Table of Contents
Week of 03/26/2007

Articles

Kinowelt passes million mark

 

'Welt' wins Austrian prize

 

Boycott hits media group

 

'Island' rules Russia

 

Norway raises bar

 

Paramount tracks down 'Sleuth'

 

'Grease' leads chosen by audience

 

YouTube celebrates users

 

Death for Life magazine

 

Prison threat for Berlusconi

 

'Fireworks' lights up Las Palmas

 

CBS scores Sunday victory

 

Brit thesp takes on 'French'

 

Senator embraces digital

 

Gore honored with Founders Award

 

Onion launching video newscast

 

Chinese raid disc factory

 

Fuji slams Livedoor

 

ITV chief pocketed $10.6 million

 

Broadway box office on the rise

 

EA, Nettwerk pact for music venture

 

Ashley Rose Stangel

 

William Panzer, 64, producer

 

Jupiter bows warp speed service

 

German FFA gives $3 mil to kid pix

 

Sandler struggles with serious side

 

CBC, NHL ink six-year deal

 

BT, WB download deal is a keeper

 

Gervais gig a highlight for High Line

 

Swiss account travels abroad

 

Paramount sets up shop in Mexico

 

TV Globo scores World Cup rights

 

'Mr. Bones' sequel is on Horizon

 

News Corp. moves three top execs

 

Cirque du Soleil, Angel teaming

 

German prods merge distribution arm

 

Duo nab Drama League honors

 

Fox inks VOD rights with Cogeco

 

Doors open to Indian co-prod treaties

 

Alley Theater to offer 'Paris'

 

Duo to star in '10 Million Miles'

 

Marti Sharron, 56, songwriter

 

UTV, Mehra team for films

 

CBS Radio CEO to exit post

 

'Rock Honors' return to Vegas

 

'Wonders' to wow Discovery

 

Blueprint draws TV duo

 

Michel Grilikhes, 83, TV executive

 

Regency draws Harper

 

MTV sneaks all of 'Punk'd'

 

Warner, Tull team up on videogames

 

ICM, Abate duke it out in court

 

Prep Skool: A new designer for
Brooks Brothers

 

Aronofsky in talks to direct 'Fighter'

 

Milch surfs back to HBO

 

Palm Springs festival sets dates

 

'Royale' may break hi-def DVD record

 

Fox adds airtime to Wednesday 'Idol'

 

Emmys in broadband decision postponed

 

'Katie and Peter' arrive at E!

 

Bikers rampage for NTV cameras?

 

Geffen honors Mirren

 

Director pins jazz tale gig

 

Deja vu for writer, Disney

 

Last music label suit plays out at Napster

 

Theismann sacked by ESPN

 

'Exiled' on the road to English remake

 

Actors set sights on 'Hitman'

 

Kopelsons Tangled up

 

Steward VP for Gurin

 

'Lego' flies with Batman

 

Asia Media to sell shares in Japan

 

Korea pix crash at B.O.

 

Bromstad goes missing

 

McManus

 

Avalon Elizabeth Garland

 

Variety co-hosts digital discussion

 

Hollywood gets 'Distracted'

 

'Curtains' calls to B'way

 

'Robinsons' carouse

 

Tom's top gun again

 

Aronofsky in talks to direct 'Fighter'

 

'Exiled' on the road to English remake

 

EM.TV goes beyond goal

 

Italy's Fastweb clicks with Swisscom

 

'Postman Pat' mailed to U.S.

 

Spartans reign across Europe

 

Pinewood polished

 

'Dancing' does it for ABC

 

BMI to honor the Bee Gees

 

Snoop Dogg denied visa

 

Henson Cargill, 66, country star

 

MTV pulls plug on 'Punk'd'

 

Hill returns to Fox Sports

 

Murray Grand, 87, composer

 

Times struggles to cover company town

 

Stroke sidelines Valenti

 

India's UTV pacts for film catalog

 

John P. Ryan, 70, actor

 

United Artists taps Kleinberg COO

 

India slams Hollywood d-cinema

 

'Apprentice' a Brit hit

 

Kansai caught in a bean fat lie

 

History readies record number originals

 

NBC, CBC reup with NHL

 

Sky Perfect pairs with On Demand

 

NZ pubcaster subsidies irk rivals

 

Brad Agens, Lance Wolder, Monique Masghati, more

 

Herb Brady

 

Todd Miller

 

Terry Holmstrom

 

Julie Nemeth

 

David A. Helfant

 

'Idol' locks Fox in lead

 

David Blair Epstein

 

Joy Slusarek

 

Heidi Vogel

 

Linda Chiu

 

Dan Graham, Darren Cross, more

 

Betsy Scolnik

 

Tim Marion

 

Warner Bros. Pictures taps Higgins

 

Correction

 

Univision sale gets go-ahead

 

Hallmark greets family

 

CBS adds quartet to board

 

Senators enter baseball battle

 

Producers Guild sets awards date

 

Jinks, Cohen back at WB

 

Sanders joins DreamWorks

 

Paramount video arm taps Clement

 

'Til Death' benefits from 'Idol' boost

 

Whitaker in talks for 'Watchman'

 

Deborah Coleman, 97, talent agent

 

Court drops Emmy suit

 

Fox Wednesday 'Idol' expands

 

Glickman becomes VP at BNC

 

The final "Sopranos" season kicks off Sunday. Was it the best drama ever?

