Table of Contents
Week of 07/09/2005

Articles

Que Seurat Seurat

 

Gotham speaks 'French'

 

Biz slips; 'Wicked' triples

 

B.O. off as 4 shows close

 

Will 'Billy' be a Broadway baby?

 

Song takes wing a la Starbucks records

 

A swing and a miss yet again

 

With boss missing, future looks bleak for broke weblet

 

Yakker's attack wows in Spain

 

Nets score early in Soccer World Cup

 

Webs wake up to India's wealthy auds

 

Gauls getting goosebumps

 

Nets need drama flair desperately

 

Telemundo's major makeover

 

The pod doors open for 2010

 

Reality takes swings

 

Egyptian pic stirs controversy with depictions of corruption

 

Renaissance falters in Blighty

 

Pacha pacts with Zazen for co-prod'ns

 

Soundstage noise

 

'War' mobilizes world's B.O. numbers

 

Fencing with past 'Stuff'

 

Pic development? Mais oui!

 

Specialty pix jump off platforms

 

Southern invader took Tinseltown by storm

 

Gauls reopen an old 'Gate'

 

Muggles vs. marzipan

 

Guess who's pulling the strings

 

Pithy 'Sith' movin' up

 

World catches dance fever

 

Gang talks Turkey at Sun Valley

 

Public gets half life of Discovery

 

Summer school of 'Rock'

 

'Four' play for journos

 

Lehman's skill was the reel thing

 

WGA rewriting reality

 

A moment of 'Inspiration'

 

Dream machine gets a facelift

 

'Four' play heats up summer

 

Brits back to biz after blitz

 

Odd Lot has shot to put pics in play

 

Teutons fete lenser

 

Static over RTL control

 

Barrington gets permanent home

 

Scandal takes toll

 

Zhou's 'Train' headed to tube

 

Stars in flux as duo joins CAA

 

Eye on telepic pair

 

Fox TV, Kattan ink again

 

'Brother' auds pay summer visit to CBS

 

Had to be fest taps host trio

 

Jamie Bell

 

Ralph Macchio

 

Kyle Gallner

 

Jonathan Sadowski

 

Shields up for 'Chicago'

 

Oh Really it's true

 

Al Williams

 

Correction

 

James L. Fisher

 

O'seas auds on 'War' path

 

Marga Lopez

 

Visionary nod to WMG CEO

 

Storm socks 'Four'

 

'Zucker' zips up six Lolas at film kudos

 

Polish pic takes top Karlovy Vary kudos

 

'Dream' team toons up

 

Vidgames come alive

 

Getting a grip

 

Landau lauded

 

Christine McCarthy

 

Seth Hallen

 

Jim Lucas

 

Jill Gwen

 

Jack Waterman

 

Margaret French Isaac

 

Lisa Summers Haas

 

Satmex moves to stay put

 

Lehman ices 'Killer' gig

 

Pair makes 'Time' for Element pic

 

Par conjures remake spell

 

Sheridan a 'City' slicker

 

Atlas taps Kirby sr. VP

 

Editors invest in Banks

 

ICM rebuffs rumors of sale or merger

 

BSkyB loses sports topper

 

Van Gogh trial paints a troubled picture

 

'Tempesta' strikes Sitges

 

Really Useful sale

 

Shaw net income climbs 75% in Q3

 

Biz steady; 'Lion' roars in Chi

 

Katz's slipped disc

 

Evan Hunter

 

Tiscali, Dogwoof launch online pic

 

'Harvest' reaps Taipei's top kudos

 

RSC to perform entire Bard book

 

Cabler gets OK for debt restructure

 

ZDF pays $100 mil for pic package

 

Goodspeed extends 'Friend' run

 

Court puts hex on Cecchi Gori plexes

 

Fremantle founder dies

 

Marvel stock on rise

 

Neal game for gig at NBC Sports

 

'Sith' sticks overseas

 

Fourth fallout limited as B'way sets record

 

Despite the 'slump' studios get a bump

 

Clayburgh speeds return

 

'Jersey' guys

 

TW wins a classic case

 

S&S wins rights to 'Peter' sequel

 

Feds' public display

 

Weinsteins' venture lands money man

 

'Girls' goes to Williamstown

 

TW has the hots for ITV

 

Jacko tries on new suit

 

Michael McLean

 

Lansbury brings down house, heads for hospital

 

Disneyland: Then and now

 

Foley artists feted

 

Ramis honored at Austin fest

 

