Table of Contents
Week of 02/12/2007

Articles

'Pirates' plunders visual f/x awards

 

BBC journalists, technicians to strike

 

Bailey slides to EMI

 

Lionsgate picks up BBC's 'Earth'

 

Hungary rides new wave

 

Venice gets Palazzo del Cinema

 

'Front Line' shifts to Benelux, Brazil

 

Van Dormael prepares 'Nobody'

 

Roissy lures Cannes with 'Caramel'

 

Berlin market gets animated

 

Irish Repertory nabs Jujamcyn prize

 

Berlin church hosts 'Earth'

 

'Barley' shakes up Irish awards

 

Swiss sweeten film distribution

 

MK2 shows 'Paranoid' reel

 

A dreamy delivery

 

Fly like an Eagle

 

Justin launches JT-TV

 

Peas, love and understanding

 

Witherspoon to CAA

 

Chile shines at event

 

Iran forges international links

 

MTV Networks to lay off 250

 

Copenhagen Think Tank rolls on

 

Timbaland honored at bash

 

Sony Pictures picks up 'Right On!'

 

Quiroga to make 'Tesla'

 

Kruger sets up E-talenta

 

Masses miss out on most of Grammys

 

Police set global trek

 

Director August sez hello to film

 

Tartan raps Mortier's 'Drummer'

 

Optimum nabs doc

 

'Fados' finds Japanese buyer

 

Sony ups distribution executive

 

Australian vets taking in 'View'

 

Nine scores ratings hit

 

Stone 'Falls' for indie pic

 

Grammycast ratings back on the beat

 

Koreans launch MTView

 

Bunch is Wild about 'Orfanato'

 

NBC set to unveil Barber

 

Judi takes 'break' from Oscars

 

Madman lands on the 'Moon'

 

'Lilies' bloom in Asian territories

 

ZDF unspools sci-fi miniseries

 

New faces for Trust Film Sales

 

Directors ring in cell phone shorts

 

'Search' over for Independent

 

Buyers swoon for sexy 'Lady'

 

Terrorist comedy ignites

 

Mischer Prods. gears up for Games

 

Broadway spring fling

 

ShoWest to honor Rubin

 

Streets to close for Oscars

 

Oscar shows a love of language

 

Pilots land in Gotham

 

Lionsgate brings its movies to iTunes

 

FNC takes satire out for spin

 

Public broadcasters lobby on carriage

 

Touring shows hit bumpy road

 

'Wrong' right Off Broadway

 

PBS honors Inouye as ally

 

TV Museum bash a comedy hit

 

Rainbow sells WE tv series

 

Entertainment industry veteran Swartz dies

 

Comedy Central re-ups 'Silverman'

 

Music globetrotters in spotlight

 

Smits joins Latin show

 

Academy voters dare to 'Dream'

 

Oscar choices sometimes an anomaly

 

'Burn,' 'Bill' get berths

 

Talkshows left off ballot

 

Personal Shopper: Polka Dots

 

Braves go to Liberty Media

 

Asia's French accent

 

Katelin Ann Nichols

 

Moshe Avi Ginsburg

 

'Yellow' colors in cast

 

McShane rises to 'Dark' challenge

 

Warner Music celebrates Grammys

 

EMI's party faces competish

 

'Devil' due to Garner

 

Goldwyn gets Forman's 'Goya'

 

Cruise, Stiller party 'Hardy' for pic

 

Jennifer Garner is feeling devilish.

 

FCC sets media hearing

 

DiCaprio's fueled by Enron

 

U's grammy party an open affair

 

WMA's Grammy bash goes late

 

Cruise, Stiller party 'Hardy'

 

De Mol sets up shop in the U.S.

 

ABC back for Albom telepic

 

ICM pages pub topper

 

Lionsgate buys movie rights to 'Kane'

 

SoapNet on 'Night Shift'

 

CBS calling on Castallo

 

Octopus wraps arms around 'High'

 

Directors talk series returns

 

DiCaprio's fueled by Enron

 

Music to their ears

 

Young stars are bright sparks

 

Tiansheng grabs English soccer rights

 

Netflix cues Bennett docu with Eastwood

 

HBO launches VOD service in U.K.

 

Police uncover plot to attack Berlusconi

 

BT signs deal with Universal Music

 

Brits are in the mood for romance

 

Filmax sells 'Abandoned' to U.S.

 

Prokino picks up 'Hallam Foe'

 

'Tuya' finds European partners

 

N.Y. City Opera celebrates 'Ragtime'

 

Arena Stage tops Hayes Awards

 

Edinburgh fest puts writers in spotlight

 

Bernal bowls over Berlin talent

 

Prodigius adds Jaime film to slate

 

French push films in MidEast

 

Hudson makes Vogue first

 

Viacom gives users full access

 

Piedmont sets up $32 million fund

 

'Idol,' Grammys rock out

 

BBC taps Ancier for U.S. post

 

Argentine actress dies at 79

 

Buenos Aires sets 1st mart

 

Venice gets OK for Palazzo

 

Mart for Film London

 

Sony visits 'Afterworld'

 

Will there be an upset at the Oscars?

