Table of Contents
Week of 07/30/2006

Articles

Sogecable teams with Mediapro

 

Berlusconi case to be reopened

 

Docs get new fund

 

Big on Bignardi

 

De Casto adds duty

 

B.O. off; 'Spamalot' hot

 

Chi vies for Latin auds at fest

 

Iraq on the fringe

 

Royal treatment

 

Still seeking a bounce

 

Canuck opera house adds to arts scene

 

N.Y. tries to get fresh with auds

 

Biz dips; 'Hairspray' up

 

Canuck fest yuks it up

 

Story not lost in translation

 

Disney's Latin love affair

 

'Housewives' soft in Spain

 

Boomers flex their muscles outside trad demo derby

 

MyNetwork turns up heat on spicy telenovas

 

MTV trips over its zeitgeist

 

Ministry OKs gay kisses

 

Shingle walks down new 'Street'

 

'Pirates' swashbuckles way to top o'seas

 

Pols ready for their close-ups

 

Here's another Impossible task

 

Slovaks wrap pricey epic

 

Star power boosts BBC Films

 

Oz considers merging orgs

 

Gaul's political comedy mirrors affairs of 'State'

 

Japan goes homegrown

 

Buzz is back on Italian B-pix

 

Over-achievers get high marks

 

2waytraffic chases 'Millionaire'

 

A Stone's throw to the right

 

Numbers game is 'Lost's' leader

 

Boom times for showbiz

 

French celebrate an iota of quota

 

Fringe Fest on Cruise control

 

AOL looks to reconnect with Street

 

Pirates swap the decks

 

Can Mel tame the monster within?

 

Would Zune boon leave rivals in lurch?

 

Par's 'Jackass' kicking again

 

Valenti keeps chipping away

 

Sound bites: Moore the merrier

 

Burnt by the sun?

 

Classics queen tries shift at the Factory

 

Sound bites: If the shoe fits …

 

'Bobby' maps o'seas course

 

Marketing to Hispanics

 

H'wood's pol vault

 

Mi casa, su windfall?

 

BSKYB's up 'n' down year

 

Movie pirates jailed

 

ICM changing channels

 

'Vice' gets a grip on still-strong 'Pirates'

 

H'wood auto focus

 

Saucy Aussies fest bow

 

'Angels' light up Arthouse

 

'Vice' goes abroad

 

Ian McShane

 

Frances Fisher, Minka Kelly

 

Nick Chinlund, Brad Dourif

 

Callie Thorne

 

Michael Pagan

 

Tamara Taylor

 

'Unanimous' creator joins Fremantle fold

 

Net asking court for Eye test on indecency ruling

 

'Pirates' still rules the seas o'seas

 

Another 'Compass' point

 

Miyazaki opts to ankle Acad

 

Observer changes hands

 

'Sweeney' turns off oven

 

Yubari Fantastic Film Festival ends run

 

'Love' takes on 'Election' at Golden Bauhinia Film Awards

 

Comedy Supporting Actress

 

Drama Supporting Actress

 

Comedy Supporting Actor

 

Drama Supporting Actor

 

Comedy Actress

 

Drama Actress

 

Comedy Actor

 

Drama Actor

 

Pines planted at Josephson

 

Helmer on a 'Picnic'

 

FX packs on the pix

 

'Damages' scribe fixing to join 20th TV

 

Tuner to hit 'Heights'

 

Corddry banks 'Donor'

 

'Christmas' presence at ABC Family

 

AFTRA expands turf in TV's digital domain

 

'One'-two punch hits CBC

 

Paris fest sports a turnout

 

Reality's fast lane

 

'Hills' still alive at MTV

 

D'Works will animate AOL

 

Dolby dives into digital 3-D

 

Wilson exits Disney board

 

Stars gone wild

 

WB hunting werewolves

 

Shepperton to rebuild fire-ravaged Bond set

 

RAI spinning biopic

 

Int'l unit at Xfilme

 

CTC posts healthy returns

 

Geffen, DIC ready to get Party started

 

Equity firm nabs Brit TV producer

 

Arab fest lauds pic

 

ITV gaining auds in digital domain

 

Fremantle wins suit

 

'Host' with the most

 

Mitsubishi's Sirius about satellite radio

 

Friel, Hynes return to N.Y.

 

'Clean' in house

 

'School' in schools

 

B'way biz holds up in summer heat

 

Repubs skipping network news

 

The story's telling

 

A French friendship

 

Teuton to TW board

 

A TV first for Fursts

 

Correction

 

Shakira, Peppers pop

 

'Flags' waving at Tokyo fest

 

Biz on Mel-gate: the oys of summer

 

Draper gets 'Naked' for Nick

 

Runaway drain?

