Table of Contents
Week of 05/07/2005

Articles

Theater tunes 'Ear'

 

B.O. grows; 'Bang' 864g

 

Concert swells 'Pacific' waves

 

Discovering new nets

 

Relationship gets another go

 

Industryites cozy up at Arab confab

 

Sudser channel washes up in Malaysia

 

Teetering topper's legal woes hit Azteca

 

Fox bows Reality

 

PBS masters art of profile deals

 

Acapulco skeds new film event

 

Universe banks on Chan

 

Golden Scene adds pics to mix

 

Russia looks east for location shoots

 

Filmax refines horror formula

 

'XXX' sequel can't jumpstart o'seas summer

 

Focus unleashes Rogue

 

HBO bringing 'Crix' into mix

 

Bound for 'Heaven'?

 

U.S. stars still rule red carpet

 

Canal Plus spies trouble

 

Jedi nights turn to daze

 

George's immutable Force

 

Recasting public b'casting

 

Slating on thin ice

 

B.O. buzzes around Tony noms

 

Scarlett fever

 

Biz down; 'Wicked' 756g

 

Zee picks up pix from BVI

 

Future's bright for cable, satellite

 

Kids getting serious

 

Sked ideas for coming TV season

 

Bush gives ABC ratings push

 

Nets on gender bender

 

Finale fest accents Czech titles

 

Producer gets 'Stoned' with Jones pic

 

De Laurentiis updates classic 'Decameron' with 'OC' flavor

 

Distrib horns in on tix tiff

 

1935 exhibitor perspective 'Sticks' in memory

 

Sitcom adds shelf life

 

Will Teuton well run dry?

 

Rupe, Jobs protest too much

 

B.O. far from 'Heaven'

 

Clear Channel buys back stox block

 

BevHills Bar fetes Hansen

 

Byrne to play Melody

 

Blighty comes up roses

 

Thesp carries 'Vendetta'

 

Disney TV taps PR czar

 

Brown bolts 'Topic A' for Princess Di

 

CBS plucks Peacock

 

'Kingdom' is mighty o'seas

 

Colony celebrates 30th anni

 

Film office takes hold of Boston fest

 

'Skin' in at Miami gay fest

 

BAFTAs set for Feb. 19

 

Thesps run to 'Walker'

 

Jeffrey Donovan, Tim Blake Nelson

 

Rade Serbedzija

 

Cayden Boyd

 

Smith Cho

 

News wants coin for Russia

 

Hartford loses its Othello

 

Brits in 'Heaven'

 

Mamet & Macy rib and roast

 

Magic Kingdom glitters in gold

 

Wright is right

 

Brazil

 

China

 

Australia

 

Japan

 

Spain

 

United Kingdom

 

Canada

 

South Africa

 

Germany

 

Lifetime descends on the 'Hamptons'

 

A 'Modern' man for WB

 

WB, Plan B visit 'Missouri'

 

Takeo Hisamatsu

 

Joel Pearlman

 

Beyond the lineup

 

Cinema, mon amour

 

War stories from Cannes

 

Mexico

 

Canada

 

Russia

 

Italy

 

France

 

Germany

 

Pic biz surfs next wave

 

United States

 

United Kingdom

 

U feels like an 'Outcast'

 

Hewitt cuddles with 'Bears'

 

Wootton will take 'Law' into own hands

 

Levy set for next 'Dozen'

 

'Zodiac' finds detective

 

Searchlight's loading 'Gun' with helmer pair

 

Killer turn for Hunt

 

Joffe captivates 'Wax' femme

 

Wise, Ferrara grab San Seb honors

 

Pilot tapes tapped out

 

Vegas bets big on Wynn wonder

 

Manuel Feliu

 

Jean-Philippe Tirel

 

Bob Berney

 

Sales survivors

 

Foreign treasure

 

Cost of entry

 

Master class

 

Prado's 'Sea' sails Latido to Cannes

 

ABC's Sunday unstoppable

 

Seattle Rep short list announced

 

Alan Wilson

 

Disney's new suit

 

Cinepolis, Imax hitched

 

'Bear' honey at Sprockets

 

A fix for Brit pix biz

 

Bavaria banks on 'Me'

 

Coalition targets Telecom Act failings

 

'Zucker' yuks top German pic noms with 10

 

Doc eyes Lennon killer

 

Fund gives 'Special' handout

 

Crix pick Shanley, 'Spam'

 

Kudos given to Broadway on the road

 

Modern docks docu nets in Serbia

 

UGC heir to Eire's largest cabler

 

Joe Grant

 

Midway battle plan projects net loss

 

Legit team creating new Kodak moments

 

Variety sets scholarship

 

'Glen Ross' boss of B'way grosses

 

UMG sheds tech facilities

 

'Good' news for Roberts

 