 

NBA's James to co-host ESPYs

 

Guadalajara fest likes 'Company'

 

Finley Gregson Hayes

 

Zell likely to take Tribune

 

CBS inks deal with 'Minds' producer

 

Electronic Arts circles 'Rings'

 

VH1 rocks music documentaries

 

Trio to create Raw videos

 

Schnabel to direct Myers film

 

Lowe joins 'Brothers' clan

 

Behr to become a 'Man'

 

Oprah gets real with 'Race' creators

 

Disney MD Jain leaves India post

 

Disney nabs 'Liars' story from pair

 

Town fights trademark bid by Stewart

 

New Line in play for Xbox

 

Personal Shopper: Animal Instincts

 

Whitaker in talks for 'Watchman'

 

Disney animator to direct 'Crood'

 

EM.TV, Highlight in merger talks

 

BBC hires Disney exec

 

Trotta tracks back to middle ages

 

Odeon buys Hofmann & Voges

 

Trade body launches VOD service

 

Judges reject 'Da Vinci' suit

 

Swiss fest demands 'Moore'

 

Serkis to star in 'Cottage'

 

Bachchan mulls climate change

 

Un Certain Regard picks jury head

 

Faustino Oramas, 95, musician

 

Artificial Eye picks up 'Ax'

 

Mipcom fetes India

 

'Millionaire' owner hits jackpot

 

Endeavor wins battle for Abate

 

Cruise project gets go-ahead

 

Cineclick signs deals at FilMart

 

The Ziffren Brittenham Five
(Ken Ziffren, Harry (Skip) Brittenham, Sam Fischer, Clifford Gilbert-Lurie, Melanie Cook)

 

Stanton (Larry) Stein

 

John Sloss

 

The Sloane Offer Partners
(Jason Sloane, Robert Offer, David Weber and Warren Dern)

 

Martin D. Singer

 

John Schulman

 

Bruce Ramer

 

The O'Melveny & Myers Trio
(Joe Calabrese, Stephen Scharf and Robert Schwartz)

 

Schuyler Moore

 

Loeb & Loeb's Craig Emanuel and Mickey Mayerson

 

Linda Lichter

 

Martin Katz

 

Jim Jackoway and Barry Tyerman

 

Andrew Hurwitz

 

Barry Hirsch

 

The Hansen Jacobson Quartet
(Tom Hansen, Craig Jacobson, Jeanne Newman and Steve Warren)

 

Patricia Glaser

 

Michael Frankfurt and Richard Heller

 

Russell J. Frackman

 

Bert Fields

 

Patti Felker and Peter Nelson

 

Scott Edelman

 

The Del Shaw Moonves Trio
(Ernie Del, Jon Moonves and Nina Shaw)

 

John Burke and Steve Fayne

 

Johnathon Schaech, Brianne Davis

 

Sue Bodine

 

Method Man

 

Jake Bloom

 

Nicholle and Heather Tom

 

The Barnes Morris Partners
(Michael Barnes, Kevin Morris, Debbie Klein, Douglas Mark, Kevin Yorn, Stephen Barnes and Jared Levine)

 

Arye Gross

 

Andy Serkis

 

Changes roil entertainment lawyers

 

Junk food ads take aim at kids

 

Modest Mouse tops charts

 

Channel 4 maps music presence

 

Discovery promotes duo

 

African satcaster adds EuroNews

 

ProSieben call-in show talks Turkey

 

Gil votes for 'Pedro'

 

Kim joins 'Seven Days'

 

Profits dip at Australia's Ten

 

Berkshires to tell 'Tales'

 

'Trouble' coming to Yale Repertory

 

USA unveils new shows

 

WB signs up for BT Vision

 

Thorpe swims into 'Action'

 

The Sloane Offer Partners
(Jason Sloane, Robert Offer, David Weber and Warren Dern)

 

ABC 'Underbelly' gets lucky

 

British Columbia actors reach terms

 

Fox rocks Tuesday

 

Comedy festival comes to Toronto

 

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

 

Katzenberg sees digital future

 

Doordarshan launching channels

 

Screen Gems plays ball with 'Phenom'

 

Mikhail Ulyanov, 79, actor

 

Profits plunge at Canadian stations

 

Oxygen and Bravo go wild for girls

 

Eden FX sold to Point.360

 

GI festival salutes Sinise

 

Freeman script wins Sloan

 

Pushy questions for…

 

UTA recruits vet lit agent

 

Hudson may star in 'Winged'

 

NBC holds on to beauty pageants

 

Jeffrey Lemer

 

Jeff Krolik

 

Caroline Lang

 

Elizabeth Conlisk

 

Thomas F. Frank

 

