Table of Contents
Week of 04/23/2007

Articles

Tribeca goes wireless

 

Shankar joins Star India as COO

 

Cannes sidebar selects 'Caramel'

 

GMTV plunged into quiz scandal

 

Italian telco to be sold 'in months'

 

'Terabithia' director chases 'Moon'

 

Airey quits new job after eight days

 

Studio Canal reveals Cannes slate

 

'Poppins' tops Outer Critics

 

BBC signs Chinese deal

 

Slow Sunday for networks

 

BBC4 revels in its serious side

 

Letterman welcomes Philbin back

 

Election attracts record audience

 

L.A. Times cuts jobs

 

Gregory Diamond, Tabitha Calero

 

Student wins China piracy competition

 

Rakuten targets increased TBS stake

 

'Paradise' tops South Korean B.O.

 

'Big Brother' draws big audiences

 

DVD timeline

 

Ng to manage Emperor distribution

 

BBC garners Banff World TV award

 

Janet Meyer, 85, film editor

 

'Frankenstein' seeks home

 

Warring disc formats avoidable

 

MTC offers 'Mauritius,' 'Top Girls'

 

How DVDs became a success

 

'Yard' a surprise success

 

Urban film genre develops

 

DVD titles get several releases

 

Broadway sees dip in box office

 

New titles on high-def

 

Telemundo takes on Big Easy

 

DVD business down

 

HD DVD camp aims to regain ground

 

Unrated DVDs cause for concern

 

Bacon to star in 'Taking Chance'

 

Fringe titles carve big-time niche

 

Coens ready for 'Man,' 'Burn'

 

SportsNet NY hails new president

 

Animation Lab goes 'Wild'

 

TiVo, Interpublic Group team on deal

 

Lynn Michaels, 83, a.d. of Open Space Theater

 

Candidates commit to MSNBC

 

Halberstam, 73, dies in car crash

 

Glickman calls for DRM interoperability

 

Czech Pilsen Finale festival starts

 

Viacom promotes MTV pair

 

The Hart of the room

 

Lifetime greenlights 'Gathering'

 

'Hogs' leads overseas box office

 

Sci Fi orders more 'Doctor'

 

Scorsese opens Italian 'Door'

 

Disney slobbers over Factory pitch

 

New CEO Airey ankles Iostar

 

Telecom Italia sale nears close

 

Shochiku, Universal fly 'Eagle'

 

Lee Magid, 80, music producer

 

'Generations' sued by composer

 

City of love lights up fest

 

Frost favors Broadway's 'Nixon'

 

'Wild' gets Sprockets award

 

Lampoon buys 'Electric'

 

Tribeca downloads Jaman

 

WB sticks with Stephens

 

Douglas to star in 'Indifference'

 

WB to distribute Radcliffe film 'Boys'

 

Palmer named Stardoll VP

 

Mount funds Reliant films

 

Personal Shopper: Flower Power

 

Endemol taps Milkes as acquisitions VP

 

Activists drop Viacom suit

 

Snyder sues Bronfman over WMG

 

Weisman on 'Football' team

 

Universal launches 'Simpsons' ride

 

Two snared on Apple options

 

Douglas to star in 'Indifference'

 

Coens ready for 'Man,' 'Burn'

 

'Terabithia' director chases 'Moon'

 

Moviehouse picks up 'Credo'

 

Film society to honor Vicuna

 

GMTV apologizes for quiz scam

 

Sunshine wilts European box office

 

Franklin auditions set for May

 

CBS Radio suspends two hosts

 

Picturehouse, New Line get 'Wild'

 

Lifetime raises Sunday stakes

 

ABC dances to victory

 

NBC wins news race

 

Baldwin, CAA part ways

 

Duo reach settlement on Napster

 

Two thumbs up for Cowell, our critic in chief

 

Tribeca-Rome connection

 

Tribeca: Surviving, Jane-style

 

Only in New York: Where to Be

 

Tribeca Event Highlights

 

Tribeca's Target Titles

 

Famous faces find focus behind lens

 

New York supper clubs foster tight bonds

 

Big Apple shines for natives, transplants

 

Tribeca's 2006 deals

 

Tribeca Report: Where to View and Chew

 

Conde Nast's expensive gamble

 

Morning-show wars heat up

 

Nightclubbing as theater

 

Children's TV taps Broadway talent

 

Swinging for the fences

 

The players in New York theater

 

Met courts younger, hipper audience

 

New York area film shoots on tap

 

DocuClub provides support network

 

Beatles give 'Universe' narrative

 

Fest's market ambitions start with smaller deals

 

Facilities keep post close to home

 

Green, from Goblin to Gore

 

'Gangster' puts hit on gentrification

 

New York is ready for its close-up

 

Panel assesses Rakuten plan

 

