Table of Contents
Week of 01/01/2007

Articles

'Museum' tops international pics

 

Canadian actors put strike plan on hold

 

'Night' bright at box office

 

Moretti bows out amid Turin fest tussle

 

Options probe hits Pixar

 

Oklahoma critics name best, worst of 2006

 

Utah critics honor Cohen, Cuaron

 

Arty fare finds its niche

 

Winfrey readying S. Africa school

 

Producer Argos reups with Azteca

 

'Nudity' on NHK outrages viewers

 

Exhibitors oppose movie ticket tax

 

ARD, RTL dissect ratings victories

 

New president at EPPS

 

Yu, Tee out of Focus

 

Elliott moves to WCBS

 

China toon biz has growth spurt

 

WBTV sets up Safran

 

'CSI' exhibit to tour science museums

 

ABC gets with 'Smith'

 

Logo targets lesbian audiences

 

'Indiana Jones 4' finally has a script

 

'Night' bright at box office

 

'Indiana Jones 4' finally has a script

 

CBS remains in the game

 

Animal Planet boosts budget

 

Sony adds to TV judiciary

 

Personal Shopper: Spring Fling

 

Distributor, exhibitor Engel dies

 

RTVE, Antena 3 see ratings fall in '06

 

DeAgostini buys Italian distributor

 

BBC celebrates New Year

 

Orange steps up movie campaign

 

California: One nation, under Arnold?

 

TV producer Fineman dead at 54

 

African-American critics choose 'Dreamgirls'

 

China Internet users on the rise

 

Chan starts up own shingle

 

Stewart given Commander status

 

ABC Family hits new highs

 

Football fuels Fox

 

Bill Osborn

 

Dominik Leconte

 

Naceri in legal trouble yet again

 

Orange puts discount tickets online

 

CJ appoints Shin as business head

 

Lauren Graham

 

MCA/Universal Television exec Miller dies

 

Can H'wood make friends with evangelicals?

 

India pic to Toronto

 

New posts at Barna

 

`Zoom' actor dead at 21

 

APA ups McPherson, Humiston to partner

 

Globes adds presenters

 

Bravo baking more 'Chef'

 

Roundabout confirms 'Kiss'

 

'Wicked' still soaring

 

Garrett Glaser

 

Jeff Beaulieu

 

Depelsha Thomas McGruder

 

Kate Nelson

 

Clint Harris

 

Bill Dunagan

 

Sal Scamardo

 

Steve DeLorenzo

 

Matt Baxter

 

Lauren de la Fuente, Jeff Elgart, Christopher M. Goumas

 

Dirk Konrad

 

Price Hicks

 

Dennis M. O'Brien

 

Wendy Goodman

 

Guy Slattery

 

Michael Gillespie

 

Sirius dialing up 6 mil subs

 

Grand Ole Opry's Reeves dead at 74

 

Intertainer files suit

 

TV producer Small dead at 83

 

Have the Golden Globes become the Oscars' equal in terms of importance?

 

Tournee of Animation producer Wright dies

 

Brenda Salas and Victor Varney

 

Court TV sparring with EchoStar

 

Catch That Trend: The Clothes Swap

 

In the mix

 

Bollywood songs dance to Oscar

 

Pop musicians find rockin' role recording for film

 

Four scores standard for prolific Powell

 

Composers embrace varied elements of continent's sound

 

Oscar regulars crowd category with new scores

 

Dominici signs on at Fox

 

'Volver's' high-wire act

 

Pondhoppers' chops travel well

 

Concert composers practice economies of scale

 

DirectTV adds some Style

 

Strings sing in lead roles

 

NBC pilots 3 dramas

 

Oscar voting pool grows

 

'Sex,' 'Six' go mobile in S. Korea

 

Bynes college bound

 

'Aqua Teen' to bigscreen

 

Bidding war rages for NFL vet Barber

 

Bernsen preps Xmas 'Test'

 

Rubin rewriting 'Time'

 

Dylan film goes to Weinsteins

 

ITV enters VOD arena

 

'Antena' to open Rotterdam

 

Comedies rule in Europe

 

French slip away from terrestrial TV

 

Bomb scare at Bangkok cineplex

 

Duo feted in post-Grammys reception

 

Talent Campus partners with Apple

 

Lopez to host Miss America pageant

 

Red Bull charges into TV arena

 

Rare Tuesday triumph for NBC

 

Santa Barbara announces lineup

 

PGA announces nominees

 

Young Bond goes for a `Double'

 

Gibson sued by Mexican director

 

Swedes dominate Nordic contest

 

Actors line up for First Look Fest

 

Austin critics unite on drama

 

Online critics nominate favorites

 

Dylan film goes to Weinsteins

 

ICM duo joins Endeavor

 

Brazil shifts screen quotas

 

Rubin rewriting 'Time'

