Table of Contents
Week of 07/09/2006

Articles

Lynch's Lion now official

 

To breach his own

 

Pols attack hit 'Building'

 

Road B.O. dips; 'Wicked' $1.5m

 

Biz steady; 'Boys' $1.1m

 

Record B.O. for Oz cabaret fest

 

Print biz finds viability in video

 

'Avenue' blues

 

Celebs sign on for education paybox

 

No biz like Shaw biz

 

Thesp branches out with Rosstoc

 

'Big Bro' web furor sparks review

 

Sundance jives to scribe vibe

 

U.S., Oz firms buy into Taiwan cable

 

Asia's high on HDTV

 

Monte Carlo beats marts as Hollywood star bazaar

 

Blighty telco giant dials up TV

 

Playboy clicks with on-demand fare

 

Need to confide? There's always TV

 

Fox News tries friendly approach to ayemcast

 

Waiting for a date

 

Top Chinese thesp turns to helming

 

Execs team for Spain bow

 

Asia helps 'Superman' fly to top spot

 

Tokyo Fanta hides in black hole

 

Levy will tell 'Ritchie' tale

 

Germans mine indie gems

 

Hit pix wow in Moscow

 

"Wind" of change shakes Irish film

 

Asia seems steamy season

 

Writer-director Juan Pablo Rebella found dead

 

Auds dance with 'The Devil'

 

Grade issues major mandate for Beeb

 

A dose of reality for soccer 'wags'

 

H'wood's latest craze: Generosity

 

The new few being wooed by 'View'

 

Studios feel traumas of Tentpole Time

 

Local arties buoyed after Israel nixes crix

 

Thesps and reps grapple

 

iTunes flap: a lot of Gaul

 

Are sequels equal?

 

'United 93' socko in its Mideast bow

 

People who need People

 

Big booty for Bruckaneers

 

'Chest' thumping

 

Socko Q&A apres 'Boffo'

 

Directors Czech out Karlovy fest

 

CBS house advantage

 

Silvio faces fraud trial

 

Timothy Hutton

 

Shelby Fenner

 

Drew Sidora

 

Zulay Henao

 

Eliana Alexander

 

Kluft cops Kimmel praiser gig

 

John Goodman

 

'Times' dances to Oct. B'way opening

 

Bravo raises exec quartet

 

Fresh volley for Regency

 

'Sherrybaby' gets a festival Czech mark

 

Angelus extends deadline

 

Dance takes another spin

 

O'seas auds hoist sales

 

'Do Over' wins over Taipei

 

Cairo fest recruits Sharif

 

Gavin Lee Vogel

 

Rain Alyse Malzahn

 

Backstory

 

Belle of bluegrass country

 

Media-age procedural

 

Up to speed on JBTV

 

Running the show

 

From vision to reality

 

Widescreen television

 

In the pipeline

 

Ancillary waters run deep

 

By the numbers

 

Inside the war room

 

More bang froom the Bruck

 

Genre bender

 

Pirates' treasure

 

Good cop, bad cop

 

Deeds, not words

 

Who is Jerry Bruckheimer?

 

SAG wired for cable in new accord

 

New prexy for NatGeo TV

 

Bride hitched to 'Itch'

 

Judge scrubs CleanFlicks

 

Moore updates pic prognosis on 'Sicko'

 

Weinstein exec exits

 

Gold, Miller do splits

 

Burbank sends FilmLA back to school

 

Jolie tests her chops with 'Kung Fu' action

 

Montreal to Dish on pix

 

NBC U having a Baby Cow

 

TV Guide rolling on Rivers milestone

 

ESPN hands ball to Genius

 

PCCW assets attract third bid

 

Studio adds training site

 

Global ad cup not overflowing

 

Gallic TV ad revenue up 7.3%

 

Momentum takes 'Control'

 

Italo festivals team to honor helming trio

 

Matila Rohr takes Slovo to court

 

Jack Smith

 

Cup ratings a real kick

 

Spain gains at the B.O.

