Table of Contents
Week of 11/18/2004

Articles

Jason Schwartzman, 24

 

Rachel McAdams, 28

 

Emmy Rossum, 18

 

Catalina Sandino Moreno, 23

 

Freddie Highmore, 12

 

Topher Grace, 26

 

Dan Harris, 25

 

Rodrigo De La Serna, 28

 

Claire Danes, 25

 

Zach Braff, 29

 

Growing up with Oscar

 

Gael Garcia Bernal, 26

 

Ascent beefs up Soho Images lab

 

Eye wows on Wednesday

 

A Sirius return to his radio days

 

Evening Standard names noms

 

Richard Alan Simmons

 

Duo launch Sputnik broadband unit

 

Smith to step down as Celador topper

 

Dayton Allen

 

Jungner won't wield ax in Finland

 

Oz org cracks down on DVD pirates

 

MTV Europe kudos sez 'Hey' to rap

 

Democracy series back at Berlinale

 

Sundance trio up for kudos

 

Eye-opening ratings

 

'Mambo Kings' fills its B'way dance card

 

Sub boost pumps Netflix shares

 

Berlin fest loses Saban

 

Weekend adventure

 

Sony BMG lays off, regroups

 

Peter Chelsom

 

Shia LaBeouf

 

Jesse Bradford

 

Eric Roberts

 

Globes honor Williams

 

Viv U ups telco stake

 

Eisner admits to 'King' con

 

Canucks get a taste of Fox News

 

'Abyssinia' returns to Goodspeed

 

Krakowski picks up Songbook

 

Diverse report card

 

ABC extends 'Life' with script order

 

'Fahrenheit,' 'Born' share top IDA kudos

 

Argentine pic event getting 'Hug'

 

Oscars to consider 'El Rey'

 

Corrections

 

Newmarket takes touted Teuton tale

 

Sarkissian stays in Lion's den

 

Fox singing online song

 

Producer sez goodnight to 'Nightline'

 

Inside Move: 'Passion' confession: No Oscar campaigning

 

'Altar Boyz' to congregate Off B'way

 

Smoking Off-B'way

 

PMK shift targets Dart

 

CAA fortifies reality ranks with Brogan

 

Legal eagle ankles U post

 

Mouse makes money

 

Tyro in 'Potter' brew

 

D'Works puts pen to 'Puss'

 

NBC orders 2nd helping of 'Loser'

 

Marston gets 'Maria' honors

 

New date for Critics' Choice

 

Roth's laff track

 

Paramount 'Pledged' to Soloway

 

Morris ankles Lucas Digital post

 

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EMI sales, profits take downturn

 

ARD shows UEFA the red card

 

'CSI' hits all-time high

 

B'way loses its 'Charity' chap

 

'Alexander' to close IFFI

 

Adam Young

 

Andrew Yelusich

 

John Stix

 

Joe Mack

 

Paging Mr. Thalberg

 

Of Mouse and men: Board dropped ball

 

Kings of a new medium?

 

'04 Oscarcast gets a more polished Rock

 

Shorts long on innovation

 

U.K. exhibs keep reeling them in

 

Shingle takes Standard to 'Edge'

 

Ovitz refutes criticism

 

Oscar relaxes campaign constraints

 

Spielberg must fight 'War' fast

 

Bigscreen goes Dahl-crazy

 

Rap pollinates Europe

 

Rebate boosts production

 

Gov't gives local pix a leg up

 

Canada confronts crisis

 

Berlin fest loses SAT 1

 

Polanski slams tyke labor law

 

Global auds find 'Incredibles' indelible

 

Korean pix click on funds

 

Doc fest opens under cloud of helmer killing

 

Lifetime seeks a lifeline

 

Women take the plunge … for Spike?

 

Adding finesse to dramatic intrigue

 

Buying blitz centers football rights

 

Oz networks maneuver for upcoming season

 

Mediaset going with Boing after children

 

Sogecable spins amid sector flux

 

Asia Prime territory for Beeb

 

E! looks east for growth

 

Fest pix recall rich past

 

India in toon with Thai studio

 

Eustis goes Public as Wolfe's replacement

 

What's in a kiss?

