Table of Contents
Week of 04/30/2006

Articles

Thanks to pics, Wall St. bullish on Mouse

 

Beyond the Bard

 

Forget a brand name: 'Drowsy' wakes to word of mouth

 

Satcasters' wings clipped

 

Turks delight in local B.O. uptick

 

'Ice' still freezing out overseas rivals

 

'United 93' takes flight from U.K.

 

B.O. in '06: The big bounce

 

H'wood earning questions

 

Blogs, pics leap China's Wall

 

Hitching a ride

 

'Mission' handled with kid gloves

 

D.C. braces for Snow

 

Title wave

 

A 'United' front?

 

Showbizzers adhere to old rites of spring

 

H'wood's 'Wild' ride

 

Posters play against type

 

The reel competition

 

Brand wagon

 

Auds get prime Chuck

 

BBC picks date for Proms

 

'Swan' song for tour

 

B.O. off; 'Wicked' record

 

Biz up; 'Purple' $1.1m

 

A safety net in B'ways jungle

 

Glitz goes Bollywood

 

Russian news channel joins push into Mideast

 

Telemundo, talkshow host part ways

 

MTV 'Barrio' answers the call

 

'Survivor' preps pan-African show

 

ITV has the interactive answer

 

Hitting home

 

Broadcast's spring bows lacking wow

 

Canuck pubcaster shrinks

 

Small screen has already tackled 9/11 fears

 

Cash up in the air at upfronts

 

'Guantanamo' OK for Iran

 

Cripps and Kosse pick sides at UIP

 

Bollywood bows classic adaptations

 

Terrorists cash in on DVDs

 

'Snakes' on Middle East blacklist?

 

U parks Clark

 

Revival of the week

 

Miller time

 

Is market mogul left holding the bag?

 

Playboy's new wrinkle

 

BSKYB scores soccer

 

Board bars Slim Domit

 

Fortissimo goes it 'Alone'

 

O'Donnell moves into 'View'

 

Ellen's the talk of Daytime

 

The Frisco kid

 

'United' flies after all

 

Bollywood goes live

 

'Payne' relief

 

Little 'Miss' marker

 

'Mission' statement

 

'Promise' preem in L.A.

 

'United' brings bigwigs together

 

'Stardust' memories

 

Helmer flips on 'Power'

 

FTC warns media on ads

 

Kurupt

 

Nadia Bjorlin

 

Powers Boothe

 

James Black

 

Patrick J. Adams

 

Travis Van Winkle

 

TKTS moves to new site

 

'Watering' showered with praise

 

Virgin spins new strategy

 

Disney Theatrical ups Eldon to touring VP

 

Additions to 'Blood'

 

HD blooms at Magnolia

 

NBC dramas coming back

 

CBS lineup dominates

 

Netflix sets offering

 

N.Y. auds still divided

 

Bar Assn. fetes Ziffren

 

Gervais smells like a Rose

 

ICM dials in TV agents

 

'Meltdown' still icing the competish o'seas

 

Coachella hits high note

 

'Mission' promo a blast for L.A. Sheriff's Dept.

 

Col enlists hero helmer

 

Scribe goes to head of 'Clash' at Warners

 

Touchstone TV programs Platt for laffers

 

VOD short to FX 'Rescue'

 

'Code' crackdown

 

Singers on sked at E!

 

Nick ups its 'Josh' order

 

Standing on 'Friends'

 

Lopez links with WMA

 

'Mission' friction in China

 

WB spies IRA drama

 

MGM mints marketer

 

Cooper storms 'Kingdom'

 

'Missing' gone from Lifetime lineup

 

FBI leaks raising flags

 

Coffee chain perks to WMA

 

Reality drives L.A. production increase

 

ABC sweeps up Sunday

 

Chris Rovtar

 

Patrick Kennedy

 

Erica Keane

 

Creative 'Snakes' fans rattle New Line

 

Sprockets fest unspools in Toronto

 

'Jersey' jumpin' as 'Spamalot' stumbles

 

Documaker docks at Southern Star

 

MTV Latam votes for election skein

 

Oz fare blooms with Roses d'Or

 

Oz looking to local hits

 

Gray Lady in crosshairs

 

China, Russia remain havens for piracy

 

Wives, docs on ratings roll

 

Censor revisits Handagama's film

 

Al-Jazeera journo released on bail

 

1955: Dean gets drama bug

 

Confab lauds WB duo

 

Veteran PR man dies

 

SPTI lands Latin topper

 

Broadcast flag flies in Senate bill

 

Inside Move: Fox giving its seal of disapproval

 

Correction

 

CanWest ups Martin at TV3

 

Sound recordings contract extended

 

Exec duo helps IDT bolster biz profile

 

Singer blazes trail

 

