Table of Contents
Week of 09/24/2005

Articles

Seinfeld

 

Fest likes 'Happiness'

 

New SAG prexy grabs center stage

 

Koolhaas

 

Pocket pics

 

Hollywood calling

 

Future for 3G phones is now

 

Stream catchers

 

Tuner fest sings for sell-out crowds

 

'Milosevics' conquers Berlin

 

Tuner's 'Life' lessons

 

B.O. up; 'Piazza' 454g

 

Biz rises; 'Les Miz' 831g

 

Org looks to beef up lean months

 

Tough act to follow

 

Can 'SpongeBob' soak up o'seas auds for Nick?

 

West looking East for confab

 

Russia's Trump gives entrepreneurs 'Chance'

 

Argentina's top host is channel hopping … again

 

Confab becomes fight club

 

Fired journo sues ABC

 

Al Roker looks to tomorrow

 

Risque programs put FX in a fix

 

No clear news? Send in pundits

 

Plugs spring a leak

 

Region gains showbiz visibility

 

Russian fest looks to Asia

 

Helmer follows in father's steps

 

'Cinderella' tries for return perf o'seas

 

Fest makes discoveries

 

Distribs sign on for Sitges

 

Vertigo scales the heights

 

Dubai bows 1st feature

 

DreamWorks: toons in transistion

 

Grand-scale pic preems blew in with the 'Wind'

 

Teuton media of two minds

 

Content kings plug platform

 

Paper cuts leave new biz yelling 'Timber!'

 

Networks' pride goeth in the Fall

 

Can Sony spark as Stringer rewrites?

 

H'wood's coming out, but slowly

 

Days of Wein and roses

 

The MPAA's one-two punch

 

'Geisha' translated for Japan

 

H'wood's new world order

 

Oscar gets newbies

 

'Merry' pick galls rejected producers

 

Shochiku shifts film execs

 

ProSiebenSat 1 lines up Israeli fare

 

'Flight' control

 

WB exec takes on pix, vid

 

Producer pinched over faux show

 

'Chris' rock-solid in UPN bow

 

Sci Fi high on 'Eureka'

 

CPB chief defends his tenure

 

Narnia calls on malls

 

Touchstone is 'Blue' man's group

 

Par brings in marketing muscle from Dimension

 

'Pants' shows off shorts

 

Lola Glaudini

 

Cathy Cahlin Ryan

 

Lane Garrison

 

Gotham festivities

 

Hot 'Chocolate' still a B.O. factory o'seas

 

Nets weather Rita's weakness

 

Montreal fest passes test

 

Mike Connelly, Richard Stumpf, Phil Cialdella

 

James Anderson

 

Paul Guyardo

 

Mike Bergin

 

Brian Altounian

 

Michael Roban

 

Jerome Williams

 

David McKillop

 

Lori J. Coro

 

Rory Parness

 

Wendy Ong

 

Kelly Cline

 

Rachel Falleroni

 

Ina Sorens Clark

 

Lisa Avent

 

Aileen Budow

 

Dave Andrews, Sabri Sansoy

 

Jason Burns

 

Ryan A. Jimenez

 

Kevin O'Donnell

 

Michael Taylor

 

Jamie Saberito

 

Gentle bow, violent movie

 

Swimming with the real sharks

 

'Enthusiasm' on display

 

U.K. kicks up its heels

 

Nicholson takes aud on wild ride

 

Continuing education

 

Job resource

 

Temp work opens screen doors

 

The place to be seen

 

Location London: 'Scenes of a Sexual Nature'

 

Eye on the Hollywood prize

 

Location London: 'Breaking and Entering'

 

Location London: 'The History Boys'

 

De-stress to dodge distress

 

The suite smell of success

 

Mentor program animates hopefuls

 

In praise of celebrity

 

Stage-struck stars

 

Location London: 'Separate Lies'

 

London post

 

Personal touch affects biz

 

DNA evolves into beast with teeth

 

A trip to the beach just got a lot easier

 

London becomes streetwise

 

U.K. gov't taxes film industry's patience

 

Nations unite in Blighty

 

Moving on up

 

Tallman lights on 'Night'

 

'Nerd' herd camps out with scribe

 

An arresting accord

 

'Most Likely' succeeds at Col

 

Inside Move: Levies lawsuit leads Petrie to lash out

 

Inside Move: Not 'Made' for primetime

 

Instant replay for UMG acts

 

Sony plants pix at Asian cabler

 

Viacom alters its world view

 

'Head' games at Fox 2000

 

Fandango goes to gadgets

 

2 special Tonys set

 

'Good Things' goes to H'wood

 

Gaden gets ahead

 

Exec fights for Intermix

 

