lightning leaves CNN mute

 

Orgs to offer $500 in vidcam crackdown

 

Exec comes Full Circle creatively

 

Hutchison heads up new Musicrama arm

 

B'way playing out post-Tonys boost

 

'Bone' best at the beach

 

Affleck keeps his poker face

 

In Demand orders up TCM

 

Alleged war profiteer is Loews chain owner

 

Jack's Back

 

Kaufman saluted

 

Inside Move: 'Ball' out-Foxes D'Works

 

DirecTV files suit against EchoStar

 

Jake Patrick Rasic

 

Roman Robert Upton

 

Inside Move: 'Woman' lost in Gotham

 

'Guys' dolls up for spring on West End

 

Record auds for Maui fest

 

'Chicks' dress up laffs

 

Cecchi Gori drives road pic

 

Exec picks up pen for Working Title

 

HBO bonding with 'Family'

 

Warners digs 'Dogs'

 

Rivers flows off E!

 

Thesps love 'Somebody'

 

20th TV inks scribe pair for laughs

 

Fox 2000 falls for Phoenix's 'Autumn'

 

WGAW oks 2 for VP race

 

Kudos peachy...er, Appley

 

Pic turns up the 'Heat'

 

Fest feats on indies

 

Duo making Priority out of Brit pix slate

 

Retiro announces new slate

 

Huesca honors 'Maria Jesus'

 

Canal Plus Belgium renamed BeTV

 

Taormina talks top treat

 

'Passion,' BVI reel in prizes for boffo B.O.

 

Revisions for BBC

 

MPAA going 'R' way on '9/11' rating

 

Thesps dig in on trade pact

 

Defcon counts down to Chinese co-prod'n

 

Oz reopens national parks to pix

 

Cologne on scent of pic PR, co-prod'n

 

Par TV deal reaches for Rupe's Sky

 

Bellevue to help Scanbox get back up

 

Compromise funds Nordic prod'n

 

Deportes gets a 'Taste' of MLB

 

'Billy Elliot' ready in April

 

Clarification

 

Media hit potholes running the demo derby

 

Reagan coverage sinks syndie ratings

 

Swear fare hike?

 

Chafing over pacing

 

Reruns keep CBS in game

 

Analyst bets on buybacks

 

DirecTV sues Echostar over ads

 

It's messier for Messier

 

SBC leads telco push to dial up homevideo

 

Cablers bouncing back

 

YES scores touchdown with 2 Giants skeins

 

Connecticut Crix find 'Eddie' very good

 

Nielsen counts on court

 

Lollapalooza '04 called off

 

Thesp orgs back Equity

 

Smrz takes helm for 'Loyalty'

 

Food serves up vp stripes to 2 exex

 

Fox ups Battista to biz VP

 

Mouse House roused

 

'Tom 51' filming underway

 

Dark Horse, Image ride together

 

FX greenlights 2 laffers

 

Tolkin on tap to fuel Par's 'Paranoia'

 

Shalhoub, Falco announcing noms

 

Ruehl, Alda to read Rosenblatt

 

Distrib hoping to Creep out auds

 

Fest looking for Scream-plays

 

Loudeye turns up volume

 

Case study in exits: Rohm to leave 'Law'

 

Cinema finds 'Life'

 

UCLA awards screenwriting prizes to five

 

Industrial revolution

 

Inside Move: Revolver shoots blanks

 

WB books office in New York

 

Col kid pic on launch pad

 

Lad mags entering pic biz

 

Col telling a 'Ghost Story'

 

D'Works surrounds 'Siege'

 

Scribe pair lands atop U's 'A-list'

 

HBO's saying 'Hey Ya' to OutKast

 

Database companies set to merge

 

Confab: Fight piracy with education

 

ITV in buying mode

 

Cleese, Fenn head to Karlovy Vary

 

BBC makes sweeping journalistic changes

 

Correction

 

Another feather in 'Head-On' cap

 

Beasties disc checks out first place

 

Spit spat spikes site

 

Doris Dowling

 

Milo O. Frank

 

Danny Dark

 

News Corp. move hits snag

 

Hubba Bubba: 400,000 sold in a day

 

Jack's jazzed

 

Movie tunes on top

 

Gemstar's off easy

 

Ben Shabalala

 

Gauls haul probe to next level

 

Mixed news for news biz

 

Meredith Blume

 

Jason Schwartzman

 

Enrique Murciano

 

Chris Pratt

 

B.O. smokin' after sneak peek

 

John Slattery, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

 

IATSE seals 'Date' deal

 

Showtime preems special events arm

 

Politics and entertainment meet in Clinton tome

 

BVI sneaks 'King' for Euro exhibs

 

Boyington moves to W&A

 

Fox elevates Levinsohn to digital prexy

 

'Nip/Tuck' is smooth operator for FX

 

B'way 'Sundays' Crystalizes

 

Miramax spies Bond -- young Bond

 

Rodriguez to Travel away

 

Fox 21 taps trio of exex

 

'Lightning Thief' strikes Maverick

 

'Will' power: Scribes grab reins of 'Grace'

 

Warner nixes early DVDs

 

'Brooklyn' at Plymouth

 

Goodspeed Musicals moving to Middletown

 

Glascoe's in 'Between' gig

 

WB gets 'Interrogators'

 

Inside Move: Moore's Young idea

 

Inside Move: D'Works in a pic pickle

 

18 nommed for WGAW board

 

Eye rolls to 'Rock'

 

Pic tyros dig 'Wormwood'

 

'Blackout' mini lights up for A&E

 

WB 'Racer' is back on right track

 

Meryl makes 'Dark' deal

 

'Hair' today, 'Cry' tomorrow?

 

Clinton-mania at Met

 

Bow scales heights

 

Some heartfelt notes

 

Kline: gigs like night & day

 

The Daly Show

 

Reviews

Stellastarr*

Salem's Lot

Jason Mraz

Summertime

In the Shadow of the Blade

Drowning Ghost

The Door in the Floor

DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story

Afterbirth: Kathy and Mo's Greatest Hits

Taegukgi

Lakshya

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

Big River

The False Servant

Pride

When Harry Met Sally

Nip/Tuck

The Ditty Bops

Playboy Jazz Festival 2004, Day One

Sin: A Cardinal Deposed

k.d. lang and the Brooklyn Philharmonic

Jane Monheit

NYPD 24/7

Playboy Jazz Festival 2004, Day Two

A Home at the End of the World

Seeds

Arahan: Urban Martial Arts Action

Ornette Coleman; Abbey Lincoln

America's Heart and Soul

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

All Good Soldiers in the West Wind

The Secret Machines

Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues

Sing the Truth: A Tribute to Nina Simone

The Bodyguard

The World According to Bush

White Chicks

Hairspray

Farm Family: In Search of Gay Life in Rural America

Ma Mere

Misadventures in 3D

The President's Barber

My Stepbrother Frankenstein

A Large Attendance in the Antechamber

The Big Swindle

The Other Woman

The American

Tell Me I'm Pretty

Cheap Shot

Clara and I

Everybody is a Killer

Spider-Man 2

Deewaar: Let's Bring Our Heroes Home

Blinded

Ozomatli


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