Cora McBride Walling Welliver

 

Alexander (Alec) Martin Salomon

 

Rupe snaps up dotcoms

 

Java jones for Newsreel

 

Focus drawn to magnetic storyline

 

Wilson open to 'Vacancy'

 

Biz falls hard for 'The One'

 

Tuner reeling in the years

 

Bravo cooks more 'Chef'

 

'Over' cast

 

Fox 2000 to sail 'Sea'

 

McG, Cirulnick go Greek

 

'Red Sonja' back for another run

 

Duo ready for 'Winter' game

 

'Spring' in bloom

 

Sony lifts distrib exec

 

TV Land will 'Fool' with reality plans

 

There goes the neighborhood

 

'Idol' tricks: quick clicks

 

'Tsotsi' man tops CIA pic

 

Let the games begin

 

Alba hosts MTV kudos

 

New label pacts seed Apple

 

Legit lightning strikes twice

 

When only four can score

 

Scribes discover new ways to play out their stories

 

Bands rock Coachella fest: Day 1

 

Bands rock Coachella fest: Day 2

 

Fortnight big on Euro fare

 

A 'Bountiful' bundle

 

Media Luna picks up 'Railroad'

 

Eye's 'Miami' tops Monday

 

Graduates learn the harsh realities of H'wood

 

Hungarian mart draws hungry biz

 

Silvio makes his exit

 

WB uploads Korean deal

 

MTV slots execs for Oz, Germany

 

Oz pledges coin to pix

 

Burton set for jury duty

 

Constantin adopts Kloos

 

Cinema duo team for Dutch treat

 

Gurwitch show 'Fired' up again

 

Funders set $8 mil for German pix

 

AMC to play specialty pix

 

Syndies suffer in week before sweeps

 

Play it again, Fox

 

HBO takes a 'Chance'

 

Schools urged to curb piracy

 

Helmer will sink teeth into sequel

 

Quaid: deal or no deal?

 

Digital age is music to MTV ears

 

Helio orbits mobile youth

 

Susan Browning

 

Zoo zippy for DreamWorks

 

Execs do the shuffle at Oz's Ten net

 

Sao Paulo to play host to MITV

 

Jock pay stings Sirius

 

SevenOne counts on Spiral for deal

 

Laffer fest returns in 2007

 

Telemundo logs online sudser diary

 

Fletcher Wood Steinberg

 

Banff TV fest lauds media mogul

 

Nick taps originals boss

 

'Chief' on the shelf

 

Comics unite for laughs

 

Hollywood Fest seeks entries

 

Mary Heed

 

Steve Ross

 

W. Miller, R. Coonrod, B. Jamieson, D. Kummerfeld

 

Alysia Cotter

 

Lee feted in Taiwan

 

'Priscilla' to sing onstage

 

Canuck budget irks thesps

 

Celluloid Dreams mines Gold

 

U mobilizes a new unit

 

Actioner cast transformed

 

WB corrals thesp for 'Rodeo' pic

 

'Jetsons' relaunched

 

Nala puts faith in novel

 

Will scribes hold cards?

 

ABC 'Summer' lovin'

 

Ephron concocts recipe

 

Distrib deal finds 'Time'

 

U will 'Marshall' Segel's talents

 

MPAA unveils grim piracy study

 

Inside Move: 'Prison' music strikes a chord

 

Exits at upper level

 

New Line colors sked 'Red'

 

March of the exec

 

Louis Rukeyse

 

Valenti friends on board org

 

Sinclair pact puts CW in top 40 markets

 

Turner riding VOD rush

 

New Line stirs up Verne yearn

 

MSN logs on to Reveille deal

 

Taiwan studio set for reprieve

 

EMI's merger bid tuned out

 

MTV Boombox bows in Asia

 

Mannion swipes 'Flourish' sales gig

 

High Point adds five to Cannes slate

 

'Idol,' 'House' dominate

 

Latido slates picks up pair

 

Peter Ellis

 

WWE matches with mobile

 

Louis Rukeyser

 

Canuck center gives tube training

 

Bertelsmann booming

 

New subs are scarce for BSkyB

 

Peace Arch buys library

 

Josh Henderson

 

Ashton Holmes

 

JoAnna Garcia

 

Matt Lanter

 

Greg Cipes

 

Kiersten Warren

 

Azteca taps Guasch for prod'n gig

 

AMPAS to fete college filmmakers

 

BBC, ITV delay joint Freesat launch

 

Mexico hot for 'Ice'

 

German theater attendence on the rise

 

Fox duo foils foes; 'Dynasty' crushed

 

Gou eyes stake in Taiwan studio

 

Finely tuned trade

 

Swipe to shop 'Flourish' worldwide

 

More for High Point's Cannes slate

 