 

'Aqua Teen' to bigscreen

 

'Indiana Jones 4' finally has a script

 

'Night' bright at box office

 

Senator powers up new distrib ops

 

Omarion tops charts with '21'

 

Iraq shuts down Al Sharqiya

 

Peter Turner memorial

 

'Enteng' tops Manila film festival

 

Al Jazeera launches doc channel

 

Vincent M. Manzi

 

NFL scores for NBC, Fox

 

Peter Bavaro

 

Neil Capel

 

Michael Leathers

 

Bob Curreri

 

Kimberly P. Sterton

 

Cambern makes the cut

 

WGA presents Valentine to Gelbart

 

Quartet added to presenters list

 

TW boosts Fox's business network

 

Domestic box office is up for 2006

 

'Mullally' gets the hook

 

Hollywood pics shine overseas

 

Kansas City Critics pick 'United 93'

 

Di Nonno rises at Starz

 

'Zyzzyx' earns lowest all-time box office

 

Literary agent Turner dead at 59

 

Fox bids farewell to 'The OC'

 

AT&T, YES Network in distribution pact

 

'Rwanda Rising' to open Pan African Festival

 

DVD rentals rise in 2006

 

Actor Campanella dies at 87

 

Scannell gets Next New post

 

QFlix system will lock DVDs

 

NBC Universal TV ups trio

 

Tom Stern, 'Flags of Our Fathers' and 'Letters From Iwo Jima'

 

Eduardo Serra, 'Blood Diamond'

 

Tobias A. Schliessler, 'Dreamgirls'

 

Robert Richardson, 'The Good Shepherd'

 

Rodrigo Prieto, 'Babel'

 

Wally Pfister, 'The Prestige'

 

Guillermo Navarro, 'Pan's Labyrinth'

 

Seamus McGarvey, 'World Trade Center'

 

Emmanuel Lubezki, 'Children of Men'

 

Matthew Libatique, 'The Fountain'

 

Anthony Dod Mantle, 'The Last King of Scotland'

 

Antonio Calvache, 'Little Children'

 

Michael Ballhaus, 'The Departed'

 

Jose Luis Alacaine, 'Volver'

 

Barry Ackroyd, 'United 93'

 

Cinematographers turn to new cameras, experimental formats in pursuit of better storytelling

 

Road to Mandalay

 

'Lookout' leads off SXSW

 

Think takes 'Dance'

 

'Zyzzyxx' earns lowest all-time box office

 

'Norbit' still seeking PG-13

 

New Line's Brener adding COO to title

 

CW gives Schwartz some good news

 

Hallie and Richard D'Amore memorial

 

Educator dies at 82

 

Screen Actors Guild announces nominees

 

Celador team completes buyout

 

'Shepherd,' 'German' head to Berlin

 

'Apocalypto' sparks ratings rumpus

 

Lloyd Webber warns of mike threat

 

Barclays signs up for U.K. tax credit

 

Spanish admissions drop 3% in '06

 

Digital sales boost music industry

 

Norway's TV 2 goes live online

 

Soft start for ABC comedies

 

Film fund announces upcoming projects

 

Jean named Haitian ambassador

 

Netflix stock falls on analyst comments

 

Disney parks branch out

 

Scandinavian festival offers 'Wedding'

 

'Casino,' 'Queen' lead pack

 

'Gutenberg' gets second stint

 

Fortissimo rolls out 'Shortbus'

 

Actor, director Jimenez dies at 69

 

'Little Dog' to close

 

Phone giant takes stake in Nippon TV

 

1957: Hollywood honors screen legend

 

NTT ups NTV stake

 

'Muoi' marks first

 

Fox turns to Argentina's Sandler

 

Ratings low for syndicated shows

 

Scientific and Technical Academy Awards honors 15

 

South Korea, Vietnam team up on film

 

Critical mentions help boost sales

 

Sprauve named senior VP at mPRm

 

Virgin closes its U.S. digital musicstore

 

Art Directors Guild re-elects Walsh

 

McCain mulls movies

 

'Mamma Mia!' leaving Las Vegas

 

U.S films stand firm in Argentina

 

'Men' takes a bigger bow

 

Dion's 'New Day' coming to an end

 

Fox in business with Argentine cable executive

 

Orlando Bloom

 

Brittany Murphy

 

Tim Meadows

 

Ryan Shiraki

 

Michael Jaroscak

 

Kate French

 

Paramount picks up phone business

 

Pushy questions for…

 

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

 

'Terms of Endearment' pulled

 

CW's 'Beauty' is just that

 

NCTA challenges FCC report

 

Rivera returning to correspondent duties

 

MGM TV picks up syndicated shows

 

Google ready for Xunlei

 

Pressure mounts for union deal

 

Separated at Birth: Woven Bracelets

 

Showtime teams with Broadband Libraries

 

