Table of Contents
Week of 05/14/2006

Articles

Shanghai nights for Besson

 

Radford rides Spanish 'Mule'

 

Coconut Grove goes fallow

 

One-hit wonders bedevil lit biz

 

Korean toon is a 'Classic'

 

Italy sans Silvio

 

Media titans make their triple play

 

'Zhivago' comes home to Russia

 

Setanta scores

 

It's a web, it's a syndie

 

Mundo makeover

 

TV biz should follow rules of sport

 

Pic faves take the Road home

 

Blitz plexes Indonesia

 

Thomas orders 'Fast Food'

 

Scribes illuminated the City of Light

 

Content is king again

 

Ladies' night in Beirut

 

George's clone wars

 

Footage flies with new outfit

 

To dream Tom's 'Impossible' dream

 

Scribes upfront and in your face

 

Digital is music to Edgar's ears

 

'United' turbulence

 

Double play's a hit for doppelganger

 

Turnaround is fare play

 

Furor feeds 'Da Vinci'

 

Sequel of the week

 

Toy of the week

 

Under fire, Spacey rethinking Old Vic

 

Pacific Playwrights get fresh

 

Mexico OKs Telemundo investment

 

A B'way group hug

 

Short's long on tall tales

 

Biz dips; 'Jersey,' 'Rain' hot tickets

 

'Rings' around a theater

 

B.O. falls as 'Chi' takes week off

 

Webs can't agree: Who's on first?

 

Trueba plans mucho pix

 

Toon eggs fry competish

 

Kiwis team up on piracy

 

'Mission' a weak No. 1 at Euro wickets

 

Gauls hail a cab with fourth 'Taxi'

 

'Kid' gloves come off against Blair

 

Brazil's digital screens give indies a shot

 

Beyond black & white

 

Will 'Code' crack the box office?

 

Cap Fear!

 

Familiarity breeds content for nets

 

Upfronts: getting addled over ads

 

Brit cops collar 'Thick' thesp

 

Channel switching

 

Hellman, Dardennes picked for jury duty

 

Tom's wake bruises cruise

 

Balanchine ballet bash

 

Artificial sale real

 

'Wah-Wah' wows viewers at AFI

 

NBC loses 'Conviction'

 

Wet & wild

 

Diversity lightens up

 

Family business

 

Prod'n prexy for Davis

 

'Komma' picked up

 

Court's venue shift

 

Canal Plus taps new topper

 

Brande Roderick

 

Johann Urb

 

Melanie Lynskey

 

Kevin Levrone

 

Brenda Strong

 

ThinkFilm bets on 'Black'

 

Fest tries to regain fantastic rep

 

Czech prez bounces tax to fund pix

 

Par has lock on 'Storage'

 

San Sebastian looks at Lubitsch

 

Funny Balloons lands 'In the Pit'

 

No 'Doubt' as of July 2

 

GM gearing VOD 'Survivor'

 

A.M. Rosenthal

 

Correction

 

IFP, Current TV team for competish

 

'Boffo' opens doc fest

 

O'seas auds on 'Mission'

 

'Arrow' flies with Warners

 

Sony's PR guru returns to NBC U

 

Pols ready to Perform

 

'Epic ambition' on display in silent 'Cabiria'

 

Lerner: 'Indie' means risk

 

Blighty banks softly back biz

 

Asians flex mart muscles

 

Teutons push for new plan

 

VIP: investigations & productions

 

Parlez vous anglais?

 

Creatives on the verge

 

French Official Selections*

 

Who's really who in Cannes

 

Market watch

 

Grandma's story just priceless

 

Inside Move: Budgets apparently easy to compute

 

Fund to span the indie gap

 

Legit debuts garner kudos

 

Rockers show their Love

 

WGA working to put ad issue upfront

 

Summit summons pic pack

 

'History' is in with the outer crix

 

Nets drive pickups

 

Who launched whom?

 

'Darko' vision of near future

 

Dough buoys pic pools

 

Finally, something 20 auteurs can agree on

 

French craft services lets crews eat cake

 

Unveiling Versailles

 

The Da Vinci effect

 

An American in King Louis' court

 

A taste of Paris in L.A.

