Table of Contents
Week of 09/10/2005

Articles

Peta

 

'Mountain' tops Venice

 

Pagliacci

 

Making management history

 

B'way ups & downs

 

Biz down; 'Mamma' 865g

 

Best summer since '01

 

Cost of My Sky DVR is sky high

 

Blighty rivals link up for free satcaster

 

20th Century Fox does the Scandi splits

 

Aussies debate local TV content

 

Muslim cleric beams out moderate message in Iran

 

Kiwis get juiced up on locally made drama

 

Films roll on teutonic tube

 

Webs ready to revive Friday night

 

VH1 gives celebs 15 more mins.

 

Emmys fall prey to 'Idol' worship

 

Eye of the storm

 

FilmFour all fired up

 

Oscar hopefuls romance Gauls

 

Wales launches studio, theme park

 

Distribs hungry for 'Be With Me'

 

Weinsteins on Asia kick

 

Foreign auds eat up 'Chocolate,' 'Mad'

 

Plexes, pix ramp up in Moscow

 

CIC was forerunner

 

Breakup raises stakes

 

Ratings rivalries channeled changes in TV

 

Ukraine lays down law of the 'Land'

 

Bumpy ride for the mouse

 

Oscar faves pick 'Rose'

 

H'w'd and B'way's love-hate relationship

 

Bond hopeful hits the books

 

A warm find for cold Jedi knights

 

Vid auds deliver 'Transporter'

 

Princely sums for News, TW

 

D.C. gig the splice of life for MPAA chief

 

Seconds count at fest

 

'March' madness o'seas

 

Ogres & vampires

 

B'way opens screen door

 

KT dials up Sidus deal

 

'Swords' fall on WB Japan

 

Satmex's hopes take wing with bird launch

 

Thailand mines Oscar entry

 

Norwegian plots 'Rebellion' period

 

Back for seconds?

 

MS dinner at new site

 

Sena signs to conjure Col 'Witch'

 

Arnold has to figure out game plan

 

'Reunion' makes the grade on Thursday

 

Supreme sacrifice

 

'Chocolate' sweetens its o'seas B.O.

 

B.O. gives devil his due: $30M

 

Leslie Bibb

 

Scott Wilson

 

Huntley Ritter

 

Bidders light up

 

Hader, Samberg join 'SNL'

 

Mansridge to receive ADG Lifetime Achievement Award

 

JTN fetes Mosko with Vision Award

 

Villaraigosa to grand marshal Christmas parade

 

Docs on the docket

 

'Pirates' pair pique auds at Toronto fest

 

'Kismet' in the stars as Encores! opener

 

Dubai adds programmers

 

DeDe Lea

 

Russell Kline

 

Tanya Seghatchian

 

David Sacks

 

Jamie Romandia

 

Nira Park

 

Andrew Panay

 

Alan Moloney

 

Julie Lynn

 

David Greathouse

 

Ram Bergman

 

Rene Bastian & Linda Moran

 

Introduction

 

The Europeans: Andras Hamori

 

The Europeans: Cedomir Kolar

 

The Europeans: Jeremy Thomas

 

The Europeans: Stephen Woolley

 

Meet the Euro-helmers

 

Euro folk eye U.S. market

 

Euro fund boosts attention seekers

 

Product place mint

 

Scribe cops new TV beat

 

Searchlight nabs 'Scrolls'

 

Moore's men team up

 

'Dynamite' thesp hears 'Mama' call

 

USA puts up its 'Dukes'

 

Shingle goes for laughs

 

Anderson gets revenge in Brit pic

 

Kaplan seeds Applehead with Barkins

 

Dish kicks off NFL Net deal

 

Par sez bully to Teddy bio

 

Peace arch captures Wolf

 

'Crash' breaks through at Deauville

 

I-Emmys to interact with Mip on kudos

 

Czech list of pix growing

 

'Deadwood' gets Creative

 

Disney park opens amid controversy

 

Andre Kristoff

 

Corpse

 

D.C. theater produces a capital season

 

Division of labor

 

N.Y.'s stage managers

 

Foster, Engel join 'Chaperone'

 

Bruce Butler, Scott Belmont

 

Cyriac Roeding

 

David Kipen

 

Bob Reid

 

Kimberly Fitzgerald

 

Lance Ford

 

Mimi Slavin

 

Paul Miloknay

 

Lewis Bernstein, Daniel Victor

 

Sean Cocchia

 

Hong Kong kisses Mickey

 

Szabo takes mike for Militans lecture

 

Ad world

 

