Table of Contents
Week of 11/05/2006

Articles

 

If they can make it here ...

 

'Gardens' to bloom again

 

B.O. tumbles; 'Lion' roars

 

Biz dips; 'Chorus' 829g

 

West End's big musical number

 

 

 

Mexico open to new nets

 

'CSI' is not enough

 

Ramadan serials hit hot buttons

 

Televangelist critic hears from gov't

 

 

 

Al Arabiya makes the online Jump

 

How Walt's Magic Kingdom became a media kingdom

 

'Halo' pic's a no-glow

 

Short attention span

 

Tech rocks Casbaa

 

Revived 'OC': Hot scripts, tough slot

 

Television's scariest holiday isn't Halloween

 

China opens up to media hordes for Olympics

 

Down but not out

 

Ochoa leads Colombian pic revival

 

A kudos surprise: IFP's ode to 'Joy'

 

Breaking in is hard to do

 

Rambo: muzzled?

 

 

Singer's not ready to fly just yet

 

'American Fugitive' is docu hot potato

 

Glossed in translation?

 

'Unbearable' wait is over

 

Brits woozy as auds see 'Saw'

 

Critics hold court on 'Queen'

 

Good News inks for int'l projects

 

'Prada' battles horror, toons for top spot

 

Telepool amps up features

 

Helmer takes shoot to war

 

Yorkshire rejects Kuhn studio

 

Co-prods pass the sniff test

 

Agencies go on treasure hunt

 

'Rocky' reboots -- with Stallone

 

Cruise rebirths old United Artists label

 

Reinventing the wheel

 

Cocktails in 'Cairo'

 

Ambassador to AFI

 

Farrell charms China

 

Thesps close the show

 

Helmers 'Sing' for their docu

 

$26 mil Kazakh attack

 

Power outage rolls across Europe

 

Leonard Schrader

 

Arts board adds six

 

Discovery loses Baer

 

ABC, CBS SWEEP AHEAD

 

AnnaSophia Robb

 

Tobin Bell, Emily Osment

 

Danai Gurira

 

Sarah Thompson, Matt Dallas

 

Drew Fuller

 

Michelle Rodriguez, Channing Tatum

 

Adrienne Shelly

 

'Queen' commands regal take

 

Terrence Mann

 

Wind Dancer adds family unit

 

Vivendi nixes $50 bil takeover

 

Nielsen blurb plan on hold

 

Weinstein embraces 'Enemy' doc at AFM

 

Deadlines approaching

 

Pic translates to aud abroad

 

 

Animal Planet brings it home

 

Beijing pledges more anti-piracy hits

 

Scorsese Stones doc rolls to Japan deal

 

Dean Kenneth Fronk

 

Cole Samuel Kaller

 

Ava Lauren Libe

 

WCBS reels in 2 anchors

 

Competition victors savor spoils

 

Meet the toppers

 

Sidebar spotlights China's neglected mainstream

 

Climbing Olympus

 

Changing tech fuels power to the publisher

 

Reba rates raves, ratings

 

It's not easy listening

 

XM, Sirius cozy up to niche auds

 

Locals challenge Hollywood approach

 

All-star jamboree

 

 

2006 CMA Award Nominees

 

Celebs poised to amp ratings

 

Young demo prize captured by ABC

 

CBS puts passed-on pilot on the Web

 

'Gutenberg' sings onstage

 

ABC Family fans 'Wildfire'

 

U sets sights on 'Wonder'

 

Magnolia shift for shorts

 

Miramax opens Italo 'Door'

 

'Prison' term for Maverick

 

Graham cracks deal

 

Endeavor taps indie topper

 

Eye wires digital chief

 

NBC's 'Table' gets smaller

 

Pirates pegged for CBS

 

Morris sets Abu Ghraib doc

 

Fox plays 'Tournament'

 

Wang saying his 'Prayers'

 

$26 mil Kazakh attack

 

Flexibility key to success

 

Much ado about 'Slings' at Canuck awards

 

Brits keen to download but not to pay

 

EMI Music Sweden ups Torneryd

 

Euro helmers call on EC to keep levies

 

Telepool's 'Train' crosses borders

 

NBC calls the plays

 

Iraqi gov't switches off channels

 

Berlin fest shouts about silent film

 

Kinepolis puts games on bigscreen

 

'Passions' to flare online

 

Broadway clocks daylight-saving drop

 

'Daily Show' votes for Dan Rather

 

GreeneStreet goes for love

 

MySpace may enter Japan

 

Inside Move: Liberty still pecking away at bird deal

 

Focus on partying

 

New York police make arrest in Shelly's death

 

Next 'Hulk' adds bulk to '08 sked

 

