Table of Contents
Week of 03/12/2007

Articles

Auty leaves the Works

 

Banderas, Perez greenlight 'Verano'

 

'Glory' used to fight political woes

 

Early DVD release ups studio take

 

Current TV makes its move

 

CBS, Fox shine on Sunday

 

ITV reinstates quiz channel

 

Philbin to have heart bypass surgery

 

Robbins, Tollin reduce joint projects

 

Finland festival honors 'Milan'

 

Imax pacts with duo for screens

 

By pulling out of the Nevada debates, are the Dems acting like babies?

 

Starbucks, Concord team for tunes

 

Eisner unveils Web studio

 

Mediaset issues profit warning

 

Director sails to Columbus tale

 

Met opera for German audience

 

MTV Euro music nods in Munich

 

Picturehouse finds home for 'Fox'

 

Sundance shuffles marketing unit

 

Seattle Rep sets schedule

 

Box office thaw on Broadway

 

Wendy Flaum and J.B. Roberts

 

Natalie Nolan and Kevin Baillie

 

Cathy Veisel and Rob Buchta

 

Linda Anne Abrams and Paul Adler

 

Maria Angelica Gonzalez and Armando V. Gonzales

 

Christie Kidd and John P. Roberts

 

Kimberly Henning and Alex Bulkley

 

Dominique Manning and Corey Campodonico

 

Seniyah Renee Bolen

 

Miami festival hands out honors

 

Kieran Ross Stone

 

Noah Charles King

 

Oscar winner Lycett dies at 91

 

Axel Gunnar Wihlborg Forrest

 

Phoebe Nora Linn

 

Alexander Richard Cacavas

 

Sophie Lanette Skye Sexton

 

Aimee and Matthew McManus

 

Charles ('Charlie') Allen Kresser

 

Henry Solomon

 

Ellie Lynn Rocha

 

Francesca Elizabeth Lesinski

 

Avalon Elizabeth Garland

 

Maya Isabella Acutt

 

Tanner Ethan Goldstein

 

Quinn Maren Davidson

 

Kieran Jack Merrell

 

Kaylie Ryan Fenton, Dylan Hudson Fenton

 

Ella Louisa Rothman

 

Molly Isabelle Rose, Jacob William Rose

 

ShoWest faces digital future

 

Digital TV subsidy's set

 

Venevision launches mobile unit

 

Alice takes Warners films to Germany

 

Hilco, Weinsteins nab Halston

 

Actors lend voices to CGI 'Horton'

 

Helm suing over 'Weight'

 

TV research vet Bowen dies

 

Actors' agent Lovell dies at 76

 

Russia to discover 'Galileo' show

 

Tribeca to host 75 world premieres

 

Fox Latam unit to promote shows

 

ZDF sails on refugee-ship mini

 

GDH plans 'Romeo and Juliet' cartoon

 

Sony teams for mobile 'Da Vinci'

 

Screentime heats up drama department

 

Dear puts drama in ABC headlights

 

Japan home entertainment sales dip

 

Wong wings to lesbian drama pic

 

MS org lauds Paramount president

 

Lagardere's '06 media profits dip

 

Local pix rule S. Korea

 

'Wedding Bells' and whistles

 

'Idol' contestants celebrate

 

Fest plays 'Heroes'

 

B'way ready to play

 

Putin scores goal with free soccer

 

Tickets sales boost Kinepolis profits

 

Black in talks to star in 'Thunder'

 

Baitzel opened opera's door for H'wood

 

SCR lines up scribes fest

 

'Shooter' premiere hits the mark

 

Butler has 'Escape' plan

 

DreamWorks going 3-D in 2009

 

Cast grows for 'Terra'

 

A&E, Cube do 'Good' works

 

Duddy, Koby side up to John Henry

 

ESPN to play rock, paper, scissors

 

Bonding over Bond

 

NBC juggles Thursday sked

 

Still hope for 'Zodiac'?

 

'Blind' sees new life

 

'Law' shows face scrutiny

 

Tarantino starts biker pic engine

 

'Easter' egg in the Park

 

Spielberg funds play?

 

Big films absent from ShoWest

 

Thomas joins CW

 

Tom Group plans offer for online unit

 

Theatrical windows shrink in 2006

 

Asian Film Awards honors pair

 

Dolby joins 3-D projection fray

 

Butler has 'Escape' plan

 

Changes at Marvel

 

Deluxe, 20th pact for prints

 

TDC makes two digital deals

 

Black in talks to star in 'Thunder'

 

Kuharsky to cook for Food

 

Lippin leads cancer fight

 

ESPN ups executives

 

CBS spec to benefit kids

 

ASCAP honors Etheridge, Shaiman

 

ASCAP, i-Safe go after pirates

 

Viacom sues YouTube, Google

 

Swisscom makes bid for Fastweb

 

Premiere grounds rival

 

'President' bookings pulled

 

'Incendiary' finds funding

 

Atwell cast for 'Brideshead'

 

Italian audiences love 'I Want You'

