Table of Contents
Week of 04/02/2005

Articles

Biz dips; 'Producers' off

 

Off B'way stages flex their plexes

 

Hearts bleed all over Humana Fest

 

Tuners take up space, prompting B'way showdown

 

B.O. big; 'Doubt' 338g

 

'Nightline' future on the line again

 

Stations mull inhouse programming

 

Exhib plans biggest plex for Bangkok

 

Gorky sale now up in the air

 

Saban sales arm set to hit Mip

 

Team takes on old problems at RTVE

 

Pridevision doubles up

 

India gets tough on obscenity

 

Content choice? Now auds call it in

 

Water, water everywhere

 

S'pore fest confronts censors

 

Czech event adds indie competish

 

South African villages get d-cinema network

 

Catching the indie spirit

 

Filmart becoming key spring mart

 

Oz exhibs stump for discount Tuesdays

 

Major studio complex set for Lithuania

 

3-D Vader's still waiting

 

'Robots' rusty in o'seas Easter week bow

 

A petit Grand Prix

 

Azteca zaps ads for auds

 

Play delay

 

Midseason malaise

 

Clues to future in TV's bones

 

Syndie's skein drama

 

Iger takes on the world

 

Silent majority speaks out for TV smut

 

Naked lunch for schools

 

Showbiz flogs blogs

 

International 'Baby' boom

 

Now, Paramount wants its MTV

 

August: A show of Hans

 

The rise of comedic oligarchy

 

Battsek's turn at bat

 

A new Hollywood ending?

 

Miramorphosis

 

Auds caught up in 'Sin'

 

Scaring up dinner

 

Color 'em Bollywood

 

'Glory' days on the road

 

U.S. welcomes kiddie fest

 

Spring sings

 

Echo repeats itself

 

Malcolm McDowell

 

Rob Brown

 

Scarlett Pomers

 

ITV bags Freeview slot

 

Hollywood stock surges

 

Stage 3 tunes in Mosaic

 

Pinewood steps in for Teddington

 

Sanctuary buys Elton's shingle

 

Fortissimo scores 'U-Carmen'

 

Mouse marches to top

 

Making healthy transition

 

NCAA semis score for Eye

 

NBC U promotes praiser

 

Sour over sentence

 

Gibson tunes up deal with U

 

People's pontiff was pop icon

 

Deal reached on copyright violation

 

U Motown names Nicks

 

Cable convergence

 

'Ring' sings o'seas; 'Robots,' 'Hitch' hot

 

ImaginAsian partners with Warner

 

Richard Kenneth Wright

 

Fluid flows with Nordisk

 

Maestro Muti sings La Scala swan song

 

Spain prod'n deal for RAI

 

Altman receives Sundance honors

 

'Dragonblade' is Fantastic

 

'Derby' goes Freestyle

 

BAFTA takes a ride with Volvo

 

'Eat' opens up Palm Beach Int'l Film Fest

 

WB Pix lifts market guru

 

Benjamin Joel and Elsie Melisse Cohen

 

Drama on the Croisette

 

Germany: Scripted series take center stage

 

Germany: 'Lindenstrasse'

 

Hungary: 'Gyozike'

 

Israel: 'The Ambassador'

 

Australia: 'Celebrity Overhaul'

 

Russia: 'Wait for Me'

 

China: 'Chinese-Style Divorce'

 

Mexico: 'La madrasta'

 

Argentina: 'Mosca & Smith en el Once'

 

Brazil: 'Her Own Destiny'

 

France: 'In the Mind of the Killer'

 

Spain: 'Aqui no hay quien viva'

 

United Kingdom: 'Desperate Housewives'

 

AETN enters format distrib'n

 

Fireworks delves into doc 'Girl Racers'

 

Cableready readies 'House,' 'Wealth'

 

NBD showcases Glastonbury highlights

 

BBC1 makes mischief with 'World'

 

Granada America touts telepics

 

