Table of Contents
Week of 01/08/2006

Articles

Stages of 'Doubt'

 

Abbey rises from dead

 

B'way: A very long engagement

 

B.O. up; 'Phantom' $1.1m

 

B'way's best week ever

 

Greatest hits stumble amid holi-daze

 

Producer gets the Col

 

Murder mystery enthralls Gauls

 

Shaps reshapes Blighty's ITV

 

Comedy, soccer reign in Spain

 

Hangin' with Mr. Cooper

 

ABC's of success

 

Surfing wipe-out

 

Erotica's new tango

 

Provincial incentives bring the biz to San Luis

 

Trying to unlock U.S. 'Puzzle'

 

Arabs catch local bus

 

'Narnia' nipping at 'King's' heels o'seas

 

Bollywood jolly over B.O. boost

 

World is not enough

 

Territories tell the tale

 

A curious 'State' of affairs

 

Swag's no longer in the bag at kudofests

 

Fox, CBS play a pair of Jacks

 

Is there new upside in pic downloads?

 

Horror blurbs, ringing 'true'

 

Music biz traveled tortured route

 

'Sun' rises as 'Flags' followup

 

That's some Sirius dough

 

Will cable shatter the DVD window?

 

Revels without a pause

 

'Blair' pair out of woods

 

Par clears the decks

 

Public-access prizes

 

More than one flew under the kudos nest

 

Boomers boost TV Land; do their numbers add up?

 

What a difference a movie makes

 

Legit's longest line

 

Can't dim this lamp

 

Dedicated to drop-dead gorgeous

 

Tales from the crypt

 

'Phantom' swings into Las Vegas

 

Movies aren't the only B.O. monsters

 

Music lessons of the night

 

Anti-trust agency rejects Springer deal

 

Crix pick 'Capote'

 

'Hostel' takeover

 

The ratings rumba

 

Brit biz spins drop in album sales

 

USC taps script finalists

 

No new trial for Samaha

 

Is it actor, ape or computer?

 

Movie critics everywhere weigh in with their picks for the best in 2005

 

Whose movie is it, anyway?

 

Keeping the faith on campus

 

When reviews make a difference to Oscar

 

The continental divide

 

Auds on a 'Mountain' high

 

Declan Quinn

 

Salvatore Totino

 

Rodrigo Prieto

 

Roger Pratt

 

Wally Pfister

 

Phedon Papamichael

 

Roman Osin

 

James Muro

 

Chris Menges

 

Adam Kimmel

 

Janusz Kaminski

 

Robert Elswit

 

Pawel Edelman

 

Dion Beebe

 

Weathering Sights

 

Spontaneous combustion

 

Heightened unreality

 

Call of the wild

 

Tom Sizemore

 

Shannyn Sossamon

 

David Alan Basche

 

Piper Perabo

 

Col calls up Conley

 

'Lion' lords over ape in o'seas jungle fight

 

Televisa, Intel forge content pact

 

That's a wrap for 'Chair'

 

China readies digital cinema server

 

Michael Clemente

 

James J. Ackerman, Nizar Allibhoy

 

Scott Williams

 

Joan McArthur, Wesley Waterston, Steven Montana

 

Marissa Michelle Margolis

 

Google makes vid bid

 

Comedy Central unveils Motherload

 

Skoll bankrolls 'Sesame'

 

Legendary lands leader

 

Cabler uniting with Titus

 

'Survivor' thrives with more tribes

 

WB nets it 'Aquaman'

 

Inside Move: NBC primetime exec flies the coop

 

Fox smudges old windows

 

'Wild' ride for Warner

 

Par starts peddling Dream pix

 

GE may sell part of U's lot

 

Kaufman 'Interrupted'

 

Par Classics calls Colligan

 

Corrections

 

'Beauty' pair making move

 

Pilot lights for 'Damages,' 'Town'

 

Mouse mints Blu-ray titles

 

Full 'Moons' for ABC Family

 

Internet investment

 

Sony up syndie sales duo

 

Blockbuster settles N.J. late-fee suit

 

Decadent royals demand lavish detail

 

Does Woody Want an Oscar?

 

Tom Ford's Adobe

 

Dennis Hopper Goes Condo

 

Daly's Fortune

 

Michel Gondry's 'Dark Places'

 

Corporate Punks

 

George Clooney Q&A

 

At Home on the Range

 

The Legacy of the Clown

 

The New Deal

 

Hollywood Hooligans

 

Kris Kristofferson and James Mangold: In Conversation

 

A So-Called 'Life'

 

Dreaming of 'Dahlia'

 

Fakin' It

 

Queen Anne

 

Inside Move: 'Munich's' screener snafu

 

Bekmambetov pic breaks records

 

Zodiak chases Zebra

 

Sony repurposes in Spain

 

ABC's Sunday back on top

 

Fox taps exec for marketing

 

Barry Cowsill

 

Ernani Bernardi

 

Raul Davila

 

French feevee giant gets thumbs up

 

Warner exhib unit moving

 

Aussie tube groove

 

ABC offers Beeb on demand

 

'Bettie,' 'Breakfast' join Berlin Panorama

 

Producer Thema opens int'l studio

 

Will Stern's gig have competish in a radio daze?

