Table of Contents
Week of 07/16/2006

Articles

'Divas' delivers mo' music to D.C.

 

Menier's tuner factory

 

Biz dips; 'Purple' 41.1m

 

'Line' doc lands callback

 

Can 'Chorus' still line up auds?

 

Cablers plug in to auds' Net worth

 

B.O. bump; 'Wicked' $1.5 million

 

To small nets, critics wield a big stick

 

Singhapore, China set to be 'Super Mates'

 

Indian satcaster's plans go up in smoke

 

Kathy Wood

 

'Ice' freezes reality rivals

 

BBC doesn't add up

 

Showtime Arabia exec's theory works for Arab bird

 

Phenom 'Betty' legs it home to Colombia

 

Italo scandal shakes up TV soccer rights

 

Fox isn't singing 'Hail to the Chief'

 

Crix fret: Is fall lineup too good?

 

A laffers' market

 

Oz shills for more shoots

 

Majors battle Spanish fines

 

Havel docu ready after 12-year slog

 

When auds call the shots

 

'Pirates' picks up overseas B.O. booty

 

Egypt floats on pic wave

 

Oz festival backs hits

 

RBS banks on indie pics

 

F/x take off the years

 

New Line goes for the gold

 

Court cuts in on Edgar's dance

 

'Snakes' vid draws venom

 

A suite deal for Superman's fans

 

RIAA's agenda gets Frist twist

 

Media vet lands big part in D.C.

 

French TV gets a leg up

 

Pirates' recent plunder

 

All eyes are on Katie cavalcade

 

WB's Grecian formula

 

'Pirates 2': Whatever floats your bloat

 

Scandal may be saving 'Grace'

 

Flight of the flacks

 

Helmer takes 'Heart' at Par

 

Chinese checkers

 

Filmmakers resist putting pix to the test

 

Pond-crossing

 

Undercover agent

 

'Caribbean' heat

 

Depp at home in Paris

 

Merry 'Groomsmen'

 

Rain woman

 

Attenboroughs feted in Leicester

 

'X-Men' takes Japan

 

'Nightmares' come true

 

Gallic slot for 'Los Serrano'

 

Teuton pix get boost in Rome

 

ITV stock flounders

 

Gaga becomes subsid

 

TNT in Hunter's sights

 

'24' adds to Palmer family

 

'House' man will move to Fox address

 

It's sibling revelry

 

News keeping Eye on world

 

WB gives it the 'College' try

 

Directory living in the Now

 

CineFan adds pan-regional focus

 

Pacts make J.J. a man on a mission

 

Fuller ready to 'Park' Star

 

Shannon Elizabeth

 

Shu Qi and Xu Jinglei

 

Tony Daly

 

Christina Applegate

 

Michelle Page

 

'Pirates' rides high seas abroad

 

World Awards taps judges

 

Disney skeins to go high-def in China

 

Shark Week gets PR blitz

 

Chisholm quits PBL board

 

Elton orchestrated boost to the big time

 

Howard's high scores list

 

Tune titans team up for 'Batman Begins'

 

Par Pix puts pair in places

 

Composer grows from monster undertaking

 

Pledges of allegiance

 

Shyamalan's go-to tunesmith weaves music of the Night

 

The man who gives films voices

 

Star curls up with New Line

 

Evidence points to int'l sales for 'CSI'

 

Industrial strength

 

CBS enters 'Grey' area

 

Inside Move: From BevHills to Chi?

 

'Blonde' to play Palace

 

New York TV Fest gives pitchers their chance

 

WTO casts big 'nyet'

 

Maiden flight less than 'Super' in Spain

 

Antena 3 profits up 10%

 

The Whitest Kids U Know

 

Daniel Tosh

 

Russell Peters

 

Morgan Murphy

 

Lonely Island

 

Human Giant

 

John Hodgman

 

Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim

 

Rebecca Drysdale

 

Eliza Coupe

 

Casting pros 'Just' say yes

 

Raucous rainbow of ethnic comics

 

Bill Miller

 

Carrie Nye

 

Mouse eyes larger slice of India kidbiz

 

West End's 'Day' to end early

 

Flea attracts Gurney, Mee

 

'Lion' bows tonight on Shanghai stage

 

Dutch mull 'Millionaire'

 

Proceeding with 'Caution'

 

Broadway biz boasts tourism boost

 

Helmer deal spelled out

 

Beach pic kicks sand on 'Superman' bow

 

Televisa gets kick out of Cup

 

Happy 'Returns' in China

 

U.K. artpic fund locks topper

 

