Table of Contents
Week of 01/22/2006

Articles

Studios tending hedges

 

H'w'd open-book policy

 

Helmer Taccone expands his 'Tunnel' vision

 

Biz cools; 'Dirty' 899g

 

Toronto creates Young from old digs

 

SoHo counts on 'Boy'

 

'Lestat' bites back

 

Hong Kong breaks ground on venue designs

 

Art and Seoul

 

Mexico presidential campaign hangs a left at the infomercial

 

Mobile TV on the move in Blighty

 

Oz cop show turns in badge

 

Making waves

 

Can Axel grease save $3 billion German deal?

 

Fox poised to view for ratings lead

 

No suspense, but Univision competish a hit

 

The trouble with stars

 

Syndie surprises

 

Auds weigh anchors

 

Gauls await more fin in sun

 

Local releases blossom in Oz

 

Hit can't raise Brazil

 

No-budget debut nabs nom

 

'Lion' still beating ape; 'Jarhead' takes U.K.

 

Singapore hopes for New Year's luck

 

Spain gets history lesson

 

Fur flies at Manila fest

 

Studios take a beating in the backend

 

New Law on the books in 2006

 

Sony goes to 'Hill' and back with fans

 

Amazon books future in video

 

Sundance: happy swag trails

 

Bollywood bristles as hit pics get Googled

 

Thesp expands his vision

 

High-wire act falters

 

Iger loosens old windows

 

Lobbyist bitten by old 'Scorpion,' too

 

'Munich': Take two

 

Global stox lay an egg

 

Other people's money

 

Hedge your bets

 

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

 

A Capitol venture

 

Felipe De Alba

 

B.O. shows bite

 

BBC America to air Brit awards

 

Cannes cracks 'Code'

 

Hopefuls crowd NATPE

 

Endemol founder in joint venture

 

Aresu ankles Azteca

 

Thesps at Rotterdam

 

Post-Games flurry at NBC

 

ABC frames tech vision

 

Peacock profit plucked

 

Oz biz spins big box office dropoff

 

'Geisha,' cowboys draw o'seas

 

EMI logs promotion

 

'Barnacles' sticks at Revolution

 

EMI drives license pact

 

Broad biz branches out

 

Fox takes on new 'Career'

 

Oz pubcaster ankles after budget battles

 

Mottola puts rap tale on TV

 

Malick pic at Ficco

 

Sony sings 'Reggaeton'

 

UTA signs man of steel

 

TNT cranks up 'Saved'

 

EverGreen grows global

 

The fast and the furious

 

Brits break precedent

 

Brillstein-Grey prez exits

 

When the confab closes

 

Par Classics digs 'Dog'

 

Fellows find Foundation spreads org's appeal

 

Shoppers' delight

 

Three pix ready to go

 

Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Awards

 

Monday, Jan. 23

 

Tuesday, Jan. 24

 

Cable competition makes busy weekend plans

 

Wednesday, Jan. 25

 

New distribution moves beyond kids' play

 

Thursday, Jan. 26

 

Off-net biz on again

 

Phone fad, program pipeline unite

 

From the kitchen to the couch

 

Real estate scarce for skeins

 

Snappy shots for Ledger

 

No 'Bull' at bow

 

Hugh's the man

 

Lifetime bounces EchoStar deal

 

'Faith' flowers in April

 

PGA on cowboy trail

 

Credits row heating up

 

Anthony Franciosa

 

Rock in Rio goes global

 

Korean TV, film powerhouse planned

 

Murdoch bullish about traditional media stox

 

Kerger takes PBS' top post

 

Spaniards passionate about sudser

 

ABC holds own vs. NFL

 

Feresten talks for Fox

 

Johnny Bienstock

 

Don Stewart

 

Japan jails Internet guru

 

Sundance: a new mecca for shill-seekers

 

Digital tunes on high-speed track

 

Gaul tix sales hits record high

 

B.C. extends tax credits

 

South Korea slams local exhibs

 

NATPE buys Discop for joint venture

 

Loews sells Megabox stake for $80 mil

 

India's Inox readies stock flotation

 

Sci Fi burnishes exec lineup

 

Casting crew OKs pact

 

Watchdog bites Springer

 

Singing in tune

 

Opus Dei won't sue 'Da Vinci'

 

Warm winter still chills B'way biz

 

Oz's Logie kudos add call-in votes

 

Box office booms in South Korea

 

Spending on video drops

 

Weinsteins in Alliance

 

Southern Star, SBS bond on content

 

