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

 

Warner Music celebrates Grammys

 

EMI's party faces competish

 

Goldwyn gets Forman's 'Goya'

 

FCC sets media hearing

 

U's grammy party an open affair

 

WMA's Grammy bash goes late

 

DiCaprio's fueled by Enron

 

McShane rises to 'Dark' challenge

 

DiCaprio's fueled by Enron

 

'Devil' due to Garner

 

Cruise, Stiller party 'Hardy' for pic

 

Jennifer Garner is feeling devilish.

 

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

 

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'

 

Voy ahoy for online vids

 

Wahlberg, Damon step into ring

 

Coppola cops Italo Argentina tale

 

Lifetime's got 'Naked' ambition

 

SAG, AFTRA digital divide

 

Macy gets 'Deal'

 

Ruffalo bursts into 'Bloom'

 

Faires tunes in Lionsgate

 

Crime time at Lakeshore

 

Earlier tack for 'Black'

 

Wahlberg, Damon step into ring

 

Macy gets 'Deal'

 

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

 

Universal sets up Milli Vanilli film

 

Dontanville is back on track

 

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

 

Tautou film: 'Priceless'

 

London's 'Fuzz' buzz

 

NBC rediscovers 'Identity'

 

Looking good, Versace style

 

A powerful combination

 

'Avenue' screens at Tribeca

 

Initial impression for Lyon

 

'Longford' screens

 

Arnett rockets into 'Invader'

 

'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'

 

Pushy questions for…

 

D'Works taps 'Ruins' helmer

 

Disney sets terrorist tale

 

Still into the mystic

 

Irish bring tough lives to foreign tales

 

Warner Home Video promotes Horak

 

One flew over the Boston fence

 

Wilde night is calling

 

Helmers hip to Belfast cowboy

 

New Irish producers

 

Irish pics in the pipeline

 

Bringing sexy back to film education

 

Celtic new year

 

NIAF, AFI to honor Jack Valenti

 

Weekend warriors

 

Wells hires Polstein as pic prexy

 

Deschanel made of 'Tin'

 

Disney sets terrorist tale

 

New Line cops pitch

 

Unified stands behind 'Shadows'

 

'Clerks' director takes 'Reaper'

 

Beckinsale joins 'Creatures'

 

Opera 'Fly' to preem in U.S. in '08

 

The Back Lot: Soldiers of security

 

Regulator may block BSkyB plans

 

Opus Dei strikes back

 

Del Toro effect lifts films

 

Berlin honors Holloway, Moritz

 

Iroko lines up three film slate

 

Berlusconi heads back to court

 

Argentina, Italy plan to work more together

 

Love for local films set to grow

 

Germany, India sign pact

 

Coric wins Berlinale score contest

 

The carpetbraggers

 

ABC, CBS set Thursday pace

 

Report urges FCC to regulate TV violence

 

Steinberg/ATCA noms announced

 

N.D. House rejects bill to honor Bono

 

'Night' back in top spot overseas

 

Actors settle strike

 

'Fiorello!' star Hanley dies

 

N.Y. theater's Shurtleff dies

 

TV coverage allowed for Spector trial

 

Evans won Oscars for popular pic tunes

 

CCTV-6 renews Oscar broadcast

 

Post-fest day tripping

 

German Academy adds to board

 

Daytime Emmy-winning producer dies

 

Femmes cuddle with Teddy awards

 

Menzel on Hrabal's novels

 

Fun fare to hit European box office

 

Chelsea inks YouTube deal

 

Competition films wait for U.S. sales

 

Japan salutes 'Flags' and 'Hula'

 

Last screenings add bounce to Berlin

 

Cellphones users get new features

 

Universal marketing put under one roof

 

Winners Circle

 

'Apocalypto': method or madness?

