Table of Contents
Week of 02/26/2006

Articles

Pop star 'Awakening'

 

Fonzie croons tunes

 

Biz grows; 'Lion' roaring

 

Spain's pay TV giant faces triple-play tyros

 

Kiwis balk at coughing up coin for DTV

 

B.O. rises; 'Park' 305g

 

Blanchett's 'Hedda' raises Ibsen fever another notch

 

Second time around

 

Classic fight between rival Russian webs

 

Tricky tango awaits suitors

 

News nets could be next players in carriage wars

 

Cable weighs kill 'Zone'

 

Producers race to polish 'Rings'

 

A wintry silver lining

 

BAFTA bows to Hollywood

 

Olympics fail to deliver promo gold

 

Winter Olympics put chill on Euro B.O.

 

Unifrance getting down to business

 

Beeb suddenly sees Brit films as good fit

 

Anti-Yank fare all the rage

 

Thai fest sputters

 

Netflix adds its own pix to the mix

 

Go west, young pub

 

'South' parks Kiwi protest

 

The smoking 'Bun'

 

A fading blip on the vidgame radar

 

Marketers look for the Haysbert factor

 

H'wood goes pol-vaulting

 

Biz balks as MPAA digs hole for itself

 

Can buyback blitz stir media stox?

 

Warner takes 'Long' view in France

 

It's My Way or highway

 

'Mountain' climbers

 

The Pod thickens

 

Bad spins ice would-be stars

 

Can't stop the music

 

MTV Asia kudo for Singapore

 

Televisa sits pretty

 

China takes tips on fakes

 

Funder gives Montreal fest a second chance

 

Colombia pitches in to help pics

 

'Water' sweeps over Bangkok fest

 

'Reunion' reaffirms family ties

 

Biggie talk Big Idea

 

One night in Bangkok

 

Miramax trots 'Tsotsi'

 

Berlinale's Truman show

 

ASC deems Omens presidential

 

Ratings dip for Univision music kudo

 

Knotts won 5 Emmys

 

Eye's on debt doctor

 

Sounds of success

 

Czech nods find 'Happiness'

 

Atwood in fashion at costumers' kudos

 

New net sets 1st pilot

 

'Heart' beats for Cesars

 

Games gain with skating

 

Nadine Velazquez

 

Edison Chen

 

Kirby Heyborne

 

Jamie Kaler

 

Lauren Holly

 

Two playwrights share Blackburn prize

 

McCarter, Paper Mill team for 'Dream'

 

Roundabout announces season slate

 

Darren McGavin

 

Broadway takes 'Heart'

 

Snider hits the switch

 

Biz buzzes Comic-Con

 

Legit's 'Billy' bliss

 

Oscar Watch: Final ballots due this week

 

'Syriana' counters Olympics o'seas

 

Team looks to Generate heat

 

I-Acad taps noms

 

Thorne-Stone named Toronto's film commissioner

 

PGA sets the date

 

AFTRA makes its move

 

Henry Seymour Rosen

 

Channing Williams nurtured wilting 'Gardener'

 

Hodgert was gung-ho for Jake's Twist of fate

 

Wright man for deciding 'Witch' vfx lineup

 

Rabin rifles archives for 'Good'

 

Smythe keeps 'Syriana' at peace

 

Harris credits 'Crash' team with getting pic into Oscar playoffs

 

Gabler's greenlight gives 'Walk' a run at Oscars

 

Ossana helps make a 'Mountain'-size hit out of a pocket-size novella

 

Dealing them in to the game

 

Mime will hit the Beach

 

Scribe goes into action for Disney

 

'Locke' and loaded

 

Carey tunes up indie pic

 

Lensers focus on Beebe

 

Group readies VNU bid

 

WB gift-wraps laffer

 

Cameron back in the water

 

Emmerich counts thesp duo for '10,000'

 

Mets in every cable stable

 

Rains cause early closure of Oz's Tropfest

 

Focus zooms in on Zhang

 

'Dancing' dynamite for ABC

 

NAACP favors Foxx for male musical artist

 

Koreans bring 'D-War' to L.A.

 

Entravision to repurchase shares

 

'Night' shines bright at Italo B.O.

 

Despite ratings dip Oscarcast ads add up

 

Weaver dies at 81

 

Publisher was ahead of his Times

 

B.O. decline afflicts Oz disc sales

 

ESPN Blighty bound

 

Thought Equity, HBO pact

 

James Hardiman

 

Teuton helmer takes on 'Krabat'

 

The Night Before Party 2005

 

'Stars' waltzes to win

 

NBC feeds its 'Desire'

 

'King' rules B'way

 

Earliest feature set for restoration

 

Tropfest finalist ousted over recut

 

Mexicanal's 'Foro MX' on DirecTV

 

WaTV to focus on youth lifestyle

 

TV series mobilized

 

Yevgeny Samoilov

 

NAB confab nabs Cameron

 

EchoStar playing Tennis

 

Landscape lands Nash

 

Cablevision stock up 5%

 

Filmfare fades to 'Black'

 

ABC downloads plan to upload segs on Web

 

Hollywood, Washington look for a true leader

 

'Net effect at the B.O.

