Table of Contents
Week of 07/23/2006

Articles

Birth of pic polls

 

'Saints' marches into Venice

 

Turner launches U.K. toon arm

 

Irish Film, TV acad is born

 

Munchkin-sized tuner

 

Oz guides tour plans

 

B.O. rises; 'Chicago' $1m

 

Biz up; 'Tarzan' 838g

 

Scribe turns back clock on Kander & Ebb

 

Stix hot with summer fare

 

L.A. raises 'Curtains'

 

Big Brother retools 'Big Brother'

 

TNT unspools skein on Latin helmers

 

Animal Planet unearths reality show

 

Televisa's online onslaught

 

Arena shares ball with Premiere

 

Oz ratings race is webs' closest in 20 years

 

Locarno lying low

 

Gauls finally see funny side

 

Success adds pressure to cable stable

 

Court orders India decoders

 

Netlets fade to black

 

From mutt to best in show

 

What does the viewing public want?

 

Net summer bows face a harsh reality

 

Argentine shingle expands

 

Argentina sees B.O. bump

 

'Flying Scotsman' defies gravity

 

'Pirates' crunching booty in new markets

 

Brits like pix with foreign accents

 

Producer criticizes Taiwan biz

 

Munich works harder

 

Execs launch Opium with a humanist touch

 

Cook puts Mickey on a diet

 

Window onto Oz confab

 

H'wood makes annual trip to the geek aisles

 

Sound Bites: Quote of the week

 

Sound Bites: Promo of the week

 

Canuck distrib has splitting headache

 

Sound Bites: 'One' and only

 

Fresh recruits for H.K. piracy police

 

Journos caught in paper chase

 

New content is viewer's choice

 

Southern belle weather

 

I was a teenage machinima maker

 

To the shores of babble-on

 

Diskeries banking on 'Idol' worship

 

Bombs batter Lebanese arts

 

Bombs away! Tentpoles torpedo crix

 

Players wilt in Sun's glare

 

New hiccups for ticklish tech biz

 

B.O. clockbusters

 

Int'l distribs: crystal-ball busters?

 

Sorry, wrong number

 

Carol Lee

 

Bruce Eskowitz

 

Fred Dressler, Paul Vidich

 

Zachary Rosenfield

 

Renee Milliaressis

 

Robert Adelman

 

'Storm' hits U.K.

 

How to get past 'no'

 

'Fish' makes big splash

 

Wood makes good at fest

 

'Superman' flies into U.K.

 

Fright slighted

 

Gruff but good-hearted

 

Par sold on 'Swingles'

 

Senate restores coin to CPB '07 budget

 

'Model' scribes walk strike runway

 

Regulatory deal clears path for IPTV

 

Piracy gangs targeted

 

'Chest' fills tills

 

Directors support Munich film fest

 

Arab Business Channel preps launch

 

'Collector' cleans up at Cinefan

 

'Pebbles' star battled stereotypes

 

More 'Brother' for Telecinco

 

Sissy Spacek

 

Marisol Nichols

 

Christa Campbell

 

Shannon O'Hurley

 

Eddy Martin and Raven Goodwin

 

NBA culture show debuts in China

 

Kim Armor

 

Peacock laffers hit crix' funny bone

 

Beeb clears a 'Path' for ABC's 9/11 mini

 

'I Can Remember'

 

'Porgy and Bess'

 

'A Moon For The Misbegotten'

 

The boys Bob & Bill make history

 

'The Cherry Orchard'

 

'Dirty Dancing'

 

'Frost/Nixon'

 

Gibson gets HQ shingle up

 

Acad gives film grants

 

Yankees gamble in Old Blighty

 

When the play is no longer the thing

 

Hoping to Pond-hop

 

Alphabet, Rake make progress

 

Inside Move: Steely Dan seeks its due for 'Dupree'

 

'Sassy' role for Cuthbert

 

Genius in Weinstein fold

 

Tyro helmer will talk to 'Strangers'

 

H'w'd goes on yuk patrol

 

Merger metronome

 

An infusion at Fuse

 

Microsoft's pod squad

 

H'w'd enlists geek army

 

Peacock promises to rock the boat

 

Lifetime pays for 'Grey's'

 

China streamlines censorship process

 

Sundance sets submission dates

 

Svensk finds coin for epic pic pair

 

H'wood faves find eager German buyers

 

Change in pressure

 

Robert Cornthwaite

 

Marketing rules OK'd

 

Toho tallies 10 B.O. winners

 

MAMA seeks Sanctuary

 

Forcier to join jury

 

Media org chastised

 

Imax theater set for Russian site

 

Henry Hewes

 

Clarification

 

Monte Carlo slates dates

 

Country cousin on Web

 

Lido plants 'Dahlia'

 

Magnolia drawn to toon

 

'Dirty Rotten' dip

 

UTV makes bid for SMG

 

Oplev pic overcomes fest

 

'Stormbreaker' no B.O. whirlwind

 

ESPN mad for 'Madden'

 

XM inks new ASCAP deal

 

'King' takes Korean kudos

 

'Monk' follows leads to syndie market

 

Easing on down to 'Wiz'

 

Serials go soggy?

