Table of Contents
Week of 02/19/2007

Articles

Editors pick 'Babel,' 'Departed'

 

EMI mulls defense strategy

 

RAI picks up 'Compass' in Italy

 

Majors grab mucho dinero in Spain

 

'Fuzz' seizes $11.5 million in U.K.

 

'Ghost Rider' rolls into top spot

 

Swirlin' Berlin

 

Scribes keep speeches short

 

BAFTA bashes boffo

 

Animator Larkin dies at 63

 

'Congorama' sweeps Jutra Awards

 

French critics go 'Public'

 

McNair memorial

 

Hollywood nixes pact

 

Universal suffrage

 

Howard decodes 'Cache'

 

XM, Sirius agree to merge

 

L.A. officials team to fight piracy

 

On Pictures enters film production

 

Intel, Yoshimoto put Faith in provider

 

Bac Majestic back in business

 

Seven counts 'Betty' as top show

 

Fremantle Australia taps four

 

Jetix channels rights to 'Arbuckle'

 

Spanish distributor targets gay audience

 

China's ad revenue continues rise

 

FCC hearing details scant

 

Telefe extends 'Montecristo' sales

 

'Rider' storms box office

 

Musexpo picks dates

 

Maggie Grace

 

Brittany Snow

 

Trio binds Three Ring Projects

 

Japan's Nihon enters pic production

 

'Spamalot' heads for Melbourne

 

Director on 'Mars' mission

 

Sold on 'Cell' mates

 

Israel festival finds 'Love'

 

Krantz has game face on

 

'Loser' gig for 'Days' star

 

BBC USA names four VPs

 

Goeckner new top lawyer for MPAA

 

'Saw' makes cut for fourth installment

 

TV Guide net looking for 'Producer'

 

Sonae ups bid for Portuguese giant

 

'Fuzz,' Exams,' 'Taxi' fuel Euro box office

 

Virgin signs VOD deal with Warner

 

Warner Music makes play for EMI

 

French fight draws crowd

 

AV, Capitol close further Berlin sales

 

Mediaset says reforms will cost $1 billion

 

Cowan, Wheeldon set up TFD

 

Jacob names directors of anniversary film

 

'Heroes' hits ground running in U.K.

 

De Agostini may bid for Endemol

 

Sitcom back in style

 

Lippin ups Golum to new prexy post

 

Brit producers unite on fund venture

 

GFP launches German fund

 

Pair get Territorial over films

 

IDream will take Pride in 'Shelley'

 

'Sun' lights forum

 

With psychics, Oprah exposes her secret

 

TF1 CEO Le Lay stepping down

 

Presidents Day spurt on Broadway

 

Emmy telecast's in 'Idol' hands

 

HBO, American Girl pact

 

Banff adds speakers

 

Korea B.O. off on holiday weekend

 

NAACP fetes Fishburne, Pettiford

 

NAACP winners

 

Prime Time confab kicks off

 

TV accuracy slipshod, report says

 

Boston fest fetes shorts

 

The Police widen their net

 

UA releases 'Lions' Nov. 9

 

Canadian actors' strike ends

 

Warner Bros. ups post exec

 

Personal Shopper: Blue on the Red Carpet

 

NBC stations to play 'Crosswords'

 

'Chorus Line' steps high

 

Baldwin takes stand in Cussler case

 

Black, Keaton added to Oscars

 

Bridges will star in 'Families'

 

Hollywood starry-eyed for Obama

 

ABC keeps 'Housewives' honcho

 

Shout Factory, Upright do 'Asssscat'

 

CelebrityFitClub.com gears up for launch

 

Unions plan 24-hour strike against BBC

 

Phoenix, De Luca chomp on 'Dead'

 

Viacom logs on to Joost

 

ShoWest covets Carell

 

Genius seeds deal with Sesame

 

Reeves, Ayer lock up 'Night' pic

 

Scribes in 20th club

 

Overture scores marketing head

 

20th, NBC unfurl digital deal for 'Earl'

 

Reeves, Ayer lock up 'Night' pic

 

UA releases 'Lions' Nov. 9

 

Strike fears to aid job growth

 

San Francisco festival honors Morgan

 

Udine plans Tam tribute

 

BSkyB takes journalism prize

 

Bellmunt launches Catalan project

 

U.K. trio take over video company

 

Morricone joins film commission

 

Barnes to head Five digital channels

 

Time Warner heads media league

 

European Union box office rises 4%

 

Gazza warms up for movie debut

 

Bardem joins Woody Allen project

 

Jones returns to top spot

 

Portugal Telecom rejects takeover bid

 

Mills steps out with 'Stars'

 

'Idol,' 'House' dominate ratings

 

Ivey takes on 'Fugue'

 

ThinkFilm teams with Killer

 

Shorts fest in a toon tussle

 

Lee resigns from Celestial Pictures

 