 

March of the clones

 

Canal merger: One Plus one equals one

 

Brit biz ponders new tax credits

 

Chateau Villette

 

Brit tax funds ante up $1.2 billion

 

'Underdog' gets the girl

 

Ellis running 'Asylum'

 

All-stars vie for 'Big' break

 

New coin for Endgame

 

Team swings Gates

 

Seattle fest's got it down to a 'Science'

 

NBC sked a test of the West

 

'Rosario' looks Pretty to France

 

NBC has flair for the dramatic

 

'Greys' powers ABC

 

Distrib Eros woos London market

 

'Terms' of new drama

 

Eye gets to play it safe

 

Pirated 'Tsotsi' sells despite arrests

 

Eurimages backs Rohmer romance

 

'Dhoom' scenes ready for action

 

Oz 'Greenlight' gets a second go

 

CNN gets hefty bill in dismissal case

 

Beyond expands with Nomad stake

 

Five groups plan bid on Sentosa

 

Seven Net presenters off the hook

 

Foxtel gets groove on with 'CD Live'

 

YedangOnline game for ShowEast

 

RTL nests in pay niche

 

All hail the 'Queen'

 

Tracking puts marketing on rough terrain

 

'Anatomy' of sweeps

 

Grant McLennan

 

Party's over for 'Festen'

 

NewFest to eye 'Candy'

 

Sue Smith

 

Tom Hansen

 

Tuners wrestle for top B.O. slot on Broadway

 

CBS, Stern dispute nearing resolution

 

Starz shines on fest

 

Sunday floats WB's boat

 

Consuelo Sayago

 

Gary Rosenfeld

 

Jeffrey Neuman

 

Lindsay Gardner

 

Van Der Werff upped at Sony

 

Sea change at H'wood newbie

 

Summit plants sr. VP of sales

 

U takes terrorist tale

 

Inside Move: 'Superman' playing with Singer's sked

 

'Bratz' all dolled up

 

Study dings TV diversity

 

New Line taps sr. VP

 

'Tarzan' works it out

 

'School' still sings

 

Correction

 

Alphabet sez feds track newsies' calls

 

TWC ups prod'n duo to sr. VPs

 

Great 'Grey' way

 

Fox laffer's all 'Used' up

 

Fox tags Hooper senior veep

 

Celebs boogie for a cure

 

Scribe jibes rile studios

 

'Sunshine' glows at BAM

 

Upfront and center

 

Singer may bolt from 'Run' remake

 

ABC performs sked surgery

 

Discord over 'Rush' credits

 

Digital Domain docks with Bay

 

European Union unveils download charter

 

'Drowsy' gets a Tony wake-up call

 

Alphabet bets on newbies

 

Debut Saudi pic puts focus on social themes

 

'Grey's' finale scores big

 

Sharif hits Cannes for Zaki gala

 

MTV Intl. tunes up presence in Turkey

 

Emperor strikes back with sales slate

 

Argento brought to 'Tears'

 

'Game' kicks of NY festival retro

 

'Norwave' rolls

 

Iris Star joins Primer in a cross-pond pact

 

Wong path leads to revelation

 

Mideast Christians push 'Da Vinci' ban

 

Koreans mum on quotas

 

Chiller marks Huayi debut

 

Obies spread kudos around

 

Holmes exits Gruber Films

 

Thesps join 'Dream' team

 

Vatican gets last hit before 'Code' preem

 

Weinsteins & Roadshow set Down Under distrib'n

 

Liberty plugs pic pipeline

 

Let the deals begin

 

Kelly takes Time off

 

Paul Marco

 

BBC ponies up for Canal Plus series

 

Fox's MyNetworkTV to upload soap segs

 

India pulls plug on Bloomberg TV

 

Nine mines survival tale

 

Oz updates video copyright laws

 

DVD rental firm buys German rival

 

No rest for fest's guests

 

A new Nasdaq tack

 

Journo set for fete at Banff TV fest

 

HandMade lists with Alternative

 

ESPN scores UEFA soccer rights

 

Media landscape dotted with question marks

 

'Frostbite' rights flow to Wellspring

 

Museum theater to show local pix

 

Sue Ronson Levy

 

Nine still Oz's most revved-up net

 

China release looks 'Impossible'

 

Lawyers lean on press

 

'Idol' perfs on online turf

 

'Code' courts the Croisette

 

Eye is out of evening news cellar

 

XM draws heat for digital music device

 

Sweeps a two-net race

 

Veronica Sheehan

 

Paul Yanover

 

P. Mark Ng

 

Maria Dwyer

 

Melissa Fallon

 

Excellent health

 

Time for a shift at mag

 

David Santaniello

 

Rob Fisher

 

Branson to tune out V2

 

'Caine' closes B'way hatch

 

Coelen, UTA duke it out

 

Rotana jumps 'Al' train

 

Carion fond of 'Farewell'

 

Mouse plays nice with East Media Holdings

 

Borgos climbs to Summit veep post

 

Meridian primes pic sked

 

Focus in on the secret

 

Gosling, Waits put 'Heart' in Kari pic

 

Slate scores two

 