 

Karen Mayo-Chandler

 

Rivals and churn burn Netflix stock

 

Teutonic Nick picks chief

 

Prisa net profits drop 8% in first half

 

Cup ups Azteca profits

 

Harold D. Cohen

 

Apple polishes plans for reader-friendly iPod

 

Kumagai wins Japan's Pia film fest

 

Arden season's all new to Philly

 

Bogdanovich to go golden online

 

Ailes nails news rivals

 

Edward (Teddy) Parker Polhemus

 

Joshua Spencer Stein

 

Everly Best

 

Delilah Grace Dudas

 

NATPE Boot Camp musters speakers

 

Helmer on 'Diva' duty

 

'Coast' cast filling up

 

Exec tops praiser org

 

Indie banner socializing

 

All about the Mann

 

Nerds' Comic relief

 

'Weeds' growth spurt

 

Nets hot on the party trail

 

Romance in Spanish

 

Radio Disney rocks out

 

'Bully' to you

 

Walden's all dolled up

 

Univision sets deal penalties

 

'Fiance' engages thesps

 

Hayes shingle shifts to CBS

 

Foley artists sound off on union's deal

 

'Friends' deal done

 

London cops arrest 11 pirates

 

EMI's Levy will top acad board

 

Digital cinema burns up Benelux B.O.

 

Greek B.O. to rise 25% in four years

 

French feud over digital

 

Euro fare on Venice menu

 

More Mouse in India

 

Taiwan popsters hit big time in Beijing

 

Net execs charged with serial killing

 

NTL enters free TV fray

 

Tech deadline nears

 

Casting org lauds Wells

 

Spain's ONO in the 'House'

 

WIF gears up with GM grant

 

Alhurra to bow TV net for Europe

 

Correction

 

Reality ups & downs

 

Net-based PSAs plug parent power

 

Syndies firing back after fizzy Fourth

 

Azteca American adds pair of affils

 

Pair tooning up VOD

 

Yankees go interactive

 

Devin Justus Waxman

 

War stories

 

MPA's Asia antipiracy drive scores

 

Nine is slightly ahead in revenues

 

Ad revenue adding up in U.K.

 

Time pops its zitgeist

 

TV ad spend in Spain still going up

 

Mexico City gets 'Latinoamerica' awards

 

Taran returns as veep for Laughs

 

4Kids on demand for Comcast

 

Naomi Christina Engle

 

Firm sits tight on Hong Kong bid

 

'Yellow' glow at Latino Fest

 

Sony spins Imax Spidey

 

'Designer' decorates Bravo

 

A&E in kitchen with 'Rocco'

 

Lawrence catches 'Fletch'

 

Toronto bows 'Borat'

 

Miniseries / Made-fors

 

Nick laffer stacking up

 

Reitman jumps to 'Juno'

 

CAA expands sports biz

 

Comedy Directors

 

Drama Directors

 

Comedy Writer

 

Drama Writer

 

Comedy Series

 

Drama Series

 

Races make places for new faces

 

PBS on 'Route' to docu

 

'Adventures' of Underwood

 

Storyline, ABC flying with 'Pan'

 

FX 'Snakes' its way to cable rights deal

 

Manager challenges Agencies Act

 

Nickelodeon raises Romano

 

Mouse House lowers boom

 

MTV moves kudos

 

Keaton Rose Lazarus

 

Local filming losing luster

 

Real 'Deal' appeal

 

'Casino' sets preem

 

Deal allows downloads of U content in Blighty

 

Man of Steel's Imax bow super in London

 

Berlusconi cries foul

 

Magnolia picks up 'Camp'

 

'Brother' scores top kudos

 

Museum fetes Smith

 

'Summer' fills up

 

Sanctuary sings losses

 

Chicks chat

 

TBS airs special 'Commericals'

 

Joseph Fiennes

 

Zuleikha Robinson

 

Tatum O'Neal

 

Kristanna Loken

 

Casino developers aim for Macau

 

Blighty's got 'Talent' airing on ITV

 

James Marsden

 

Rischer tunes to Firm label

 

