Table of Contents
Week of 08/27/2006

Articles

New friends help fund-loving H'w'd

 

Dan's the man in Toronto

 

Road B.O. dips for 11-show slate

 

Biz dips; 'Jersey' $1.1m

 

Fringe floats on sass, brass and gas

 

O'Neill just wants to have funds

 

Rockers pop onto legit scene

 

Sex, drugs 'n' plastic surgery woo auds

 

Euros set to outstrip U.S. in digital

 

Indies look for wiggle room in tight market

 

So few view digital TV in Spain

 

MTV mulls masking music in Mideast

 

De Mol digs in at Dutch web

 

ABC's likely to take on alpha role

 

Taking increasing risks, TV is no longer the boob tube

 

Koppel is ready for his close-up

 

Syndies rewrite sitcom script

 

Retreat from reality

 

Argentina to fete local pix with Sur awards

 

Gaga goes for abduction doc

 

Buzz stories are depth-defying

 

Eye on hype

 

Kazakh stand

 

Gadget gaffest

 

New 'Lassie' looks fetching to marketers

 

Korea gets new pic hub

 

Dear 'Diary'

 

New Line chief on 'Mimzy' whimsy

 

Helmer ignites 'Time' tussle

 

Syndie supermen sign off

 

Coppola wades into fountain of 'Youth'

 

Politics inflame Mandoki

 

Sumner, Tom remind H'wood: Divorce is ugly

 

'Pirates' closing in on top 5 worldwide

 

Thai superhero never gets off the ground

 

5 Argentine pic players join forces

 

'Witch's' spell haunts

 

New life for summer pix

 

Cruise missiles: The fallout

 

Summer shakedown

 

Japan web will fight takeovers

 

Alliance arm alarmed

 

Universal sets Japan topper

 

Murdoch returns via homevideo

 

Big-budget 'Banquet' feasts on policy

 

Tyro web Five U.S. lands 'Shark'

 

Dodds returns to 'Corrie'

 

B'way tuner 'Awakening' at O'Neill

 

Connery on top of Scot fest

 

What's in a Dame?

 

Mouse makes a pass

 

'Dupree' opens abroad

 

B.O. pass completed

 

Fox journos go free after statements

 

Banner teams pic pair

 

Buena Vista ready to 'Run' with gamer

 

'Brothers' rocks Edinburgh

 

Orloff set to rep IATSE

 

Lifetime logs dramas

 

The torches are lit

 

Montreal fest bucks rumors

 

'Chest' beats the rest -- again

 

'24,' 'Office' top Emmys

 

Emmy fetes fit to a tea

 

Swag still the talk of the town

 

The winners weigh in

 

The time's right for '24'

 

'Entourage' crew invades Variety

 

NBC: Not bad for a down year

 

The Dish: Slices suit proles, upper crust alike

 

Wine Country: Whites before Labor Day

 

Life is suite

 

New Bond revisits Venice

 

Rules of succession

 

And now, the other side of cinema

 

Mountain launchpad

 

Comeback? Over 200 features set to screen

 

Quebec soap opera sings

 

Glacial migration to downtown

 

Calm transit for fest chiefs

 

WTC attack at five years

 

Doing the bicontinental

 

Petit pics like the leap from fest to release

 

A Gallic-American truce that works

 

La Biennale tackles its perennial identity crisis

 

Fenice flaunts la 'Flute'

 

Prestige packs punch

 

Rome v. Venice: Boffo or fiasco?

 

Hooked on a biz-friendly mantra

 

Euro fare stands in the shadow of Hollywood

 

Preem theme makes Lido dream

 

Silent treatment

 

Kubrick uncovered

 

Gore, 'Park' spark fest

 

China ups cartoon output

 

Union leaders OK extension

 

'Daily Show' scribes unionize

 

'Potter' wiz conjures TV gig

 

Saying bye with bling

 

Building a better buzz

 

Even TV's elite can't escape technology

 

Cruise line kicks off indie life

 

CME's Czech subsid fused

 

Gallic news net sets date

 

Holding pattern

 

China cracking down

 

U.K. music biz seeks stricter piracy regs

 

Gucci fashions new award for Venice

 

Midwest chefs cook up cutting-edge eats

 

Right on Target

 

Where cheese isn't the only culture

 

Spirit soars for U.S. troops

 

Headliners drain new talent pool

 

J.P. Williams

 

George Wein

 

Richard Sturm

 

Michael W. Smith

 

Shakira

 

Michael Rapino

 

Randy Phillips

 

Tyler Perry

 

Sean Moriarty

 

Vince McMahon

 

Tim McGraw & Faith Hill

 

Kevin Lyman

 

Guy Laliberte

 

John Huie

 

Peter Grosslight/Rob Light

 

Gerry Gerrard

 

Michael Cohl

 

Kelly Clarkson

 

Paul Brooks

 

Randy Bernard/Troy Ellerman

 

Helmer pumps local Muscle

 

Where's the edge?

