Table of Contents
Week of 12/10/2006

Articles

Switzerland animates with 'Max'

 

Brazil a tough trip for Fox's 'Turistas'

 

Camera 'Pans' to Lodz

 

Couch crashers

 

How green is Universal's valley?

 

Marrakech mixes politics, celebrities

 

Shifting sands at Yahoo Media

 

Wait vexes Italy

 

With war, everyone wants a rewrite

 

German films triumph at box office

 

Bond's international rescue mission tops $200 million

 

WDR fighting restraining order

 

Duo's documentary is close to home

 

CineAsia celebrates old and new

 

Canada's labor logjam

 

Abraham returns from exile

 

Hollywood's early risers

 

Studios seek year-end surge

 

Box office off; 'Mary' soars

 

Road box office dips for 11-show slate

 

Arab broadcasters go on North Africa campaign

 

Moguls war in Italy

 

French toast entry of 24-hour news network

 

Radio 'Awakening'

 

Toronto wears holiday finest

 

British holiday programming changing

 

Shows make a dash for Yule cash

 

BT Vision blurs pay TV landscape

 

Mideast 'Girls' go wild

 

Locals rule Australia's airwaves

 

Argentina shows getting socially active

 

Rio offers showcase for French

 

Letterman, O'Brien add Shakespearean touch to latenight derby

 

TBS gets laugh lift

 

Will NBC fly with Pilot?

 

Foot massage rubs actor the right way

 

Fighting 'American Idol' worship

 

'Apocalypto' kicks 'Holiday,' 'Diamond'

 

'Fragments' wins top prize at documentary awards

 

Polished evening

 

Euro critics dish on the best performances

 

Foreign performers: Lost in Oscar translation

 

Actors may learn their art in school but the education never stops

 

Small, big screens offer actors more juicy roles

 

Overseas stars refuse to wait for Hollywood call

 

Ensemble pics may polish a resume with shiny kudos

 

Women rule at MT&R gala

 

U.K. welcomes 'Holiday'

 

Pic's the party for 'Casino'

 

Condors celebrate on 'Escape,' 'Manos'

 

AFI names top films of the year

 

Keir O'Donnell, Reid Scott

 

Ed Metzger

 

Sally Kirkland

 

Lauren Hutton

 

China walls off investors

 

Academy announces eligible songs

 

L.A. critics love 'Letters'

 

Weinsteins, Halmis in TV deal

 

'Journey' heads to Broadway

 

Hollywood films skip Canada due to possible strike

 

NOW TV lands rights to UEFA Euro 2008

 

'Queen' rules again

 

Bond beats 'Happy' overseas

 

Julie Dunn

 

Sarah Turner

 

Erin Breen

 

Stephen Friedman

 

Tom Eaton

 

Jason Miller

 

Michael Guth

 

Brien Scott

 

Lon Otremba

 

Lead actor dark horses

 

Peter O'Toole, 'Venus'

 

Will Smith, 'The Pursuit of Happyness'

 

Derek Luke, 'Catch a Fire'

 

Four provocative overseas pics prove medium can have impact

 

Setbacks couldn't stop these four from reaching screen

 

Foreign language contenders

 

Academy gets taste for non-native tongues

 

Foreign films refuse to be relegated to subtitles ghetto

 

Richard Griffiths, 'The History Boys'

 

Ryan Gosling, 'Half Nelson'

 

Leonardo DiCaprio, 'Blood Diamond'

 

Matt Damon, 'The Good Shepherd'

 

Nicolas Cage, 'World Trade Center'

 

Wechsler, One weld 'Word'

 

Bullock loves 'Guys'

 

Linney cast in HBO's 'Adams'

 

'Firefly' sparks multiplayer game

 

Staff lifted at Variety

 

Pair making tracks to Max

 

Cairo fest takes China's high 'Road'

 

'Departed' given top honors by Boston critics

 

Broes plugs in to Paramount

 

Berlusconi wants recount

 

Fest warms 'Sunshine'

 

'Apocalypto' kicks 'Holiday,' 'Diamond'

 

Publishers Weekly honors HarperCollins CEO

 

'Cockatoo' rules roost at Marrakech

 

Setanta raises $415 mil to fund growth

 

'Penguins' marches toward court

 

Natterqvist to lead 'Arn' cast

 

Filmax takes 'Go Go' to Spain

 

WB taps president for U.K.

