Table of Contents
Week of 08/27/2005

Articles

Barrington breaks out

 

'Silence!' is golden

 

'Merry' music men

 

Biz slides; 'Wicked' wins

 

B.O. up; attendance off

 

Alliance heats up competish

 

Clarin gobbles up pay TV players

 

Fashion designer tailors show

 

Fresh 'Scandal' hits South African soaps

 

It's all in the way they sell it

 

'Star' lights up auds in Iraq

 

Mondays get manic

 

Crew cut in news biz

 

Unions say hola to b'casters

 

Rainbow widens Voom spectrum

 

Local news: It's not all cop chases

 

Rossiya ramps up feature prod'n

 

'Sons' hits chord in Brazil

 

Teuton pic fund touts health

 

Televisa boosts U.S. plans

 

MTV ready to 'Get Rich'

 

'Island' establishes o'seas beachhead

 

Tax rebate proves unpopular

 

Over time, Venice fest floats Hollywood's boat

 

Fox fashions 'OC' attire for eager auds

 

Leigh legiter hooks London

 

Casting site keeps it real

 

Producers cast their Lot as solo distribs

 

Rebel nets still fretting over Fritts

 

Unique track for jock doc

 

DVD biz hammered by high-def headaches

 

Silver screen eyes Silvio double bill

 

Euro toehold turns into major footprint

 

China pulls rug out from Rupe

 

Arnold's muscle melts

 

Shun of a preacher man

 

Building up to Burning Man

 

Webs willing to try anything

 

Tuner fest gets fresh with auds

 

TV tryouts grow into band aids

 

As simple as ABC

 

Fests become promo partners

 

Burning desires

 

Playwright Wilson ailing

 

'Virgin' territory

 

'Truck' gets into gear

 

PGA makes a date for kudos

 

FX gets its fix of Fox pix

 

Fall Primetime Schedule 2005-06

 

Weinsteins tap praiser

 

New 'Life' for '50s reality

 

Spielberg tackles other 'Worlds'

 

Verhoeven homes in

 

Stewart makes a break for daytime

 

Sanitized 'Sex,' 'South Park' all set

 

Envelope pushers

 

Upcoming originals

 

Tyler James Williams, 'Everybody Hates Chris'

 

UPN: 'Chris' can't miss with critics

 

WB: Frog relying on lead-in lineage

 

Fox: Playing with 'House' money

 

NBC: Peacock pleads for patience

 

CBS: Crime rampant on new sked

 

ABC: Alphabet still in returning mode

 

Timeslot battles

 

Scare tactics

 

Laughs end comedy drought

 

Fierce fight for first

 

Virginia Madsen

 

Thomas Haden Church

 

When in 'Rome'

 

Lee Pace

 

Bahar Soomekh

 

Jane Seymour, Zoe Saldana, Taryn Manning, more

 

Line forms Here!

 

Adrienne Frantz

 

'Baxter' bash gets its guys

 

Wenders' wheels

 

Kanin stays org topper

 

O'seas auds put 'Island' on the map

 

Purchase posse fields full team for Toronto

 

Marking a milestone

 

Rocky Mountain high

 

Bi-lateral diplomacy

 

Ghibli built frame by frame

 

Ghibli fights to draw big auds in U.S., Europe

 

Venice lionizes animation guru

 

Vision for Venice includes market

 

Asia's 'Spielberg' returns

 

Ferretti to brave Italian heat as chief juror

 

Circle the dragons

 

Org lays plans for a changing Lido

 

'Casanova' seduces location and gala slot

 

Asian invasion

 

New Montreal Film Festival: Playing with dolls

 

Montreal World Film Festival: Terror tale

 

Battle royale

 

Spotlight: Bahamas Int'l Film Festival

 

Sloan: Desperately seeking science

 

Payback time

 

Spotlight: Hawaii Int'l Film Festival celebrates silver anni

 

Mind the gaps

 

Sponsor traffic crowds fest lane

 

Circuit jammed

 

'Toy' on Mouse's X-mas list

 

Lit lion offers his latest biz musings

 

'Hot' time in Africa

 

Birt's words irk festgoers at Edinburgh

 

Public Eye is on CBS

 

WB orders shot of 'Whiskey'

 

TNT ties up drama pilot on hostages

 

Shermans go original route

 

Disney skips into 'Dutch'

 

Inside Move: Star gets away from city in the Hamptons

 

Frog goes undercover

 

Rudin books tyro novel

 

Emmy news for local nets

 

Probe draws in Pixar

 

Teuton B.O. slumps on tepid H'w'd fare

 

