Table of Contents
Week of 06/18/2006

Articles

Sydney keeps good company

 

Edinburgh shows off its fringe

 

Feore lights up Stratford fest

 

'Evita' dances tango

 

Stage 'Mother'

 

Biz up; 6 shows boast $1m

 

B.O. rides pre-Tony buzz

 

'History' locks future

 

'Jersey' shores up its tours

 

Capricci tilts at 'Honor' pic

 

Arab confab eyes new date

 

New media, new future for Central Euro mart

 

Soap's fresh address

 

Gaul opens its own 'Office'

 

On Rockies road to success

 

Can cable czar be Viacom's star?

 

Nets leave a good first impression

 

Helping to scare up some viewers for MSNBC

 

Biz net builds buzz

 

Cable vision: Psychics will draw more auds

 

S.F. Gay Fest marks 30 years

 

Spain bows VOD service

 

A new slew of faux 'Idols'

 

Helmer tackles politics

 

Taipei event boosts cash

 

Music man hits right notes

 

O'seas stumps slump

 

Little pix with lofty goals

 

Festgoers rise in Transylvania

 

Effective support

 

Thou shalt steal a shot

 

Biz was all ears as radio tuned in first network

 

Roll the credits

 

Tough 'Break' for so-called B.O. gurus

 

CGI gets the giggles

 

A digital nip/tuck

 

Helmer's just a Boll of rage

 

Still building a Portfolio

 

Next up, the Bob Mackie helmet

 

Summer's money shots

 

Where was the Coulter clash?

 

International Exhibitors of the Year: Ricardo and Fernando Evole

 

Lifetime Achievement: Francis Veber

 

Ann's fans stay up late

 

Visionary Award: James Cameron

 

Distributors of the Year: Esclavissat & Gornell

 

Family fare golden around globe

 

Apple terms fall far from reg's tree

 

International Filmmaker of the Year: Andrew Adamson

 

Faith, hope and ratings

 

Global promo rocks

 

Russia boom fuels international biz

 

'Car' charges Devlin's batteries

 

Steve Jobs: Friend or foe?

 

Kids give up seats for seniors

 

Pirated DVDs prove point at fest

 

China, H.K. team for pics

 

MTV links up local students on 'Meet'

 

Brit plexes kick in Cup coverage

 

Spain exhib sez no to Mouse pic

 

Tooning Japanese

 

Kiwi, Singapore duet on horror pic

 

EFP doubles fest support

 

'Nacho' in the chips

 

'Allegro' graces auds

 

Docu stays on the grib

 

Launching 'Canoes'

 

Stamping ground

 

Palm picks up post-punk doc

 

Kelli Garner, Stephen Colletti

 

Bruce Dern

 

Anita Briem

 

Sara Erikson

 

Sarah Chalke, Dorian Missick

 

Endemol sale seen by year end

 

Jury taps Iraq drama 'Jesus'

 

O'seas keeps the faith

 

Seattle 'Spies' a winner

 

China festival an A-list event

 

Downtown D.C. develops arts facility

 

FCC drops digital must-carry plan

 

Captive audiences

 

'Prison' time for thesp

 

Netflix thinks inside the box

 

Inside Move: 'Spring' awakens

 

Discovery awaits CBS exec

 

Par revs 'Hot Rod' with thesp

 

Shepard joins Peacock flock

 

'Wedding' hitches duo

 

Voom blooms in S. Korea TV deal

 

Partners in 'Love'

 

Sisters flip for young adult tome

 

Stoppard builds 'Utopia' on Broadway

 

Inside Move: It's a Shames

 

Apple plants seeds for pic downloads

 

Praiser hangs shingle

 

Liberty free to act at TW

 

Inside Move: Chat with Jolie is Cooper's baby

 

Trio seeking 'Atonement'

 

Sky drinks in L'Espresso

 

Fund well runs dry

 

ITV taking digital step

 

Bollywood spies new superhero in 'Krrish'

 

Corrections

 

U.K. tax man visits talent, agents

 

Spanish Screenings export horror

 

Five receive Hall pass

 

Cyprus scores Disney content

 

'Jesus' looks Sterling to Silverdocs

 

Execs riding the loop in Oz

 

MCC to build LaBute's new 'House'

 

'Mouse' cruises 'Avenue Q'

 

OLN playing the name game

 

It's raining millions

 

Tribune lashes back at Chandler family

 

'Winterreise' sets another fest stop

 

Eye sets Rather send-off

 

Khan game for another hunting trial

 

France 2 buys 'Cheater' game format

 

Lifetime names new exec

 

Boss ankles BBC America

 

Japan's Toho sets B.O. pace

 

Univision rivals raise a red flag

 

B'cast Asia confab will do digital

 

Singapore hosts MTV Asia pic nods

 

Book of profits

 

BAFTA/LA to host auction fund-raiser

 

H'wood flag waving

 

Michelle Tuchscher and Stephen Marks

 

Isabella Damon

 

Vincent Sherman

 

Dillon Makaio Burns

 

Sean Israel Cooper

 

Big job well done?

