Table of Contents
Week of 02/05/2006

Articles

CineMart launches prestige pix

 

Ukrainians lobby for language

 

Helmer animates Austrian icon

 

'Cashback' double dips

 

Nets take a novela tack

 

'Ugly Betty' grows into swan around globe

 

Booya? Sportscasters' commentary lost in translation

 

Upfront uncertainty starts early

 

TV clicks on 'Net clips

 

Stars light up Blighty's 'Bro'

 

'Way' to go, Damian

 

MTV readies slate for global aud

 

'Agua's' a washout

 

Venue shakes up Vienna opera scene

 

Musical, the musicals!

 

'Farnsworth' fumble

 

A sign of 'The Times'

 

B.O. strong; 'Odd' 840g

 

Biz bounces; 'King' $1 mil

 

Fest's films carry made-in-Berlin seal

 

German Academy gears up

 

'Munich' shoots for top spot across globe

 

Japan B.O. falls 6% in 2005

 

Arabs get fair play

 

Timely titles prove touchy in Mideast

 

Aspiring thesp turned cash into quirky cachet

 

New sideshow for Roadshow?

 

Portals at biz's door

 

A galaxy divided

 

Catching up with Marshall Brickman

 

Big feat for 'Walk'

 

Euros spark to 'Match'

 

Fox locks Tom-and-Jim show

 

News nets send in the clowns

 

Par players keep juggling

 

MGM cues another reel

 

Rivalries sharpen H'wood's buzz saw

 

'Swift-boat' pros in demand in D.C.

 

Showbiz rumors trapped in Web

 

Hit the mute button

 

Rotterdam goes 'Wild' for home-grown pics

 

Zodiak buys into Russia

 

TV toppers protest tax

 

Lloyd Webber man takes top role on Dutch Stage

 

Media Luna buys mock doc rights

 

Pair in digital pact

 

Fremantle ups exec

 

Horror cuts into Oscar's B.O. buzz

 

Not so final 'Destination'

 

Microwave cooks little pix

 

All about Eve

 

Oscar Watch: Ferrell added to presenter list

 

DGA meet 'n' greet

 

New reality dawning at femme net

 

McDowell lands FCC nod

 

'White' going dark

 

'Survivor' pegs CBS beachhead

 

'Wallace & Gromit' grabs 10 Annie Awards

 

Kadokawa to exit D'Works

 

Lion reels 'em in

 

'Munich' is solid o'seas

 

Bernd boosts locals, blocks H'w'd billions

 

Campus shooting club

 

Fest boss self-grades after first five years

 

Berlin fest lineup

 

World's a stage for Teutonic producers

 

Rules of 'A' traction

 

Pix vets set promo company

 

Diggs starting his 'Day' at ABC

 

Arclight wins 'Sisters' act

 

'Wonder' woos Bateman

 

Dafoe detects indie's 1st pic

 

Assault allegations invade Rupe's Space

 

Pellicano faces music on wiretapping charges

 

Mouse channels programming trio

 

Davis eyes Grammy-week grand slam

 

Thesps draw 'Night' duty

 

'Cross' promotion

 

'Maps' plots H'w'd excess

 

Arquette on helming trip

 

NBC uploads Web clip show

 

New Line lifts exec trio

 

Helmers see fine grain in S.B.

 

A&E goes 'Undercover'

 

Zara Landau Auritt

 

Vanessa Summer Cohen

 

Audrey Helen Akersten

 

Stephen John Rhodes

 

Lili Taylor

 

Lacey Chabert and Mary Elizabeth Winstead

 

Jullian Dulce Vida

 

Jessica Chastain

 

'Prairie' opens SXSW

 

Super night for Steelers, ABC

 

Adam Pauken

 

Big game blurbs not so super for studios

 

Al Lewis

 

Hong Kong crix show pic the 'Love'

 

New reality in Poland

 

Gov't, H.K. Disneyland apologize

 

Praisery looks to London

 

'Shrooms' is picked

 

Gauls get technical

 

Watchdog may nix CNN/TW sales plan

 

Ball tops Ingenious

 

B'way slides but still up vs. past yrs

 

Bush prunes PBS funds

 

Parsons books leaner TW

 

'Candy' is dandy for Think

 

Col ups Smith for global ops

 

Canuck duo mix languages at Zoo

 

