Table of Contents
Week of 08/19/2004

Articles

MTV buys Jarowskij

 

MME ankles Hamburg

 

Matji's 'Hours' gets fest slot

 

Deauville announces line-up

 

Claire Danes

 

Josh Stolberg

 

John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky

 

File-sharing nets get the legal stamp

 

Chart to track Internet tunes

 

Kimberly Bialek

 

TCM elects politicos to intro Kubrick pics

 

Career nod to sound man

 

Acad taps kudofest trio

 

Lion names senior veep

 

PGA picks diverse group to honor

 

B.O.'s devil and the deep blue stream

 

Sat partners thinking in the box

 

Vertigo spins with U, Focus

 

NBC sues Paxson over dividend rate

 

Mexican nets team up for NFL football pact

 

Chad Steven Bacon

 

Equity, Mouse talk contract

 

Alexandra Holden Gurrola

 

Reading beefs up Kiwi presence

 

Josephine Lisa Keithley

 

Rebecca Jane Schiff

 

Hunter Charles, Cole Ashton and Austin Lee Kingsley

 

Bush bash docs brand Vancouver

 

Zhang to play 'Geisha'

 

NBC scores Games gain

 

Scribe Parriott inks deal at Touchstone

 

MLB steps to plate

 

Emmys in Friendly mood

 

Pauley 'Dateline' seg raises promo red flag

 

Tix prices fall during GOP confab

 

Museum sets chat sessions

 

Redubbed U Latin net will prime crime

 

Early Premiere for ABC pair

 

Loving care for 'Tender'

 

Fox hoists 'Heist' deal

 

It's Showtime for Isaacs

 

Net's Juris prudence

 

Fanning set to saddle up in 'Dreamer'

 

Weekend Box Office Preview August 20, 2004

 

Sony taking its time to spin Spidey on DVD

 

Scandi MTG ups Russia stake

 

Fest accenting U.S.

 

Inside Move: Showbiz's swing shift

 

Inside Move: Russian dressing

 

TV retrenching leaves vet behind

 

Inside Move: What's the beef?

 

Inside Move: 'Team' effort

 

Inside Move: Swap meet

 

Netflix pushes envelope but can it still deliver?

 

Inside Move: The devil's in the details

 

Inside Move: 'War' footing

 

Spain sees green in grossers

 

Peru forms anti-piracy org

 

Berlinale plans to globetrot

 

Teutons explore terrorism in pix

 

'Minotaur' back from the dead

 

O'seas B.O. leaps through Olympics

 

Oz producer Buckley sees 'Drylands' as tribute

 

Webs' ID goes AWOL

 

Cairo fest says ciao to Avati

 

More cablers fielding regional sports nets

 

Eye in race for viewers Saturdays

 

Biz even; 'Boy' $1 mil

 

B.O. off; 'Phantom' 724g

 

Rockwell rocks

 

Snug as a 'Bug'

 

Clear Channel sings out

 

Fuji TV heats up summer with Movie King

 

Thoma is Kabel's comeback kid

 

Going for goals

 

Fresh report details pubcaster's failings

 

Barron blazes Brit trail for U.S. scribes

 

Topper blasts out of Galaxy

 

Geffen gears up for overhaul

 

Cablers bland their brands

 

A sea change at New Wave

 

Thumbs down

 

A touch of evil

 

'Good Day' welcomes hosts

 

Par enlists Winter for 'Warriors'

 

Pugilist sked shift

 

Athens ratings top Sydney

 

Canuck TV fund coin flows to drama

 

U.N. salutes fest for HIV/AIDS pic

 

Dalai Lama pix axed

 

Hockey brawl iced

 

Black to give Producers keynote

 

Vitals making the switch to stars

 

Investors get bonus from Blockbuster

 

Viacom in the game

 

Corrections

 

Elie's new chapter

 

Shields to take 'Wonderful' lead

 

Annie Potts

 

D.L. Hughley

 

Marton Csokas

 

Ashton Holmes

 

Marieh Delfino

 

Jimmi Simpson

 

