Table of Contents
Week of 12/23/2004

Articles

Focus sells Italo loop stake to WB, Village

 

Leland Murray

 

Carla Jean Wagner

 

Frank "Son" Seals

 

Robert Brand

 

You are where you eat

 

United they standup

 

Bollywood's oodles of kudos

 

H'wood's posh school for scandal

 

Showbiz iffy on trips to troops

 

Parsing 'Poppins' pop

 

Race for the Truman show

 

'Pirates' booty call

 

Going solo

 

'Floor' play stirs seniors

 

Brit legit plays hide and Sikh

 

Biz dips; 'Wicked' $1.2m

 

Sunny tomes for SAD times abroad

 

B.O. slides; 'Xmas' 869g

 

Can they take the heat?

 

Stone redraws battle plans

 

Filmmakers seek lower talent fees

 

Cablers launch raunch

 

'Oceans' fights to stay afloat overseas

 

A Rose is a Rose is a Rose for everybody

 

Roadside carves canny distrib niche

 

Stars board novel promo

 

Terror's fear factor gets test

 

Moralists stir up Kiwi fests

 

Pirates spread festive gloom

 

Exex flock to confab

 

Rivals squeak at Mouse bow

 

Viewers prefer peaceful Christmas content

 

Maori auds slow to tune in long-awaited web

 

Swag beautifies soirees

 

DVD party overdrive

 

Festive 'Fockers' feast

 

Sky's the limit for pay TV upstarts

 

Mouse tightens exec belts

 

Russian exhibs big on Imax

 

Berlin's in the swim

 

Showbiz Expo plots '05 return

 

Adelphia losses hit billions over 3 years

 

Cable snares webs

 

Wurtzel jumps on EIC board

 

Shareholders savor as AMC goes private

 

Ward returns to ride 'River'

 

Kovacs has student pics in viewfinder

 

Trump pumps 'Apprentice 3'

 

TV Acad, praisery reup deal

 

O'seas auds roll 'Twelve'

 

Lange raises B'way 'Glass'

 

Studio pix crowd niche

 

Victoria Beristain

 

Hank Colleary Ravich

 

William Morton Schwartzman

 

Sydney Rose Stearns

 

Kyra Elizabeth Hyde

 

Swank muscles up for new 'Baby'

 

Reality shadows 'Rwanda'

 

'Woodsman' star celebrates pic's journey

 

Helmer unspools truth behind 'Tell'

 

'Mamma Mia!' passes $1 billion

 

Rushdie Sikh & tired

 

Discovery finds new partner: Kabel 1

 

Soccer tops for auds

 

Radio satcasters fly high with subscribers

 

Japan major Shochiku celebrates 110th anni

 

Shorts festival logs on

 

Xmas clips B'way B.O.

 

'Office' manager will hit Homer in new gig

 

No luster of 'Rings'

 

Arlon Ober

 

Roy Davis

 

Diverse acts will 'Dance to fest tune

 

Rivals heat ratings

 

Acad gets the vote out

 

Prince proves king of road

 

U unwraps a late B.O. gift

 

'Overcoat' to take off

 

Fallon Dern

 

'Aviator' a no fly zone

 

Series ends in fine 'Company'

 

Stars grill helmer for 'Love Song'

 

Helmer channels 'Spanglish' jitters

 

Michael Verrecchia

 

Jenn Thompson

 

Dorian Smiley

 

Brian Adler

 

Michael Franzi

 

Risa Nelson

 

Steve Macallister

 

Kristen Fortney

 

Jodi Markley

 

Sandra McKee

 

Jenn Thompson

 

Justin Connolly, Lori Conkling, John Porio

 

Village Roadshow settles Oz tax tiff

 

Rylee Miranda Cooper

 

William Julius Duerr

 

Lana Meredith Schwartz

 

'King' thing

 

'Apprentice' wraps in Gotham

 

Hoffman feted

 

The 'Real' Schwartz

 

Radio daze paves way for Stern warning

 

Brit youths wear shorts

 

End of an era in U.K.

 

Localia snaps up Discovery docus

 

Media feel pain-free despite drug dilemma

 

Blighty challenging U.S. f/x companies

 

Design engineer focus of Oscar kudo

 

Sundance gets Mohr for its fest 'Dailies'

 

Xmas cheer for ABC

 

Blockbuster bets bullying will seal deal

 

Lane backs out as London Max

 

WPIX fires up ratings as Yule Log rules

 

Susan Sontag

 

Varied pix get Library card

 

Auds droop at cable newsies

 

KCAL fires up ratings as Yule Log rules

 

Capistrano climbs 'Mountain'

 

Univision buying two Puerto Rican outlets

 

DVD likely won't play for thesps

 

'Law' star Orbach graced the stage

 

Hank Garland

 

Bavaria org funds Schlondorff pic

 

Super RTL tops in kids

 

Lara to lead Spain funder

 

Berlin boards 'Ship'

 

Fox sells out of Sportsnet

 

'Wonderful' gets out of town Jan. 30

 

CBS thesps 'Choice' to host

 

'Daddy' rocks the Cradle

 

AFTRA OKs benefits deal

 

Eminem curtain call: 'Encore' back at No. 1

 

Disney wins fight over board vote

 

B'way gross up. . .

 

Blighty crix mostly shun Brit pix

 

Showbiz stox pay dividends

 

'Baby' for Seattle

 

IndieWire salutes foreign pix

 

Viewers rush to CNN for tsunami reports

 

Kyle Christopher Sardo

 

Sony's Wiser about digital media future

 

'Ellen' talks the talk as syndies hiccup

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
December 29, 2004

 

'Meet' market

 

Wolzien opens consulting shingle

 

Showbiz parties for its politics

 

Moore or less

 

H'w'd keeps the faith

 

Dramatists back Bhatti

 

FX opens window in 7-pic deal

 

Reviews

The Spirit of the Holidays With Keb' Mo'

Darkness

Cazuza - Time Doesn't Stop

Murder-Set-Pieces

An Innocent Little Game

Playing In The Dark

Olga

Redeemer

Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure

Cloud Cuckoo Land

The Huadu Chronicles: Blade Of The Rose (Twins Effect II)

I Am Cuba, The Siberian Mammoth

If I Must Be Honest

The Amazing World Of Borjamari And Pocholo

Deluxe Combo Platter

Christmas in Love

The Prince

Take Me Out

Was (Not Was)

Smallpox

The Calimari Wrestler

Final Solution

The Motive

Chatzer: Inside Jewish Venice

The Butterflies Are Just A Step Behind

Never Ending Night

In This World Of Thieves

Perth

A Family


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