Bill Godwin and Jeanne Burgman

 

Marie Stenberg

 

Nancy A. McGee

 

Scott Bendar and Mark Netter

 

Jennifer Wolinetz-Feldman and Elizabeth Murphy

 

Lisa Forst and Tina Malhotra

 

Michael Anderson

 

Karen Lamberton

 

Jaha Johnson

 

Shari Yoder Doherty

 

Rich Orosco

 

Justin Nesci

 

Jeff Fleeher

 

Scott Robson

 

Bob Weiss

 

Rolando Figueroa

 

Philip W. O'Neil

 

Jim Rapsas

 

MTV film buys Stack's 'Sister'

 

Ruben van den Heuvel

 

Cheryl Pawelski

 

Atsushi Miyasaka

 

Banks engaged by 'Barb'

 

Fall debut for 'Nanny'

 

Carrey in talks to star in 'Time'

 

'Jackass' trio to jest at Paramount, MTV

 

Mirren joining 'Treasure' hunt

 

Indian Film Academy launches

 

Eisner strikes deal with MySpace

 

Grinding out packed house

 

Showtime touts 'Tudors'

 

Acad salues Pavlik

 

LaBelle picks up Media Award

 

'TV Set' turned on in Westwood

 

'Shield' gears up for DVD release

 

'Sopranos'' last hit

 

Carrey in talks to star in 'Time'

 

Banks engaged by 'Barb'

 

Are You An Ungaro Girl?

 

Marwyn snaps up Entertainment One

 

'Kisses' for Rea

 

Senator comes back from the dead

 

Shear joins Revolver

 

Cuatro signs with YouTube

 

'Perfume' lifts Constantin

 

Sky Italia cranks up production

 

ProSieben, SBS move to merger

 

BBC launches mobile venture

 

Granada signs VOD deal

 

Marshall Rogers, 57, comic artist

 

Sirius, Chrysler team for TV viewing

 

Albums cheaper on iTunes

 

Stars ignite fashion passion

 

Lines drawn for tween market

 

Kids' Choice Awards' slime so sublime

 

Tweaks twist Kids' Choice overseas

 

Saturday's all right for Kids' Choice

 

Ad pros get giddy for Kids' Choice

 

Kids' Choice Awards grows up

 

Wahlberg to star in Shyamalan film

 

Saban group finalizes Univision deal

 

Sirius to offer Backseat TV

 

1957: Loren comes to America

 

Australia to begin media reforms

 

'Blades' skates into theaters

 

Patton haunts 'Mirrors'

 

Ricky Blitt

 

Alison Sweeney

 

Laila Ali

 

Daniel Voll

 

Mili Avita

 

Paula Abdul

 

Chinese 'I Love You' sets dates

 

Tribeca gets down and 'Dirty'

 

Cox locks Travel plans

 

Stambler joins ThinkFilm

 

Lights out for After Dark ads

 

L.A. Indian Film Fest sets films

 

'Todd' to sing in time for Christmas

 

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

 

Netherlands welcomes Comedy

 

Tarantino grinds out Cannes plan

 

Groundswell breaks new ground

 

CMT drops Miss America

 

ABC pulls 'Dream Vote'

 

Live Nation turns up Fillmore's volume

 

'Time' marches to HBO

 

Rival picks up Aptiv Digital

 

Irving Plonskier, Alberto Niccoli Jr

 

HBO looking outside the boxing ring

 

Marc Barson, Jennifer Lee

 

Mark Ragone

 

Donna Arrogante

 

Bhuvan Lall

 

Brad Westermann, Adam Nash, Eric Johnson, Megan Gormley

 

Donna Grandy Cunningham

 

Gabrielle Magnani

 

Mary Murano

 

Douglas McClure

 

Gregory Diamond, Tabitha Calero

 

Dan Dieffenbach

 

Imax delays fiscal report filing

 

Anne Grace Ammer

 

Here's a Nifty new Web-cast site

 

Seoul looks to lure film, TV biz

 

Zodiak catches 'Beat' of hit format

 

South African pay TV put on hold

 

Gossett Jr. packs bags for Big Easy

 

Gosnell to direct 'Book' for TWC

 

Leoni, Duchovny set for 'Dreamers'

 

Swank developing 'Intimate'

 

Fearnet gets Raimi projects

 

Atoori, Jayez form Tripod Pictures

 

Keenan not 'Desperate' any more

 

Columbia chows down on Chow pic

 

Rhys, Murphy join the 'Best'

 

Buenos Aires fest is bigger, better

 

Media Asia's Chan leaves post

 

L.A. billionaires vie for Tribune Co.

 

Paramount follows the 'Rules'

 

Think launches cartoon fund

 

ABC casts 'Cavemen'

 

Fuji TV ponies up for Fusosha

 

PCCW profits down 21.5%

 

Christian producer prays for funds

 

Nifty adds free content to site

 

Wahlberg to star in Shyamalan film

 

Swank developing 'Intimate'

 

'Blades' skates into theaters

 

Dude, Where's My Comb?