Table of Contents
Week of 07/15/2004

Articles

AFTRA fetes 2 b'casters

 

'Jeopardy!' jumping with Jennings

 

'Lion' helps itself to Helpmann noms

 

Emmys aloft with 'Angels'

 

Voters indeed had hard issues to ponder

 

Warner Vision to bow 'Live Aid' concert DVD

 

Nickelodeon's extended 'Family'

 

Venice Palazzo get revamp

 

Famous faces with their eyes on the Emmy prize

 

French factions foster piracy fight

 

PC gaming is 'Doom'ed

 

Toe tags go on 'CSI' pair

 

Oddities of the Emmy count

 

HBO's broad strokes

 

Yellow Bird flits to detective pix

 

Rating fight abates

 

Netflix revs up 90% but income still slips

 

Weekend pops with 'Robot'

 

HGTV, Food Net serves up profits for Scripps

 

Judge allows Bertelsmann piracy suit

 

A Canadian welcome

 

Tribune profit plummets

 

Tyra Banks

 

Colton Gramm

 

Mykelti Williamson

 

John Tinker

 

Arsenio Hall

 

Mouse lifts veteran exec Lambert

 

Hawk gets Sirius on sat radio show

 

Lifetime will find its 'Identity' this fall

 

Watchdog bites Jack's guy

 

Fox's Berman swings at Peacock

 

A 'Reagans' revival

 

Rookie skeins find their Emmy footing

 

Imagine fest dreams up arts' reply to GOP event

 

Acad rules against negative Oscar ads

 

Correction

 

Bard in the West End

 

Marvel sues Mouse

 

Kilmer will play Moses

 

Here! fits 'Straight-Jacket'

 

Murdochs getting help

 

ABC hopes 'Makeover' will slap Fox 'Spouses'

 

Yu will have her 'Cake'

 

Cop helmer 'Floor'-ed

 

'Troy' scribe set to fly 'Kite' with DreamWorks

 

'Champ' jabs back

 

Film Roman will tie 'Ty' game to toon

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
July 16, 2004

 

Content in 'Love'

 

Slain journo probed '95 death of Listyev

 

Jail suits Martha Inc.

 

Gavin ankles Beeb

 

Jeff Morris

 

'Six' writer to pen memoir for Free Press

 

Linda Otto Landsburg

 

Thomas Hammond

 

Phoebe Brand Carnovsky

 

Reality's two-way highway

 

Cos and effect in the eye of the storm

 

Execs wrangle reality at crix confab

 

'Brother' still big as others struggle

 

Nets pony up pesos as high-def TV gets OK

 

Nine 'Sex'-es up sked to lure auds

 

Move over Mickey, PangPond's here

 

Majors squash local fare

 

Sport kicks niche tag into touch

 

Rajat Jain

 

Gregg Creevey

 

Henry K. Middleton

 

Transylvania stakes claim to its own net

 

Summer pix fill Prague

 

Moore steps into Spider-Man vs. ogre fray

 

Web conglom finances biopic

 

Fall promotion aims to lure auds back to theaters

 

Coin org changes tactics

 

Sex and romance seduce filmgoers

 

Vaughn takes the 'Cake'

 

Lantos champions indies

 

Edifice complex

 

Up at 'Bat' in Blighty

 

Inside Move: A Mouse minus Miramax?

 

Kiddie book biz catty about celebs

 

Inside Move: Tex fest to douse Moore flames

 

The strivings of Sir Steven

 

Inside Move: Canuck campaigning stirs anti-Moore move

 

Inside Move: Set phasers on stunned

 

Inside Move: TF1 selling brains to sponsors

 

Inside Move: '9/11' opens Mideast doc doors

 

Wal-Mart crowned DVD king

 

Inside Move: 'Van Helsing' takes turn

 

Inside Move: Ain't-It-Cool hot over hoax

 

Will NBC U get fried in Greece?

 

Relaxing at 'Home'

 

A sporting bash

 

Vive Veronique

 

Biz off; 'Movin' Out' 846g

 

Devil's in details

 

Theater pooling its talent

 

Fox rides Will power

 

Oz's Ten buoys CanWest

 

Ad sales boost revs for Chum

 

Netflix stock gets rocked by Q2 report

 

Zaleskie, Stewart Germane to the biz

 

Studio employees voice concerns to Schroeder

 

Discovery RX: 'HOPE'

 

Spike TV 'Laughs' it up

 

Par drops 'Hot Ticket'

 

New 'Insider' reporter continues 'Roadshow'

 

Four Tops concert an Omni 1st

 

Hungary nets facing fines

 

China crimps U's plan for Shanghai attraction

 

Vene cues up Guerra record

 

Bosnian net enters Serbia

 

Ramallah fest nod goes to 'Best'

