Table of Contents
Week of 08/26/2004

Articles

KDG gets go-ahead

 

Canal Plus unveils lineup

 

Pol: Gaul news net's on track

 

Momento! buys 'Private' rights

 

End-of-summer fare goes from 'Zero' to 'Hero'

 

Soap operas survive

 

Stone put into disc drive

 

Dillon's Banyan Tree plants its roots at UA

 

Jennifer Coolidge

 

Judi McCreary

 

Lindsey Haun

 

'Matrix' gets reloaded

 

Spending big on subs

 

EchoStar adds telco in alliance vs. cable

 

Morgan ups forecast for Mexican net

 

Happy returns: Viv U gets French tax break

 

Round 2 for boxing wars

 

'Bambi' disc finally here

 

Inside Move: 'Late' sendoff

 

Col TriStar names events VP

 

Variety taps Horst

 

Oz org wants digital

 

GOP confab lets Al Jazeera banner fly

 

Goodman's 'Ivy' grows at Lions Gate

 

IATSE nears pact on ads

 

A shrinking window

 

Sedgwick segues to TNT drama pilot

 

'Passion' man heads to ICM

 

NL to distrib ThinkFilm titles

 

CSTV mounts biggest deal

 

Ratner rolls 'Vegas' dice

 

U makes some online friends

 

Lion taming disc biz

 

Write pair go to Touchstone

 

W&A lays off nine agents

 

AMC's 'Evergreen' plan

 

London fest slots two

 

Don Ashton

 

'Door' closes on San Sebastian

 

Hungary's Oscar fare under 'Control'

 

Mexico throws water on salty talk

 

Village Roadshow travels to black

 

Kiwi satcaster to offer DVD rentals

 

New Yorker only has 'Eyes' for U.S.

 

The show will go on

 

Larry McCormick

 

Hands lands Odeon cinemas

 

Distribs eager to pounce on spoils

 

Partnership sets slate

 

'Arthur' legendary in Germany and Spain

 

DGA's Roth key to guild accords

 

Sympathetic terrorist docudrama sparks talk

 

Local pix find Venice berths

 

Big Six ready for photo finish

 

Season switcheroo leads to ad frenzy

 

Alphabet places its bets on edgy fare

 

Free-trade accord spurs investment

 

While nets go drug-free, cable inhales

 

'Academy' ups UBC subs

 

'Superstar' boosts auds and Arab pride

 

Channel aims to breathe 'Life' into Gallic sudsers

 

Discovery picks six pix by tyro helmers

 

From 'Reel' to real

 

Inside Move: Bush league?

 

Inside Move: Three comics and a cause

 

Int'l TV moments as good as gold

 

Exec arms Al Jazeera with broader arsenal

 

Inside Move: Beeb mob scene

 

Inside Move: Clear 'Sky' ahead?

 

Inside Move: Dog days take bite of B.O.

 

Inside Move: Auds heart 'NY'

 

Off B'way gets taste of 'Chocolate'

 

Biz off; 'Chicago' $1.1 mil

 

B.O. dips; 'Fox' 137g

 

'Todd's' travels

 

London's long September song

 

Don't play it again, Sam

 

PR reps battle success excess

 

TV embraces glut of glitter

 

Print biz: new star pluckers

 

Star wars

 

'Hero' rattles snakes

 

'Summer' takes Edinburgh

 

Sarajevo fest doubles attendance

 

Laura Branigan

 

KTTV, KMEX top winners at L.A. Emmy kudos

 

Lecture on reality

 

Higgs gets Oz helmers' high honor

 

Zee to bow laffer channel

 

Bad B.O. o'seas helps underdogs look good

 

Guv goes to Gotham

 

Court ruling in Fox's corner

 

Jay-Z, Outkast grab top MTV video kudos

 

BBC's Thompson puts emphasis on laughs

 

Plato A. Skouras

 

Swift Boat ads hit target

 

Fox, UGC sever distrib ties

 

Sinclair eyes Jackson tape

 

Street theater takes to New York

 

Olympic flame warms NBC U

 

Tribeca fest to kick off week early

 

WB affils to produce spec

 

TBS reality show a real drag

 

Brisk auction action

 

HP debuts digital entertainment fare

 

Pax feeling heat as Equity affils to exit

 

Back in black, EM.TV looks to buy

 

'Letter' sent Off B'way

 

Poker show upping the ante with brand

 

Trophy guests

 

Turning 'buzz' into bookings

 

First Person: From Russia with apologies

 

Critics' Choice: Sidebar spotlights best of Americas

 

Battered but not broken

 

New co-director feels the heat as filmmakers crowd the gate

 

Sea change on the Lido

 

H'wood marketers dive off Venice platform

 

Donen dances into the spotlight

 

Oliveira's pix still hitting high notes

 

New Days dawn for edgy sidebar

 

Venice 61 competition

 

Balancing act

 