TV news pioneer Frank dies at age 85

 

Weinsteins in 'Love'

 

Denne Bart Petitclerc

 

Street's not game as Activision dips

 

Latido snaps up pic pair at Berlin

 

Chiesa resigns to protest Italo cuts

 

Promofilm U.S. taps top exec

 

France has 'Friends'

 

South Africa to probe local 'Fear'

 

Friday, Febuary 17

 

Thursday, Febuary 16

 

Tuesday, Febuary 14

 

Mouse signing off

 

Wednesday, Febuary 15

 

Monday, Febuary 13

 

Sunday, Febuary 12

 

Saturday, Febuary 11

 

Friday, Febuary 10

 

Organizers promote African awards

 

High anxiety or just ho-hum?

 

ACE enthusiastic about Hines

 

Super rating for big game

 

Korean circuit to open L.A. theater

 

Madonna tops Oz Video Music Awards

 

'Reinas' to open gay, lesbian fest

 

'Horse' rides off with Goteborg kudo

 

Telemundo boasts growth spurt

 

Power for 'Edison'

 

Art directors tap officers

 

Hecht, Ilion land on 'Planet'

 

DreamWorks finds gem in 'Opal' tome

 

WB taps NeoPets pic scribe

 

Revolution rides 'Horse'

 

New Line set to swing 'Low'

 

Paradox pounces on pulp

 

Fest kicks up 'Dust'

 

VH1 loves the 'Life'

 

Roast plucks Peacock

 

MTC gets in 'Rabbit' habit

 

Correction

 

Return of the hero

 

Guild shows 'Enthusiasm'

 

Photog tale gets snapped up

 

Fortress sweet on 'Syrup'

 

Laffs go 'Live' online

 

Pop goes the Alphabet

 

It's 'Millers' time for Buscemi at New Line

 

Black's knack for Nick

 

'Zero' to park in Odd Lot

 

Par's pigeon holed

 

D'Works plays air guitar

 

Wyatt Montgomery Nash

 

Riley Lily Lashever

 

Matthew Michaels

 

Sonae aims to acquire Portugal Telecom

 

Monday race tightens

 

Biondi wooing Bewkes

 

ABC in super shape

 

Bruce McKay

 

Weighty issue: Is reality TV too harsh for kids?

 

Fuji funds find 'Love'

 

Constantin beats path to 'Bridge,' 'Clayton'

 

Edward Lambek

 

Italos tie ribbons on 'Criminale'

 

ProSieben to digital2/8/5

 

Helmer hangs shingle

 

HBO first feevee in the country

 

'Maurice,' 'C.R.A.Z.Y.' lead Jutras

 

BKN drawn to 'Zorro' for TV, DVD pic

 

Kerry Kennedy

 

Steppenwolf preems 'Bleeding'

 

NBC pacts with Ars Nova

 

ACTRA Toronto announces noms

 

Par Classics, Nat Geo take Arctic expedition

 

Yazbek retunes 'Burleigh'

 

Finland's Jussis hot for 'Frozen'

 

Disney sibs get kick out of 'Cosmos'

 

Oscar Watch: Golden guys hit H'wood

 

Correction

 

Preems and 'Tristan' on Phil's sked

 

SportsNet taps nine anchors

 

Discs get a kick from Oscar noms

 

'Out' to open Israel pic fest

 

ABC's ratings raised by wounded journos

 

S. Africa regs flay U.S. sudser 'Day'

 

Telecinco gets local 'Betty,' 'Hell'

 

Nordisk taps Danish music vet Ritto

 

'Stupid' sequel tops Singapore B.O.

 

Showtime expands its Apple fare

 

Spitzer makes radio waves

 

Jean Byron

 

Oz's ABC seeking more gov't coin

 

'Taxidermia' tops Hungarian fest

 

Malaga fest opens with 'Welcome'

 

KWA feeling 'Passions'

 

Albums and records and songs, oh my!

