Table of Contents
Week of 06/18/2005

Articles

Making 'Hay'

 

Stratford plays the field

 

Capitol Hill can stand to profit

 

Biz up; 'Wicked' $1.2 mil

 

B.O. soars; 'Light' 545g

 

'Couple' continues helmer's hot streak

 

'Lennon' plots tune-up

 

BBC Worldwide waltzes away with record profits

 

Adieu? Non! Topper hangs on

 

Net clones 'Lost' in transition

 

Banff fest finds fresh focus

 

ESPN gets less sports-centered

 

Irish pair eyes BSkyB's turf

 

Nets give life to mini mania

 

Locals swarm huge Seattle fest

 

Beach laffer makes a splash

 

'Smith' clicks with global Pitt, Jolie fans

 

Shanghai fest keeps its int'l flavor

 

'Darwin' tells African fish tale

 

Carsey-Werner plants feature flag

 

Kids get muscled by marketers

 

Freedom rings in auds

 

Licensing lessons build character

 

Labels look to corral Pod people

 

'Ben-Hur' gathers the faithful

 

Jolie's junket jangle

 

Gael force production

 

TV's shift to color took time to focus

 

Prying open the closet

 

Jacko's minders mobilize on verdict

 

Berman enlists agents of change

 

Star brands take the heat

 

U's crowd of contenders

 

Catching up with . . . Merv Adelson

 

Pluck of the Irish

 

The 'Bat' and the beautiful

 

Martha Stewart Living ups Koppelman to chair

 

CJ plans digital pix to push theaters

 

DIC will rep McDonald's

 

Squabbling in public

 

Oz 'Buffy' fans feeling drained

 

'Bomb' sets off Fox

 

Making SAG mean business

 

Bill forms pic fund

 

SABC adds channels

 

David Novik

 

Maryam Banikarim

 

Phylicia Fant

 

Julie Enzer

 

Donna Harrison

 

Lee Rolontz

 

Stacey Palm

 

Michele C. Bell

 

Stephanie Eno Bianco

 

Meredith Blake

 

Val Boreland

 

Catherine Brewton

 

Dan Lynch

 

Laurie Goldberg

 

Alison Graham

 

Eric Blume, Kelleigh Dulany

 

Rainer Knebel

 

Luis Goicouria

 

Beth Coleman

 

Manny Fernandez

 

Migrating to Mouse

 

An 'Impossible' mission

 

FX visits the cape

 

'Petrol' fuels Avignon

 

Picturehouse staffs up

 

Emilie de Ravin

 

Leslie Hope

 

Jackie Earle Haley

 

Katey Sagal

 

Laura Ramsey, Alex Breckenridge

 

Down in the Valley

 

CineVegas honors 'Father'

 

Moscow fest helps promote local biz

 

Blighty goes Batty

 

Summer blooming film festivals the world over

 

'Batman' flexes o'seas muscle

 

Latinos fete 'West,' Smits

 

B'way revivals closing

 

Duo charged in threat

 

Jane Barton

 

Elaine Levine

 

William G. Reich

 

TV vet makes tween scene

 

Telemundo moves feevee ops to L.A.

 

Vet stocks up on wireless

 

Disney wins 'Trophy' pitch

 

At WMA, six earning agent titles

 

'Underdog' on the way

 

NBC signing singing stars

 

'Family Guy' takes original DVD route

 

Light, Aiello show 'Sole'

 

Woody now high on Hugh

 

Di Bona digs development

 

Creative Light moves in for 'Kill'

 

UCLA taps script winners

 

Viacom buying Neopets

 

Docu development

 

Working Title reshuffles crew

 

Intermedia tunes in 'Mindhunters' for TV

 

Hricik to propel 'Postman Pat' into U.S.

 

Rigas duo sentenced

 

Michael Billington

 

Leon Askin

 

German Film Academy to fete Hauff

 

'Evening' dawns at Baylis Theater

 

'Album' tops Shanghai fest

 

Methe under Cirque's tent

 

'Alice' woos Buffy

 

B'way takes big dip as '700,' 'Caesar' shutter

 

Public intimidation

 

Phil Ford

 

New product line dawns

 

Williamstown sets fest stars

 

Viner rises again with Phoenix Books

 

NBC's upfront falls 30%

 

USA shows character by dropping the flag

 

WGA reality check

 

O'seas B.O. eases back

 

No 'Passion,' no problem?