Gore Vidal

 

Lawrence Wright

 

Sen.-Elect James Webb

 

Kurt Vonnegut

 

Alfred McCoy

 

Evan Thomas

 

Leonard Susskind

 

Ray Bradbury

 

Millie Martini Bratten

 

Danielle Steel

 

Hugh Hefner

 

Esa-Pekka Salonen

 

Judith Jamison

 

Anna Netrebko

 

Placido Domingo

 

Peter Gelb

 

Ralph Nader

 

Phyllis Schlafly

 

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

 

Rev. Jesse Jackson

 

Neil G. Giuliano

 

Gloria Allred

 

Michael Govan

 

Dr. Brent D. Glass

 

Ellen V. Futter

 

Lisa Dennison

 

Isaac Mizrahi

 

Veronica Webb

 

Tim Gunn

 

Dr. Phil McGraw

 

Raoul Felder

 

Mark Fuhrman

 

Joseph Wambaugh

 

Michael Connelly

 

Art Buchwald

 

Jamie Masada

 

Dave Barry

 

Paul E. Steiger

 

Donald Trump

 

James Cramer

 

Doris Kearns Goodwin

 

Robert A. Caro

 

Jeff Smith

 

Frank Cho

 

KAWS

 

Jerry Rice

 

Ty Murray

 

Luc Robitaille

 

Bob Baffert

 

Rick Fox

 

The Gold Standard

 

Richard D’Amore memorial

 

Richard Maynard services

 

Santa Barbara festival honors director

 

Writer pops question

 

Keller has 'Worst' job

 

'Slava' eyes a Rialto run

 

Sondheim to score 'Lear'

 

New Line pulls in pic scribe

 

Legal eagles launch firm

 

SAG quiet upon Allen's arrival

 

'Rabbit Hole' role for Kidman

 

Col, Original scare up 'Tingler' redo

 

Sony Classics takes on a larger role

 

Good news for DVD industry

 

Inside Move: 'Family Guy' back on track

 

'Rabbit Hole' role for Kidman

 

'Children of Men' takes a bigger bow

 

ABC's high on Lowe

 

AMC follows 'Trail'

 

Peter Bart: Moonves' paradox

 

U.K. independents go to war

 

Young British bands rule at home

 

Bakish given international role at MTV

 

Spanish pay TV takes record share

 

NYC cabs to show NBC content

 

Rossellini to give voice to 'Brain'

 

XM's subscriber forecast falls short

 

NY Times sells TV stations

 

Primary pocketbook

 

'CSI' lifts Eye on Thursday

 

Fashion vet Dean dies

 

TV producer Maynard dies at 64

 

Gannon produced 'Boy From Oz,' 'Gallipoli'

 

Online 'Zyzzyx' gate

 

Writer's mother remembered by industry

 

NY restaurateur Sardi Jr. dies

 

O'Donnell-Trump spat spurs 'View' ratings

 

Saget to emcee Robertson roast

 

'Cyborg' heads to Berlin, but that's OK

 

Media Center PCs fight vidgame consoles for the living room

 

A look at the new boxes, technologies being introduced at CES

 

HDTV sales finally break out with holiday discounts

 

TiVo looks to skip past oblivion

 

CES taps TV's inner geek

 

Bacharach, Dickinson's daughter dies

 

'Labyrinth' wins National Society of Film Critics award

 

U.K. box office '06 matches '05 results

 

'Dogs' will have its day

 

Moretti opts out of Turin Fest fracas

 

Guys and $$$: the ancillary dance

 

A high-def hug for DVD rivals?

 

Al Jazeera: Big story, little audience

 

New Line needs 'Golden' goose

 

Critics throwing voices for 'United' front

 

The better 'Half Nelson'

 

Kazakh cutup sticks to script

 

Overseas ruled by 'Museum,' 'Eragon'

 

Grey plays the numbers game

 

'Painted' praise for Maugham film

 

Indonesian award killers

 

Room service for hit films

 

Is there life after 40 for Passe Muraille?

 

Star vehicles drive Sydney Festival

 

India's cultural crosswalk

 

A clean home for Signature

 

Agents scrambled by poaching

 

Broadway uses remote control

 

A legit reason to watch TV

 

A 'Wicked' good week

 

Kyoko Kishida

 

Marmaduke Hussey

 

Road box office dips for 11-show slate

 

Sogecable dials audiences

 

Showing 'Brother' the love

 

Australia high on downloading

 

Springer turns to the east

 

Court TV hikes tariff

 

Young CW makes brand stand

 

Keeping 'Trek' flying without tube power

 

In CBS' mix, crime still pays best

 

Canal Plus merges with TPS

 

Constantin boasts of record profits

 

Steinberg inks deal with NBC

 

Korean top spot spurs spat

 

Fuji TV tops ratings