 

Categorical approvals

 

The Acad giveth, the Acad taketh away

 

Oscar music nominees

 

Reviewing the big guns

 

Face time

 

Pantheon players

 

Shake, rattle & roil

 

Par preens for street

 

The Grammy-Oscar connection

 

Lionsgate ups marketing duo

 

Overnight sensations

 

NARAS doesn't flinch in face of pop's new age

 

Gearing up for the gold

 

Circle spots Rosen as senior manager

 

Disney stock jumps 7%

 

Walking the 'Talk'

 

'Nativity' scene's set

 

Jerry's set for a sked showdown

 

Radio One duets on 'Choir'

 

Oxygen shows breathe easy

 

U invites Hanks out on 'Town'

 

Sony dives into the Blu

 

Frost warms Touchstone

 

'Wing' man flies to Fox

 

Touchstone courts drama

 

Taylor-made tunes

 

Thesps join 'Bank' ranks

 

Grammys salute jazz

 

Emma Rose Lillard

 

Eden Scarlett Rittberg

 

Entertainment jobs take a dip in '06

 

Korean film bizzers protest in Seoul

 

Summit hits double with Constantin deal

 

Fear scares up funds

 

Latin fare gets Berlin boost

 

Latenight transport on the wrong track

 

EastWest on 'Shop' spree

 

Moviemax flexes muscle

 

German B.O. takes tumble

 

'Night' lights up sales

 

Studio Canal eyes English-lingo pix

 

Yanks flock to mart

 

Super mart revs up

 

Fox's 'House' hits all-time high

 

Clermont-Ferrand hands out prizes

 

Eye web's displacing its 'Race'

 

Exhib Vue reels in buyer Boreman

 

BSkyB exex get shuffled

 

'Kong' king of China' New Year holiday

 

Film's Seoul rebels

 

Eyeworks expands

 

Bush seals digital deadline

 

Rome label denies Jacko-Pope duet

 

DirecTV back in black

 

SIFF courts Blighty

 

Kidman invited to 'Party'

 

Past informs Szabo's pix

 

Notro stands up for 'Chair'

 

Berlin's wet kiss

 

Sinclair posts dip

 

Foodies find feasts outside fest

 

Gotham finds online location

 

Dieter grins and bears it

 

'Chaperone' sets B'way date

 

Disney's in drive over Shanghai park

 

'Swords,' 'Love' top H.K. pic noms

 

Nickelodeon shuffles exec deck

 

Manilow's the man

 

Shawn Hatosy

 

Fox's 'House' on fire

 

BBC unpeels Orange phone pact

 

Comcast recasts tube

 

Regional fests

 

Murdoch of the Nile

 

Egyptian uprising

 

Tyros tackle the big picture

 

New model for Arab cinema

 

Women on the verge

 

Arab pix tap into new local coin

 

Walk the (hard) line

 

Arnold Vosloo

 

Dave Sheridan

 

Monk in 'Show'

 

Elisabeth Harnois

 

Henry Simmons

 

Oz's Production Co. taps topper

 

IATSE endorses Angelides

 

Tania Raymonde

 

'Bomb' a real blast for U2

 

Rupe goes on a roll

 

'World' welcomes Lahti

 

Univision's up for grabs

 

Makeover for Sony BMG

 

Emmy noms wide Eyed

 

Del Toro to join 'Carnival'

 

London pic crix steer kudos to cowboys

 

FilmFour flips from feevee to free

 

Gray making 'Enemies'

 

ITV fights rumors that prod'n arm up for grabs

 

NAB nabs Mullen

 

Bravo banking on Net auds

 

Berlinale's buzzing

 

Product placement sparks protest

 

Block hangs indie shingle

 

Endemol in the Zone with reality TV

 

Image-maker gets his props

 

Cityscapes

 

Where sets end & digital begins

 

The witch and her wardrobe

 

'Desperate' living

 

Postwar chic

 

The Chameleon

 

Ordinary people

 

A touch of class

 

Nick Movies pumps Pistor

 

Cube's 'House' renovated

 

ESPN changes its game plan

 

D.C.'s Hayes Awards warm 'Urinetown'

 

Seeing red over 'Pink'

 

Grammy's Clive vibe

 

Young's 'Heart' feted

 

Howard dives into 'P.D.R.'

 

Universal has prime 'Chuck'

 

Winners show off their victory dance

 

Grammys no match for 'Idol'

 

Tartan hooks 'Fish' for U.K.