 

'Annie' star Hutton dies at 86

 

Bands blossom at eclectic SXSW

 

Bravo nabs popular TV Web site

 

Two-hour 'Deal' lifts NBC

 

Court TV to try new alias

 

Officials hopeful for Johnson's return

 

CBS settles suit over pay

 

Break-in opens ShoWest

 

CBS enjoys Sunday success

 

A proposed bill of rights for media

 

Revenues robust at Russia's CP

 

Music legends honored

 

Gere faces Congress about China

 

Iran's up in arms over WB's '300'

 

ASCAP's 2006 revenues up

 

Berlusconi corruption trial begins

 

Tribeca Encounters new sidebar

 

'Reef' to start off Sprockets fest

 

China big on Broadway

 

Lovefilm offers films for download

 

'Death' sets record Japan DVD bow

 

A Media has ball with 'Flinderella'

 

NBC's Williams wins ratings race

 

ShoWest buzzing about 3-D

 

Antena 3 TV inks with YouTube

 

Universal has faith in Best Buy

 

Tom Group snaps up Web unit

 

TNT, Devil team for 'Leverage'

 

Fox rocks with 'Idol'

 

Ten reconnects with Maier

 

Duo tapped by TV Academy

 

Golden Harvest goes digital

 

Sony unveils new toys at ShoWest

 

Spanish exhibitors question quotas

 

Pushy questions for…

 

Actor Espalter dies at 82

 

P.C. squads & health cops police films

 

O.J. book rights on block

 

British plays eye New York

 

Fresh faces on the Horizons

 

Greystone duo unveil venture

 

Cook flies out of H'wood's pigeonhole

 

Burg & Koules 'Saw' & conquered

 

Modest films may fly above tentpoles

 

Good times roll at ShoWest

 

Mediaset takes a dip

 

McCain rallies donors in BevHills

 

Writer opts for no options

 

'Spanky' swims to Shoreline

 

Alternative duo in at Fox

 

'Hurricane' hits HBO

 

Intrepid ropes 'Cowgirl'

 

Johansson No. 3 for Woody

 

'Tulia' turn for Thornton

 

United Artists grabs Singer thriller

 

ShoWest newspaper panel talks Web

 

ABC hastens call on 'Bingo Night'

 

CBS trusts Gurin's game

 

True comes to Hollywood

 

Sony Pictures TV Int'l, CJ seal deal

 

Olivia Carmen Zenga

 

Iran's up in arms over WB's '300'

 

Personal Shopper: Wedges

 

'Tulia' turn for Thornton

 

Film fest favors Spike

 

Paramount Digital ups Mittur

 

34th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards network totals

 

Daytime Emmys nominations (part II)

 

Daytime Emmys nominations (part I)

 

CBS leads pack at Daytime Emmys

 

Notorious B.I.G. returns to charts

 

Antena 3 boosts film production

 

Mirren takes RTS award

 

Sloan joins ProSieben board

 

Contender Gets 'Girl'

 

Wendy Heller and Brett Silver

 

ITV calls it quits with quiz channel

 

No Mediaset Fastweb bid

 

BVI signs German VOD deal

 

All about 'Idol'

 

'Nine' actors head to pilots

 

Phone service sends bad signal

 

'300' critics cling to consoles

 

Warner TV taps Magnuson

 

Ratings system grows up

 

Ford joins Fox for 2008 election

 

Telefonica, Canal in HDTV deal

 

Brown, Peterson turn the page

 

Democrats watching FCC

 

Lionsgate wines, dines guests

 

LaBeouf says movies rock, reality sucks

 

Piper picked for 'Belle'

 

Kesa Tsuda

 

Vitale exiting First Look

 

NBC Universal shows going mobile

 

Careers rise because Shrek happens

 

Roberts back to being a kid

 

Oz celeb show based on news column

 

UTV teams with Fox on Shyamalan film

 

Taratuto's 'Easy' tops in Argentina

 

Paul Schulze

 

Danny Masterson, Bijou Phillips

 

Rubin back from the edge again

 

Kevin Chapman

 

Edoardo Ballerini

 

Cayden Boyd

 

How to create some pulp friction

 

Cheadle now does the hiring

 

Dunst segues to Blondie & Iraq films

 

Panel looks at Independent films

 

NBC Universal ups Epstein to digital VP

 

Roundabout goes for 'Glory' this summer

 

Theater writers get 'Naked'

 

Ashley to star in 'Tale'

 

Q&A with Tarantino...when he was Mr. Green

 

Black Caucus debates will air on CNN

 

Local 'Law' pays off in city-state

 

New Yorker nabs nine magazine nominations

 

Total ad spending up 4.1% in '06

 

Kimmel taps senior VP

 

FX takes first TV visit to 'Museum'

 

Chenowith has 'Curse'

 

Cheadle jazzed for Davis biopic

 

'Ocean's Thirteen' to bow at Cannes

 

'House' duo to stay at NBC Universal

 