Small world for D'Works

 

Docus 'Dancing' with iTunes

 

U.S. shows crowd out Canuck fare

 

Mediator tapped for ACTRA talks

 

The 'Borat' bet

 

BVI, Sony reach Russia

 

Xbox fits into H'wood's gameplan

 

Pair find 'Follow' distribs for Asia

 

Izutsu crafts sequel to romantic drama

 

AFM had fewer buyers

 

Shiny, happy people

 

Union Station Media examines 'Dark Corners'

 

Arclight offers 'Dare'

 

'Green' spreads across regions

 

Jinga scores rights to half dozen pix

 

Telepool closes on deals

 

Golem picks up rights to 'Moliere'

 

Media Asia seals deal on 'Pain'

 

Fox & Friends buddies up with Phoenecia

 

Sony nabs ride with'Horsemen'

 

XM on the rise

 

CMA's night to 'Believe'

 

FCC reverses 2 rulings

 

Sony Pix taking 'Tudors' mini o'seas

 

Eye unleashes 'Dogs'

 

'Idol' skeds Jan. return

 

U's silent treatment

 

Gaming duo on earnings climb

 

Fox 21 on a bender

 

Element sets funds

 

A 'Stranger' among us

 

'Food' for thought

 

Fast clip for kudos

 

No tax break for Snipes

 

'Garden' party

 

Good 'Times'

 

'Imaginary' friends

 

'Sunny' keeps shining on FX

 

'Dinner' time for D'Works

 

'Shrek' decks ABC halls

 

Tolan takes pic's reins

 

D'works takes 'Girls' on road

 

Allyson honored by peers

 

Marvel sees super 2008

 

Buzz about 'Babel'

 

'Dinner' time for D'Works

 

Madonna makeover

 

Mannion swipes 'Frankie,' 'Princesses'

 

Chinese pirate jailed for four years in U.K.

 

Euro regional funds to bond in Turin

 

Europe embraces 'Borat'

 

Axel Springer to expand TV plans

 

ITV channels 4 names for CEO position

 

Premiere goes back into black in Q3

 

Q3 revs flat at Vivendi

 

France Telecom gets into pic co-prod biz

 

CMA kudocast lifts ABC

 

Jefferson Awards fete Chi legit

 

Webbie to spin for WMG

 

To power franchises, we may need another hero

 

'Springer' sings in Chi

 

Bill Richards

 

Scott Guthrie

 

John MacDonald and Joshua Metzger

 

Chris Van Amburg

 

Diana Pearson

 

Allison Silver

 

SAG backs Canuck thesps

 

BBC newsies OK strike

 

Jonathan Hochwald

 

Michele Solomon

 

Dave Bakula

 

Adam Blumberg

 

Steven Benson

 

Tim McNeal

 

Twang has bang for ABC

 

Football drives NBC win

 

EchoStar profit off

 

Mike McCarley

 

Cable exec takes to TW

 

Risafi rises at Comedy net

 

'Ray' leaves rivals with leftovers

 

Shane O'Neill

 

French export revs get boost

 

Mark Dinerstein

 

Mark Levy

 

Rupe's MySpace buddy

 

TWC picks up Houdini pic

 

Joshua Berger

 

BBCA buys 5 All3 skeins

 

Rodman Gregg

 

Bravo checks into hotel reality skein

 

College Bowl blitz

 

Lionsgate reups prexy

 

L.A. Times bumps Baquet

 

Whitaker set for SB kudo

 

Syrian gov't shuts down satcaster

 

Par's power play

 

Spirit kudos reup host

 

Live Nation to open borders

 

First Independent goes for 'Green'

 

Revolution raises Totino

 

'Top Model' pose sends WGA to feds

 

Will TV ever find election perfection?

 

Greg Wylie and Sarina Leyton

 

'Illusionist' appears on Digital slate

 

Mediaset profits down after ad slump

 

India film fest to open with 'Volver'

 

SingTel aims for high def pay TV

 

BBC taps Williams exec producer

 

Berg asked to head film finance

 

Cable group names Hribar M.D. Cable group names Hribar M.D. Cable group names Hribar M.D.

 

'Death Note 2' thriving in Japan

 

Strand picks up 'Palms'

 

Thumbs up for bid

 

Cartoon contenders

 

'I Know' Lohan's next

 

Inside Move: Disney touts DVD tie-ins

 

Fox picks up DIC titles

 

Edgy shorts have long-lasting impact

 

Closed encounters with 3-D

 

Headey lands 'Connor' role

 

Digital pic shows Aardman fingerprints

 

'Road' to bigscreen

 

U scoops up thriller pitch

 

Five pieces easy?