 

Here! available on FiOS network

 

Prince paints Super Bowl purple

 

EEAP signs TV deals for Bulgaria, Hungary

 

Producer Bean dies

 

Raimi sees 'Shadow' at Columbia

 

'United 93' tops N.Y. Critics Circle

 

'Ali G' flops in Spain

 

NBC lifted by NFL

 

Barrandov opens 'Max' sound stage

 

Snipes out on bail

 

'At Least It's Pink' gets eight-week run

 

Landolfi elected president of Local 802

 

Woo wages 'Battle'

 

Euros seek junk food TV ad ban

 

Washington, D.C. critics stand 'United'

 

Airey leaving BSkyB

 

Program queen exits Logo

 

Chicago team fights back

 

Country artists croon sad tune for FCC

 

FX orders additional 'Days'

 

Sony names Singer as chief technology officer

 

A new era for History

 

Baker atop NBC Universal cable arm

 

Miami heats up art mart

 

'4:30' takes top prize at Slovak festival

 

'Olympiad' team forms

 

Bellwether Toho hits 1 billion yen mark

 

Judge rules for 'Borat'

 

Is U.S. Sen. Barack Obama a viable Democratic candidate for 2008?

 

Atlab taps Johnson to top digital effort

 

S. Africa net makes deal for 'Deal'

 

Talent agent, actress Webb dies at 88

 

Park's 'Cyborg' tops Korean box office

 

Personal Shopper: Shirt Dresses

 

Michael Gilden

 

Former Hollywood Reporter Block passes at 87

 

Inside Move: Clint pushes 'Letters from Iwo Jima'

 

Anne Margaret 'Sandy' Sturges

 

Producer Colarusso dies at 72

 

'Actor's Studio' appearance an award magnet

 

SAG show stays course

 

Ruth Webb

 

'Marlowe' on ABC's case

 

Ferguson to produce primetime for Paramount TV

 

Actor Gilden dies at 44

 

Spreading 'Happyness'

 

'Altar Boyz' heads to Hungary

 

Disney's Iger named CEO of '06

 

Paramount in hog heaven

 

Kids keen on 'Miss Potter'

 

'Absolute'-ly fabulous fete

 

Broadway awakens to musical

 

'Grinch' leads Broadway box office

 

Former vfx supervisors take charge of tentpoles

 

Digital compositing changes location shooting

 

Miniatures, practical effects remain center stage in CGI age

 

Manufactured Marines follow digital orders

 

New techniques make visual effects more actor-friendly

 

Movie chain AMC plans an IPO

 

Dimension 'Storm' front

 

Benton gets WGA award

 

Platt taps Siegel president

 

TW Cable sues DirecTV over football fiasco

 

TW Cable renews with Viacom's MTV networks

 

Sutherland, Liguori honored

 

ClickStar to launch Friday

 

O'Neil named senior advertising VP

 

Raimi sees 'Shadow' at Columbia

 

ABC, Fox, Lifetime order up pilots

 

Broadcast Film Critics nominations announced

 

Fox to produce 'Gold' in China

 

Norwegian, Finnish folk flock to see local fare

 

Berlusconi makes move into Russia

 

Admissions in Africa, Mideast set to surge

 

ProSieben sale near

 

Lionsgate heads to 'Woods'

 

French favor local fare

 

RTL chief to speak at Mip

 

France honors top three TV exports

 

Diana honored in concert, memorial service

 

