Table of Contents
Week of 04/09/2005

Articles

Method Fest fetes indies

 

London bridges to B'way

 

Biz down; 'Record' hiatus

 

B.O. up; 'Chitty' 864g

 

House of Desires

 

Will 'Spam' spoil sans love?

 

Can local pix stay boffo at Russsian B.O?

 

Death of pope causes Euro B.O. slump

 

Gauls, Yanks talk pic lit adaptations

 

Arthouse classics click on DVD

 

Gauls ready for 'Sin'

 

Buenos Aires unveils biggest slate

 

Mongols protest Khan project

 

Casbaa rocks with new branch

 

Global news gets Indian slant

 

Pay TV subs on the rise

 

Pols open auction on cable licenses

 

Tooning in to change

 

Novela fest's a first

 

Italos grab piece of the Spanish-lingo action

 

Tube's altar image

 

A reality check for family hour

 

Telemundo's top swap

 

Sci Fi's 'Battlestar' shines brightly

 

Anchors lose their moorings

 

H'wood laffers a serious matter

 

Peacock takes stock

 

TriStar adds new label to table

 

Comic vision picks up 'Hitchhiker'

 

Desperation breeds inspiration

 

'XXX' in stealth mode abroad

 

Grappling grooms

 

Caped crusaders

 

Crazy like a Fox admirer

 

Showbiz rides new mummy train

 

Tube titans stage 'Prison' break with first pic

 

'People' person for Pax

 

The post with the most …

 

Whine and cheese in D.C.

 

Harvey on the high wire

 

Mouse 'Max-imizes staff

 

Digital doldrums sink in

 

Great Wall

 

Disney exec changes stance on cable regs

 

Valladolid taps new topper

 

'Sahara' nicks 'Sin'

 

Mackie glitters eternal

 

Fresh faces pepper preem

 

Boston gets a 'Fever'

 

'Warm' springtime in L.A.

 

Helmer is going 'Crazies'

 

Adelphia buy gives TW a local leg up

 

Lion limps away

 

Doomsday for Voom

 

A thorn for Crown stock

 

Krane's going to film school

 

Can 'Salome' play in San Bernadino?

 

Justin Kirk

 

Nia Long

 

Clayne Crawford

 

Elijah Kelley, Dante Basco

 

Josh Coxx

 

Sarah Chalke

 

Eager sellers walk the Croisette

 

Multi-tasking as a method

 

Frog's 'Fran' feeling fine after solid bow

 

New Montreal Fest moves up

 

Sequel ringing up big B.O. o'seas

 

IATSE approves pact with TRO

 

Tardiness costs MGM, U

 

'Murderball' helmers featured at Ivy Film Fest

 

Noodlesoup to launch original content division

 

Clear Channel pacts with MY Entertainment

 

Here! gets "April's Shower"

 

Digital Cinema Summit to be held April 16-17

 

Kline, Lovitz take a stand against Diabetes

 

Film and Music is "Waking Up"

 

GSN's "Casino" is doin' it Vegas-style

 

Gant talks Braves for TBS

 

Warner to license Milan

 

Thomson, Screenvision announce TDC

 

Icahn pushes to board

 

Early renewal for 'Veronica Mars'

 

Cox resigns as CPB topper

 

Eyeballs ad up in games

 

Movie crews rule U.K.

 

Ascent on its way up

 

DreamWorks' dreamgirl

 

Par, helmer to 'Collide' on remake

 

Metropolitan is taking two

 

'Anatomy' of a success

 

'Silence' golden at U

 

Gold Circle feels 'Sizzle'

 

Fox 2000 lifts veepee pair

 

Great white rights

 

Disney minis its 'Max

 

Warner signs comic scribe

 

MIPDOC finds faith

 

'Ronin' spinoff readied

 

NBA goes Hollywood

 

San Fran fetes Allen, Hackford, Haggis

 

All signs point north

 

New facilities

 

Economies of sale

 

Tax incentives

 

Arnold leads coastal charge

 

Eastern bloc party

 

Glasgow scene is Brit rock's hot spot

 

'Why I live outside London'

 

Provincial theaters spark creative explosion

 

Brit showbiz goes wide

 

"What a Pair" 2005 Benefit for Breast Cancer

 

Debralee Scott

 

Louis Federici

 

No fest admission for 'Submission'

 

Onna White

 

'Moonlight' thesp dies at 55

 

Tiger masters the art of ratings

 

'Love' telepic taking Granada on royal road

 

Broadway's B.O. takes 11% tumble

 

Fiction TV resurges

 

N.Y. rewrites 'Letter' cast

 

FCC Dem spurs H'w'd to fight mergers

 