 

Faith-based events convert pagan venues

 

Blasting out of the plexes

 

Top brands gladly pay highway tolls

 

Hollywood searches for Heartland's pulse

 

Jupiter nabs Cable West

 

Stritch show skedded for Sept. 12

 

Going 'Crazy' again

 

Newcomers going 'Grey'

 

Bard headed to B'way

 

Thesp duo to play Vineyard

 

Usher seats auds at 'Chicago'

 

Hamptons faces 'Situation'

 

N.Y. fests set openers

 

Tapes stolen from BBC's 'Robin'

 

Eye of the hurricane

 

Courts cloud bird's future

 

Gray Lady on data mission

 

Jose Pablo Cantillo

 

Lisa Lackey

 

Brittany Robertson

 

Chris Pratt

 

Beyond to rep Greenstone 'Friends'

 

Foxtel, Austar ink with Virgin Blue

 

Dominant, MediaCorp see profits

 

ReelTime gets 5-yr. VOD licence

 

Rick Gonzalez

 

ABC reups 'Kimmel'

 

Test case for Technicolor

 

Good run for 'Cheetah'

 

Seven posts 29% jump in net profit

 

Fuse lights horror nods

 

Fall primetime schedule 2006-07

 

Johnson, Weinsteins go top tier

 

Sarajevo loves 'Fraulein'

 

Helmer will be back

 

U draws 'Blood' in spec

 

Emmy night's gold standard

 

Emmy night's gold standard (pt. II)

 

UTA agent joins Rudin as veepee

 

Fuego preps bilingual U.S. Hispanic net

 

Fox has designs on 'Engineer' thriller

 

Firm looks the 'Other' way

 

New 'do, deal for thesp

 

Inside Move: Goodfellas for pic plug on CBS

 

Commissioner backs Blasi

 

MyNet counts on telenovelas to fill programming pipeline

 

On the syndie menu

 

AFI honors its roots

 

CW: Post-merger, Dawn fawns over new challenges

 

Fox: With 'Idol' in waiting, fall hits are all gravy

 

NBC: Reilly's rules: No fourth-place finish for us

 

CBS: With only four freshmen, Eye seeks stability

 

ABC: 'Betty' buzz lifts hopes as sked faces shakeup

 

Timeslot battles

 

Failure is not an option, except …

 

Timeslot puzzles tough to solve

 

Serial surplus swamps sked

 

NBC contrite over crash clip

 

Reaching for the Starz

 

PPP 'Rising' to occasion

 

Italo fests in pasta punch-up

 

Streisand concert tix nixed

 

Helmer Loach joins Palestinian protest

 

Cruise-crazed news needs a few good men

 

Progress for 'Bride'

 

'Survivor' honcho has spoken

 

Part of Lauder's CME stake sold to Apax

 

Soccer nicks TF1's profits

 

Lensers shoot for Feb. 18

 

Azteca's aboard Nielsen

 

Four more for Boston fest

 

'Knights' rides into TV fest

 

Digital biz on upward spiral

 

Canceled skein tops noms

 

Ovation for Weinsteins

 

Viacom presses play on MTV Japan

 

More Canucks going out to movies

 

ESPN still in the ball game

 

ESPN shoots in the 'Bronx'

 

Gersh keeps growing

 

'Jersey' jaunts to Ahmanson

 

Keenan-Bolger joining 'Les Miz'

 

Graynor added to 'Dog'

 

'Steps' climbing to West End

 

'Jersey' bops to Ahmanson

 

Mediaplex sets up firm with Innet

 

Woman, son convicted of piracy

 

Hip WaTV rocks in Malaysia, Brunei

 

CBS keeping it real

 

Inside Move: Audio gaffe catches CNN with pants down

 

Bruce Gary

 

Hrishikesh Mukherjee

 

Buena Vista gets rights to 'Father'

 

China deals for BBC

 

RTL sets pay launch

 

Animax adds execs

 

'Don' songs moving

 

Solons seek ouster of B'casting Board chief

 

Bierko for the defense

 

FCC duo to meet CBS scribes

 

Gamer to show up on ABC

 

Par has blonde ambition

 

Alphabet locks in jocks

 

Yari 'Addicted' to the supernatural

 

Indie's 'Dirty' trick

 

Evans has role in 'History'

 

Fremantle subsids join forces

 

CBS reality lineup flattens 'Duets'

 

RTL reves on the rise

 

Zenith faces bankruptcy

 

CJ Media unveils Vietnam TV studio

 

NBC in tune with football

 

U.S. fare helps boost Teuton B.O.