 

Pickard programs departure from ITV

 

CGI will help cast 'Buddha'

 

B'way slips on the ice

 

Football ratings sacked

 

Distribs join for twin pic

 

Think dines on 'Eat'

 

Sophie Heathcote

 

BAFTA taps five rising stars

 

The sound of Oscar

 

Cheap distribution on Web worries Rupe

 

WGAE lauds former prez

 

NBC News taps 'Today' exec

 

DGA sets telepic nominees

 

Melisa Birnstein 

 

Marvel's tinkering with its toy licenses

 

Fox Life net bows in Latin America

 

Banff World fest calls for entries

 

China film biz world's third largest

 

Searchlight's deputies shine

 

Bressler to equity firm

 

A high five for praisers

 

Albert tapped for All-Star Game

 

Italo film lures in Lionsgate

 

'Mouth' closes on 7 Golden Bug noms

 

Laff fest sets fetes

 

'Goblet' f/x fired up

 

Paul De Cham

 

Basking in 'Witch' riches

 

Smoking Gun shoots Oprah nonfiction pick

 

Sabrina Dhawan and Steve Cohen

 

Sandra Shea Bogan and Bruce Scivally

 

Rene Ridinger and Dayan Ballweg

 

'ET' producer to run Ray talker

 

'Road' game for BV

 

Palm pilots kudofest

 

Times clocks Leisure fest

 

Reese's run over 'Walk'

 

Gersh goes more legit

 

Return visit for 'Hostel'

 

Katherine Thalberg

 

WB exec expands TV gig

 

WMA connects with Ice Cube

 

Raimi books a 'Free' ride

 

Cabler's epic 'Days'

 

Trojan hands off to CAA

 

Inside Move: Identity crisis a 'Legal' issue for kudos

 

Nick tracing 'Ancestors'

 

Skateboard skein at UPN

 

NBC revamping development

 

Bon Jovi sings 'Wing'

 

Crix scale 'Mountain'

 

'Mouth' gobbles up Bug noms

 

EFP launches Euro stars

 

Eisner gets chatty with CNBC show

 

Rotterdam boasts nine world preems

 

CBS rolls as 'Emily' struggles

 

'Dragnet,' 'Adult' go to Beyond

 

Martin Lindskog

 

Logo greenlights new laffer

 

Sundance choked by swag reflex

 

'Squid,' 'Rent' set release; 'Jeannie,' 'Nun' fly home

 

Lionsgate revs up Mach 8

 

New Short Fiction Series kicks off 10th year

 

Distrib deal for Canuck murder pic

 

Big Blighty TV spend

 

Discovery finds free TV world via XXP

 

Oscar faces makeup nods

 

Advancing Oz cause

 

ABC wonders 'Why'

 

Marino digs into 'Stiffs'

 

Acad fetes tech innovations

 

Biddle joins Rogue band

 

Alphabet's 'Dancing' into top spot

 

Gregg Gellman, Pamela Hicks, Alex Kohner, Lawrence Kopeikin

 

Nadja K. Rutkowski

 

Pam Ritchie, Libby Kauper

 

Globe adds presenters

 

Hamas launches Gaza's first private TV station

 

Bill Benjamin

 

Timothy Stevenson

 

Sharon Kahn

 

Debbie Mundy, Jason Elsky

 

TW counting on digital

 

Claire Zrimc

 

Judith Tolkow

 

Correction

 

Ringing endorsement

 

Mouse on the move

 

Joseph Hecht

 

Doordarshan gives up live cricket

 

Promax/BDA pacts on Latam event

 

B'buster CEO sizes up vid sector slide

 

Asia cable org sues over copyright

 

Dawn Lake

 

Fox to bow Estrada pic in Mexico

 

Not such a g'day for Oz box office

 

Teerachai Triwongwaranat

 

Korean webs grab Granada goods

 

BSkyB boasts broadband, mobile

 

Scott Ogden

 

Elaine Davis Owen

 

Marvel ups Feige

 

Inside Move: Leroy fills in 'dance card

 

Rawls memorial

 

Pickard to head kid shows at RDF

 

Beijing aims at lower ticket prices

 

Bolten heads Kabel Eins network

 

Swiss pic admissions down 14%

 

Kiddie ninja toon launches in U.K.