 

Not content with mobile

 

Monsoon drowns Bollywood's pix

 

Mipcom dials up cell phone CEO

 

New prexy at EPPS

 

NBC U: Fine time for Web

 

Jack Sameth

 

Correction

 

Jane Karenna Rosenthal

 

Hogan Charles Henze

 

Correction

 

Kai O'Cain Daniels

 

Correction

 

Fiction chief on Horizon

 

Fourth grills B'way

 

Founders sell Temple Street

 

Disney web ropes 'Jump' tuner for TV

 

'Pirates' adds more to treasure

 

Museum fetes power pair

 

'Psych' brings good fortune to USA

 

BAFTA/LA sets Clint kudo

 

ABC drama has Field day

 

Telco rings in new bid

 

Rudi Carrell

 

ABC adds VP stripes to Rou

 

Girl next door wooed auds

 

Foxtel pacts for minis catalog

 

Funders disburse $10 mil to pix

 

Britdoc lineup includes 'Castro'

 

Zhang body double fights for credit

 

Bizzers named to film commission

 

Superman welcomed at preview

 

Guba adds Sony pix to online offerings

 

Game changers

 

Pack mentality

 

Will merger return vid org's groove?

 

Indies defer format war's draft

 

Netflix coin still small in niche-disc realm

 

Summer in the park

 

McShane on Par's 'Case'

 

U sinks teeth into 'Dracula'

 

Flat first half inflates biz

 

Thesp duo investigate 'Detectives'

 

Chillers displace thrillers

 

Ad pay stirs SAG drama

 

Little big 'Man'

 

Sparrow escape

 

Alexander preps for D.C. production

 

New lease on 'Life'

 

Dark city

 

What's the deal?

 

'Fired!' hired for U.S. distrib'n

 

Rome inks with Premiere

 

Lensers guild prexy fades out amid strife

 

Prinze, Manning jump to 'Jack'

 

Helping hand for HD

 

Teuton BMG acquires Four

 

Studios take cases to court overseas

 

Blighty music biz chases ISPs

 

'Code' case appeal

 

Duna TV, ARTE pact

 

Reclusive Floyd founder Barrett dies

 

Spain banks on movies

 

Oz festival taps a.d.

 

MTV plugs in Martin

 

Butler seeing Double for gig

 

Satcaster plan foiled

 

Submitted for your approval: the anthology

 

Montreal World Fest lures Bates

 

H'wood fest to fete Myhre

 

Mayor gives extra credit

 

Nets get by on talent

 

ABC News ups PR guru

 

'Dead' lives again in 3-D

 

Thesp up for 'Adam' lead

 

Acad invites 83 nations

 

Latin 'Idol' belts out bow

 

Rather ready for HDNet

 

Gains for Gibson on NBC news

 

TW shares in AOL plans

 

MPAA plans fan interface

 

'Pirates' cruises into weekday record book

 

Latin flair for fest

 

Baseball mints billions

 

Scripted TV series pump writer pay

 

Sony's AXN bows 2 niche channels

 

Funds crunched

 

'Cars' hits the gas

 

Cable series receive b'cast boost

 

DIC pledges for Promise

 

Marnie Black

 

Beijing police release documaker

 

Chuck Davis

 

Matt Cooperstein

 

Scott Helbing

 

Ron Schwartz

 

Fox pix to Japan's Jupiter VOD

 

TBS prepping 'Sex' spec

 

Scribe expo sets contest deadline

 

PR maven on the rules of the game

 

Joey Carson

 

Donald Trump

 

William Shatner

 

Samaire Armstrong

 

Katee Sackhoff

 

Peter Liguori

 

David Ellis

 

Terrence Howard

 

Jamie Lynn Spears

 

Jimmy Kimmel

 

Matt Tolmach

 

Players at play

 

Jock pics on deck

 

Agents get their game on

 

Long named Lampoon prez

 

Walsh's room is '1408'

 

'Runway' goes north

 

Warner Indie adds prod'n VP

 

Fox is Lion's homevid den

 

MTV, Cingular cinch pact

 

Censored seg back in 'Park'

 

'Eye' flies to Lionsgate

 

Inside Move: AP snaps over Fox's TCA photo policy

 

Inside Move: CNBC all wet on 'Aquaman'

 

Mouse to cut back on pix, personnel

 

Chinese thesps' 'Pain' gain

 

Fest flies with Mackinnon's 'Scotsman'

 

'Father' finds film family

 

Oz digital gig for BSkyB COO

 

Big gains for Gallic B.O.

 

ISPs cut off pirates' connections

 

Brit music biz seeks new copyright regs

 

Locarno fest honors Dafoe

 

Daryl G. Nickens

 

'Da' star Hughes dies at 90

 

Fellowes finds fault with filmmakers

 

Oz revises media ownership rules

 

Catalana coin for pix

 

Mira Tweti

 

Fox, Telefonica move on mobile

 

Cash checks back in

 

Joe Lo Truglio

 

Serena Reeder

 

Katie Cassidy

 

Amanda Detmer

 

Armie Hammer

 

Richard Chamberlain

 

Hamptons fest ups Roy to a.d.

