Table of Contents
Week of 04/09/2006
Articles
The game is afoot
Disney goes back to 'School'
Fest's 'Scene' stealer
It's a whole new ballgame
Winds of change blow at Mip
Ovation looking for a second act
Fest highlights locals
Canuck studio gets H'wood break
H'wood seeking the missing link
Here's the scoop on the snoop…
No oohs in Oz reg change
Gaul's 'Bronze' is good as gold
B.O. rises; 'Spamalot' hot
Oswald has 'Peach' of a hit at Griffin
Toasting Tennessee
Webs flex political muscle in Mexico
Net's cup flows over
Holding the applause
PBS mantra: You gotta have art
Adrift amid tragedy
Tokyo ups arthouse ante
'Ice Age 2' reanimates frigid global B.O.
Gallic hitmaker likes L.A. lifestyle
Devil's in the details for Fox
Sizzle doesn't sell
News snooze
'Jelly's' shaking up Atlanta
Biz soars' 'Rain' 988g
Doors relight with TV, pic placement
Univision split vision
'Room' keeps the door open
Glitter glut
Biz soars; 'Rain' 988g
London preps for music haul
Content suppliers get busy signal in Singapore
Poland raises curtain on digital
Fishing for drama to fill extra nets
Web caters to new arrivals with sudsers, specs
Guadalajara fest goes to market
New bid-ness model
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
What to do in case of breakdown
Diversity guru tells studios how to mix it up
Schiavo 'Truth' retold
Clickstar kicks off with DeVito
Diversity resources
Six who quit and came out ahead
Horror comes home
Guilds advocate inclusion for underrepresented players
Coma pic stirring at Rogue
NBC's calling off 'Heist'
Wired for change
'Dog' jumps to B'way
MySpace enters tix biz
Breaking in below the line
Only as good as your last performance review
Bitstream is mainstream
Exec plays for NFL net
NFL plan will keep nets on their game
'24' star stays on Fox clock
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
Lizard drives 'Ambulance'
Helmer leaping to stage
A celebration for 'Festen'
Goldcrest's getting in on 'Elvis' laffer
Lionsgate, Panamax roll out first title
Par lifts Abdy to exec veep
New Line works its magic
Stern spins Post mortem
A stripped-down debut
GLAAD to meet you
Brothers get 'Gate'
Thomas rides at Fox 21
NBC skeds summer reality
Weitz wins 'em over
Hot night for comedy central
Sporting life taking flight
Mandalay cops 'Mafia'
Dobkin on freak beat
Singleton banks 'Tender'
Toasting the write stuff
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
Inside Move: Emmy voters can't miss 'Chris'
Stallion's on 'Wicked' kick for pic
Blurb deal extended
Pizza dough funds pic
Rogue dishes 'Welfare'
'Barefoot' takes hike
The 'Fast' and the furious
WB farming a thriller to Macdonald
Smith pockets 'Greenbacks'
Rocker 'Banks' pic debut
'Stuart' starts
Screen Gems finds 'Own'
'Shooter' targets Mara
Hammond on 'Shootout'
Lion wired for Electric
ABC Family hones page
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
There's new life for the Fab Four
H'wood orders a double-double
'Mama's Boy' digs Daniels
Praisery Principal opens
No remorse for 'Sisters'
'Love' rules in Gotham
Thesps saddle up 'Horse'
Keys locks up 'Nanny' gig
'Bettie's' up past bedtime
Real deal at Endemol
U preems 'Dreamz'
Segal says 'Shazam!'
U enters the Barbie biz
Net lights up 'Wildfire'
Pic 'Candy' to preemgoers
A real kick in the asp
Theatrical salutes
Rogue has 'Fuzz' buzz
VH1 tastes new 'Flavor'
Mouse collars 'Dog' scribe
Magic act for Yari's distrib arm
Cobain deal finalized
Iger pals around with Pooh
'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: India
Bush in crosshairs
Two-tone toon hits Gaul
'Ice Age' melts o'seas B.O. competish
Will 'Dallas' go off the ranch?
Making the news
Digital TV a turnoff in tech-savvy Korea
Sullen Scandi cops win Teutonic auds
Sawhney gives silent treatment
Gotham woos pix
Femmes put best face forward for biz
'Phat' plays thin
Going for 'Broke'?
H'w'd backs away from pay fray
White bread
Media abroad: France
Media abroad: Spain
Media abroad: Holland
Media abroad: United States
'Name' flames
'Lestat' revamps for Broadway
For newsies, hard times lead to soft news
Hallmark's rising arc
A bawdy breakthrough
Silvio's not signing off Italo TV just yet
Teutons tune to Turkish delight
Mideast mints standup guy
Media abroad: Italy
Media abroad: China
Media abroad: Mexico
Media abroad: Australia
B.O. up; 'Wicked' wins again
Biz dips; 'Rain' 985g
'Tigers' fuels Asian tuner trend on Great White Way
Palestine TV jumps online
Out with the new
Peacock finds punchline
S.F. fest gets energy infusion
Austrians in coin dispute
H'wood backlot era draws to a close
High-profile shoots migrate to Big Apple
Pouring a double
For Fields, tort is best retort
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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