Table of Contents
Week of 06/11/2006

Articles

Top 5 locations

 

Group troops' joint adventures

 

Fest builds biz bridge

 

Rolling out the Red carpet

 

'Wicked' raises its curtain

 

Mexico tunes in more local color

 

Changing 'Lion's' den

 

'Roll' rocks Royal

 

B.O. up; 'Wicked' $1.7m

 

Biz off, better than '05

 

'Phantom' rolls dice in Vegas

 

Ball's in the 'Net

 

In pole position

 

Home team means biz

 

Cup can't save ad biz

 

Media fat cats can rest easier

 

Pols drawing a fine line

 

Checking the pulse on 'Sicko'

 

CD swap site sings biz's tune

 

Charm school pays off for Sony CEO

 

'Files' locked tight

 

Welcome to the 'Boon' town

 

'Truth' prevails as eco-friendly film

 

'Jaws' phenom took bite of history

 

Tyro web's gamble

 

Fans find ways to avoid high prices

 

Perth sees a Reelz chance

 

Telling times for tell-all TV tome

 

They ain't whistling Dixie…

 

Streisand's on the road again

 

How the BIG game's changing the rules

 

Brazil bazaar brings biz a boost

 

Nets hooping it up in style

 

Next up: serial sitcoms

 

Serials get soggy

 

Down Under on a high

 

Tentpoles poised to topple in wake of Cup

 

Quebec boom fizzling

 

Israelis tackle Lebanese occupation

 

Toon talent flourishes at Annecy

 

Learning the hard way

 

H'w'd gets real with doc flock

 

Precious images

 

Fortunes flow to local films

 

New type of patron boosts Latin biz

 

Home cooking

 

'Head' starts Cinema Jove

 

'Kitchen' to heat up Asia

 

McLean gets VP lift at E!

 

Asian flavor to spice up Locarno fest

 

The highest bidder

 

Exhib decides to wait on flotation

 

Pixar in driver's seat

 

Brendan Zauner

 

Sid Kaufman

 

John Calkins

 

Chantal Ling

 

Lara Breay

 

Douglas Oines

 

Mike McGee

 

Eric Polin

 

Bob DeSena

 

Hilary Rushnell

 

Gil A. Dickoff

 

Dominique Benoit

 

Craig A. Kessler

 

Penny Abernathy

 

Susanna Vitelli

 

Tom Korman

 

P. Mark Ng

 

Michael Crepezzi

 

Lawrence Klein

 

Lisa Wagner

 

Glen Charles

 

Eleanor Grier

 

Shauna Krikorian

 

A tolerant honoree

 

Bloomberg gets the job done

 

Glitz and prestige

 

Stewart blown away Blown away at kudos

 

Canada arts org reports loss

 

Okada tapped ASC prexy

 

Toon deal begins 'Happily'

 

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

 

Sony names Calkin sr. VP

 

DJ Qualls

 

Sean Maher

 

Travis Schuldt

 

Jenna Fischer

 

Students take Oscar home

 

Azteca affil hits Texas via TW Cable

 

NBC scores a 'Windfall'

 

Billions have eyes on Cup

 

Inside Move: Eye's Emmy stunt gets killer attention

 

Inside Move: Time limit for 'Massacre'

 

Nami Nomura and Matt Wuolle

 

Cup distracts Euro auds

 

The wild, wild west at Cinevegas

 

Study ordered up for Canadian biz

 

'M:I3' will preem in China

 

'Boys' night out on B'way

 

Winners look to next project, performance

 

B'way gets H'wood treatment

 

'History' win rewrites Hytner's expectations

 

MediaCorp subsid inks deal with Saga

 

Bill Nighy in 'The Girl in the Cafe'

 

Judy Davis in 'A Little Thing Called Murder'

 

'Into the West'

 

Jon Voight in 'Pope John Paul II'

 

'Bleak House'

 

Longform plays sked games

 

'Sleeper Cell'

 

'The Triangle'

 

Leading ladies split HBO love

 

Andre Braugher in 'Thief'

 

Helmers fight for credits ability

 

Minis boost cablers' self-image

 

Death of telepix exaggerated

 

Legit praiser quits Barlow

 

Helmer's 'Moon' landing

 

'Stop Loss' enlists second soldier

 

'Mayfly' abuzz with Par, Nick

 

De Luca hosts 'Dialogue'

 

Broadband net has yen for yuppies

 

'Shantaram' shuffling

 

Showtime on 'Night' watch

 

New Spanish lesson

 

FYI contest taps top pix

 

AFI's Scottish rites

 

Movies are Reelz deal

 

'River' to run through Spain

 

Subliminal ads with a twist of lymon

 

Ingo Preminger

 

Canucks' TV review

 

Cinema biz booming in Balkans

 

TW logs bids for AOL

 

Young helmers rule Russia's Kinotavr

 

Helmers ink a producer pact in B.C.

