Table of Contents
Week of 07/08/2004

Articles

BAFTA digs into its garden

 

Jack Fink

 

Audrey Emma Gold

 

Karlovy fest sidebars grow

 

Spanish fest seeks sales

 

Hamburg fries cutbacks

 

No second trial for Martha

 

News' stated case

 

Jury pulls the plug on cable clan

 

PBS pockets Emmy noms

 

Arachnophobia?

 

Pic piracy rampant in South Korea

 

Mitchell: PBS not tilting to the right

 

KTTV grabs 24 local Emmy noms

 

Rocky times at FSN

 

Movie Gallery sees shares suffer

 

'Shootout' slots Oscar trio

 

Helen Mirren

 

WGA handed election regs

 

Marissa Jaret Winokur

 

'Whisky' gets shot in U.S.

 

Agnes Bruckner

 

Warner spins ringtone codes into music CDs

 

AFTRA spurs NLRB case

 

Humanitas nod to Knight's 'Things'

 

Chum benefits to biz if Craig merger OK'd

 

Tribeca preps Italo bow

 

Village exec to the Moon

 

Euro 2004 beats Super Bowl aud

 

VRT opening purse

 

Shields exits NBC U

 

MTV gives Wonkette pol position

 

Flexplay is off to L.A., without CEO

 

Inside Move: Local crix come and go

 

FTC on the marketing beat

 

ABC makes dramatic deals

 

'Airline' flying for A&E

 

Weekend Box Office Chart
July 9, 2004

 

NBC U revamps praiser ranks

 

New Yorker's spree

 

Hanks a rebel rocker for biopic

 

Iwo Jima 'Flags' fly at D'Works

 

Par seeks high-kicking aud for vaude

 

Fox 'Standing' by TV scribe

 

Liles ankles Def Jam

 

Familiar faces help Wolf lay down 'Law'

 

Teuton helmers turn to funds

 

Norway fest goes local

 

PACT questions new slate funding

 

Hearn's off to be the Wizard

 

Tony Hope

 

Lucho Bender

 

Fred Turner

 

Jimmie F. Skaggs

 

Harry Morton

 

Jeff Smith

 

Stanley M. Gortikov

 

Teutonic pix see Q2 spike

 

Reprieve for Rigas

 

Equity, B'way at an impasse

 

Guilds' no-strike zone

 

Thomas taps Tibet talent

 

Mainland pix try quirky themes

 

Spidey bow leaves no room for competish

 

Chabat brings Gallic comic flair to H'w'd

 

Quotas give screen time to local pix

 

Biz has something to sing about

 

It's the dog days for new skeins

 

Nets yearn for 'Sweet Smell' of success

 

MTV sees green on bigscreen

 

Event docs rock the ratings

 

Telco giant Telmex set to dial up cable biz

 

Americans give Cairo's Camar TV a miss

 

Telefe, Patagonik deal on distribution

 

Nat'l Geo aims to get more docs on the box

 

Expats in U.K. get a taste of home

 

Slamdunk for C4?

 

Webs in signal spat

 

West End season going south

 

'Jane' rides again

 

Shows wilting in heat

 

'Raisin' that roared

 

Barnes to ankle as Abbey artistic chief

 

Off Broadway opts for the unusual

 

No fireworks at B.O.

 

Biz off as shows shutter

 

A doc heard 'round the world

 

Inside Move: It's in the cards

 

Inside Move: Sky's no limit

 

Inside Move: Runaway relief

 

Inside Move: Hello 'Good Bye'

 

Euros leashing their Dogma

 

Inside Move: 'Four' divided by '3' equals. . .

 

Inside Move: Review crew depleted

 

Inside Move: Big cheese costs Mouse

 

Can biz live with tentpole tensions?

 

The Life of Brian: From Seuss to nuts

 

Spidey's big B.O. and a big drop

 

Deauville sets jury topper

 

Island tunes up sr. veep

 

Eisner seeks Mouse dividend increase

 

Pick-me-up for GE

 

'Entertainment' trio on DVD

 

Baldwin plans trip to 'Elizabethtown'

 

Peacock reshuffles exex

 

Tennis serves up win for 'Letterman'

 

CTHE at home with Discovery

 

Nielsen nixes Nick's split personality

 

'Life' opens Jerusalem fest

 

Talent Pool diving into pic pacts

 

Pic producers rip Czech policy

 

Gallic news cabler finds purse empty

 

Euro ad war ignites

 

'Blowup' lenser dies in Rome at 79

 

Alex Middendorf

 

Spidey's world tour

 