Trio's hot for 'Hades'

 

Int'l Emmys adds acting awards

 

Buena Vista inks 2 Russian deals

 

Mini 'Speer' in gear

 

Sky's 'Over There'

 

RDF unveils pacts

 

Co-prod'ns in Oak

 

Motive: U.K. trading

 

AMC mood's playful

 

ABC Sunday dramas stay hot

 

'Heart,' 'Love' top Donatello noms

 

Mip briefs

 

Touchdown tune-in

 

HBO up for more laffs

 

Fiction is the brand new fave

 

Warner to zip up Zomba guy

 

Grace gets gig at TriStar

 

Scribe tribe reaches a truce

 

Mason squeezes in yakker

 

NCTA plugs in board

 

New Xbox will take a bow on MTV

 

Al Wasserman

 

Signal theft takes a big dip

 

Comcast beefs up Spanish

 

Veil falls on 'Salome' perf

 

AFTRA acting on Iraq deaths

 

Yoshitaro Nomura

 

Charlotte Kempner Beyers

 

Luisa Alessandri

 

Nicholson and Quaid 'Flying' high for 'Detail' sequel

 

Pirates on the plank

 

Inside Move: Landgraf edges closer to FX post

 

Frugone takes on festival gig

 

Correction

 

Antioco rebuts Icahn charges in missive

 

Harsh climate cools ambitions

 

Dormice stop Dragon in its tracks

 

Digital fix gets pix to hicks

 

Bristol: West Country port harbors talent

 

Manchester: Northern city famed for drama output awaits BBC move

 

Isle of Man: Island puts up 25% of budget

 

It's curtains for La Scala president

 

Northern Ireland makes leap into int'l co-prod'n business

 

Judge: Martha must still do house chores

 

Kang part of Firm strategy

 

Hutton set to open up Spanish 'Box'

 

Lion's 'Horror' roar

 

'D' is for Duchovny

 

A new state of affairs

 

No more waiting for 'Winter'

 

Morrill makes good

 

Peppers ignite Vegas bash

 

Thesps make 'Comeback'

 

'Demon' within New Line

 

Latching on to Hatchery

 

Pub shifting hub

 

Perry adds diary entry

 

Helmer on a 'Train' track

 

Brit 'Time' goes on

 

'Housewives' has a brand new neighbor

 

Brits make pirates walk the plank

 

B'Way primes a solo 'Primo'

 

'Postman' rings Kilmer

 

'CSI: Miami' caps Eye victory

 

Pic duet takes U turn

 

Claude S. Hill

 

Correction

 

Airey visions for Sky exec

 

BET news snipped to briefs

 

It's Miller time at the roundtable

 

Fox News lifts praiser

 

Horror heads home

 

Cult fav gets release date

 

Westlake gets selective

 

Somers is driving her 'Thunderbird' to B'way

 

Corrections

 

La Scala philharmonic prexy takes final bow

 

A complete menu

 

Yang heads shorts jury at Cannes

 

Beta sets up 'Shop' at Cannes

 

Canal Plus puts its eye to Spyglass fare

 

BBC's Freeland heads to Hartswood

 

Marlene Mattaschiam

 

Rai goes gaga over India guru pic

 

A sporting chance

 

Top agent lines up WMA exit

 

Canuck judge sends Livent exex to trial

 

'Fighter' gives Spike record ratings hike

 

Drama queen for NBC

 

U.N. programs to tackle AIDS, poverty

 

Chereau's veep of Cinematheque

 

U.K. fare rules Rockie noms

 

Big media's urge to purge

 

Money talks

 

TV veterans buy Ardustry

 

'Snow' rolls in Canada

 

Toon time at Lincoln Center

 

Calt hits jackpot with short comedy

 

File-sharing tech wears new suits

 

Trio going on road trip

 

Scribes keep chief

 

Silvera taking a shot with 'Shottas' sequel

 

Sony ups TV distrib exex

 

MusicNet in Baker's oven

 

TNT pix pleading 'Guilty'

 

Screen Gems dials West

 

Wahlberg to tackle pigskin pic

 

Ireland org's topper ankles for Ausfilm

 

Livedoor, Fuji open talks

 

Blowout in Detroit

 

Lux takes on pic distrib'n

 

'Idol,' 'House' top Tuesday

 

Berlusconi's scope

 

Cirque nests in Japan

 

Trio teams for 'Pedro'

 

Gauls give Bruce a French kiss

 

It's on with the shows

 

Sucherman allies with MTV vet

 

50 Cent nicks Faith

 

HBO Films raises team of mini exex

 

'Dame Edna' packing up

 

TV channels fuel Astral revenue jump

 

