Table of Contents
Week of 10/15/2006

Articles

Upward mobility

 

Feliciano, Hall draw nods

 

Bing's bling rings Prop 87

 

Re-energized critic back in the balcony

 

Al Jazeera fills out Intl. roster

 

A tough 'Hobbit' to start

 

Pix get altitude adjustment

 

New 'Scarface' brings in hired gun

 

Pop-up prospects

 

Brits throw fits over kidvid scene

 

Gauls fall for tabloid tales

 

TW Cable exec tackles NFL Net before retirement

 

Bustling bazaar

 

Heroic bows for some net newbies

 

New tween scene

 

Zombies invade Pakistan

 

Pic projects revisit Nanking massacre

 

Globe goes gaga for H'wood biggies

 

Shall Wii dance?

 

Booster Ebert takes a year off

 

Program nurtues native filmmakers

 

Big wheels prep for deals

 

Is this towel taken?

 

Geek odyssey

 

Sony taps lightly on the gas

 

Lau hits Pusan

 

'Volver' takes Gotham

 

The good, bad & Irish

 

Biz up; 'Drowsy' $1m

 

B.O. jumps; 'Pirate' 752g

 

24-Hour notice

 

What's in a 'Name'?

 

The 'Invasion' is back on again

 

When actors and anxieties collide

 

Lighter attire suits her

 

Pubcaster turns to 'Todd'

 

Canucks mate ratings orgs

 

'Nightly' weathers Hurricane Kate

 

'Prada' walks catwalk to top spot o'seas

 

Germans get docu kick

 

Literary patience is Scholastic's Forte

 

Pandora's black box

 

U.S.-critical docus still float o'seas

 

Fest fetes Globes org for golden touch

 

Market, AFI Fest endure distance

 

Hawaii mixes it up

 

(Almost) Everything must go

 

The Quill is mightier

 

'Queen' rules Down Under

 

Star shine in afternoon sun

 

'Super' statue of limitations

 

Man of the hours

 

Stars groove to hiphop beat on Namoo's night

 

Unlocking star system

 

L.A. mayor shakes Hong Kong's hand

 

Japan's festival circuit shrinks

 

'Granny' pays a visit to Fuji TV's growing family

 

Affair of the art

 

Zhang to help pump China pix

 

Arclight's digging up 'Dog' deal

 

Kim's AFM aims

 

New 'Battle' plan

 

Asian producers launch film org in Grand fashion

 

Embalmers inject funds in 'Beauty'

 

Fright has B.O. bite

 

Pop culture club

 

Euro talent shines

 

'Betty' bops to full order

 

Looking for lots of loot

 

Im's in Paradise for his 100th pic

 

Q joining the 'Tourist' team

 

Golden Net adopts 'Cat' rights

 

Fire hits Fuji TV's 'Oh-oku' set

 

Bigfoot walks with slate of 'Gold,' 'Love'

 

Gallic Wild Bunch cuts deal for Korean 'Years'

 

Geography lesson

 

Pretty Pictures in mood for 'Marriage'

 

China calls 'Vice' squad

 

Wu in epic struggle

 

Location elation

 

CJ calls up ninja guard

 

L.A.'s Dream teams with Spanish Zip

 

Animated 'Girl' nabs prize at Sitges

 

Mexican watchdog halts Televisa deal

 

Oz's Nine net takes on IceTV in court

 

Rome built on a day of stars

 

Silver slots solo slate

 

Lensers frame Daviau nod

 

Gray Lady takeover talk

 

Chilly Peacock cools GE

 

Inside Move: Fliers hit home for 'Model' makeover

 

'Prada' the height of fashion at o'seas B.O.

 

'Road' back on the map at ABC

 

Yanks join in Brit 'Song'

 

Jordi Molla and Dario Grandinetti

 

Brando Eaton

 

Jud Tylor

 

Andrew McFarlane

 

Kristen Hager

 

Johnny Whitworth

 

Chosen '1' emerges

 

PBL responds to Nine sale rumors

 

Vancouver into the 'Mystic'

 

Vidgame biz racks up points in Sept.

 

'Law & Order' on city streets

 

Unions square deal with indies

 

How to grow Apple shoots

 

Stone, Par return to 9/11 trenches

 

Bruckheimer builds at CBS

 

NBC gives 'Life' to hospital tale

 

Bilson joins 'Jumper'

 

Wry toast for Clooney

 

Fremantle channels mobiles

 

Stone, Par return to 9/11 trenches

 

'Tonight' he shoots

 

Bilson joins 'Jumper'

 

Budding crop of filmmakers get Office help

 

Cop shop with on-set chops

 

'Tonight' he shoots

 

Fright has B.O. bite

 

Reality boom boosts TV prod'n

 

Pisano talks online content at confab

 

'Requiem,' 'Grimm Love' top Sitges

 