'Grey's' in the pink

 

Spanish release date for 'Volver'

 

'Hairspray' holds creative team

 

Cheung matches 'Wits' with China

 

Berlin fest ramps up art sidebar

 

Indian state targets cable control

 

Concorde reaches for the 'Candy'

 

VH1 pops for culture

 

Eye opening research arm

 

Chum licenses Czech music channel

 

'Heart' wins big at Golden Stars

 

Asian fling set for Oz's 'Lion King'

 

Mullally heads to TV Land

 

WB Mexico thinks 'Sultans' is chic

 

Cowboy kudos spur beefy bows o'seas

 

XM a good sport

 

Seven Network cuts off 'Headland'

 

Packer memorial goes public

 

Par taps prod'n exec VP

 

Big guns talk up strips

 

Kantor catches WB TV gig

 

'Grey's' guy tickled pink over pic roles

 

Raimi hearing a 'Siren'

 

WGA West may televise kudos

 

20th TV pushes sexy soaper into summer

 

Note worthy

 

Credit where credit's due

 

Catering to movie lovers

 

TCA stirs net fetes

 

Blucas to take shot at 'Killing'

 

ICM has big Mac attack

 

Picturehouse in 'Labyrinth'

 

Pearlman pounces on 'Top'

 

Smoking Gun finds its way in H'wood

 

'Magnum' holsters helmer

 

'Rogue' pair at Lionsgate

 

Weinsteins punch in with 'Factory Girl'

 

'Kimmel' books Central Talent

 

Lenser dissent imperils IATSE deal

 

Taube takes principal post

 

Inside Move: No clear signal on ABC radio sale

 

Lionsgate makes Wall call

 

On the beat at ABC

 

Editors hear sounds of the 'Geisha'

 

Pixar deal looks done

 

Film flurry

 

John C. McGinley

 

Judy Reyes

 

Donald Faison

 

Sarah Chalke

 

Spinning in the syndie cycle

 

'Garden' helps Braff bloom

 

Authenticity assured

 

Genre jumping pays off

 

Perplexed Peacock

 

Ferzetti takes Days job

 

Kirch wins Deutsche case

 

Secret's out as rivals elope

 

Eye carries Monday

 

WB flexes China plexes

 

George E. Harris II

 

Merger puts UPN and Frog in a blender

 

Door shut on topper

 

Disney confirms Pixar acquisition

 

Spain's Grupo visits Poland

 

Prizing first-timers

 

Rotterdam jury named

 

Berlin's got Rampling on Campus

 

H'w'd pix ruled Oz box office in '05

 

Meyer-Burckhardt to lead Polyphon

 

Stephen Papich

 

Spanish bizzers renew credit pact

 

MOMI to fete Bodenheimer, Burke

 

'Spamalot' heads to West End

 

AFTRA taps lead praiser

 

Cooke to rule Royal Court in 2007

 

Cologne confab teams with Spiegel

 

Rat Pack's on the telenovela track

 

FCC hearing EchoStar over the Adelphia deal

 

Fox rocks with bows

 

Trump fires off suit against biographer

 

Download demand

 

MoTV fetes 'Miami 85'

 

'Listener' speaks to Miramax

 

Otto Padron

 

Hungarians open way for digital TV

 

Affils compete for rights to b'cast CW

 

Sallie Schoneboom, Nora O'Brien, Bill Brennan, Lana Kim

 

Michele Megan Dix

 

Barbara 'Bo' Argentino

 

Emerging markets panel looks East

 

TNT Latin America nabs Grammy rights

 

Panel talks DVB-H

 

The new Mouse Mantra: Get a Jobs

 

Lime, VisionTV help out each other

 

Mixed views on WB, UPN merger

 

ABC News' duo rebounds

 

Italo toon fest sees record entries

 

Reiner books 20th DGA gig

 

Schepisi tops Bangkok fest jury

 

GLAAD hands out noms

 

Urge to merge lifts the syndie dirge

 

Fuse lights for Mullen

 

Pathe takes 'Whatever'

 

SAG nods add presenters

 

Yahoo! logs marketer

 

Lifetime ups Shelton to VP

 

'Grudge' rematch

 

Fox 2000 confronts its 'Demon' for pic

 

Sides debate flag waiving

 

Roos gangs up on Joe

 

'Shoes' a fit for Vulcan

 

'Galaxy' on Cartoon Network team

 

Screen Gems blesses helmer

 

WHV goes for promos' Sass

 

Helmer digs 'Deep'

 

'Nativity' born at New Line

 

Peacock smites 'Daniel' skein

 

Actor Chris Penn found dead

 

Wal-Mart wall to wall with unique musicvids

 

'Idol' retains huge preem aud

 

Fayard Nicholas

 

Constant Gardner

 

Latins tap terp craze

 

'Choristes' wears French suit

 

Genies are mad about 'C.R.A.Z.Y.'