 

WB, Tom click online China deal

 

Rainbow rethinks cable

 

'Flow' has Nantucket mojo

 

Ronald Winans

 

Canada faces music on file-sharing

 

Lincoln Center fest stages 'Galigo'

 

WB orders up another round of 'Geek' love

 

NFL Net quite the exhibitionist

 

'Huff' 'n' puff

 

1956: The new Newman

 

Box office bump for 'Batman'

 

EchoStar taps prez-COO

 

Corrections

 

Amanda Levin and Neil Leventhal

 

Cheryl Buysse and Brendan Lynch

 

Marni Goldman and Gregg Rosenzweig

 

Lisa Levin and David Beaubaire

 

Vet takes film post

 

Fox taps Lux for PR top spot

 

Irons welded to 'Elizabeth'

 

Warner Bros. stokes 'Fire' yet again

 

CAA mints 10 agents

 

IATSE unites prop shop

 

Spade aces comedy audition

 

Busy Mandate firms up exec ranks

 

Rodney gets some respect

 

Pirates busted in City of Industry

 

Capricorn finds 'Randy' just dandy for pic bow

 

It's 'Way' to go for Phifer

 

Showtime's new skeins get big push

 

H'wood hails 'Herbie'

 

Staffers flow to Current

 

Scribe tribe lib card

 

Morton delighted by Half

 

L.A. fest marshals forces

 

'Constant'ly good

 

Fox lowering a 'Zoom' boom

 

Lion TV opens L.A. lair

 

WE springing for original projects

 

Univision basks in bucks

 

New TV news net gets coin

 

WMA books London chief

 

HBO furls its London sales

 

Crossed circuits

 

Locarno to laud 2 helmers

 

Femme fine for BAFTA

 

Pinewood Shepperton issues profits warning

 

2005 CFDA Awards

 

Italo B.O. chills out

 

TV gets a touch of class (warfare)

 

Chang has 'Detour' on road to prod'n

 

Disney TV taps PR vet Kenny

 

Jones' illness drains 'Pond'

 

Summer reality skeins still sizzle

 

Disney: 'Toy' time in 2008

 

Duo project digital cinema effort

 

TW's measuring up

 

Silverdocs selects 'Darwin'

 

Sirius cues up BBC's Radio 1

 

'Monster' goes home

 

Anchor hitches to Sony

 

Eagle Rock takes Twisted turn

 

CustomFlix pacts with Style

 

Acorn picks up miniseries

 

NBC raises praiser pair

 

Stern cancels E! ticket

 

Toronto slate plucks best of fests

 

'Trace' ace transfers to Par Network TV

 

Eichinger highlights his stake

 

'Father,' Artear fill up on TV kudos

 

Charles White

 

Thesp duo joins laffer

 

Forum mulls politics and Hollywood

 

Usher project locks scribe

 

Karl Mueller

 

'Faith' finds Artistic release

 

$500 mil pic fund feeds Warner Bros.

 

Gallic fest hits Gotham stages

 

'Arrested' duo locked up by Touchstone TV

 

Thompson in at Westport

 

Coopers add Novastar to post-prod'n empire

 

Governor gives in to SAG on ad regs

 

TNT's betting on VOD

 

Action thesp inks with ICM

 

Piracy plagues Russian trade

 

Pic to 'Roost' at Showtime

 

Mouse joins Tapestry on family laffer

 

Clued in for 'Sherlock'

 

Tune-up time for biz

 

Playing by the book

 

New look for 'Hairspray'

 

Scott dives into pic

 

Peacock remains committed to thesp

 

Mouse 'Twitches' for pic

 

SAG rejects vidgame deal

 

Stringer fingers electronics slump

 

MTV in state of Flux

 

Mediapro, Arbol prep marriage

 

Mersey goes to All3Media

 

BAFTA tweaks pic kudos rules

 

Oscar crunches credits

 

House members vow to restore pubcast funds

 

Impossible projects

 

Warner pix up for VOD on FilmFlex

 

BSkyB expands services, hikes prices

 

Teuton finance confab toons up

 

Teutonic crix make 'War' on distrib UIP

 

Kodak links with Barco on d-cinema

 

Thumbs up for Cayla appointment

 

MTV beaming 8 slate

 

'Nightline' auditions new looks on air

 

Teuton Premiere gambles on a Win

 

Coldplay stays hot

 

Sony taps pay TV chief

 

Scribes find 'Love' for U

 

Sherry Stringfield

 

Maggie Q

 

Amaury Nolasco

 

Sarah Mason

 

Picture This snaps up bow

 

Brads bond at Par

 

1956: Turner returns to work

 

Puchon, rival fantasy fest do battle

 

Shochiku earns earns record amount on Kabuki

 

Only Hearts scoops up 'Pelikaanimies'

 

'Sith' tunnels promo on subway walls

 

Telemundo plugs in digital media arm

 

Suzanne Flon

 

Televisa downloads Intel know-how

 

Alphabet nets victory

 

License org hails Spidey

 

Hiltzik to interpret Freud's U.S. dreams

 

Correction

 

Pontiac parks at Kimmel's

 

Atlanta film festival on a 'High'

 

MoMa presents Premiere

 

Rivers scores 'Candy'

 

Silver scores

 

MGM pacts with Corbis

 

Fluid, 'Idol' goes online

 

'Chop' cuts into U.S.

