Table of Contents
Week of 07/22/2004

Articles

Pirates hearing music

 

Light sentence for Kinowelt's Koelmel

 

Indie labels sign with iTunes

 

Playing baby games

 

DeAPlaneta taps Zapata to exec post

 

Granada sells dramas to TV2

 

Composer Goldsmith dead at 75

 

More trouble for 'Taxi 2'

 

First half finds TV4 at a loss

 

RTL topper to no longer wear 2nd hat

 

Shipley tapped for Dublin fest

 

Oz actors, producers reach pic deal

 

BBC moves news director in revamp

 

Viacom profits stoke its stock

 

Fox back on 'CSI' table; Eads likely

 

AMC feature is sale to investment group

 

Can 'Bourne' reign supreme this weekend?

 

Correction

 

B'buster busts move

 

Digital deadline pushed to 2012

 

'Potter' aid casts spell on EA profits

 

Korslund ankles Copenhagen fest

 

Bachchan partnering on 'Viruddh'

 

Astral's quarter profit jumps

 

Nets warned of threat

 

D'Works knots bots

 

Col crowns 'King's' man

 

Summer pics: A mettle detector for thesps

 

'Rescue' preem fires up FX

 

Inside Move: ABC radio not as biased as '9/11,' Eisner says

 

Thesp steps into 'Joey'

 

HBO hopes for more 'Sopranos'

 

EchoStar deal giving Fox Altitude sickness

 

Duo raises Periscope

 

HDNet to air summer concerts

 

Alexandra Kerry

 

Matthew Weiner

 

Jeanine Tesori, Doug Hughes

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
July 23, 2004

 

Inside Move: Levin stays near WB pond with skein work

 

'Hairspray' frugs nite away at blowout debut

 

Par officiates at 'Wedding'

 

Witherspoon may walk 'Dog'

 

Duo have horror in the Blood

 

New Line reaps Gaiman's 'Death'

 

Odd Lot, Batfilm join forces for 'Spirit'

 

Imagine a new TV plan

 

Damon goes undercover for WB

 

Kulchak gets prexy tagline

 

Miramax tracking star

 

Showtime likes a 'Laugh'

 

Zidi Montreal fest jury prez

 

Nets redesign skeds

 

WBTV pulls development triple play

 

Venice fest loves Kidd pic for sidebar

 

Two IATSE veeps retire

 

NFL adds five carries to cable yardage

 

Allen's 'Melinda' will open San Sebastian

 

Kids fest moves to L.A.

 

Mehmood Ali

 

Static on the radio

 

Boorman leads Lido

 

Masterpiece theater

 

B.O. up; 'Oz' $1 mil+

 

Biz lips; 'Producers' $1.3m

 

Biz is bubbling in Sin City

 

Strip mauls Great White Way

 

Breaking into black

 

It's not HBO -- it's Showtime Down Under

 

'Burbs blossom on H'w'd backlots

 

Toons get the bugs out

 

Culture honcho fights piracy while touting protection

 

Networks: Conventions bad; bug-eating good

 

Pirates set sail toward TV shores

 

World in motion

 

'Potter' conjures top summer spot

 

Nets weigh convention pricetag

 

Auds love local romance

 

Studio exex allay worries

 

Sci-fi blockbuster levitates B.O.

 

Coin cuts roil revived biz

 

Orthodox pic breaks taboo

 

Sarajevo fetes 10th ani

 

Talent shows search for new stars

 

Ex-pats get Tamil channel

 

Fox's world flyer

 

Hot helmers set to roll on vet's horror wheel

 

Cablers' unkind cut

 

BBC World is Gavin's oyster

 

Hot cop pix: How Swede it is

 

Inside Move: Unconventional thinking

 

Inside Move: Undercover ARD exposed

 

Inside Move: Land of enhancement

 

Inside Move: The claim game

 

Inside Move: See how they run

 

In election year, opposites distract

 

Will toon IPO be a draw?

 

Sleepers & weepers

 

Mighty Matt kicks the "Cat'

 

'City' girl on move

 

L.A. firm adds Mason stable

 

Alliance nets Fine Living

 

Viacom stock continues run

 

New York fest has 'Look' 1st

 

Rogers sales up as profits decline in Q2

 

17 docs set for IDA showcase

 

Two regional cable news nets fold

 

Beantown bash a media mosh pit

 

Harbert wants laughs at E!

