Table of Contents
Week of 04/09/2006

Articles

The game is afoot

 

'Jelly's' shaking up Atlanta

 

B.O. rises; 'Spamalot' hot

 

Biz soars' 'Rain' 988g

 

Biz soars; 'Rain' 988g

 

Oswald has 'Peach' of a hit at Griffin

 

Disney goes back to 'School'

 

Toasting Tennessee

 

Fest's 'Scene' stealer

 

London preps for music haul

 

Content suppliers get busy signal in Singapore

 

Poland raises curtain on digital

 

Webs flex political muscle in Mexico

 

It's a whole new ballgame

 

Fishing for drama to fill extra nets

 

Net's cup flows over

 

Winds of change blow at Mip

 

Holding the applause

 

Ovation looking for a second act

 

PBS mantra: You gotta have art

 

Doors relight with TV, pic placement

 

Web caters to new arrivals with sudsers, specs

 

Adrift amid tragedy

 

Univision split vision

 

Fest highlights locals

 

Tokyo ups arthouse ante

 

'Ice Age 2' reanimates frigid global B.O.

 

Guadalajara fest goes to market

 

Canuck studio gets H'wood break

 

Gallic hitmaker likes L.A. lifestyle

 

H'wood seeking the missing link

 

Devil's in the details for Fox

 

Here's the scoop on the snoop…

 

No oohs in Oz reg change

 

New bid-ness model

 

Gaul's 'Bronze' is good as gold

 

'Room' keeps the door open

 

Sizzle doesn't sell

 

News snooze

 

Glitter glut

 

Telco funds Portugal pix

 

WB leans on Lemon

 

'Eleanor' indie finds famous faces, funding

 

'Ice' berg sinks rivals

 

L.A.'s own French quarter

 

A pro-social focus

 

Horror mavens meet

 

There's only one Sophia

 

Radio ga-ga

 

Making friends at 'Friends'

 

BVI Japan locks up $85.5 mil in 3 mos.

 

'Access' for Fox stations

 

Openden cast in CW role

 

New digs for 'Housewives'

 

IATSE pacts with Alternative Metal

 

'Ciao' time for Silvio?

 

January Jones and Kimberly Williams-Paisley

 

Charlemagne Medal fetes Polish thesp

 

Correction

 

'Lazlo' big winner at Pulcinella

 

John Krasinski

 

Katheryn Winnick

 

Isaach de Bankole

 

Blake Lively

 

Chelsea Field

 

Toon tops o'seas

 

Law firm adds partner

 

Sarasota jumps with 'Joy'

 

Tribeca touts tune lounge perfs

 

'Number' comes up at Milan fest

 

Sat TV catching on in Asia

 

Breaking in below the line

 

Diversity resources

 

Only as good as your last performance review

 

What to do in case of breakdown

 

Six who quit and came out ahead

 

Diversity guru tells studios how to mix it up

 

Bitstream is mainstream

 

Guilds advocate inclusion for underrepresented players

 

Exec plays for NFL net

 

Horror comes home

 

Coma pic stirring at Rogue

 

NBC's calling off 'Heist'

 

NFL plan will keep nets on their game

 

Wired for change

 

Schiavo 'Truth' retold

 

'24' star stays on Fox clock

 

'Dog' jumps to B'way

 

MySpace enters tix biz

 

Clickstar kicks off with DeVito

 

The dish on the dirt

 

Korean Christians seek "Code" ban

 

Stones still rebellious in China bow

 

Esun reports return to profitability

 

Bean back for sequel

 

Fox goes it alone in CIS, Russia

 

ABC tops quiet Sunday

 

Studios wrestle with scheduling challenges

 

John Voland

 

Sasha Ferrer

 

Sommer Hixon

 

Diana Zakis

 

Kevin Kulas

 

Vanessa Reyes-Smith

 

Al Cubillas

 

Julia Kadarusman Lipari

 

Joel Goldberg

 

Dutch Cramblitt

 

Italo vote too close to call

 

Focus gaining 'Ground'

 

'Julia' biopic in Focus

 

'Odd' sees 1st B.O. dip

 

'Project' gets workshopped

 

Dreamworld coming true

 

MTV pope toon raises Catholic ire

 

Cablevision to carry Beeb's news net

 

Ads get a big kick

 

Prison term for Indian thesp

 

Argentine fest bows with int'l focus

 

Mags sag

 

TV menu changing?

