Table of Contents
Week of 05/28/2006

Articles

Asian animation outfits drawing attention

 

Anime gives kick in the art

 

India inks new H'wood deals, stakes claim in 3-D field

 

Japanese fans see toons that int'l auds miss

 

Manga's the rights fit for majors

 

The movie that changed their lives …

 

Animation's 10 sharpest turns

 

Old-school style graduates to Adult Swim

 

Indie wave hits toon biz

 

French fest gets Italian accent

 

Euro tooners dig underground

 

Farming it out

 

'Faith' renewed

 

Kennedy game for 'Mame'

 

Oz sends out male call

 

Rufus over the rainbow

 

B.O. up as slate expands

 

Tony noms boost biz

 

A 'Love' letter to the Fab Four

 

Claxson sells unit

 

BSkyB high-def rollout tests Murdoch regime

 

Teuton gov't tinkers with media confab coin

 

Aussies upend model for airing U.S. series

 

Green screenings

 

Televisa's vision for Univision

 

'Kimmel' exec plays with the big boys

 

Nets jockey for top fall spot

 

Canceled net serials leave viewers hanging

 

'Da Vinci' breaks records of Biblical size

 

Union rift shakes up Quebec pix

 

Hoofers can't catch a break

 

Plum TV plugs in to the pitch

 

Disc connect over 'Lenin' pic

 

It's a plunderful life

 

Cable's MySpace race

 

New People in new age of Russian pix

 

HUAC hearings turned biz every witch way

 

Bushies wobble under Zin spin

 

Hollywood gets religion

 

Even in a dull year, Cannes fest features small discoveries

 

TV skeds lost in transmission

 

Do Croisette pic promos pay off?

 

Queen-size PR quandary

 

TV's death valley days

 

Braking windows

 

Verdicts bring 'Smart' move

 

Sci Fi, Extreme Wrestling pact

 

Commercials come alive!

 

Stern lawyer looks to come out a winner

 

The big fix

 

Preening at Screenings

 

Talking Turkey

 

The King sings in Cirque's court

 

'X-Men' stands at $107M after 3 days

 

Cannes hops to 'Barley'

 

Wolverine cuts wide swath

 

Cine Tyrol honor lauds Groschup

 

WB, Roadshow selling cinema interests

 

Eichinger buys out Cinedom stake

 

Tax protest hits Czech film fest

 

Digital music biz booming in China

 

Sands lands Singapore resort bid

 

Sky, DirecTV merger OK'd in Brazil

 

Art director dies at 91

 

Thesp set to 'Shake Hands With the Devil'

 

CBS crew hit in Iraq blast

 

'Code' still speaks to int'l auds

 

Praiser duo lifted at Fox

 

Raider rolls indie dice

 

Fox 'Dance' shows legs

 

Azteca seeks to settle with SEC

 

Sanctuary sacks CEO Taylor

 

Talk's not cheap to word-of-mouth marketers

 

'Club' thesp dies at 67

 

Ofcom topper leaves post

 

Helmer gets 'Behind' pic

 

Billy Walker

 

Andrea Mia and Jacob Sternfeld

 

Rishika Advani and Pete Tartaglia

 

Cook grabs 'Season' gig

 

Hot summer nights

 

Misfires forced to stay on sidelines

 

Sunny season sans scripts

 

Reveille pours 'Cafe' for U.S.

 

'Dirty' finds new groove

 

Alvart takes Par's 'Case'

 

Lizard takes WB's 'Wife'

 

Helmer rushes 'Pledged'

 

Warner sings Bertelsmann unit's tune

 

Thurman finds 'Husband'

 

Inside Move: Slippery soap for Peacock scribe

 

Schedule skirmishes

 

Ethnic b'casters link up

 

'Umizaru 2' soaks competitish

 

Lew Anderson

 

Can 'Studio 60' overcome insider curse?

