Table of Contents
Week of 11/26/2005

Articles

Growing pains in Hong Kong

 

Moscow game for plays

 

London child's play

 

Black theater blooms in D.C.

 

B.O. dips; 'Wicked' $1.2m

 

Biz slips; 'Purple' 591g

 

'White' noise on Broadway

 

Uruguay keeps it 'Simple'

 

Placing a bet on Premiere

 

Asian fest banks on Yank visitors

 

Tuning into Soweto TV

 

Sky HD high on hype, low on detail

 

Gavelers court Hispanic viewers

 

Nets ready to play the sked shuffle

 

Comfort food trumps caviar on program menu

 

New net mantra: Think BIG

 

Phantom scribe gets BIFA nom

 

Distrib goes on buying spree

 

Tornatore returns with noirish 'Stranger'

 

Bank bows Asian loans

 

Hearty 'Harry' hits U.K. record books

 

Singapore seeks media biz spotlight

 

Peter Jackson's King Kong

 

Hollywood gets gamed

 

Breaking up has always been hard to do

 

RIAA foes turn up the volume

 

'Roseanne' DVDs raising the bar

 

Radio play looks to ape 'Kong's' profile

 

Wall Street goes gaga for Google

 

Will Pod people rule Wisteria Lane?

 

Gold-mettle challenge

 

What's Eight minus two?

 

Studio consultants spread blurry vision

 

H'w'd finds world isn't flat

 

Auds do the 'Harry' hustle

 

B'way's 'Woolf' heads to London

 

TVNZ cancels 'Headliners'

 

'Selling' to conclude Berlin fest showcase

 

Madonna on a high with 'Dance'

 

Fox Reality goes 'Round'

 

Eye gobbles aud pie

 

'Alias' is calling it quits

 

Tax credits boost B.C.

 

V2 lands at Sheridan Square

 

Turnover at NZ On Air

 

AFI likes 'Look'

 

Stations sign on for gaveler

 

'Nordeste' wins at Stockholm fest

 

It's the wizard's world

 

Inside Move: Perelman in the running for Deluxe

 

Rigas scion admits guilt

 

Serious biz for 'Syriana'

 

Rupe reflects

 

Fraser faults Telefilm, CTF

 

German Screenings ready for biz

 

Fox Latam bows cell-phone service

 

SABC lands Warner pic package

 

Ricochet bounces to Shed

 

Mexico's Televisa reigns in Spain

 

Tube touts mobility

 

EC donating pic promo coin

 

Study: India pix scene splits on class lines

 

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

 

Pat Morita dies

 

Olivia Thirlby

 

Paul Sparks

 

Andy Griffith

 

Queasy kids' stuff gives adults pause

 

Leave it to the birds to bring home B.O. gold

 

Box office isn't everything

 

A ton of clay a day keeps auds in theaters

 

They hate the word comeback. Let's call it a 'return'

 

When emails don't cut it

 

An actress holds the middle ground

 

Fighting together, staying together

 

First-timers look to edge out the repeaters

 

Many are called, only a few are re-chosen

 

How to lose control creatively

 

Onscreen talent goes off course

 

Several bridesmaids take the walk again

 

Jane Austen rocks again onscreen

 

Picking page-turners for pix

 

'Rent' turns into a 10th anniversary reunion

 

Legit stages a big-screen comeback

 

From Wisteria to Wilde, buzz happens

 

The lavender reel mob

 

Reese pieces together portrait

 

Not just the facts, ma'am

 

New rules for producers and tunes

 

David meets Goliath

 

Euro Players

 

Upcoming Europ pix picks

 

Scout's report: 3 pix poised for multiplexes

 

Jarre mixed ancient, ethnic and electronic music

 

Licensed to thrill

 

Nationalistic love will tear us apart

 

EFA list reflects far-flung talents

 

Cultural ID check

 

Acad, Brits a winning combo

 

Multitasking marvels

 

Same story, new stage

 

Foreign fortunes

 

Opportunity arisen

 

Cash advance

 

Creative collaboration

 

Category conundrum

 

Peddle to the medal

 

Few poker faces

 

A '60s defining moment

 

Many talents on show in Oz

 

Canuck commish gives greenlight

 

Beeb to help out with CBC archives

 

Coalition goes to the movies

 

Oprah honored

 

NBC gets Happy with laffer

 

WB unearths 'Gold' mine

 

AOL dials up 'Gastineau'

 

Cultural commish renews commitment

 

Rome's Cinema Festa unveils slate

 

Study sees demand for VOD growing

 

'Syriana' Screens

 

ABC hot, CBS solid Sunday

 

Donmar tops kudos

 