Inside Move: D'Works won't make U turn just yet

 

Inside Move: Mouse mines investors

 

Fox 2000 goes out on 'Town'

 

Miramax hot for 'Tsotsi'

 

'Garbo' gab

 

Hanson

 

'Lestat' haunts Palace

 

'Smart' star dies

 

Moscow digs indies

 

Berlin mart sets dates

 

Beijing Games stations set

 

Miravista preps Brazil pics

 

'Knife' & 'Sex' best at Italo fest

 

Telefutura turning on the news

 

Busy Beach taking on 'Producers' pic, Bluto

 

Hardwicke joins 'Gang'

 

U.K. showcase returning

 

'Decisiones' skedded for soph sesh

 

"Desperate Housewives" Costume Designer Cate Adair's Armani Reception

 

B'way stages B.O. climb from holiday

 

Brit kudos wowed by home crowd

 

Gaul unveils Cinematheque

 

Google channels 'Chris'

 

MTV dials up Warner vids for cell phones

 

Tommy Bond

 

Jockeying for Stern's slot

 

'Winter' kicks off Woodstock

 

Still in love with 'Wives'

 

Buttons recovering

 

Journo Singer is news at IFC

 

ProSiebenSat 1 sells off travel net

 

Oscar entry forms due

 

Super RTL to rep Disney’s 'Kim'

 

‘Descent’ comes out on top at fest

 

'Idol' contender success rings true

 

Grundy's CEO to ankle in January

 

Evan Walker Craig

 

CPB taps new topper

 

Dawson Ashley Kates

 

Alexander Cole Lee Hayes

 

Celebration Theater skeds lineup

 

John Brabourne

 

India picks 'Paheli' for Oscar race

 

FFC shells out $28 mil for Oz slate

 

Ryan re-elected to IFTA

 

Palm fest ends on high note

 

Techies join Blu blockers

 

Helping Humanity

 

'Milonakis' on the move to MTV2 slot

 

Warner puckers up

 

Fest sets thesp fetes

 

HBO takes its 'Best Chance'

 

Barrett boarding 'School'

 

Revolution fit for a King

 

Mouse boards 'Bridge'

 

A&E hot for 'Boy'

 

Hatchery is hitched to book series

 

Berlusconi escapes

 

Bravo adding pix to the mix

 

New Line has 'Pride'

 

Peacock pops for Brockovich

 

G4 getting its 'Man'

 

ABC shops for weekend bargains

 

Exec to take Sony wireless

 

PR firm a big Priority

 

Discovery Networks elevates exex

 

TriStar retools marketing unit

 

Simon says give coin

 

Don't try this at home

 

Flextech rebuffs bid from BSkyB

 

Mouse House tees off

 

Serene moment

 

'Curse' opens

 

D'Works, Kellogg pact for toons

 

Pubs part of Condι Nast nest

 

Areinoff tapped for Sony

 

L.A. Fashion Week

 

Celebs honor Warwick

 

O'seas kudos crunch

 

NBC-U taps Gerolami for Euro role

 

Grimaldi joins Universal Pictures Video France

 

Danes offer 'Apples' to Oscar voters

 

Football lifts ABC on Monday

 

Telluride Film Festival 2005

 

Balk of the town

 

Fuming over smoke ban

 

Tele 5 switches to pix and a new chief

 

Warner, U double up on Russia, China vids

 

Dutch director's death fazes fest

 

Org building Wall pic with $1.5 mil

 

Loonland forms distrib

 

Foxtel joins card table

 

EFA unveils short noms

 

'Wavered' manages to finish shoot

 

Noms in for Asia Pacific festival

 

Headset future in Motorola's hands

 

For fans of quality, a few encouraging signs

 

Constance Moore

 

Net still good bet as ad growth slows

 

Thomas L. Dammann

 

Playing Trump card

 

Cablers coming under Bunting

 

Alphabet soups up

 

Ratings flood for Fox, CNN

 

Montreal's 3rd fest has best of pix

 

'Wedding' sets a date

 

Cronkite calls to journos

 

Willem van de Sande Bakhuyzen

 

Inside Move: Shamrock dunks deal

 

Conde Nast pulls plug on Vitals mags

 

Dukic helming 'Dance project

 

Low-key farewell for Mouse topper

 

SeaChange shells out

 

WGA chief gets axed in rewrite

 

Feds feed courts with movie piracy arrests

 

Holly Westhoff

 

Park in Disney's Seoul?

