Table of Contents
Week of 06/25/2006

Articles

Tornosol gets slice of 'Life'

 

MTV targets Koreans

 

Spain reins in H'w'd major

 

Guthrie lights up over new digs

 

Will West wow 'em?

 

Big biz; 'Drowsy' $1 mil

 

B.O. up; 'Wicked' a smash

 

McDermott soldiers on

 

Too legit to quit

 

Int'l comedy no laughing matter

 

Brewing a comeback?

 

Rounding up suspects in demise of telepix

 

Judging shows by their covers

 

Cablers' eyes are behind the prize

 

Israel, Turkey to boost Mideast pay TV

 

Execs count on a hit, in any language

 

Five leaps digital divide

 

Dubai bird flies to the Internet

 

Distrib ties up prize pack

 

Theaters woo fans with cup coverage

 

Even cricket can't compete

 

Egypt's biggest pic sees boffo bow

 

Globo hits the back of the net with 92% share

 

Iron curtains on the rise

 

'X-Men' has power despite Cup slump

 

Telenovela gets a kick out of games

 

Bollywood awards go to Sheffield

 

Spanish law could mean tax breaks

 

WB's China syndrome

 

McDonagh chases screen dream

 

Studios dizzy over DVD divisions

 

Corporate crunch forces studio rethink

 

Loser of the week: Jar Jar Binks

 

Crooner of the week: Connie Chung

 

Cablers on their best 'Behavior'

 

A fistful of cotton

 

Ho-ho-halt!

 

Professor shares H'wood's vision

 

Rookies face harsh reality

 

'Entourage' floats faux feature

 

'Da Vinci' unlocks Asian B.O. puzzle

 

Producers 'Super'-sized it in '78

 

'Devil's' handiwork

 

The accent's on restraint, so far

 

Cup fills tills for Palestinian doc

 

Rather rose above blather of TV news

 

Can chicks get in pic mix?

 

Hot time for the geek clique

 

Funder gives all to German film

 

S. Korea touts digital multimedia b'casts

 

Disney pix for Turk b'caster

 

Fund manager indicted in Livedoor case

 

Czech/Slovak pics in the pipeline

 

Sandler shtick clicks

 

CW feels squeeze in upfront

 

Screen Gems collars 'Priest'

 

John Trierweiler

 

David M. Friend

 

Gary Cannizzo, Angelo Bruno, Eleanor Grier

 

Angelo Bruno

 

Ed Diamond

 

Rich Fineza

 

Debbie Roldan

 

Jennifer Borenstein

 

A&E reality guru expands her realm

 

New Line lifts Web master

 

Imax has super plan

 

Shanghai Film Fest a mixed bag

 

Spelling realm renewed

 

Bebe Neuwirth and Morris Chestnut

 

Malinda Williams

 

Rutger Hauer

 

Marisa Coughlan

 

Scout Taylor Compton

 

Raquel Alessi

 

Discop grows up

 

Vatican blessings

 

Filmmakers mingle at o'seas fest

 

'Brotherhood' mobs Irish pub

 

Court favors managers

 

'Poseidon' cracks 'Code'

 

'Super' duper day

 

WGA sets board contenders

 

Dashiell Henry Burton

 

Connor Brian Dolan

 

Park sparks to 'Pirates' hoopla

 

Richard Warren Pugh

 

Judith Wolinsky

 

Arthur Franz

 

Hubert Cornfield

 

Scratch a fest director, find a rocker

 

Critics invest in Euros

 

Karlovy Vary Festival lineup

 

Local filmmakers carry on fund fight

 

Czechs shaken as Blighty stirs

 

Global village sets up camp at KV fest

 

Fresh produce market

 

Comedy swap for Peacock

 

Televisa's bid is in

 

'Hairspray' up next for 'School' boy

 

Moonves movie plan draws Street traffic

 

Scribe counts '20' at WB

 

'Uglies' sitting pretty

 

DVDs are Eisner's Baby

 

Pilot pro in WB's hangar

 

Playboy, Jameson pact

 

Can discs fill tills for HBO?

 

Par taps U exec as COO

 

Boycott breaks B.O.