Money makes AFTRA move

 

Correction

 

WB rules DVD biz with 'King'

 

'Access' host now 'Insider'

 

Arthouse biz 'De-Lovely'

 

Rise of the machine

 

Karlovy Vary tells 'Story'

 

Script tardiness easing

 

NBC U revs up disc drive

 

Peacock peeved by Fox poaching

 

Law gives 'Hunter' a hand

 

Metalheads explore their inner 'Monster'

 

Karlovy Vary fest announces kudos

 

Spain's gov't OKs TV investment regs

 

Grazer digging 'Deep'

 

An Industry partner exits

 

Teamsters to keep on truckin'

 

Dems prepare a 'Wake'

 

Media hedge fund ready to launch

 

Fox sets 'Day' DVD date

 

Doc rocks Rupe's roost

 

'Camp' lamp alight

 

'Superman' seeking new helmer of steel

 

Comedy, drama duo for Touchstone

 

Telepictures lands Stanley

 

Make room for 'Mommy'

 

IFC lands two Cannes jobs

 

Fremantle N.Y. exec exits

 

'Glengarry' roster grows

 

Menkin brightens City Lights

 

MTG ups StoryFirst stake

 

Fox Kids Euro chief ankles

 

Isabel Sanford

 

The B'way show will definitely go on

 

Sequels surpass originals

 

Fox dousing doc

 

Banderas snags novel for helming gig

 

Brit pirate fighters cite terror tie

 

Menegoz elected Unifrance topper

 

WBITD calendars Years as int'l VP

 

Walden bids adieu to Mouse

 

Jane Hoyt Thompson

 

It's Steines 'Tonight'

 

BAFTA/LA will fete Mirren

 

Playboy nabs Nalle

 

Revamp requested

 

'X-Files' team cracks pic case

 

ABC's conventional turn

 

Marvel plans stock buyback

 

Helmer, scribe guilds set 2005 kudos dates

 

Bragman Nyman plants Scott in N.Y.

 

Sirius, Eminem wrap deal for rap channel

 

New Endeavor for Gross

 

Broadway B.O. gets post-holiday spark

 

Russell on high horse at D'Works

 

NBC U TV taps Bohm

 

New Line finds 'Furry' friend

 

Security threat won't delay 'Tanner'

 

Epic cues up senior veep

 

SAG to add acting seshes

 

Kendall Brickell Burch

 

Dorothy J. Hart

 

Carolyn Kelly Wallach

 

Jack Wilson

 

Bill Yoscary

 

Nelly rushes to 'Yard'

 

SoapNet lathers up reality

 

NBC U readies O'Brien suit

 

Par, thou shalt remake

 

Bart bounces into 'Frogs'

 

Baldwin gives Sci Fi a 'Scare'

 

Inside Move: NBC to use summer for 'off-brand' test ground

 

Letterman sweet on 'Candy' pic

 

'Diary' dear to Lions Gate

 

Stars stud Kerry ticket

 

Webheads toast crix

 

If the slipper fits. . .

 

Helmer outs early influence

 

'Music' sounds out new firsts

 

Sofia Victoria Roberts

 

Ryan Le-etta Mathis Allen

 

Nathan Thomas

 

Dylan Charlotte Michaels

 

BBC quality control

 

Solon touts Australia trade deal

 

Toronto title wave

 

USA's '4400' abducts record aud with bow

 

Alphabet's soaps sprint for daytime gold

 

DGA slates eight for fifth annual Honors

 

Hamlets hear an Echo

 

CBS rife with reality

 

NBC U loses a round with O'Brien

 

Viv U finds Babelsberg taker

 

Is 'Lost' too scary

 

AFMA plays name game

 

Vet tunes to MGM Music

 

Antipiracy legislation draws fire

 

Sam McKim

 

Colpix mints Milano exec

 

'Outfoxed' nabs DVD distrib

 

Netherlands fest will fete film duo

 

Media's shocking new trend exposed!

 

Kiwis team for films

 

Local pix get boost

 

Doc plants 'Wall' flowers

 

'Imelda' is a shoo-in for release

 

Local 'Night' eclipses Spidey in Russia

 

Gaul attendance jumps 19%

 

EMI: Sour notes over

 

HorseRacing TV targets broad aud on EchoStar

 

CME buys Croatia's Nova in East Euro play

 

Taking on Berlusconi

 

Fair use or 'fair and balanced'?