Producer who brought Wilson to B'way dies

 

Discovery dealing

 

Top exec ankling Oz net

 

'Ballet' steps for Zeitgeist

 

N.Y. Mag critic status up in air

 

Sundance show shines on 'Iconoclasts'

 

Cable groups reach deal to restore Mets to Gotham

 

'Elvis' can't rock ABC pair

 

Indie stashing cash

 

Variety publishes at Cannes

 

Elizabeth Fraser

 

Flea jumps on Gurney's new 'Play'

 

CBS news vet will retire

 

Nielsen sample closer to ideal

 

WMA drives license unit

 

Bel-Air bonfire a near miss

 

1955: Marilyn Monroe to preem pic

 

WB draws new DC logo

 

'Stuffed' on indie track

 

Broadway is frying some 'Tomatoes'

 

Biz abuzz over blossoming blogs

 

'Clayton' gets Clooney

 

ALS salute to Stiller

 

Life 'Sweet' at Last

 

Running for Revlon

 

ABC's going country

 

'Dead' enlivens Vegas fest

 

Saban scoops up stake in Bezeq

 

Frog leaps on 'Girl'

 

'Dad' dudes in Fox family

 

Scandalous casting

 

'Graduate' reunion at Acad

 

'Unleashed' unveiled

 

Mad hot helmer

 

Firm: Antioco should leave

 

Byrne ankles Fox post

 

Tony noms do the full 'Monty'

 

Fortissimo's 'Night' sees global sales

 

Soccer club inks Real deal

 

Icon picks up 'Boy Girl'

 

Voltage sparks to sales exex

 

Monday still in Eye's corner

 

Celestial adds exec trio

 

Optimum says 'Yes' for U.K.

 

Tony noms freshen up prospects for 'Rotten'

 

Constellation starts 'Job'

 

Toronto fest names senior int'l adviser

 

Spanish-lingo duo sink teeth into 3-D

 

Open the Palme door

 

'Shook' heartbreak: No coin in jukebox?

 

Dealbreaker tunes out Canada's MTV auds

 

Endemol fathers deals for 'Big Brother'

 

Teutons have capital idea

 

Gaul adds more digital nets

 

Grupo Televisa plans biz mag

 

46 projects get coin

 

Landgraf lands in topper spot at FX

 

Yahoo! tunes in biz

 

Weak Q1 pix sink Alliance at box office

 

Emmis stationed to sell TV outlets

 

Syndies jump on sweeps

 

Koch sells biz to Row

 

Shuffling the deck

 

Moving fete set for Howard

 

Williams drops from 'Mambo'

 

Ogre's green lean as 'Shrek 2' disappoints

 

Nets neck-and-neck

 

Unraveling the mysteries of the upfronts

 

Stop the madness

 

Bertelsmann in the club

 

Toshiba fuels disc discord

 

Stones to join fans On Stage

 

Cavett yakker makes DVD debut

 

Ventura pacts with CFQ Media

 

'Princess' released on DVD

 

Par gears up for summer releases

 

DVD deal gets fit

 

On 'Lover's' lane

 

UIP ups Brown to senior veep

 

Team baits 'Trap'

 

Strand, helmer at 'Loggerheads'

 

Zodiac Killer pic goes global with Myriad

 

Mullan's 'May' day

 

A Weinstein 'Trans'-ition

 

Televisa acquires 'Matando'

 

MK2 builds 'Bridge' to Akin pic

 

Canada's FRV sets pic acquisition coin

 

Return to the Riviera reveals rituals never change

 

Sundance nets rights on 'Cuba'

 

Punk pops period piece

 

'Fade' focuses on Huston as Welles

 

Woo view: Redo coup

 

Hispanic nets feuding

 

Growth spurt for kids VOD

 

Acad picks top student pix

 

NATPE sets up Boot Camp

 

'Lost' musicals find way to Hayes kudos

 

Thesp receives top Mark

 

WIP a 'Wartime' recruit

 

Lions Gate hustles on 'Kid'

 

Par wins bid bout for bio on boxers

 

Benjamin shows off Moxie for MTV, Nick

 

MTV shuffles its exec pod

 

WMA targets Post stories

 

'Carnivale' packing up

 

WB rolls out skating pic

 

IFC boosts lineup of original skeins

 

Warner music tones down IPO share price

 

L.A. fest bows to 'Valley'

 

Irish eyes smiling on Loach's pic

 

Rudin rolling with 'Rex'

 

U 'Dreamz' of satire

 

MTV kudos go south

 

'Race' a winner at finish line

 

Storm feels 'Foolish'

 

Upbeat comedies top BBC Films slate

 

'Storm' on horizon

 

Bob Hoskins, Lois Smith, Dash Mihok

 

Stone taking on 'Forest'

