Table of Contents
Week of 04/02/2007

Articles

Aardman signs with Sony

 

Apple, EMI seal digital deal

 

Zell to buy Tribune

 

Surgery show stirs storm

 

Seigenthaler leaves NBC anchor spot

 

ABC, CBS solid on stale Sunday

 

U.S. trade deal proposal irks Koreans

 

Disney boosts visitors at Tokyo sites

 

NBC pulls 'Donnellys' for 'Crashers'

 

NBC Universal Germany topper exits

 

Kurosawa films center of suit

 

Seed taps Smith for Australian post

 

'Underbelly' males it in

 

Springer looks to book bargains

 

'Robinsons' leads 3-D revolution

 

Networks clean house

 

Script contest taking submissions

 

Kwapis to direct 'Not That Into You'

 

Village Roadshow forms music arm

 

Fox News slates debates

 

Prime Media splitting Becker assets

 

Discovery ups executive duo

 

Jeonju fest hits the 'Road' April 26

 

Crime shows pay for ad buyers

 

'Spring' leads Lortel nominations

 

Seigenthaler leaves NBC news

 

Mendes unites BAM, Old Vic

 

BET taps trio in promo push

 

BBCA revamps schedule

 

CW axes '7th Heaven'

 

MTV, Harmonix form 'Rock Band'

 

Paramount names new music president

 

Overture, Echo 'Rising' for film

 

Broadway springs to life with fresh fare

 

Jordan directing 'Heart-Shaped'

 

FX gets Close to legal skein

 

Churches rent space from theaters

 

Duo reteam for 'Jesus' DVD

 

Spike approves gamer 'MANswers'

 

MTV, Kutcher team for pilot

 

WB booking a scribe for 'Rex Libris'

 

CBS eyes YouTube for Barker tribute

 

NBC, ITV abuzz for 'Bee'

 

Disney links 'Hogs' director

 

WB taps Golihew for VP position

 

Polsky lands Einstein rights

 

Morelli named RED president

 

Fox's mailroom maven dies at 78

 

Perspective from a Christian critic

 

Independents focus on faith films

 

This just in: Blue jeans are boring

 

Pastor looks to make Christian films

 

TV embraces spiritual subjects

 

168 festival touts Bible-inspired shorts

 

European films paint Islamic portraits

 

Beliefs raise on-set considerations

 

'Spamalot' rolls into Vegas

 

'Done' premieres in Westwood

 

Romano stands up for a cure

 

WB reaps new venue for party

 

Celebs earn Kids' Choice Awards

 

'Hoax' premieres in New York

 

Overture, Echo 'Rising' for film

 

Jordan directing 'Heart-Shaped'

 

Kwapis to direct 'Not That Into You'

 

Black stars bring faith into the open

 

Artists covet they neighbor's fanbase

 

Execs say prayers for next 'Passion'

 

The gospel according to research

 

Occult writer walks new path

 

Hayek becoming fashion icon

 

Intermedia, Media 3 pact for genre films

 

DIC spearheads kids' channel

 

EU Apple probe persists

 

'Bean' beats back Spartans

 

Salvatores takes 'Commands'

 

Nymphs favor European shows

 

Hanway, Celluloid merge

 

'Nuts' gets multi-platform release

 

Bloomsbury reports slump

 

Shots fired at CNN Center

 

Tony Scott, 85, jazz musician

 

Harvard group joins anti-smoking stand

 

TV suffers from democracy inaction

 

Film Society hosts 'Mazursky'

 

'Tudors' debut makes cable history

 

Basketball earns victory for CBS

 

Dobbs signs on for 'Early Show'

 

Four cast in 'Pathology'

 

WB sells PPV films to UAE

 

Cities oppose FCC's rule

 

Sandler to star in 'Bedtime Stories'

 

Study: XM-Sirius merger a bad idea

 

'Sopranos' doesn't mince dialogue

 

Festival celebrates Tarkovsky

 

Yubari festival returns

 

TV president Chigusa resigns

 

Theater Wing honors performers

 

Senator lures exec from subsidiary

 

ESPN scores digital VP

 

'Spider-Man 3' set for Queens premiere

 

San Francisco festival unveils schedule

 

News Corp. OK's Liberty pact

 

USA wrestles top spot

 

'Death' gets life in week's top five shows

 

Napster subscriber count rises

 

Tom Moore, 88, ex-ABC president

 

Tribune suitors mull plan B

 

CBS' 'Queens' getting big push

 

Fox Cable taps sales czar

 

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

 

Must Have: A Signature Scent

 

'Bee' cast reunites in L.A.