Fremantle brings 'Fingersmith,' 'Jamie' to confab

 

Alliance Atlantis makes pacts for 'Lunar Jim'

 

Atlas lays out 'Examiner,' gameshows

 

Harmony Gold looking for laughs

 

Israel: New regs could boost commercial TV sector

 

Japan: Internet head looks to shake up the broadcast biz

 

China: More small-screen doors open to Western ventures

 

Australia: Seven rolls winning numbers with trio of hits

 

Canada: New channels open doors to broader programming

 

Mexico: Televisa, Azteca can both afford to cherry pick

 

Argentina: Buyers on the lookout for U.S. drama, telenovelas

 

Brazil: B'casters cheered by rise in ad revs and local currency

 

Holland: Buyers keep eye on de Mol's many movements

 

Poland: Ad coin grows while local prod'n gains coin from b'casters

 

Russia: Costumers mark top drama sellers

 

Czech Republic: Reality formats hot but drama able to hold its own

 

Hungary: Local fare, reality fill airwaves

 

Belgium: Pubcasters eye new product

 

Nordic territories: Big buys hit market

 

Italy: RAI, Mediaset slug it out over auds

 

Spain: New players wait in wings

 

U.K.: Channel 4 toons up nice rise in ratings

 

France: Digital webs shake up b'casters

 

Orton's a huge Hit in kid biz

 

Global price list

 

Local pan-Asian fare pulls big numbers

 

Movers shake it up

 

Format follows function

 

'House' checks into Ward

 

Reality goes 24-7 at new Fox channel

 

Turning a new page

 

Mouse filling gym shoes

 

Cablers in Crime conflict

 

Thesp's a good 'Listener'

 

Warner finds 'Maid' man

 

Scribes land Spielberg gig

 

'Home' has address at Castle Hill

 

WGA, CBS take break in new contract talks

 

Weekes works 'Secret Life'

 

Fabrication enters 'Conversations'

 

Lions Gate aims for HIT

 

CBS Par TV ups Weingroff

 

Inside Move: Eye laffer may hear 'Yes' again

 

'Trailer' parks Off B'way

 

April brings Avril Junos

 

IFC, AMC will get Spirits up

 

'Grey's' grows in second week

 

Aurum closes down int'l sales unit

 

WNBC wins Gotham Emmys by a nose

 

B'way gains after Easter

 

Pulitzer clout for 'Doubt'

 

'Grey' going strong

 

Producer RDF is taking stock in reality

 

Overseas 'Ring' leader

 

Televisa's 'Love' is real on DVD

 

Walden says 'Grace' with Apted aboard

 

U.S. to delay action on Brazil piracy push

 

Teaming up to vote

 

Wild Bunch joins pic team for soccer doc

 

New Mexico spices up prod'n incentives

 

Teutonic B.O. a trickle

 

Viacom slots Teuton Nick

 

Glickman stokes Frames

 

Sharman to parent kids BBC

 

Wine is fine for WB vet

 

Lortels casting 'Doubt'

 

Revolution buys into health

 

Gore finally cables up

 

French bread in oven

 

CEO Hill exits U.K. Icon Group

 

Gaydos wings to L.A. to oversee features

 

CBS discharges 'JAG'

 

USA pins down 'Raw'

 

Potts colors 'Red & Blue'

 

Fun with Dick and Jane

 

Correction

 

Comedy's best medicine

 

Shout out to 'Doubt'

 

Actors seeing stars

 

Depp dabbles with slime

 

Nugent joins the Corps

 

Sony ups consumer products exec

 

Legal eagle flies to Frankfurt

 

Indie 'Flyboys' takes off

 

Princely pay, royal bonus for exec pair

 

King initialing Warner pic deal

 

Fickman is night 'Man'

 

Tisch tips its hat to tyros

 

Exex shuffle raises hopes for single HD DVD format

 

Grilled Martha's hot over confinement

 

Britney bares all

 

L.A. Chorale to visit Davis' 'Rio'

 

'Super' role for Langella

 

Fox tapping top-tier censor

 

Granath to receive Rose d'Or

 

Netter nets Par's Lingg

 

WGA clash continues

 

Who Is Philip Anschutz?