Inside Move: Censors still a royal pain for 'Palace'

 

Lowe stirred by 'Echoes'

 

Telemundo makes mark

 

Crile doc challenged Gen. Westmoreland

 

Platform acquires Public Eye

 

'Indian' shows strength in Oz

 

Here! Films will get a 'Life'

 

Tom Korman

 

Derrick Thompson

 

U, Google to team on vid promo of pic

 

New Line to hit 'Rewind'

 

Distrib deal finds 'Time'

 

Four affixed to 'Broken'

 

Koepf ankles X men to hang out shingle

 

Fantasy fulfillment

 

Michael Crepezzi

 

Echo wins 'Standoff'

 

CBS may part powerful pair

 

Inside Move: Moonves to moonlight on Eye's 'Early Show'

 

New net looks familiar

 

Rebecca Marie Reyes and Nicholas Jess Sandoval

 

Oz tube double shot

 

Gore goes to lectern

 

Spanish house goes int'l

 

Sony joins d-cinema test

 

MPA sets anti-piracy Vp

 

Beta snags 'Salvador'

 

Intandem revives series

 

Wild Bunch plans 'Escape'

 

Seven Arts dives into pic pair

 

FilmFour flips 'Genova' coin

 

Campbell grabs 'Ring'

 

Eye sees a new Sunday

 

Stylejam set for 'Vacation'

 

Goldwyn, Fox vid arm see 'God'

 

Duo stay up past 'Midnight'

 

Shalhoub tops 'East'

 

Gosling garners 'Girl' gig

 

Optimum goes on the record

 

'Time' clocks in at Karlovy Vary

 

Media 8 to probe space tragedy in 'Challenger'

 

Icon won't regret Piaf pic

 

Fox rocks, CBS solid

 

Moves at top sharpen Focus

 

'Mr. Lonely' finds a friend

 

New Films builds 'City'

 

Alpine's falling in 'Love'

 

Boo birds goad 'Code'

 

Wenders takes new angle on 'House'

 

Biz catches franchise fever

 

No plots like the old plots

 

A back-to-basics revival

 

Getting real

 

Films fly many flags

 

Tough shooting

 

Piracy doesn't dampen vid hopes

 

Friends, Romans, Hollywood filmmakers …

 

No place like Rome

 

People's party

 

Cel block rises in Eternal City

 

Bye Bye Berlusconi: Local biz mulls life after Silvio

 

Eternal History

 

Piazza delivery

 

VIP chief to stay in jail until trial

 

Sweeps weeks hits slums

 

Ron Perlman and Stephen Rea

 

Time taps top editor

 

Danica McKellar and Greg Pitts

 

Mark Totty and Donna Feldman

 

HandMade offering

 

Peppers pop at last

 

ESPN lands UEFA

 

Adam Nee

 

Fox TV two-timing Oz

 

Journo feted at Banff TV fest

 

Tanya Roberts

 

Jones has no 'Doubt' about 'Faith'

 

'Idol' holds high note

 

Tube tech timeout

 

Grand jury reports for Duty

 

Tyro tide rises

 

Festival flurry

 

Cannes' man Cassel

 

Toppers exit at Oz exhibs Hoyts, GU

 

CineVegas sweet on 'Candy' and 'Lies'

 

Pix drawing preservation funds

 

No suitors allowed

 

UCLA students selected

 

Product shots

 

Producer was 'Guys' guy

 

Warner ups Japan man

 

Stars power slate

 

Galba feels the beat

 

Ferrara to do 'Crew'

 

Cinemavault thinks ahead

 

'Summer' catches heat from Chinese censors

 

'Paris' omnibus leaves off Varda

 

Helmer set for 'M'

 

Depardieu accepts an 'Invitation'

 

Star snaps visit Madrid

 

Kong, Yu go 'Last'

 

Malkovich becomes a 'Disgrace' in drama

 

Financiers firm up for entertainment fund

 

Two for the Roald

 

Cannes Classic fetes Canuck

 

Iaia Filmes enters Latin-Am market

 

Napster sings as revs, subs get boost

 

MTV movie nods to hit Overdrive

 

Not so fast for fund exec

 

Unions back ad study

 

ESPN's Spanish touchdown

 

Sarandon in on 'Secrets'

 

Vin shows romantic side

 

Indecency bill fails fast track again

 

Mayor to boost tax incentives

 

Par tells the 'Truth'

 

Fox won't mess with success

 

Silverdocs sets slate

 

Tatyana Joffe

 

Bette Einbinder

 

Arthur Salyer

 

Kathryn Craig

 

Alex Moradian

 

Jill Rabin

 

Sean Cohan