 

Comedy Fellowship finds winner

 

'Mouth' piece

 

Larry Collins

 

Tech jazzes up NBA draft

 

DisneyToon raises exex

 

Searchlight raises Gwen to sr. VP

 

PGA working on diversity

 

Exec fathers 'Sister' tuner

 

Sundance picks seven

 

AMC, Duvall saddle oater

 

Tochterman touts trio of projects

 

Magnolia, Sony nab 'Nine'

 

'Valiant' MTV effort

 

Amiel dons 'Angel' wing

 

Spike alternatives

 

'Idol' wishes on stars

 

LaChapelle on the 'Rize'

 

Vidal keen on news

 

Garcia full of thanks

 

Hopkin's recieves high honors

 

'Rebound' bow

 

'Everyone' was there

 

Here's to you, Mrs. Robinson

 

Set designer lionized at Wimbledon

 

Lions Gate caves in for 'Descent'

 

Almodovar DVDs set for Spain

 

U has an int'l game plan

 

Teuton firm finds funds

 

CD pirate treasure

 

Viacom lobbyist off to TW

 

D'Works, SBS extend TV pacts

 

Joseph T. Dervin, Sr.

 

Distrig org taps Sakomoto chair

 

Ish-Iesy union OK'd

 

RTL names new CFO

 

Cable nuptials near

 

Berlin film fest reups Kosslick through '10

 

ICM dials into TiVo guy

 

First Look pockets 'Gift'

 

Trio will roll 'Murderball'

 

'Juno' finds its Mandate

 

Witching hour

 

Tube faves power U.S. DVD sales

 

Jones' sickness pulls 'Pond' plug

 

'Late Late' finds time for rating lift

 

Sirius dials in talent veepee

 

James Earl Jones

 

GOP partisan tops CPB

 

Lindsay Lohan

 

Patti LaBelle

 

Michele Armour

 

Season's ripe for Vivaldi pix

 

'Today' time again

 

WGA puts up pair for prexy post

 

Correction

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
June 24, 2005

 

Casting directors cast fate with Teamsters

 

P. Ray Swank

 

Promax maxed out

 

Miller fills 'Like' lead

 

UMG in a karaoke duet

 

DirecTV to deliver nets' 'Sneak Peeks'

 

Clarification

 

Musicians in tune with studios, nets

 

Inside Move: WB avoids legal 'Hazzard'

 

ESPN sports ABC functions

 

Creatives will help legiter do 'Mambo'

 

Col enrolls in 'Campus'

 

Team will flow to 'Snake' pic

 

Paramount takes a 'Shot'

 

'NYPD' alum gets 'Break' with Fox TV

 

Fox beckoned by 'Babylon'

 

GM ankles Lifetime

 

Marni Goldman and Gregg Rosenzweig

 

Thesp assumes 'Command'

 

Scripting new path

 

'Cases' finds its own kind

 

SAG revisits vidgame agreement

 

Lakeshore gives 'Orders'

 

Lensers reup ASC prexy

 

Inside Move: CW close to clicking off button

 

Regan's got Sirius talkshow

 

Teuton film funds get break, for now

 

Storms rock U.K. music fest

 

Payback time for LaBute

 

EuropaCorp hot for Thai sauce

 

Reviews

The Good, the Bad and Me

The Amorous Busboy of Decatur Avenue

Sinatra: The Life

The Twins Of Tribeca

I Want To Be A Hilton

The Girl in the Cafe

The Prodigy

Dead Man's Bluff

We Were Just Dreaming

Adam's Apples

Way of Blue Sky

Man with the Screaming Brain

The Brothers Karamazov

The Tempest

Palm Beach -- The Screwball Musical

George A. Romero's Land of the Dead

The Caesars

Herbie: Fully Loaded

Saturday Night at Grossinger's

Unsuspecting Susan

Kenny Chesney

Hecuba

Les Paul 90th Birthday Salute

March of the Penguins

Judgment at Nuremberg

Adam and Steve

Little Athens

Bye Bye Blackbird

Among Brothers

Cruel But Necessary