Indie hearing 'Voices'

 

Parker buttered up

 

Friends of 'Friends'

 

Poker hand suits Warner

 

Par enrolls in 'School' redo

 

Mass. poised to pass pix tax relief

 

Fall comes early this year at Fox

 

Gobstoppers galore

 

Sondheim's Bowl of fun

 

Sony pushing genre sequels

 

Araki's in at Outfest

 

Inside Move: 'Smackdown' takes it on the chin

 

Firm exec partners at rival

 

Warners lifts Crawford

 

Video Island taps Calver

 

Gaiam grabs Goodtimes

 

Frances Langford

 

China loves Lu's pic as Oscar entry

 

Events get in the way of TV news revamp

 

Setting an example

 

German pix zipping to Net

 

BBC board slams Brit sitcoms

 

Most Brits turn to BBC after attacks

 

DirecTV sues pirate

 

Austar going broad

 

Trio bid to own top Spanish cabler

 

HDNet 'Down' for project

 

'Rock' doesn't roll

 

Image gets 'Rockin'

 

Goldhil takes Tango to court

 

Sonic spreads its wings

 

Duo dials up digital niche

 

Fox ups researcher to VP

 

Eye takes the lid off 24-hour news Net

 

Lions Gate TV welcomes Lee

 

Flipping the switch

 

PBS prexy hopeful on funds

 

Hudlin's a sure BET for cabler

 

Par's Grey area

 

NBC U enlists a pinch hitter

 

Peacock prez picks Zigler

 

Correction

 

Experts clash over P2P ruling

 

Four vie for cash prize at Film Life

 

Sharkey tops Roker Prods.

 

AFM getting too big for Loews

 

Latin MTV vid nods set talent

 

Hiring rings in Bellrock

 

Film fest adds jury, honors

 

Will Eisner's example infuses awards process

 

A concerted 'Net effort

 

The next wave

 

Games play well with print heroes

 

Sly Stone remix in Starbucks family

 

Net's papal blessing

 

Buzz builders

 

VH1 makes 'Surreal' deal

 

Pic hits goose comics biz

 

Adapt and thrive

 

Scribe does 'Fairly' well in Disney deal

 

Indie shingle has boxer bio in its corner

 

Uma gains 'Super' powers

 

Ryan riding wave to 'OC'

 

Wilson's A-O-Kaye as new witty 'Mitty'

 

Exec now on Happy trail

 

Toronto shining 'Shoes'

 

ABC invents new reality

 

Duo to try on 'Shades'

 

Sony taps homevid praiser

 

Populist panorama

 

Paul Newman / 'The creative process'

 

William Friedkin / 'A true producer'

 

Morgan Freeman / Matter of 'humanity'

 

Clint Eastwood / 'Where the picture starts'

 

Bruce Beresford / 'Daisy' chain

 

Milestones

 

Pubcaster probe of Tomlinson expands

 

A lifetime of pictures

 

Emily Watson

 

Great new wall

 

Henry Winkler

 

Leslie Bibb

 

Brian J. White

 

Matt Lanter

 

An All-Star fade-out

 

Cameron Richardson

 

The son also rises

 

'Reloaded' has firepower at No. 1

 

PBS aims for techies with online NerdTV

 

Collinsworth catches NBC gridiron gig

 

U.K. pix top Edinburgh

 

Better late than never

 

Judges to rule in Van Gogh case

 

Preemptions make syndie sector suffer

 

Oscar tweaks its rule book

 

NHL, NBC back in the game

 

Mob mints music moolah

 

Astral results for qtr., 9 months are heavenly

 

Digital TV is in 60% of Brit homes

 

RTL TV topper names replacement

 

Mexico's scribe strife

 

Gaggle of geeks gabs at confab

 

Moveon.org stirring Plame controversy

 

Teuton firm replacing board members

 

'The Librarian' rides again

 

1955: Tracy ankles 'Tribute' for health reasons

 

Kevin Hagen

 

Brian J. King

 

Freddy Soto

 

Camar TV market cut short

 

Beeb Worldwide slates lifestyle net

 

RGM to manage pix financing fund

 

'Walk' flies to Toronto

 

NBC programs new exec

 

Hong Kong puts up bucks for 'Evil'

 

'Page 3' the pick of Indian pix nods

 

Duna set to launch 2nd sat channel

 

A&E looks into 'Live'

 

Lifetime nets 'Mermaid'

 

Fox likes 'Reckless' behavior

 