 

UMG tunes up for tube

 

B'way B.O. weathers end of 'Days'

 

Online parody a hit in China

 

Religious protesters take on H'w'd pix

 

Spain outlaws P2P file-sharing

 

Inside Move: Gotham gaga over kindness

 

NFL scores more subs

 

UIP gives sneak peek

 

Regan books TV exec

 

Avanzit agrees to buy prodco Telespan

 

Euro biz sharpens focus

 

Jove fest over the Moon for 'Ryna'

 

'Jersey' boy crossing border

 

Hessinger's law in order

 

Kiefer cops drama queen

 

NBC sells off 4 stations

 

Oz's Ten tunes out adult 'Brother'

 

Fuji unfolds 'Story,' rest of lineup

 

Cooler days for global warming doc

 

Par exits Korean DVD market

 

MTV rewires its exec deck

 

Ben Zurier

 

Holly Shelton

 

Mary C. Pouliopoulos

 

Adam Wolf

 

Geoff Figgis, Geri Ginder and Jon Landa

 

Meghan Wurtz

 

Glenn Kennel

 

Pamela Haas Howell

 

Mark Caplan, Sharie Van Gilder

 

Anthony Salerno

 

Ellen Tanenbaum

 

Christopher Demers

 

Arthur Malvin

 

On the short end

 

Oz's Icon breaks off from WB

 

Oz theater award noms unveiled

 

Boston film critic loses job over piracy

 

'Call' collects at Avignon

 

'Promise' kept at Moscow fest

 

Endeavor adds a 19th partner

 

Stella Zadeh

 

Inside Move: The Dream finally comes to an end

 

Sony may raise stake in BMG

 

Oz game for SBS' latenight soccer

 

Five pix granted WCF prod'n coin

 

Foxtel ahead of the paybox pack

 

'Stars' ratings shine for TVNZ

 

Reed's 'Out' in at Edinburgh fest

 

Soccer nets record auds

 

Brad Globe

 

Robert Bailey

 

Exec makes his Mark

 

Rudin taps Roybal prez

 

Devilish duo in the 'Know'

 

Praisery ups exec to veep

 

Top court pooh-poohs Milne's rights appeal

 

Scribe scrubs in with Berry

 

ACLU paves way to 'Road'

 

Gotham gets 'Grinch' for Christmas

 

Warner Bros. teams with etailer Guba

 

Two for the funny

 

Searchlight beams on pair

 

Scout gives VP stripes

 

'Phantom' hits Strip

 

Bowled over in H'wood

 

A fest for the locals

 

ACLU paves way to 'Road'

 

'Sunny' side up

 

L.A. crix set kudos date

 

Saban's big ole play

 

DeAPlaneta in 'Dangerous' territory

 

Fortissimo buys 4 Hartley pics

 

Capote pic on Venice sked

 

Content biz hits record tally in '04

 

Tyro helmers to tap Teuton coin

 

Shanghai fest puts local pix in spotlight

 

Home improvement

 

Comic livens up

 

Hartley handful

 

Japanese nets take on piracy

 

Hong Kong telco logs mobile TV trial

 

Toronto will unspool Cannes winners

 

Johnson throws voice and Rialto catches

 

Holiday heat wave in Gotham

 

Oater achiever

 

Dimension nabs teen laffer

 

Clearing for cable

 

Stars send their regards

 

Tech tangle over new telecom bill

 

Playboy gets Sirius radio biz

 

Truth, justice and the B.O. way

 

Sports slows syndie perfs

 

TNT takes victory lap

 

'Rings' musical scores major kudos

 

'Trail' shows oaters still have ratings fiber

 

Euro filmgoers lobby for better lobbies

 

Moose

 

Julian Slade

 

David F. Cameron Jr.

 

'Dawn' dealt top prize in Argentina

 

Zev Tzion Berenson

 

Maddox Westmore Volpone

 

Harper Imrie Fogelson

 

Sophie Maslow

 

Mardin molded sounds

 

New woes for 'Auto' maker

 

Coin animates A.D. Vision

 

iTunes has hope for 'Tomorrow'

 

BBC socks Web rivals via Cup coverage

 

WB 'Note' tops Japan

 

Chrysler revs up pic contest

 

Inside Move: Fox cuts back on 'OC'

 

Roos leashed to 'Marley' pic

 

Humanitas Prize nominees

 

Scribes key to Humanitas' goal

 

'Shadows' falls on thesps

 

Putting faith in the word

 

Helmer takes the indie lead

 

Thesp 'Lights' on family pic

 

Scribe inks NBC U pact

 

U picks up 'Changeling'

 

Inside Move: Nets slow to give Spelling his due

 

Levitan, Lloyd team for laffs

 

Fox pilots back on runway

 

Innertube's reality

 

EMI Group reject Warner Music bid

 

Duane Roland

 

Toronto's 'Rings' rolls off Sept. 3

 

Aidan Quinn

 

Elijah Kelley

 

Patton Oswalt

 

Melonie Diaz

 

Texas Battle

 

Steve Talley

 

Murdoch mulls group bid for H.K. telco

 

Madonna getting animated

 

Rome fest bonds with Sean

 

Road B.O. dips for 11-show slate

 