 

B.O. up; 'La Cage' 414g

 

Biz up; 'On the Record' 417g

 

Playwright pours 'Tea'

 

Primed for prizes

 

Daly still relishes the game

 

Two heads better than one at Fox

 

Mouse treasure chest

 

Oz thesps get foreign aid

 

Film Council pushes Brit broadcasters

 

Sieber to 'Spam' for Sills

 

Showtime exposes docs

 

'King's' remake rounds out court

 

'Wing Men' flying at WB

 

Vigilante visionary

 

'Nanny' to get more work

 

'CSI' juggernaut keeps rolling for Eye

 

Ovitz's rifts and gifts

 

'Bad' off to good start

 

WNET nixes 'Kinsey' ad

 

Producer gets Righteous

 

Eva Mendes

 

Talent in the ranks

 

New sounds of Wall Street

 

Finding Room

 

CHUM gets friendly with Media

 

First Look, DEJ combining sales ops

 

NBC U ups prod'n exec

 

Kirk close to clinch

 

Reality sets in for off-lot activity

 

Sean Patrick Thomas, Donna Murphy

 

Austin Nichols, Jonathan Bennett

 

Michael Weston

 

Micah Alberti, Genevieve Cortese, Andrew Hoeft. . .

 

Corrections

 

A very British 'Being'

 

AFTRA's retirement plans

 

'Incredibles,' 'Jones' rock o'seas

 

Film fete smells 'Sweet'

 

Crowd goes green over kudos

 

Still life

 

Cause for celebration

 

Eve Mendes, James LeGros

 

Eisner says his peace

 

Stagehands give strike OK

 

'Eye' opens in 70% of U.S.

 

AFTRA toppers OK net pact

 

'Cold Case' hot at TNT

 

PMK is losing another voice

 

Warner, Fortis shake on it

 

Language lessons for WB

 

CBS signs its Hallmark card

 

'Perfect' casting

 

Miramax hands off its romance to No Hands

 

Movie Gallery reels out bid for vid chain

 

Datebook to-dos

 

NATO takes digital stand

 

Parisse to uphold 'Law'

 

Bunim-Murray shuffles exex

 

Hoffman in WB'S 'Car'

 

Petry Media cuts staff on bad ad news

 

Authorities aim to prevent Barn razing

 

Buzz biz hits prime season

 

Can lame ducks still fly?

 

Political platforms nothing new for Oscarcast

 

The exception is the rule

 

Acad's new rules

 

Diary of an Academy voter: Rosilyn Heller

 

Diary of an Academy voter: L.M. Kit Carson

 

Privacy policy creates cat-and-mouse game

 

Turning glimmer to gold

 

Introduction

 

Where are all the jobs?

 

'Sellers' sails into Gotham preem

 

'Desperate' does it again

 

Argentine fest fires its director

 

Thomson in piracy fight

 

Filmanova, Zentropa ink deal for two pics

 

Leopard mauls producer

 

19 pix vie for Pyramids

 

Sorvino ready to hit the 'Roof'

 

Crystal rules B'way

 

'Desperate' digs in

 

Tartan takes 'Milwaukee'

 

Pehla will cater to Asian expats

 

ARD loses Cup

 

Terry Melcher

 

Artists earn digital dollars

 

Journos get support nod from AFTRA

 

'Jones' tops o'seas B.O.

 

Gotham Awards covet Carrey, Winslet

 

Inside Move: Oscar still king for Harvey

 

Karmazin digs into Sirius

 

TiVo owes 4Q growth to DirecTV

 

CNN makes news with prexy shift

 

Fox net bowls over alphabet

 

Riley Noelle Madden

 

Just Jack

 

Ovitz name games irk Mouse CFO

 

WGA sets feature docu nod

 

'Dead' helps Brits live large at I-Emmys

 

Inside Move: ABC just too 'Desperate'

 

$5 mil gift to pic & TV fund

 

Willa Sullivan Kaplan

 

Vet tenpercenter hangs out lit shingle

 

'Smurfs' show on DIC's turf

 