 

'Wolfhound' leads busy sales slate

 

Hungary for success

 

Meirelles sets 'Uprising'

 

Showbox finalizes 'Ong' deal

 

Japanese cool it

 

Hong Kong expects Rain in 'Cyborg'

 

Lebanese have tough day

 

Emerging Talent preps events

 

Festgoers take a 'Break'

 

Korenblum switches post

 

Scuppering pirates

 

Udagawa ankles Kadokawa

 

Alarms hover over writers' celebration

 

Zarah gets the Piaf pic treatment

 

Festival order for 'Waitress'

 

Daddy of DVD looks to future

 

'Messiah' in Idle hands

 

Oscar nominee for makeup: Apocalypto

 

Oscar nominee for makeup: Click

 

Oscar nom for makeup: Pan's Labyrinth

 

Duo receive lifetime achivement prizes

 

L.A. Philharmonic adds to season

 

Morgan a symbol of TV's versatility

 

Daviau's vision makes him one for the ages

 

McCraney wins Kendeda prize

 

Ballhaus: From Fassbinder to Scorsese

 

American in 'Paris'

 

The Oscar noms for art direction

 

Org honors skills Oscar overlooks

 

Brown down for 'Early' tryout

 

'World' win for ABC

 

The Oscar noms for costume design

 

Costumers crack contempo code

 

SAG launches casting site

 

NBC gets 'Access' to China

 

Sony slashes semiconductor chip coin

 

Mobiles step up to entertainment

 

Peace of his mind

 

'George' set for Broadway

 

MGM pacts on Baldwin films

 

TV publicist Maynor dies at 68

 

Correction

 

MTV Networks cue exit music

 

Participant taps digital czar

 

Fencing master Colbin dies at 83

 

Yahoo! music head exits

 

Yuzna launches a Magic shingle

 

Dealer's choice

 

Bay pic sneak: Nothing to toy with

 

WBTV locks in Lizer

 

'Sahara's' Cussler draws line in sand

 

Liberty Media swaps CBS stock

 

Margulies to obey Fox's 'Law'

 

'Rocket' pockets 9 Genies

 

Catch That Red Carpet Trend: Backless Dresses

 

Warner Bros. Intl. TV exec Lecourt dies

 

Fu lands atop Fox Home Ent. China

 

Troup tossed from 'Idol'

 

Crime time at Lakeshore

 

Voy ahoy for online vids

 

Wahlberg, Damon step into ring

 

Earlier tack for 'Black'

 

Wahlberg, Damon step into ring

 

Macy gets 'Deal'

 

Coppola cops Italo Argentina tale

 

Lifetime's got 'Naked' ambition

 

Faires tunes in Lionsgate

 

SAG, AFTRA digital divide

 

Macy gets 'Deal'

 

Ruffalo bursts into 'Bloom'

 

Sky Movies channels films

 

Sogecable posts upbeat results

 

Telefonica readies Endemol for sale

 

European admissions rise 3%

 

Wedding TV looks East

 

U.S. sales sink EMI; stock socked

 

Austrian focuses on Halsman trial

 

'Contact' captures Bear for best short

 

Stannard takes DDA post

 

Optimum buys 'Nines' for U.K.

 

Banderas teams up with Maestranza

 

Fall Out Boy hits 'High' note

 

Fox crushes competition

 

Penn writes career on TV, B'way

 

Latin leaders line up

 

Golem has a distrib 'Dream'

 

'Chatterley' seduces Kino

 

Bears buzzing for Beta

 

Indecito toons into new CEO

 

Cedar turns to musical comedy

 

Bavaria stays busy with kings, pigs

 

Eros signs three pic deal with Venus

 

'Cyborg' sets sales

 

F/x pioneer Ellenshaw dies at 93

 

Cinequest centers on new tech

 

A Quebec quagmire

 

College campuses boost ratings

 

Area 51: Barenaked Ladies return

 

Canadian actors inch toward deal

 

Wald 9 is off to a wonderful start

 

Hedge bets on distribution

 

Palast roof on Dieter's to-do list

 

Fortissmo's int'l sales a tricky picture

 

Focus reaps bumper harvest at EFM

 

Brit Awards honor Killers, Monkeys

 

Quebecor to resume fund payments

 

Cartoon sets 5 new shows

 

Steiner Studios expanding

 

Matt Marsden

 

ShoWest fetes Cheadle

 

Joel Grey

 

Arielle Kebbel and Crystal Hunt

 

Whitney Cummings

 

Jaimie Alexander

 

Film Independent to give Altman kudo

 

DirecTV gets an Ovation

 

Hart, Sharp part company

 

Mobile music motion

 

Marber works on his images

 

Oscar noms not lost in translation

 

Whose rat is it, anyway?