 

Stories from the campaign trail

 

Spin cycle gets hot-wired

 

The bad and the beautiful

 

When Johnny met Oscar

 

Oscar precedents merit their own awards

 

Props on the block

 

Dollard wounded in Iraq

 

'Company' in the Pink at Universal

 

Comedy net gets 'Freak' on

 

Meyer rallies U troops

 

'Kite' flies with Warners

 

Her brave new world

 

'Love' bug bites HBO

 

Honeywell sweet on Hollywood

 

The life cycle of a dress

 

'Pajama' party

 

'Duck' shows real pluck

 

ABC Family in holiday spirit

 

Freston on library duty

 

Judging Oscar

 

Cabler opens indie windows

 

Do-good celebs

 

Extreme green

 

Blu-ray bow set for May with 12 pics

 

A night to remember

 

The Greatest Oscar Night Ever

 

U uploading digital exec

 

Tube faves fuel fest

 

Download drama

 

Spike bites into 'Shark'

 

Itchin' for more 'Kitchen'

 

'Da Vinci' in court drama

 

Kiss off

 

Public image

 

Cable decency to trump DTV

 

HBO teams with trio on docu

 

Fantasy Swag Suite

 

On-the-go Gear

 

Stealing beauty

 

Haute Looks

 

CBS back in form Monday

 

For Fox, My Network es su network

 

'Collector' nabs 6 Eagle awards

 

Hit knits Chorion bid

 

Revs drop at Blighty cabler NTL

 

Exec back to 'Today'

 

High def, broadband in BSkyB plans

 

Kinowelt doubles deals at Euro mart

 

Fox's 'Idol' idles Games

 

Oscar shorts offered on iTunes

 

NBC's game post-Olympics

 

Pirates brought to Justice via guilty pleas

 

Debmar wild over clearances

 

Pax axes moniker, logo

 

ABC News gets Smart

 

Window treatments

 

FX dishes tabloid 'Dirt'

 

CBS suit tries to burn Stern

 

DVDs seek sticker fix

 

Octavia E. Butler

 

Olympics, net hits turn tables on cable

 

ABC stakes 'Alias' slot

 

New Line kills racy 'Scared' promo

 

John R. Harris

 

'Lassie' calls Toronto home

 

Radar takes spec 'Stand'

 

Athlete's story in play

 

Mosaic gets piece of pic

 

Touchstone in 'Fun' zone

 

Original revs 'Rods'

 

Miramax awed by Austen

 

NYU film fest fetes femmes

 

Charities sked fete-ful week

 

'Everwood' creator moves to Touchstone

 

CMT plucks more 'Truck'

 

Snider's Dream may be deferred

 

Kaos, Willard have series, will Travel

 

Mouse inks music man

 

Inside Move: Wiretap probe targets H'w'd divorce attorney

 

Former cast members fly back to 'Wing'

 

Moonves spins spat

 

'MoveOn' doc on the move

 

'Help' is on the way

 

Taiwan studio closes

 

Stones roll to China

 

Ad boom lifts Spanish TV

 

Channel 4 'Game' for drama

 

'Pope' pic pops up on bigscreen in Poland

 

'Shaun' team chases 'Fuzz'

 

Sandrew heads down 'Road'

 

'Idol' keeps Fox rolling

 

H.K. fest launches 'Election 2'

 

Oz film org enlists octet of censors

 

Net gain for the CW

 

Sharing the wealth

 

U.K. mentoring program launches

 

Ape epic king of China

 

Mouse puts out more perks for H.K. park

 

'Gardens' nabs Rogers trophy

 

Kassen to play 'Willy'

 

Infinity pedaling 'Bike'

 

Anthony Mackie

 

Tom Sizemore

 

Kristen Kerr

 

Aimee Teegarden

 

Wolfe pins down 'Needles' rights

 

Steve Coogan, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Dalton

 

B.J. Britt

 

NBC U still in the game despite Giga stake sale

 

Anschutz's Regal step

 

Toon net goes long

 

Youth movement hits music biz

 

Braff books 'Open' remake

 

Pair shine at ShoWest

 

Syndies: Less ratings mettle vs. Games

 

Davis tome explores Gotham jet-setters

 

Biggies going broadband

 

'Heroes' for helmer

 

'Walk' wins praiser kudo

 

