Table of Contents
Week of 12/09/2004

Articles

Distributor settles with insurer XL

 

Kloiber to supervise Cinemaxx

 

'Lost' crushes 'Clay'-tastrophe

 

Benigni sells studio stake to Cinecitta

 

Viv U will water down noncore biz

 

FF Hamburg funds 9 pix

 

Jackson offers sneak peek at 'Kong'

 

Ka-shing buys into Huayi

 

Solett sues Warner Channel Latin America, HBO

 

An uncertain orbit

 

Thesp captures his Shooting Star

 

Abello ankles RTL Group

 

NASN starts airing in Germany

 

Graham Taylor

 

Emily Browning

 

Mark Scroggs, Ryan Karvola

 

Candid cable chief

 

Auds are hooked on Alphabet's 'Lost'

 

TVA Films taps Dion

 

SABC employee arrested on piracy charges

 

Miramax sees global picture

 

'Blade' sharp, but 'Ocean' looks swell

 

Gunman kills guitarist for metal group onstage

 

First Stage judges set

 

'Today' streak rolls on but ayemer 'GMA' gains

 

Ovitz exit inevitable

 

Satellites signal pix kudo noms

 

Looking for credit

 

WB hits $2 bil overseas

 

Will Rokos

 

China might loosen reins

 

10 years later, 'Seen' finally will be

 

Richard heads for Telemundo

 

Boy to Rebecca Yeldham and Curtis Hanson

 

Riley Noelle Madden

 

Thomas Kenneth Hommel

 

'High Times' climbs Mount

 

Brady's legal laffer makes feathers fly

 

Focus is falling in love

 

Cabler mints 'Mikes' movie

 

David Brudnoy

 

Snoop's in lineup for football pic

 

Kidman tunes out tuner

 

Working Title has 'Alibi' in case of book buy

 

A pair of pix for Baldwin

 

'Safety' a Sony priority

 

MTV dreaming of teens

 

'Emile' bound for Castle

 

Fox News ups Kranz to CFO

 

Desert fest nod to Salles

 

UCLA Live drops ECM sesh

 

Sobini inks 'Peaceful' pact

 

Twist of Faith

 

'Mambo Kings' steps to Broadway

 

Tupac: Resurrection

 

Vaughn yells 'U.N.C.L.E'

 

Quaid will visit 'Elvis'

 

Touching the Void

 

Tell Them Who You Are

 

Nathanson gets a 'Girlfriend'

 

Riding Giants

 

Saade, Dummer get ABC reality check

 

The Story of the Weeping Camel

 

FX deploys cast for Iraq war drama

 

Fox shops at 'Mall'

 

Sony spins Naftaly to senior A&R VP

 

Music guild OKs same-sex benefits

 

Russell Wolff

 

Erin Cristall

 

Marshall Carr, Karla O'Leary

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
December 10, 2004

 

Super Size Me

 

The Ritchie Boys

 

Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train

 

In the Realms of the Unreal

 

Home of the Brave

 

Born into Brothels

 

IDA gala fetes 'Brothels,' '9/11'

 

Impartial or impassioned?

 

Choose your reality

 

Teutonic star to shine in Berlin

 

Film Council names franchises

 

'Survivor,' 'CSI' power Eye

 

Canal scores soccer coup

 

Berlusconi acquitted in corruption case

 

David Brudnoy

 

Carl Esmond

 

Howard Hinderstein

 

Daniel McCauley

 

Frances Chaney

 

Ken Swor

 

Jack Deshields

 

'Head' of EFA class

 

Calling 'em wrong

 

Hype, hype, hurray for kudo contenders

 

Speaking in tongues

 

'Lemony'-fresh?

 

The pic that stole Xmas

 

Fair warning: Oscar logic confounds

 

Singing for their supper

 

Swept away by indie pic

 

Fate turns the dial for TV biz

 

Gotham struts its stage beauties

 

Vanguard makes 'Valiant' effort

 

Curtis fights poverty with laughs

 

U.S., Asian exhibs rush into China

 

Smaller territories take to 'Alexander' bow

 

Ben Ammar invests in biz facils

 

Shingle banks on Spanish tyros

 

Bank trust will boost Magyar filming benefits

 

Mexico's online huevos hit screen

 

Production services org launches

 

Auds await wrestler biopic

 

Sky is the limit for birds

 

TV's year of shaken trust

 

XM tunes in portable satellite radio

 

Indies struggle to find a place in TV distrib market

 

EU orders probe into ARD-ZDF

 

Berlusconi pulls off Italian job

 

China gets animated

 

Lot of lather as tyro soap takes on top show

 

Festival firsts for Hollywood

 

Argentine soaps wash up in Brazil

 

Hezbollah satcaster divides Gaul

 

Learning experience

 

Critical response

 

Turkey trot hits B.O.