Oz's Foxtel readies Burke talker

 

Homeland fetes helmer Lee

 

Pathe to handle sales for 'Outlaw'

 

MTV Latin America scores soccer doc

 

Sprout grows at PBS

 

VH1 adds 1.4 mil aud with DirecTV

 

Aligator likes the taste of 'Blood'

 

Sony Pix lifts int'l nets man

 

New team to lead BBC Worldwide

 

Willard weds wife's laffer

 

Young Playwrights debut one-acts

 

'Threepenny' extended

 

La Grua to serve as deputy director

 

Wartime love drama wins top kudo

 

Bruce disk is brisk

 

Cooper brothers acquire Runway

 

New Line will rush 'Hour 3'

 

Disorder in TW's court

 

Action traction

 

'Hope' for Levisetti

 

Mogul finds way to 'Rain'

 

Thesps take 'Wild' ride

 

Clear Channel profits up

 

BCE shows strong revs

 

Tele Munchen revs climbed 10%

 

ASCAP to laud songsters

 

Cannes sesh sets fetes

 

Four affixed to 'Broken'

 

Legendary locks Cotter

 

Par Classics taps biz veep

 

D'Works takes off on short 'Flight'

 

All dolled up for Hollywood

 

Art, war at Tribeca

 

Band has write stuff

 

'Delta' draws Parallel

 

Par taking 'Hailey' tale

 

Inside Move: CW begins pilots review

 

Getting ahead for 'Salome'

 

BVI enters Vietnam venture for distrib'n

 

Sony times discs to Blu

 

CBS readies bow of broadband channel

 

Reality by the book

 

Pols give Frist a big swift kick

 

Old meets new on Rialto

 

'Peaceful' preem

 

Inside Move: 'Legend' of Smith an early tale for WB

 

Weinstein Co. plucks puzzler

 

Inside Move: Clash of the exec pair

 

Inside Move: Surfer may board 'Four'

 

Optimum situation

 

Mission: Asia is a success

 

Drimtim makes 'Clean Break'

 

Special 'House' lifts Fox

 

Lucas brings original 'Star Wars' home

 

Santa Barbara fest taps chairman

 

A new goal for UIP's Till

 

'Apprentice' fires up auds

 

Mouse makes leap to Mexican 'Frogs'

 

Kloiber a new foe to feevee

 

Maria Menounos

 

Mark Steines

 

Bruce Bruce

 

Isaac Webster

 

David Rudy

 

Vanessa Gilbert, Kevin Motley, Ilko Drozdoski

 

Ava Jamshidi

 

It's curtains for Italo indie

 

Alliance, Arclight in American Union

 

Brits nix Hendrix biopic

 

1980: Stars mobilized for possible hostilities

 

Feds shred 'Shrek' probe

 

Innertube launched

 

Get a life

 

Olfactory Girl

 

How to wear: A Hangover

 

'Dance grants to filmmakers

 

BSkyB scores first game simulcasts

 

'Candy' opens fest

 

A last journey within the New York fishbowl

 

Malkovich wears Cologne for 'Klimt'

 

Tapp maps H'wood site

 

Munich film fest sets Figgis retro

 

Telemundo taps development exec

 

Sprint sets Spanish tone for phones

 

Network grid is filling up fast

 

Vintage advantage

 

'Mission' control

 

Revs rise, losses double for CME

 

Serious gaming, serious goodies

 

Pirates prep 'Mission'

 

Upside of downtown

 

Graydon Baril

 

'Saw' stars reunite for third edition

 

Undercover and without a home

 

Integrate & communicate

 

Finding new comfort zones

 

Univision Q1 profit leaps on ad sales

 

Marvel profits, sales slump

 

DirecTV profit up after Q1 loss last year

 

Inside Move: Maysles staying at 'Lodge'

 

Ashley Reese Miller

 

Grady Keaton Gilbert

 

Lucas Alexander Acosta

 

Revs rise, losses double for CME

 

Campbell steps into 'Ring'

 

Pair protect 'Bodyguard'

 

'Marriage' vows taken

 

Oxygen airs serious slate

 

WB ups Molter to senior VP

 

Mamet, Hwang highlight local legit

 

Ravi Kapoor

 

Cadaver creations are dead on

 

Miguel Ferrer

 

'Elsewhere' among Arkush's seminal skeins

 

Queen of 'Kingdom'

 

Sony buys floral romance for $2 mil

 

HBO fulfills its 'sexLIFE'

 

Peckos preps starts shingle

 

Speaker makes Time4 Ent.

 

Bridge to go global for redos

 

MTV calling for 'Momma'

 

White exits his role as SAG counsel

 

Fox holding 'Grudge' guy to new deal

 

Gold Circle getting 'Sassy'

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