Table of Contents
Week of 10/21/2004

Articles

Toni Cornell

 

Henry Bartholomew Crawford

 

Film Council builds bridges

 

'Life,' 'Anatomy' going to Living TV

 

BBC exec poised for dramatic exit

 

Bos gets Cinekid kudos

 

Victory topper hands over the reins

 

'Minotaur' bounced at Babelsberg

 

Crowe at Capitol

 

Prez agrees to chatfest with 'GMA,' Telemundo

 

Sinclair just sez no

 

Into the bleachers

 

Lee's Deacon has global Focus

 

Playwright pens pic of 'Inkheart'

 

Olympics help Azteca to golden ad revs

 

Sony BMG slots pair for catalog biz

 

Ascent in disc drive via Cinetech buy

 

Col's 'Vivaldi' in season

 

In reel trouble

 

Fewer foreign pix seek Oscar love

 

Not kidding around

 

Sony bears a 'Grudge' at B.O.

 

Tech tactic tussle

 

Holly Geithman

 

Bill Nighy

 

Ron Perlman

 

Natasha Henstridge

 

Joshua Malina

 

Local newscasts see little other than D.C.

 

Mouse memo blasts Ovitz

 

Greaves gets doc laurel

 

Football drama plays out with affils

 

Weekend box office preview
October 21, 2004

 

Jon in eye of storm

 

Hamptons to unspool 'Fox' docu

 

Venegas wins most MTV Latin American VMAs

 

Duo game to pen 'Hunter'

 

Sky Italia aiming high in sub push

 

Producers on U.K. pic org

 

Fox, Cube square on rap toon

 

DGA's kudofest honors students

 

Odd Lot will redo 'Mob'

 

Return of the 'Law' man

 

Jones dives into 'Pool'

 

Crew found for 'Factory'

 

Troika of pix really 'Click' with Focus

 

Col, Original get 'Point'

 

Adler takes 'Superman' gig

 

Hughes not in running for Public producer race

 

Euro faces will beam at AFI Fest

 

U homevid unit redubs itself

 

Ascent in $2.7 mil D.I. Buy

 

Aussie writers flip for 'Somersault'

 

CBS lineup tops baseball

 

Univision taps Rodriguez

 

Peter Sabiston

 

Mary Loos von Salza

 

Banff fest celebrates extreme games

 

The jury is in on Broadway

 

Rose Hall has jazz on upbeat

 

'Mame' up for grabs

 

The curse of Bialystock

 

Season on simmer Down Under

 

Mighty Mikes' melee

 

Fall's fiction affliction

 

Inside Move: Disney cashes out of retail

 

Inside Move: Werner a Beantown beacon

 

Inside Move: Stewart's CNN seg still generating heat

 

Inside Move: Glickman pouring it on

 

Will common sense 'Factor' into fracas?

 

B'casters caught in Sinclair glare

 

Inside Move: Trailer maker invites wannabes to hitch up

 

Inside Move: Cliff Notes for pix

 

From documaker to lightning rod

 

H'wood gets back in game

 

Exex give Midway a closer look

 

English gets upstaged

 

'River King' redux

 

Funds give power to producers

 

'Shark' chews up B.O.; 'Ladder' slowly sizzles

 

Jeunet unveils 'Engagement'

 

Scary times, scary ad campaigns

 

Webs face New Year's resolutions

 

Filmax launches studio lot

 

Cable makes inroads into autumn

 

Fall laffers falling flat for webs

 

Bali promises safe pic shoots

 

U.S. skeins back on Spanish screens

 

Ready, willing 'n' cable

 

B.O. down; 'Golden' 511g

 

Biz off; 'Dracula' 320g

 

Something about 'Mary

 

Out on their own

 

'Birthday' boy

 

Pubcaster pulls not-so-'Great' show

 

Star adds one to its Hindi slate

 

TVB denies Galaxy is giving a bumpy ride

 

No. 1 web beats rival at its own game

 

'Grudge' match

 

Games bring home gold for Televisa

 

Up from Down Under

 

Mouse puts mobile plan on speed dial

 

Birds in hand cost DirecTV

 

Charter stock rises on Dolgen, May hires

 

Meyer tapped to Ealing post

 

Bavaria soars with 'Spaceship' at Mifed

 

Teutonic CEO swap

 

Spain's 'Floor' reigns at Cinekid kudos

 

Ovitz expense abuse denied

 

Musical miscue on 'SNL'

 

Sound editors speak volumes via Lucas nod

 

Dunaway scouting talent for WB 'Starlet'

 

Myriad plays 'Beethoven'

 

'Lassie' begins new Odyssey

 

Dolan sacked by NFL

 

'Buffy' boss pulls up stake

 

Fox swings big bat with Series

 

Malin Akerman, Robert Michael Morris

 