 

Flexible ticket prices not so Easy after all

 

Ster stirs local slate in S. Africa

 

'Mujeres' captures Fierro awards

 

Web overtakes U.K. newspaper ads

 

Southern points to Coastal

 

Big B.O. amid India political tussle

 

Pix cued for Euro Pool

 

'Falcon' flies o'seas

 

Celebs in the rough

 

ITV in the crosshairs

 

Ware leaving Time for CNN

 

Showcase for UCLA scribes

 

Univision tops in N.Y. Sunday

 

John Hoffman

 

Josh Feldman

 

Jennifer Ball, Nani Shin-Wannemacher

 

WE slots original pair

 

Bryce N. Harlow II

 

Shawn Blake

 

Dennis Dunphy, Gian Pablo Kates, Sylvia Reed, more

 

Digital chief logs off

 

Joe Bernard, Lesa Nikolai

 

TW joins suit over DVR

 

Johnny

 

Mily Dupri Frazier

 

Keats Burnett

 

Quinn Sadie Meyer

 

Alexander Birchfield Eick

 

Aida Luz

 

Farina is out of 'Order'

 

Thelma Bernstein

 

Gold to mine laffs alone

 

Auds in stix shift B.O. mix

 

L.A. Fest dresses up

 

Shohei Imamura

 

Genius looking very smart

 

Satmex satellite flies; deal ahead

 

S. Africa happy treaty finally OK'd

 

CinemaNow, Mouse pact for Web pix

 

Mantello mans 'Blackbird'

 

'Poppins' adds cast

 

Pair score perfect 'Ten'

 

U.K. film org taps L.A. chief

 

Hot streak goes on for B'way box office

 

'Let's be careful' lessons still resonate

 

Chavez leads Lionsgate's Latino push

 

Netflix sipping 'Sherry'

 

Thesp on hunting trip

 

Warner laffs at Teutonic 'Men'

 

Emmy storms the 'Hill'

 

In space, no one respects you

 

Inside Move: Crowe flies coop on Oz epic

 

When the flame flickers out

 

Character development, season-ending payoffs prove serial's buzzworthiness

 

Procedurals don't intimidate viewers and, yeah, pay great in syndication

 

Costs pain members

 

What, exactly, is winning worth?

 

'Mother' of all showbiz jobs

 

Lion back on the prowl

 

Actors fight angst of ensemble ennui

 

Underdogs revel in rules revisions

 

Par into character building

 

Sony, Sandler to back 'Jack'

 

'Superman' speeds to earlier bow

 

Adelphia sues to close sale

 

Voy, U's Visual drive bilingual disc pact

 

Aquarius sets up World Wide firms

 

BBC aims squarely for AOL, Google

 

Credit Suisse pondering production company bid

 

'Legend' looms at CCTV

 

Marvel's 'X' man makes cushy exit

 

'Mosquito' buzz at Acapulco fest

 

Discop sets speakers

 

Royal role for Becker

 

Golf goes Kaboom!

 

Diesel preps Hannibal pic

 

Impala sounds off

 

Ray Liotta

 

Amanda Detmer

 

Kevin Phillips

 

Mouse: No plans for Malaysia park

 

David Proval

 

John Brently Reynolds

 

Amy and Zoe Schlagel

 

'Eagle' landing in U.S. via Miramax

 

Ted Berkman

 

Fox in the musical groove

 

U eats its veggies

 

Oxygen high on 'Bad Girls'

 

Chicks click at no. 1

 

Rocco Anthony Fonseca

 

Robert Sterling

 

Levi August Miller

 

Big B'way payday

 

NBA fuels Nielsens

 

Crix pick Peacock skeins

 

Randi Michel and Kenny Felberbaum

 

Eye, affils foster future

 

Peter Borsari

 

More pics for Genius

 

1962: Monroe dead at 36

 

CinemaNow adds WB pics, TV

 

FCC nixes Eye fine appeal

 

It's curtains for Playhouse 91

 