 

Brein will sue music file-sharers

 

300 pix on Nordic Panorama sked

 

EU probing digital net's financing

 

Brazilian Acad skeds August kudos

 

Jerusalem fest hails pair

 

Academy elects six new governors

 

Inside Move: 'Hobbit' could end up nestling with 'Rings'

 

TV still white male realm

 

Howe flying high at Sci Fi

 

Jackson back on L.A. radio

 

'Arrested,' HBO shows dominate crix kudos

 

Nicktoons sets on-air fest

 

'Design' specs approved

 

Urbanworld sets dates, preems

 

'Spider-Man 2' ensnares Europe

 

Supe's on with 'X' man

 

Banyan bows homevid unit

 

Duo driven to road-pic doc

 

New faces for '24'

 

Mariel Hemingway, J.B. Rogers, Roland Kickinger

 

Douglas Sills

 

Shemar Moore

 

SPC falls for 'November'

 

Stan's Comicbook Vitae

 

Comic-Con Intl. Independent Film Festival lineup

 

Holding out for a hero

 

Comic Con tip sheet

 

Con celebrations

 

Expanding primetime?

 

Crowe climbs 'Eucalyptus'

 

Maverick cuffs college jail tale

 

Actor threats Eye-popping

 

'Mission' impossible for helmer

 

Lee bounces back into business with POW!

 

The amazing, 35-year-old Comic-Con

 

Unique collaborations set Marvel apart

 

Fests focus on films by fans

 

The Amazing Cameo-Man

 

Foreign flavors grow readership

 

Patience pays off for Marvel films

 

Small press thinks big

 

Keeping the faith

 

Co-directors to make first pitch for visiting 'Sin City'

 

Pros of the Con

 

A marvel of the ages

 

Hero worship

 

Inside Move: Microsoft to tap media czar

 

B.O. sees post-July 4 bounce

 

Tube giant Endemol merges two units

 

Saban, D'Works pact

 

Babelsberg battle

 

'Berlin Blues' helmer enlisted for 'NVA'

 

Spanish exhib org taps Evole prexy

 

Pat Roach

 

Sony, BMG making beautiful music

 

Thomas Madigan

 

'Days' bow scores with young auds

 

'Brother' tops Outfest

 

Opening windows

 

Trib's tribulations

 

Comcast plugs in Gaston as sr. VP

 

Marvel heroes team for DVD toon

 

THX grows by 3 execs

 

Napster nails campus biz

 

Fox News fair and balanced?

 

Greg King

 

Variety pair upped to veepee posts

 

Evelyne Touron

 

John J. Nolan

 

Pair take comicbook approach to 'War' pic

 

'Triplets' guy, U dig 'Despereaux'

 

Man charged in SAG scam

 

NBC won't seek injunction on O'Brien

 

U.S. hoopster telecasts set

 

Marvelous Lee to unleash 'Heroes'

 

Biz audits an artist's right

 

'Stargate' a blast for Sci Fi

 

AFM will stay at Loews

 

No Moore for Ronstadt after '9/11' mention

 

WB ups publicity vet

 

Fox applies Gold standard

 

Tube toppers hit home runs

 

Nets are urged to keep it real

 

Bow 'Bourne' anew

 

The revel wears Prada

 

Fest to rock with 'Her'

 

Central's casting

 

Burnett to find stolen kids for Eye

 

U's 'Shadow' fantasy

 

The perfect 'Stranger' for Ferrell

 

New man for the 'Job'

 

Sony's now the tenant in toon 'House'

 

'Robot' animates bash

 

'Darko' dances to new debut

 

Ogre edging Spidey

 

'Boy,' 'Fiddler' buoy B'way B.O.

 

'Simon' to open fest

 

Drimtim continues TV effort with 'Crusader'

 

EMI Gaul music chief ankles

 

Koelmel faces jail

 

NOB moves to privatize

 

Another exec exits the Frog

 

Yash Johar

 

Sogecable cuts rates to lure subs

 

WB eyes Xuxa toon

 

Canada's cultural choice

 

'Klimt,' 'Nancy' land Teutonic film coin

 

Judy's garland

 

Correction

 

Bella Lewitzky

 

Thielen heads to Foundation post

 

Buyout buzz buoys AMC

 

FTC noms feeling the heat

 

Post taps new legit critic

 

Vid pirates get stiff sentence

 

Go public, FCC told

 

Pennsylvania enacts production tax credits

 

Clarification

 

VP tapped by Loews

 

Anthony Steffen

 

Petition puts Stitzel on ballot for WGAW board

 

Games nets play obscure hunt for bigger prize

 

Jones enters Arenas' marketing arena

 

IATSE runs with the PAC

 

On track for black

 

