Table of Contents
Week of 10/22/2006

Articles

Risk brings reward

 

Road B.O. dips for 11-show slate

 

Serial skewers soaps

 

'Borat' buzz befuddles

 

Girls' fright out

 

What if nets followed the style of political attack ads?

 

Series get serious about selling

 

Saudi leads news to ratings victory

 

Five's in digital fold

 

Working Title: Eric Fellner

 

Working Title: Tim Bevan

 

Working Title: Debra Hayward

 

Working Title: David Livingstone

 

In the pipeline

 

Going legit: 'Billy' soars onstage

 

Euros buy creative freedom

 

The rolling cornerstones

 

When in Rome, do as film festgoers do

 

'Prada' parades to prime spot o'seas

 

Less dream, more factory

 

Biz up; 'Butley' 441g

 

Helmers have final word, but who listens?

 

Denver taps Ritchie

 

A tale of two Becketts on London stages

 

Too many spoonfuls of sugar?

 

Congloms, vid sites think big picture

 

Advice for those who don't know they need it

 

TV's frosh success: Don't count on it

 

Warmer climate for Wal-Mart?

 

Fox's 'Flicka' making hay

 

Supe's on for Donner

 

Directing means always having to say you're sorry

 

No sign of aging

 

Peacock's feathers plucked

 

TCM Spain docs make splashy bow

 

Working Title: Liza Chasin

 

Working Title: Natascha Wharton

 

Working Title: Anglea Morrison

 

Sony gives to Mideast cause

 

First Saudi feature bows

 

Helmer finds novel way to make film

 

Mexico's next gen on view at fest

 

Working Title takes reality check

 

Asia's monstrous showbiz push

 

Casting director Francine Maisler

 

Malaysian titles in Focus for intl.

 

Fortissimo has 'No Regrets'

 

'Prestige' does the trick

 

Pic doesn't miss a trick

 

The Thais that dine

 

Banderas flies flag at LALIFF

 

Chi's Liza's kind of town

 

Roman night lights

 

Force of 'Evil'

 

News Corp. refills pill

 

Flanders fest toasts 'Ten'

 

AFI lifetime nod to Pacino

 

'Flags' stars drape Tokyo's red carpet

 

Brenda Strong

 

Vanessa Minnillo

 

Anna Kendrick

 

Zachary Quinto

 

Rafael J. Noble

 

Johnathon Schaech

 

Wilder Theater to bow

 

Henley lands MusiCares kudos for philanthropy

 

Saban again trying to sell ProSieben

 

ARD, ZDF top Teuton TV nods

 

Studios face 'Island' trial

 

Classic fall for Series ratings

 

'Victim' rules Rome

 

Acad allocates fest funds

 

'Prada' dressed for success in third frame o'seas

 

'Smallville' DVD gets HD bow

 

IFC to translate 'AMERICANese'

 

Lansing to publish memoirs

 

Hamptons lauds 'Man'

 

TV mom Jane Wyatt dies

 

Pusan fest grows with L.A. event, cable plans

 

'Isabella' tops Bangkok film fest

 

ASCAP announces Music Expo dates, location

 

Irish Film and Television Awards accepting submissions

 

Fox to air action sports awards

 

Asheville fest to honor Tilly

 

Philly film fest accepting submissions

 

Tribeca All Acess calling for entries

 

Palm Beach film fest accepting submissions

 

N.Y. comedy fest sets dates

 

MTR to honor Moonves, Bruckheimer

 

WorldLink opens London office

 

Slamdance fest announces call for entries

 

Kim wins BlueCat Screenplay Competition

 

Rauch named a.d. of Oregon Shakespeare fest

 

Showtime packs Unbox

 

Oz film group names a veep

 

Par's downloading pix to AOL

 

Benjamin Avi Weiner

 

Rose Parlakian

 

Keira Madelyn Deutsch

 

Screenwriter Eric Roth

 

Producer Mike Medavoy

 

Costumer Penny Rose

 

Supporting actor Ben Affleck

 

Editor Joel Cox

 

Mr. Cuddly no more

 

Cinematography award: Vilmos Zsigmond

 

Working with 'geyser' a blast

 

Surf's up for Milch as HBO takes skein

 

Weinsteins Thai up '13'

 

NBC bets on 'Stupid' idea

 

'West Texas' calls Kilmer

 

'Prestige' makes magic at B.O.