High-def jam backs local digital push

 

Local treasures buffed for fest debuts

 

Poetic inspiration

 

Un certain disregard

 

Programming a 'cocktail party' for old friends

 

Access: Telluride

 

Normandy invasion

 

Lelouch prizes jury system

 

Pirate talk radios in at festival

 

Spotlight: Ramallah/Jerusalem

 

Deauville lineup

 

Spotlight: CineVegas

 

Spotlight: Fests playing politics

 

Spotlight: Don't Knock The Rock

 

The Honorees

 

Film Festival Listings for September 2004

 

Film Festival Listings for October 2004

 

Film Festival Listings for November 2004

 

Film Festival Listings for December 2004

 

Film Festival Listings for January 2005

 

Film Festival Listings for February 2005

 

Film Festival Listings for March 2005

 

Film Festival Listings for April 2005

 

Film Festival Listings for May 2005

 

Film Festival Listings for June 2005

 

Film Festival Listings for July 2005

 

Film Festival Listings for August 2005

 

Film Festival Listings for September 2005

 

2005 Film Festival Listings: A - B

 

2005 Film Festival Listings: C - E

 

2005 Film Festival Listings: F - H

 

2005 Film Festival Listings: I to L

 

2005 Film Festival Listings: M to O

 

2005 Film Festival Listings: P to R

 

2005 Film Festival Listings: S to T

 

Film Festival Listings for August 2004

 

Film Festival Listings for October 2005

 

Serpentine summer soiree

 

H'wood rock 'n role

 

2005 Film Festival Listings: U to Z

 

Hard sell sends Pariah pair packing

 

Doc duo building Dreams

 

Spelling tips delevopment to Bendavid

 

Serenade in 'Holding' pattern

 

ABC tries out Smits for hits

 

A&E shows 'Faith' in McCain pic

 

Spike swings at doc

 

BAFTA taps Cinea in antipiracy push

 

True invites Gastineau duo to reality TV party

 

No slack for 3 net anchors

 

Maria Antonieta Pons

 

Times' ad windfall

 

Peas pod music for Sims spinoff

 

Poli parody scores legal backing

 

Mr. Smith goes to Hollywood

 

Constantin spoofs 'Siegfried'

 

EU to examine gov't tax break for Viv U

 

Fest promises Turkish restorations

 

Indie nabbing 'Nixon'

 

FFA funds six Teuton pix

 

Roberto taming 'Tiger'

 

Michael David Medavoy

 

Peter Woodthorpe

 

Warbler, comic thesps highlight Imagen kudos

 

Correction

 

Lynn Whitfield

 

Nick Chinlund

 

GOP goes for the glitz

 

Italos love Moore

 

Nets' newsies fish for confab's hook

 

Inside Move: Some say Zhang is no 'Hero'

 

Fanning wages 'War' with Cruise, Spielberg

 

Monk says bye-bye to its sidekick

 

Matinee talks fall through

 

Jackson, Keith top CMA noms

 

NL 'Towers' at DVD Awards

 

'Nanny' to miss launch due to McRaney surgery

 

Ascendant rises to 'Grounded'

 

Jeremy Sumpter - 'Clubhouse'

 

Anson Mount - 'The Mountain'

 

Jennifer Morrison - 'House'

 

Eva Longoria - 'Desperate Housewives'

 

Matt Long - 'Jack and Bobby'

 

Evangeline Lilly - 'Lost'

 

Vanessa Ferlito - 'CSI: NY'

 

Sean Faris - 'Life as We Know It'

 

Paulo Costanzo - 'Joey'

 

'Malcolm' launches in middle of drought

 

Syndie units play their big cards

 

Heated campaign race has newsies working overtime

 

What, us afraid?

 

In the beginning

 

No longer an afterthought

 

Frog hopes exec shuffle shakes up ratings

 

Donald, 'Joey' keep Thursday tradition alive

 

Baseball pitches programmers a curve

 

Gotham slugfest: 'CSI' will fight the 'Law'

 

'Desperate' Alphabet not looking for quick fix

 

What to watch? Easy as ABC

 

Channeling the future

 

'The OC' (Fox) vs. 'Joey' (NBC), 8 p.m.

 

'Law & Order' (NBC) vs. 'CSI: NY' (CBS), 10 p.m.

 

'Scrubs' (NBC) vs. 'Rodney' (ABC), 9:30 p.m.

 

'CSI: Miami' (CBS) vs. 'LAX' (NBC), 10 p.m.

 

'Jack & Bobby' (WB) vs. 'Desperate Housewives' (ABC), 9 p.m.

