Table of Contents
Week of 04/23/2006

Articles

'House' finds a home

 

Risky Gaul declares two-part 'Jihad'

 

Vet set for top job at BBC's Arab web

 

SABC helps auds pitch in

 

Locals going loco for 'Survivor'

 

Telemedia dials up a winner

 

Daisey blooms for 'Great' improv

 

Breaking the rules

 

Children's theater pushes hot buttons

 

A tough sell for 'Well'

 

'Salome' stages blitz

 

Biz soars; 'Jersey' $1m

 

B.O. off; 'Wicked' $1.5m

 

Broadway banks on 'Boys' life

 

For affils, new media is a sticky web

 

Cable spins Web to catch guys

 

Just in case, nets censor themselves

 

Shifting standards

 

Hold the phone: U.K. upstart gives away web

 

Bamboo Curtain raisers

 

Rockers take swing at Net

 

Chile's pic pace heats up

 

Grant has last laugh

 

Local fare could thaw Canucks

 

Studios do delicate dance to keep ancillaries up

 

'Ice' stays hot at overseas wickets

 

Kontavr puts accent on Russia

 

Newbies, Latin pix on Croisette calendar

 

H'wood tentpoles prop up arty fests

 

Crix can't 'Rain' on Julia's parade

 

It's the job, they swear

 

Femmes framed by old stereotypes

 

Fans raising 'L' with scripts

 

Canal Plus kicks team to the curb

 

Oh, pretty promo for rock crooner

 

Guilds in headlock

 

Italians bid 'Bye Bye'

 

Growing body of work

 

Tony's a tiger for 'L'

 

The Truman show

 

Slipped discs nip HD debut

 

H'wood's 'Lost' and found dept.

 

Fox-owned webs' newscasts change look

 

Apple income up; Knight Ridder profit drops

 

H'wood's wuss wars

 

He's out there, Moore or less

 

Reversal of fortune

 

Trailers: the call of the mild

 

Cookie cutter campaigns

 

'Silent' treatment

 

'Street' leads PBS to Emmy's high road

 

T for Tokyo

 

Getting behind the camera

 

Singing celebratory tune

 

Flood of emotion

 

Making hay of media pay

 

Over the 'Rain' bow

 

Will Gauls stall Cannes?

 

'Commander' losing Nielsen votes

 

Genius spins Tartan pix to DVD

 

Bing bound for Freud

 

Hart takes 'Part' pic

 

Judge tosses RIAA suit

 

'Ice' showing its age

 

SAG approves toon contract

 

Digital projections

 

Elizabeth Banks

 

Michael Trucco

 

Mei Melancon

 

Chris Coppola

 

Meredith Giangrande and Mikki Padilla

 

Digital drives EMI results

 

Huntington sets season

 

'Branson' brings twang to PBS

 

Touchstone doctors deal

 

Brown takes time with 'Da Vinci' follow-up

 

Farrellys park 'Valet' at D'Works

 

Prod'n chief in new Dimension

 

NBC's Straus to senior VP

 

A&E making real moves

 

Fink to advise disc duo

 

Extended Holliday

 

Thesp back to 'Wicked' ways

 

TLC thinks big with 'Little'

 

Frog man catches wave with Seacrest

 

Stars come out to stump for Clinton

 

Cruise jets to Rome preem

 

TF1 inks VOD pact with EM.TV

 

MTV bows 'Barrio' on mobile

 

ABC clip shows top night

 

Outer crix go for 'Game'

 

Net to trump Russia again

 

'Palace' intrigue

 

Nine loves 'Daughters'

 

TF1 revs feisty in first quarter

 

Senator elects exec

 

TF1 draws VOD deal

 

Sony's toon net set

 

'Fidelity' tuner spins fall bow on B'way

 

USC draws toon grant

 

Tony the Tiger chews on the Tribeca fest

 

Bob Bortnick

 

Trevor Albery

 

Radio deal a win-win for XM, CBS

 

David E. Peckinpah

 

'Ice' almost twice as nice overseas

 

News names weigh in on Couric

 

Vivian Schiller, Jason Rapp

 

BET has stars in its eyes

 

Viacom's got game

 

Media 8 slots global sales VP

 

Another boost for B'way

 

Subs spur Netflix prosperity

 

Fest takes flight

 

Barrandov lays studio foundation

 

Guilds map deal for 'Lost'

 

MTV taps reel noms

 

Kay Finegan

 

Yari's readies 'Skool' laffer

 