Dell teams with Blu-Ray on laptop

 

'Men' paces CBS victory

 

Madrid sets up new film festival

 

Premiere grabs blockbusters

 

Tinopolis profits rise by 23%

 

Today Award to kick off Talent Campus

 

'Children' grow up in San Francisco

 

Louwerse joins 2waytraffic

 

BBC2 exec high on 'Heroes'

 

Knievel sues West for infringment

 

Toon actor Raymond passes at 97

 

Suit filed over 'Borat' toilet humor

 

MTC's Meadow takes sabbatical

 

Celebrating 20 years in the TV trenches

 

Telemundo's Escobar exits

 

U.S. stations get 'Degrassi'

 

'Happiness' is in store for Roberts

 

Ray shines in tough sweep for syndicated shows

 

ABC Family rides 'Express' to a ratings record

 

China's ad sales may unseat Japan

 

Prime week for NBC, CBS

 

Toronto Film Festival organizers pick favorites

 

Green Lantern creator Nodell dies

 

'Big Crook' loses case appeal

 

Hunter, Williams line up for TNT dramas

 

Sundance network screens online

 

'Greenlight' winners announced

 

VeneMovies travels to Puerto Rico

 

NonStop gives Voom more room

 

Mantila collects Finland Award

 

Fantasy, sci-fi dominates festival

 

Magyar network remains in the black

 

Slamdance's shorts list lengthens

 

Less Verve at Universal Music

 

Nickelodeon's in for 'Mighty' toon

 

Fox picks up 'Jezebel'

 

'Borat's' producer gets Universal deal

 

Tough times for Broadway shows

 

Paramount team spy opportunity for CIA film

 

UTA promotions swell partner ranks

 

Sci Fi to 'House' haunted drama

 

When femmes achievements flowered

 

Supporting actress dark horses

 

Emma Thompson, 'Stranger Than Fiction'

 

Sharon Stone, 'Bobby'

 

Phyllis Somerville, 'Little Children'

 

Diane Lane, 'Hollywoodland'

 

Rinku Kikuchi, 'Babel'

 

Jennifer Hudson, 'Dreamgirls'

 

Vera Farmiga, 'The Departed'

 

Cate Blanchett, 'Notes on a Scandal'

 

Juliette Binoche, 'Breaking and Entering'

 

Actress dark horses

 

Kate Winslet, 'Little Children'

 

Naomi Watts, 'The Painted Veil'

 

Meryl Streep, 'The Devil Wears Prada'

 

Nicole Kidman, 'Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus'

 

Maggie Gyllenhaal, 'Sherrybaby'

 

Judi Dench, 'Notes on a Scandal'

 

Penelope Cruz, 'Volver'

 

Cate Blanchett, 'The Good German'

 

Annette Bening, 'Running With Scissors'

 

Nala takes the 'Grave' shift

 

Chafitz to write 'October'

 

Elie, Martone bring Diederich's life to bigscreen

 

Manager awakens a Sleeping Giant

 

Principal launches feature version of 'Interviews'

 

Store's doors stay open: last minute shopping S.O.S.

 

Maslansky options rights to 'Coming Through'

 

Give it up, baby

 

Santa causes

 

Eat, drink and be wary

 

Holiday gift guide: Best in show

 

Gift Basket Smackdown

 

'Happiness' is in store for Roberts

 

Chafitz to write 'October'

 

ABC 'Pushing' revival drama

 

Nice to see you again

 

Guess what? It's all in the delivery

 

2006 holiday hit list

 

Odendal to become Astro CEO

 

Metrodome picks up 'Sherrybaby'

 

French films close gap on U.S. fare

 

'Caspian' to qualify as U.K. movie

 

Murdoch expands Italian connection

 

Purchases from iTunes take a dive

 

Winter leaves NBCU Germany

 

Cowell's got Jones for VP

 

Murdoch rumor stokes Antena 3 stock

 

EU delays copyright levy reform

 