MTV vid kudos dampened

 

Nets sponsor Gotham TV fest

 

Fox at the Oscars

 

It's better to give

 

Selling the sizzle

 

Hands across the water

 

Competing with the big boys

 

In the pipeline

 

For Harper, trust equals stability

 

Dunn deal

 

Director-driven

 

Grace under pressure

 

Gianopulos' world view

 

Eyes on the prize

 

Wild at heart

 

Trickle down management

 

Tale of two chairs

 

Kings of the world face off

 

Spanning the Centuries at Fox

 

Laura Breckenridge, 'Related'

 

Mehcad Brooks, 'Desperate Housewives'

 

Emily Deschanel, 'Bones'

 

Jennifer Finnigan, 'Close to Home'

 

Wentworth Miller, 'Prison Break'

 

Josh Radnor, 'How I Met Your Mother'

 

Lisa Sheridan, 'Invasion'

 

Ray Stevenson, 'Rome'

 

Nadine Velazquez, 'My Name Is Earl'

 

Fox fire

 

British 'Dukes'

 

'Tsotsi' hot in Scotland

 

TF1 takes on U.S. series

 

Venice pix get promo funding

 

Bangkok fest welcomes trio

 

San Sebastian taps 12

 

'Phantom' nears longevity record

 

Indigo colors exec plans for L.A. office

 

B'way biz wilts in the heat

 

Indie unit mines N.M. load lode

 

Clooney bets big in Vegas

 

Fringe Fest keeps growing

 

Tonino Delli Colli

 

EFA to mount own Euro pic kudos

 

PEN nod spots Kaufman

 

EM.TV sues its former CEO again

 

ProSiebenSat.1 net profits up 38%

 

Mike Weinblatt

 

'Live' top pic at Copenhagen fest

 

William Gleason

 

Carlos Perez

 

Ruth Hampton

 

New BBC1 topper eyes U.S. shows

 

Sarajevo festival falls for 'Lady'

 

Doc 'Rising' at Lumina

 

Cablers getting Regal treatment

 

Mexico City cuts filming's red tape

 

Teuton tightening

 

Macie Liela McPherson

 

Ernest Lehman memorial

 

Par promotes 'ET' producer

 

Berlin fest taps Rohnke

 

Cabler on target with Macchio

 

'World' turns to Christmas

 

A monster of a role

 

U cozies up with Apatow

 

Fox TV makes 'Moron'

 

Scribes, Eye don't blink in talks

 

'Me' time at Searchlight

 

Lord of cha-ching

 

Rock you like a hurricane

 

Anyone for tennis?

 

Steamy, steamy night

 

'Gentlemen' callers

 

Cast's good for 'Psyche'

 

AZN double teams with NBA

 

U understands love

 

Bartok exits Cinematheque for 'Ashes'

 

Inside Move: Brothers light Fuse for cable foray

 

Lisa Pam Rudikoff and Daniel Charles Price

 

'Moon,' 'Miss' hit High Point

 

Chow chews over 'Hustle' sequel

 

Good morning, Telemundo

 

Chinese crackdown

 

Teutonic film, TV players face future

 

No certainties for pols in prod'n roulette

 

Free net kicks in at Premiere

 

Spalding set for Fremantle

 

Hong Kong hits gong for Disneyland bow

 

'Tsotsi' courting Oscar

 

Gee Wally, that's swell

 

Bernsen offers 'Carpool' ride

 

Butler at U's service

 

Maverick says Amen to deal

 

'Prison' breaks out in Fox preem

 

Toronto checks into 'Hostel'

 

Pix mix packaged for Sundance net

 

NFL kicks off 9/11 tribute

 

Merv, indies do a 'Rain' dance

 

Icahn's itch pumps TW

 

Venice on high alert

 

Times taps legit critic

 

Scribe tribe screed

 

Cable, web ad it up

 

Katrina's wake

 

Nets take rain check on disaster fare

 

Newsies converge on Bayou

 

HBO 'Rome' ratings not built in a day

 

'Lost' DVD Launch

 

Weinsteins take a 'Shot'

 

Endemol exec dials mobile media chat

 

Jim dandy for 'Guys'

 

Thesp accepts 'Mission' gig

 

Boston Film Fest trims down

 

Cartoon net draws on Andre

 

I/D PR taps MGM exec

 

Savannah fest to fete Falk

 

Contentious kudos killed

 

'Middle' man to Par

 

Leguizamo scrubs up for 'ER' duty

 

MTV 'Wild' for Cannon

 