 

Legal eagle flying high

 

Fest reels out vintage kudos

 

'Ice' helps Fox bank $1 bil

 

Focus strategy: up exec

 

B'way basks in kudos buzz

 

Herskovitz to lead an eager PGA

 

Stars shine at Tonys

 

India gov't wants MTV to say sorry

 

Inside Move: Cooper books spot on bestseller list

 

Taiwan watchdog eyes cable TV

 

Chum names mentorship recipients

 

Pink tickled about rise at CNBC Asia

 

Sexta scoops world hoops tourney

 

Robert Donner

 

Electronics firms team on patents

 

France Telecom dials Spanish series

 

Amiel pacts with Fox

 

MSNBC talent to topper

 

'Cars' downshifts Mouse

 

Film agent hops to CAA

 

Abram S. Ginnes

 

'Poseidon' B.O. subsidin'

 

Beckoning Beckett

 

Cup runneth over

 

Telemundo inks deal with Nostromo

 

Eastman House opens to Hollywood

 

CinemaNow reels in Fox

 

Rockies find 'Home'

 

Eastwood ropes Boot

 

Hong Kong park says hello to Lo

 

Infomax under Tom's thumb

 

DIC makes Copyright deal

 

'Hill' scribes fit bill

 

VH1 hunts for 'Rapper'

 

McGuigan counts on 'Four'

 

All in the Steinbeck family

 

Burton takes rain check on Par pic

 

Carson Daly bonkers for Brookers

 

Eminem loading 'Gun'

 

Berlinger puts up 'Dukes' for vid spinoff

 

Program snaps up 'Intelligence' rights

 

Where the 'Boys' are

 

'Grendel' roars loud

 

The 'Devil's' in the details

 

'Doing It' with scribes

 

Carrying a big shtick

 

Par, Eminem aiming for 'Gun' remake

 

Riva hangs MPC shingle

 

Yari's 'Crash' suit dismissed

 

Cartoon Net pacts with Mattel

 

Composer Ligeti dies at 83

 

Brits visit Shanghai

 

Pirates held in 2 nations

 

Singapore Sands plans big show

 

Karlovy Vary lineup on a quest for love

 

Ten Alps on a takeover track

 

Munich calls Cannes pix

 

Riva hangs MPC shingle

 

Studios defy the drop in '06 ad spend

 

Canucks' TV review

 

Beeb to bow online VOD service

 

AFC funds four more low-budget pics

 

Rupe cools engine on search efforts

 

Feminism faces a sad reality in new skeins

 

Distribs' day at 'Beach'

 

Vidtailers escalate battle

 

It's just a season pass

 

Eric Shiu

 

'Windfall' pays off for NBC

 

Mark Flaherty

 

Josh Feldman

 

Richard Conlon

 

Rick Perez

 

John McNamara

 

T.C. Schultz

 

Horvitz back at Emmy helm

 

Karen Toal-Anderson

 

Pubcasting cuts curtailed

 

Hoisting the sales

 

Pair takes biz to Mexico

 

Telefe Int'l shuffles sales staff

 

Local laffers good for Gaul

 

Gibson off to slow start

 

Zodiak signs for Russian stake

 

CBC to air two of 'One'

 

Barbara Cohen

 

'Closer' opens door for cablers

 

Moonves eyes pic entree

 

Preston memorial

 

Fortissimo sells 'Mayhem' to U.K.

 

Schiavelli memorial

 

Sterling memorial

 

Syndies sweep up pieces

 

Inside Move: Scouts' honor tested by N.Y. parking crunch

 

ABC holds onto thesp

 

Inside Move: Gotham pulls permits

 

Lifetime's pet project

 

Lionsgate TV locks in tyke

 

First Look pix it up

 

Missy in biopic mix

 

Fox 2000 takes 'Thief'

 

Armstrong pedals to ESPYs

 

The talk of the town

 

Moreno looks at 'Love'

 

CBS Par loves 'Chris' creator

 

ILM parts with prod'n unit

 

Short Takes

 

Works rides on 'Shortbus'

 

Iroko aboard Algora thriller 'Nino'

 

Italo film org scares up horror pic package

 

Jorge Garcia

 

Tobin Bell

 

