Table of Contents
Week of 10/08/2006

Articles

Road B.O. dips for 11-show slate

 

B'way for dummies

 

Doing double duty

 

MTC skeds new Oz plays

 

Biz up; 'Boys' bows out

 

'Queen' preens for Aussie auds

 

Stick a fork in it: H'wood's banquet biz

 

Two sides of Space race

 

Pressing the flesh

 

The Darth side of Lucas' politics

 

Toy biz looks to new film heroes

 

Iraq's Al Mahaba keeps the love alive

 

Urbane exec fills card at Hallmark

 

Grids gird for change

 

TV dramatic turnaround

 

Trailers hitched for disc delivery

 

Teutons tests their Will power

 

Industry fuses in push for services

 

Show's too pretty to survive

 

Oz TV can't stop celebrating its 50th

 

Syria's renegade helmer

 

Toon biz gets animated in Spain

 

Fortune Star sez 'WEI' to new media

 

Mafia mini: An offer Italos can't refuse

 

Sked shifts boost both ABC & CBS

 

Telemundo dreams of flyng south to Mexican market

 

Battle of the 'Betty' beauties

 

FNC coyly plays the role of underdog and conqueror

 

Fox takes the offensive

 

'Rocket Post' gets late delivery

 

Cop caper's language gap

 

'World Trade' gains traction against 'Pirates'

 

Mideast pix do battle for kudos

 

Macau allure attracts biz

 

Dutch biz hopes for cash soon

 

Gaul tackles war taboos

 

U's new arm accents foreign clout

 

H'wood searches for new niches

 

Par trying to optimize its labels

 

The pressure cooker

 

Company B's 'Stopped' preem

 

Kyra E. Reppen

 

Eddie Fernandez

 

Warren Smith

 

David Furtado

 

Annmarie Lesiuk

 

David Macaione

 

Marna Grantham

 

Dennis Hoffman

 

Dan Levine

 

Howard Brock

 

Chris Lacroix

 

Kimberly Maki

 

Jacqueline N. Howell

 

Cynthia Sobieraj

 

Fred Mollin

 

Rob Weisstuch, Jonathan South

 

Ted Meisel

 

Leila Pirnia

 

Event pays medical bill

 

Telemundo fights back

 

B.O. gangbusters

 

'Children's' show and tell

 

Royalty rules L.A.

 

Royalty rules U.K.

 

Sony exec goes to the opera

 

MGM reels in syndie rights to New Line pix

 

BAFTA/LA sets presenter list

 

TV heavyweights flex int'l muscle at confab

 

Matthew Modine and Lara Flynn Boyle

 

Rebecca Pidgeon

 

Rachelle Lefevre

 

Arielle Kebbel

 

Danielle Savre

 

Networks get trigger happy

 

'Queen' crowned in crowded frame

 

Dressler to ankle as top TWC programmer

 

'Devil's' advocates

 

Kidvid: 'Sheep' to nuts

 

RTNDA petitions FCC

 

Jupiter downloads NBC U pic pact

 

'Still Life' helmer turns to 'Tattoo'

 

Ledger, Byrne go Inside Film

 

Ad reps OK actors pact

 

'Betty' stays sharp for ABC

 

'London' tops Dinard

 

Duo take London 'Lessons'

 

Tunie turns to Broadway

 

O'Neill calling for scripts

 

Corrections

 

Live venues brighten nightlife

 

Filipino faceoff lands in U.S.

 

Indian regs reinvent cable biz

 

Rome Film Fest sidebars

 

Mainland attraction

 

Local pix eye boffo B.O.

 

Thesps aim for Hollywood

 

Lotte looks to expand biz ops

 

Lau of the land

 

Mart opens screen door for pan-Asian biz

 

Savvy moves boost Pusan fest fortunes

 

Peninsula power

 

Japan's webs spin gold from spinoffs

 

Koreans cotton to mobile TV

 

After Sands, big plans

 

Screening: 'The Namesake'

 

Gov't bodies build media muscle

 

One big blur

 

Asian markets speed up IPTV race

 

'Steel, not tofu'

 

Screening: 'N: Napoleon and Me'

 

Screening: 'Fur'

 

Bite of Big Apple lends flavor to fest

 

Business Street bows for film biz

 

Panoply of populist pics

 

Cruise on Japan's calendar

 

Partners go for a wok with 'Chinaman'

 

'Idol' hand lands deal at Warners

 

Fiennes tunes 'Vivaldi'

 

'Addicted' picks up Pace

 

Producer on new journey to 'Jewtopia'

 

Inside Move: Lynch still indulging his 'Inland' child

 

Music bio has Warners' ear

 

RHI, M6 ink licensing deal

 

Soccer splash for Sony

 

CNBC primes doc slate

 

A mob hit on B.O.