 

West End 'Epitaph' for Fiennes

 

Riviera Habanera

 

Frater to head Variety in Hong Kong

 

'Front Page' to close Long Wharf season

 

Weinstein gets going with 'Grimm'

 

Nordisk to back pack of English pix

 

Oz aids script programs

 

'Submission' on Italo TV

 

Canal slapped for pope puppetry

 

Reopening and 25th Anniversary of Cartier BevHills

 

Croisette set ignites Cannes

 

Eion Bailey

 

Reznor's sales rage

 

S. Carolina offers new pic rebate

 

Austin Nichols, Paul Wesley

 

Teri Polo, Craig Kilborn, Carmen Electra, Kate Mara

 

'Race' finale lifts Eye

 

Lynch invades an 'Empire'

 

CNBC ends 'Miller' time

 

Pix pump up perky Mouse

 

Mouse men set sail

 

Vid board's busted

 

WMG stock doesn't rock

 

Yahoo! hits rivals with musicstore

 

N.Y. crix leave no doubt

 

CNN's lone-Wolf strategy

 

Jets zoom over Cannes

 

News of crews and Cruise

 

'Fur' flies for New Line, HBO banner

 

Ten at the Bollywood bazaar

 

A Bollywood icon

 

Famous five

 

Indians trek to bazaar with Ray from past

 

Lightning strikes 'Deep'

 

Big Star unlocks Russia

 

Chileans plot 'Sexo' follow-up

 

Catafal sets up shingle, tells Manga adios

 

Dino enlists duo

 

Buyers eye Indian 'Teresa'

 

Redbus swipes Figgis pic

 

Jury prexy positive about fest, slams pop culture

 

Walker jumps into 'Bobby's' world

 

Potter preps lit adaptation

 

5 directors to watch

 

Following the money

 

Wedding jitters

 

Triumphant triumvirate

 

Zucker: NBC has a lot of work to do

 

B'klyn fest shares opinion

 

NewFest is at 'Loggerheads'

 

Gooding to open 'Barbershop'

 

BBC union members vote to strike

 

Pols urge probe of CPB

 

A 'Prisoner' among us

 

ESPN studies the 'Code'

 

'Freedom' rings at Par

 

'Empire' strikes

 

A date with 'Dreamgirls'

 

Cable lives 'Secret Life'

 

Schulte's DCS gets sporty look

 

Buyer sparks to 'Believer'

 

U greeting 'Meet' helmer

 

Re-opening is gals' best friend

 

Clinton packs house

 

Schoenfeld feted with name change

 

National Geographic ups 2 exex

 

Pilots ready for takeoff

 

Caveman culture clash draws Katzenberg

 

Coon triggers Sasquatch pic

 

Carlyle, Firth take cut at bodysnatcher pic

 

Cannes opens with clean sweep

 

Warner Bros. in tune with 'August Rush'

 

'Idol,' 'Lost' top Wednesday

 

Goldwyn ups sales exex

 

Beta acquires rights to 'Genghis'

 

Hanway brushes up on 'Goya'

 

Intuition links with U.S. duo

 

Morena genre pix blend politics, chills

 

Amigo says adios to WB Spain

 

Switching lingo

 

Ups and downs at Constantin Film

 

Odyssey collars cast for Sturridge's 'Lassie'

 

New 'Goal' keeper

 

'Wavered' wavers

 

Cote d'couture

 

Beeb staff to produce series of 1-day strikes

 

Telewest in black; NTL merger may loom

 

'Office' guys to Edinburgh

 

Baltic film school set to bow

 

Nouveau rat pack

 

Policing the pic promotions

 

Game, set, 'Match'

 

'Idol' on a high note

 

TV catches a break

 

John Dahl

 

Angelo Surmelis

 

Jeff Cesario, Craig Shoemaker

 

Chingy

 

John Salley

 

Michael Madsen

 

Viacom seeks Daly's wisdom

 

Pix take aim at cold streak

 

Amanpour time's up at '60 Minutes'

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
May 13, 2005

 

Malone offers Nat Geo to altar of News Corp.

 

Knocking on Wood

 

H'w'd chases TV cheats

 

'Affair' adds 10 markets

 

Tech trophies at Emmys

 

'Tarzan' sets a workshop

 

Trylon tries on new exex

 

Anchor Cosby off Fox News

 

Disney rips dissident duo's suit

 

China's latest Endeavor

 

H'w'd sends up flag

 

Top Nordic region pix at Cannes

 

Microsoft reveals Xbox 360

 

Scandis add spice to film

 

Scandi film giants butt heads over local pix

 

Homegrown pix lure auds

 

Norse code holds sway

 

Thais tout post-tsunami biz

 

Beating the 'Bunny' rap

 

Beineix takes aim at the Kid

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