Esai Morales

 

Kimee J. Balmilero, Jenilee Reyes

 

Sean Maguire

 

Telco exec heads Endemol

 

Karlovy's Crystal will go to Garcia

 

Sales VP for 20th TV

 

1969: Streisand on the Vegas Strip

 

'Gatchaman' in toon

 

Capital's offenses

 

Venue invites 'Company'

 

Tapper searching for funding

 

'Comic' outstanding as laughter lifts NBC

 

AFI ditches Chicks to take top spot

 

Studios taking on tie-ins

 

Hollywood pays tribute to leading lady

 

Channel One, Team team up

 

Azteca Dallas station to DirecTV

 

Kimmel taps marketing, distrib topper

 

Teutons tied to tube for soccer

 

Oz cause pumps pubcaster soccercast

 

Correction

 

USA playing Virgin's tune

 

Viacom vamps but passes over Par

 

Correction

 

Deneuve heads Venice jury

 

'Asterix,' 'Bosnia' rights go to SPI

 

Legit's rocky road

 

Syndie ratings hit by post-sweep blahs

 

Pix, DVDs buoy Lionsgate

 

New, improved Taipei fest puffs up

 

New Horizons for Calleri

 

Developments at WBTV

 

Man opens fire outside Bhatt office

 

Peter Phillips

 

Spain's GMR luanches Lux

 

Curtis Schmidt

 

John Gehron

 

Laura Kirin

 

Samuel Gilchrist

 

Carlyle to raise $900 mil for cabler

 

Amy Taylor

 

Dave Barrington

 

Elizabeth Herbst-Brady

 

Scott Gregory

 

Vince Szydlowski

 

Asoka Perera

 

Valorie Massalas

 

Laura J. Lee

 

Lisa Barroso

 

David Lombardi

 

Jennifer K. Rosner

 

Harley Bauer

 

CW finds laffer leader

 

Kaye brings 'Souvenir'

 

Indie TV fest set for July

 

Tempers fray at Livedoor meeting

 

Utility players pitch in

 

Tech teams punch up facts between acts

 

Big love for episodic TV's finest hours

 

The Unit

 

Rome

 

Prison Break

 

The Closer

 

Big Love

 

Zits score zilch with voters

 

The heavy-hitters

 

Laffers need to roll six to qualify

 

Guests gravitate toward top skeins

 

Geeks gone wild

 

Divorce decree

 

Inside Move: 'Flight' films fight over Emmy

 

Brian Glicklich

 

Dana Klinghoffer

 

Dean Harmeyer

 

Pollak takes swing at script

 

Adam Flick

 

Brian Black

 

'Brother' gets a better berth

 

Ratings revolution

 

Barbarian back at gate

 

Space chase pic on Par launch pad

 

Macho 'Nacho'

 

He's not half bad

 

WB floats 'Lake'

 

Guilds unite for awards

 

'Outsider' finds following

 

Par, Plan B raise 'Zombie'

 

Net's Sunday service

 

Butterfly Ball let loose

 

'Good Luck' a charm for Alba

 

Schenck boosts RDF USA

 

Livedoor turns tumultuous page

 

Granada Asia lands in Hong Kong

 

H'wood off to Spain

 

Kiss kiss, bang bang, Amen

 

Brit nets snap up hot U.S. shows

 

Helmer Lee will guard 'Secret'

 

Granada looks East

 

Vegas Sands expands in Macau

 

Bundesliga rights sill up in the air

 

Mediapro nets TV rights for soccer league

 

Father Time

 

How to Wear: A fedora

 

Got drunk? Go spa

 

I-Emmys will laud CME's Lauder

 

Get a life

 

Pay play ends at Telemundo

 

Kiwi nets gear up for digital bow

 

Hartford sets Finn fete

 

Rather, CBS in standoff mode

 

Gains small for ABC ads

 

Debbie Matenopoulos

 

Kevin Farley

 

Gabriel Sunday

 

Marcus Coloma

 

Camden Toy

 

Missy Peregrym

 

EMI settles payola probe

 

Pix venturing to Venice

 

No thorn in the paw

 

Microsoft mogul programs new role

 

RIAA sings praises of cell sales

 

B.O. cram session

 

CBC bows sked with latenight yakker

 

Mark Nelson

 

Scott Vila

 

Ronald Stitt

 

Janet Fitzpatrick

 

Simon Danker

 

Lisa Guerrero

 

USA Vid suit targets cablers' VOD plans

 

Tube panel ponders digital domain

 

Thesp gets license to 'Drive'