 

'Addicted' picks up Pace

 

Fiennes tunes 'Vivaldi'

 

Chan pic topples 'Departed' in H.K.

 

Sky Italia logs on to Fastweb

 

Blighty's Five banks on Sony deal

 

Int'l Emmy noms set

 

Gore energizes ballot blurb

 

Valladolid goes for 'Glory,' 'Law'

 

BAFTAs get new home

 

ProSiebenSat lands Bond pic pack

 

Bid buoys Cablevision stox

 

'Prada' is sitting pretty in Europe

 

Mipcom opens to record numbers

 

Fox stakes Paris studio in format biz

 

ABC, NBC top Sunday

 

Major distribs pact to stream videos online

 

First Stage skeds 'Victor' reading

 

Irish film org installs U.S. topper

 

Google gobbles YouTube

 

Scream Awards honor pix, comics

 

Sydney's Ten net requests 'Rescue'

 

DeAPlaneta teams on 2 movie-minis

 

B'way sails with Columbus Day boost

 

Historical drama-rama at EOS

 

European Film touts pics at Pusan

 

BVTV Int'l snags S. Korea VOD deal

 

Sci Fi to ride Foxtel Down Under

 

Thailand changes its Oscar choice

 

Teuton shingle set to adapt Follett

 

BVI inks with Telefonica for VOD

 

Setanta kicks off sports on Freeview

 

Mignogna's 'Wind' blows major kudos

 

NonStop puts Voom in Scandi marts

 

'Baywatch' rides new wave

 

VH1 hip to Big Events

 

Beatty revisits 'Reds'

 

ABC, writers reopen talks

 

O'Neill tussle ends in peace

 

Guest has Kodak moment

 

MySpace suit dismissed

 

ImaginAsian on 'Journey'

 

TBS herding Cattle laffer

 

'ET,' Hart won't part

 

Carlyle takes stake in Hyundai

 

NBC boosts program VPs

 

G4 goes around 'The Block'

 

New Media taps Stinchcomb

 

Chum TV banks on Beirut

 

'Falcon' flying to 24 territories

 

NonStop's 'Secret' is out

 

Allliance forms kid-friendly licensing unit

 

'Iron' adds mettle

 

News Now bows on India's Dish TV

 

Discovery to examine evolution of vidgames

 

Beta beefs up U.S.-made offerings

 

'The wire' confuses hi-def buyers

 

Studio shifts juggle rankings

 

Biz finds out earth is flat

 

Akimbo finds better position for Internet VOD

 

Chipmakers seeks bedroom eyes

 

DVD, fallen rivals sustain last music chain

 

East Coast talent chief tapped at WMA

 

Rental biz taps booth powers

 

Holiday grab bag

 

Home is where the franchise is

 

Sundance net maps 'Road'

 

Biz growth meets its digit

 

Bettys do battle

 

Looking to score first

 

'Bionic' skein rebuilt at NBC

 

Ninos brings out A-list

 

Knott's holds a 'Grudge'

 

Inside Move: 'Saw' gets into bloody vein for promo poster

 

One new singular sensation

 

Scribe's triple play

 

Power up that 'Chainsaw'

 

U rocks the vote

 

Ramones rock with pic plans

 

Eye sings new 'Tune'

 

Org licensed to shill tuners

 

Dolgen dials direct

 

'Visioneers' goes to post

 

'Fire' fans film Forum

 

Howard a Rhodes scholar

 

NBC U gives Second City a second look

 

Disney to supply fresh Orange content

 

Auds drive digital demand

 

Norway's Original boards 'Frost'

 

Teutons set pic tax plan

 

Mouse loose in Russia

 

'Devil,' 'Departed' heat up Blighty

 

'Black' takes gold in Netherlands

 

BBC bows Farsi web

 

Rome eager to host new int'l TV festival

 

Rivals look up to 'Heroes'

 

Nets should protect cult hits from mob mentality

 

ITV's CEO search troubles investors

 

Politics jars fests

 

Cablers get reprieve

 

Par vid crowns King exec VP

 

Mass. seeks film chief

 

CNN to double its dose of 'Dobbs'

 

Blaze TV builds concert site

 

'Trailer' parks at top of Canuck B.O.

