Table of Contents
Week of 12/17/2006

Articles

Coffin Joe curse lives on

 

Bollywood bolsters Brits

 

Awards time: you shmooze or you lose

 

Business banking on Berman

 

Hedging their bets

 

Murdoch's European march

 

'Queen' energizes Miramax

 

TV spinoff beats pic to the screen

 

Nick's southern star

 

Argentina's Cris crosses borders

 

New Dawn breaks at Iostar

 

Asia's family feud

 

Overstuffed bowls lead to a New Year's hangover

 

Machinima mints fresh film talent

 

Nielsen gives it the old college try

 

New marching orders

 

FX pours plenty into 'Dirt'

 

Farce comes to fore

 

Sordelet's career packs a punch

 

Road box office dips; 'Wicked' wins

 

Epic trilogy vexed by success

 

Discs' double duty

 

Global audiences still fond of Bond

 

A Passion for the truth

 

Rich potential for Mideast

 

Roadshow could redraw box office map

 

Room for third act in fests' accord

 

Year's hot scripts dressed in black

 

The bucks behind the glitz

 

Serious movies hit skids

 

No fumbles for the NFL this season

 

Mega-musicals on Australian docket

 

Networks get real to find a 'Deal'

 

Theater business up; 'Grinch' on top

 

Musicals breathe new life into Toronto theater

 

Hollywood edgy about stealth wealth

 

Imax no longer on block

 

Hot 'Pursuit' at box office

 

Ring around 'Rocky'

 

Shades of China

 

'Bobby' cast on the road

 

Women feted at U.K. fest

 

Warner game for Eidos ideas

 

Vincent De Paul

 

Gloria Le Roy

 

Serena Scott Thomas

 

A.J. Buckley

 

TW Cable adds on-demand films

 

USA bets big on Bond

 

Boot Camp marches to filmmaking

 

Berlusconi sees U.S. doctor

 

ABC yanks 'Show,' 'Day'

 

Oscar f/x contenders set

 

'Outsourced' opens Palm Springs festival

 

Globes nominations buoy 'Babel'

 

'Denias' wins at Jakarta festival

 

Regan's fate is unwritten

 

'Eragon' fires up $30.3 million overseas

 

Time Warner wins round in DIrecTV case

 

Vivendi won't sell stake in NBC Universal

 

ACTRA ready to strike

 

Caroline Elizabeth Clark

 

Judah Albert Barson

 

William Douglas (Will) Turcotte

 

Arthur Jameson Briggs Greenberg

 

Kabir Elijah Cohen

 

Reagan Fletcher Holder

 

Mexico not yet ready for 3rd national net

 

Turner buys 7 Latam channels

 

AOL logs exec departures

 

CBS Outdoor loses contract with MTA

 

The tribe has spoken

 

'Thank You for Smoking,' Jason Reitman

 

'The Prestige,' Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan

 

'Notes on a Scandal,' Patrick Marber

 

'Little Children,' Todd Field, Tom Perrotta

 

'The Last King of Scotland,' Peter Morgan, Jeremy Brock

 

'The History Boys,' Alan Bennett

 

'Flags of Our Fathers,' William Broyles Jr., Paul Haggis

 

'Dreamgirls,' Bill Condon, music by Henry Krieger, lyrics by Tom Eyen

 

'The Devil Wears Prada,' Aline Brosh McKenna

 

'The Departed,' William Monahan

 

Fanboys to men? Upstart sites edgy but maturing

 

Picks from Pedro to 'Prairie': Discussion on the films of 2006

 

Is this film criticism's greatest generation?

 

Contenders speak in many tongues

 

'Stranger Than Fiction,' Zach Helm

 

'The Queen,' Peter Morgan

 

'The Lives of Others,' Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

 

'Letters From Iwo Jima,' Iris Yamashita

 

'Breaking and Entering,' Anthony Minghella

 

'Babel,' Guillermo Arriaga; idea by Arriaga, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

 

'Volver,' Pedro Almodovar

 

Farina cast for 'Bagboy'

 

CW goes digital with iTunes

 

Oedekerk brings 'Ripley' back to life

 

Leslie leaves DreamWorks Animation

 

Selected critics' winners and nominees

 

In the original screenplay mix...

 

'World Trade Center,' Andrea Berloff

 

'Venus,' Hanif Kureishi

 

'The Pursuit of Happyness,' Steven Conrad

 

'Little Miss Sunshine,' Michael Arndt

 

Oregon incentive pays

 

Dafoe joins Schrader film

 

NBC 'Raines' in its order

 

Yule logs burn brightly

 

Hot 'Pursuit' at box office

 

'Lives of Others' uses spying to reflect on Germany

 

Oscar race pits honored writers against upstart newcomers

 

Trio snap up 'Peter Pan' sequel rights

 

UNESCO convention gets green light

 

New Madrid festival stumbles

 

Malaga honors Maura

 

'Factory Girl' enters BAFTA race

 

Kinowelt weds Epsilon with Intertainment

 

Cowell scores triumph with 'X Factor'

 

Skype duo launch online TV service

 

Good news at Goyas

 

'Chatterley' wins Prix Louis Delluc

 

'Departed,' 'Dreamgirls' win at Satellite Awards

 

'Survivor' a winner for CBS

 

Roadrunner joins Warner

 

Berlusconi OK after surgery in U.S.