Inside Move: Exhib issues settled, '9/11' heads for Texas

 

Inside Move: Moore defends Ronstadt

 

Tube mavens tune in shared woes

 

Andrew Hamingson, Michael Bush, Mandy Greenfield, Emily Shooltz

 

Scribes, WB load 'Bullets'

 

David L. Simon

 

Justin Hatfield

 

Amit Malhotra, Soojin Chung

 

Flory Bramnick

 

A&E gambling 'Caesars' finds a niche

 

Heist pic bags Snipes as star

 

'Eden' replanted with U, Imagine

 

'Chainsaw' preps 2nd slice

 

'Lolita' finds a suitor

 

Telepictures picks U pair

 

Par's new capital: London

 

Eye stakes its claim

 

'Outfoxed' jumps over DVD rivals on Amazon

 

Maverick, Primetime roll on 'Cruel World'

 

U.S. catches Thai 'Malady' via Strand

 

GSN game for ABC's Fazio

 

Toronto fest to mark 'Shark Tale' preem

 

Ivey casts lot with Odd Lot

 

'Sight Unseen' set to close

 

Labels make first P2P deal

 

A postcard from Jerusalem

 

TV biz on the ropes

 

Big numbers for '4400'

 

Dating shows draw vacationing students

 

Trading spaces

 

BBC America homes in on U.S.

 

Labor pains pinch Hollywood jobs

 

Crafts specialists set for H'wood honors

 

Sogecable wins tough first half

 

Film Lab appoints Ruiz-Tarazona

 

Gall heads board at funding org

 

D'Works does splits

 

Indies to fight Sony/BMG decision

 

House moves to filter smut

 

EM.TV goes to China

 

ZDF, Nat'l Geo pact

 

Stursberg takes CBC reins

 

Golden Harvest antes up for pix

 

Murdoch feevee will fund Italo pic prod'n

 

Venture draws pair

 

Spidey cents for Activision

 

Babelsberg retains int'l film focus

 

'Empire' set razed by fire

 

'Trading' succeeds

 

Comcast, Disney link in Net pact

 

Viv U, Lagardere mull media merger

 

Losses growing Sirius

 

Parrotheads give heat to 'Chill'

 

Liberty's freed up

 

Echostar's CFO ankles

 

Conglom sues Stern

 

U ups Markline to PR VP

 

Justin Long

 

Century City fest kicks off in Oct.

 

Melissa Sagemiller

 

Jay Harrington

 

Taylor Handley

 

SAG sells pix for residuals

 

'Cholera' set to hit Village

 

Eatery immortalized in 'Grilled' pic

 

Casting maven stays at NBC

 

Controversy concerns knock Cho from benefit

 

Preem pumps politics

 

Crowds bog down Latino fest

 

'Fat' deal for thesp

 

Revelers go 'Hunting' for an empty seat

 

Body count's unclear at Eye's 'CSI'

 

Purr-fectly festive fete

 

Trying to feel at 'Home'

 

Walter Beakel

 

Drawing H'w'd interest

 

Oz pic fund sets projects

 

Court to rule on future of 'Friends' suit

 

Par, Rudin begin countdown to 'Launch'

 

Studio discloses exec pay

 

Christopher John Nelson

 

Inside Move: Org takes aim at Sony's '9/11' homevideo ads

 

Inside Move: Moore to make like Elvis

 

Inside Move: UIP marketer in Fox trot?

 

MPAA wooing GOP?

 

Al Jazeera to cover political confabs

 

Disney hovers over 'Racer'

 

Mouse tunes in pic pitch

 

Bravo touts pet project

 

Fox asking 'Apollo' scribe to take a dive

 

See 'Jane' run with Leoni

 

'Q' troupe cues 'Fidelity' tuner

 

Savannah fest fetes O'Toole

 

Reviews

A Tribute to Miss Peggy Lee

Youssou N'Dour

Capone

Roma

The Healing Passage: Voices from the Water

Getting' Grown

Sarah McLachlan

I, Robot

Ruth Brown

The Man Who Would Be King

The Manchurian Candidate

Old Times

The Grid

The Bourne Supremacy

Trumbo

Finn Brothers

Josh Rouse

John Mayer; Maroon 5

Elvis Costello's Il Sogno

Things I Hate About You

Rooney

Diana Krall; Ollabelle

Natsumatsuri Naniwa Kagami

A Midsummer Night's Dream

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

The Magnetic Fields

Rescue Me

Gary Burton and Makoto Ozone

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Twelfth Night

Three Feet Under

Lucky Duck

Tide Marks: Legacies of Apartheid

Taken In

Strange As Angels

The Story of My Life

Planet Earth: Dreams

One Shot

Not Just Yet

Only Human

Homecoming

The Grand Role

Divided City