Pol spending comes into question

 

Seven, AFL head back to court

 

Film Council gives S. African scribes a chance

 

S. Africa worships 'Idol'

 

Russian ouster fans media flames

 

Polish film fest fetes Fiennes

 

'Polo' mini hits road

 

'Kath' kicks up Oz ratings

 

Stars aligned for 'Venus'

 

New Asian equation

 

A beautiful 'Life'

 

Sony gets hands on 'Rub'

 

Hall calls Black Sabbath

 

Webber gets real

 

'Wife' leaves London

 

TW, Second Stage team for new plays

 

Promenade not taking walk

 

B'way has a holiday feast

 

TiVo turning ad-friendly

 

Irving Ludwig

 

Spain readies La Sexta

 

Believe it or not, Par riffs on Ripley

 

Small pix with big ideas

 

Poster inks tube deal

 

Kieera Ryann Stevenson

 

Davis Benett Styne Marks

 

'Reunion,' 'Threshold' pinkslipped

 

GenArt draws Cinema Circle

 

Discovery rejigs ad unit

 

Inside Move: 'Prison' producers phoning it in

 

Stuck on Bruck

 

Super Bowl gets rolling

 

Caviezel has 'Deja Vu'

 

B'way's leapin' lizards

 

'Narnia' a kid chronicle

 

Rudd, Cooper join Roberts in 'Rain'

 

Cabler slates originals

 

Livestock flock to the movies

 

Miramax on 'Venus'

 

Giving thanks

 

E! reviving 'Simple Life'

 

Mickey makes Macy's parade

 

'Good' talk

 

Laughing out 'Loud'

 

Peacock in Baer market

 

ABC bakes Alaska laffer

 

H'wood boasts boost in showbiz jobs

 

Brit trio launch percentery Troika

 

Lion TV strikes it rich with format shows

 

'Idol' judged a Fox keeper

 

'Lower City' triumphs at Huelva

 

Big night for b'casters

 

'Whale' of a day at Spirits

 

Ten cooks up sked

 

Reg under the gun

 

Liberty sews up IPS

 

Another Freeview digital slot for Four

 

Political anger finds 'Homecoming' on TV

 

Fuji IG takes a walk with Lucas

 

Happy Birthday, Don Cheadle

 

Classic toons head home

 

'Flash' splash

 

'Archie' gets release date

 

'24' offers it all

 

MTV Networks India taps Jain

 

'Rock' tuner in the Vanguard

 

Crowe pulls in crowds for Oz kudos

 

Italo law change kills piracy cases

 

Mansfeld tunes in to TV-Loonland

 

Manic Monday for nets

 

Tusk gets task at HDNet Films

 

FCC's about-face

 

IFP seeing stars at Gotham Awards

 

CBS tweaks its 'Evening'

 

TiVo shares the pain

 

NBC to keep news guru

 

Canale 7 station flows to 3 Italia

 

BBC Worldwide promotes Telegdy

 

RTL, Prisa stoke stakes in Capital

 

Icahn playing board games

 

Par, Rudin prexy ink deal

 

Edwards memorial

 

Furmaniak at Maxim

 

Canuck raids target pirates

 

Inside Move: 'Flux' ducks screenings

 

Inside Move: Where there's a Will. . .

 

'House' call pricey for USA, Bravo

 

'Amazing' graces Spike's sked

 

New Line taps prod'n exec VP

 

Hitmakers compare notes

 

Thesp bonds with 'Blandings'

 

Fleiss subject of HBO docu

 

'Ballroom' moves

 

Matt Dillon: 'I don't like to settle.'

 

Noms list

 

Stranger than fiction

 

Manhattan mixer

 

Recall preps soundtracks

 

Serenading the Academy

 

An embarrassment of riches

 

A sheltered 'Youth'

 

A world where 'nothing is as it seems'

 

A writer's voyage of self-discovery

 

From the Crusades to fantasy land

 

Finding an elegant solution

 

Fox locks up classic kid tomes

 

Keeping 'Late' slot

 

Fox taps Tiki for talkshow

 

Dynasty scion scores a double

 

Collaborators kiss and make up

 

BBC geared up for racy show

 

Acad nixes 2 foreign pix

 

Nielsen sets Asian TV survey

 

Hell House lights Firm's fire

 

Costner sues Ascendant

 

Marrying Ludvig Van and Jane Austin

 

The 'Piano' man and the hedonist

 

The Malick conundrum

 

Giving flight to landlocked birds

 

Americana filtered through Argentina

 

This French cat's out of the bag

 

Behind the curtain: 'Kong's' dueling scores

 

Master class

 

You write up my life

 

The British Independent Film Awards

 