Jerry Bick

 

Willis sues over f/x mishap

 

Reality to sub for WB dramas

 

Sherman getting 'Wild'

 

'Doubt' looks like sure thing

 

'Alexander' set in Stone

 

Thesps relive operatic misery

 

Helmer's dreams power 'Neverland'

 

An 'Incredible' stigma

 

Oscar on its mind, U rushes 'Ray' to DVD

 

Fox World prod'n exec to sr. veep

 

A swimming debut

 

'Democracy' rules opener

 

'Belle' crew weighs Abstinence vs. absinthe

 

Edna toasts her jams

 

Burke's back at E! for 'Life'

 

Sweet on swag

 

Yale tale flies for Working

 

Linney to take bait in Oz

 

'Ladies' leads for Televisa

 

'Sesame' impact felt

 

Jack's back for 'Chinatown'

 

'Wind' blows back to Culver Studios

 

Broadway talks end with accord

 

Eye lashes Monday rivals

 

Anchor management

 

Guadalajara fest's more festive

 

Thesps voice Indian 'Incredibles'

 

BSkyB lands rights to Oscarcast

 

African fest kudo goes to 'Osama'

 

Buzios hosts Brazilian film mart

 

Azteca to reduce debt by $69 mil

 

Scribes give the contract a thumbs up

 

Could honesty be the new policy in PR?

 

Lawyers fire at Mouse's torpid board

 

Caucus taps 2 for kudos

 

A runaway runway

 

WWE on the mat as profits take a beating

 

Time for a rebound

 

Oscar cues its music deadline

 

WWE snaps towel at NFL

 

Transamerica jazzed about showbiz return

 

Holiday stuffed with star vehicles

 

CBS has its eyes on holiday cheer

 

MTV's Franks is given added research duties

 

Eye's lightning rod

 

Warner waves its Flags deal

 

Acad pirate walks plank

 

History Channel swings Loews cross-promo pact

 

Sports helps kidvidder EM.TV in Q3

 

Barbieri's 'Maria' to open Brasilia fest

 

Argentine prexy taps culture chief

 

Inside Move: Early releases pay off big for trio

 

'Dr. Phil' to get juicier spots

 

CBS, Par to 'Ice' LaSalle

 

Tag-team on 'Robots'

 

Pinchot serves up Crystal pix

 

Viacom's bawdy bill: $3.5 mil

 

Dobkin gets 'Jack' at NL

 

Rocking the foreign lingo vote

 

Civility sidelined

 

Race matters

 

Downey in the dog house

 

Icon unveils TV division

 

HBO makes vid bid for DVD domination

 

U shuffles '05 release sked

 

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'SVU,' 'Race' set Tuesday pace

 

D'Onofrio returns to 'Law & Order'

 

Two exex shake up ranks at Endemol

 

Huelva festival toasts 'Whisky'

 

Reviews

Minnie Driver; Peter Himmelman

National Treasure

Back When We Were Grownups

Love on Lay-a-Way

Korn

Democracy

Angel In The Box

Closer

Alexander

Satango

Fresh Kills

Scenes from a Separation

A Christmas Carol: The Musical

The Cherry Orchard

Hearts to God

Hoagy: The Hoagy Carmichael Musical

Wanted!

Don't Look for Me

Between Night and Day

Romance of Their Own

La Boheme

Wilco

Christmas With the Kranks

Jane Birkin

The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?

Belle Epoque

Dame Edna: Back With a Vengeance

Cake; The Walkmen; Heiruspecs

Samantha: An American Girl Holiday

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Le Tigre

Dresden Dolls

Which Way Is East: A Tribute to Billy Higgins

Yiimimangaliso: The Mysteries

A Second Hand Memory

Celadine

Chunky Monkey

Ethan Mao

Love Battlefield

Indocumentados

Poor Little Juan

The Wolf

Voodoo Mounted by the Gods

Say I Do

Too Much Romance ... It's Time For Stuffed Peppers

Springtime

Bad Religion

Dan Zanes and Friends

The 'Seinfeld' Story

Pollyanna

Pericles

Doubt

The Aviator


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