 

Rubin had a 'Passion'

 

Correction

 

'Curse' blessed in China

 

Las Vegas critics honor 'Departed'

 

Usen pacts to Webcast MGM pix

 

'King Naresuan' expands to trilogy

 

Berlin festival focuses on Okamoto pix

 

TBS orders more 'My Boys'

 

Murder tale to Bandito

 

Italian journalist strike mild in impact

 

EC, Hungary head to court over cable

 

'Kimmel' to follow Oscars

 

Loews exits exhibition in Spain

 

WGA digs Wells for laurel

 

Warner unit staffing up for new DVD drive

 

'Grinch' cinches top spot

 

AMPAS announced they are doing away with Oscar gift baskets. What do you think they should do instead?

 

AMC remaking 'The Prisoner'

 

'United 93' top film for Dallas critics

 

Dubai festival lauds Algerian 'Barakat!'

 

Cartoon giant Barbera dies

 

Comcast, Endemol pair in video search

 

Seligman named supervising producer of Oscars telecast

 

ABC's 'Footballer's Wives' gets the greenlight

 

Crowe shows 'Tenderness'

 

Double raises $26 million

 

Concord resurrects Stax

 

Sony's legal eagle soars

 

Web site draws ire of rock legends

 

Diaz dials Daly

 

Biz couple found dead

 

National Geographic maps bigscreen

 

Pair paint 'A Picasso'

 

Book it: Ole Henriksen

 

Nielsen owner VNU cuts staff 10%

 

Lin leaves CNN

 

'Apple Tree' opens on Broadway

 

Talia Shire

 

Tom Sherak

 

Bill Conti

 

Hungary seeds 'Flower of the Fence'

 

'Tyra' banks on new deal with Fox stations

 

Brokaw named a TV Hall of Famer

 

Raimi forms Ghost House Television

 

Home game for WB

 

To all a good 'Night'

 

PEN pencils in literary awards

 

'Happily' premieres in Westwood

 

Boxing's primal pull: a dance with death

 

Burt Young

 

Geraldine Hughes

 

Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler

 

John Avildsen

 

Stallone takes the gloves off

 

Ormond embraces role as Lohan's mom

 

Fallon, Stone to star in 'Rockett'

 

Avalon rides cabbie sitcom to CBS

 

Dimension manic for 'Madman' pic

 

Dimension manic for 'Madman' movie

 

Seligman named supervising producer for Oscars

 

Valverde to costar in 'Mule'

 

Elderly, disabled to get helping hand

 

ITV1 ad revenue falls 12.5%

 

Local comedies lift Italian spirits

 

Magimel to star in Houellebecq's 'Island'

 

Weinsteins sign deal with Senator

 

Miss USA keeps crown

 

Theater personality Peterson shot during robbery

 

'Departed' continues winning ways

 

Channel for older viewers launched

 

'Identity' off to good start

 

TV bizzer Shapiro dies at 74

 

Producer, writer Worth dies at 72

 

Studios win case vs. China pirates

 

Polarized pundits piqued by puny piety

 

Drabinsky in court

 

YouTube to answer complaints

 

China sings a new tune: Pay royalties

 

Marber takes 'Notes' at party

 

Recording Academy honors artists

 

ESPN gains Arena yardage

 

DGA honors five

 

Video game business lobbyist exits

 

Correction

 

CBC energizes its January schedule

 

Zee Telefilms spawns new company

 

Regan, Fields prep Rupe firing suit

 

Prexy taps Rangel to top cinema group

 

'Babel' tops with Chicago Critics

 

Oscar poster lines 'em up

 

TVNZ Web site to offer downloads

 

Viewers uncover 'Identity'

 

'Survivor' finale cooks in ratings

 

Weinstein pics to Senator

 

Sony BMG to pay fines

 

NBC Universal taps digital driver

 

Paramount hopes 'Dreamgirls' delivers

 

CBS finds 'Swingtown,' 'Demons'

 

A concerted effort

 

Canadian VOD picking up Disney films

 

Desert festival honors Hudson

 

D'Amore deaths ruled murder-suicide

 

China Central TV bans celeb gossip

 

'Les Miz' revival extended until summer

 

Winger, Moss cast in 'Pod Project'

 

'Penelopiad' to open 2007-08 NAC season

 

Rotterdam festival to honor Sissako, To

 

Amazon adds video downloads

 

Wild Brain picks Rose

 

Personal Shopper: Clutches

 

Pyramid is latest to join market

 

Warner signs with Codemasters

 

eBay to shut down China site

 

Ratings for syndicated shows down

 

Best Actor -- Drama: Split votes for DiCaprio's roles may allow another nominee to nab the gold

 

Inside Move: DGA says screeners are just fine after all

 

Elwes psyched for thriller pic

 

Emmons goes to court

 

Creative crew adds VPs

 

Blue Note tunes staff

 

'Parasomnia' gets a wake-up call

 

Inside Move: Fox unlocks archive for charity auction

 

Television: Globe nominations prove glass may be half-full

 

Did AMPAS choose the right quotes to use on its new poster?