 

'Sith' sits well with People

 

Chicago crix bless 'Crash'

 

'Jarhead' gives crew taste of war

 

Painting Harry, Hogwarts and all

 

On earth as it is in 'Heaven'

 

Burton's world filled with candy, corpses

 

CGI backlash?

 

Empire's new clothes link 'Sith' to original 'Star Wars'

 

Directors drawn to graphic

 

Separating Narnia from Middle-earth

 

A tale of two islands

 

Pic pair teams up for 'Sex'

 

Alta equity aids Mas' station spree

 

ProSiebenSat 1 bid throws an Axel

 

Miami fest boasts 'Heartlift'

 

Period properties a thing of 'Pride'

 

Sony in a bind over Bond

 

Orient expression

 

Broadway musicals take shows to the streets

 

Peacock turns on 'Lights'

 

Venues on the menu

 

'War' lures Julia back

 

Seeing eye-to-eye

 

Jittery juncture

 

Pellicano case snares a pair

 

Lifetime cops femme drama

 

Country net ponies up to promote pageant

 

Zollo tells Till tale with docu director

 

'Superman' up and away to FX

 

NBC blesses exec VP Pope

 

Inside Move: CBS hopes to clean up with 'mobisoaps'

 

Raleigh on Louisiana team

 

Music acad fetes vets

 

'Crash' tops NAACP noms

 

Calif. budget gives pic prod'n perk

 

Guild ups vets

 

'Nightingale' starts to sing

 

RDF Media confirms Pickard hire

 

Music conglom finds Sanctuary from debt

 

'Apocalypto' now with Constantin

 

Warner pic pack to RTL

 

Aardman lures Moore

 

Dramas dominate Tuesday

 

Trio zoom in on kudos

 

Sporting takeover

 

ESPN lobs Oz Open to Latin America

 

Tyra's talker tops syndicated Stewart

 

Triwongwaranat dies at 51

 

Media Asia switch

 

Orchard grows SST deal

 

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

 

Marc Valera

 

Dahlia Salem

 

'Unpredictable' hit

 

Constance Zimmer

 

Survey: U.S. pix bank more bucks o'seas

 

ProSieben will be sprung from Springer

 

Dramas look good to ASC

 

Brickman gets WGAE nod

 

U.S. pics lose French market share

 

'Pacchigi!' tops Japan critics poll

 

Sumner takes a grand stand

 

Court TV books scribe skein

 

Mitchell fills museum post

 

Simmons docu gets kissed by A&E

 

Oscar taps Altman for honorary nod

 

Fox unit high on Hegeman

 

DGA studies up on 'Anatomy'

 

Berlinale invite surprises helmer

 

Cineclick Asia taking Kim's 'Time'

 

MacLaine shows she's still got it

 

'Shield' yields big aud

 

Correction

 

VH1 raises Hirschorn

 

Roundabout out & about

 

Frank Family Vineyards' Private Dinner

 

Pilots take major shape at Big Four

 

Iger gets a big raise

 

Anastacia Maggioncalda

 

Linda A. Newmark

 

Judi Powers

 

Pamela Dorman

 

Valda Bond

 

Jaime Burke

 

Melinda Bickerstaff

 

Bruce Tyler

 

Eric Ortner

 

Michelle Tolan

 

Brad Carroll

 

Mitch Budin

 

Simon Green

 

Ed Bauer, Michael Marchi

 

George Walsh

 

AMC to settle handicap suit

 

Gotham goes for Gallic makeover

 

Deja vu all over again

 

Balcer's storytelling drawn from diverse life experiences

 

Measure of a man

 

Split cast makes for unified front

 

Cable's costly cops

 

Green to be Emerging as distrib veep

 

Woes mounting for fest

 

Law firm seminar an asset

 

TV Guide set for o'seas sales

 

Lajos Koltai, 'Fateless'

 

Hany Abu-Assad, 'Paradise Now'

 

Josef Fares, 'Zozo'

 

Breno Silvera, 'Two Sons of Francisco'

 

Univision channels victories in Gotham

 

Marc Rothemund, 'Sophie Scholl'

 

Picturehouse warms to 'Ice'

 

A 'Crash' course in hype

 

Warner meets the 'Boss'

 

'Butterfly' blooms

 

'Family' man rolls with Fox

 

Kudos beat goes on

 

Baton passes to 'Phantom'

 

Fincher flexes 'Torso'

 

People catch 'Star'

 

Ulin gets a 'Life' with TBS

 

Choice cuts from B'cast crix

 

Helmer kudo count

 

'Jake' gets another go

 

Helmers' history notes

 

Best in show

 

Howard's an ACE