 

Biz down; 'Scrooge' 317g

 

Thompson takes reins in Denver

 

Dirty dozen pulls off heist

 

Vintage pick by L.A. crix

 

Shining up Gemstar

 

Viacom signs on the dotted SportsLine

 

Mforma dials in Marvel mobile content

 

Meehan goes Blue

 

DWA, TW take charges

 

S'dance pix to show Hart

 

'High Times' climbs Mount

 

Sony spins Naftaly to senior A&R VP

 

Courting an appeal

 

B'cast critics to fete Cruise

 

Thesp chases 'Ambulance'

 

Eisner always kept in touch

 

AFI top 10 pix feature 'Aviator,' 'Sideways'

 

CBC plucks 12 Canuck b'cast nods

 

Boston film critics flip for 'Sideways'

 

ABC adds more 'Lopez'

 

Inside Move: Mind your manners or louts out

 

Fest fight going to court

 

New Line taps publicity exec

 

'Twelve' ties one on

 

Sony Pix marketing exec exits

 

Immerman boards Yari

 

Revelers deploy man hunt at GQ bash

 

Spacey bathes in 'Sea' of songs

 

'Beyond' imitation tour

 

'Phantom' finally unmasks

 

La Scala sings again

 

Epicuria bows prize

 

Auds flood 'Aquatic'

 

'Ocean' in motion at o'seas B.O.

 

Mandeville road widens

 

'Writing' reality

 

Evans shows a Sirius side

 

Sly Fox nabs Pam project

 

Helmer sees green on TV, bigscreen

 

Fox pages Turner to pen Magneto spinoff pic

 

'Dying' for a deal

 

Phobos will embrace 'Darkness'

 

Revelstone goes to 'Way Station'

 

DiCaprio, Winslet feted

 

Loudermilk gains ghostwriter's rights

 

'Sunshine' scribe opens pix portal

 

The few and the proud

 

Double dividends

 

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

 

Easier said than done

 

Lives in the balance

 

Omnicom aiming to add Endeavor arm

 

Blighty's vid blight

 

CME to buy Czech b'caster TV Nova

 

Spain tightens TV regs

 

Spain's On Pictures picks up Fragile

 

Globes noms all about booze and Hughes

 

New Rainbow stripes

 

ABC steals HBO thunder

 

Asian fare triumphs at Sitges

 

'Survivor' lifts CBS Sunday

 

More tilt 'Sideways'

 

SVT sells digital 'Saraband' rights

 

Pour it on for Payne

 

Nominees celebrate with glee and tea

 

Carlotta Florio and Edwin Johnson

 

Wendy Thompson and Zach Selwyn

 

Canal Plus yearning to merge with TPS

 

Oz thesps nix non-union ads

 

Security tight at screening

 

Babelsberg on upswing

 

Fox News archive rights go to ITN

 

Feevee scores in World Cup

 

U2, Guy, O'Jays headed to Hall

 

Riding the eDonkey

 

'Housewives,' CBS Sunday survivors

 

B'way gets Dec. gift of bounteous B.O. biz

 

Warner's high note

 

Turner taps Rudolph for new products arm

 

Sundance salutes scribes

 

'Arisan!' takes two at Indonesian fest

 

Docs bracket Slamdance

 

'Beautiful' win

 

Milan multiplex is Italy's largest

 

Crystal king on B'way

 

It's toon vs. tuner

 

Jimmy Bangley

 

'Producers' set Standards

 

Bomb kills two at Sri Lanka concert

 

New DVD multiplies piracy problem

 

'Polar 3-D' is big news for Imax

 

Mouse's trial by ire

 

Philbin will be rockin' on New Year's Eve

 

All actors want for Xmas is a new pact

 

Son of Rebecca Yeldham and Curtis Hanson

 

Thomson adds London f/x firm

 

MTV digital nets tune into Asian niche auds

 

Monaco sets Media Forum

 

Oz funder hands out coin

 

Bozek forms Halo, signs 'Sellevision'

 

An 'Epic' undertaking

 

Manhattan gets Regional

 

Cherry picks Chick's 'Loverboy'

 

U drafts 'Tale' scribe

 

Fox calls for 'Daddy'

 

Mason to remake Capra classic

 

Thesp brands NBC U shingle

 

Swank will wear 'Black'

 

'Sea' star kicks up award beat

 

Murray revels in 'Life' contradictory

 

Cox, Arquette developing WB laffer

 

Speaking in tongues

 

U.S. cabler to dish out Indian TV

 

Disney nearly 'maxed out

 

A 'Lemony' fresh fete

 

Fans get their phreak on

 

'Fiddler' drags Fierstein from 'Cage'

 

Pearson sells Recoletos stake

 

CBS cruises on Monday

 

Summertime blues

 

Apollo launches 2nd fund for U.S. TV

 

'Cargo' smuggles a stellar 7 Geminis

 