 

Election: No kidding

 

Beyond the billboards

 

WB heats up 'Summer' for a second season

 

2 combed for 'Rapunzel'

 

Inside Move: De Luca's development derby

 

Electronic Arts DVD to offer game extras

 

Warner walks on 'Wild side'

 

Jones riding herd on ranch pic

 

Goldwyn, Par dig tunnels tale

 

Stone will take 'Basic' chemistry

 

Freaky finance: Lohan nearing $7 mil payday

 

After Affleck, Lucas is bound for 'Glory'

 

Scribe pens 'Grace' for Fox

 

Inside Move: TCA kudos ads questioned

 

Sony will unveil PS3 console at E3 in May

 

Advertising boosts MSNBC.com

 

Victoria Bassetti

 

Lynn Brindell, Susie Fogelson

 

Maureen Guthman

 

David Hudson

 

Ocean MacAdams

 

Francois M. McGillicuddy

 

Michael Kay

 

First Look revamps legal dep't

 

Edinburgh to bow Brit pix

 

Locked on Locarno

 

Sutherland, Blethyn take 'Pride'

 

Dinamo Norge's film arm closing

 

RAI vote rocks Berlusconi

 

Adelphia eyes sale

 

Sirius tunes in 500,000 subscribers

 

Lions Gate makes software investment

 

Studios designing DVD piracy tech

 

Competish takes big swing at All-Star game

 

Legit biz on board with road rules

 

Tonys lower curtain on rep

 

U celebrates tour anni, 'Bourne'

 

Frog is growing up

 

Press rep suing Goodspeed

 

Banks' fans still 'Hunger' for more

 

CNBC loves McEnroe despite wobbly week

 

DGA seeks reality TV say

 

HD Net to air conventions

 

Bands have a ball for Justice

 

Judith Scott

 

Trevor Morgan

 

Michael O'Keefe

 

Par picks 'Partridge' pair

 

Peacock, Lion split

 

Big 'Ado' about Moore

 

'Maria' full of contrasts

 

TV crix tune into hunk factor

 

TV stars pay the 'Rent'

 

Greenlight flickers at bash

 

Thriller 'Mem-o-re' is shingle's debut

 

Anonymous loads 'Bullet'

 

Par's where the 'Wild' things are

 

Oxygen breathes in Hewitt for 'Climber'

 

New Line will stake claim to 'Vampire'

 

Jinks, Cohen love 'Hate'

 

Rita tops Latin Grammy noms

 

Brit 'Kitchen' on Fox's menu

 

Helmer's back in 'Dead' zone

 

Homer's football follies

 

Wide open for 'Big' deal

 

'Trek,' 'Model' trade slots

 

Fox renews 'Quints'; okays 'Spellbound'

 

Cablevision wins channel auction

 

Aglow over Firefly

 

Reviews

Leon and Olvido

Niceland

Seventeen

Waterbomb for the Fat Tomcat

Madre Cuba

The Pleasure is All Mine

The Giraffe's Neck

The Whore's Son

Villa Paranoia

The Verhoevens

Anthem

Soundless

Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments

Journey to Jerusalem

The Last of the First

Making Maya

Mitchellville

Negroes With Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power

The Nest

Tom's Wife

Purgatory House

So Cute

Robbing Peter

Honey Baby

Poets Never Lose Hope

The Riverside

Keep on Rockin'

The Eye 2

A Cinderella Story

The Old Masters

Sacrament!

We Happy Few

Gipsy Kings

TV Night: The Sequel

Return to Sin City: A Tribute to Gram Parsons

A Little Night Music

Men's Show

83 Zlota Street

Beneath Her Window

Czech Dream

Out of this World

Journey: Portrait of Vera Chytilova

But the Hour Is Near

Gilaven! Sing!

Shantytown Blues

The Souvenirs of Mr. X

No Regrets

The Farm Keeper

Double Zero

The Clan

In Good Conscience: Sister Jeannine Gramick's Journey of Faith

Drag Kings on Tour

Making Grace

Inescapable

The Lost Generation

The Experiment: Gay and Straight

When Ocean Meets Sky

Jim in Bold

Group Portrait with Woman

The Last Sephardic Jew

Bryn Terfel

Life x 3

Looking for Victoria

Venus of Mars

The Truth or Consequences of Delmas Howe

Sugar

Secret Passage

Saints + Sinners

RTFM

Resisting Paradise

Michael Blanco

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

The Velvet Hammer Burlesque

Global Divas V

Sinkhole

Old Clown Wanted

Forbidden Christmas, or The Doctor and the Patient

Raree

Lobby Hero

Jill Scott

Much Ado About Nothing

The Foliage

Saint Ange