 

MTV stamps new Logo

 

Moore fires fresh salvo vs. Mouse

 

Harry king of Japan but Arthur's armed

 

A 'Revenge' fantasy

 

Laura Dern, Ellary Porterfield

 

Rufus Sewell

 

Jon Polito

 

Allison Munn

 

Terry Crews, Tracy Morgan, Joey 'CoCo' Diaz…

 

Legendary revelry

 

Soccer kicks WFUT ratings into high gear

 

Rain can't rust 'Robot' bow

 

Melbourne asserts itself

 

'Garden' blooms at DGA

 

Crystals refract history via movies

 

Entrepreneurs to vie for 'American' dream

 

'Mates' meets its maker

 

Eads revived on 'CSI'

 

Fox corners the 'Crumrin' comic series

 

Vegas gambles on 'Opera'

 

Al-Jazeera's banner still taboo for Dems

 

Cablevision in debate

 

Gold Circle has 'Smoke'

 

Screenwriting stays in the family

 

Ullman tests 'Mattress'

 

Sudser pair reach their 'Starting' point

 

'Sea' rises at Fine Line

 

Spec aids military families

 

'Fuse' ignites Valencia

 

Spanish media ads revive

 

Surprise 'Cut' highlights PiFan fest

 

Sci-fi spoof rockets atop German B.O.

 

Tarantino, Dante buzz Venice B's

 

TV4 takes its own 'Medicine'

 

International Emmy lineup announced

 

Spidey snares India

 

Corus Ent. sees losses

 

Valenti earns stripes at WB

 

Piero Piccioni

 

Georgine Darcy

 

Ogling Google cash

 

Tech raises music hopes

 

CinemaNow raises $11 mil for Net VOD

 

MobiTV inks NBC, Fox Sports

 

Storied Avila joins ABC '20/20'

 

Anime TV goes legit

 

UCLA beckons to writers

 

Kerry, Nixon spar for Reagan

 

Beantown crunch

 

B.O. business as usual on Broadway

 

Fox stocks 'Whale' tale teller

 

'Punto' primo at L.A. Latino film fest

 

Billy Bob meets 'Mr. Woodcock'

 

Moore again fuels unconventional buzz

 

Inside Move: Bernie says bye-bye to N.Y. Times

 

Logue pulls strings on tennis comedy

 

Terra Firma lands Cahan

 

Sweet on 'Serranos'

 

Vet and wunderkind

 

Inside Move: Pariah's no Peacock pal

 

The 'Die Hard' is cast for scribe Richardson

 

Frog to bow new series on Internet

 

'Champ' early to the punch

 

Alphabet goes to 'Extreme'

 

Chicago's tunes have legit allure

 

Pricey pix catch eye of Spyglass

 

Diesel fuels 'Guilty' pleasure

 

Fox cues up production quartet

 

Amelia Grace Kenberg

 

Grace Kathryn Williamson

 

Sean Joseph Farrell

 

Bella Angel Potts

 

Lara Charlotte Allen

 

Wim Verstappen

 

Spain ad spend sparkles

 

Par provocateur

 

Thesp rescues 'Frogs'

 

'Thunder' clap at preem

 

Fest restores its 'Paths'

 

'Dead' party at cemetery

 

'Outfoxed' unspools in L.A.

 

Auckland film fest sets aud record

 

Kids get a kick out of 'Soccer'

 

More Lion pix for Euro HBO

 

To strikes up 'Band' with Thailand studio

 

Beeb waging 'War'

 

A romance booster

 

Stiles set to take a trip to 'Heaven'

 

Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.

 

'Potter' performs box office magic

 

RTL turns to 'Christ'

 

A familiar TV scene

 

Jay-Z raps up six MTV video noms

 

Pols getting reel

 

TNT pins hopes on 2 pilots

 

Acad tech deadline Friday

 

Corrections

 

Comic-Con undergoes extreme takeover

 

Loews sets date nights

 

What's No. 1 now, Alex?