HBO home to more 'Rome'

 

Holiday pinches Broadway

 

Sports win Sunday

 

CNN, Time banking online

 

Plump 'Pillow' pays off

 

McSweeny to helm 'Dr. Sex'

 

'Tarzan' swings into Rodgers theater

 

Thesps sign on for Alliance

 

Seven kicks off suit

 

Mouse TV taps senior VP

 

A deal is a deal. . .unless it isn't

 

Intermedia steps up pact with Kadokawa

 

TV Azteca pays up

 

SAG salutes Black

 

Rubin will take to Sky as anchor

 

BBC, Granada deal for series

 

Vid Island lands biz

 

San Seb lauds pair

 

Ontario nabs grants

 

Nat Joseph

 

Venice turns into a party town

 

'Adam' calls to Schrader

 

Correction

 

Another side of 'Pride'

 

'Rose' courts horror crowd

 

UIP floats Park's 'Gromit'

 

Fortissimo in mood for 'Mayhem'

 

L.A. goes on major power trip

 

XM lines up for hockey deal

 

Offshore setting sail with a trio of anchors

 

King roast plays Trump card

 

Here! reins in 'Queens'

 

Dew docu takes U turn

 

More fare for 'Prison' pair

 

Par exec segues to Fox

 

Icahn: Time for change

 

Brosnan bonds with Icon for 'Seraphim'

 

Town teeming with talent

 

Slamdance turns on TV

 

Gotham prod'n perks pitched at Toronto

 

A guy walks into a bar

 

H'w'd has a heart

 

Warner spies 'Nancy Drew'

 

Music makes Emmys sing

 

Finishing touches at last

 

'Heaven'-ly preem

 

'Dead' again

 

Emmy sales ignite o'seas

 

Sandoval headlines hurricane benefit

 

Brits take on Hendrix case

 

Seizure of Brit-pirated DVDs shoot up 133%

 

Clarence Gatemouth Brown

 

Viv U continues its comeback

 

HDNet greenlights seven projects

 

Endemol IPO revs up

 

Bennett Thomson

 

Pigskin pumps Alphabet, Fox

 

Sitcoms aren't dead but they're ailing

 

German film-TV export revs up

 

Jerry gets last laugh

 

Russia courts Distraction

 

B'casters discuss digital advances

 

Kinsley out on 'bitter note'

 

Rupe trooper rallies around demo deals

 

Trio signs to direct remade van Gogh pix

 

A new voice for Warners

 

Teutonic tykes explore new Nick

 

Mouse on H.K. park lark

 

Indie music labels try to harmonize

 

'Martha' sizzles in syndie

 

'War' comes home

 

'Fantasy Island' set for release

 

Globetrotters pact with Warner

 

'Exciting' Par tops talk

 

Pizzo new Independent topper

 

'Flight' takes off

 

Chris Schenkel

 

Searchlight ignites

 

'Loser' wins o'seas

 

Sirius rings up cell deal

 

MTV wants its hi-def channel

 

Varney's pix back in mix

 

Nasso post place to unspool

 

Negotiation start date cast for Oct. 6

 

Hartmann cracks Code

 

Laff net lifts two to sr.VP

 

'C.R.A.Z.Y.' sales for pic

 

Helmer takes on 'Legend' for WB

 

'Brass' in pocket

 

NBC goes back to school

 

Skeds get Bush-whacked

 

'Race' puts co-creator in fast lane

 

UPN shakes up Thurs. sked

 

IATSE takes a write turn

 

Hire has CNBC in the Pink

 

Bewkes talks up one vision vs. breakup

 

Helming gig for Blanchett

 

Sony wires House for biz

 

London Film Festival grabs 'Grimm,' 'Line'

 

Random House plucks publishers

 

Strix TV finds buyers for 'Paradise'

 

Rebelfest lauds 'Limite,' 'Reverb'

 

The Premiere of "An Unfinished Life"

 

French fraternity

 

Neudecker at EM.TV

 

Claxson logs tube time on Intel service

 

MTV Intl. turns up volume

 

Arclight puts faith in 'Father'

 

1955: Out and about with Brando

 

HFPA & exhib chain offer aid

 

Anne Heche

 

Kat Dennings

 

Steven R. McQueen

 

Jason Behr, Elias Koteas, Rhona Mitra, others

 

Lions Gate in a bid to spruce up Image

 

D'Works will rely on animal instinct

 

Disney plays blame game

 

Fox's 'House' catches fire

 

Dealmaking winds down at Toronto

 