 

Cashing in on Globes

 

Oscar Watch: Acad adds presenters

 

Shareholders file Mouse appeal

 

Pic panoply in Panorama

 

David Carradine, Joe Mantegna

 

Michelle Trachtenberg

 

Martha Plimpton

 

Rhiannon Leigh Wryn

 

Peter O'Meara

 

John Enos

 

Movie nets rev up Indian TV market

 

Usen, Daiwa pact on $263 mil fund

 

Chum, Orbit team for sat channel

 

'Fear' accident shocks viewers

 

Mags, game shows score

 

Kloske to top Riverhead

 

Spanish scribe org crosses borders

 

Sale spree hits slopes

 

MTV tweaks digital plans

 

Fox's 'Idol' doesn't miss a beat

 

Bravo's game for Net shorts

 

David B. Schwartz, Ann Lewis Roberts

 

Jeremy Steinberg

 

Kirk Kelley, Jan Johnson

 

Katie Finch

 

Chum TV nabs Ray yakker

 

WBTV, Orbit pact on intl. rights

 

Projects hit close to home for feature noms

 

Teresa E. Victor

 

Rose Siegel Frankel

 

Eye goes for 'Ultra,' 'Way'

 

Indonesia's ANTV keen to compete

 

'Tonight' extended through '12

 

BBC World, Discovery pact

 

Fallout for Fox

 

Cynthia Hudson-Fernandez

 

John Hancock

 

Tim Overmyer

 

Carrie Holecek

 

Jeff Hastings

 

Andreas Lazar

 

Liz Korda, Adam Philbin, Adonis Wilson

 

Catherine Mullen

 

Peter Brodsky

 

Kristin Laskas Martin

 

Scott Fedewa

 

'Crash,' 'Kong' sound good to org

 

Floating their boat

 

'Feet' stepping into Hilton

 

Navigating his career flight path

 

In touch with their inner teen

 

Cleared for takeoff

 

Super expectations

 

WB synergy in full force

 

'Fear' accident shocks viewers

 

Leaps tall ratings

 

Lionsgate sells Canuck digs to Bosa

 

Style fashions senior VP

 

U.S. preems fill pic series

 

Dolenz digs film distrib

 

Mad whirl keeps Sundance spinning

 

DGA honorees

 

'New' girls in town

 

Out for the 'Evening'

 

The nominees

 

Reality helmers finally voted in

 

Beijing preps mobile TV

 

Guild girds for next chapter

 

Warner in flight with 'Gaslight'

 

'Run' rising at Phoenix

 

Thesps will 'Breathe' in

 

Eastwood makes war

 

USA wrestles with 'eBaum'

 

TBS jazzed about Jeff

 

CBS ups dividend by 14%

 

'Disturbia' unleashed

 

More 'Boondocks' on deck

 

Casting directors, studios reach agreement

 

'Hairspray' combs for cast

 

San Fran's big plan

 

Korea slashes local pic quota

 

Berlin fest fills up

 

London shoots up 18% while U.K. prod'n falls

 

Oprah confronts Frey

 

'Idol' worship continues

 

'Mighty' bows at fest

 

No cowboys in China

 

Univision 23 names new veep

 

What's in a name? Ask the porn kings

 

New Roman holiday

 

Q4 revs rise 5% at Gaul net TF1

 

Human rights fest set for Geneva

 

Rewards help to cut H.K. piracy

 

Shochiku will hear 'Thunder' March 25

 

1966: 'Royale' treatment

 

Digital tuneup for China

 

Mun2 hires new GM

 

Yale picks topper

 

Toronto fest hires trio for Canuck pix

 

Playwright retreat picks 6 for 'Dance

 

Bavaria under film's spell

 

Brothers get boost

 

Oscar Watch: Hanks to hand out prizes

 

Julian Sands

 

Russell Carpenter

 

Donald Faison

 

Ethan J. Antonucci

 

Dave Brown

 

Brittany Murphy

 

Lawrence Greaves

 

Frank Seitz

 

Diller dallies with content

 

AMC, Loews toast merger completion

 