Sundance is streamlined

 

Thessaloniki revitalized

 

Love in an asylum, vampires stimulate helmer

 

IFP honors to 'Capote'

 

Night shift

 

Big Tuesday for NBC

 

M6, Sony cop French 'Starsky'

 

'Gardener' rakes in kudos

 

'Fire' charms China

 

Gaul galvanizes plan for 24-hour news net

 

Down to a System

 

Tribute back on track

 

Indonesia falling in 'Love' with pic

 

1970: 'Girl' waves goodbye

 

Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Tracie Thoms

 

Jose Pablo Cantillo

 

Taraji P. Henson

 

Marc John Jeffries

 

New home on right

 

'Loser' a sweep hit

 

'Spear' gets its point into 1,200 theaters

 

'Remember' collects top Brazil kudos

 

ESPN woos Casanova for Mexico post

 

Gauls give Gotham a go

 

Zenkel will captain NBC Olympics team

 

Lion king's new world view

 

MDAS announces new deals

 

Naughty vidgames in pols' line of fire

 

Rampling atop Berlin

 

E. Cardon 'Card' Walker

 

Slamdance asks 'Wassup'

 

Santa Clarita maps bigscreen 'Fun'

 

Doug Taylor

 

Jocelyn Brando

 

Marc Lawrence

 

Art directors fete Spielberg

 

Mass. OKs pic perks

 

Palm fingers a DVD label

 

Honorary Globes

 

Grundy TV loses lawsuit over thesp's firing

 

Looking back

 

Miramax goes with Jones

 

King series sets cast

 

Fox sitcoms simple enough for Richie

 

Duo 'Map' Henson course

 

DreamWorks, Christie digitally link

 

Disney ups toon exec

 

Navarrete tapped by Discovery

 

Cowboy love song

 

Change for the better

 

Matching wits with Woody

 

Everyone can click on Anyone

 

'The Kid' stays in the pic

 

Playing against type

 

'Mullally' adds stations

 

Weinstein gifts 'Presents' with eye to wooing Oscar

 

Icahn threatens TW suit

 

Wish list

 

'Daisy' gets H'wood welcome

 

Wendie Jo Sperber

 

Weir to steer Depp pic

 

Col has plans for 'Tonight'

 

Par TV's rich and famous

 

'Idol' spinoff now a reality

 

Fremantle taps Endemol program exec

 

Tube dominos fall

 

HFPA membership

 

Winner's circle

 

HFPA grant recipients

 

Pangs do their part for 'Darkness'

 

More than kudos

 

Global payoff

 

Thesp races open to a new mix of noms

 

Discovery channels

 

Songs and smiles

 

Same spot, same hosts, new company

 

Packing them in

 

Resetting the clock

 

Globes gropes with kudos glut

 

Helmers take hold of Premieres docket

 

Happy Birthday, Woody!

 

Alphabet tops Family Television nods

 

Mouse goes basic

 

'Rudolph' leads the way for CBS

 

Par raises awareness

 

'Chicago' smoothed B'way transition

 

Joe Jones

 

Museum recognizes distaff pioneers

 

Heath Ledger

 

Balhetchet to lead U.K. film femmes

 

U.K. high on 'Anatomy'

 

Giants taking a digital leap

 

Brit TV producer ready for regional

 

EFAs launch development program

 

Telemundo rides high on originals

 

Univision's mag 'Cristina' to fold

 

Jori Petersen

 

South Korea first in digital service

 

Frank Sutera

 

ABC's 'Chief' to rule Asia Pacific

 

'Blossoming' blooms at Asian fest

 

Ashley Jensen

 

Simon Rex

 

John Goodman

 

Julie Ann Emery

 

Clare-Hope Ashitey

 

Leonor Varela

 

Carol Yumkas

 

'Christmas' player toplines 'Inishmore'

 

Daniels' 'Apartment' opens to auds

 

Mills turns 'Golden' girl on tour

 

Kasdan wins WGA laurel

 

Singers to vie at Algonquin

 

15th Annual Gotham Awards

 

Acad guess of honor

 

Clint cops DGA honor

 

U pick prod'n sr. veep

 

Nets on unique paths to victory

 

Warner kicks heels

 

Folta's two folders

 

'Earl' a sked savior?

 

Weinsteins in biz with 'Equalizer'

 

Holiday B.O. in state of 'Flux'

 

'Jack' attacks at South Africa B.O.

 

Film Museum closes with free pix

 

Alphabet wins a diversity derby

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
Dec. 2, 2005

 

BVI TV pacts with Vietnam, Brunei

 

Sci Fi unleashes 'Triangle'

 

Ballhaus candid during class