 

Animation: A look at the category's inaugural year for the HFPA

 

Best Director: HFPA drawn to Eastwood

 

Best Actress -- Comedy/Musical: Streep seems to be leader in the race

 

Best Actress -- Drama: HFPA may follow critics with Mirren

 

Best Actor -- Comedy/Musical: Will lack of laugh-out-loud comedies give 'Borat' a Golden Globe?

 

Best Picture -- Drama: Expect a slugfest at the Globes

 

Best Picture -- Comedy: This year's Globes race as hearty as dramatic counterpart

 

Studios brace for life without scribes

 

Globes throws kudos race a curve

 

Slamdance scripts for Fox21

 

Toronto crown for 'Queen'

 

E.U. welcomes diversity move

 

European DVD sales dip 5%

 

Former VIP film fund chief charged

 

Kevin Williams takes 'The Chair'

 

Italian channels fined for blasphemy

 

Madden joins Warner Bros.

 

Annecy puts spotlight on features

 

'Idol' champs fill bill

 

Latin American admissions up 14%

 

Edlund receives Bonner honor

 

Horvitz at Oscar helm again

 

'Identity' OK in second outing

 

British households embracing digital TV

 

A 'Good' night at the Arclight

 

Yankee bank funding Senator

 

30 Fox movies to Korean VOD service

 

Australian politician revises sports TV guidelines

 

Globes add spin to open award race

 

Court questions FCC authority

 

Phone companies get a break with FCC vote

 

Ticketmaster buys iLike for $13 mil

 

1962: Flury of hurry

 

Bob Sitrick

 

BBC's 'Dream': Search for tuner talent

 

Japan jams theaters to see 'Iwo Jima'

 

DGA screener rules confuse members

 

DreamWorks can park wherever it wants

 

CBS eyes a 'CSI' buyout

 

Japan nominations to Yamada drama

 

MTC casts its 'Lady'

 

Schreiber, Brooksher head for the 'City'

 

Atlantic extends 'Inheritance'

 

E! provides content all over Asia

 

'Boys' breaks more records

 

Laurels draw Plympton

 

Separated at birth: Espadrilles

 

Correction

 

Palm Springs to honor trio

 

UCLA bets on Hudlin

 

UNESCO convention ratified

 

Brainpool brain trust to take over

 

Helping 'Rocky' go one more round

 

Chambers segues to Oz funder gig

 

TSN takes Grey Cup from CBC

 

Screen producers go after Nine Net

 

Fears force cancellation of show

 

Pushy questions for…

 

CBS plays by Sandler's 'Rules'

 

ABC's Pedowitz goes solo

 

Advertising's future on the Internet

 

Just the facts?

 

'Rock,' 'Lights' in the stream with NBC

 

What if...

 

Pix of potent portents

 

Annecy fest will focus on features

 

Curt Marvis & Bruce Eisen

 

Kevin Tsujihara & Ron Sanders

 

Bob & Harvey Weinstein and Trevor Drinkwater

 

Gregg Steinhafel

 

Henry McGee

 

Warren Lieberfarb

 

Avi Lerner

 

Martin Greenwald

 

Reed Hastings

 

Stephen Einhorn

 

Jeffrey Bezos & Bill Carr

 

David Bishop

 

Gary Arnold

 

Kelley Avery

 

New Line ups Brooks

 

Jim Taylor

 

David Porter

 

Mike Meadows & Jeffrey Lerner

 

Pols walk antipiracy plank

 

Craig Kornblau

 

Steve Jobs

 

Robert J. Higgins

 

Mike Dunn

 

Jeff Clanagan

 

Robert Chapek

 

Steve Beeks

 

Barbie

 

Homevid heads face twin challenges of tumultuous tech times

 

Mortimer boards 'TransSiberian'

 

EMI's Nicoli to chair Vue board

 

Sky Italia tops 4 mil subscribers

 

La Sexta plays 'Hollywood Squares'

 

Germany's N24 edges ahead of rival

 

Final 'Potter' title unveiled

 

Cowell applies 'Grease' to ITV

 

Phoenix critics stand behind 'United'

 

San Diego critics love 'Letter'

 

Music labels say nyet to downloaders

 

ProSieben owners plan for growth

 

Judge dismisses Moore suit

 

'Rocky' packs box office punch

 

'Pale' turns to green

 

OJO stocks up on BBC kids' fare

 

Fox locks in Latam rights to 'Past'

 

Sony BMG settles CD suit with 39 states

 

German film subsidies get EC's OK

 

Argentine superhero to bigscreen

 

Embry tapped to top Samuel French

 

Banderas in Berlin berth

 

Fey to rock WGA ceremony

 

World not into 'Nativity'

 

YES sues Time Warner Cable

 

Business biggies wade warily into viral video

 

XBox up on downloads

 

Bollywood star Dutt wins bail extension

 

Canadian actors confront U.S. producers

 

Eyring tapped head of service organization

 

Disney executive promoted to senior VP-CFO