Stung TVNZ may start up distribber

 

Ex-WGA prexy Kirgo dies

 

Indies looking 'Dynamite'

 

Vet film/TV helmer Petrie Sr. dies at 83

 

O'seas still digs 'Arthur'

 

Leigh, Bergman pix in fest

 

'Millionaire,' AOL getting new lifeline

 

Banded together

 

Stars' club feat

 

Helmer in the 'House'

 

'NBA' has new game plan

 

Jersey beginnings, infinite rewards

 

Gold diggers

 

Ellen's almighty in 'Oh, God!' redo

 

Fox takes 'Giant Leap'

 

Where Nielsens and kudos meet

 

Ensemble dilemma

 

No simple rules in Ritter case

 

Out of the 'Shadow'

 

It's the Garry Shandling show

 

Fox-ified mob skein would surely misfire

 

Small screen party scene

 

The Two Towers

 

'Monster' comeback

 

Back on track

 

Fine line divides Ordesky between niche, event pix

 

Emmy tidbits

 

A brief history

 

Indie in practice and spirit

 

Global conquest

 

Malick's brave 'New World'

 

Funny business

 

New Line online

 

Jewel in the crown

 

Reeling 'em in

 

lmitation of life

 

The feeling of 'having doors open'

 

DVD outlook: The cart before the horse

 

Broadway bound

 

Showtime for Showmen

 

United in opposition

 

Sony, Fuji TV will do the 'Hustle' together

 

'Sea' rolling into Japan

 

Ad spending splurge

 

Times putting on a new fashion show

 

ThinkFilm in the pink with funding

 

Latin label dispute settled

 

PPV, merchandising boost WWE revs

 

Companies feel the Franchise heat

 

Lion feeding on 'Infantile'

 

Nets set GOP confab plan

 

'Life,' 'Wind' split Gramado kudos

 

Toronto fest blitzed by Hollywood glitz

 

Summer slowdown

 

ESPN goes full 'Tilt'

 

Duo directing 'Blind'

 

Martin Becker

 

'Late Late Show' to get guest hosts after Kilborn

 

SoapNet adds original

 

TBS adds movie showcase

 

Hamburg loses MME to Berlin

 

Cops call for 'Dr.'

 

Student fest returns

 

Isherwood exits for NYT

 

Theater goes local

 

Tony Scarano

 

TVA Group, Sun Media scoop up Toronto 1

 

Kelsey revisits old ties

 

Sony visits outer space

 

Out of the 'Files'

 

Wayans pact with U on modern 'Munsters'

 

Rock & roll lives with 'Pollacks' purchase

 

Trio digs up 'Dirt' on NASCAR

 

Inside Move: Pellington exits 'Element'

 

SAG ad tracking on the way

 

Heche arcs to 'Everwood'

 

Hartnett, McGuigan draw 'Lucky Number'

 

Final cut for DGA?

 

The 'Force' stays with Mamet, Ryan

 

Kid's day out

 

TV Acad decorates Set Group

 

A Dern good gala

 

Time for Toontown

 

'Champion' gallops in

 

Angels tread with the stars

 

Emiel Petrone

 

Teuton watchdog may KO KDG

 

Teuton Media Week kicks off

 

Van de Sande going Dutch

 

Toronto torrent

 

Susan Peters

 

Al Dvorin

 

Charles Rome Smith

 

Rigas debt wrangle

 

KDG makes concessions to save bid

 

Music biz enrolls in college

 

Techies offer pols P2P bill revision

 

Vidgames face the music

 

Spanish film fest announces lineup

 

Charles C. Welch

 

Grupo Televisa makes good with Yahoo

 

Acquanetta

 

'Surreal Life' goes Dutch

 

Off the Fence gets a Bang in business

 

Israeli network offers HOT property

 

Evolution's Kirby finds groove at WMA

 

Olympic ratings golden for Peacock

 

Max Jacobson

 

FX's Carlisle to top Fox net's marketing

 

Variety taps critic

 

Par goes for 'Best' scribes

 

USA throws up an airball? Blame TV!