Argentine actress Bruzzo dies at 51

 

ABC, NBC draw upscale audiences

 

Area 51: A Grammy's worth

 

Saturns fly high with 'Superman'

 

MDP shines at home

 

Wii tops box competition

 

Fox-Walden add four to marketing unit

 

Movie and television star Blair dies

 

Wong exits Intercontinental

 

Indian media market to boom

 

'Frost,' 'Glue' kick off fest

 

Telefe inks deal with Lecouna

 

SXSW 'OK' for Park pic's preem

 

C&S finds new marketing rep

 

Shaun Toub

 

David Morse, Andre Braugher, Clea DuVall, Dianne Wiest

 

Christine Lahti

 

Actors will emerge from King's 'Mist'

 

Christopher Eccleston, Jonathan Jackson

 

Ed Quinn

 

British stage director Pimlott dies

 

Television actor Griffin dies

 

Web's profits soar

 

Fox slots 'Lot' bow next to 'Idol'

 

U.S. charges alleged pirate

 

Actor, producer and writer Gaines dies

 

Televisa fourth-quarter earnings down

 

Echostar invests in TU Media

 

Satire scores for Fox News net

 

Norville stays 'Inside'

 

IFC films sell on iTunes

 

Sony's SFX unit ventures to India

 

Parties pepper Oscar week

 

Get in: The Soho House

 

Brits ready to conquer Oscars

 

Jackson makes plea to Hollywood

 

Studio apologizes to Gordy

 

Fox promo a 'Family' affair

 

Shannon gives sitcoms another crack

 

Scorsese gets inventive at WB

 

Lifetime promotes Gunn

 

Berlusconi vies to return to power

 

'Offside' to open Mar del Plata Film Fest

 

Boys and Girls Club honors Woods

 

Hong Kong Film Festival expands

 

USC honors Lear with chair

 

Feds side with WGA on Webisodes

 

H'wood pimps ride

 

'Astronaut' rockets in

 

'Black Snake' unspools

 

Pic screening 'Matters'

 

Scorsese gets inventive at WB

 

Young to head Humanitas Prize

 

RDF expanding East Coast operations

 

JoeCartoon draws Endemol online

 

Sony flows into Indian f/x

 

Actors will emerge from King's 'Mist'

 

'Cyborg' to close South by Southwest

 

Geffen ignites Clinton-Obama feud

 

Endemol revenue surges 24%

 

BFI clicks with Hewlett-Packard

 

Junk food ban will cost U.K. TV

 

UK Film Council funds spy satire

 

Profits rise at Gaumont

 

U.K. exhibition chief steps down

 

Universal files suit against blogger

 

Judge sides with 'Borat'

 

'Heroes' welcome in Spain

 

Nothing challenges 'Idol'

 

Dutch filmmaker Rademakers dies

 

Van takes an aisle seat

 

1963: Oscar readies for telecast

 

BBC strike called off

 

Mediaset reprieve

 

EC blesses ProSiebenSat 1 sale

 

Satcaster sets IPO

 

PR maven to widen Focus

 

Televisa wants cable in its stable

 

Hong Kong fest stretches to 23 days

 

Hoyts to open New Zealand cinema

 

Blues acts top Playboy Jazz

 

Zipper to sing new 'Song'

 

ABC Television Studio staffs up

 

Grass to grow U's overseas prod'n

 

'George' comes to Broadway

 

Bionic 'Dororo' splits into trilogy

 

Alexander Ludwig

 

Clifton Collins Jr.

 

Shawn Hatosy

 

Bangkok fest set to run July 19-29

 

Jeffrey Kramer

 

Hiram Kasten

 

Jeff Nimoy

 

ICF takes center stage

 

Cable operators buy CBS signal

 

Numbers game at box office

 

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

 

Clinton takes a meeting at CAA

 

Fox giving away 'Wedding' rings

 

Sherry's life highlight reel

 

Lansing focuses on philanthropy

 

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

 

Catch that Trend: Less is More

 

Tyro helmers brew powerful punches

 

Documentaries: Bible to grunge

 

Hats off to hands-on producers

 

Theatrical run often a slow walk

 

Spirit Awards rock bleep free

 

Dern associated with indie film, Lynch

 

Pushy questions for…

 

Wide range of indies compete in Spirit

 

B'way 'Producers' to close

 

'Ghost Rider' rides across world box office

 

Pop musicians make the grade at mtvU

 

Bangkok awards glom onto 'Dorm'

 

Philippines in cable copyright battle

 

Cussler trial continues

 

Insurance for documentary 'fair use'

 

Gaudet joins 'Jayne'

 

EC blesses purchase of ProSiebenSat 1

 

Fox homevid taps Dunn for Aussie ops

 

New Line lines up pair

 

More 'Fockers' for Universal

 

Epic taps Gershon as executive VP

 

Donmar on 'Parade'

 

Acad secure in its plans

 

Fox News jogs its blogs

 

Dorff heads to 'Passage'

 

Alcon in on Leeds' 'Con'

 

McDormand booked back-to-back

 

West is the 'Man' for LL Cool J show

 

Tennis net makes high-profile match

 

Justice prevails for Warner Bros.