 

Keitel, Beart: 'Crime' partners

 

Film fest vets also live to eat in Berlin

 

Favela' doc lines up deals

 

Danish pic tackles diversity

 

Germans fight to beat '05 woes

 

Fortissimo goes gay

 

KGB enters fray over 'Scum'

 

Kilmer joins 'Dark' side

 

Paris' Orsay on bigscreen

 

Summit just adds 'Water'

 

'Ami' to cap emotional night

 

Way beyond the Potsdamer Platz, anything glows

 

Pickings from the Platz

 

'Boys' struts Stateside

 

Langmann's guilty

 

Kudos for Deneuve

 

Warner Independent nabs rights to Chen's 'Promise'

 

Spain's Wanda revs up with 8-pic slate

 

BBC hopes French clock into Office'

 

Spain's Lauren back in market groove

 

Cesar dressing on Grant menu

 

Gamer host to top Nine

 

Mayor books pic bow

 

Korea creatives use Berlin for pic protest

 

Fine time for Silvio

 

Revs, profits rise at Rogers

 

Zhang title sees the 'Light

 

Fuentes tackles 'Rosario'

 

Malcolm McDowell

 

In France, he's no real 'Angel'

 

Jim Vallely

 

Caitlin Mowrey

 

Jamie Widdoes

 

Ivo Fischer

 

Ian Biederman

 

Louisiana opts for local film incentives

 

'Apprentice' loops in Olympics competitors

 

Burman alights in 'Nest'

 

'Slumming' helmer trips on 'High' street

 

B'way cast try 'Festen' fare

 

FCC puts a la carte on menu

 

Is horror still hot?

 

Oprah lands in XM orbit

 

'Idol' sticks it to Grammys

 

1966: Peeks at post-Oscar parties

 

Federal incentive gives runaway pix reason to stay home

 

State film incentives

 

O'seas coin still counts toward U.S. incentives

 

New offers, New Orleans

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
Feb. 10, 2006

 

Russian Alfa buys multiplex player

 

Ramos buyer for Spain's La Sexta

 

Sales up as ProSieben signs U.S. deal

 

Denne Bart Petitclerc

 

Oz's Film Finance greenlights 3 pix

 

Mouse pulls Rabbit out of NBC's hat

 

Ortiz pic leads Mexico's Ariel noms

 

Regal revs, income grow

 

WB moves to exit pay TV in Spain

 

Cisneros Group ups Dvorak to prexy

 

'Drowsy' distinction

 

Ontario extends tax credit for films

 

Berlin serves up its 'Cake'

 

Melody and medicine

 

Taking up a caviar crusade

 

Pushy questions for…

 

Drinking on the job

 

Bid fast, bid hard

 

Lords of the rings

 

That personal touch

 

Get a life

 

'Friends' boffo at French box office

 

Scribes reach for last chance at enhance

 

Meaningful encounters

 

No sell-by date for relevant issues

 

Screenplays call for aural history

 

Scribes feast on 'Food Films'

 

Ounce of invention

 

New Line ups homevid exex

 

An 'Affair' of the art

 

'Dove' man back for more

 

Praiser biz a real Mob Scene

 

Blockbuster axing staff

 

Jackson braves Iraq

 

Zisk heads for 'Weeds'

 

NBC turning on 'Eurovision'

 

Duo find true love with U

 

Tyro helmer gets 'Hexxx'

 

Par plucks Cosgrove

 

Nick teen web the N heads back 'Nowhere'

 

Par's pinkslips

 

Jordan, WB go it 'Alone'

 

Soft DVDs tame Lionsgate

 

Duo marching to reality

 

Inside Move: Acad nixes Yari's credit appeal

 

Inside Move: News Corp. fills a void

 

'Da Vinci' shines on doc

 

Here! make the 'Cut'

 

Julie Firestone and Andy Garlikov

 

Telemundo's brand new thrust

 

ABC's two-anchor format further disrupted

 

Terra Firms lands AMC Entertainment

 

CBS, ABC's 'Stars' shine Thursday

 

'Snow' deal plowed under

 

No Italian Hi, Hi for 'Bye Bye'

 

German cartel frowns at local exhib chain tie-up

 

Leigh nabs FilmFour $

 

Celluloid snaps up sundance fave

 

Clooney: Serious -- and sexy

 

Potente powers up her pen

 

Lenser Storaro set to shoot 'Don'

 

Wunder-ful wave hits Austrian filmmakers

 

Berlusconi cuts made me quit job, sez Chiesa

 

Gauls go wild for critters

 

Frank Goodman

 

Martin Feinstein

 

Franklin Cover

 

'Zombie' speaks English for Korean

 

Bau haus gets thumbs up

 

Alan Shalleck

 

What, me dogmatic?