 

Mike Lawson

 

Acad elects new governors

 

Mediaplex bows on Korean market

 

CBS Radio wields ax, trims 115 jobs

 

'View' diva duel fuels newsmags

 

An All-Star perf for Fox

 

Lipps looking out for 1

 

Laffer scribes fit for Fox TV

 

Lionsgate's syndie plan

 

Chum sold for major Canadian bacon

 

'Chest' chimes in with terrific Tuesday

 

Versus to bow with Garcia's 'Lives'

 

Camp damp for the elite

 

HBO touts life sans 'Sopranos'

 

New Zealand kicks off 16-city fest

 

Fox ups development execs

 

McGowan gets romantic gig

 

Golden raises coin through sale

 

Laurie cashes in on 'House'

 

Milan Williams

 

Corey Scholibo

 

Content finds coin

 

O'Brien to fill NEA legit post

 

Virgin Comics woos Woo

 

Cash now for netco

 

'Rescue Me' continues climb up FX ladder

 

'Clerks' revisited

 

The tao of 'Dupree'

 

VSDA paints town silver

 

Warner fans 'Firestorm'

 

Cars & stars

 

Corwin feted at MTR

 

'Boffo' makes West Coast bow

 

World-class cinema in the Windy City

 

The biz is back in Century City

 

Indie site reels in prod'n database

 

'Heart' beating

 

Indie 'Evil' has a home

 

Par eyes helmer's future output

 

SAG panel cuts ties over secret info

 

Maestro of the mega-pic

 

2006 ESPY Awards Winners

 

Wall of Sound

 

Labor pain in Spain

 

RAI lifts Leone to deputy director post

 

Distrib org buys into VOD

 

Comic was zinger czar

 

Kadokawa to remake Kurosawa's Sanjuro

 

Fest bows in Saudi Arabia

 

Astral Media still in the market

 

Google vid services logged for Europe

 

La Laguna fest to honor Mozart

 

1994: Brando passes mantle to Depp

 

Oz sets media deregulation for '07

 

Constantin gets 'Freche'

 

Cattrall will meet Mamet

 

Paul Schrader

 

Brenda Song

 

Adam Herschman

 

Gabriel Casseus

 

Marie Matiko

 

Kline replaces Walken

 

'View' soars sans Star

 

Get a life

 

H. Hood Cinema debuts with 'Repos'

 

Twirl Much?

 

How to wear: An older man

 

Summer of stache

 

Forecast leads to Disney stock drop

 

Fox elevates Pattison in British gig

 

Laff fest updates profile

 

Univision picks Pretto

 

'Pirates' to pillage fresh competish

 

Unity on Univision?

 

Munich fest kicks in with 'Winter'

 

Laffer label kicks off

 

Corus sees revenue gains, uptick in Q3

 

Babenco puts Garcia Bernal in 'Past'

 

Helmer Hill the Maine man

 

Arena, Premiere pact for soccer

 

TNT, Bravo shows fire up cable

 

Cable combination

 

PiFan fest kicks off with biz support

 

Todobebι, Branded, AIM pact for skein

 

An 'Inconvenient' call

 

Reinventing the wheels

 

A G8 gem

 

Define "bargain"

 

Fry the friendly skies

 

Supper's resurfaced

 

Pushy questions for…

 

H2-OOOOOH

 

Get your motor running

 

Too cool for the pool

 

Early birds get cheaper movie tickets at AMC

 

Here comes the sun

 

Philanthropic orgs, part two of list

 

Philanthropic orgs, part one of list

 

Solid ground for foundations

 

More than just a hospital

 

Hip Hop to the Rescue

 

Saving the children

 

Creating That Big Break

 

Names added to 'Santa' list

 

Giving a Voice to Autism

 

All the Kids on the Block

 

Build, Baby, Build!

 

Reims runs ABC's 'Brian'

 

Mississippi Rising

 

Fogler has lucky 'Number'

 

From Africa to L.A.

 

A Talk with the Governor

 

Saving the Oceans

 

The Not Forgotten Child

 

Music cause more than kids' play

 

Hagemans play it as it 'Lies'

 

Agencies aid & abet

 

Show me the (time and) money

 

'ET' empire expanding

 

USA's 'Caribbean' cruise

 

Mouse locking up Keys

 

Krause entering 'Room'

 

Lifetime, Merv facing the future

 

MTV2 makes 'Crank' call

 

Inside Move: Producers getting poked in the 'Eyes'

 

Inside Move: 'Shark' finds legal bait