Boyle remembered for 'Raymond'

 

Family TV Awards adds up 'Numbers'

 

Gabriel, Gaviria team on 'Latinos'

 

Diana concert tickets sell in record time

 

Iris Star sets up sales arm in Paris

 

Short closes show on Broadway

 

EU greenlights product placement

 

'House,' 'NCIS' top Tuesday

 

Ciara sits on top

 

'Gone Wild' founder receives community service

 

Pellicano associate pleads guilty

 

Wii breaks records

 

'Alpha' judge to see movie before ruling

 

'Pirates' sales sail up

 

Ehrlich honored with Visionary Award

 

'Las Manos' has winning touch

 

Latin Live Aid launches shows

 

Lisa Gay Hamilton, Sean Patrick Thomas

 

Katheryn Winnick, Tad Hilgenbrinck

 

Johnny Whitworth

 

Writers love 'Simpsons,' 'Office'

 

China limits online music

 

Irish eyes smile on production

 

Around Gotham with 'Grey Gardens' star

 

TV election ad groups fined

 

WMG plays musical chairs

 

Dixie Chicks' Grammy nominations could improve slumping sales

 

DreamWorks TV unit on a roll

 

Abrams hires ramp up film, TV units

 

MTV makes time for nine

 

Benderspink adds partners

 

McShann helped define Kansas City sound

 

Inside Move: iTunes data puzzling

 

Do the writers' new media demands justify a strike?

 

Chinese TV dials up mobile service

 

Rupe moves into Italian mobile TV mart

 

China opens arms to Zhang preem

 

Korea Telecom to link with cable duo

 

Newman to top Australian pubcaster

 

'Factory Girl' to open Santa Barbara

 

Biel honored at Palm Springs

 

Carmike to see in 3-D

 

Women in Film accepting pic submissions

 

E! gets 'High Maintenance'

 

Correction

 

Book buys for Depp

 

Fox quiz show makes grade

 

NBC enters the comic 'Colosseum'

 

ABC doesn't need 'Help'

 

Japan P2P software developer guilty

 

IATSE takes shot at WGA

 

Budget toons prove biggest winners

 

Harris joins 'Cleaner' cast

 

In character design, eyes (and fur) are the windows to the soul

 

Story drives entire operation at Pixar

 

Studio Ghibli's 'Earthsea' won't hit U.S. screens until miniseries expires

 

Director on a Grail trail

 

How the 'Happy Feet' team brought color to the South Pole spectacular

 

'Monster' guys go through motions

 

Imageworks harnesses f/x background

 

Turner to script singer James' biopic

 

Academy honors Morricone

 

Big-studio animated shorts are back

 

Bauer to downsize company

 

CG pics are winning big, but 2-D can still hit a Homer

 

ICM cues music agents

 

Stone honored at dinner

 

Warm fuzzies at MPTF gala

 

ACLU honors Haggis

 

Premiere a family affair

 

California Dreamin'

 

'Good Shepherd's' flock

 

Baena to write 'Awakening' for bigscreen

 

Harris joins 'Cleaner' cast

 

Director on a Grail trail

 

Turner to script singer James' biopic

 

Kids' programming specialists join hands

 

Shine snaps up U.K. production trio

 

The nominees: 'Babel,' 'Departed' find golden tickets

 

Golden Globe nominations

 

EMI ends partnership with Toshiba

 

Morricone expresses surprise at Oscar honor

 

EMI rejects Permira bid

 

Zeta sets up TV drama arm

 

Argentine distributor beefs up slate

 

Globes spread the TV wealth

 

Saban sells ProSieben

 

Reactions to Golden Globe nominations

 

Talpa becomes 10, goes 24 hours

 

Hoax newscast prompts crisis

 

Berlin unveils youth, kids' lineup

 

Vivendi stays in NBCU fold

 

'Potter' to remain on library shelves

 

'Loser' a winner for NBC