Table of Contents
Week of 10/01/2005

Articles

Ed Ruscha at MoCA

 

"Irma la Douce"

 

Chi guys have eye on the big time

 

Empty Space finds home

 

Courting Stoppard

 

Oprah heats branding iron

 

Biz up; 'Phantom' 1.3m

 

B.O. Rises; 'Wicked' tops

 

Arena stages coup, nabbing rights to 'Yesterday'

 

Show bellies up to its own bar

 

Teaching producers is a contact sport

 

Don't judge 'Judy' on looks

 

Malay clerics, pols have trouble with reality

 

Internet TV trials widen scope in China

 

ABC takes alpha role in 4th qtr.

 

Digital still way off mark

 

Young auds dial 'Drama'

 

USA ready to wrestle for top spot

 

Making the case for news

 

Saturday night fever

 

Chinese co-prod'n takes relaxed approach

 

Brits invest in Bollywood pic

 

No. 9 finds White knight

 

Exhibs sound off at Gallic confab

 

'Chocolate' continues to sweeten B.O.

 

Mips clicked as small screen turned big biz

 

Mouse counts on year-end bait

 

Univision signals exec succession

 

The deal that wasn't real

 

H'w'd hits turbulence with flights of fancy

 

New FCC chairman preps his indecent proposal

 

Window pains clarified

 

Diamond biz draws 'Blood'

 

Oscar's fest-dressed list

 

Holiday hand-wringing

 

Going for the max

 

Ritchie takes a shot

 

Pushing his 'Luck'

 

Thesp asks for more

 

Event serves up charity

 

Cave, Pearce make 'Proposition'

 

A plane weekend

 

Par has a Blu-ray day

 

Lillywhite lands diskery deal

 

Spark lights a capital fuse

 

Josephson finds a home

 

Stringer bullish on company's renaissance

 

Inside Move: L.A. Times gives an ad-driven wet kiss

 

ProSieben's boards balk at bid price

 

Fridays take a dramatic turn

 

Scrambling skeins

 

Meet the men of magic

 

Governator snaps back at paparazzi

 

Szabo offers warning to filmmakers

 

Nick Stahl

 

Elisabeth Harnois

 

Columbus Short

 

Paula Garces

 

Lucky Luke gallops to bigscreen in Gaul

 

China boots pirate

 

WBITD ups Garcia to Latam VP-gm

 

Holroyd hired at pic talent agency

 

IdtV pacts in China

 

MTG takes GES stake

 

NonStop Star debuts

 

Producer held in theft

 

Boost in HK pic coin

 

Star shines on antv

 

'Death' focus on stars

 

O'seas can't get enough 'Chocolate'

 

Ruby Grace Hodenfield

 

Playwright Wilson dies

 

Japan rolls 'Bones' for Oscar contention

 

'Mepris' makes debut

 

Caroline LaDage

 

Avalon Leone Bookstaver

 

Max J.W. Allen

 

Joshua Douglas Haynes

 

TiVo execs ankle key units

 

Firm taps Miramax vet

 

Theater League's Bernstein will step down

 

Ruddy ready to fight again

 

Its work at an end, DCI closes shop

 

New Line will groom 'Heir'

 

Sci Fi sees 'Saw,' other Lions Gate pix

 

HBO commits to divorce

 

Aloni shift stirs roster

 

Turner makes Wright move

 

Liberty buys Cablecom

 

Paul Reiser

 

Cabler NTL antes up $6 bil for Telewest

 

Digital music market booms

 

ABC hot on typical Sunday

 

Crowe hosts Oz kudocast

 

Canuck pubcaster, union come to terms

 

The rise of Rosenblatt

 

New riff: Bowing All Music challenges MTV

 

NBC U names Euro, Latam execs

 

Korean pix top Asia fest kudos

 

Berlin fest books fair

 

'Sex' skein spins for Fox TV LatAm

 

Mexico's fans huddle up with NFL

 

H'w'd fest fetes Keaton

 

Rogue pair get creative

 

WB, Imax are 'Happy' together

 

Time Inc. chief to pen tome on Plame case

 

Music fans burn CD biz

 

Nets on deck with playoffs

 

'Heist' pilot a steal for NBC

 

Richard E. Cunha

 

Pix change plans in Katrina's wake

 

Russian troupe lets the cat out of the bag

 

Herbert J. Wright

 

Fox News firms up Ailes' army

 

Don Adams memorial

 

John McCabe

 

Dimension taps Biber

 

WGA doc award returns for February reception

 

Sony, Martha duet for Xmas

 

Fox plucks pan-regional pic

 

Lost in translation

 