 

Kristin Bell - 'Veronica Mars'

 

French film rep tapped

 

Plot thickens in screener drama

 

Par's tube unit in flight with Knight

 

C4 sked locks in doc

 

Endemol founder returns to tube

 

Lewis, Recano join 'Insider'

 

'Batman' scribe wings it to Warner Bros. Deal

 

TV-Loonland into the red

 

'Class' heads to Revolution

 

Col trekking to Mexico

 

Par's playing 'Area'

 

Write guy grows his gripe

 

Tube finds religion

 

MTV party overload

 

WB closes deal with Bruckheimer

 

First nighters weather scenery 'Horror'

 

Broadway B.O. dips 12% as GOP converges

 

Explore finds new identity

 

CBC feels sports chill

 

Exhibs, studios fight India state pic ban

 

Smith to revisit 'Clerks'

 

First Nat'l sets DVD line

 

Seven, Channel 4 dig drama duo

 

Music man

 

Globo helps 'Olga' make a boffo bow

 

Exhib courting couples

 

Susan Peretz

 

DVD buyers express 'Passion'

 

Fest facelift boosts lido

 

Rudy's rant riles B'way

 

Actors' Equity ratifies prod'n pact

 

Perfect placement

 

Viacom slips on bank grade

 

Strong final kick

 

Sirius grows playing field

 

Newmarket puts Trust in trio of pix

 

Granada taps exec veepee

 

'Jane' reigns in ratings

 

MTV kudos dip in aud

 

GOP flexes muscle

 

Fox wins with GOP confab coverage

 

RTL profits roar on TV subsid perfs

 

Wilder funds new Foundation library

 

H'wood fest to fete pair

 

Confab skybox blackout leaves newsies in lurch

 

Injury puts 'Aeon' in flux

 

'Late Late Show' eyes guest hosts

 

UPN casts votes for 'Count'

 

Lion falls silent as sale buzz roars

 

'Highlander' series entering toon territory

 

Comic superheroes fly to Hollywood

 

Tyro's touch suits thesps

 

Mouse's int'l house hits $1 billion

 

UPN, Richards bond

 

'Surfer' catches pic wave

 

Bush defies conventions of the TV presidency

 

DreamWorks saddles up for a laffer

 

Potter cast as Kelley's legal eagle

 

80 pix in Malibu fest lineup

 

Scaling the Chinese wall

 

Spun again

 

Distrib plucks 'Fish,' 'Wish'

 

Televisa wins gold, but barely

 

Canal Plus stirring up exec ranks

 

E! to air Creative Emmys

 

Mideast open to reality Distraction

 

Lido launches with showbiz biggies

 

Site consolidation boosts Cinemaxx

 

It's cash for Kirk

 

A bite out of Apple?

 

Splendid reports sinking half

 

Viv U finalizes sale of Studio Babelsberg

 

TF1's profits perk up from rising ad revs

 

Melissa George

 

Zooey Deschanel, Matthew Morrison

 

Brendan Fletcher

 

McGraw living large atop charts

 

Palm grabs 'Cronicas' rights

 

Roberto Garcia Barros

 

Robert Lewin

 

TV Guide taps Brit editor

 

Hopper jumps to 'Mem-o-re'

 

Broadway won't be voting Republican

 

Building bridges in N.Y.

 

Dutch, Danes set Oscar submissions

 

'Pride' gets good start

 

Inside Move: Trump card

 

And on the first full day. . .

 

Nets join the party

 

A&E bounty hunters nab top ratings

 

Touchstone taps Gilmore

 

Another suit for 'Champ'

 

Thesps see 'Red' on Craven pic

 

Rocky road for writers

 

MTV spins safe-sex pic

 

Sanz sets the pace

 

Spat over doc's a cat-astrophe

 

'Buddy' bags kudos

 

Cave pens feature

 

BT dishes up fare

 

Boston film fest hits 20

 

GOP bites eateries

 

Bush campaign sues FEC over orgs' ads

 

Mixed messages

 

WB bets on the net

 

DreamWorks adds partner on 'Dreamer'

 

The high cost of Living: Prexy exits Scripps net

 

'Alias' crew uncovers disc bash

 

Lion muzzles exex at bow

 

'Criminal' caper in H'w'd

 

Reviews

Eddie Palmieri

Joss Stone

Brothers In Arms

Anacondas: The Hunt For The Blood Orchid

The Kumars at No. 42

Cool, Pure, 200-Proof

SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2

Vanity Fair

Hawaii

Sweeney Todd

Guantanamo: 'Honor Bound to Defend Freedom'

Last Cab to Darwin

Two Cities

Rosa Passos

Father of the Pride

Dave Matthews Band

Sex and the Beauties

Beef II

In the Bosom of the Enemy

Love in Concrete

Fronterz

UR4 Given

Homecoming

Nobody Knows How to Talk to Children Anymore

Letter to the President

Color of the Truth

Curiosa Festival

David Byrne

Tony Furtado

Arnold Schwarzenegger: A VH1 Popumentary

Little Shop of Horrors

The Three Musketeers

Eros Therapy

Head in the Clouds

World Hip Hop

5x2

Baghdad Rap

The Five of Us