Warner Takes the 'Giver'

 

New Line picks 'Path'

 

History Channel hires McKillop

 

U puts Brown on 'Express'

 

Macht lights on 'Whiteout'

 

Carell laffing all the way to ShoWest

 

Lake caught in the 'Middle'

 

Convention ends in winner's circle

 

Zac Attack: A Primer on Posen

 

Chi's Goodman takes on contempo slate

 

Disney wins rights for 'Surrogates'

 

Fox gets more 'Smarter'

 

Imax reels in deals for 8 U.S. screens

 

Rock on an honor roll

 

MGM fetes 'Brooks' at ShoWest

 

Paley picks 'Betty,' 'Jericho'

 

Sullivan to take on 'Takedowns'

 

Mirren checks out MCC's gala

 

'Premonition' premieres

 

Disney wins rights for 'Surrogates'

 

'Ocean's Thirteen' to bow at Cannes

 

Duchovny to star in Showtime series

 

ITV mulls movie channel

 

Future backs Pepper

 

Tellenbach quits SBS

 

Townshend sounds off

 

Spanish channels dock

 

Endgame kicks off Italian fund

 

Olympics won't stop film coin

 

`Days' actress Saunders dies at 65

 

Scholastic anticipates “Hallows” haul

 

'Idol' gives 'Death' a boost

 

1957: Lewis makes nice with Martin

 

Asian fest rolls with 'Desert'

 

Indies target Europe

 

Tom logs profit dip

 

Packer pumps pay TV, Nine

 

Turkish themes top

 

Star channels India

 

ShoWest gets peek at 'U2'

 

Kadokawa starts new license business

 

Lauren Holly

 

Toby Keith

 

Carly Pope

 

Michael Caleo

 

Josh Gad

 

Shamika Cotton

 

Tribeca announces new festival lineup

 

Sony nabs 'Interview'

 

Ficci-Frames looks to the future

 

'New Age' stories fire up film pros

 

Aja bites into 'Piranha'

 

AOL pulls offer for TradeDoubler

 

India's movie business suddenly legitimate

 

Magnolia surrounds 'Sound'

 

Gilbert back on 'Prairie'

 

Two more join 'Xanadu' cast

 

CBS pacts with YouTube for hoops

 

'300' tests staying power

 

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

 

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

 

Digital executive to Discovery

 

CAA signs two film directors

 

'Babylon' gets back on track

 

Itzin gets 'Corner Office'

 

Slacker gets a spin

 

Manheim to nurse 'Romeo' in the park

 

Miramax, Buchman attempting 'Coup'

 

Comedy network nabs movies

 

London to host 'Shut Up!'

 

NBC Universal reups Sci Fi's guy

 

Silverman taps exec

 

Frears in talks to direct 'Burial'

 

New Line plotting Butler 'Escape'

 

Warner Bros. gets a clue

 

Major markets await '300' surge overseas

 

Comedian gets 'Better'

 

Theater accused of falsifying box office

 

Time Warner dials new L.A. chief

 

Emmys issue new rules

 

Cable chiefs tackle YouTube question

 

Spielberg tackles TV comedy

 

Disney radio sale gets OK

 

Warner Bros. Gets a Clue

 

'300' tests staying power

 

Horie sentenced to 2 1/2 years

 

Fortissimo looks up to 'Eye'

 

Film reviewers, moviegoers disagree

 

Cowell faces new 'Rivals'

 

Rose d'Or blooms in Lucerne

 

Warp X saddles up 'Donkey'

 

German Film Awards noms announced

 

Local fare set to dominate Euro B.O.

 

Harris feted at South by Southwest

 

'October' bow lifts ABC

 

Soprano Bodanya dies at 98

 

Notro reaches for 'Stars'

 

Denver Center unveils theater lineup

 

'Simpsons' chat closes Paley fest

 

British actor Hunt dies

 

Telefilm Canada timeline

 

Telefilm's Clarkson endures rocky road

 

Telefilm celebrates 40th birthday

 

Nintendo's Wii outsells rivals

 

'300' a triumph of technology

 

Networks mark grim anniversary

 

T-Ent. takes a big interest in Sio

 

Young takes up sport at IMG Media

 

ImaginAsian imagines next U.S. trip

 

Sverak sees good B.O. 'Return'

 

Guadalajara fest opens

 

'SVU' export a hit with Russian auds

 

Iggy Pop, sommelier

 

Temerlin draws guests to AFI Dallas

 

Alamo chain serves fans with appetites

 

Texas shoots seek tax relief

 

AFI debut does Dallas

 

Patron saints bring H'wood to Texas

 

Marathon trilogy a true vision of 'Utopia'

 

Aurora workshop selects filmmakers

 

Promo of the week

 

Anti-smoking plan still smoldering

 

Oscar fuels German pride

 

TW exec unplugged

 

'Shrek 3' gears up

 

Canada hearings set on merger mania

 

Telefonica, Canal AD in HDTV deal

 

Mediaset adds to Berlusconi's woes