Street's sweet on media maven

 

A 'Model' start for CW

 

Ads rate in debate

 

U's big biz boost

 

Novelist was a big gun

 

Ruling clarifies India sat TV biz

 

Variety lifts Davis, Field to veep posts

 

Producer criticizes Taiwan biz

 

Cole lands role in Piana's 'Deaths'

 

Fox fixes on standup pair

 

Thai femmes climb aboard laffer 'Metro'

 

Mitch Feinman

 

Dan Freedman

 

CBS Par TV building content with Kramer

 

Sinise tapped for USO chairman duty

 

Julie Gibbs

 

Will Flannery

 

World Championships of Performing Arts celebrates anni

 

Backlot deadline approaches

 

Bill McLean

 

'Rush' hour

 

N.Y. laff fest kicks off

 

Topanga finds location

 

Duo partner on venture

 

Tom Carrabba

 

'Passage' for scribes

 

Live Nation nabs Fogel

 

'Wicked' wends to Pantages

 

Scribes go clubbing with HBO

 

Fox Reality wedded to duo

 

Emmy honors engineering

 

'Girl' thing for Scarlett

 

Thesps skirt chase at Prada

 

Brand new 'Day' for trio

 

'Idol's' dating game

 

Cyclist spins ESPYs

 

'Snakes' sheds previews

 

An eyeful of roses

 

Viacom sniffs out Onion

 

Cruise docks at Chicago fest

 

'Super' star preem

 

Disney-ABC raises kids' praiser

 

Showoff gets $130 million

 

Emmy lets credits roll

 

Judge OKs TW payout plan

 

Mathis feted by ELLA

 

BSkyB makes stand on free broadband

 

Assante, Meyer get 'Lost'

 

Yank investor goes for Lux

 

Lee Wolfberg

 

Lissa Sanders

 

Smith ankles Film & TV Office post

 

Sydney Dance principals leave co.

 

Artifical Eye to distrib 'Zidane' doc

 

Mark Mears

 

TV dodges some inconvenient truths

 

Beeb big on 'Little' laffer

 

Fest unleashes 'Fido'

 

Studios 'Host' redo

 

Terra, Jump offer Web TV

 

Showbiz unions turn up heat in Gaul

 

NBR picks best-of dates

 

HBO laff fest taking entries

 

Praiser goes on award path

 

Scott Bushnell

 

Televisa may try for Univision again

 

Fox hits a home run

 

PBS tops noms for news Emmys

 

B'way's 'Feet' taking a walk

 

First Run pacts on pic pair

 

Holiday hammers syndies

 

Fox adds to ayem menu

 

Cuts don't deter Street

 

H'w'd courts nerd herd

 

Cable premieres make modest waves

 

ABC chief's Emmy beef

 

Mouse House-cleaning

 

Telemundo celebrates 'Quinceanera'

 

BV, not Nordisk, to distrib Sony pix

 

Sylvia Maibaum

 

June Carr Ormond

 

Univision faces the music

 

AZN buys 2 Korean TV dramas

 

Competish metes out tough terms

 

CMT pageant plan's a beauty

 

Fest that Hollywouldn't

 

Critic's time warp

 

Fans trek into future on Net

 

Zombies tap N.Y.

 

Love and money fuel 'Trek' trips

 

Star scribe beams up

 

Raimi encourages artists to push comic form -- and direct

 

'Night' falls in Raimi's lap

 

Sam's the man with fans

 

A regal opener for New York fest

 

Weinsteins up Robinson

 

Colleagues marvel at director's Spidey sensibilities

 

Raimi well-suited for fantastic feats

 

Investors flee Yahoo! as rev outlook ebbs

 

Scribe talks dirty to WB

 

Chub finds State Street hub

 

Odd job for Miller

 

New Line parks T.I.'s car

 

As comics diversify, so do movie options

 

Toon net gets in the game

 

Gotham Group provides graphic representation

 

Comic-Con highlights

 

World awaits 'Watchmen'

 

TV tune in to fans

 

Where things stand on 5 stalled superheroes

 

Everyday heroes

 

Genre pro delivers conventional wisdom

 

Piqued by prequels

 

Downloads feel the burn

 

Union pacts with NBC U

 

Blue Note attuned to adults

 

Edinburgh fest taps a.d.

 

Flanagan ankles SMG

 

Big changes at BBC

 

Sogecable shows off solid 2nd quarter

 

Sarah Alexander

 

Anthony Azizi and Constance Zimmer

 

Amy Ferguson

 

Sheetal Sheth

 

Jennifer Hall

 

Senator votes for Telepool catalog

 

Auds discover 'Eureka'

 

Distrib to go 'Live'

 

Docu flies for BBC1

 

A 'One' night stand?