 

'Pan' preaches adult magic

 

AMC packs Oscar week

 

Duo fracture the fairy tale

 

MTV cues cuts but 'TRL' remains

 

'Queen' dialogue passes for authentic

 

Viral video spreads to Emmys race

 

Separated at Birth: Peep-toe Pumps

 

ThinkFilm picks up 'Confederate'

 

War stories from a non-vet

 

Oscar-nommed shorts hit theaters

 

'Sunshine' in high gear on low funds

 

Quadriplex of 'Babel'

 

Rudin taps production veepee

 

Steinberg heads to Warner TV

 

Dontanville is back on track

 

Universal sets up Milli Vanilli film

 

Tracking Web viewers proves tricky

 

How to win auds, subvert genres

 

Academy taps PR topper

 

New president steps up at shingle

 

Universal sets up Milli Vanilli film

 

Warhol would have loved 'Factory Girl'

 

Unger new chair for FilmL.A.

 

TBS cops Caplan laffer

 

CBS picks up ensemble comedy

 

Henrique Eduardo Vera-Ramirez

 

'Longford' screens

 

Arnett rockets into 'Invader'

 

Tautou film: 'Priceless'

 

London's 'Fuzz' buzz

 

A powerful combination

 

'Avenue' screens at Tribeca

 

NBC rediscovers 'Identity'

 

Looking good, Versace style

 

Initial impression for Lyon

 

'Rose' battles 'Taxi' in France

 

Mediaset zeros in on Endemol

 

'Fuzz' is a Valentine for Universal

 

Brown launches Film Club scheme

 

MSNBC sticks with Olbermann

 

Fox rocks Wednesday

 

ImaginAsian takes 'Road' to North America

 

Lopez, Nava tackle murder in Juarez

 

Zucker ups executive trio

 

Stoppard to rock Broadway

 

Gore campaigns cause with concerts

 

Telcos need to simplify our lives

 

Fox, F/X tuck in Murphy

 

Eckhart set as Two-Face

 

Glickman sends warning to Congress

 

RTVE funds Guadalajara fest prize

 

Mobile ad business has potential

 

BBC will find 'Life' online

 

Sogepaq nabs romantic 'Thieves'

 

Optimum takes 'Nines' rights

 

Golden Harvest back in production

 

Garcia Bernal reflects on business

 

Producer Berger jumps for 1st film

 

World Cinema fund under fire

 

PiFan taps Han to run festival

 

Altman remembered

 

Jeff Shumway, Mike Newell

 

Sean Astin

 

Rick Dees

 

Paul Shapiro

 

Christopher Kennedy Lawford

 

Brenda Hampton

 

Casting director, producer Stone dies

 

1963: Oscar wild

 

'300' scores with fans

 

Fox renews 'House', 'Bones'

 

Duo set for 'Queen'

 

Variety ups Lopez

 

'Pirates' in union spat

 

Malon boards novelist's 'Perdido'

 

Film to reunite Weaver, Cameron

 

High-profile fans help 'Walker'

 

Berlin fest to screen uncut 'Lost'

 

'City' teams up Gullane, Xstream

 

Eric Lemasters

 

Nick Jr. mag nixed amid Viacom cuts

 

Marc Gareton

 

Marie Donoghue, Carol Fraleigh, Aaron LaBerge

 

Lisa Hackett

 

Angel Orengo

 

Michael Kaufman

 

Box office weekend warriors

 

James Petretti, Travis Howe, Mark Donohue

 

Sue Bugden, Dania Sigler

 

Michael Sileck

 

Melanie Grisanti, Darren Metzger

 

Berlin market sales set in slow-mo

 

Hosting can be a tricky duty

 

Noms' fit of historics

 

Techine art comedy on SBS slate

 

EFM chief Probst looks ahead

 

Glover to 'Chaperone' show

 

Feeney jazzed about the future

 

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

 

Aplomb behind the noms

 

Morricone: 'I can do anything'

 

Morricone composes music revolution

 

Oscar adapted screenplay noms

 

Oscar original screenplay noms

 

Oscar supporting actress noms

 

Oscar supporting actor noms

 

Oscar actress noms

 

Oscar director noms

 

Oscar actor noms

 

Oscar best picture noms

 

Reality plays tricks on pics

 

ShoWest honors Matsuoka

 

Maxim, Stuff, Blender up for sale

 

Warner Bros. ups Barnett

 

N.Y. Fashion Week Update: Anne Klein is A-Okay!

 

Par cues up music maven

 

Endemol raises exec trio

 

Oz pubcaster looks to 'Rain' for repair

 

TBS apologizes for editing gaffe

 

Broadcaster suspended from NAB

 

What's there to do in New York this week?

 

Guilds sign up for union legislation

 

Rogers' profit, income up

 

Ovitz faces lawsuit over Pellicano

 

SAG members approve dues hike

 

CW picks up 'M.I.L.F. and Cookies'