'Walk' DVD outruns rivals

 

ESPN tied to Bonds

 

EchoStar, Nimbus pact for BCCI

 

Corrections

 

China's media wall

 

Darren McGavin memorial

 

John Belluso memorial

 

Rebecca Quynh Zelniker

 

Jesse Morgan D'Elia

 

Lincoln logs 'Druid' bow

 

SBS launches Fla. station

 

Kennedy Center will give 'Carnival!' a ride

 

Dimension heats up 'Shiver'

 

Helmer 'Blocks' fur

 

GM shifts for fashion

 

'Anatomy' of a fest launch

 

Aussies glow in Brooklyn

 

Disney dreams up monument

 

Claim jumpers

 

NATPE reups czar Feldman

 

Stein casts Alchemy spell

 

Moyle off to 'Weirdsville'

 

Cusack says indie 'Grace'

 

Netflix eager to grow indie pic 'eco-system'

 

Spirits hit new highs

 

HBO books standup guy

 

Spirited cash dash

 

Sarah Silverman: Indie spirit guide

 

Weinsteins feeling the scribe vibe

 

California split

 

Wiretap trial date set

 

Oscar tune impugned

 

Hear Music exec ankles

 

'Hotel' world preem will fill in Blank

 

Leads cast in 'Grendel'

 

Garcia Bernal helms first feature

 

Conflict resolved

 

Expanded 'Idol' rolls again

 

Gaul court OKs tech nixing DVD copying

 

Lauder's CME rides Eastern Europe boom

 

'Lion' to tame Japan

 

Korea bizzers move to save screen quota

 

'Sunrise' dawns on Singapore

 

Mip TV taps Toei for lifetime nod

 

Distrib Innotz snaps up 8 features

 

Oz drama gets boost from Ten net

 

1979: Oscars honor Wayne

 

Telecinco posts record profits

 

City of Lights fest to shine

 

Downloading dents Canuck song biz

 

Wharf dialing up 'Durango'

 

RZA

 

Bruno Campos

 

Zac Efron

 

Weekend Box Office Preview
March 3, 2006

 

Ryan Pinkston

 

Elia Infascelli-Smith

 

Jennifer Esposito

 

B'way house hot

 

'Cherry' kicks off Trinity Rep season

 

Praiser Perez ankles NBC U

 

Night Before ups its score

 

ShoWest fetes int'l pair

 

Gate swings open for Beckett fest

 

Super sweeps sesh

 

B.O. does battle with Oscar

 

Weinsteins book Besson

 

N.Y. tuner fest sets panel

 

Study: Kid skeins violent

 

Night at the opera has its day in digital

 

Get a life

 

Pushy questions for…

 

Thesp on the 'Case'

 

Fun behind the ficus: all-natural privacy screens

 

Oscar shows his good side

 

Rice wine is fine

 

The luxury sweet

 

Edinburgh fest taps Mills as a.d.

 

Small thinks big on formats

 

Wild Bunch readies for Euro ride

 

'Sparrow' in Warners nest

 

Sinclair inks affil deals

 

'Saw III' in the works

 

Spotnitz reups shop of horrors

 

Can content ring in revs?

 

Getting a hold on 'Hairspray'

 

SAG contract exec ankling

 

Baseball takes on the World

 

'Brokeback' tune will bust a move

 

'Evan' makes summer bow

 

Fox heads 'Upstairs' with Burton

 

Sweeps sweet for some

 

Camden crosses to Fox

 

Lunch a tech platform

 

Perry's growing 'Payne' for TV

 

Union ousts business agent

 

Sternberg's in 'Question'

 

Screen Media taps 'Water'

 

Bewkes banking on blurbs

 

Inside Move: 'Crash' song still puzzles

 

'Narnia' nabs Faith kudos

 

Court halts cannibal pic release

 

'Idol,' 'CSI' top Thursday

 

Jack Wild

 

'CSI' pumps up Alliance Atlantis profits

 

Kiwis reup rebates to attract epics

 

George B. Hively

 

Phyllis Huffman

 

Televisa nips Univision 4Q profits

 

MPA, China org to share piracy info

 

Nielsens highlight Univision, Telemundo

 

Aguilera dials Orange cellular

 

Korean web finds Japanese home

 

Fest unveils its Mosaic of music

 

Didion vs. 'Them'

 

Indie awards show a cowboy Spirit

 

Reviews

Mission to Mercury

Impermanence

Nero (Another Golden Rome)

Honour

Cargo: The True Adventures of Mary Bryant

Free Ride

Conviction

The Best of Youth

Ryan's Daughter

All the President's Men

North Country; Pride & Prejudice; Walk The Line

Earshot

Los Angeles Central Avenue Breakdown

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