No. 1 'Now' and again

 

NBC bilingual net sponsors Latino fest

 

'Pirate' to drop anchor at Hilton

 

Colella has 'High' expectations

 

PBS is Googling a download deal

 

Tri-Continental fest calls for entries

 

Bigfoot extends film fund to Singapore

 

Cape Town fest set

 

'Arrested' locked up

 

Baer living in Wolf den

 

NBCU adds to Madison's plate

 

A la carte is on House menu

 

WGA West sets board noms

 

Par gives to WTC charities

 

Bacon helms 'The Closer'

 

NBC U names diversity veep

 

'Housewives' cool in Spain

 

Fox flexing homevid arm

 

Flagship exhib files suit

 

Helmer babies project

 

U, Shadyac have a 'Ball'

 

Par betting on Montiel

 

Original taps MTV exec for TV unit

 

Basking in 'Sunshine'

 

'Brothers' reborn

 

Inside Move: Disney's 'Frog' shows 2-D hasn't croaked

 

'Tucker' finds life in H'w'd

 

Weinsteins raise execs

 

'Bear' necessities

 

Puppet master

 

'Crossover' appeal

 

Alphabet taps two for 'GMA' post

 

Spokesman to ankle SAG gig

 

Amazon ambitions

 

U digs 'Gardener' guy

 

Pitt pushing the right 'Button'

 

Burnett speaking Spanish

 

'Labyrinth' banks Swank

 

Lionsgate keeps pair in lair

 

TiVo, ABC nab new Emmys

 

'Clip' latches on at D'Works

 

Eye hot for LL Cool J

 

Shingle sets up pilot duo

 

Inside Move: Mugs don't bug Chen

 

Joe Eckardt: Desktop filmmaker

 

George Del Hoyo: Voiceover

 

Elia Cmiral: Composer

 

Paul Crowder: Editor

 

Sean Callery: Composer

 

CGI gets unreal

 

Capture puts character in 'House'

 

Toons catch Continental drift

 

New process frees villain

 

Searching for the new grail

 

Sony's gizmos back in gear

 

Basque fest gets Cameo role

 

Vivendi revving up

 

Telecinco notches record revs

 

Gaul Internet ad market is golden

 

Kristi Valk and Shadi Almassizadeh

 

EMI backs off Warner bid after Euro ruling

 

Venice flies U.S. flag

 

BFI taps three governors

 

Bollywood's Shah to make H'wood pic

 

'Head' heading to Raindance fest

 

Grim reality for 'One'

 

Syndies fire back after holiday hollows ratings

 

Wagner to give Mipcom keynote

 

Trio is tapped for British Film board

 

Berlin issues campus call

 

John Michael Higgins

 

Jenji Kohan

 

Frederic Raphael

 

Flex Alexander

 

Al Edgington, Julian Grimmond, Fishbowl Entertainment

 

Natassia Malthe

 

Floatation devices

 

J. Madison Wright

 

Barbara Eiler Sperzel

 

Plummer to pipe 'Smoke'

 

Summer dialogue: Snakes, scrunts and suction

 

Name cast to send 'Regrets' for MTC

 

Kazaa partner pays up

 

Turner axes exec dozen at Court TV

 

Ron McNair

 

Gena Nason, Meredith Shea

 

Dan Osti

 

John Coletta

 

Ron Pomerantz

 

R.S.V.P.

 

Natalie Farsi

 

Aymon DeMauro

 

Ted Casey

 

Nada Stirratt

 

John W. Crowe

 

Ellie Reese, Carla Lewis-Long, Tricia Hulse

 

Living in beautiful downtown Burbank

 

Home is where the art is

 

How to wear: A flower in your hair

 

B.O. cops & robbers

 

Get Wet

 

Tensions fan 'Model' flame

 

Help is on the way

 

Thin line between love and hate

 

ICM's tube move

 

WGA-CBS negotiations continue

 

Venable opens L.A. office

 

Get a life

 

The Target takeover

 

Pushy questions for…

 

Corrections

 

Thesp union in Girl fight

 

Stones on the phone

 

'Father' heads to West End

 

Flatley settlement demand not SLAPP-proof

 

B'buster sees mixed 2nd qtr.

 

XM net loss up 56%

 

Biz good for Comcast

 

Abigail Diana and Caitlyn Ann Garza

 

Libre raises the 'Flagg'

 

Olivia Sierra Holmes

 

Jonathan Morgan Mitchell Collier

 

Jacob Perry Rosenberg Griffith

 

The all-natural dip

 

Terry Lynn Smith and Jason Allen Bliesener

 

Amanda Glazer and Jeff Kolodny

 

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