Hollywood Film Festival call for entries

 

'Wintuk' opens in New York

 

Harsh lesson for Hot Docs delegates

 

MTV Latin America taps Acosta

 

Sony on demand in Korea

 

Stiles likes ring of 'Bell'

 

HarperCollins on board with Sharkey

 

Weinstein taps Gordon

 

Saban bids for Endemol

 

Canadian screenwriters honored

 

CNN's Dobbs has 'Answers'

 

Tribeca grows, adapts with age

 

Gramercy gets a name change

 

Correction

 

Canadians gets E! for free in deal

 

'Flowers' blooms at Indian festival

 

Industry Education Resource Guide

 

Wright to guide TCM

 

Sarasota fest announces awards

 

Moviehouse opts for 'Credo'

 

Polley's film wins Canadian award

 

Rakuten plans examined

 

Q&A: Martin Landau

 

Prism casts light on drug use

 

Film school or teach yourself?

 

Lawyers eye Internet issues

 

Spielberg pulls 4 vets onto 'Lot'

 

Wilson seeks new 'Experience'

 

MyNet nixes glitzy makeover

 

Sanjaya falls, Fox soars

 

Disney products unit taps CFO

 

Williams going to the 'Dogs'

 

Attorney Kurtzman dies

 

VH1, CMT name Gay executive VP

 

Golden Nose honors clowns

 

Davenport, Weiner team on venture

 

ABC scraps 'Life' story

 

HBO greenlights Spielberg mini

 

Sony blasts web of fake 'Spider' discs

 

'Passions' heads to DirecTV

 

Universal takes on astronauts

 

Burnett, MySpace get political

 

Baldwin assigns directors

 

SAG salutes stunt society

 

Shooting begins on 'Iron Road'

 

WB has autism on its mind

 

Drama League nominees named

 

U.S. State Dept. blocks Asian plan

 

Thai government takes over iTV

 

Williams going to the 'Dogs'

 

Stiles likes ring of 'Bell'

 

Spinal Tap to play Wembley

 

ITV scores 39% share with soccer

 

Cannes plans Curtis bash

 

New 'View' as Rosie exits

 

Distrust fuels piracy

 

Rotterdam fest head quits

 

Tele Munchen unleashes 'Sea Wolf'

 

Lavigne's 'Thing' tops charts

 

ABC's Wong primed for Lifetime gig

 

Swedish duo wield ax

 

TV fest to bow in Malaga

 

Valenti out of hospital

 

Granada hosts new fest

 

Naish tops Capitol foreign sales ops

 

Granger new UA production head

 

Cooler 'Idol' still rolls

 

Studio Canal opens Cannes

 

Are film critics really needed anymore...or is it a washed-up profession?

 

'Drive' runs out of gas

 

Easternlight to distribute 'Shamo'

 

2008 election comes into focus

 

AEG unit to brand events

 

'High School' remake for Argentina

 

Kearney sets sights on top 100

 

Hirsh welcomes hands in Cookie Jar

 

Tribune offers stocks buyout

 

Jenny McCarthy

 

Michael Douglas

 

Brian F. O'Byrne

 

Halberstam remembered

 

Ed Westwick

 

Brooklynn Proulx

 

Brett Davern

 

Apple earnings continue to soar

 

Telefe expands shorts contest

 

New Line to remake 'All of Me'

 

Media moguls mull digital distance

 

TV Azteca profits down

 

Shochiku's Cannes slate adds three

 

Cannes flies with 'Balloon'

 

Gersh books literary unit

 

Movies, minis take May off

 

Kiev documentary fest crowds down

 

San Francisco festival history

 

Paramount taps Vollman exec VP

 

Lucas paved way for digital source

 

FCC takes aim at TV networks

 

Q&A with Graham Leggat

 

SFIFF keeps auteur, glitz balance

 

Levinson lays down 'Law'

 

ABC's McPherson scoops out love

 

Banff adds name value

 

SAG lifts research executive

 

Group takes Tom Online private

 

Michael Smuin, 68, choreographer

 

Studios win Chinese anti-piracy case

 

Hong Kong Disneyland's a hot ticket

 

Tribeca fest kicks off

 

Duo 'Condemned' at film's premiere

 

Fallon sings for food

 

Marino digs movie premiere

 

Hot Pink Party rocks for research

 

'House' shirt debuts

 

'Pants' pair reunite at screening

 

Fossils fuel 'Museum' DVD bow

 

New Line to remake 'All of Me'

 

Cannes Critics' Week heavily Latino

 

Silverman to host 'MTV Movie Awards'

 

Danish TV, radio cut 300 jobs

 

Soccer star joins Arena team

 

BBC falls out with Fremantle

 

EFP names 'Producers on the Move'

 

Ascot catches 'Bug'

 

Struycken, Hunter team up

 