Org's taxing delay

 

Springer stake for sale

 

EMI weathers poor first half

 

Abraham pacts with Dornford-May

 

The fresh prints of Italy

 

'60' strong for CBS

 

Bar bash goes Wide

 

Party's gotta lotta Gaul

 

Lau adds glitz to KM fete

 

'Kingdoms' rules

 

'Girls' gone wild on Japan's big night

 

Twain Prize fetes Simon

 

China's pumping toon biz

 

Panels tout Asia over H'wood

 

BBC Worldwide goes 'Wild' about China

 

Weinsteins hooked on homevideo

 

Iglesias tops Soundtrack Awards

 

Hong Kong arthouse to shutter

 

StudioCanal of 'Age'

 

Gov't to bail out RTVE

 

Freddy Fender

 

Innoform, Boku link for Tong pic

 

Euro film org to laud Brit helmer

 

Elastic sells 'Mushiking' to Spain

 

Rotterdam funds vids

 

Sid Adilman

 

Duo teams on 'Men'

 

Four pix picked for Rotterdam grant

 

'Fireworks' lights up Chi fest

 

Tyler William Stearns

 

Inside Move: Rivals flip-flop in Wall Street wallop

 

Sony's hot pursuit

 

First 'Poppins' perfs perky

 

Jewel Roberts

 

Judy Butala

 

Yahoo! gets Eye-ful

 

MTV extends teen scene with Quizilla

 

Turner exec adds sports

 

Fox's triple play

 

'Penelope' casts distrib spell

 

MoMA focuses on Rossellini

 

Ventura's Rubicon balances sked

 

Oprah on the road

 

The art of the deal, painted in broad brushstrokes

 

Pact mentality

 

Cityscape for the future

 

A decade of growth

 

Artist's advocate

 

PBL near sale of Nine stake

 

'World' wows Latino fest

 

Redstone rips gov't censors

 

Landau lands Pickford nod

 

Pair blaze WGA Awards trail

 

Final Draft gives the greenlight on Script

 

DGA offers overtime

 

Helmer makes the trip for 'Tripper'

 

Fox waves on 'Dave'

 

Helmers tapped for panel

 

Queen gets more bees

 

Leo's green builds skein

 

PPV rings in 'Superfighter'

 

Weinsteins pin a wrestling pact

 

Star overload

 

Trio put bucks on pucks

 

Captains set for 'Starship'

 

NBC cops 'House' mates

 

Atomic boost in marketing

 

Warners into 'Funny' business with helmer

 

ABC bonds with 'Brothers'

 

New Line pursues psychic vision

 

Zeitgeist finds 'Silence'

 

Renier, Laurent win thesp kudos

 

Odyssey gets a bit 'Sheepish'

 

The party's over

 

Euro co-prods cooking

 

China, Spain pair on love story

 

Digital outlets boost Five

 

'History Boys' makes solid bow in U.K.

 

Duo sport net in E. Europe

 

Int'l sales on Lotte docket

 

Lee makes move to Asian biz

 

CJ seals Philippine deal

 

Stars hit the 'Highway' for Korean remake

 

Young stars want career cred

 

Chen turned his passions into reality

 

Bangkok party small and sweet

 

New Zealand gets into the act

 

'Deal' rises, 'Studio' falls

 

Showbox rocks

 

Under the stars

 

MK party at Pusan

 

Asia grabs Rotterdam's digital dough

 

HK arthouse closes doors

 

InnoForm, Boku wear 'White'

 

iHQ sells off pair of pix

 

'Beloved' is taking flight with fright

 

Org shares tales of pic-production plan

 

Avex Asia takes bite out of 'Apple'

 

Independent spirit

 

New horizons for old pros

 

'Palace' guard Lou defies filming ban

 

MTV clicks China outlet

 

ProSieben buys 30% of Lokalisten

 

La Sexta scores 4 BBC skeins

 

RTL TV clicks with trio of digital sat/cable channels

 

BBC renews output deal with RAI

 

'Deutschland' doc is major success

 

A jilted Jay could wake up latenight

 

ASC taps Morgan for TV kudo

 

Oz pubcaster overhauls its editorial guidelines

 

Connolly takes new task

 

Georgian helmer gets lucky with '13'

 

Tony board taps trio

 

'Love' rules at VH1

 

Conference calling

 

New office complex set for H'wood

 

Lee gets games gig

 

Net pair duke it out

 

Gao named to lead Star China

 

Cinema Tout Ecran has int'l look

 

Prague's music/pic fest unspools

 

BBC exec sings tube's praises

 

Yahoo! stock up but earnings down

 

Wal-Mart breaking down wall in China

 

Eurocinema signs First

 

Jones focus of Lens kudos

 

Tartans aren't just for the Scots

 

HATCHfest honors industry vets, newcomers

 

TBS enters big leagues

 