ABC looks for laughs with Falvey

 

Warner, EMI dating again

 

China aiming to flex its plexes

 

Yoram Gross team on 'Raindrop'

 

Sun TV shines on Exchange

 

Pakistani lifts ban

 

Filmkombinat launches distrib

 

Record exec Walden dies

 

'United' states case

 

Debbie Levin and Mark Fogel

 

Barbara Lardera and Rob Cohen

 

Maya Barracano

 

Extracurricular activity

 

New York stories

 

Ed Burns

 

Tribeca hit list

 

They've got issues

 

Bill Butler

 

Lee Daniels

 

Bobby Flay

 

Isaac Mizrahi

 

From pop to 'Opera'

 

Following the Sundance model

 

All the news that's fit to spin

 

Oh, grow up!

 

Lili Taylor

 

The music of discord

 

Bowles' band of insiders

 

Gotham prod'n incentives drain the well dry

 

Cityscapes

 

The way we were

 

Kid comics

 

Liz hits with biz moms

 

Downtown Chic

 

P.S. edit boutique a cut above

 

Labor unrest, exec exits hit Disney park

 

Timothy Leary lives

 

Variety's Watkins dies

 

Sony TV ups distrib exec

 

Duo in 'Heaven' onstage

 

Legit chief to Duke it out

 

Scribe duo set for 'Heirhead'

 

A broadcast blast

 

Mexican helmer tops Buenos Aires fest

 

Zucker tops Sony sector

 

Mortensen making 'Promises' for Focus

 

Pacino dives into 'Ocean's'

 

CMT makes 'Big' deal

 

One-stop wonder

 

'Bee' spills beans

 

Showtime exec feted by org

 

Fashionable 'Opera' bow

 

'RV' revs its engine

 

'Silent' night

 

Praisery taps Borella

 

George joins Fox Pix U.K.

 

 

Tartan goes digital

 

Nets spread wealth Monday

 

I-Emmys to fete helmer

 

'Lost' tech game will go global

 

Helmer on Filmax track

 

Canuck cabler Rogers moves out of the red

 

Beeb's crystal ball

 

D.C. spinmeister is the man for studio gig

 

Burt Pearl

 

Nick Latam bows half-hour comedy

 

Telemundo, talkshow host part ways

 

B'way date for 'Blonde'

 

Bernhard's show to stay on longer

 

Fox Keane on PR honcho

 

Newsie is the news at Eye net

 

Fox firstruns help forge tie atop ratings

 

FCC honcho standing by org's indecency rulings

 

Butt, Mather nab Canuck script kudo

 

Barter doffs 'Hat' preem

 

Ad revs buoy Martha stox

 

Jack Compston

 

Univision board member tapped

 

Chris Rovtar

 

Mintz tapped for Azteca America post

 

Disney distribs mobisodes in India

 

Thailand getting True TV platform

 

Bohemians to emerge at Karlovy Vary

 

Handled with care

 

Searchlight finds publicity VP

 

Exec pair get lift at Fox

 

Auds tune out over holidays

 

MTV Russia set to bask in E! glitz

 

Sweeney steps into ring at NAB

 

Media too money mad, rants Milch

 

C4 nabs 9% profit as it battles ITV

 

X Filme sez hello to pic 'Goodbye'

 

HBO, BBC2 to make waves

 

'Bling' docu taking wing

 

'California' lures Wood

 

Par, Cruise enlist in Iraq drama

 

'Rumor' spreads to HD

 

Cabler Cebridge gets Quadrangle coin

 

D'Works 'Itch' tickles star

 

Mertes fills 'Dance card

 

'Motel' checks in

 

'Legend' reborn again at Warners

 

Sony TV adds to exec deck

 

Parker fills 'Vacancy'

 

NBC expands gameplan

 

Gang's all in for mob laffer

 

Warners, Traill mix

 

Suddleson joines Foley firm

 

Digital copyright bill hits the Senate

 

Pax finds place at Tribeca

 

Euro-Latin faceoff

 

More highs for Fox's 'House'

 

Clayne Crawford and Rachel Hunter

 

January Jones and Elisabeth Moss

 

Kirk "Sticky" Jones

 

Max Perlich

 

John Vance

 

Snow takes press post

 

EFP lines up talent

 

Film org taps topper

 

Grant for Signature piece

 

Chinese B.O. battle

 

Lortel kudos find hosts

 

Tuner 'Ring' cashing out

 

Flatts still flying

 

Mouse House making U.K. demands

 