 

'Happiness' hailed at Czech fest

 

Pay TV group Casbaa adds 8 more

 

Foxtel renews Par TV program pact

 

TV Acad adds new noms

 

H'w'd resists pay fray

 

A blockbuster rebuttal

 

Touting home turf

 

Exec throws in with Odd Lot

 

TV One ponies up for WB laffer slate

 

Site mighty for Alphabet

 

Peacock promotes Petry

 

DGA prexy challenges P2P bill

 

HBO, AEG make Comedy pact

 

Baer feted with Stewart kudo

 

Alexander, Cleese, Cosby do it for Laughs

 

Destination Denver for 'Real World'

 

Persistent prepping for 'Ordinary' pic

 

Method in madness

 

Goldcrest's getting in on 'Elvis' laffer

 

Sporting life taking flight

 

Brothers get 'Gate'

 

Lionsgate, Panamax roll out first title

 

Lizard drives 'Ambulance'

 

Mandalay cops 'Mafia'

 

Dobkin on freak beat

 

Thomas rides at Fox 21

 

NBC skeds summer reality

 

Helmer leaping to stage

 

Par lifts Abdy to exec veep

 

New Line works its magic

 

Stern spins Post mortem

 

Singleton banks 'Tender'

 

Weitz wins 'em over

 

A celebration for 'Festen'

 

A stripped-down debut

 

GLAAD to meet you

 

Toasting the write stuff

 

Hot night for comedy central

 

Swedish helmer Sjoman dies

 

T-Online inks BBC pact

 

Senator reshuffles board

 

Teuton penalty kick

 

Another manic Monday

 

Berlusconi demands recount in tight vote

 

Henry Lewy

 

TV's fake politicians put real ones to shame

 

More piracy arrests ahead

 

Al-Jazeera promises high-def U.S. distrib'n

 

Golden deal is 'Heavenly'

 

FCC pushes for more cable content control

 

Venture makes scents of 'World'

 

Sasse tops Senator

 

Anchor taps Lomax

 

Nine counts on exec

 

Shaw looking good

 

Science of scripting pics

 

Losique fest keeps going

 

Registry feeds its aural fixation

 

WGA East, ABC talking again

 

Auds flock to 'House' party

 

'Lost' man on the job

 

TNT recruits Scott

 

Comedy Central widens 'Load

 

Col calling up Iacono for local-language pix

 

Syndies mostly soften but mags stay crisp

 

Cable deal for NBC U

 

Gotham garners Latin Grammys

 

D.C. stages prep preems

 

'Chimps' ride Fox's rocket

 

Post scandal a buzz killer

 

MySpace taps security exec

 

'Producers' Vegas bound

 

'December' tops Method Fest

 

Iger bent on shifting distrib fix

 

Eye casts 'Brother' with help from aud

 

Rocker 'Banks' pic debut

 

'Barefoot' takes hike

 

'Stuart' starts

 

The 'Fast' and the furious

 

Screen Gems finds 'Own'

 

'Shooter' targets Mara

 

Inside Move: Emmy voters can't miss 'Chris'

 

ABC Family hones page

 

Hammond on 'Shootout'

 

Stallion's on 'Wicked' kick for pic

 

WB farming a thriller to Macdonald

 

Blurb deal extended

 

Pizza dough funds pic

 

Rogue dishes 'Welfare'

 

Lion wired for Electric

 

Smith pockets 'Greenbacks'

 

Shin Sang-ok

 

Momentum taps Craig

 

RTL receives OK to buy N-TV

 

Digital pix on a big roll

 

Fox towers over rivals

 

Funds find a fixer

 

Berlusconi not giving in just yet

 

Brit tune biz gets a boost

 

Ciaran Hinds, Shaun Toub

 

Bobby Edner

 

Arlen Escarpeta

 

Tasia Sherel

 

James McAvoy

 

Yeomans goes Underground

 

Grieving fans go on rampage

 

Country's cooking

 

L.A. fest enlists Lucas

 

Mays, Garber to 'Sing' for Encores!

 

June Pointer

 

Steppenwolf announces slate

 

Deshaun 'Proof' Holton

 

DirecTV pact keeps TiVo at bay

 

Billy Frank Whitten

 

Corrections

 

Rajkumar

 

Lincoln Center likes Lange

 

Sony going digital

 

Pass the popcorn

 

China wall crumbles on media

 

'Decades' in the making at the BBC

 

'Buffy' scribe slays TV deal

 

'Scary' faces woolly weekend

 

No mobile content rules, sez CRTC

 

Astral on a roll with HD broadcasts

 

'Wristcutters' wows Gen Art Festival

 

Premiere sports Formula 1 extension

 

'Men' shot to fall slot

 

Report cool on U.K. indie TV's upside

 

Lifetime taps exec

 

NHK uncovers new producer fraud

 

Rhythm & Blues org reprises Pioneer nod

 

A real kick in the asp

 

Keys locks up 'Nanny' gig

 

There's new life for the Fab Four

 

'Bettie's' up past bedtime

 

U preems 'Dreamz'

 

Theatrical salutes

 

H'wood orders a double-double

 

'Mama's Boy' digs Daniels

 

Praisery Principal opens

 

Segal says 'Shazam!'