 

Bravo clicks with photogs

 

'Sopranos'' Meadow, A.J. speak

 

Has Soprano learned from Melfi visits?

 

Azteca revisits U.S. cities

 

'Sopranos' provides family drama

 

'Sopranos' visuals deliver visceral impact

 

Music soothes 'Sopranos'' savage beat

 

'Sopranos' writers born, not made

 

'Sopranos' readies final hit on viewers

 

Prinze pairs for 'Manslaughter'

 

Animal Planet slates movie night

 

Hawn may 'Save Christmas'

 

Pair launch Pillow Fight League

 

Tatham returns to 20th for pact

 

DreamWorks pacts with Hamburg

 

Comicbook author to write 'Area 51'

 

Comcast ponies up for Patriot

 

Film scouts tout California at 'date'

 

'Donnellys' officially off the air

 

Phoebe Nora Linn

 

Francesca Elizabeth Lesinski

 

Tanner Ethan Goldstein

 

Sandler to star in 'Bedtime Stories'

 

Comicbook author to write 'Area 51'

 

Hawn may 'Save Christmas'

 

Bandai, Itochu put money in manga

 

'Love' conquers HK fest

 

European IPTV market booms

 

Channel 4 heads into red

 

Minarro boards 'Liverpool'

 

Paper Mill suffers from financial woes

 

CNN shuffles 'American Morning'

 

Cannes plans take shape

 

Whishaw to shine as Keats

 

NBC renews '30 Rock'

 

New CD releases dominate chart

 

'Idol' down, but still dominant

 

TV ads pump profits at Canuck Corus

 

Burt Topper, 78, filmmaker

 

Peabody Awards honors NBC, ABC

 

Rice to top UA marketing

 

NBC adds to international efforts

 

Red ink in C4's future

 

Goodman sued after refusing 'Joan'

 

See seeks cash after losses

 

E! greenlights Handler talk show

 

False data leads to KTV resignation

 

eSun to take Media Asia private

 

'Spider-Man' to be king of Queens

 

Ad spending in Brazil tops inflation

 

Overture taps distribution exec

 

John Hensley

 

Walton Goggins

 

Malin Akerman

 

David Hunt

 

Jonathan Murphy

 

Kenyan kids cartoons win Summit

 

Providence Equity expands in Asia

 

Amalgamated sells Village stake

 

Leomax taps development director

 

Bob Clark, 67, director

 

'Grindhouse' wild card at box office

 

Ann-Margret delivers yet again

 

Pushy questions for...

 

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

 

Fox Atomic ups finance VP

 

Paramount adds new finance post

 

TV Land heads to the movies

 

New kids on the lot

 

NATPE launches TV festival

 

SNL Financial acquires Kagan

 

Lifetime partners with TF1 Intl.

 

Cable keeping baseball

 

Hoooka expands digital content sales

 

Reveille expands programming

 

'Underbelly' creator signs WB deal

 

Gore eyeing N.Y. for Live Earth

 

Anonymous acquires 'Acquisitions'

 

'Witless Protection' starting up

 

MGM nabs MTV shows

 

Time Warner nabs Disney networks

 

'Charlotte's Web' gets 'farmiere'

 

Upstaging the opera

 

'Grindhouse' book unleashed

 

'Grindhouse' wild card at box office

 

Cross, Christensen are in 'Hell'

 

Coke halts Jesus pic

 

Lyons named BBC chairman

 

Valverde wed to 'Wives'

 

Cannes clicks with clips

 

U.K. box office blossoms

 

Cheatwood leaves CNN for Fox News

 

Serials slump on Wednesday

 

Evans' French connection

 

Aardman awakes from Dream

 

H'w'd hangups inspire self-'Starter'

 

Imax taps Sparacio as new CFO

 

'Spider-Man 3' will open in China

 

World Poker Tour moves to GSN

 

TV biz mulls 'new' oldies

 

'151st' opening LAByrinth season

 

Quotebook

 

Shanghai Dragon TV slays rivals

 

Across the map, 'King' delivers solid ratings

 

Soccer kicks up fuss in U.K.