 

Next stop: a USO tour in Iraq for the troops

 

Biopics greenlight a young thesp's career

 

Composer Gustavo Santaolalla

 

Breakthrough director Ryan Murphy

 

Supporting actress Sandra Bullock

 

Production designer John Myhre

 

Out of Africa, off the beaten path

 

Helmer's image shifts with compassionate take on 9/11

 

Almodovar's muse becomes a mom

 

Film auteurs find their champions

 

Paparazzi party

 

RHI, Sci Fi ink monster pact

 

Weinsteins fall for 'Love'

 

Swimming with 'Shark'

 

Kissack fishes for a feature

 

WGA, ABC adjust offers

 

Epic, Menudo get real

 

'West Texas' calls Kilmer

 

Broadway box office pops with 'Mary'

 

Sony inks pact with Arts Alliance

 

Spain logs highest piracy rate in Europe

 

Formula One delivers ratings triumph

 

Lansbury back on B'way in 'Deuce'

 

Baseball picks up for Fox

 

Viacom Japan to launch vid site

 

Teutonic pair in preem push

 

'Narnia' vs. 'Pirates' at BAFTA kids

 

Sky sale in works?

 

Thesp pair to inherit roles

 

College hoops fill net skeds

 

IFP Gotham Awards name noms

 

IFC nabs 'It All,' sets First Take bow

 

Shea Curry and Justin Levy

 

NYC targets pirates

 

Michelle Parker and Greg Suess

 

Sundance bolsters Web site

 

SAG approves boost in dues

 

Sony exec reels in CineAsia kudos

 

Hannity visits CBS News

 

2nd season for 'Janice'

 

Graber in at toon house

 

Par heals 'Fracture'

 

'Design' drafts Oldham

 

Push for tight regs

 

Morgan makes a 'Friend' in Gotham

 

Japan's Yubari fest back on track

 

Fuji deal means Webcast of shows

 

Constantin adapts pic with FFA coin

 

'OC,' 'Nine' join Web wares

 

Redstone defends split

 

KNBC bumps 'Megan' show

 

Morelia fest wild for 'Bunch' doc

 

'Love' tops noms for Taiwan gongs

 

Canucks mind the gap

 

Sullivan joins First Look

 

Reading with 'Scissors'

 

Meyer knows how to relate

 

'Hair's' tribal reunion

 

The CW rocks to 'Songs'

 

'Heroes' zeros in on its bad guy

 

Toon titans drawing up TV skeins

 

Kazakh quandary

 

Theron prepares to do 'Battle'

 

Three pix atop list for Cruise

 

Plying trade in 'Seattle'

 

'Ticket' takers

 

'Flags' flies high

 

Dorfman's persuaded to pen pic

 

Fest plays horse

 

Disney bewitches young aud

 

LMNO spells sales

 

Eye net still has 'Class'

 

Cruise eyes trio of roles

 

Par heals 'Fracture'

 

Starz inks pact with Tandem

 

U.S. leads way in digital cinema

 

Fortissimo goes for 'Glory'

 

'Summer,' 'Murderer' compete at ZoomIgualada

 

Italo moguls' life not so beautiful

 

Soccer docu sprints to $21 mil

 

Upstarts think big

 

'Heroes' hot for Peacock

 

IATSE organizes 'Dream'

 

Peacock staffers pine for 'Studio' chief

 

'Desperate' stays on C4

 

U.K. gov't bans ITN in wars

 

Ethan Benjamin Lassner and Ryan Oliver Lassner

 

Programming veep gets boost at Bravo

 

Publicists laud Sony co-toppers

 

MarVista grabs 'Sasquatch'

 

Profits pump Netlfix

 

ABC, Eye starting strong

 

B'way auds from all over

 

Viv sues in Polish push

 

Football scores on cable

 

Telemundo to air Televisa skein

 

Turner taps brand name

 

Docu fest to return

 

Wind takes a whirl

 

Sandy West

 

Phyllis Kirk

 

Syndies stay on the ball despite playoffs

 

Nelson de la Rosa

 

Canada's Astral boasts rev increase

 

Titans talking tech

 

NBC flexes muscle

 

Telecinco profits rise for 3rd qtr.

 

NFL ready to call own Web plays

 

Doc org lock noms

 

Nets just say no to Nielsen blurb plan

 

'Big Brother' goes for seven on Ten

 

Radley David Fleming

 

Mechanic tunes up Asia biz

 

South Korea has big plans for film biz

 

Martin Alexander Brown

 

Bradley Michael Rosenthal

 

Sabrina Paige Welke

 

Griffin Anthony Johnsen

 

Michael Patrick McKeon

 

Elijah Michael Kay

 

Decker Harold Brandt

 

Dashiell Cameron Allen

 

Weinstein vids add PSAs

 

Celebs honored at Oceana Partners Award Gala

 

'MuzikMafia TV' heads online

 

Marvel pacts with No Equal

 

VOD channel Anytime enters India

 

Film Independent Producer's Lab participants announced

 

Valdez named Maya co-chair

 

MTV raises exec

 

Nalin to helm 'Buddha'

 

Ben Kline

 

Dan Darling

 

Greg Foster

 

Jennifer Storms

 