 

Rogue has 'Fuzz' buzz

 

VH1 tastes new 'Flavor'

 

Mouse collars 'Dog' scribe

 

Real deal at Endemol

 

Magic act for Yari's distrib arm

 

U enters the Barbie biz

 

Cobain deal finalized

 

No remorse for 'Sisters'

 

'Love' rules in Gotham

 

Net lights up 'Wildfire'

 

Iger pals around with Pooh

 

Pic 'Candy' to preemgoers

 

Thesps saddle up 'Horse'

 

'Crime' pays for WB, Sutter

 

Cheng's moves click Mouse

 

Copyright concerns dampen viral vigor

 

Social sites stir risky biz

 

Usen pacts with CJ in Japan

 

'Stones' rocks Hong Kong

 

Fox tops slow Wednesday

 

King of pop shops catalog

 

Fox expands playing field for content

 

TiVo now has bird in hand

 

Kurosawa's son opens film school

 

Splendid gets credit

 

Mip, Milia see attendance rise

 

Kidvid Jetix taps Kastenmueller

 

'High' headed to Ahmanson

 

Media abroad: France

 

Media abroad: Italy

 

Media abroad: Spain

 

Media abroad: Holland

 

Media abroad: China

 

Media abroad: Mexico

 

Media abroad: India

 

Media abroad: Australia

 

Media abroad: United States

 

'Name' flames

 

Bush in crosshairs

 

B.O. up; 'Wicked' wins again

 

Biz dips; 'Rain' 985g

 

'Tigers' fuels Asian tuner trend on Great White Way

 

'Lestat' revamps for Broadway

 

Making the news

 

Digital TV a turnoff in tech-savvy Korea

 

Palestine TV jumps online

 

Sullen Scandi cops win Teutonic auds

 

Out with the new

 

For newsies, hard times lead to soft news

 

Hallmark's rising arc

 

Peacock finds punchline

 

S.F. fest gets energy infusion

 

Two-tone toon hits Gaul

 

'Ice Age' melts o'seas B.O. competish

 

Austrians in coin dispute

 

Sawhney gives silent treatment

 

H'wood backlot era draws to a close

 

Gotham woos pix

 

High-profile shoots migrate to Big Apple

 

A bawdy breakthrough

 

Will 'Dallas' go off the ranch?

 

Femmes put best face forward for biz

 

Silvio's not signing off Italo TV just yet

 

Pouring a double

 

'Phat' plays thin

 

For Fields, tort is best retort

 

Going for 'Broke'?

 

H'w'd backs away from pay fray

 

Teutons tune to Turkish delight

 

Mideast mints standup guy

 

White bread

 

Reviews

Hallelujah

King Kong

Brokeback Mountain; Capote; Good Night, And Good Luck; Memoirs of a Geisha; The Squid and the Whale

The Godfather: The Game

In Celebration of Harold Pinter

Whistle Down the Wind

Blanche and Beyond

The Ten Commandments

Phat Girlz

The Raconteurs

Festen

Revelations

iWitness

The Constant Wife

On the Line

Dread Awakening

A Jew Grows in Brooklyn

little Willy

Guardians

First Monday in October

The Studio

The Tree

Rosario Tijeras

Bal Masque

More Than Anything in the World

Alien Autopsy

Day Watch

The Test

Keillers Park

Molly's Way

Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story

Welcome Home

The Gap

Scrap Heaven

A Bite of Love

Darkbluealmostblack

Without You

Rough Winds

Jean-Philippe

The Bicycle

If Only a Lament

Herbie Hancock: Possibilities

Asterix and the Vikings

Sand in My Pockets

The Last Gaze

Resisting Life

God or the Girl

Love in Self Defense

Based on a Totally True Story

What About Brian

When Do We Eat?

Sarah Plain and Tall

The Wild

Hijra

Preaching to the Choir

Abominable

Smaller

Peer Gynt

Heartlift

Crossing the Border

Noise

Executed in Floresta

Scary Movie 4

Have a Heart

Stuff Happens

Mack And Mabel

Love Song

Elizabeth I

Shepperton Studios: A Visual Celebration

The Schreiber Theory

Ken Adam: The Art of Production Design

Will Write and Direct for Food

The Crucible

It Just Stopped

Roam


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