'Sea' swamps Goya noms

 

Gauls nix anti-Semitic web

 

Packer steps back as Hoyts backer

 

'Judge' gets another trial

 

One-act play competish ends in three-way tie

 

Miller home at Fox news

 

A year that leaves b'casters feeling fined

 

CBS stalwarts score; rookies rock for ABC

 

Ratings were in 'Jeopardy' amid sweeps

 

Cooper’s in command at U

 

Outfoxing Sinclair

 

MPAA serves notice

 

Nancy Simmons

 

Blossom Gratz

 

Oxygen, Warner pact in net's biggest deal

 

Vid fast-forward

 

Docs on deck for Miami

 

'Early Show' looks for More women

 

Williams anchored to news race lead

 

Oscarcast vets return

 

Producers won't cross hotel pickets

 

Laffer fest gets 'Arrested'

 

Corrections

 

TV skeins don't reflect city diversity

 

Canucks fete emerging talent

 

TV producer sez promo coin didn't ad up

 

'700' one for the record books

 

'Magnolias' making its way to Lyceum

 

China masks latenight sex talk show

 

Crew agency merger a Go

 

Klores hangs out Moon banner

 

Music to MGM's ears

 

'Sea' roils aud's emotions

 

'Snicket' slithers to life

 

Helmer unspools truth behind 'Tell'

 

'Choristes' helmer strikes upbeat note

 

Weitz turns out lights on ‘Dark’ duties

 

Thesps risk pic for peanuts

 

'Closer' to comedy sesh

 

'Dog' unleashed as a CG thriller

 

Helmer will 'Fly' to Iraq

 

Col, Ferrell having fun in the sun

 

Red Dog has its day

 

Raising 'Hell' on TV

 

Bobin new 'Kid' on job

 

Kirk'll shoot the sheriff

 

Eye keeps ‘Survivor’ torch burning

 

Tube biz gets Hurd mentality

 

ABC gives Kimmel a day off

 

Fox fathers 'Child' pitch

 

Cohen tapped for Tribeca sr. veep

 

Murro banks on directing 'Capital'

 

New Yorker charity case flies on Radar

 

McGowan courting King

 

'Davey' resurrected

 

TW expected to settle with DOJ for $500 mil

 

Freeview's purview

 

4 Ventures topper quits

 

Redub for Rome post house

 

Scandi auds to jive to local beat

 

NBC's 'Loser' gets bigger

 

SBS shuffles exec talent

 

Gaul grosses drop abroad

 

Berlin, Cologne launch film fests

 

BBC, DLT decide it's 'Time' for 2 specials

 

Peter Coyote

 

FCC allows Internet use on airplanes

 

James Roday

 

Jimmy Bennett

 

David Carradine, Wyclef Jean, Kurupt

 

Michael J. Pagan

 

Viv U topper launches int'l antipiracy effort

 

Eye tunes marketing unit

 

Acad applauds Lumet

 

Kloiber's in control

 

Payne pic drinks it in

 

Out of Focus exec draws IFC Films gig

 

Teuton coin for H'wood

 

It's time for a big payout

 

NFL Net scores Adelphia

 

'Wing' still has the write stuff

 

Mirisch swapping roles in 'Avanti'

 

WB ups marketing maven

 

Corrections

 

Elliot Schulman

 

M.S. Subbulakshmi

 

Disney Branded TV Europe ups three

 

New unit to maximize CBS-UPN promo power

 

NBC ups Harrison to senior VP

 

Rob Harrison

 

John Monks Jr.

 

Inside Move: Original musical not playing on Oscar's tune

 

Study: job growth boffo

 

City Hall approves tax incentives for film, TV

 

CGTV under Boardwalk

 

Reality format spat

 

TLA ready to play 'Blues'

 

'Bobby' hums preem song

 

Ludacris, U Music top sales chart

 

B'way 'Bug' extinguished

 

FCC: no regs for sat radio

 

'Real' loss perils Trib exex

 

Thesps climb aboard 'Bull'

 

Legit helmer Rando going to 'College'

 

Mobius ready to 'Rockit'

 

Herzfeld prizes fight pic

 

U finds 'Glory' in Iraq war pic

 

Nick draws up new toon orders

 

Bening makes cut for TriStar

 

Developing material

 

Lachey teams on laffer

 

Col, Calley corral Coben's Bolitar books

 

Tusk tasked with Plum gig

 

ContentFilm sees less red

 

Fox Filmed Ent. raises Harper to vice chair

 

ABC, 'Hairspray' star curl up together

 

Joint skein greenlit

 

Music event jammed with top artists

 

Gaga over Gordon

 

'Aviator' swoops home

 

Ringing 'round Horn

 

Pirate booty seized

 

PGA picks pair to host

 

Reviews

The Phantom of the Opera

School for Scandal

Jackie Mason Freshly Squeezed

One Arm