Humanitas nod to 'Crash'

 

O'seas gains pump BBC Worldwide profits

 

Moonves set for TV meet in Blighty

 

Bill shoots for star

 

Gauls go for diversity

 

Star TV shines on high-def 'Angel'

 

Urban Films welcomes 'Lonely Bird'

 

Searchlight ups ad exec

 

Lionsgate boosts marketer

 

Weinstein Co. taps counsel

 

'Compass' points to tyke

 

WGAE names candidates

 

Furtado has 'Loose' hold on No. 1 spot

 

DiCaprio will turn on, tune in for Leary pic

 

Senate raises flag

 

Sirius beams Variety news

 

Spanish record for World Cup game

 

Sydney fest admissions take a dip

 

'Makeover' going in Style

 

Cabler redubs live event unit

 

Cameron touts new tech's dimensions

 

Lee, Schamus to honor Bergman

 

Senator taps Mueller prod'n topper

 

Mouse has brand new big cheese

 

Toho Cinemas consolidates ops

 

Apple sour over Gallic music bill

 

Viacom suit moves ahead

 

BBCA goes to McGovern

 

Exec to head digital effort

 

Bob Weaver

 

Kudo hopefuls crowd calendar

 

'Home' run for Harden

 

Scribes make 'Frenemies' with Par

 

Scribe sets sail on U's ship project

 

'Bucket' brigade

 

WMA making money moves

 

Rice will trace faith

 

Discord at diskeries

 

New Line, Morris playing 'Games'

 

Helmer takes 'World' view

 

Scribe still tracing lines

 

LAFF targets award winners

 

U France, TF1 team on download service

 

Warner's high flyer rakes in $21 mil

 

FBI busts camcorder pirates

 

Margara Alonso

 

Parsons' 'Conversations'

 

BV salutes 'Commander'

 

Miramax Books fetes 'Boffo!'

 

BET calls for bash

 

'Nine Queens' helmer dies

 

'Pig' flies to B'way

 

Get a life

 

Robert A. Hatch

 

Koreans will protest quotas

 

Cinecitta's board axed

 

Deauville salute to Sundance set

 

RDF into on-demand

 

WB pic takes to TV

 

Rupe taps monk net

 

Election redirection

 

Blighty banks early on new U.S. series

 

CBS, affils will share NFL cost

 

IFC starts day-and-date unit

 

Suit Up, Sis

 

How to wear: The sarong

 

'Pilot' preem set for fall

 

Brenneman all smiles

 

Filmax raises coin for slate

 

The Family Jewelers

 

'House' party

 

Cumming gets 'Bent'

 

Perez stars in Gallic 'Law'

 

Toronto fest group shuffles board

 

Spike sharp with 'Blade'

 

Gibson exits on high note

 

Tallada tapped prexy of telco Avanzit

 

Confab toes the party line

 

Putting a la carte on the gov't table

 

Expo stirred by Bond

 

Nick going for gold with Olympics pic

 

Aussie kids pick 'Click'

 

Ontario pubcaster moves to digital

 

Bollywood dreams

 

A mixed market

 

Primetime tinkering

 

Sushi and s'mores

 

Smells like a rose

 

Spanish region to showcase pix

 

Operation clambake

 

Let me stand next to your fire

 

Research finds U.K. teens dissing pix

 

Landis lends hand at U theme park

 

XDC expands network

 

Sydney film fest taps Stewart a.d.

 

Oz's Film Finance owes 4 filmmakers

 

German-French body funds four films

 

Teuton Discovery focuses on males

 

Lat Am MTV bows music Web site

 

S. Korea starts mobile broadband

 

Jazz club reopens after makeover

 

Indian cinema fest set for Blighty

 

Brazil chooses Japan TV standard

 

Say 'Ooh' Say 'Ahhh'

 

Anger to be feted

 

Fest's mart makes good with 'Hood'

 

State film org OK's fund

 

WGA, ABC restart talks

 

Technicolor splits unit

 

Pushy questions for…

 

iTunes to offer 'Blade'

 

Best laid plans

 

Patti LaBelle

 

Anika Noni Rose

 

Rick Schroder

 

Nathan Corddry

 

Jullian Dulce Vida

 

Todd Christian Hunter

 

Univision dons suits

 

Rupe always in deal mode

 

Opener helps reup 'Closer'

 

Credits roll for 'Clerks II'

 

WB revisits glory days

 

Mouse 'Musical' hits high notes

 

Fuji shareholders fail to draw blood

 

ContentFilm moves into U.S. DVD distribution

 

BBC Worldwide does biz at Discop

 

Nine drops legal case against former news chief

 

Memorial held for bomb victim

 

Wilson's top helmer dies