 

'King' holds own in syndication ratings

 

That's a wrap for movie magazines

 

'Maupassant' a hit with France

 

Spanish 'Makeover' may be too extreme

 

Tribal outcry puts mini-series on hold

 

German 'Girl' goes to charity

 

'Bra Boys' becomes Aussie victor

 

'Mr. Bean' stomps the Spartans overseas

 

Breaking into the boys club

 

Corporate games hard to figure

 

Documentary gets in Moore's face

 

UFC is cable's next big hope

 

New TV shows suffer malaise

 

Offshore audiences embrace romance

 

Discop plans regional conference

 

Italians flock to homegrown films

 

Bibb joins cast of 'Atlanta'

 

TV rerun ratings eroding

 

'Woolf' helps raise box office

 

Sitcoms stars move on to features

 

Box office blooms; 'Les Miz' 100%

 

People's comedy crowns surprising legacy

 

Cast recording resurrects 'Bubbly'

 

Hot topics heat up Humana fest

 

Irving Plonskier

 

Philip W. O’Neil

 

Jim Rapsas

 

Ruben van den Heuvel

 

Cheryl Pawelski

 

Marc Barson

 

Jennifer Lee

 

Mark Ragone

 

Donna Arrogante

 

Bhuvan Lall

 

Brad Westermann, Adam Nash, Eric Johnson, Megan Gormley

 

Donna Grandy Cunningham

 

Atsushi Miyasaka

 

Gabrielle Magnani

 

Mary Murano

 

Shari Yoder Doherty

 

Douglas McClure

 

Stephen Rockabrand

 

Kristine Kreska

 

Frank Serpe

 

Lee Doyle

 

Karen Lamberton

 

Hazel Steward

 

Philip W. O’Neil

 

Jim Rapsas

 

Ruben van den Heuvel

 

Ed Lee

 

Rolando Figueroa

 

'Night Job' show moving uptown

 

Carden takes reigns at Ensemble

 

Inhofe heats global warming debate

 

MTV, YouTube slugging it out

 

Independent windows shrinking

 

Show goes on for 'Truman' Site

 

McAdoo's money seeded UA

 

German media loves bear cub

 

'Indiana Jones' hoping for Connery

 

Tribune deal not final

 

Malone finds value in DirecTV

 

John Malone's return

 

Tribune suits in bonus pool

 

Ford leads immigration drama cast

 

Everybody plays the fool

 

'Disturbia' bows in Hollywood

 

'Holiday' travels

 

Calm, cool, collected

 

1957: Loren tribute packs house

 

'Blades of Glory' leads box office

 

Betsy Wagner Hoffman, Tara Steele

 

Stephen Rockabrand

 

Mark Bautz

 

Salonen steps down

 

Arlyne Obregon

 

Edward Oshanani

 

Michael Newman

 

Leighton Greer

 

Jonathon Aubry

 

Mark DeVitre

 

Jessica Shulman

 

Don Orris

 

LeeAnn Baker

 

Taylor Buyouth

 

Megan Costello

 

Dave Blomsterberg

 

James Brown

 

Johanna Pfaelzer

 

Janet Rolle, Jeanine Liburd, more

 

Jennifer Barendrecht

 

YouTube wants Thai ban lifted

 

Edwards declines Fox debate

 

Discovery unveils programs

 

Imax taps new money man

 

'Everest' returns to theaters

 

Lyons tapped BBC chairman

 

Padalecki paints 'Cottage'

 

PGA taps new representation

 

CNN's Cheatwood headed to Fox

 

AAC shareholders OK takeover

 

Global warming heats up Tribeca

 

Olivia Thirlby

 

Moon Bloodgood

 

Pat Kilbane

 

Enver Gjokaj

 

BBC America recruits Ross

 

Matt Lanter

 

Bruno's departure boosts Atari stock

 

Endemol goes viral on Break

 

'300' counts on 'Bean' dip

 

Johnny Hart, 76, cartoonist

 

DiCaprio to star in 'Body of Lies'

 

Wenders set to drive 'Road'

 

No Trace takes 'Pictures of You'

 

Universal reaches for 'Heights'

 

Emmys' house calls

 

'Dinosaurs' makes U.S. debut

 

SAG moves to re-regulate agents

 

Reviews

TV on the Radio

Josh Groban

The Lost Boys of Sudan

New Year Baby

Blood Car

Squirrels

Meet the Robinsons

Could This Be Love?

Bill Charlap: The Birth of Cool

Two Love Stories

The Wind in the Willows

Massacre (Sing to Your Children)

Entourage

Used Parts

Sunshine

Firehouse Dog

Are We Done Yet?

Counter Investigation

Monster Camp: The Story Of Nero Seattle

American Idol - Week 12

The Sopranos

Provoked: A True Story