Rick Gonzalez

 

Limited bows wow

 

N.Y. looks into radio biz

 

Quake shakes Tokyo festival

 

Hall of Fame honors hoofer

 

West given way

 

'Alfie' charms but 'Tale' sails o'seas

 

LL Cool J goes on 'Holiday'

 

Bill Frohlich, Jordan Katz

 

Hayley Sumner

 

Tracy Nurse

 

Peter Johansson, Nancy Gaelen

 

Noelia Rodriguez,

 

Eulis Cathey

 

Brandon Hogan

 

Mike Kiley

 

Brad Carroll

 

Chris Scully

 

Shakir Stewart, Larry Mattera

 

Lucy Denny-Gardner

 

James Eowan

 

Edward L. Huguez

 

Kurt Schemper

 

John DeSimone

 

Rose Adkins

 

Deborah MacLellan, Branko Cakarmis

 

Jennifer Blakeman

 

Foxx ride 'Ray' train to debut

 

Neverland in London

 

'Trying' to avoid opening debate

 

Undie achievers

 

Shalom

 

Bash to fete songwriters

 

Jack Rourke

 

Gillian Angelina Madeb Green

 

Helena Gabrielle McCusker

 

Willa Sullivan Kaplan

 

Natalie Elizabeth Cosgrove

 

Aidan Rex Cook

 

Max Aaron Baker

 

Keira Ashley Mei Lavelle

 

Sadie Catherine Appell

 

Stewart, Jackson come to 'Life'

 

Buyers sink teeth into 'Van Helsing'

 

Gamer clicks with Nick deal

 

Softening the sting

 

Vega garners 'Girl' gig for Lifetime

 

Kinnear at bat for 'Bears'

 

Fox sells 'Dad' on 'Family'

 

Indie pics catch break with tax bill

 

Planning guide

 

Market newbies are vets & virgins

 

Road most traveled

 

Uncertainty continues over Spanish TV licenses

 

Campanile returns to TV for Telecinco

 

'Housewives,' Series both boffo

 

First Look Festival announced

 

Actors to switch roles in 'Topdog/Underdog'

 

Par's out at Spanish park

 

Yagira will take bite of Fuji apple

 

Emmerich now a Teuton VIP

 

'Queen' left behind

 

Solo shows sap B.O.

 

Hamptons jury turned on by 'High'

 

Russia's bird to feature MGM net

 

Kreiz returns to ProSieben

 

Teutons sweet on 'Bombon'

 

HBO programs set for China feevee

 

Working the street

 

Teuton B.O. bounce a boon to exhib

 

Here inks Adelphia deal

 

Sprint PCS takes toon nets mobile

 

Viacom adds stations to Florida realm

 

Wally Harper

 

'Housewives,' home runs rule

 

Tunes on the double

 

Border order

 

Inside Move: Will operatic turns unwind 'Springer'?

 

O'Seas auds in a slumber

 

Broderick busy on stage and screen

 

Amy Jacobson and David Kurokawa

 

Cyclist shows Sirius side

 

Ex-Itsy Bitsy CEO aims at adults

 

Tax breaks for H'wood get political backbone

 

Pair fire up 'Hott' tuner

 

Food Network cooks up chef search

 

Cast tunes up for 'Good Vibrations'

 

A&E plotting Crime channel o'seas

 

Sci Fi chillers haunt NBC's Halloween

 

'Boomtown' buddies in 'Code' mode

 

B'way ushers in VIPs

 

Correction

 

Nick eats up 'Baloney'

 

Media bias is taking the poll position

 

Stroh, Hooper dream up Nightmare venue

 

Quite a big pay cut for Mouse gig

 

Pol docs dock at IFC

 

Fox raising research guru

 

Kennar visits Neverland

 

Keltz pelts indie TV biz

 

Par revs up crime caper

 

Col fields 'Coach' team

 

Take your pic

 

Horror unit will unlock new 'Box'

 

'Jane' skein relieves the pain for Sci Fi

 

Copeland cops Fox tube deal

 

Carousel spins on for Davis

 

Incredibly grownup bow

 

Revolution's wooing original cast for 'Rent'

 

'OC' bash benefits Russians

 

Bruce Palmer

 

Greg Shaw

 

Sunnyside jazzed by 'Fellini'

 

Big step for 'Shoes'

 

John Peel

 

Rivals feel 'CSI: Miami' heat

 

Pay TV piracy rings up $1 bil bill

 

Works pacts two thesps for 'Best' pic

 

RTL taps acquisitions & sales head

 

Dramas lead Canada's Gemini noms

 

Wood steps in at Shepard's 'Hell'

 

Mexican film biz repped at confab

 

Fox rocks with Sox

 

Yu making an exit from NL's 'Plane'

 

Horror fest scares up kudos

 