Skein gets day in Court

 

WE hoping for a royal flush

 

Kitchen crew stirs

 

Fox shows off 'Shoes'

 

Comic Russell dies

 

Barbra holds court for the kids

 

Spike TV makes big play for Kay

 

Beethoven's letters linger

 

CAA lures McConaughey

 

La Salle scrubs in at CBS

 

Par just wild about 'Wet'

 

Cheng to lead Alphabet unit

 

WB ups Gregorian to global marketing EVP

 

Clooney, Nicita honored

 

ABC renews 'Kimmel'

 

Inside Move: L.A. subs hear 'Desperate' telenovela

 

USC marks 25 years of Stark

 

'Cavite' wins at Woodstock

 

Steady as she goes for Broadway grosses

 

Correction

 

Paul McCartney, Live

 

NBC pulls 'Inconceivable'

 

'Torrente' washes out Spain B.O. record

 

'Prison,' 'Vegas' shine Monday

 

NBC counts on 'Earl'

 

Fireworks blowout

 

Fortissimo puts Hart in Sharp pics

 

Italo thesp has 'Tiger' by the tail

 

FID taps two for int'l sales

 

CEOs step up piracy battle

 

Celeste inks deal with ABC Radio Networks

 

SevenOne gets 'Clever!' to CCTV

 

Hof fest calls 'Dogs'

 

Star taps kid skeins

 

No opening act for U2 on Conan

 

Auds tire of friendship with 'Joey'

 

Distribs 'Rising' to occasion

 

New-look INXS books tour

 

NBC Intl. taps 2 for Euro sales

 

ABC strong out of the gate

 

Action Jackson

 

Blum shingle taps execs

 

'Banks' draws more interest in 2nd week

 

IATSE, Showtime pact

 

Godfather of soul feels good about doc

 

Bravo sends up memoirs

 

Vid helmers 'Kidnapped'

 

U's 'Dupree' finds father

 

Harryhausen pics coming to life

 

'Ruxpin' rights go to First National

 

Brown finds home at Sony

 

Touchstone deal in order for 'Law' duo

 

Sundance pic 'Game 6' finds kindred spirit

 

M. Berlusconi upped to chair

 

Sci-fi guy follows primal instinct

 

Second thoughts for 'Deja Vu'

 

Reo set for trio of laffers

 

WB hatches dual species

 

Celebs help Miss. rebound

 

Two more ink with CAA

 

TV Land preps black special

 

Auction looms on Voom

 

Tube dudes rekindled

 

'Youth' to be served at WB

 

Gemstar: No to Yuen plea

 

Clooney and Eye 'Network'

 

Happy birthday, Kate

 

Fireworks Intl. ups exex

 

Endemol CFO ankles board

 

Arrest made in German fund flap

 

'SVU,' 'Earl' power Peacock

 

ESPN launches Spanish-lingo net

 

Telemundo lathering up

 

Oz shopping spree

 

Double vision

 

Latin Grammy performers slated

 

Rookies rule the tune roost

 

Craig Bierko

 

Julie Benz

 

Tom Arnold, Leslie Jordan, Andrea Roth

 

Dominic Keating, Rik Young

 

Tanya Roberts

 

Addi Kaplan, Beata Pozniak, Ariana Savalas

 

Screenvision's blast from the past

 

Rival nets play ball

 

UPN has nothing but love for 'Chris'

 

Gurin goes alternative

 

PBS monitor a hard sell

 

1957: Hepburn keeping quiet, 'Sea' sinking

 

Diane Von Furstenberg's First L.A. Boutique Opens

 

Wolf skein on fast track at Peacock

 

Trio betting on hi-definition hopes

 

Ronnie Barker

 

Ray cooks up new talkshow

 

Harris corks LaBute play

 

Par VP joins Acad council

 

WGA call to action

 

It costs a lot for 'Spamalot'

 

Ten taps Carroll for news topper

 

2 leave RTL board

 

Santa parody to TV3

 

Kingsley on a Chicago track

 

Patients praise MPTF

 

Net cages sci-fi guy

 

Par raising 'Mars' bar

 

WB, Relativity order up a six-pack

 

Headey takes '300' throne

 

WMA in swing with Wie

 

Mouse sings Jackman tune

 

Boy, girl cast in 'Boy Girl'

 

Stanley back in firm fray

 

Levinson finds his 'Man'

 

Pullman, Ivey pick 'Roses'

 

Reality sucks air out of SAG

 

Insurance co. now duking it out with WB

 

Music acad award set

 

Williams-Sonoma's open house

 

Sarandon celebrates birthday

 

Zanuck, Brown feted by Muybridge

 

Gala brings Smiles

 

Delta helpers unite

 

Weinsteins stash cash

 

Movies that matter

 

The Squid and the Whale

 

'Lopez' return lifts ABC

 

Hello and goodbyes

 

Murdoch son highest paid U.K. CEO

 

Cuts threaten Venice fest, La Scala

 

Pusan fest pops with fans, Hou pic

 

China has DVD plan

 

Samurai installment suits up helmer

 

Consider this: Did the L.A. Times cross a line?