A very big window pain

 

St. Petersburg TV wins b'cast bid

 

UIP pix land new distrib in Pakistan

 

Google takes grief for China policy

 

Tom Group taps Tong as its topper

 

Customer revolt forces cuts at NHK

 

U.K. cinema admissions down 4%

 

Les looks for profit punch

 

Journo buys out partner in Canal 9

 

'South' parks at iTunes

 

Pics ding Sony bling

 

Sophia Rose Nedick

 

Pushy questions for…

 

Chardonnay, chastised

 

These interior designers live on agency time

 

Skincare that's sweet

 

Get a life

 

Revving up a renaissance

 

'Darwin' deal quickly evolves

 

That was then

 

Tarnishing Temple's image

 

Untinged by cynicism

 

All stars, all the time

 

Small is beautiful

 

All for one

 

New SAG chief Rosenberg not content with the status quo

 

To act, perchance to dream

 

Kudos honor Family Stone

 

Fox catches dog's tale

 

B'caster revs match ratings fortune

 

Oxygen has toon 'tude

 

Fox gung ho on sumo pic

 

Kushnell, Loftus team for laffs

 

Double down for Kilmer

 

'Equalizer' has a helmer

 

L.A. sez game over

 

Army medic inspires film

 

Amazon plans to wed downloads, DVD

 

Gaumont will 'Stay' with Goldthwait pic

 

Elice scripts role at AMC

 

Quiet Revolution

 

Taylor ankles Lion's prexy post

 

Sorkin skein finds a friend

 

Spain ups distrib aid to $25 mil

 

C4 pacts for 'Lost,' 'Wives' clips

 

'CSI,' 'Trace' pace Eye

 

Sony shuffles Japan pix exec suite

 

'TV Junkie,' 'Stay' sell at Sundance

 

Helmer defends communist past

 

ProSieben's sale at risk

 

Ready to go public

 

Malaysian pirate factories raided

 

MTV readies slate for global aud

 

Russian TV heavy on lit classics

 

South Africa opens pay TV market

 

Jet Li's last chopsocky does boffo

 

New L.A. office feels Optimistic

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
Jan. 27, 2006

 

'Dance duo shares a lift

 

Directors join the 'Brokeback' roundup

 

Reviews

The United States of Nothing

Salome

Lucky Number Slevin

The Night Listener

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

Madama Butterfly

The Hawk Is Dying

Things To Do

Something New

Bush Wars

Crossing Arizona

Steel City

Come Early Morning

Awesome: I Fuckin' Shot That!

Somebodies

Sherrybaby

Stay

The Elected; Lavender Diamond

Journey to Light

Diva

Private Lives

A Moon for the Misbegotten

Stephanie Daley

Flannel Pajamas

The Science of Sleep

Art School Confidential

Only God Knows

The Guatemalan Handshake

Iraq in Fragments

Puccini for Beginners

The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang

Subject Two

Special (RX) Specioprin Hydrochloride

Thin

Dear Pyongyang

Wordplay

Quinceanera

Funnyhouse of a Negro

Safety

Apartment 3A

Lovely Day

Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out

Gypsy Caravan Tour

Jay Johnson: The Two & Only!

The World According to Sesame Street

Dialectics of the Heart

Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner

The People Next Door

Half Nelson

Barbara Cook at the Met

Brandi Carlile

The Illusionist

Wide Awake

Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst

Right at Your Door

The Ground Truth: After the Killing Ends

The Holy Modal Rounders … Bound to Lose

The Trials of Darryl Hunt

The Water Is Wide

The Diary of Anne Frank

Imogen Heap

Wristcutters: A Love Story

Major Bang or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Dirty Bomb

City of Angels

The Importance of Being Earnest

Roving Mars

One Last Dance

Vinicius Cantuaria Quartet

Songbirds

The Darwin Awards

This Film Is Not Yet Rated

The Short Life Of Jose Antonio Gutierrez

Neil Young: Heart of Gold

Who Needs Sleep?

Deborah Voigt

KT Tunstall

Bridge & Tunnel

Annapolis

Big Momma's House 2

Alpha Dog

Clear Cut: The Story of Philomath, Oregon

Forgiven

I for India

The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros

Off the Black

The Rich Country

All Aboard! Rosie's Family Cruise

Time Off

Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company

God Grew Tired of Us

My Bollywood Bride

Let the Cat Out of the Bag

Dreamland

High Octane

'Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris

Oktoberfest

In Between Days

Open Window

Son of Man

Cargo


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