NFL plays ball with TiVo

 

Astral reaches stars with best year

 

Nelvana film charge drags Corus

 

'SNL's' Michaels takes Twain

 

XM, iPod plug in new tech wares

 

Helmers back pact

 

Syndies hang tough vs. baseball, debate

 

People make more choices

 

MGM lifting pair of vet exex

 

BBC exec blasts U.S. war coverage

 

Mike blitzes Mike

 

WGA leader divided over contract terms

 

WB Oks sitcom about sitcom

 

Fox, duo set slacker story

 

EC drops its studio probe

 

Thesps go from desperate to disparate

 

NATPE unveils ambitious plans

 

USA orders 'Kojak' skein with Rhames

 

Leaner look for Lion

 

MGM Networks in Russian deal

 

Wireless biz boosts Rogers' profit

 

AWP gives the devil his due

 

Baja's getting hip with boffo TV studio

 

Of Brits and brickbats

 

Robert Merrill

 

What about the arts?

 

Regal looses luster

 

Activision adds up

 

China's babies

 

Investors approve News cruise to U.S.

 

Focus vet climbs up Adirondack shingle

 

Scribe sails to 'Argonauts'

 

Whipping Indy into shape

 

Ellsworth 'Sleepless' at DreamWorks

 

Prinze inks for sitcom

 

'Lights' helmer has sights set on ruling 'Kingdom'

 

Award givers

 

Screener sequel can't deliver the goods

 

Will 'Fahrenheit' heat up Acad voters?

 

Multiple choice

 

The perfect show

 

Can Oscar smell 'Team' spirit?

 

Groups put a price on kudos

 

Open season

 

Rooms with a view

 

Styling with substance

 

Latido in Teuton pact

 

Teuton fund announces slate

 

World Series tops Tuesday

 

Nelson helms 'Rodney' at Horizons

 

Imperioli rides in to 'Ponies' part

 

Al-Jazeera to launch English-lingo service

 

Becker bags a pair

 

Eight docus nominated for Euro nod

 

Cinepolis puts 'Down' payment on production

 

Toon Disney rolls to 'Rock'

 

Gore sets cable net in S.F.

 

O'Brien will live in CNBC slot

 

'Songbook' cooking

 

Sundance probing 'Bush's Brain'

 

ABC won't air vid that vows attack

 

Friend to foe in sixty days

 

Pisano's not feeling loved

 

TF1 less than expected

 

Costs outpace growth for Sirius in 3rd qtr.

 

Cablers dial up gain

 

Canuck investors drop out of legit projects

 

2 Canadian firms report hardy results

 

Orlando bloom is off confab's rose

 

Leo gets older, wiser

 

Lensers fest will hail Kaurismaki

 

Canucks score 3 new nets

 

Annabella Sciorra

 

NBC, Alphabet plan 9/11 push

 

Studio has sky-high market hopes

 

Stuart Townsend, Amy Smart

 

Acad bows doc lectures

 

Emerging thesps nommed

 

'Blondie' doc tops N.Y. fest

 

Blockbuster session not a nice sight

 

What's in a name anyway?

 

Oscar toon time looms

 

Fox has ratings lock thanks to Red Sox

 

Rimes Goes 'Nashville'

 

Pal backpat Martin

 

Limerick upped at WBTV

 

BevHills neighbors don't like Mike either

 

Mackie circles 'Reele'

 

'Fog' rolling back in

 

Miramax starts race with 'Kill Bill' mailings

 

MSG net throws high, hard one at Mets

 

Par taps 'Monty' scribe

 

Something about 'Mary'

 

Cruise unlocks his past for AFI

 

'Birth' delivers at bash

 

Arteta enrolls in 'School'

 

'Neverland' wings in

 

He's the right guy for 'Bob' job

 

Showtime inflates 'Huff' bow

 

Far and 'Wide'

 

CBS adores divorce laffer

 

Will D'Works move mavens?

 

Daisy Amelia Kaplan

 

Ryan Kevin Limerick

 

Reviews

Alfie

Surviving Christmas

The Grudge

Brooklyn, The Musical

Jewtopia

History of the Word

Drive by Truckers

New Police Story

Awakening

Edward Said: The Last Interview

A Very Long Engagement

The Polar Express

Our Town

The Weather/ Bear Hug

Cul-De-Sac

Drawn Together

Amnesia

William Shatner/ Ben Folds

Carmen

Mario Cantone: Laugh Whore

The Concretes

For an End to the Judgment of God/Kissing God Goodbye

Stand up for Jazz

The Downtown Plays

Los Angeles Master Chorale

Five Children and It

Macbeth

Baghdad Blogger/Salam Pax: Video Reports From Iraq

Life Running Out Of Control

Cool

Drum

Forbidden Warrior

The L