 

'Apprentice' returning

 

Pez dispenses marketing wisdom

 

Artists' 'Awakening'

 

From half-life to timeless

 

Acad lauds legend

 

Licensing impact players

 

Scribe's just 'Perfect' for Touchstone

 

Blum deal for Schneider

 

Echo Lake taps Marcus

 

Nash, Bridges get 'Smart'

 

Deal done for 'Medium' man

 

Positive shelf image

 

'Desperate' measure

 

Endemol hip to Hispanics

 

Sony appoints Oz distrib chief

 

Trigger happy

 

Warm island welcome

 

'Satellite' of love

 

'Hunters' finds its helmer

 

Tech giant is Devlin's wing man

 

Pinnacle picks up pic pair for TV

 

Exhib Vue in driver's seat

 

Puchon fest unveils 10th anni sked

 

Indie production garners cult following

 

StarHub, Nagravision to expand cable offering

 

Skip City announces lineup

 

Media watchers take the hypocritical oath

 

H'wood heavyweights key to Mipcom

 

Playtime ends at ITV

 

Horie refutes accusations

 

Star theater rises

 

BBC’s 'Top' to pop its last b'cast tune

 

Oddset takes on RTL

 

Pacts poppin' at Madrid pic mart

 

'Guantanamo' wins at Newport

 

Mackie feels VIBE

 

IFP lauds 2929 partners

 

Fest thrown 'Curve'

 

Mamet play gets revival

 

Full-court press

 

Turner cuts Court TV staff

 

Piracy war far from won

 

China nixes Games piracy

 

Fox Korea exec shuffles to Japan

 

Correction

 

Singleton gets a high five from U

 

Ellen Russell

 

'Boleyn' turns heads

 

Magic blingdom

 

FX finds Space for unusual approach

 

'Scanner' has banner German tour

 

Rather exits with a poke in the Eye

 

New HBO laffer may be 'Lucky' after all

 

Blu-ray discs hit stores

 

Cathal Andrius Kirkyla

 

Mercapital locks in exhib Cinebox

 

TVE books rights to preschool skein

 

Clifford Hocking

 

Tight lid on Melbourne

 

'Coast' rounds up its cast

 

IFC to Fuse on mock doc

 

'Change' is in the air at Fox

 

'Crusaders' march

 

Injury sidelines 'Game' pic

 

Thesp in good 'Company'

 

Helmer punches 'Clock'

 

Randall Grant awarded

 

'Soap Talk' bubble bursts

 

Fogler's on lucky streak

 

'80s idols to reunite for 'Coreys'

 

Scribes call out to Sony

 

'CSI' scribe in N.Y. state of mind

 

Nick's sticking with 'Avatar'

 

Media biz wired for boom

 

MTV2 cues up kudocast with aud involvement

 

Lifetime, Luckey sing 'Karaoke'

 

Univision bidding heats up

 

Global face for MySpace

 

Spanish Film Screenings off to a flyer

 

Spelling suffers stroke

 

Channel 4 goes online with Web simulcast

 

New World for pic

 

Pakistan lifts ban

 

Animax goes Gonzo

 

YLE sings Euro tune

 

Ving Rhames

 

Debut dramas get coin from funders

 

Dennis Farina

 

Gary Cole

 

Exec clicks with Kodak d-cinema

 

Kyle Gallner

 

Eric Millegan

 

Chad Collins

 

Breakout for Busta

 

Bumper sales crop

 

ITV snaps up 3 crime sagas for digital

 

First Look banking big bucks

 

Sundance has star power

 

Signature sets Wilson lineup

 

Heat's hot for ABC

 

New Dean for Alley Theater

 

Reality series uploaded

 

FCC revives debate over media ownership

 

WGA pact unites East, West

 

Spanish pol on board at News Corp.