 

Vid sales 'Bourne' again

 

B'way closes up 'Shop'

 

Flying like a Regal

 

Funding org rips Montreal fest

 

Analysts: Cable stock fears are overblown

 

TV, print revs boost SBS profits to $17 mil

 

Prisa sees ad upturn

 

Trio sing in higher EMI keys

 

Dem convention catapults cablers

 

Spielberg shapes Dems' Kerry biopic

 

Kirk Douglas Theater bows with 6 preems

 

'On-Air' signing off

 

Holly Gillespie and Robert Stevens

 

Myrna Lieberman and David Dansky

 

Auds droop for safer 'Sex'

 

Roadshow contesting tax bills

 

Toronto has docs lined up

 

Sydney Poitier will land on UPN's 'Mars'

 

Ginsburg biopic opens Howl

 

Pond lands development VP

 

New Mexico picks next funding slate

 

11 tune up for S'dance lab

 

Inside Move: Al-Jazeera finds voice despite a banner ban

 

'City' sequel will be built

 

New veepee surfaces from Depth

 

Disney 'Lust' turns to scribe

 

Alphabet, Fox send out battling 'Nannies'

 

Gold Circle set to paint a 'Portrait'

 

Nichols gets the 'Skinny'

 

Two take to 'Tortilla'

 

DVD gets 'Arrested'

 

Marketing chief Mell ankles Fox

 

Fox greenlights more 'Red'

 

Herzfeld to hoist 'Trophy'

 

Chef cooked in court battle

 

Dimension arms 'Bodyguard'

 

Meek inherits drama at Oz's ABC

 

Kim Carbo

 

Molly Terrence and Aaron Barrett

 

French sign charter to fight music piracy

 

Turner awarded IBC honor

 

Film fund chief to exit

 

Simpson sib storms CD sales chart

 

Lit agency booking screen time

 

'Fear' doc series crowns BBC2 fall sked

 

Atopia bows distrib unit

 

Early sex earns satcaster a fine

 

A Typhoon turnover

 

TW's Harry & hobbit show

 

Back to the basics

 

Feds clear Sony Music, BMG merger

 

No Spidey swing for Sony … yet

 

Auds resist charms of Dem stars

 

Sacha Distel

 

Sipho Gumede

 

NBC U loads DirecTV with carriage pact

 

Games, music tune RealNets results

 

Ads buoy Westwood One

 

Correction

 

Interactive Emmy noms announced

 

'Spouses' spikes Fox

 

FCC seeks input on TV violence

 

ShowEast honors Stone

 

Jeremy Irons

 

John Larroquette

 

Regina Hall

 

Clifton Collins Jr.

 

Vince Colosimo, Jacqueline McKenzie

 

Remembering Kennedy's win in 1960

 

Biz tosses party hats in Dems' ring

 

Robert Friedman and Shari Bernstein

 

Tari Susan Hartman and Jason E. Squire

 

Inside Move: Kudrow finds new friend

 

Inside Move: Single mom H'w'd style

 

Hyde grabs Brass ring

 

Sonnenfeld poised for 'Noise'

 

Fierce fight for WGA post

 

Fox skein goes into makeover overdrive

 

'Panther' producer pal to Lion

 

It's Sunrise at Mandalay

 

Charter settles with SEC

 

Ratner on Col's laff track

 

Times seeking legit critic

 

Revelers see red at bow

 

Preem sates munchies

 

Col opens 'Book'

 

Helmer circles round shorts

 

'Stander' digs deep at bash

 

Rozanne Englehart and Garry Havreland

 

Reviews

Catwoman

Hairspray

The Frogs

Messiah

Boz Scaggs; Cassandra Wilson; Eliane Elias

Evil Dead 1 & 2: The Musical

The Hidden Fuhrer: Debating the Enigma of Hitler's Sexuality

Up and Down

Rex-patriates

She Hate Me

The Forsyte Saga

The Forsyte Saga: Part 2 - To Let

The Elephant Vanishes

Forever Tango

The Polyphonic Spree

Harry Connick Jr.

Fiction

Snoopy!!! The Musical

The Glass Menagerie

Life: A Guide for the Perplexed (Convention Edition)

The God Committee

World Electronica

George Benson; Will Downing

Amish in the City

Hedda Gabler

From My Hometown

Underground

ASTIGmatism

The Bus

Iris

Set Point

The Village

Atomik Circus

San Antonio

Toolbox Murders

Blue Collar TV

Jem

Evel Knievel


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