Exec veep shifts her focus

 

Odenkirk to captain new HBO laffer

 

Fuse ignites with Fox TV

 

U planning 'Bran' new fantasy pic

 

CanWest's earnings flat but revs rise

 

Shaw Studios bow delayed 9 months

 

Standup guy booked for new Endeavor

 

Disney channels Garner

 

'Chainsaw' fired up

 

'Road' trip booked

 

Blowout for 'Island'

 

ESPY nominees play first

 

Sony's Tick ankles post

 

XM spending more dough

 

Myerson ankles 20th for family business

 

'Happy' to be back

 

Cox's call to arms

 

Bard bash

 

Inside Move: Former NBC exec a Katalyst for change

 

Par for the course

 

NBC U 'House' in order

 

Helmer's piloting for Fox

 

Montreal corners laffs

 

Emmy 2005 Nominees part 2

 

Emmy hot for 'Housewives'

 

Quite a wake-up call

 

Delayed rev action

 

Dearth of comedy no laughing matter

 

Lions Gate buys library

 

Deal dude digs new Par gig

 

S. Africa stamps Snipes 'undesirable'

 

BBC must learn its ABCs

 

Ann Loring

 

Rupe grows Italo prod'n

 

Paul Rudd

 

Eddie Griffin

 

Jonathan Collier

 

Kate Jennings Grant

 

Robert Goodman

 

'Brat' packs wallop

 

Corus' refrain: Big radio, TV gains

 

Edward 'Eddie' Smith

 

India pubcaster gives up monopoly

 

Coin smells sweet to 'Perfume' pic

 

Strike looms at Canuck pubcaster

 

Bavaria axes exec over ads

 

Skip City kicks off all-digital fest

 

FCC delays ownership regs debate

 

Golden ticket sales?

 

'Paradise' slot lost at British fest

 

Sky One orders more 'Cold,' 'Nip'

 

Comicbook films striking up the brand

 

Lions Gate loves Cool J

 

Microsoft game for Marvel deal

 

'Wedding Crashers' Premiere

 

Friends of the High Line 5th Annual Summer Benefit

 

Category conundrum

 

Pair enjoys fruits of previous labor

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
July 15, 2005

 

Saban settles spat over Israeli telco

 

AFTRA cuts national board

 

Grupo Televisa features huge gain

 

FCC hears about Who's lyric

 

IGN'S game for IPO

 

RTL gets a piece of 'Rome' empire

 

Miriam Holzman and Jason Sharman

 

Lisa Blake and Mark R. Harris

 

Corrections

 

New season at Douglas shows solos

 

Newell floats to oater

 

Finally making the cut

 

Heavy mettle: Shiny tie-ins

 

Fox fires up dragon tale

 

Par picks up 'Pilot'

 

Keep homies schooled

 

'Native' hears voices

 

Urban undertaking

 

Court TV unveils evening docket

 

IDT 'Masters' of sci-fi series

 

Pushy Questions For…

 

Trouble floats

 

Thesps aim for Duke bio

 

Cachaca: A User's Guide

 

Helmer gets 'Parasyte'

 

Quinn reads good 'Book'

 

Your yard should taste good

 

'Final' decision for Zeitgeist

 

Sony fingers 'Ringers' doc

 

L.A. ice cream tests tastes

 

Portable Pampering

 

Get A Life

 

Your Car, His Gig

 

'Grand' ratings flap

 

Sogecable nets Euro soccer rights

 

Charles Okun

 

Jack Kosslyn

 

Reviews

Hooking Up

Brat Camp

President of an Empty Room

Chicago

Created By … Inside the Minds of TV's Top Show Creators

Alec Guinness

Turn The Beat Around

Rock Star: INXS

Stephen Sondheim's 75th: The Concert

Fathom

The Island

Fatal Attraction: A Greek Tragedy

The Descent

Wide Angle -- Beslan: Siege of School No. 1

Criss Angel: Mindfreak

Marathon

Groundlings May Be Closer Than They Appear

Lady Windermere's Fan

Dear Brutus

The Lost Domain

Call Me Malcolm

Below Average

Blood, Sweat, and Glitter

Beauty Remains

The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)

Cavite

Crazy n' the City

Both

Coping With Babylon

Doo Wop

The Ape

Fallen

Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Animal

Erosion

The New Breed

White Gardenia

One Missed Call 2

Primo

Mantle

The Wind

Just for Kicks

Trannyshack

Nearing Grace

Sentenced to Marriage