 

Disc's time is 'Now'

 

Italian tube regs studied, scrutinized

 

Movielabs plucks Weinstein

 

U 'Definitely' interested

 

Iger takes HK trip

 

Fox Atomic kicking off sked slate

 

Comcast takes stake in MTN regional net

 

Netflix joins new frontier

 

Verizon lift for NFL net

 

Kurt Kreuger

 

Juried Emmys revealed

 

Andre Rosey Brown

 

Correction

 

'Spring' winging to B'way

 

Apple shines in 2nd quarter

 

ABC playing a name game

 

NATPE unveils Boot Camp lineup

 

Univision's new suit

 

Staying in character -- whatever the era

 

New Line's still in 'Love'

 

Trio tapped for 'Igor'

 

Inside Move: Yahoo! tunes up music challenge

 

Deep focus group

 

Small-screen stories transformed by vfx strides

 

Noms cut across all age groups

 

Sci Fi has 'Room' for Bart

 

Manager firms set to merge

 

Dismay at Disney

 

CBS makes 'Big' deal

 

DC's 'Deadman' walks with Warner

 

Warner making room for 'Doom'

 

'Lady' of the night

 

CW's fete's a free for all

 

Party 'Monster'

 

Seventies 'Fun' revisited

 

'Luck' lads snare lair

 

Retail renaissance

 

Spielberg, 'Extras' highlight BBC2 slate

 

Canuck trio tripped up

 

Toronto fest makes room for 'Goodbye'

 

Mipcom gives Parsons top honors

 

Gandhi party to block pic

 

Whit Stillman

 

Cynthia Mort

 

Mehcad Brooks

 

Daniel Gillies

 

Cyrus Voris, Ethan Reiff

 

Mira Tweti

 

Guerra tapped Telemundo sales VP

 

Red card for illegal Cup b'cast

 

Cuatro tries its English in Gotham

 

'Disgrace' banks Oz coin

 

Buena Vista pix to India bird's VOD

 

1953: 3-D new wave of future

 

Mamet, Howe bows lead Atlantic sked

 

Sundance sprouts Green block

 

Big mainframe move

 

Swartz ankles USC tech center

 

In2TV en Espanol launched

 

Fiennes flies to 'Red Baron' role

 

ProSiebenSat ups exec for new biz

 

Solon, FCC commish urge kidvid studies

 

Big break for H'w'd steam

 

Scare fare tries to spook 'Pirates'

 

AT&T TV adds Viacom nets

 

How to wear: A headband

 

Teen trilogy draws Icon's magic touch

 

Maybe, I'll be there for you

 

Local films boost B.O. in Scandi

 

Pushy questions for…

 

'Graphic' diversions

 

First-prize Porsche

 

Eat, drink and be generous

 

Felonious feasts

 

Of rents and renovations

 

Get a life

 

Here orders up 'Lesbian' docu

 

Ratner, Fox feeling 'Blue'

 

Gerard Oury

 

Sundance Lab selects six

 

All soapy fun at MyNet

 

Publicists Awards set

 

'Model' writers threaten walkout

 

Jones to be 'Fantastic'?

 

Loews Hotels veteran will lead legit league

 

Clowes pockets 'Eightball'

 

Correction

 

Oscar gig for Ziskin

 

Scribe enjoys 'Nightlife'

 

Tentpoles tangle in '08

 

Sounds of silence

 

NBC revives 'Watching'

 

WIP raises distrib exec

 

Blogs fuel viewers' passion play

 

Best of the best

 

Comedy net's offspring flying high

 

Crix nix Eye hits

 

Femme gems hard to find

 

Fox feels unbridled 'Idol' wave

 

Universal Music bids for BMG

 

'Iron Man' to make TV bow

 

Mark Mears

 

Stanley L. Spero

 

'Apples' ripe at Puchon fest

 

RTL reconsiders Polish b'caster

 

Reviews

Lady in the Water

Jaws Unleashed

Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party

Little Britain - Season 2

Cars: The Videogame

The Bette Davis Collection: Vol 2

Manhattan Madcaps of 1924

Eureka

Transtasia

Scoop

Once Upon a Time in New Jersey

Ray Davies

Fences

Work Out

Best Wishes!

Trantasia

Marriage Stories: 20 Years Later

The Education of Fairies

Your Life in 65 Minutes

The Birthday

Those Happy Days

One Summer

David and Layla

Other Worlds