 

Roadshow restructuring leads to loss

 

Perfect Day

 

Killer preem at Venice fest

 

True story cashes in at the Colombian B.O.

 

Sam Robards

 

Roma Maffia

 

Cody Kasch, Sarah Roemer

 

Amanda Righetti

 

Malaya Rivera Drew

 

James S. Langsbard

 

Dermot Mulroney

 

TiVo makes friends on Madison Avenue

 

Distribs grab 'Grace'

 

ThinkFilm turns on 'Set'

 

Telepictures picks prexy

 

Charts spin one-week wonders

 

Quartet join biopic 'Nighwatching'

 

Cartoon Network strikes up the brand

 

Anthony Malara

 

Passing the torch

 

Norma Nannini

 

New Frontier nears buyout

 

Features eligible for Teutonic coin

 

Burney named CanWest chairman

 

Ford tackled oaters and romance

 

Joseph Stefano

 

De Laurentiis cooking on 'Today'

 

Starz scores four

 

Warner TV retools int'l distrib ranks

 

Thesps find 'Lost Room'

 

MTV's giant steps

 

Net's orbit still expanding

 

Jeff Kwatinetz

 

Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik

 

Disney's High School Musical

 

David Joseph

 

Clive Davis

 

VH1 casts blasts from the past

 

Jamie King

 

Bob Dylan

 

Simon Cowell

 

Paul Tollett

 

Joshua Redman

 

Gustavo Santaolalla

 

Alexandre Desplat

 

Allah Rakha Rahman

 

Juanes

 

Gorillaz

 

Radiohead

 

KT Tunstall

 

Arctic Monkeys

 

Timbaland

 

Pharrell

 

Matisyahu

 

Diam's

 

Danger Mouse

 

OutKast

 

Viacom split opens Spelling vault

 

Niches drive retailer riches

 

Zune takes aim at Apple

 

General Motors bails on 'Survivor'

 

Pimp my demo

 

'Sherrybaby' preems at IFC

 

Intrepid act of 'Mercy'

 

'Nip/Tuck' duo gather for launch

 

Fox shining Blu-Ray on 'Ice'

 

Gamer on Fox's Brit 'List'

 

MTV Networks taps Close

 

Lieber hangs shingle

 

CW wading into stream

 

Game 'Fever' at MyNet

 

Fest catches big break

 

Sony leads Blu-ray march to Japan

 

Canal Plus big bid OK'd

 

In a bio rhythm

 

1957: Bacall preparing to return to the screen

 

Hot debut for 'Housewives' redo

 

Fox jury's still out

 

Venice welcomes 'Hollywoodland'

 

Chinese pic woos quartet

 

Will biz get 'Crank' call?

 

WWII actioner has U 'Dam' excited

 

WGA seeks FCC hearings

 

Brighton Rose Favreau

 

Ramsey updates boost syndie newsmag rates

 

Dutch to fete Demme at film fest

 

Sci Fi to keep grappling grip

 

Rainbow covers high-def spectrum

 

Icon pacts on pix with Arts Alliance

 

Cable operators protest pricing reg

 

Medienboard gets more fund coin

 

Sony provides content for T-Online

 

'Rock' sked swapped

 

Wowow pacts with Sky on channel

 

College ball hits the Web

 

Panic!, Blunt prized with MTV vid nods

 

Steve Schirripa

 

Strand lands 'Friends'

 

Trevor Fehrman

 

Chuck Tatham

 

Emily Rios

 

Andrzej Bartkowiak

 

Azura Skye

 

Mortimer is 'Real Girl'

 

Inside Move: CW marks a MySpace page

 

Bettis in horror pic

 

Bravo goes 'Under' Oct. 2

 

YouTube sex vexes ABC

 

Telluride gets tony

 

Eric Reasoner

 

Emily Spitale

 

Jonas Agin

 

Bryan Leach

 

Fernando Romero

 

Julie Mathis

 

Steve Sordello

 

Jason Elsky, Emily Jones

 

Dominic Mancuso

 

Colleen Wilson

 

Patricia LaVigne

 

Josh Rosenzweig

 

Joel Whitten Richardson III

 

Davis Wright Tremaine

 

Channel 4 waits for 'Death' fallout

 

Exec duo driven to Distraction

 

'L'enfant' tops at Valdivia fest

 

Kinepolis kicks up healthy profits

 

MTV loses its luster

 

Carlyle leads cast for 'Later' sequel

 

A 'Heroes' welcome?

 

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