Lionsgate to try 'Luck'

 

A new lesson for 'Teacher'

 

Music that matters

 

Fledgling, IFP launch grants

 

Peacock to pump '4400'

 

U taps fountain of youth

 

'Affair' flair for New Line

 

Duplass duo ink script deal

 

New prexy at EMI Classics

 

'Cars' park at preem

 

Carlson caps a big 'Day'

 

Swedes storm Pirate Bay

 

Inside Move: Busy summer ahead for papa Pitt

 

U taking care of 'Alpha Dog'

 

Disney Channel bows its broadband player

 

See what you can do

 

Pushy questions for…

 

The re-Masters

 

What you can and can't do at Cannes

 

Pair ankling legit org TCG

 

Central Casting hits N.Y.

 

LL Cool J

 

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

 

Indie incorporated

 

Will Sasso

 

Copyright org appoints chairman

 

Ashley Tisdale

 

Mandy Musgrave

 

Christian Pikes

 

Karlovy fest to tout 'Cremaster'

 

U.S. fare a pal to Chum

 

'CSI' finale scores for Vox

 

'Code' banned in 5 Indian states

 

BBC takes soccer, tennis finals to Net

 

Get a life

 

Foxtel, Austar add web for soccer

 

Pathe, BBC team for development fund

 

'ET' powered by McCartney breakup

 

Mintz will brew deals at Starbucks

 

Ratings homer for Mets' net

 

English breakfast?

 

Playboy goes out on a date

 

Love conquers all…except mutants

 

Garden State

 

How to Wear: A Slim-Cut Suit

 

The last dance

 

Soul Food

 

Tech czar takes off

 

Couric takes on crix

 

You want to take this outside?

 

'Heavens' high for festival

 

Floating WB's boat

 

Weinstein pic package makes splash at Pool

 

Elfman stays with Eye

 

Hi-def TV trials start in Singapore

 

Fly like an Eagle

 

Fox plans more 'Dad'

 

Catch of the day

 

Sky One high on 'Love'

 

IMG Media catches Tiger

 

IFTA talks prod'n in BevHills

 

Single life has CBS singing

 

Peacock in photo biz

 

Langella tackles 'Nixon'

 

Kline sets Public comeback

 

MTV's Roedy speaks out

 

WB sails with 'Ark'

 

French co. takes on Brit broadband

 

Variety sets photo outfit

 

Foster tries 'Tenderness'

 

'Death' becomes her

 

Balcer ends long run at 'L&O' helm

 

Inside Move: Make a 'Deadwood' decision already

 

Vid biz rosy over future

 

ABC cancels 'Buy It'

 

Noyce cues 'Music' stars

 

WB finds 'Brave' thesps

 

'Wildfire' rides into Webisodes

 

Magnolia ties 'Severance'

 

L.A. laments prod'n lag

 

J. Arthur Widmer

 

Sherwood ankles 'GMA'

 

Match matches 'Free'

 

Pinewood taps maven

 

Crime pays on channel

 

POPS Orchestra to fete America

 

Spaniards warms to Gaul charm

 

Soccer war breaks out in Spain

 

Reviews

La Curandera

Dying City

The Changeling

Enemies

The Sleeping Beauty

A Beautiful View

Sunday In the Park With George

Displaced

The Boy on the Galloping Horse

Day Night Day Night

Nine Seven Seven

Transylvania

Re-cycle

The Singer

Clerks II

The Real Thing

Zhivago

The Panic Channel

The Hills

Eels

T.I.

Crumbs From the Table of Joy

One Day In People's Poland

Back to Bosnia

To Tulsa And Back: On Tour With J.J. Cale

Chances: The Women Of Magdalene

Inside Paris

French California

The Cult of the Suicide Bomber

Waterbuster

Sounds Of Silence

Dear Father, Quiet, We're Shooting

Betty Buckley

Worth

The Human Behavior Experiments

World Party

Mame

The Field

Dead City


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