Table of Contents
Week of 04/23/2005

Articles

Sir John Mills dies at 97

 

Oscar-winner Mills dies at 97

 

Film Society Tribute to Dustin Hoffman

 

Wilson takes swing at 'Golf'

 

Sterling makes comeback

 

B'way B.O. uptick spurred by 4 shows

 

Biz rises; 'Peter Pan' 829g

 

'City' lights B'way

 

New works tunes up

 

Big 'Bang' hits B'way

 

Denver flirts with Curious company

 

Pipe dream

 

A guide for the harried man

 

Pic player sails new seas

 

Captain Kirk's aborted takeoff

 

One Murdoch, many votes

 

Building a better 'Borat'

 

From vaudeville roots to the 'Birth' of pic biz

 

U.S. crix plant French kiss

 

Split stirs Irish stew

 

Porn biz looking to get a leg up

 

Climbing Mt. Fuji

 

To the victors go the bonuses

 

Prolific producers seek pop

 

Par goes on slate diet

 

'Remaker' surfaces for June bow

 

Osborne boards Thai pic

 

Same old song for Cannes?

 

Cinepolis moves in on Central America

 

Kiwis open jumbo stage

 

Mystical take on saintly heroine

 

Early opening pays off for 'Interpreter'

 

Hits help boost Russian f/x boom

 

NFL kicks one through the uprights

 

Rival weblets plug into girl power

 

Court TV's name proves a trial

 

CBS eyes ad upfront pot of gold

 

Feeling Latin heat

 

Kiwi claims 'Block's' a knockoff

 

Late news of late pope means ouster for Nika

 

Pols move to ban sexy exposes

 

Pakistan set to go with Geo

 

Web gets a grip on wrestling

 

Italo shows fire up foreign markets

 

Cable's Timely victory

 

'Galaxy's' spirit guide

 

Smith plays the Base

 

A few words for Dustin

 

The devil's in the edit

 

Double team

 

U.N. powers B.O.

 

Juries set for Cannes stand

 

Biz bigwigs taking stock of Google

 

'Major' unveiling

 

Ren-TV's for sale

 

Star bows unit for partnerships

 

U, Ferrell stake out new 'Land'

 

SAG, AFTRA approve deal

 

More Disney pix clicking with PSP

 

'Piazza' gains critical mass

 

SCR goes 'Blonde' at 42

 

A Berlusconi sequel

 

Newton inks contract with Hilton

 

Rachel Bilson

 

Shirley Jones

 

Haley Joel Osment, Ming-Na, James Woods

 

Marsha Thomason

 

U homevid taps PR maven

 

'Bleep' has deep support

 

'Rambo' director Cosmatos dies at 64

 

Award for Archerd

 

'Interpreter' speaks to overseas auds

 

Gemignani to join Encores!

 

Inside Move: U falls on sword over ad flap

 

'Sky' sweeps fest

 

Tribeca feeds Content

 

Kay's key to Kaplan plans

 

'Crimson' crew back in action

 

Indie scare tactics

 

Woody slates star rematch

 

Radha gets her game on

 

Comedy net revisits 'Tough' times

 

Tax incentives get the OK

 

Rogue in 'Altered' state

 

Animal antics draw Sony

 

Score, book, orchestrations

 

New reality for Fremantle

 

Best actor, musical

 

Best actress, play

 

Design

 

Best actor, play

 

Direction and choreography

 

Best actress, musical

 

Featured acting

 

Dimension vet segues to Par prod'n

 

Big budget showdown

 

West End boys club

 

No touching ABC on Sunday

 

Rigas pays the piper

 

Eddie Saeta

 

'Lennon' skips venue

 

Medak makes prexy

 

Dark 'Sundays' means light

 

BV ups vid marketers

 

New chief for ABC overnight

 

Continental divide

 

ABC Sunday on ratings roll

 

Leos set to pick B.C.'s best pix

 

Medienforum lays out events

 

Gov't aids Toronto Fest

 

Harry Grossmam

 

Promofilm taps Mardones as chief

 

Mobile gets melodrama

 

MTG bows feevee docu channels

 

June Easton

 

Laurie Hawes

 

1953: 3-D's eye-popping effect

 

'Rosenkavalier' opens eyes to opera

 

ABC News sets date for 'Idol' chatter

 

Corrections

 

Inside Move: Penn says U ad mishap no big deal

 

'Pirates' plys 'Net

 

Ryan William Schenck

 