 

DGA has biz on edge

 

Moonves ups Eye CFO to Viacom exec VP

 

Round of 'Golf' at Falcon

 

'Barnyard' fills out farm team

 

Inside Move: Legal twist for boxing skeins

 

FX's 'Rescue' to roll again

 

Doc grants go to 11 pix

 

Big wind blows viewers to syndies

 

Cox offers TuTv networks

 

'Golda' goes to L.A. stage

 

Spidey legit a draw

 

E! brings glitz to Gaul

 

Driving home 'Point'

 

Maxim, ESPN team on football preview

 

Sobieski back with 'Fall'

 

New Line has 'Crush' on pitch

 

HBO get 'Best' before B'way

 

'Belles' tolling for Faris

 

Pic team to meet with refugees

 

Comic maven drawn to pic

 

Miramax pushing pause button

 

Par guns it on 'Capone'

 

NBC takes Lee back to school

 

Fox TV, 'Watch' commander ink

 

Hate, American style

 

Eye on the jury

 

Admiring Bill

 

European DocuZone links digital sites

 

Katy McCaffrey and Gary Shapiro

 

Lisa Mesloh and John O'Hurley

 

Tallulah Josephine Whaley

 

Cash Anthony Hudson

 

San Sebastian to bow 'Fidel' in full

 

Scribes in slo-mo

 

Last stop for Montreal?

 

'Music!' sounds off

 

MPA's cash & carry plans hit piracy

 

RIAA file-sharing suits up to 4,700

 

Galas bookend IFP festival

 

Lomis charity work hailed

 

Peacock tubthumps its Olympic platform perfs

 

Tim Blake Nelson

 

Paula Jai Parker

 

Scoot McNairy

 

Pirates are fed up

 

Cable campaign puts light spin on sub loss

 

Piracy pact probe

 

Lehrer blasts network news

 

Arts fest hatches hosts

 

Deadline near for Oscar docs

 

Goldsmith to lead Gotham

 

Northern hospitality for French Quarter friends

 

Bulked-up nets still lag cable

 

Media Artists gives coin to 37

 

First Look, Content call off their wedding

 

U adds Chiocchi to exec VP ranks

 

TW: Oodles from Google

 

Longtime D'Works exec calls it a wrap

 

Putting Dion in neon

 

B'way Video's VP cables plan

 

Par seeks new 'Thrill'

 

Revelers groove back into school spirit

 

Gala showcases docus

 

Bash reels in blurbs

 

Big city switcheroo

 

Inside Move: Bullock not ready for 'Prime' time

 

Inside Move: Paradigm shifts employee

 

Nick picks pair to be VPs

 

Fox turns up 'OC' heat with spree of specials

 

Fortress, Thunder ride wild 'Bull'

 

'Dallas' cowboy

 

End of the century

 

Reviews

This Ain't No Heartland

Blue Highways -- Voices of the Other America

Black Friday

The Crop

Stray Bullet

Brigadoon

Story Undone

Sternenberg

Dracula

Mission Movie

Everybody Has Secrets

My Mother the Mermaid

Step Forward

107th Street

The Flying Classroom

Dreams For Life

One Nite in Mongkok

The White Train

The Wedding

Calling Hedy Lamarr

...Finally, the Sea

Exorcist: The Beginning

Suspect Zero

Freaks and Geeks -- The Complete Series

Martin Scorsese Collection

Eating Ice Cream With Your Eyes Closed

Camelot

Let's Put on a Show!

Benji: Off the Leash!

Walt Disney: 75 Years of Music

Carole King

Leonard Bernstein's Mass

Vincent in Brixton

Jesse Harris

Hamlet X

Appleseed

Promised Land

My Summer of Love

L.A. Salsa Festival 2004

Ladies of the Camellias

Sunset Junction Street Fair

Back in the Hood: Gang War 2

The Misanthrope

Night Watch

...And They Lived Happily Ever After

The Hamburg Cell

Keren Ann

I am David

Dead Man's Shoes

Mickeybo & Me


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