 

Dramatic gesture

 

 

Festive feevee plan

 

Strix picks exec switch

 

Paris legit an Ende in itself

 

HBO Asia is ready to channel more

 

Canuck gov't finally puts focus on piracy laws

 

ZDF inks 3-year A&E docu deal

 

Quest for youth blurs search for standards

 

Fortissimo adds TV

 

MGM web goes NTL

 

Napster uploads surge in subs, revs

 

IFP Gotham topper emerges

 

Slam dunk for CBS

 

Public TV org taps ombudsmen duo

 

Yahoo! chief clicks on coin

 

Harris stars in Blighty 'Boom'

 

Auds find 'Groove' again

 

Davey hits DVD

 

AOL looking for extras

 

Mickey D's new place for DVDs

 

FCC chair softens stance

 

ABC weighs anchors as Jennings reveals illness

 

HBO's 'Warm Springs' Premiere

 

'Inside' job for U, Imagine

 

Miami fest delays start

 

Here! grows cable reach

 

MTV mavens make Miami kudos site

 

Loeb will get into 'The Spirit'

 

Malin O'Brien Denton

 

TiVo records deal

 

Auds living it large

 

Wired for conflict

 

Editor books CEO-prez gig at Miramax

 

 

Nobel laureate Bellow dies

 

'Gandhi' in Mideast

 

Redford horses around

 

Westwood film fest set

 

Center Theater picks 'Romance,' 'Lake'

 

19,000 Nights at the Movies

 

Boss Cohn

 

Fixing the Emmys

 

Redgrave taking Roundabout path

 

MGM homevideo to jibe with Vibe

 

U, Sommers in 'Proximity' on bigscreen

 

Sony exec carves path to top of Crystal Sky

 

Corman TV pic pack to reach Pinnacle

 

Myriad's it for Tag

 

Scribe pens a D'Works deal

 

Corbis buys famous faces

 

Helmer toys with D'Works' 'Transformers'

 

Inside Move: Fanatics laying it on the line

 

New life for Famke in 'X-Men 3'

 

Flower planted at Warners

 

TV bigwigs tout cable over telcos

 

Telemundo's top-tier switch

 

'Idol' rocks again; 'Office' edges up

 

A new India effect

 

CBS Par ups two execs

 

Lincoln film fest fetes Bachchan

 

Takeover to Hit deadline

 

Banff TV festival slates Q&As

 

It's Beck's best bow

 

Publisher keeps on Living

 

'Office' shows signs of life

 

Petrillo 'Inside' TV Guide

 

Teuton cabler adds more Russian

 

Kathy Baker

 

Babelsberg's IPO aims low

 

Simon Pegg

 

U.S. refrains from ratings interference

 

MTV puts its online plans into Overdrive

 

Monaco's Prince Rainier dies

 

AFI calls for fest entries

 

Yanks flying flag

 

Emmy reins in plans to alter kudos

 

Mixing up motives

 

Carsey-Werner visits 'Prison'

 

'Perfume' lures D'Works

 

Firm purchases lead to layoffs

 

Maxim puts the make on Hollywood

 

Linda Lorence and Stephen Critelli

 

Hermann Lause

 

SEC charges Team exex with fraud

 

Mitch Hedberg

 

Donald Carswell

 

Harold Juhnke

 

New show on Cirque circuit

 

Anchors away

 

Sonoma toasts pix

 

Richard Burdick

 

Lion's in big bind over next Bond

 

Regan turns new leaf with L.A. party

 

New deal for 'Steel'

 

'Sahara' son shine

 

Where there's smoke

 