 

Cash influx aids digital effects unit

 

Laughs boom at comedy festival

 

Confab keeps quiet

 

Relaxing with Rupe

 

Peacock goes for Griffin

 

Ledger joins Bat pack

 

Shaw shares surge

 

Sundance funds 15 pics

 

'Hotel' key to Sony toons

 

'Dangerous' to get tuner treatment

 

'Kyle' staying put on ABC

 

HBO, Fuller seek 'Britain'

 

Fifteen candles

 

TW passes on NFL Net

 

Horray for 'Hollywoodland'

 

Animal house

 

20th toppers celebrate with soiree

 

La Salle speaks from the heart

 

Inside Move: ABC's 'Betty' takes a little breather

 

UTA gripes over Snipes

 

Friedman thinks Radical

 

Former Disney exec joins BBC

 

Gotham's got laughs

 

Fortissimo picks up 'Hula Girls'

 

Comedie Francaise taps Mayette

 

EMI plucks U Music man

 

BAFTA taps Bevan Jones

 

UFA sets up new media arm

 

Johnny Weissmuller Jr.

 

Penny L. Reiss

 

Strange bedfellows on the litmus test express

 

Toronto takes risk

 

Lindsay Sloane, Michael Sluchan

 

Satmex hopes debt plan flies with court

 

Prasad to raise 'Child'

 

Von Trier's the 'Boss' at Montreal fest

 

Agency reaches out

 

Cook affair heats all five syndie mag shows

 

Lotte, CGV vie as both take on 3-D

 

'Ghost Train' will go to Korea first

 

Comstock changes name to Cubical

 

Sirius subs, losses up

 

Bret Adams

 

EA plays on stronger sales

 

Par trying to make 'History'

 

Reality cooks at Fox

 

Conflict in Lebanon gooses CNN ratings

 

New discovery for chief

 

'Gilmore' girl gets Fox pilot

 

USA ups programmers

 

Mazzie, Hadary join 'Spamalot'

 

Kim named winner of BlueCat Screenplay Competition

 

Penn & Teller to host Primetime Creative Arts Emmys

 

Sanders memorial

 

Sherman memorial

 

Cornfield memorial

 

CW's all dolled up

 

Disney's Toei story

 

China pubcaster may bid for Hong Kong's TVB

 

Emmys set magic duo

 

Bond girl's a witchy woman

 

'Sleeper' in bed with WB

 

Duo to do U's 'Deceit'

 

Scribes find truth in U's 'Deceit' project

 

Kliavkoff digs in for digital post

 

Drama Actress

 

Gold Circle nails 'Dead'

 

Buzzell sees 'Sunny' side

 

Drama Actor

 

Sony drives new disc biz

 

Comedy Actress

 

Comedy Actor

 

Comedy Series

 

Drama Series

 

Scribes take poll positions on kudos race

 

Fox 2000 spins 'Carousel' remake

 

TMZ savors Gibson scoop

 

Cabler commits

 

CBS Par taps drama VP

 

Onion adds layer in L.A.

 

EMI Music branches out BV compact

 

India officials look to boost film biz

 

ProSieben revs up

 

Italy bows school devoted to docs

 

Sliding ad revs to hit ITV hard

 

Bell's mixed quarter

 

China is sparking to 'Mission'

 

Yahoo! Telemundo sets shorts fest

 

Christopher Meloni

 

Harvey Fierstein

 

Jay Hernandez, Eric Lively

 

Colin Ferguson

 

Gene Borkan

 

Sean Faris, Penn Badgley

 

F/x house Mill mulls sale

 

Online on the hot seat

 

Asian pic's coin goes Global

 

'Bride' to get an Aussie makeover

 

Onyx, DQE pairing up

 

A big does of Destiny

 

'Hollywoodland' hits Hamptons

 

Paybox Foxtel dives into 'Dangerous'

 

New S. Wales film-TV office sets loans

 

RTL, MTV go digital with SES Astra

 

A new face for next 'Potter'

 

Thesps set for 'Iconoclasts'

 

Jones feted for film contributions

 

CBS debuts take traditional route

 

MTV stays in college

 

Lionsgate pulls from TSE

 

Carrie Ross and Lee Farber

 

Goldberg to mine music management

 

Inside Move: Prez, press ready for briefing room's redo

 

Sasha Brooklyn Stolper

 

Fox rolls 'Die' into summer sked

 