 

'Alex' brings down gavel on syndie bows

 

Mike Russo

 

Nat'l archives adds Maltz

 

TNT explodes to 1st as cable hits record

 

Inside Move: 'Dallas' saddling up; Bond field narrows

 

Rainbow arcs o'seas via hirings, U.K. deal

 

Scribe playing 'Solitaire'

 

'Snake' charmer

 

Mouse visits marine world

 

Touchstone cheers for 'Shake'

 

Drama skeins get N run

 

Bar tender inks at Fox

 

HBO throws gang 'Party'

 

Par counts on Forster for '36'

 

Fox forges 'Family' tie

 

Cattle Prods. is beefing up

 

TWI links with Endeavor

 

Infospace taps prexy

 

Martha home for the holidays

 

Gwyneth Paltrow

 

Royal welcome for 'Narnia'

 

Tuesday tussle a tight one

 

Insane enthusiasm

 

MTV Europe unveils music noms

 

NBC U names Euro, Latam execs

 

1957: Bogart's last goodbye

 

Brittany Snow

 

Brian Goodman

 

Rebecca Mader

 

Charlie Murphy

 

Nia Peeples

 

Rex Linn

 

Confab gab session takes on new media

 

Cablevision's facing strike

 

'Fire' to ignite on Broadway

 

Village Voice nabs Morales

 

'Stories on 5 Stories' taps scribes

 

Black on the 'Fast' track

 

MTV talks its way into Canada

 

ABC's 'Chief' wins popular vote

 

Film fest will usher in Vancouver venue

 

MTV, Sprint connecting for content

 

Venice vet set to lead Rio fest jury

 

Maisel makes a marvelous leap

 

Tune biz showing short legs

 

'Somne' gets distrib

 

Biz school unspools

 

Fest caters to kids

 

'Hairspray' meeting its maker

 

Media mull blogs' role

 

Martha chief sees 'Apprentice' souffle

 

French news channel banks coin for launch

 

IATSE performs 'Makeover'

 

USA orders another round of '4400'

 

Ludacris hosting XM show

 

'Reel' airs real soon

 

Fuel picks up Habit

 

Mexico asks U.S. to arrest fugitive exec

 

Oscar's early call

 

Net says 'I do' to 'Bridezillas'

 

Filmmakers learn to sell

 

Kristine Kunze and Tom Quirk

 

Ken Lawson, Steve MacDonald

 

Nicholas Hanks

 

Dennis Hoffman

 

Liz Nealon, Terry Fitzpatick

 

Shanti Das

 

Jeannie Bendel

 

'Barry' finds leading man

 

Vivid porn doc pops over to Playboy

 

Par takes whack at 'Pirates'

 

Zellweger to get her Beatrix fix

 

HBO goin' with Owen

 

Disney won't shift windows

 

Music biz won't sink teeth into swappers

 

Frog finds a money man

 

Warner taps music maven

 

Helmer cooks 'Breakfast'

 

German fund house raided

 

D'Works toons up executive suite

 

Fox fine with more jail time

 

Bigger isn't better

 

'Capote' cast capers

 

Screening series kicks up heels

 

U places 'Two' bets

 

'Blue' bows

 

'Trailer' tuner opens on B'way

 

Head honchos lend a hand

 

NBA TV sets pre-season blast

 

Helmer donates to LMU

 

Ed Harris

 

Rivkin gets brain reins

 

Spain selects 'Obaba' for Oscar race

 

'Private' entrance for Italo Oscar pic

 

'Lost' helps ABC roll Wednesday

 

Molina to star in Marber play

 

Cherry picks 'Faith' as next B'way outing

 

'Drowsy Chaperone' sets cast

 

Premiere of "No Direction Home: Bob Dylan"

 

The foreign legions

 

Staff shoots down CBC's new offer

 

'Lost' still looms large

 

Mun2 reveals fall lineup

 

Low tech movie marketing in a high-tech world

 

Daly, Slattery 'Hole' up on Broadway

 

'Dolittle' closes curtain

 

Mandarin opens 'Gate' on Yip pic

 

Jewish kudos for Fisher

 

AFI dates 'Casanova'

 

Blake's role grows at Sony

 

Linda Mendoza

 

Premiere stakes go on the block

 

Stephen Dunham

 

Lolas say hola to earlier kudos slot

 

Berlin fest extends 'Net deadline

 

Abigail Spencer

 

Oz drama no longer feeling 'Blue'

 

Lauren Stern

 

Al Ruscio

 

Jon Keeyes

 

Correction

 

Fox fosters crime time

 

Emmis unplugging four TV stations

 

Azteca asking for 'Academia' auditions

 

UPN names a drama queen

 

Resfest

 

Aqua actioner races space saga

 

Pix get das boot

 

Mets' regional net will take to the field

 

Tube time hits record high

 

Buckley, Hitchens books on hook for Karp imprint