Mobius sets crime scene

 

A helmer for 'House'

 

Creative shell games

 

Celebs get Current at NCTA

 

Brief work from Ovitz

 

'Lost' thesp found at ABC

 

Duffs are 'Material' girls

 

'Woodcock' nets thesp

 

Laff net to offer 'Daily' DVD

 

Nantucket nod to Martin

 

Exec warns Bollywood to clean up its act

 

'Idol' powers Fox's Wednesday

 

ITV preps for strike

 

Report sees spike in Latam revs, aud

 

Viacom sales arm to lead German push

 

3 playwrights on Horizon

 

Dan's still the man

 

Marcia Cross

 

Anne Meredith, Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein

 

Taylor Lautner

 

Audrey Marie Anderson

 

Berlin sets '06 dates

 

Lisbeth Scott

 

Fuchs finds Peace as exec veepee

 

Fox channels Luce library

 

Nick picks up Canuck's 'Sadie'

 

CBS taps publicity veep

 

Laserpacific taps CEO

 

Foreign holdings rev up CanWest

 

Another Warner subpoena

 

Jerez switches to Sogecable unit

 

Blockbuster blasted

 

Rich with Discovery

 

Florida fest saves 'Face'

 

Coveting 'Wives'

 

Mandabach makes way to the Beeb

 

Newsies converge on Vatican City

 

SAG exec leaves office after tumultuous reign

 

WB Pictures is bullish on 'Ten Bears'

 

TV begins critiquing Pope

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
April 8, 2005

 

First pix greenlit at Ciudad studio

 

New 'Garfield' climbs Hill

 

Spanish nets to air funeral

 

Scribe rejects South African honor

 

Report: Televisa a hit, Azteca not

 

TW, Comcast buy Adelphia

 

Cheadle sees a 'Ghost'

 

B.O. catches 'Fever'

 

Classic gains investment

 

Univision's in DVD biz

 

Big 'Night' for Weitz

 

Summer back in the 'Pink'

 

Disney in a romantic mood

 

Sony revamps its TV colony

 

'School' is in session for VH1

 

'City' haul for Russos

 

Holly, Elise land pilots

 

Warner on 'Thin' diet

 

Fox Searchlight 'Eyes' pic

 

CBS rolls to Thursday victory

 

Thailand considers boost to intellectual laws

 

Judith Weiner

 

Carolyn Coates

 

Rita Howard

 

'Grey's Anatomy' preempts 'Boston'

 

Reviews

The Notebook / The Proof

The Girl with Red Hair

Like a Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan at the Crossroads

Bad News: The Decline of Reporting, the Business of News and the Danger to Us All

Finding Neverland

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Doogie Howser, M.D.: Season One

The Eclipse

John Cassavetes: Five Films

Murder, She Wrote; The Hardy Boys/ Nancy Drew Mysteries

Kiss Me Like a Stranger

The Big Picture: The New Logic Of Money And Power In Hollywood

Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Mork & Mindy'

Fever Pitch

Wicked

Sahara

U2

The Wonder Bread Years

Mary Pickford

Purlie

Julius Caesar

Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide

Melba Moore: Sweet Songs of the Soul

Ray LaMontagne

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

Blind Boys of Alabama

Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic

Seoul Raiders

Steel Magnolias

Doctor Who

The Carpetbagger's Children

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

Caligula

Broadway by the Year -- 1945

Living With Fran

Explosive City

The Gary Plays: Girl on a Bed

Pucker Up: The Fine Art Of Whistling

Forty Deuce

Whoopi: Back to Broadway -- The 20th Anniversary

Ed Harcourt/Martha Wainwright

The King and I

Dizzee Rascal

Tony Danza

Tierno Bokar

What of the Night

The Anniversary

Terror at Home: Domestic Violence in America

Supervolcano

Electricidad

Smile

On Golden Pond

Before The Flood

Orange Flower Water

The Longest Penalty in the World


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