Duo makes Fox's day

 

NBA TV nets Hall of Fame

 

US Open

 

Pinewood feeling the red

 

Thesp Sheard dies

 

Pubcaster fare gets Oz aud's OK

 

Festival's indie bent

 

TF1 slices debt, increases profit

 

U rolls in Rock deal

 

MediaCorp taps CEO

 

NonStop's a classic

 

Discovery HDTV set

 

CNBC pumps up PR unit

 

NBA TV rolls with 5 docs on Trotters

 

Peter Fonda

 

Alexander Siddig

 

Cheri Oteri, Amy Poehler, John Larroquette, more

 

Marisa Coughlan

 

Jason Stuart

 

Ross Patterson

 

Long lineup at shorts fest

 

Glitz & glam at Venice fest

 

Must-carry a must for NAB

 

Duff still 'Wanted' in second week

 

'Under' taker to stage

 

All the dish on 'Duma'

 

Mouse taps exec veepee

 

Woodstock fest to fete a maverick

 

Mercury drives a Landmark deal

 

Indie Genius swims in $30 mil fountain

 

Feore, Bedford top Stratford lineup

 

Big media + big bucks = Big Easy boost

 

Orbitz travels to Turner pact

 

A battle for good hearts

 

'Wonderful' coming to L.A.

 

Hanna helming 'Taste'

 

Goodbye to Good Morning

 

9/11 aftershocks

 

L.A. jazzed up over McBride

 

Writing on the wall

 

Two make surgical strike for Weinsteins

 

INXS, ICM making music

 

Ducard into Lions' den

 

Lesbian action hero is Here!

 

Kidtoon adds 2 WB titles

 

Duo follow 'Golden' rule

 

'Proof's' is in the casting

 

U's 'Blues' on new mission

 

Good mornings

 

An Army of supporters

 

A salute to Army

 

52 years in that three-dot daily slot

 

Puppy love in the park

 

'Model' behavior

 

Send in the clowns

 

S.F. raids Lincoln Center

 

The ballad of John

 

Searchlight sips 'Water'

 

Cinecon

 

U.S. pix losing out on Nordic turf

 

Telluride tells U.S. tales

 

James Franco

 

Christopher Lambert

 

Adam Beach

 

Nicholas Lea

 

Kelly Overton, Camille Guaty

 

Davis tapped at RBI

 

Madsen set for kudos at Rebelfest

 

IBC will fete Nine topper Chisholm

 

Org planning China antipiracy push

 

It's Clooney's 'Night'

 

CBS hooked on podcasts

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
Sept. 2, 2005

 

One last gasp for summer

 

'Cinderella' puts on gloves abroad

 

CBC resumes talks, yanks mini

 

Sogepaq's aboard 'Sud Express'

 

Swedish Fantastic fest fullest ever

 

Shakira leads MTV's Latam noms

 

Teutons tout tax incentives for pix

 

No go for high def

 

Breaking 'The Da Vinci Code'

 

 

 

BCBG BevHills Opening

 

Hartford reads out sked

 

2 to develop at City Lights

 

Tribeca hosts Sloan Summit

 

Hunger strike wins film coin fight

 

Editors cut a union deal

 

Get a life

 

Riding the storm

 

Kingsley set for London

 

Mixed-up drinks

 

Rupe hits web snag

 

Scent of a woman

 

Yarn and Zen

 

Marina makeover

 

Bluesman Burnside succumbs at 78

 

Child's play

 

UPN revamps program staff

 

Smoke 'em if you've got 'em

 

Levy plays some '21' with Sony

 

Inside Move: Telethon delayed

 

Inside Move: 'Reba' pay tiff ends

 

Pushy Questions for...

 

Telluride

 

Sleuth on trail of pix

 

Frustrations voiced on tube

 

Reviews

Summer Rain

Who's the Daddy?

The Man Himself

The Cosby Show Season 1

Roseanne: The Complete First Season

Platform

Downfall

Weekdays

Voice

Rules of Dating

Murk

Snoop Dogg; Red Hot Chili Peppers

Dr. Dolittle

Belly of a Drunken Piano

Two Gentlemen of Verona

Bata-Ville: We Are Not Afraid of the Future

Tierney Sutton Band

Proof

Honour

Lilo & Stitch 2

Fate of the Monarchs

Klonsky and Schwartz

Abyssinia

Children of Beslan

John Mellencamp; John Fogerty

The Pearl

Awakening From The Dead

Borderline Lovers

Well-Tempered Corpses

Go West

A Song of Innocence

The Kukum

Lady Zee