Sonora Najera

 

Zombie remake first in Canuck duo's slate

 

Court TV, NPR partner on spec

 

N.Y. fest won't rest

 

Ring around Meyer

 

Celebs on case to erase MS

 

Plum CHUM TV posts formed on functions

 

Fox tries Latam FX effect

 

Fuse cues original fare

 

Sony homes in on marketer

 

Maeda 'Lost' at Touchstone

 

Giffoni fest to take tykes inside H'wood

 

Andre tunes up feature

 

'King' for a day

 

Big name stars help build Wall

 

Cuban disconnects from Charter cable

 

Fox's Moore back to Blighty

 

WGAE scribes pen a lawsuit

 

Sobini to 'Prey' on trapper script

 

Col circles 'Twitch' pitch

 

'Star Wars' future is TV space

 

ABC turning up summer sked's heat

 

Cannes Sidebar's new tack

 

'Medium' large for NBC

 

American Century mounting 'Moby Dick'

 

Tycoon's tax tussle

 

Court halts Cybersky TV in paybox's P2P suit

 

Joe Barone

 

Shout! steps up to the plate

 

Netflix hires duo

 

Sony's UMD expands library

 

Film vets get Crystal clear at Karlovy

 

Ball in Teuton cabler's court

 

Exhib hungers for distrib'n

 

'Zoom' looms for Cox

 

Another round for IFC's Boxer

 

A couch potato's TV development slate

 

Nets neck-and-neck as May sweep looms

 

Canada's Rogers grows on cellular level

 

Pol pair lend weight to o'seas piracy fight

 

SEC fines Deloitte over Adelphia duties

 

Reuters partners for TV news net

 

Cablevision capers

 

Panel vague on specialties

 

Realnetworks upgrades to tune up biz

 

Mouse team bids to bump Indian biz

 

Rates slump for CBS news

 

Dealmaking Martha weathers losses

 

Moving tributes set for Bewkes, Moonves

 

Acad gets happy over Arlen

 

Politicos grill FCC chairman

 

Tabloid tussle beguiles Bravo

 

Gene Frankel

 

Paul Henning memorial

 

Granath took the road less traveled

 

Room to bloom

 

Host O'Brien out of rehab

 

Freeview to get boost from E4 bow

 

Schiff sued by agency

 

Turner powers up to play new game

 

WGAW sues East, seeks arbitration

 

Summer's time to play for 16 young scribes

 

Gans' 'Hill' piles up cast

 

Disney gets 'Cabin' fever

 

Fond of 'Barbarella'

 

Grazer will dip into 'Ink' well

 

Patty digs for Hearst secrets

 

Reality titans drop agencies

 

U lights way for helmer

 

'CSI' scribe inks killer Fox TV deal

 

Pic pair to play youth game

 

Bush signs antipiracy law

 

Fortissimo boosts Cannes slate

 

'Idol,' 'Race' hot Tuesday

 

NCTA plan urges parental control

 

Tube distrib Tepuy taps COO

 

EMI unit taps Moot

 

Freeview gets boost from E4

 

Cannes crowds up

 

Revs vigorous at Viv U

 

Naomie Harris

 

Edward Furlong

 

Heather Mills McCartney

 

Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Greg Germann

 

Jenna Dewan

 

Dubya speech a sweeps nightmare

 

Twenty man on top

 

ThinkFilm hopes for 'Best'

 

1953: More on 3-D

 

Disneyland turns 50

 

Infinity dials up user-programmed radio

 

Spidey 2 to Sony rescue

 

Subs pump XM; losses dialed down

 

HBO to order up 'Extras'

 

Double duties at Viacom

 

NBC U taps digital prez

 

'Innocence' finds home

 

Inside Move: Horse deaths saddle Fox with PR problem

 

Troubled Azteca targets Mexican pol

 

'Batman' arrives earlier than expected

 

Grupo Televisa earnings up

 

Funny faces pact for 'Dad'

 

Maria Schell

 

Correction

 

Owen having U's children

 

Buying power

 

GLAAD's Garry faces brave new world

 

A gathering of minds

 

GLAAD urges Spanish-lingo TV to be less macho

 

The revolution has been televised

 

Boutique network is here! to stay

 

Viacom's Logo steps gingerly into the unknown

 

Out of the celluloid closet

 

Tandem spices up GLAAD gala

 

The new straight

 

Dream feels 'Lonesome'

 

Gotham 'Sweeney' takes shape

 

Another 'Nanny' on track

 

Warners feels the 'Pain'

 

'XXX' marks the spot

 

Hilton heats up 'Wax'

 

An Homeric milestone

 

Brotherly love at 'Privilege'

 

Babies onboard

 

Dunn tops Fox int'l DVD ops

 

'Bee' buzzes into '07

 

'Pride' papa hits stride at Peacock

 

'Child' for Okonedo, Platt

 

Hughley joins Comedy net on the 'Weekends'

 

Blocking the boot?