Ford trades Five gig for Channel 4

 

A source of Canuck Pride

 

CineMedia gives OK to takeover bid

 

Chrysalis' Fourth Annual Butterfly Ball

 

Adam Scott

 

Ty Burrell

 

Josh Holloway

 

Gina Gershon, Wyclef Jean, Sunny Mabrey

 

Nikki Griffin

 

Beatrice Rosen

 

New label for Def guy

 

Imax unspools Korea sites

 

NBC U looks to legal eagles

 

Sci Fi net likes Mike

 

New Yorker talk of the town

 

DVD kiosks keep it simple

 

Lions Gate turns over maple leaf

 

The Probe of the Century

 

Howard undercover in Afghanistan

 

Johnnie Johnson

 

On the 'Gridiron'

 

Gamers' SAG snag

 

Stars roll Stone into 18th

 

B'way's head Turner

 

Charity takes wing

 

Wiggles rev up wee ones

 

MTV pacts for Asian AIDS reports

 

ZDF picks Warner pix

 

RAI Trade inks E. Euro deal

 

Mobilizing content

 

Gen Art raves over 'Gone'

 

Lifetime hits 'Beach' for limited run

 

'Words' and pictures

 

Showtime's 'Doom' day

 

Warner unit visits 'Bosnia'

 

Tribune wins FCC reprieve

 

'Grace' guy drives through Iraq

 

iPod sales sweet for Apple

 

Inside Move: Lipstone latest loss at WMA

 

FCC fires government vid warning shot

 

Inside Move: Rocker rolls to tube ride

 

Inside Move: Morgan Creek skeds prequel

 

Intermedia's main man steps aside

 

UPN skeds Spears series

 

'Revelations' opens well for NBC

 

Sony TV plants Root atop Euro operation

 

Stars swing in 'Cricket'

 

Exec door ajar at Par

 

'Bride' draws Turkish regulator's rebuke

 

Premiere fielding sports rights arm

 

Ringing up crowds

 

Docu fund turns spotlight on arts

 

Rai will try guru pic

 

C More to add web

 

Org taps Chereau

 

'Wicked' good enough for Toronto encore

 

Bush's busy day: fakes and filth

 

Koones on museum board

 

John C. Reilly

 

Robert Townsend

 

Tracee Ellis Ross

 

Troy Bailey, Frank Catapano, Evan Levy

 

Frantz St. Louis

 

NBC finds religion

 

Warner's in tune swoon with Combs

 

Curry, Azaria eligible for lead Tony noms

 

Vivendi plugs into Web connections

 

Agent rewrites WMA's script

 

Advancing trend: Ads boost vidgame revs

 

It's the slate of a Lifetime

 

EchoStar forced to rock

 

Gay sudser is Here! to stay

 

Correction

 

No more syndie 'Ambush'

 

MGM turns out the light with fright

 

Twists in TV takeover

 

Libman the man for La Jolla

 

Pariah steps in at Sony

 

Company has faith in Shakespeare

 

'Illyria' cast album debuts

 

Mainstays Martha & a mistress

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
April 15, 2005

 

'Wedding Singer' in legit aisle

 

A taxing TV reality

 

Babs high on 'Dwarf'

 

Ghost House chiller gives 'Rise' to Liu

 

Fox puckers up for funny 'Tucker'

 

'Who' duo on 'Baywatch'

 

Sandler on 'Man' hunt

 

U takes a new 'Hunter' shot

 

Fox breaking into 'Prison'

 

A trip to 'Tokyo'

 

Intandem mulls Blighty distribution bow

 

Eye lashes rivals Thursday

 

Robert F. Slatzer

 

Lillian Gruss

 

David Russell

 

Adrian Kragen

 

Barry Fincham

 

Jessica Simpson Hosts Us Weekly's Hot Young Hollywood Style Awards

 

Reviews

La Roulette

The Madwoman

Mornings With Shirley Povich: A Century of Writing Sports

The Gary Plays: Tirade for Three & Gary's Walk

Shivaree; Clem Snide; Marbles

Gary Bartz Quartet

A Naked Girl on the Appian Way

The Audience

The Pillowman

Revelations

SFJAZZ Collective

Climbing Everest

Drive by Truckers

Lone Star

Empire of the Wolves

The Song of Grendelyn

Olly's Prison

Asta Nilsson's Company

Hecuba

Fragile

The Power Of Nightmares: The Rise Of The Politics Of Fear

Brice De Nice

The Children

Queens

Cachimba

The Last Sign

Sevigne

Waterborne

Lost Land

Beyond Gravity

Play Without Words

State Property 2

A-1

Strange Fruit