 

Cowan splits from Winkler

 

Critters break out of cel block

 

Here! OKs more 'Cove'

 

B'wood pix in demand

 

Horie pleads ignorance

 

Vertigo to replay 'Echo'

 

Sony grabs wide mix of pix at AFM

 

'I Know' Lohan's next

 

'Road' to bigscreen

 

British funding org boosts 'Better'

 

A Virgin territory

 

Lux out of 'Name' game

 

Springer launches digital TV arm

 

Filmax burros into vidgame format

 

'House,' 'Dancing' top Tuesday

 

Angeleno billionaires bid on Trib

 

ABC uproots 'Trees'

 

'1001' preem skedded for DCTC Summit

 

Gena Rowlands and Catherine Deneuve

 

M. Emmet Walsh

 

Tween tops 'Sixties'

 

Navi Rawat

 

Josh Pais

 

Matt Lanter

 

E.G. Daily

 

Village pulls out of Palace loop

 

EU's choice: No China suit over piracy at WTO

 

Theater calls to couple

 

DirecTV profits surge

 

Sirius increases rev, subs

 

Craig slips into Bond role

 

Sundance mobilizes film shorts

 

Marathon man to Iceland toonster

 

Two-fer telepics

 

TV Asia taps editor

 

'Times' up for Dylan musical

 

ICM tunes out classical division

 

Imax earnings off 14%

 

Sony finds Mr. Wright

 

Shadow picks up 'Road' docu

 

Asset sales boost Rupe

 

Web key to NBC U yakker

 

Viewers cast vote for ABC

 

Pol vault for biz

 

WB bails on China plexes

 

IFilm re-launches site

 

Par taps U.K., Ireland managing director

 

Kennedy Center adds to 'Carnival!' cast

 

Craig B. Fisher

 

WGA takes CBS contract to members

 

More '24' for Smart, Itzin

 

Richard St. Johns

 

Basil Poledouris

 

Claudia Bobsin

 

Catch That Trend: Layering

 

Kudos coverage revamp

 

Dorris Halsey

 

Pushy questions for…

 

PGA milestone for Meyer

 

Eminem stands with ICM

 

Where the truth lies

 

Fest's silver lining

 

Lynch visits AFI 'Empire'

 

Super feelings still strong

 

Burstyn offers 'Lessons'

 

'Amateur' hour at Fox

 

Fremantle fits Barron

 

Sub gains fuel Sirius

 

'Jericho' takes a break

 

'Hellraiser' back from dead

 

Zune singing labels' tune

 

Fox idolizes sitcom

 

Sony throws Grouper a line

 

'Degrassi' guy graduates

 

'Amateur' hour at Fox

 

'Hellraiser' back from dead

 

Russia refuses a B.O. berth for 'Borat'

 

In a Vatican manger

 

Brits rule music kudos count

 

Endemol ups revenue forecast

 

ProSiebenSat 1 losses deepen

 

Vocento makes confident market debut

 

ITV, NTL set merger talks

 

Outline pacts with BBC Worldwide

 

BT inks VOD pact with Buena Vista

 

Sony picks up U.K. DVD rights to 'Sexual Nature'

 

CBS newsman dies at 65

 

Alpha role for ABC

 

Cablevision scores subs with 'triple-play'

 

Napster rev rises, net loss falls

 

Film org elects topper

 

1960: Vidal, celebs, pols mix it up in NY

 

What's there to do in L.A. this week?

 

Standard sets theater noms

 

Gothams to honor Robbins

 

Full order for 'Studio 60'

 

Par planning a new tube groove

 

Rachel Blanchard

 

Kazakh comedy blitz triples Fox pleasure

 

Ross Kemp

 

Kristen Hager

 

Allan Arkush

 

Mark Rydell

 

Jimmy Cundiff

 

Nikki Blonsky

 

Weinsteins woo Wong

 

TV classics go digital

 

'Today' producer to Fox

 

Mouse roaring

 

Lionsgate loss widens on weak TV

 

NBC U teams with Canuck Film Center

 

Euro media group profits from sale

 

Ricky Jay show extended

 

Warner crosses $1 bil o'seas

 

Endemol ups rev growth forecast

 

ProSiebenSat rumors heating up

 

'Smith' lives on online

 

Union reaches deal with Anisa on 'Model'

 

Material gets 'Fat'

 

Chekov play adds Ejiofor

 

Forsman new a.d. for Dorest

 

'Mi Soledad' fills vacancy

 

Rayburn buys Zeswitz

 

Par Pix nabs Foer memoir

 

Quartet are in for 'Treat'

 

USC program draws $5 mil

 

Lionsgate acts on Bratz feature

 

Lahti lands helming gig