Woodstock prizes 'Day'

 

Biz's share scares

 

'Trunk' up for thesp

 

Inside Move: Parking woes put kudos in auto focus

 

CBS feels 'Viva' fever

 

Liguori to receive Caucus kudo

 

Bahamas film fest honors Cage

 

Turks & Caicos fest kicks off

 

HPA Awards winners announced

 

'Runaway' flees CW sked

 

WIN Awards to present sixteen kudos

 

Angelus Fest names student pic winners

 

Legacy Series inductees announced

 

Mill Valley fest wraps

 

'Model' strikers avoid Ostroff fliers

 

'Trunk' up for thesp

 

Rawlings leaps to Endeavor

 

Mendel's onboard for 'Inkheart'

 

'24' team spies a Fox pilot

 

Voters elect Image over rival Lionsgate

 

White parachutes to Par

 

Fogler fitted for 'Tux'

 

Turner reels in 6 RKO pix

 

Katz perched at Focus

 

ABC wades into the Big Easy bayou

 

'Law' scribe sets up drama pair at nets

 

Weighty gig for Wallace

 

HBO rolls with Royce

 

Carter nabs a killer role

 

Hansel steers her own course

 

Beeb's drama topper to try out telenovelas

 

Culture minister quits over TV fees

 

AXN connects with T-Home

 

Hard-pounding for Sogecable

 

Gallic producer bids to make Bardot bio

 

Rome sees deals done

 

Nets in soccer shuffle

 

U.K. Film Council backs 'Father'

 

Indonesia's intimate affair

 

Happy days for Rotterdam

 

Fest-set nests at Hong Kong fete

 

National anthems

 

Fest's big ticket thicket

 

Cable-ready Street has TW hot for IPO

 

Filmmakers take home cash, cache

 

China dials up honors for cell phone fare

 

Puppy love for 'Kitty'

 

Gao gets gig as Star China topper

 

Sony, Buena Vista mark their territory in Korea

 

In reel trouble?

 

China's had its fill of the rumor mill

 

Major deals wait for another day

 

Pusan stays local

 

'Dancing' hits season high

 

Gillo Pontecorvo

 

Isabel Bigley

 

Gaul gets N. Korea pix

 

Fox Mexico chief Hernandez exits

 

Kaurismaki turns off 'Lights' on Oscar bid

 

Herbert B. Leonard

 

Profits down for Oz's Ten net

 

Gino Empry

 

Capitol Films lights up 'Blackout'

 

TV in court for China murder trial

 

Apple juiced by iPod sales

 

Freston's pricey payout

 

Milius military tale

 

Lightning Rod debut

 

Oz laws fuel a flux

 

Air America founders launch radio network

 

Tori Spelling

 

Shawn Roberts

 

Brenda Vaccaro

 

Jonathan Sadowski

 

Brianne Davis

 

Julia Ormond

 

D-cinema confab eyes Web

 

Sony A&R exec spins to Col

 

Fox, Axe pact on Latam toon skein

 

Sony's new Reader packs a small library

 

CBC still in orbit at Gemini awards

 

BoSox fans tune in to baseball broadcasts

 

Duff out in ongoing TVNZ turmoil

 

Shaw Bros. classics head to Mideast

 

Fox courting 'Suspicion'

 

ESPN getting in scripted ring

 

Bart checks into 'Hostel 2'

 

Filmworks/FX funding kudos

 

Willis honored with Star

 

Par Vantage ups biz pair

 

Meril moves up at WB TV

 

Preemptions shake up syndie skeds

 

Atlas Media maps out role for Waite

 

Pair take on blacklist, Trumbo in feature doc

 

Early 'Christmas' in 3-D

 

Inside Move: Layoffs expected today at NBC U

 

Laffer team goes 'Under'

 

Short night at DGA

 

A wandering Eye

 

A 'Brand' new role

 

Spitfire sets table for 'Deadly Feasts'

 

Dimension enlists 'Mist'

 

Bart checks into 'Hostel 2'

 

Susco 'White' as a sheet

 

Orbit, PostWorks pairing up

 

'Mist' envelops Dimension

 

Phillippe flies the 'Flags'

 

This magic moment

 

A fulfilling evening

 

Farrellys cast Corddry

 

NBC getting into game

 

U counting on 'One Dave'

 

FX shells out for 'Gang'

 

A 'Brand' new role

 

LAFF calls for fest entries

 

London makes a late bow

 

Zodiak buys U.K.'s Diverse

 

RDF pumps its profits on reality show orders

 

BT inks pact with MTV, Par Comedy and Nick

 

Argento toplines 'Mother of Tears'

 

Italo legal hounds take on 'Hyenas'

 

Teutons dig digital

 

Gallic TV faces threat of boycott in Turkey

 

Peacock aftershock

 

Dutch distrib A-Film moves into Belgium