Roger Werner

 

Judith Saffer

 

Michael Williams

 

Fredrik Malmberg

 

Alan Davis

 

Robin Radzinski

 

Mary Powers

 

Craig O'Connor

 

Brad Ball

 

Stacey Olliff

 

Lowell Goss

 

Barbara Tenney

 

Tanya Van Court

 

Marco Williams

 

Nancy Miller

 

Ken Kiers

 

Ashley Adams

 

Jaden Li Gunn

 

EOS in classic deal

 

MTV leashes Dogg

 

Radio b'casters urge bird cage

 

NBC nabs Diversity kudo

 

'Trade Center' nabs top H'wood fest nod

 

Disney gets 'Animated'

 

CIA drama spies thesp

 

'Beowulf' gets 3-D bigscreen bow

 

Legendary thrilled by supernatural script

 

Parker gets 'Smart'

 

Inside Move: TW toys with vidgames

 

MOD taps Lieberfarb

 

20th TV adds veep pair

 

CW nabs 'Jumper'

 

'Shoeshine' finds scribe

 

CIA drama spies thesp

 

Tokyo in co-prod'n

 

Sony lifts Hatamiya

 

Noms in for Post kudos

 

Oliver 'Ready' to wed laffer

 

Hofer fest bows with 'Schwere'

 

Kinowelt buys distrib Pegasos

 

Leavitt buffs up 'Shoeshine'

 

Fox finds fantasy man

 

Peacock's in 'Business' with scribes

 

Mackie sprints to biopic

 

'Inkheart' draws four

 

Inside Move: 'Hostel' toward English?

 

'Rising' to the occasion

 

Helmer on 'Notice'

 

Disney gets 'Animated'

 

Inside Move: Deal delays 'Family' reunion

 

Tartan sweeps up Broomfield pic

 

Stockholm fest getting 'Shortbus'

 

Calling for a cap

 

'Queen,' 'King' lead Brit indie pic noms

 

Kloiber holds onto soccer

 

Teutonic telco plans download service

 

Euro Media aid near law

 

EFP pushes local hits

 

Euro orgs press for digital cinema

 

Fox, ABC top Tuesday

 

'Quinceanera' back in production

 

Asia Argento

 

Caitlin Wachs

 

Rita Moreno

 

Chad Faust

 

Matt Letscher

 

Michael Raymond-James

 

'Honey' of a deal in Tokyo

 

Org favors digital rights

 

Im-'Press'-ive bow

 

Walkin' in L.A.

 

Rupe ends Nielsen tiff

 

Sky Perfect denies merger report

 

Canuck producers, union wide apart

 

Oz gov't to pump coin into drama

 

Tuner faces hard 'Times'

 

B'way's 'Singer' to shutter

 

Asian cable org mulls mobile biz

 

Inside Move: Pauley suing N.Y. Times

 

NBC longs for Must-See buzz

 

Tom toasted, Viacom roasted

 

'Hair' raised at Bravo

 

Disney scores sports net

 

Toon confab kicks off in Germany

 

Oprah to become 'Library Lion'

 

Dupri ankles Virgin gig

 

Inside Move: Pauley presses N.Y. Times in lawsuit

 

'Museum' to get Imax exhibit

 

'Borat's' glory days

 

Inside Move: Canucks advertise 'Death'

 

Clear Channel may sell

 

Femmes get feted

 

Obst ups Young

 

Talent added to Comedy Festival

 

Lensers laud Hirschfeld

 

TV Azteca profits up

 

Beeb grabs 'Girls'

 

Ad-sharing pact links Halmi, Ion

 

Liddell opens lid on shingle

 

Genius discovers kidvid

 

Horror scribe for Rogue

 

Event has a lot of heart

 

Fox nabs pilot bounty

 

Campaigners copy cat

 

The old college triad

 

WB taps operations VP

 

Linsons born to be wild

 

Sleepless in Gotham

 

'Lens' trained on Q

 

Par solid with Stone

 

Picture perfect evening

 

MTV nets get digital exec

 

Warner seals real TV deal

 

Fox catches Dahl's 'Fox'

 

Theron rides indie 'Wheel'

 

Award season calendar

 

'Fantastic' fit for Fox

 

Theron back on indie turf

 

HandMade in dream Sequence

 

Hubert Bals fund rolls coin to 24 projects

 

Antena 3 profits plunge 28% in 3Q

 

Cinecitta chief talks tax breaks

 

Portugal's RTP bows 'Pocoyo'

 

Fraud socks EMI's stox

 

'Lost' up, 'Nine' down for ABC

 

'Poppins' glitch halts perf

 

Volts jolt Sony

 

Packer touts PBL spinoff

 

Mixed day for Brits

 

Montreal fest has its 'Day'

 

Asia market gets a plug