 

Canal+ buying spree

 

Seven Net taps rep

 

Image fights off Lionsgate

 

Lynch pins down pic rights

 

Alphabet, Eye top early fall lineups

 

New Spanish 'Vision

 

New publisher for H'wood Reporter

 

Weisz books con job

 

Elephant in room at FHE

 

Execs tout Gallic net

 

'Mermaid' does swimmingly

 

Et tu, YouTube

 

HD 'Star' will shine

 

Feng lines up pricey 'Assembly'

 

Mary Herne, Suzanne Barron

 

Inside Move: TV museum toons in to 'Family' art

 

NY's SAG re-elects Christie

 

Warner adjusts HD/Blu-ray sales projections

 

CHUM, National Cable ink deal

 

Local pix reign over H'w'd in Korea

 

Azaria to host DGA Honors

 

Lelouch pulls out of Tokyo fest

 

G4 slates 'Block'

 

Miller, Harris join Temple ranks

 

UCSB announces Carsey-Wolf Center

 

Peach Arch picks pics

 

First Look acquires 'Obituary,' 'Crimes'

 

Classic calls on Gumby

 

Seeing 'Reds'

 

Singapore's Six-Six-Eight counts deals

 

Maya Entertainment ramps up

 

Old, new media clash on day-and-date releasing

 

'Flicka' rides to H'w'd fest

 

'Baby' bumped

 

Warner books dad memoir

 

Lowe's a go for '24' stint

 

The N pacts Brady for laffs

 

TV Land reups 'Reunion'

 

Par setting table for adaptation

 

'Extreme' measures for ABC

 

Inferno tries 'Experiment'

 

Leader readies film slate

 

Good-faith pic deal

 

Boys' night out at HBO

 

Dart praisery set to expand

 

Weisz books con job

 

Warners in bed with 'Dad'

 

Roberts in 'Love' with Paramount project

 

'Inland' in Lynch's hands

 

Inferno tries 'Experiment'

 

Quill kudos don 'Earrings'

 

MGM topper: Lion's got it right

 

High Point picks up 'Slaughter'

 

Privacy Authority pulls 'Hyenas'

 

Spanish exhibs ready attack on majors

 

BBC seeks smaller fee hike

 

Par promotes Thomas to promo VP

 

London fest seeks to surprise auds

 

ITV appoints designer for VOD player

 

Molla, Grandinetti topline 'Epoxy'

 

Beyond borders

 

'Dancing' up, baseball down

 

A big 'Door' opening

 

Tokyo court nixes Par appeal

 

MTR lauds 50 femmes

 

Book kudos name noms

 

Wuhl stays with HBO to assume 'Position'

 

ARD axes sports director Bossdorf

 

Tuners tap electronics

 

Thesps take bite out of 'Apple'

 

Eduardo Mignogna

 

NEC opens way to hybrid players

 

ABC's 'Stars' steps all over baseball ratings

 

Mart's eye on mobile

 

China Chamber bows anti-pirate zone

 

CBS sells radio stations

 

David Adams

 

Get aware

 

Allen will unload DreamWorks shares

 

Correction

 

Brian Krause

 

Ryan Pinkston

 

Zachary Levi

 

Kyle Gallner

 

Mieko Hillman

 

Oscar shorts to shortlist

 

New look for Acad board

 

Fest impacts city culture

 

Correction

 

TW unloads a third Euro unit of AOL

 

Mary Orr

 

Eve Adamson

 

Ed Benedict

 

'Finn' 1,000th pic preserved by org

 

Yellen aims to paint picture of artists

 

Video stars

 

H'wood dramas draw big bucks in Cannes

 

Multicultural kudos to pair

 

MTV taps two

 

Lucasfilm wins legal battle

 

Loyola loves Lasseter

 

Serena Reeder

 

Mouse logs new tech topper

 

Peacock draws 'Poker'

 

Jules Verne's excellent adventure

 

'Running' full speed

 

Grand 'Fathers' day

 

Queen dons crown of renown

 

Fox celebrates anni

 

Nets calling for backup

 

Court date for pilot

 

English angle at Pangea

 

U, Hamburg spill 'Secret'

 

Next Stooges stage

 

'Flower' to close AFI fest

 

'Dreadful' project wins Fox approval

 

Fox will refit 'Prada' for TV

 

Parsons tips hat to Google

 

CNET topper resigns after options probe

 

MTV upheaval sees Asia prexy exit

 

Random House opens 'Case'

 

Next Stooges stage

 

U, Hamburg spill 'Secret'

 

Finnish 'Jade' goes wide in China

 

BBC shares 'Truth' with partners

 

Gallagher on list for top ITV job

 

Change the channel

 

Italo biz looks to 'Prada,' 'WTC' for salvation

 

Disney pacts with Poles

 

Bodenheimer kicks off Mobile TV

 

U.S. firms link with Beijing to set up anti-piracy zone

 

More 'Snow' falls on Japan

 

Jeunet to lead Tokyo fest jury

 

CJ makes First Cut with pix

 

'Traces' of 9/11

 

H'wood pix hit a great wall in China

 

Korean fare takes big bite out of H'wood

 

Asia stars shine at Pusan bow

 

Food for thought

 

'CSI: NY' routs rookie rival

 

Sen. Murray to join WMA

 

1966: Beatty big on 'Bonnie'

 

China not hip to hip-hop

 

Connery fete opens the RomeFilmFest

 

Oz media regs advance

 

Dan Norton, Alan Rautbort

 

Shannen Doherty

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