Harold Scott

 

Correction

 

New tune for newscast

 

Ani 'Squid' on Lopez' plate

 

Pritchard draws prexy gig

 

Revs up, subs down at new Napster

 

Remy Hannah Nalibotsky

 

Alexandra Hannah Freedman

 

Sony, Dentsu ink character deal

 

Weta Digital gets galactic

 

Fox Korea taps managing director

 

Arena tuners put on hold

 

Streep talking 'Bayou'

 

Property's paw prints push products

 

Skein helps Nick dig up disc bones

 

'Breakfast' is served

 

Interactive innovator draws raves

 

WBTV casts exec pair

 

NBC U gets 'Lights' guy

 

BAFTA thinks pink drinks

 

New tricks help old dog stay on air

 

Julia loves 'Luke'

 

Seniors on 'Beach' patrol

 

Before 'Night' falls

 

Tale of the pup

 

Sky's the limit

 

'World' preem

 

Fox mining dark dramas

 

'Superstar' turn for Black

 

HD radio answer urged

 

Sallie Olmsted and Kenneth MacKinnon

 

RDF buys TV producer Foundation

 

Five taps Keenan

 

Mediaset plans a digital news net

 

CBS posts profit on flat TV ad sales

 

Danes respond to 'Echo'

 

Telecom Italia in talks with News Corp.

 

Vajna sells Hungarian loop to Palace Cinemas

 

1960: Zanuck predicted 'biz' in showbiz

 

Disney TV Int'l taps Wendt veep

 

Red ink flow slows

 

Allen's exit prompts talk of ITV takeover

 

Gordon ends short U stint

 

Bonnie Hunt

 

Anthony Anderson

 

Zach Rosenfeld

 

Pippa Lambert

 

Weller/Grossman Prods

 

Christopher Lawford

 

Shoot first, ask later

 

World Cup kicks in coin for Univision

 

Thesps picket Girl show

 

CNN drops anchor Kagan

 

Canada Netco will Jump into IPO

 

Big pics set for download

 

Red ink dries up at WMG

 

'Secret' is out

 

'Talladega' on track

 

School expands film offerings

 

Plant it there

 

FCC blocks for NFL web

 

Get a life

 

When 'Bad' is good

 

Out of farm's way

 

Copycat artist

 

Moonves' movie moves

 

Parks with perks

 

Big pair of jokers

 

Viv bids au revoir to NYSE

 

SXSW seeks submissions

 

Toronoto adds 13 to fest

 

B12: Shot of champions?

 

Par brass puts stock in 'Trade'

 

How to wear: Black nail polish

 

Pushy questions for…

 

Knuckle Up

 

Correction

 

Gin grows up

 

GSN extends 'Playmania'

 

AOL logs onto major layoffs

 

Oxygen catches a 'Robber'

 

Geller gets gig at CBS Par

 

'Hellboy' in U turn

 

Mika lifted at Variety

 

ABC Family high on 'Kyle'

 

WGA removes Young's 'interim' tag

 

'Madagascar' gooses D'Works toon revs

 

Col doing a quick 'Step'

 

Beacon lights up TV deals

 

Berlanti sets series at ABC

 

'Runway' team provides perk peeks

 

Relativity's eyeing 'Yuma'

 

Warner plays a dating game

 

Busted pilots awash on Web

 

Lopez out of 'Dallas'

 

Eye adds op-ed to 'Evening News'

 

'Pirates' overruns Gaul

 

Distrib tries to pull pic from Moore fest

 

Christie Palmer

 

Marty Farrell

 

Thesps, ad biz extend contract

 

Adler's star shines on Walk of Fame

 

Lee was Sunset Strip legend

 

'Lost' finds another survivor

 

Reviews

The Last Five Years

Blonde Bombshells of 1943

Cache

Clark Gable: The Signature Collection

Cops vs. Thugs; Yakuza Graveyard

One Ocean View

Jazz in July -- Twelve Hands, Two Pianos, One Night

Bluebonnet Court

Grant Lee Phillips

AmaJuba: Like Doves We Rise

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

Typhoon

Home-Land

The Book of Revelation

The Photographer, His Wife, Her Lover

Lobster Alice

The Taming of the Shrew

World Trade Center

Afspa, 1958

Stormbreaker

The Memsahib

Down The River

Pure Hearts

Premium

Omkara

Love Story

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Ithuteng

Dixie Chicks

The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman / The Business

The Limbo Room

Death of Two Sons

Your Life In 65 Minutes

Nightmare Man

A Chorus Line

Barnyard