Banff's TV fest fetes Eye web

 

Cruise keeps to Euro 'Mission' despite baby

 

Fox unit nets soccer deal

 

Queen for a day

 

Stern's exit a black Eye

 

Mining for Silver

 

Blackstone sells Teutonic cable op

 

'Battlestar' spinoff in orbit at Sci Fi

 

Azteca ratings buoy earnings by 42%

 

Canada sees specialty, pay TV boom

 

Toronto fest to collect family pix

 

Valette takes 'Call'

 

U thinks 'Night' is quite right

 

CJ backing massacre pic

 

Dose of reality

 

Feds trying to plug leaks

 

Latin home in Granada plans

 

Confab nabs name value

 

Clementine Anne Keneally Cockrell

 

Sawyer Read Fox

 

1955: James Dean always the 'Rebel'

 

Alda in 'Champ' camp

 

Fox Cable calls Carey

 

Big plays put NFL net in spotlight

 

Break set for Web content

 

Hill rises with Warner pitch

 

Par leads 'Uprising'

 

CW channeling exec pair

 

Coens' 'Country' man

 

Lionsgate shrugging

 

Benton's Lakeshore drive

 

Brand new 'Mission'

 

Fangs & follicles

 

The 'Truth' about Cannes

 

Such good sports

 

Agents want big piece of the action

 

Inside Move: Emmy voters keep Eye on streamed video

 

A good Place

 

Leaner but greener

 

Fortnight 'Host' to monster movie

 

Czech boosts coin for pics

 

Former Livedoor boss freed

 

U taps TriStar distrib exec to oversee int'l

 

More competish at Cannes

 

Judge to rule in Apple case May 8

 

Anschutz breathes in O2 for Berlin arena

 

Montreal fest org broke

 

Drew Carey

 

Giuliana DePandi

 

January Jones

 

Jenna Dewan

 

Bill Duke

 

Jeremy Garrett

 

Geoff Silverman and Danny Sherman

 

Mag tagged

 

Meta-tuner sets return

 

'Farm' planted at Laura Pels

 

New cast to don 'Pajama'

 

Will 'United' take flight at B.O.?

 

'Drowsy' top drawer at Desks

 

Brit soccer rights up for grabs

 

Dygra launches int'l sales arm

 

Fox locks in series for fall

 

How to: Wear Skinny Jeans

 

Zen Palette

 

Rally ramifications

 

Blockbuster woes ease, rentals rise

 

Union sez news slanted to gov't

 

Comcast phones in the profits

 

Televisa eyes Univision

 

Tribeca fest logs first buy

 

Get a life

 

Prada, prana, yoga

 

Fizzy wine tastes fine

 

Front row for foodies

 

Gallery-worthy wallpaper

 

Highlight's net profits jump 25%

 

The mothers of invention

 

RDF Media drops bid for Olga TV

 

Scalpel draws rights to 'Hamaca'

 

Mok joins 'Entourage'

 

'Backstage' pass

 

'Line' wins a PRISM

 

N.Y. ups prod'n incentives

 

Conquering cancer

 

Pushy questions for…

 

Round 2 for Berlinale at Athens fest

 

Losses mount at XM

 

Skeins reign on Disney net

 

Dimension adds Cube

 

D'Works kisses off 'Opal'

 

Duo set for 'Speechless'

 

Fest tests girl power

 

Angelina drops CAA

 

Crue chief for Par pic

 

Marvel making deals for title wave

 

'Idol' judge reups for more

 

Disney exec Nelson climbs up Grace Hill

 

Montreal fest org broke

 

Saccani sets laffer at Disney

 

Perry takes run at TV

 

India to fete Pakistani movies

 

Watchdog org fines RAI

 

Eye sweeps up Thursday

 

Sogecine carries a tune for 'La Luna'

 

Alida Valli

 

Harvey Bullock

 

Reviews

Keane

New York Doll

The Bad Sleep Well

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

3 Films by Louis Malle

The Royal Hunt of the Sun

Footloose

Days & Nights

The Mistakes Madeline Made

Fiery Furnaces

The History Boys

The Nerd

Trying

I Love a Piano: The Music of Irving Berlin

Iron Curtain

The Mistress of Spices

Hay Fever

Taming Crocodiles

The Heavenly Kings

I Not Stupid Too

The Passion Of The Mao

Severed

In A Day

An Angel of the Lord

Close To Heaven

In Her Line of Fire

9 Square Meters For Two

Lestat

Glory Pie