 

Summer stocked

 

Fremantle gets a punk rock 'Attitude'

 

Celluloid's ghost dream

 

Composers score kudos

 

XM scores World Cup rights

 

Paramount pacts for Marvel pix

 

Is piracy a priority?

 

Solo duo head for 3L

 

'Idol' rolls, 'Revelations' cools

 

Voy taps new topper

 

Euro Disney's stock parks at 52 week high

 

Its not a fine time

 

Soderbergh, Cuban pact

 

Dutch host nails Ten gig

 

Cannes sidebar fetes Renoir, Ray

 

Viv U shuffles exex

 

Hit investors back Barney sale

 

More Canuck docu funding ahead

 

Cineworld clear to buy exhib UGC

 

Jetix brand rolls on

 

Chamberlan ankles Nouveau fest

 

Truitt tapped as prexy

 

'Assassin' set for net

 

'Britain' returns to tube

 

Schamus added to board

 

Ebb remembered with award

 

A lot for 'Spamalot,' 'Light'

 

Taye Diggs

 

Nia Vardalos

 

Emilie de Ravin

 

Cheyenne Jackson

 

Marguerite Derricks

 

Woodruff bids CNN adieu

 

Comcast's comfy thanks to VOD

 

'Bettie' turning heads

 

Peacock to issue content warnings

 

The return of Almodovar

 

Par homevid cues up Carloss

 

Without 'Passion,' Regal profits plunge

 

Sirius seeing red over rapid growth

 

Canuck 'Trailer' to park on bigscreen

 

Corrections

 

Bush chat a costly pill to swallow

 

Marvel touts Par's hero worship

 

Icahn blasts Antioco over resign threat

 

Change of season

 

Editora Cinco groups with Televisa

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
April 29, 2005

 

'Ray,' 'Housewives' nab Prism honors

 

Discovery adds Latin America nets

 

Skeet Ulrich

 

ABC reups 'Jim'; Fox drops 'Life'

 

Adventure discovers solid territory

 

Harry Shearer

 

Dennis Hopper

 

Top attractions

 

Pure Americana pops from park

 

Orange County crush

 

Disneyland facts

 

'Producers' changes d.p.

 

More 'Suite' for Mouse

 

House plans subsidy for digital transfer

 

Thesp locks 'Blocks' spot

 

Pair will touch 'Forearm'

 

Spotlights

 

Disney pic archives inspire park rides

 

Brand management

 

Finding Neverland

 

Retail therapy

 

Shag

 

Leonard Maltin

 

Expansion-land

 

Puppet master strings up parade

 

World party

 

Park planners aim to keep crowds happy

 

Dreams come true

 

Ticket tech evolves over time

 

Lions Gate declares 'War'

 

Stern-Bohan ankles WMA

 

Rules of attractions

 

Pete Docter

 

Rick Caruso

 

New generation

 

Inside Move: 'Access' takes swipe at rivals

 

Sponsors fuel park's fire

 

'24' scribe a Fox TV fixture

 

All shook up

 

Magic moments

 

New Line, helmer ironing out details

 

Introduction

 

Claxson cooks up Chilevision sale

 

Bridget Cooper and Peter Osterhaus

 

Shannon Fox and David Baxter

 

Eye tops wacky Thursday

 

Bob Schiffer

 

Mason Adams

 

'Love' leads Donatellos

 

Reviews

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Warm Springs

Stolen Life

The Reception

A Woman in Waiting

Giant

Two Brothers

Chicken Tikka Masala

Rockaway

Dogs Die in Hot Cars; Joy Zipper

Puzzlehead

From Two Men and a War

Faust

All Wear Bowlers

Modify

Special Thanks To Roy London

Mingus Big Band

The Lightkeeper

Bleep! Censoring Hollywood

The Last Five Years

You Never Know

Drama Kings

Hydra

Julius Caesar

System of a Down

Great New Wonderful

Piccadilly Jim

Privilege

Toss Up

New Town Original

Corteo