 

NBC shifting 'Deal'

 

Editors cut in on tricky sequences

 

Costume pros flaunt works of art

 

Couture catfight

 

Sparks fly over sparkles

 

Sunday: Gold is the ticket to soirees

 

Early birds take award perch

 

Foreign flavor flurry

 

Saturday: Parties take a global spin

 

Kudocasts warming global auds

 

Friday: Agency affairs pack A-list punch

 

Worldly wares

 

Thursday: Facial fests for celebrity skin

 

Wednesday: No good deed goes unpartied

 

Tuesday: Big biz crashes the bashes

 

On Oscar's party crawl, faux pas can spoil it all

 

March of the penguin suits

 

Flailing fashion always gets a dressing down

 

How to share an statuette

 

Power pairing

 

Sound 'bake-off' muted

 

Three's still a crowd

 

Oscar's accounting and recounting

 

Scribe drives urban sprawl

 

German biz's big bounceback

 

Fox fuels heat of the 'Night'

 

Credits flap darkens 'Sunshine'

 

Millichip named COO at RDF Rights

 

Brit pay TV titans duke it out

 

Start-up rivals target Nielsen

 

Disney classics woo wee ones

 

Showbiz, telcos hear static

 

B.O. bump; 'Spring' 514g

 

'Vampires' has big bite in Berlin

 

Tyra new model in virtual contact

 

Director send RAI a message

 

Nine's bear necessities

 

Is comedy becoming a niche?

 

Bubbles bathe N.Y.

 

Not the same old 'Grind'

 

Hot-button awards

 

Oscar DJ hopes to fill chairs

 

Breaking the siege

 

CBS' viral vamping

 

Pellicano case closed?

 

NFL thrown for a loss by cable ops

 

Invasion of the techie tots

 

Biz up; 'Wicked' flies high

 

'Messiah' lights Luminato launch

 

Perry paves way for crossover

 

Italian mayor roamin' L.A.

 

Blond ambition stirs newsies

 

Finding gems in Berlin blitz

 

Russia's reliable sources

 

Berlin star power eclipses click pics

 

China to tackle British soccer

 

StarHub's 2006 profits on the rise

 

Cable spinoffs feel Viacom squeeze

 

'Tuya' nabs top prize at Berlin fest

 

Art directors honor trio

 

'Dreamgirls' hits high note

 

Costume designers pick 'Flower'

 

'Ghost Rider' sets box office ablaze

 

National Theater unveils premieres

 

'Ghost' scares up overseas business

 

Rodriguez upped at SAG

 

Fox Atomic brings new twists

 

All eyes on invisible men

 

Ready, set, Gotham!

 

'Sunday' sweeps Olivier awards

 

Cinematographers honor 'Men'

 

Reviews

Betty Buckley -- Quintessence

Lagerfeld Confidential

Sumo Hot Pot -- Chanko

Good Morning, Mister Grothe

Poor Boy's Game

Tekkonkinkreet

Iska's Journey

Mukhsin

Master Class

Getting Home

Afternoon

Miho Hatori; Los Abandoned

A Picasso

A Shelter in Our Car

The Last Word ...

Lookingglass Alice

Mona Lisa

The Glass Menagerie

West

Court-Martial at Fort Devens

Irina Palm

The Other

The Walker

Stage Struck

The Four of Us

Adrift in Macao

State Legislature

This Filthy World

All Gone, All Gone

Anna M.

It Gonna Get Worse

Trouble in Mind

The Small Things

Beaufort

The Lark Farm

Judy Collins

AFR

Arcade Fire

Altar Boyz

Yella

Mount Pleasant

Spider Lilies

Daddy's Little Girls

Hello Young Lovers: Sandy Stewart and Bill Charlap

What Sun Has Seen

Bergman Island

A Very Common Procedure

Razzle Dazzle: A Journey Into Dance

American Idol: Week Five

In the Cities

Faro - Goddess of the Waters

Desert Dream

Madrigal

Alice's House

Cuban Memories

Cafe Setareh

How to Cook Your Life

Crackdown

The State Within

The ½ Hour News Hour

Albert Hammond Jr.

Don't Touch The Axe

Bordertown

Marat/Sade

Bad Boys of Summer

Wolfhound

The Madras House

The Grapes of Wrath

The Man Of Mode

American Buffalo

The Gates Of Egypt

Pleasure + Pain

Hallam Foe

Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier

Blind Lemon Blues

Ghost Rider

Sleeping Dogs

The Coast of Utopia: Salvage



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