 

Minis dock at Sundance

 

Zodiak psyched about Discovery

 

Discop '06 opens in Budapest

 

TCM sets 'Screenings'

 

Zurier to expand role

 

ITV woos stockholders to boost price

 

Somebody's 'Watching'

 

L.A. fest growing up

 

Moonves fixes on pix

 

More LGBT fare for Logo

 

Granath to chair NATAS

 

More twists than a hit telenovela

 

OLN going online

 

Gucci bio gets going

 

Canuck committee criticizes CBC

 

Fox first out of gate in fall

 

A Big Ten more years at ESPN/ABC

 

Murphy renews his vows

 

NALA falls for 'You'

 

Senator elects Weber

 

Gable Catherine Gering

 

Marin Lartigue Young

 

Meira Yocheved Shapiro

 

Critic cops to selling screeners

 

Ball gives 'All' to NYTW

 

'Jersey' boy ankling La Jolla post in '07

 

A 'Prada' runway

 

'House' raises roof

 

Met 'Class' is in session

 

Katzenberg makes a splash

 

Picture perfect

 

'Candy' is dandy

 

Technicolor sets H'w'd site

 

Residual effect

 

GSN keeps tabs on Bonaduce

 

MPAA in the cross hairs

 

Fox11 in lead for L.A. Emmys

 

Cappon new topper at RAI

 

Vale sails to U Music

 

Disney dials up more phone deals

 

Fest takes break for biz

 

Teuton tax tactics

 

U.S. skeins get Brit love

 

Trio shoots for Slingshot

 

EU distribs aim to define 'indie'

 

Al-Jazeera opens up

 

Discop has int'l flair

 

Studio Dante awarded $10k

 

Get a life

 

1966: Van Dyke takes vaca

 

Master P, Romeo

 

Signature moves at company

 

Michael Kostroff

 

Marcia Cross

 

Sarah Ramos

 

Priscilla Barnes

 

Paula Miranda

 

Squaresville

 

How to Wear: Tailored Shorts

 

When assistants attack

 

'Rings' rolls to London's Drury Lane

 

NATPE skeds 3rd mobile talkathon

 

'Talent' taking off

 

Variety taps Corcoran

 

European vacation

 

Richard Stahl

 

'Rosario' racks up Latam deals

 

Televisa bid is in a bind

 

SAG lags in topper hunt

 

Mega moolah for 'Men'

 

The most exclusive vintage: Yours

 

'Iron' mans May '08 date

 

Baditri scoops up 'Jacques Chirac'

 

SquareOne takes over 'Captivity'

 

Do you have a reservation?

 

'Click' is it 'til biggies hit

 

Design goes granny

 

Ford driving H'wood Dems

 

Menzel wraps lensing on 'King'

 

Cultivating Culver City

 

The posh picnic

 

ITV eyes U.S. syndie plan

 

Pushy questions for…

 

Party at my house!

 

New Line doubles down

 

Ahab captures spot on 'Snakes' soundtrack

 

Craig Zahler

 

Kelley Sane

 

Nicole Perlman

 

Bob Nelson

 

Martin McDonagh

 

Dave Kajganich

 

Helen Crawley

 

Matthew Michael Carnahan

 

Etan Cohen

 

Nick Cave

 

New scribe tribe stars span globe

 

Redstone to Aspen event

 

Best bites & fest sites

 

Roosevelt revives its starlit suite

 

Celebrity chic

 

Shop gives vintage frames fresh new look

 

The man who dressed Cary Grant

 

Bartender to Babylon

 

'24' vet clocks in as feature helmer

 

L.A. Film Fest lineup

 

It takes a Village

 

Summer sizzle for TV pitches

 

'Futurama' lives on at Comedy Central

 

Sundance lights on eight

 

Newly-painted desert offers inspiration to artistic L.A. expat

 

Keltner: L.A. rocks, if you know where to look

 

Stringer applies crowd control

 

Producers in Par's pen

 

Clifford moves to Montecito

 

Mother of a music scene

 

ABC makes plans for 9/11 mini

 

Steady work for five versatile locations

 

Unknowns get their shots on local shoots

 

Tony winner Doyle polishes 'Mahagonny'

 

'Curtains' raised on Kander & Ebb show

 

Where to troll for tyro talent

 

Herzog plays surprise role as L.A. booster

 

Showtime snuffs 'Huff'

 

Read between the lines

 

Inside Move: Sony waves goodbye to Mangold's 'Yuma'

 

Morris will script Warners' 'Committed'

 

Scribe makes mob scene

 

Televisa places Univision bid

 

Huguette Kline

 

Hank Booraem

 

Time's Cooper transfers Portfolio

 

Toshiba sets HD-DVD bow in Japan

 

Sunn Allied to focus on niche pix

 

Charles Smith

 

Aaron Spelling

 

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