 

'Judge' gets 4 more years

 

'Lost' a big winner

 

Frost faces future at Al Jazeera

 

Career kudos for docmakers

 

Barry Bostwick

 

Donny Osmond

 

Dan O'Shannon

 

Al Ruscio

 

Tony Cox

 

ESPN picks Skipper to run content

 

Rio fest rife with deals for docus

 

Par pair makes an exit

 

Weinsteins shape ranks

 

Antena 3 adds Vega to Borgia pic

 

'Curse' aims for a B.O. blessing

 

Eisner, Mouse cut ties

 

Funder board defends Kuratorium

 

WGA branches look for peace plan

 

Birkin, Warhol retros set at Vienna

 

Island to host historical film fest

 

M-Net to Decode Canuck content

 

Babelsberg buys Kirch post house

 

Fox gets Eye stations guy

 

MTV reaches 'Beach' deal

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
Oct. 7, 2005

 

Jacob Lindsay Baumoel

 

The Formula 1 Hummer

 

These celebrities wear hiking boots

 

India: 'Full House' success keeps Olsens young forever

 

Mexico: Azteca rolling in d'oh

 

Brazil: 'Smallville' big with teens

 

Argentina: 'Children,' 'Boss' rule

 

Czech: 'MASH' battlefield tested by auds

 

Hungary: 'Columbo' still solving crime

 

Germany: 'Quincy' quintessential coroner

 

U.K.: 'Friends' forever

 

The fruit fixation

 

Integration innovation

 

Mideast: Reality reigns as region remains highly unstable

 

Hong Kong: ATV's dramatic intentions help fill pipeline

 

China: 'Idol'-like 'Girls' taps into phone-frenzy population

 

India: Programmers aim to reach growing middle classes

 

Canada: Chum changes strategy

 

Australia: 'Stars' are aligned in Seven surge

 

Brazil: Improved economy brings higher buying power

 

Mexico: Telenovelas sale to put coin in nets' pockets

 

Argentina: Tinelli's change of address rocks competish

 

Poland: Programmers offer up variety in lieu of election coverage

 

Holland: Talpa deal makes waves

 

Czech: Prima push knocks around Nova

 

Hungary: Lingering TV2 questions create buying anxiety

 

Spain: With lineup to fill, newcomer Cuatro ready to shop

 

Italy: Rival webs face off in both p'gramming, Parliament

 

France: In 'Housewives' heaven, Canal Plus looking for next big hit

 

Germany: Teuton TV landscape revved up

 

United Kingdom: Rising cost of U.S. skeins hurts Blighty bankrolls

 

Global price guide

 

Global aspirations

 

Toons take a holiday as live-action powers Junior

 

Romance abroad

 

Formats flying first class

 

The business of buyouts

 

All talk, all action

 

'Wife' finds home on West End

 

Thesps going to the 'Dog'

 

AFL-CIO forms showbiz panel

 

Levy homes in on Fox

 

Reisenbach org fetes Cella, McGrath

 

'Kardia' to score Sloan prize

 

What to check out this week?

 

'Doomsday' at Rogue

 

Music for the masses

 

Earthly delights

 

Future looks bright for FX's 'Sunny'

 

Declaring a dining truce

 

Going for the grape

 

Blockbuster minds debt

 

Pushy questions for …

 

Nets' net says YES to Jackson

 

A screening room as good as the Arclight?

 

HBO KO's PPV in boxing bout

 

TV Week topper ankling

 

Par pops for 'Cactus'

 

Laura Hart and Ian Clark

 

Nicole Raffanello and Troy Zien

 

Jenna Bowles and Andrew Elliott

 

Erin Zipes and Michael Baker

 

'Ax' packs Valladolid's 50th fest

 

Sneddon upped at BVHE

 

Big 'Trace' lifts Eye

 

Rio fest kudos high on 'Lower City'

 

Palm Springs salutes thesp

 

Reflective Netherlands hails 'Now'

 

Seven net goes for laugh 'Relief'

 

Jerry Juhl

 

'Burials' a guest at Morelia fest

 

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Alan J. Pakula: His Films And His Life

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Garbo: The Signature Collection

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