 

'Summer' outing at WB

 

ABC uproots 'Trees' to build 'Road'

 

'Idol' stays close to 'Home'

 

More 'Fockers' for Universal

 

"The Last Summer (of You and Me)"

 

'Ghost Rider' rides across world box office

 

BSkyB, Virgin Media fight turns ugly

 

'Idol's' Barrino heads to Broadway

 

French product is hot in Spain

 

Euro heroes fight to retain top spot

 

Malaga festival showcases rising talent

 

German telco holds onto speedy Web

 

Sherlock heads to Jetix

 

Sky Italia to up funding for movies

 

Season high for 'Grey's'

 

Universal vet Sherman dies

 

Country returns to L.A. radio

 

Producer Herald dies

 

Golden Horn blows in South Africa

 

Figures are Beyond expectation

 

Telenovela is the 'One' for Belgium

 

NFL on star search

 

CanWest ups Alliance Atlantis coin

 

Creepy crawling to bigscreen

 

Miami fest skedded for March

 

Infinity drives 'Back Roads'

 

Fest Summit speaker set

 

Distribs make 'Marriage' deals

 

Fest topper to share duties

 

China bans filming in historic areas

 

Edinburgh jumpstarts fringe binge

 

Philly fest tests scribes

 

Scribe mines history for drama

 

'Equus' revival blinded by the light

 

Biz boost; 'Lion' 1.1 mil

 

'Shark' sets sights on NBC prey

 

PBS' harmonic role

 

Anchors away on EuroNews

 

Biz up; 'Mia!' breaks record

 

Argentina bows arthouses

 

Paramount opens Australian office

 

Russia plans sci-fi epic

 

'Pan's' breaks out of art niche

 

FCC can stop kidding themselves

 

Mexican business on notice

 

'Queen' gives Harries his independence

 

Can Oscar juice this year's crop?

 

NBC rallies behind Reilly's risks

 

Films get their 'do as critics wig out

 

China's IP man isn't monkeying around

 

A topsy-turvy turn for titan

 

The war at home

 

Shameless Oscar tie-in of the week

 

A cut above?

 

Behind the screens

 

Auds vote for TF1

 

Miniseries goes back to USSR

 

Pubcaster hits Red light

 

Unfamiliar face atop French net

 

Turkish net forced to bail on hit tale

 

Egypt wants sex talk veiled

 

New media is inhouse for Disney

 

A film forecasting fog

 

'Snake' site has plenty of bite

 

Oscar curbs parking scam

 

Disney animation gets Pixar-ization

 

Mouse house makeover

 

The Back Lot: Academy acceptance

 

'Sunshine' brightens Spirit Awards

 

Independent Spirit Award winners

 

Cesars love 'Lady Chatterley'

 

Sound editor love 'Letters'

 

BitTorrent goes legit

 

A toast to 'Coast'

 

Par sets up Oz shop

 

Adelaide gets 'Lucky'

 

Cruz checks out 'Inquiry'

 

Glasgow offers 'Cashback'

 

'Rider' in high gear

 

Fox 'Avatar' set to shoot

 

Chenoweth plucks 'Daisies'

 

TV's 'TMZ' a hot seller

 

Sundream ramps up production

 

Bigfoot kicks off reality competition

 

Gateway launches new service

 

Sony on track with goal

 

Peter Coyote

 

Brian Goodman

 

Leo Fitzpatrick, Frank Grillo

 

Brandon Molale

 

Foxtel earnings jump

 

Berlusconi comeback a longshot

 

3-parter gooses 'Grey's' rating

 

Overseas cycle to 'Rider'

 

Mexico puts conditions on Televisa

 

Moonlight magic

 

Moonlight magic (part II)

 

Canadian actors honor own

 

'Departed' takes top Oscar

 

In the Spirit of Fun

 

Oscar winners weigh in on victory

 

Red carpet goes global

 

Arkin finally conquers Oscars

 

Roller-coaster season was a thrill ride

 

Scorsese finally gets his gold

 

Was the Oscar telecast great, so-so or horrendous?

 

Academy Award winners

 

'Departed,' Scorsese top Oscars

 

Navigating the maze

 

Docu prize speaks the 'Truth' for Gore

 

A year of credit craziness

 

'Departed' to see DVD bounce

 

Gotham gets its Oscar groove on

 

Reviews

Life Is a Dream

Angel

I Served the King of England

Hot Fuzz

Miss Julie

Apples in Stereo

Freddie Redd Quartet

Ug, the Caveman Musical

Romeo and Juliet