Buzz builds for indie biz

 

ESPN rounding bases

 

ShowEast to salute Stembler

 

Charts still point in West's direction

 

Lachey leaps on Frog deal

 

CPB called on to increase accountability

 

Correction

 

Thornton tapped as veep for BVTV

 

Inside Move: Rapper is ripe for reality

 

'Tortoise' in Walden toon pond

 

Thou shalt helm for FX

 

Short on list for 'Santa'

 

Agency corrals N.Y. dealmaker

 

H'w'd fest off with a 'Bang'

 

'The Losers' wins its way to WB

 

Mouse meets its 'Dan' man

 

'News' needs fixing

 

New picture for Sony TV

 

'Pirates' pic unbuckled

 

L.A. Opera's high note

 

'Folks' gather in Gotham

 

Pic's 'Proof' positive

 

Turner, BET read Lions Gate's 'Diary'

 

Town tones down

 

A master of cinema

 

Cell phone users find 'Lost'

 

Walkman's an also-ran in MP3 foot-race

 

Canucks' pix pluck

 

China's focus of piracy push

 

Christopher 'Kit' James Halls

 

Aisley Lauren Eisner

 

Intertainment faces suit over loan

 

Jake Satchel Levin

 

Jacob Fenton

 

Seth Gabel

 

Molly Sims

 

Julia Garro

 

Tyro Montreal fest unspools

 

NBC U ups Gardner to senior VP

 

Fox 'Dances' on top

 

B'way silences 'Lennon'

 

'Sun' shines on B'way

 

Wise demise looms over San Seb retro

 

Seasonal surge

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
Sept. 16, 2005

 

'Rwanda' vying for Euro nod

 

Brit scribe urges exex to get 'Lost'

 

'Heart' is gold for Miramax

 

Microsoft clicking with AOL

 

Guy Green

 

Neuwirth washes 'Ashore'

 

Mazzie reunites with Mitchell

 

Oh goes Off B'way

 

Meredith Gordon and Justin Hochberg

 

MTV's content with Baas for Nick

 

Lake will be located at Busan expo

 

Thesp named fest deputy director

 

Lauren A. Miller and Travis J. Brown

 

Angela R. Bundrant and Ron Turner

 

Stacey B. Davis and Barry L. Levy

 

Helmer ankles rap pic days before lensing

 

Pie Town to sugar exex

 

IFC sticking with Rollins

 

Baker suited for 'Prada'

 

Food Net serves up new 'Star'

 

Cannes taps Demier

 

TCM to air pix in Wise tribute

 

Pair calls Fox home

 

Rags to riches

 

Broadway TV still flies at Peacock

 

Inside Move: Is Running Man planning a sequel?

 

Inside Move: Biz on Mississippi mission

 

Pushy questions for…

 

Mouse and Mandeville mate

 

Working Title molding 'Fold'

 

Breaking British bonds

 

Postmodern homes, fresh from the factory

 

Showtime locates two leading ladies

 

It's in the stars

 

A wine weekend well spent

 

Pretty in polo

 

MTV ups research maven

 

Get a Life

 

A cask of thousands

 

Hola to Latin auds

 

Disney clicks on digital pix

 

Susan Lambert and Richard Hatem

 

Dog

 

'Cloud' sails toward the Oscars

 

Oscar run for Korean hit

 

Pi pounces on Ponce's pic

 

Swedish fish more coin for industry

 

Shadows of Suburbia

 

 

WGAE votes Albers prexy

 

ESPN moving into LA Live complex

 

Sid Luft

 

Cordoba new American Capital of Culture

 

Fox Sports en Espanol going bi-lingual

 

Joseph Daruty

 

Fred Ahlert Jr.

 

Reviews

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

Bones

Head Cases

Supernatural

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Lost: The Complete First Season

Crash

Pay Up

A Few Good Men

Ben-Hur

Oliver Twist

Ring of Fire

The World's Fastest Indian

The Grand Duchess

The Dead Guy

Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story

Shopgirl

Pride & Prejudice

Holy Cross Sucks

Blues for Mister Charlie

Working Man's Death

The Caucasian Chalk Circle

13 (Tzameti)

Pink Martini; Bebel Gilberto; L.A. Philharmonic

George Clinton & Parliament/ Funkadelic

Revolver

Edward II

The Breadwinner

Mary

Thank You for Smoking

North Country

Hell

Musikanten

Tideland

7 Virgins

I Pagliacci

Beggars in the House of Plenty

Passion Play, a Cycle

The Quiet

Writing On The Earth