 

Robert 'Buzz' Knudson

 

At tease in town's famed taunts

 

CG wizard eyes new cause

 

Mitani gets last laugh with 'Suite Dreams'

 

Comicbook craze drives B.O. crazy

 

Berlin helps open Japanese pics

 

Production yen in a fund

 

Teutons raid Berlin

 

Weinstein Co. stirs 'Awake'

 

Filmax banks on 'Borgia'

 

Bernd sees red

 

BV Oz nabs '48 Shades'

 

BV Int'l ups Frigo to topper level

 

Choi ankles MTV

 

Brazil gets NBA live games over the Net

 

Syndies slip as nets prep for sweeps

 

Debut Montreal fest shutters

 

Kiwi b'casters irate

 

Audiard follows 'Prophet'

 

Roehler signs on X for next pic

 

Latido play Moroccan card

 

France's MK2 takes the 'Cake'

 

Venice manages to amass moolah

 

Former Berlin topper ready to move on

 

Forum plays political angles

 

Pusan flexes its 'total market' muscles

 

Don't count me out yet, sez McKellen

 

Wiesenthal doc lands Kidman

 

Llosas in town to feast on the 'Goat'

 

Helmer probes 'Private' lives

 

African filmmakers huddle

 

Teutons trek through topical jungle

 

Floral and fauna

 

Talent Campus makes art on site

 

The right stuff on display

 

Berlin bodegas: funky but chic

 

Metro taps 'Moscow'

 

'Fingers' tops Elements' slate

 

Elektrofilm, Babelsburg link up

 

Dance inspires Nils Tavernier's 'Aurore'

 

Pic hopes to make 'Friends'

 

Breaks panels open for all

 

Haneke to turn hand to ageism

 

Papamichael, 27 Films in business together

 

Amigo plays up 'Juego' with Gomez Pereira

 

Huayi Bros. revving up pic plans

 

Jordan backs off 'Borgia'

 

Hartnett horns in on 'Baker'

 

Egypt mogul takes it to Al Qaeda

 

Party poop out!

 

Reviews

Cinema Classics Collection: Island in the Sun, Pinky, Stormy Weather

Democracy

Die Kleinstaedter

The Cary Grant Box Set

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Hamlet

Bermuda Avenue Triangle

25 Questions for a Jewish Mother

Elliot: A Soldier's Fugue

Men at Work

Conversation with the Shadow

Relatives

Taxidermia

Confessions of a Mormon Boy

Super Bowl XL

The Raft

Rang de Basanti

Zinda

The Other Side

Angry Monk: Reflections on Tibet

From Afar

Somewhere Too Far

Emergence-See!

Don Juan -- The Trickster of Seville

Cease Fire

Monday

Trying

My Quick Way Out

A Little Kiss

Really SSSupercool: Chapter Two

Punching at the Sun

Pine Flat

White Trash

Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins

The Good Girl Is Gone

Adieu La Vie

Les Bronzes 3: Friends Forever

Time Frozen

Buried Child

Feed

Fireworks Wednesday

Cinnamon

Friday Evening

Journey to Hidalou

Forgiving the Franklins

Moonshine

Matti - Hell is for Heroes

Before Born

Gitmo: The New Rules of War

2006 Nightlife Awards

Parineeta

Unexpected

Crossroads

a Darkness Swallowed

Full or Empty

Restless Spirits

The Trail

Mozart & The Whale

The Master Builder

All the Beauty of the World

Amerika, Or The Disappearance

Eight Below

Opal Dream

Final Destination 3

Faith Healer

48th Annual Grammy Awards

Going Private

Brothers of the Head

Lunacy

Freedomland

Snow Cake

Seriously

Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky

Boston Marriage

Ute Lemper

Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra

Ticket to Outer Space

Mouth to Mouth

The Real Santa

We Shall Overcome

James Blunt

The Right Kind of People 

Red Light Winter

Glastonbury

Family Law

A Soap

Windows on Monday

Slumming

Close to Home

The Wedding Singer

Kismet

Dreamgirls

The Elementary Particles

News From Home/News From House

Container

The Road

Paper Dolls

The Perfect Afternoon

4 Stars

Izzat

Another Morning



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