Comcast jumps 80% in quarter

 

'LoveMusik' tops Drama Desk

 

Annecy selects seven for contest

 

Dramatists a hoot

 

TWC to launch Asian Film Fund

 

Visions du Reel votes for 'Sohne'

 

Extended 'Idol' scores

 

Ames to head EMI North America

 

Game over for Sony's Kutaragi

 

Fay to head distribution for Summit

 

1953: 3-D looks into the future

 

Screen Gems ups Mastriona

 

Munich Festival honors duo

 

Morelia festival adding competition

 

Azteca explores more Discovery

 

Cineclick adds to its Cannes slate

 

Sony winks at eyeVio

 

Morena Films likes 'The Possibility'

 

Bobby Pickett, 69, singer

 

Nikkatsu, IMJ team on production

 

Canada to fund more documentaries

 

'Will' trial hits a snag

 

Ohoven pacts with First Look

 

Peach Arch signs deal with Sony

 

'Gutenberg!' to close

 

Milestones in KTLA's 60 years

 

KTLA's 'Morning' anchors

 

J.A. Media packs punch at Cannes

 

KTLA honors Landsberg legacy

 

Shapiro makes Brash move

 

KTLA courts new L.A. demographic

 

'Young Frankenstein' set for Seattle

 

Fox, Marvel move on 'Magneto'

 

Movies were Valenti's mission

 

Rhombus Media partners part ways

 

Broadway producers take chances

 

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

 

Spring cleaning at box office

 

XM stock soars after losses lessened

 

Wong wades into Lifetime

 

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

 

'Boys from Siam' wins Horn Prize

 

Kirkpatrick heads to 'NowhereLand'

 

Musicals pose Tony voting crunch

 

Pushy questions for...

 

Adult Swim unveils new programs

 

'Days' finds its director

 

Michael Urie

 

Christina Vidal

 

Oliver Muirhead

 

Ed Micone

 

Jessica Lacy

 

SAG protests non-union work

 

MPAA to flip 'Hip' rating

 

Landmark sets flagship location

 

Hollywood reacts to Valenti's death

 

Time Line: Life with Valenti

 

Fox, Marvel move on 'Magneto'

 

Spring cleaning at box office

 

Democrats face-off in first debate

 

L.A.'s reality check

 

Valenti memoir stays on track

 

Danish Film Institute hires Nielsen

 

BBC greenlights satellite service

 

Rivals run before 'Spidey' arrives

 

Cineworld prepares to float

 

Langella in talks to reprise Nixon role

 

France draws more shoots

 

Canadian Shaw festival dips

 

A Peking swan song

 

'Grindhouse' to be split in U.K.

 

Paris shows feminine side

 

'Dirty' cleans up overseas

 

Box office takes dip

 

Road B.O. dips for 11-show slate

 

ABC, CBS top Thursday

 

Cannes debates future of cinema

 

KTLA duo make history

 

Broadway takes swing at 'Golf'

 

Arabs make song, dance a competition

 

'Family Guy' goes national

 

MTV global empire taps a guide

 

India in radio daze

 

Cyprus clones 'Brother'

 

Window shuts on M-Net ratings

 

Warner hopes hits translate

 

MTV courts Latino audiences

 

Private investors go rural

 

Conservatives brace for Rosie withdrawal

 

NPR names duo for drive-time

 

CBS offers unique new schedule

 

Canadians hot for documentaries

 

Chahine's 'Chaos' has Cairo abuzz

 

Working it overseas

 

San Francisco festival kicks off

 

'Bean' runs over 'Hogs' overseas

 

Videogame business has its hands full

 

Italian festival play up Asian films

 

Comedy Central has global ideas

 

Second coming of 'Conquest'

 

Taking a whack at TV violence

 

'Grace' case settles

 

Sony IPO reaches $2.5 billion

 

A double bill in 2008?

 

'Departed', 'Wire' in at Poe awards

 

Gere kiss causes stir in India

 

Hollywood goes green

 

Airey burnt by falling Iostar

 

New money descends on Hollywood

 

Literary hipsters storm Hollywood

 

Crunch time at Cannes

 

Bye-bye Buskohl

 

Geek tweak

 

MTV shuffles executive deck

 

BSkyB buy scrutinized

 

New film funds gets up to 'Speed'

 

Antitrust concerns halt bid

 

Summit unveils sales lineup for Cannes

 

Both sides settle in 'Grace' case

 

'Disturbia' wins weak weekend

 

Getting his break

 

Spidey in Spain

 

Pumping iron

 

ASTRA stars ID themselves

 

Zombies fired up

 

Trio honored at Tribeca

 

Duo for Workshop

 

'Electric' jolts Tavernier

 

Alicia Coppola

 

Jonas Ball

 

Michael Kenneth Williams